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Denfur2019 thoughts
6 years ago
Feelings are very mixed this year.
Positives;
Watched Draga and Mutt's panel. Well put together. Educational and fun. I would recommend it to anyone, suiter or not. The ASL was super helpful and a couple words I picked up I did use with BoysenBerry.
Pup mosh, amazing. I talked with some wonderful people. One of the pups got collared during the panel. It was beautiful. Handlers, Pups or Ponies you are all always welcome to chat with me. I love hearing your stories.
Transformation panel. Wish this had started on time. Would have loved to have more discussion. Good panel.
Poly panel with Ritz and Faust. Good discussions. I was falling asleep and had to leave, but it was enjoyable.
I got to see my friends Rory and Mercury, in and out of suit. Wonderful people if you ever get a chance to talk with them. They really brighten my con. Rory had registration running so smooth.
Chatted with Lance who I haven’t seen since start full time employment.
Got to finally meet Kai. We have known each other forever. Bought some of her soaps.
Met Colored Creature and got a picture with them, thanks to Kai.
Got a photo with three of the voice actors.
Bought some time with a fursuiter, who I drew a picture for. Gorgeous suit.
I suited a ton. Tara got a lot of nice comments. Had a couple folks impressed with my wire work in the mask. Lot of comments when lit up as well. BoysenBerry got called cute a lot.
Cool and weird thing. Arthy got a lot of love when I wore them. Usually no one really comments on Arthy, but this year I don't know what was different. Also, a harness was the best investment I have made for a suit. You can hang badges of them and unlike a lanyard, they don't get caught on things!
Negatives;
Glad I learned my lesson from last year's art show and bought half panels. Barely got the panel money back from sales. The adult section was not assembled when I arrived, so staff offered to hang my pieces. Well, they never got hung. I showed up about two hours before they closed only to find my pieces shoved under a table. I am still upset about it.
Charity auction had issues again. MC didn't know what some items were and didn't know enough about the guests of honors to hype or sell items. They sold like 10 fursuit tags, then complained that they had too many items? There were some unprofessional comments in my opinion.
Hotel is still not built for a convention. I had a movable AC unit in my room venting out an open window on the FIRST floor. It was not safe and at one point some assholes were tokening it up outside my window, so that came in my room. I couldn't stay in my own room because the smell of pot gives me migraines. -_-
No fridge or microwave.
Staff was not making sure panels were ending on time. Guess they were short staff?
Hotel overcharged me, so I have to deal with that this week.
Meh, all I have for the moment. I did have a lot of fun and I am sore from running around. Photos and art will be posted in the near future.
~Flare
Positives;
Watched Draga and Mutt's panel. Well put together. Educational and fun. I would recommend it to anyone, suiter or not. The ASL was super helpful and a couple words I picked up I did use with BoysenBerry.
Pup mosh, amazing. I talked with some wonderful people. One of the pups got collared during the panel. It was beautiful. Handlers, Pups or Ponies you are all always welcome to chat with me. I love hearing your stories.
Transformation panel. Wish this had started on time. Would have loved to have more discussion. Good panel.
Poly panel with Ritz and Faust. Good discussions. I was falling asleep and had to leave, but it was enjoyable.
I got to see my friends Rory and Mercury, in and out of suit. Wonderful people if you ever get a chance to talk with them. They really brighten my con. Rory had registration running so smooth.
Chatted with Lance who I haven’t seen since start full time employment.
Got to finally meet Kai. We have known each other forever. Bought some of her soaps.
Met Colored Creature and got a picture with them, thanks to Kai.
Got a photo with three of the voice actors.
Bought some time with a fursuiter, who I drew a picture for. Gorgeous suit.
I suited a ton. Tara got a lot of nice comments. Had a couple folks impressed with my wire work in the mask. Lot of comments when lit up as well. BoysenBerry got called cute a lot.
Cool and weird thing. Arthy got a lot of love when I wore them. Usually no one really comments on Arthy, but this year I don't know what was different. Also, a harness was the best investment I have made for a suit. You can hang badges of them and unlike a lanyard, they don't get caught on things!
Negatives;
Glad I learned my lesson from last year's art show and bought half panels. Barely got the panel money back from sales. The adult section was not assembled when I arrived, so staff offered to hang my pieces. Well, they never got hung. I showed up about two hours before they closed only to find my pieces shoved under a table. I am still upset about it.
Charity auction had issues again. MC didn't know what some items were and didn't know enough about the guests of honors to hype or sell items. They sold like 10 fursuit tags, then complained that they had too many items? There were some unprofessional comments in my opinion.
Hotel is still not built for a convention. I had a movable AC unit in my room venting out an open window on the FIRST floor. It was not safe and at one point some assholes were tokening it up outside my window, so that came in my room. I couldn't stay in my own room because the smell of pot gives me migraines. -_-
No fridge or microwave.
Staff was not making sure panels were ending on time. Guess they were short staff?
Hotel overcharged me, so I have to deal with that this week.
Meh, all I have for the moment. I did have a lot of fun and I am sore from running around. Photos and art will be posted in the near future.
~Flare
- the terrible layout for the Dealer's Den
- having half the Fursuit Parade stuck out in the heat cooking
- blocking the HDMI on the room TVs
- Staff was nonexistant for a lot of the con in general
I agree with you about the horrid Dealers Den layout, heard it wasn't good for some dealers either.
I was out in that parade in FULLSUIT with 8 paddings, I was dying but grateful I had a portable fan on hand when we went outside. Still unhappy about that 8/
Other than those horrid experiences, I had a good time.
The panel was a blast, even if it was just Zack talking most of the time, haha! XD
I was in Arthy for the parade, the dark red is never fun in the sun for long. However I had a sponsor badge so I was near the front. I completely forgot my fan. ;_; Figured that out when I was suiting up Saturday.
Your panel was a blast! You two are great. I picked up couple of signs and even used them that weekend. Truth be told, I haven’t been practicing so it was a great refresher.
Side note, I never saw you or Mutt again after your panel. Thought for sure I would. Lol.
I didn't even realize you came to the panel too. So many people there and I was so focused on cracking jokes & commentary during the panel XD;;;
But I'm glad you enjoyed our panel either way! :D
Here's hoping next year's DenFur will be better!
No, I didn't tag it for DenFur to read, but it was a little tempting. Entering Dealers and realizing after two columns of tables that each aisle had only two exits to an adjacent column and there being no fast travel around the entire place I started calling it "escaping Ikea". The exit at the back leading into the Fursuit Lounge area was nice, but then you realize that you have to go back through and around the Infinite Corridor. Like god damn, who built this fucking hotel. Usually I love wandering into Dealers but not this time, just dipped in an out as little as needed.
--Mozdoc
I have done parades with photo shoots in them and don’t remember ever having this kind of issue. Probably because the full parade was in doors. Also feel like the photos were at the beginning or in the middle, but I don’t remember.