I didn't get into Ichibancon this year, but I did get into a small first year Raleigh furry con. Having such a good time at Anthrocon, I was excited to try another furry con. My booth is strange because I was going for a "first time furry" vibe so I had a lot of affordable tails, ears, and fursuit props. Which ended up working to my advantage.
I have a LOT of bones to pick with how this con was ran. I was expecting small and prepared accordingly, so that worked out, but I know a lot of other artists weren't expecting that and it hurt them. Some traveled from pretty far away as well. When we got there, no one knew what was going on. I tried to pay for my fiance's badge since I didn't realize the table already came with one and they wouldn't take my money to argue with me about wasting time by not paying when I was literally trying to hand the man cash.
The room was changed last minute so instead of the more open room we were originally promised, we had a very small room with not enough room for everyone. We were wedged in like sardines and it was painful and as a result, uncomfortably hot. The original dealer coordinator quit right before con started and so we had someone in charge of us who didn't know anything and was largely unhelpful. He would laugh whenever we tried to ask him questions because he thought we were joking. Three different closing times for dealers were posted all over the con in different locations. He didn't properly lock or have a watch for the room so some people had stuff stolen.
Whenever we tried to ask anyone a question, we were met with hostility. It was absolutely ridiculous. The last two hours of dealers was also during closing ceremonies when no one would be shopping so everyone selling left early. They also last minute added an artist alley and had it in front of the dealers room so a lot of people got confused and thought that was dealers. There was no clear signage to dealers so a lot of people missed it. There was so much that went wrong during this con for the staff.
The main good was that the attendees were awesome as always and the food trucks were amazing! Very different food and all super yummy. But there was no food truck on friday, which was a bummer and no convenient food locations nearby.
This con lasted one more year where attendance was even worse and then folded due to drama. I did not go back for year two.
The room was changed last minute so instead of the more open room we were originally promised, we had a very small room with not enough room for everyone. We were wedged in like sardines and it was painful and as a result, uncomfortably hot. The original dealer coordinator quit right before con started and so we had someone in charge of us who didn't know anything and was largely unhelpful. He would laugh whenever we tried to ask him questions because he thought we were joking. Three different closing times for dealers were posted all over the con in different locations. He didn't properly lock or have a watch for the room so some people had stuff stolen.
Whenever we tried to ask anyone a question, we were met with hostility. It was absolutely ridiculous. The last two hours of dealers was also during closing ceremonies when no one would be shopping so everyone selling left early. They also last minute added an artist alley and had it in front of the dealers room so a lot of people got confused and thought that was dealers. There was no clear signage to dealers so a lot of people missed it. There was so much that went wrong during this con for the staff.
The main good was that the attendees were awesome as always and the food trucks were amazing! Very different food and all super yummy. But there was no food truck on friday, which was a bummer and no convenient food locations nearby.
This con lasted one more year where attendance was even worse and then folded due to drama. I did not go back for year two.
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