Fannatiku Fest 2013 Feedback

[missrelena]

Hi everyone!

I hope you had a grand time at the convention. But now, we want to hear from YOU! What did you love about the con? Was there anything you hated? Were you disappointed in anything or did anything impress you mightily? Enquiring minds want to know!


Please share your thoughts so we can improve Fannatiku's future cons.

[Temari]

For the years the activites and entertainment has gone a little down hill and repeating the same guests to the point where I only now go to buy things but now that i hav notived that the artist hall and the shop area has gotten less and less sellers. I know its probably a money issue but yea just my opinion.

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[Alison]

First of all the good:

I was impressed by how many dances the cafe members learned this year. I bet it was a lot of hard work. It was also good to put it at the end of the masquerade to keep people there while waiting for the judges to get done deliberating.

Also thank you SO MUCH for playing Caramelldansen at the informal dance after the masquerade. I know maybe some con vets are sick of it (somehow...not sure how since I'm not years later), but I love how everyone can participate and geek out to it because we all know the dance for it, even if it is a little silly. (Small criticism: use the foreign version, that was an English-lyric version)

Then I like how Jessiy got everyone to dance together to different songs and took requests and such. Even if it was simple moves, it probably relieved some awkward tension of some who think they can't dance or are too embarrassed to. Or at least was an icebreaker to get them to loosen up and dance freestyle to other songs; helped me to anyway. Oh and giving out glowsticks was fun too : ).

Precious Cosplay was an awesome guest. No offense, but the cosplay guests you had last year seemed a bit...full of themselves and gave off an "I'm important, so your questions are unimportant" vibe. These two though were enthusiastic, willing to hear you out no matter the question, and despite y'know being professionals and having their own image to promote, they were friendly, approachable and took a picture with you if you asked.

Food room was a great idea again, but if it’s taking up a lot of the budget that maybe could be used to get a VA guest or something…hm. Speaking of, maybe try to get Warky! He lives in Nevada now, so maybe he wouldn’t charge much for coming. Like how the food was less limited this time too though.

Iron Mecha cosplay seemed like a lot of fun, I wish I got there sooner to participate myself. My suggestion to make it more fun though is I dunno...play mecha anime AMVs in the background or something while the groups are constructing. Also if you could spray paint the cardboard different colors before the event that'd be sweet. Also after the battle have a showdown to see which one stands up the best in battle or a race or something. Then give a prize out to the group who won : ).

I'm glad there was a prize for the SSBB tournament at least at the awards ceremony this year. It's nice that those who aren't good at cosplay or whatever else can get recognized for the talents too.

The PJ party/Takarazuka thing was brilliant and a heck of a lot of fun. What made it great was that adult otakus with more mature anime tastes could make jokes and talk about more adult subjects freely without worrying about getting kicked out. But most of all, it was awesome to just watch something awesome and discuss it/make comments about it along the way. I'd love to see something like this happen again next year, but maybe show I dunno 18+ AMVs or sample a bunch of abridged series or something.

Secondly, the bad:

The schedule was a mess to put it politely. I had no idea what was going on and when it was going on. I imagine you did this to save money in your budget, but even if that's the case, a more detailed master schedule should've appeared on the big poster behind the registration table. Here's what I think could've made it better:

-Put the actual times next to all events listed. It was confusing to flip the page and try to line it up correctly, especially since Friday’s Events/Panels listings were printed slightly off. I think just putting the times twice, oh and putting all of Friday on one side, all of Saturday on the other would’ve been so much more convenient.

-Some panels/events reading the titles isn't enough. Like for instance, if I've never been to a con before in my life and saw an event called, "So you think you can sparkle?" I'd be like what the heck is that? And when people don't know, they don't go usually.

-I had no clue the AMV showing this year was Friday at 5pm. It wasn’t on the schedule printed and a sign telling us about it wasn’t put up til quite a while later. I’m quite disappointed that I didn’t get to see them. Also that was placed around a time other big events were

-Also I didn’t know what animes were playing at what times in the viewing room either. I remember back in…2010 I think, you guys had a 9pm Spice and Wolf episodes 1 & 2 being shown or whatever ones they were.
Having this information is good for two reasons: one, you know the title of the anime you’re watching in case you’re interested in checking it out later. Two, you can look at the schedule and see oh I’ve seen that one, so I’ll do something else at that time. That also lets you see oh I haven’t seen that and the title sounds interesting, so I’ll go check it out.

-I had no idea when the dealer’s room and artist alley opened/closed either, so I couldn’t plan my attendance to different things accordingly.

-I had no idea there was an origami workshop or that the board room was being utilized this year until I went around the corner and saw a sign. So adding that to the schedule would be good as well.

-Putting deadlines of when you gotta sign up for chess, masquerade, etc would be good as well.

Another thing I was really disappointed about was the enforcement of formal-attire only at the ball dance. I wanted to at least see the characters do a dance skit and watch from the sidelines like I did last year. And some people (like me) decided to come down at the very last minute (10pm Thursday 4 hour drive down to St George) and didn’t think to pack a skirt or whatever real quickly. Or again, people unfamiliar with cons wouldn’t necessarily know beforehand it was formal wear only.

I went by the tent at the very last minute because I wanted to see my friends dancing in there through the tent window, and found out to my surprise you decided to let non-formally dressed people in. If I knew that I would’ve came around sooner and I ended up missing most of Jupiter’s performance . Speaking of which though, I heard a lot of people left the ball as soon as Jupiter started playing. What’s the deal with that? I hope they weren’t offended or anything, and if I knew I could’ve came in when they started playing, I would’ve. So if there’s a way to y’know get people to stay for their performance, that’d be cool.

A small criticism I have about the maid café is due to them not being in their character cosplays, it was hard to tell who was what character. Took me forever to realize oh hey so and so’s Syaoran and that one’s Sakura. Then as well as the maid cafe dancers did, dancing is only entertaining for so long without a plot of some sort. Well I guess it's entertaining if it's like...a pro pop-idol concert or something. So I think a skit or having a story in between dances would be more ideal to keeping people engaged. Because I dunno about anyone else, but I was getting a little bored, especially with the length of one of those songs…wow I was like alright I get it.

My other criticism of the masquerade was it was so hard to understand what Sarah, Rufus and Ronni were saying in between skits or to set up the masquerade. I know it's nerve-wracking and such to talk on the spot, but I think the main problem was enunciation. The tone of voices weren't always very clear. Also after watching the skit/walk-on, I wanted to know what series and what character each person was playing, but sometimes it didn't get mentioned. So if you could remember to mention those details next time that'd be awesome.

Suggestions for improvement:

Honestly I think you guys weened off Anime Vegas a little too soon. They provided people to do stuff like that vocaloid skit in 2011 (or maybe that wasn't them), as well as resources to get even one voice acting guest. Then again, I'm not sure if you can ask them to help you guys out again or not financially, so this may be useless to point out.

I personally would like to see battle cosplay come back. Y'know where you play fight and do x damage and such. If we could get music playing while it's going on, I think that'd make it more popular maybe?

On that note though, more variety of panels! Yeah it’s probably due to your lack of panel volunteers, but still, maybe schedule an hour or so where it’s free-for-all fandom discussion panel. Have someone moderate it, but then just ask people what anime they wanna talk about or bring up random questions or topics to discuss. On the fly stuff like that can turn out pretty fun, and if it gets ugly, well that’s what the moderators would be there for. Or break it down into genres: slice of life fan panel discussion, mecha discussion, magical girl discussion.

If you can’t get more panels, then at least work on making some events more interesting. Stuff like Iron Mecha and So you think you can Sparkle have a lot of downtime, so it would be cool if you could think of stuff to do in the downtime. Props to Sparkle for improvising the entertainment though. Ooo hey idea for Iron Mecha cosplay: have the audience throw out suggestions for something the teams have to add to their mecha, like a décor of a butterfly or butt rockets. That’d be interesting.

Another thing you may want to consider for an event, anime/video game themed party games. For instance, red light/green light, but Metal Gear Solid style. So people walk forward in a cardboard box when it’s green light, then stop when it’s red light. Then maybe a giant Mario Kart theme game where you tie balloons to people’s ankles, and the person who hasn’t had all 3 balloons popped (you pop each other’s via stomping) at the end wins something. Maybe a sports day basket ball toss thing they do in an anime I saw once…they tossed like ping-pong stuff into a basket. Team with the most balls in it wins.

Oh and I remember in 2011 the karaoke thing you guys did. That was a pretty cool idea…did it get bad feedback though? Seemed people were into it iirc.

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Well I think that’s all I have to say for now; I’ll post again if I think of anything else. Overall yeah the dealers room wasn’t as diverse as last year; the artist alley was better this year though. And yeah I dunno what it is or why it is, but I agree a little bit with Temari. Maybe it’s because I didn’t cosplay this year or last year or something. Or maybe it’s cause there wasn’t cute dancing Totoro and impromptu dance sessions in the hall. Or maybe it’s because I don’t think I can have a funner time than I had in 2011 when my friend and I won best in show. Sean Schemmel was very inspirational as well. Also call me crazy, but when the masquerade was in the two-room place with a little stage, it made the quality of everything better somehow. For some reason all that empty space in the tent unnerves me, and on an unconscious level it might repel people. Sure the little main events room in the hotel was crowded, but it gave ya a, "wow we’re all here for the love of anime" cozy feeling.

I think that last bias may be it…I was spoiled rotten in 2011, and it’s stupid to expect the same level of awesome every time. But it’s human nature unfortunately I guess. It’s the little charms I mentioned last paragraph though that make this little con so great, like the Totoro and intimate cosplay setting. And if Fannatiku’s taught me anything, it’s that smaller cons can be better than bigger cons.

Also, I hope this review doesn't reflect badly on me on any of you guys. I know you guys work really hard to put this on every year, and I freaking love Natalie, Sarah, Jessiy and the others; people who I had the privilege to interview and get to know better last year. Maybe this review's got a negative overtone because I'm taking out my frustration out on you guys for my inability to maintain that bond of friendliness and camaraderie I had last con with you guys.

Thanks so much for letting me interview you guys last year btw. Sorry it didn't really go anywhere though and I didn't end up writing a big grand article. I'm still a journalist novice and all that information I gathered overwhelmed me; I was like gaaah whatdoIdo, whatdoIsay? Still I think it was good experience for interviewing/taking notes and such.

[Indigo Avarice]

Thanks for the detailed feedback, Alison!

Me and Jenica are always looking for ways to improve SYTYCSparkle. This year was a bit rough, because she moved away and we were not able to plan any skits (usually during tasks, we have things going on, but this year we had to 100% improvise).

If we do the event next year, it'll be our 5 Year Sparkle-verssary, though! So we'll definitely be thinking of new and creative ways to fill the downtime! ;D And the tasks will be more over the top than usual.

Me and my Formal Ball cohead have received your feedback and will be using it to improve the Ball to come if we are lucky enough to run the event again next year. We were also disappointed that so many people seemed to leave towards the beginning of Jupiter's performance, but those who stayed certainly had a great time!

[Colonello~Rain Arcobaleno~]

Mar 5, 2013 3:02:49 GMT -5 Alison said:

First of all the good:

Another thing I was really disappointed about was the enforcement of formal-attire only at the ball dance. I wanted to at least see the characters do a dance skit and watch from the sidelines like I did last year. And some people (like me) decided to come down at the very last minute (10pm Thursday 4 hour drive down to St George) and didn’t think to pack a skirt or whatever real quickly. Or again, people unfamiliar with cons wouldn’t necessarily know beforehand it was formal wear only.

I went by the tent at the very last minute because I wanted to see my friends dancing in there through the tent window, and found out to my surprise you decided to let non-formally dressed people in. If I knew that I would’ve came around sooner and I ended up missing most of Jupiter’s performance . Speaking of which though, I heard a lot of people left the ball as soon as Jupiter started playing. What’s the deal with that? I hope they weren’t offended or anything, and if I knew I could’ve came in when they started playing, I would’ve. So if there’s a way to y’know get people to stay for their performance, that’d be cool.

The decision to cut out the skits was made largely due to the fact that because we had to split with Jupiter, we were unsure that the fans/attendees would appreicate it. Also, they didn't seem particuarliy well recieved last year, so I chose to cut them out all-together. But if you guys liked them, I could always throw in a few next year! (And this is why I like the feedback threads so much)
As far as holding the attendees to the formal-ball high standard that was actually a split minute decision made due largely to the fact that by an hour or so in, Aradia (Kaitlin my co-host) and I still had a largely empty room. Also, I may have forgetten to post a door watcher this year (that is my bad) for the first bit. We also know that a lot of people either don't know that it's a strictly formal event before hand, and that not everyone has 'really formal' attire, and that's why we tend to be a little bit lax on the formal rule. It's a guideline, and we appreciate atendees putting in the effort and showing up in formal attire, or attire that fits the theme, but the fact of the matter is not everyone will be aware of such a thing, and I do think it's a shame to turn down attendees that wish to enter the ball (especially when we have so much space) just because they didn't bring anything proper. This isn't to say that the formal rule is completely useless, it's just to say that we value your enjoyment of the event over that rule, and as long as no one is causing problems or being disrespectful to the fact that others did wear much more formal attire, we're not likely to make you leave the event.

Now to the Jupiter part. Yes, I also noticed that a great deal of people left after we gave the stage to Jupiter. That is not something anyone on staff, including myself or Kaitlin, had any control over or anything. The attedees stayed and went from the formal ball as they pleased, and those who chose not to stay for Jupiter's performance did just that: they chose to. There's really no way to "make" people stay, as it were, largely because like any other event or panel at a con, it's your choice as the attendee.
Also, as far as the dealers and artist alley people are concered : Dealers and artist both pay to come and have a table. It is not so much "up to the con" as it is "will this dealer/artist come back again" next year. It's not a money issue on the con's part, since they pay us. So it's just a matter of which artist and which dealers chose to come.
Also, panels and events. First off panels. Panels are almost always done by fans, and voluteers. Atteedees have the chance to email us panel request and for the most part, they get in. You are also welcomed to make suggestions for panels, both here in the forum and on the facebook page, and it's possible that someone will do it. I do like the idea for a general discussion panel, and I think that could be fun. Perhaps that's something I'll do next year. Thanks for the idea!
As far as the events: Thank you! All suggestions are appreciated on this front. Sparkle is an amazing panel, and I love the improv of it all, because that's all done largely on the spot. It's freaking amazing to watch the gals of sparkle just come up with jokes and "mini-skits" on spot like that. I can't do that. Major kudos to them. Also, Allison, I personally think your "red light green light" came sounds like SUPER FUN! That sounds SO COOL!!! Thank you for that suggestion.

[forlornhope]

Positives:

- Food in the con suite is always appreciated. I do have the tendency to blow my money in the dealer's room so having that there is a life saver.

- All the rooms were well ventilated which is great with so many people sharing one space.

- Loved Chad's panel on self publishing. Very informative. Also enjoyed So You Think You Can Sparkle and the Masquerade.

- Friendly people all around. Fellow con goers, staff, volunteer, guests. You guys made the con for me.

Negatives

- I agree 100% with the person above about the program guide. It was absolutely atrocious. It was hard to figure out when some panels were going on and others weren't on there at all. There was also a hilarious typo. It said 81+ instead of 18 +. A schedule for the screening room would of been nice too. Also a simple map showing were all the different rooms were. I had to ask someone at the registration desk where the Artist's Alley was.

- Dealer's Room was slightly disappointing. One of the things I like to do at cons is pick up the latest Anime on DVD. There were hardly any DVDs there and all of them were older releases.

- Too many cosplay focused events. I love seeing cosplayers but as someone who doesn't cosplay it felt like more often than not there wasn't a panel I was interested in.

- Amv Contest. Hardly any amvs were shown. I get that it's all dependent on what people send in but still. A lot of them were blurry and pixilated too. Maybe next year there should a longer time allowed to send in AMVs?

- Lots of technical difficulties. Most panels I went to there seemed to have a big problem with sound.

[natchan]

I can't do a general answer reply now, but I'll gt some answers up while I can. I'll get some more up later. First of all thank you everyone for attending, and giving us your feedback. We use this thread to improve the event for you the attendees, and we hope that you'll join us again for another year.

A couple things I'll go ahead and get out of the way first.
The Program/Schedule: I apologize profusely for the "Schedules" this year. We had planned to have full color programs as we have had in the past. At the very last minute our usual printer backed out on us. Normally we receive these programs for an amazing price of just few hundred dollars. When we had to change printers at the last minute the price became nearly as expensive as the convention it self. Hence the not very informative schedules. As the Chairwoman and Person in charge of the Programs I am very sorry. I promise that next years will be better. I am very sorry, and hope that you will return next year. Also all of the scheduling issues as far as the lack of descriptions, when and what Anime were showing, etc. We again apologize for the complications.

Cosplay Events: Just like panels, a large percentage of the Events are created by Attendees that volunteer to run an event. We will take the suggestions and feedback we've been given about the events, and we will make the adjustments that we can. Thank you.

AMV Contest: We can't help how many entries we receive. We only show what people enter. We had a rough year as far as entries are concerned, and we hope that next year will be better.

Technical Difficulties: Sorry about all those. We got a whole bunch of new equipment this year, and we're still getting used to it. We apologize, and next year should go better.

Lack of Signage: When the day of the event came up, our signage from previous years was missing. This is entirely my fault, and I apologize.

Cosplay Chess/ Masquerade Deadlines: You are corect these should have been posted, and were apart of the missing signage.

We have taken all of your suggestions and criticisms into account and we will be using them all to improve. We hope that you still had a great time, and that we'll see you again next year!

Thank you all again for attending. We love you all!

[treaammo]

I had the opportunity to attend Fannatiku this year strictly as a con-goer, as I have been on Staff in years past. Here are some highlights and lowlights of my experience of Fannatiku Fest 7:

POSITIVE:
-Friendly and safe atmosphere. I could let my freak flag fly high!
-Adequate space and good ventilation!
-Excellent location, close to a variety of restaurants and other stores.
-Lots of familiar faces, good friends, and new acquaintances!
-Comic books included in Pre-Reg bags! > <
-Closing Ceremony/Awards Ceremony were short and sweet.

NEGATIVE:
-The schedule was awful. I went to two panels an hour late and missed them!
-Lack of signage, decorations, photo stations, maps, etc.
-Poor hosting and announcing of cosplay groups at the Masquerade, the big event!
-No wall-scrolls or DVDs in the dealer’s room.
-Overall feeling of a lack in preparation.

But I'm excited to attend next year and hope the feedback you receive helps make Fannatiku even better!

[natchan]

Again folks I am very sorry about the schedule issues and the lack of signage. The signage is entirely my fault in lack of prep work.

As far as Wall-scrolls and DVDs...^^; Not really in my power. Sorry.

If it makes anyone feel any better, I've already began some preps for next year.

Thank you all again for attending I can't thank you enough, and I can only hope that you'll come back and see us for a better year!

[Alison]

Eeeh? Why were old threads deleted? Now I don't have any proof Jessiy agreed to do a Metal Gear Solid panel with me. Actually nah, I probably still have that part in the interview recorded .

And no need to apologize so much Natalie! Besides that +81 typo was kinda hilarious to joke about heheh. Plus I freaking love everyone who runs this con no matter what! I wish I was as driven, cool and kind as you guys! That's why it kind of pained me to point all of that feedback out, but I also felt well maybe if it goes towards making the con better, then it'll be ok.

And I'm not necessarily feeling bad about how the con went this year, so it's ok take your time in prepping for next year. Just knowing you guys bothered to read my rant/blather and may take some of it into consideration is good enough for me : ).

Also we know you and the other con heads do your best and work hard, so I'm definitely planning on going next year if I can make it. FF8's your favorite after all ^_^, so it's gotta be good. Besides I still enjoy Fannatiku again for being small because it's easier to get to know new friends and talk to people that way. A more intimate con experience makes things fun.

And I'd sign up to do a panel if I knew for sure I can make it next year. It'd be kinda lame for me to fill an hour spot on the schedule then not show up y'know? Maybe that's why there is a lack of volunteers for panels? College and classes are a freaking b-word.

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And Kate (gah sorry if I get these names wrong, it's hard to remember after a year has passed and your real names aren't in your signature or anything >_>), you and Jenica did an awesome job with SYTYCS. Your improvising was entertaining and you did really well for not being able to prepare anything in particular. Hopefully I'll be there for your Spark-aversity event! That panel's fun, it's kinda like the anime dating game, but better and more fun. Random side note, Who's line is it anime? would be fun too. Think we did that in 2012 for Fannatiku iirc; it was fun either way.

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And Shay, yeah maybe just a few would be cool. I dunno though maybe your judgment is more correct on whether or not the dance skits at the ball were well-received.

Also, wouldn't having a last-minute decision to not let formal-wear attendees into the dance make the room more empty? And wouldn't that be the opposite of what you want? Or am I reading that statement the wrong way?

I agree with the formal wear being a guideline more than an absolute rule. And it is amazing to see those who're aware of the guideline putting in the effort to wear formal attire. Having it a very encouraged suggestion is awesome, but again if you don't wear formal attire, I still think you should be allowed into the formal dance.

As far as "making" people stay for Jupiter, I wonder if having them play first would work? Or maybe having them do the raffle thing through their performance like you have in the past?

Also, do you ask dealers from previous years if they want to come again, or how does that work exactly? And it's not that it was horrible, the shirt lady for example had some pretty awesome stuff, but yeah lack of DVDs and plushies. Ah well again I am not blaming you guys since yeah it's up to the dealers if they wanna come or not.

Artist Alley was also good. I always feel bad when I go to an artist alley; I always feel obligated to buy something cause it's like they used their own resources n such to put that stuff out there. Bleh. I did get a bracelet from there that I love this year though.

And I'm glad you like my Red light/Green light idea heh. I need to make that happen one of these days, and if you guys make it happen, awesome! ^_^

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forlornhope: "- Too many cosplay focused events. I love seeing cosplayers but as someone who doesn't cosplay it felt like more often than not there wasn't a panel I was interested in."

^Ah I think that could've been it! I couldn't quite put my finger on why I found the panels kinda lacking, but yeah not all of us wanna learn how to cosplay or whatever. So it'd be nice to have some panels where we more geek out about stuff we love instead : ).

But yeah I understand, it just depends on what people volunteer for though, so I guess we have no one to blame but ourselves for that. All con long I wanted to just run an impromptu panel and be like hey people, gather in the panel room if you wanna talk about Puella Magi Madoka Magica or something like that XD. Though the con staff ran some panels last year I think, so maybe it's not always just who volunteers? Also having more panels going on during the formal for those who don't wanna go would be cool too.

And about the AMVs...well even if only a few people enter, could you maybe just show some other cool AMVs you guys like for the remainder of the time? That'd be cool.

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As far as the schedule this year, thanks for explaining the situation Natalie. That's really lame your usual printers backed out at the last minute . And sucks you couldn't find/lost usual signage.

So I just heard about the projector getting stolen. Since this is a family friendly con I won't curse out the person who did it on here, but that just makes me so freaking angry. Makes me wanna be a volunteer to guard the equipment all con long so that it doesn't happen again. I'm worried about your ability to get enough donations though, and if that site's truly reliable and will get that money to you guys. I'm just going to trust it will and donate to you guys asap!

I guess because of this unfortunate event, I doubt you can afford a VA guest, but hey maybe someday that would be really awesome to have again : ).

Btw if you don't mind me asking, how many people ended up attending this year?

[natchan]

Sadly I haven't got the numbers yet. Registration (AKA my Parents) have the numbers at their house and they haven't had the chance to count them yet. I called tonight and asked it they would get that too me soon. ^^;

As far as getting a VA is concerned we will make sure to grab one as soon as we can afford it. I promise we'll have one (or two) out again.

For panels, we're working on getting a better selection. Lol We just seem to have lots of cosplayers that want to run panels. ^^; Sorry.

And thanks for everyone's support with the whole stolen projector crap and all. We're doing our best to recoup.

[Shiro]

I had an idea for the too much dancey dance while waiting for the cosplay judges thing. I personally wasn't bored at all but for the people that were maybe break it up with some of the awards. That way there is more time for us to dancey dance at the end without the hotel giving us the heave-ho. XD Give the dancers a breather as well.

Hmmmm next year I'm considering running a panel for intro to MikuMiku Dance. I'm just worried no one would be interested. :/

[natchan]

I definitely think you would have people intested in Miku Miku Dance Shiro. ^^

[forlornhope]

Yeah, don't get me wrong. I still enjoyed the con immensely despite all the negatives I listed and I'll definitely be coming back next year. That's too bad about the stolen projector. What kind of person would do that?

[zoranea]

I know there are several who are aware that the Spectrum, St. George's local newspaper, had a photographer at the convention. I was present when he was taking photos at Chad's watercolor workshop. Anyway, I thought it would be of interest to all to read the article and see the photos that were in the newspaper.

www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=G3&Dato=20130301&Kategori=PHOTOGALLERIES10&Lopenr=303010802&Ref=PH

And today I was informed that another website also has photos of the convention. This one mainly of some of the masquerade contestants.

www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2013/03/03/caldwell-anime-subculture-gathers-all-ages-for-fannatiku-fest-stgnews-photo-gallery/

Also you can view the Kensin and Kaoru skit on you tube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3xzK2ISi8

The person who hosted the League of Legends and the make up panel put up a You tube video as well. It has an avertisment at the beginning so you will need to either skip it or wait until it ends to view the video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SGxN7_X4bE

So hopefully this should help let you all know, inspite of the things mentioned, there are people who did enjoy the convention. I am fine with how everything went. But sad to hear of the projector coming up missing. Hope all goes well through this next year.