F00LY
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Putting my vote in for no masks, yes vaccines.
Just got back from Katsu and despite their mask policy, like 20% or more of the con didn't wear it, no one seemed to care, and this was particularly true for Katsu staff, booths and tables in the dealers room and artists alley (and included the people at and around the Otakon table).
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Have we heard yet how people who got their badges mailed can get guides + printed schedules on Thursday?
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That's my biggest concern with having the tracking number. Ignoring being promised it and all, we were told (iirc, correct me if I am wrong) that these would HAVE to be signed for. If they don't...that's great. But if they do, those of us with jobs and other obligations need to know WHEN its coming so we can make arrangements to be sure its signed for.
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Keeping customers out of the loop is never really a solid plan. At least give us a "we know there is a problem and are working on it..."
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YATTA
Or if he was a real man, Livin' La Vida Loca dressed up as Hard Gay. That is all.
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I think I know what you're asking.
I'm pretty sure how it works is Otakon reserves the block now, but the passkey system doesn't send the detailed reservations until a week before the convention so that the hotel doesn't have paranoid people calling and asking about their reservations every other week. It's just easier for hotel staff that way. Also, you cannot reserve a room under the Otakon block directly at the hotel. You have to make it through the passkey system. In fact, if you try to reserve an Otakon block room at the hotel, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't know what you're talking about as it wouldn't be in their system yet.
So no, technically all those rooms are not open and they are reserved for Otakon for the week surrounding the convention. All the reservation details sent through to the hotel systems on the 9th of July.
You could of course reserve a room at the hotel's rate, or probably thorough Priceline or Hotwire or something like that.
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Maybe get together with people that are going to be hosting panels and have them do suggestions for the programming in some rooms?
EX: On Friday or Saturday of the con I remember going to a J-Drama Panel, and some of that stuff sounded pretty interesting. It would have been great if there was a follow-up viewing of one or two of the shows they could have promoted later in the con. As awesome as they sounded, everything at the con sounded that way, and by the time one makes it to the Dealer's Room without an actual lasting impression some of those titles and ideas were lost.
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Welp once more my plans have changed, but being as my girlfriend actually bought patterns and fabrics this time it should all stay...
She is going to go as Konata Izumi from Lucky Star (Summer Uniform), and I will be heading as Minoru Shiraishi (School Uniform) also from Lucky Star.
Don't know how many days we will cosplay yet / if we will be doing that all three, but that's the plan for now at least.
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I start saving funds on January 1st. Depending upon my hours and desires/needs is how much I put aside. I'll aim to have my hotel money saved by February, Gas and Food by March or early April, and from that point on anything I do or dont' put aside just determines how much gear I can get.
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Update:
10 Months
22 Days
13 Hours
48 Minutes
02 seconds
til the day of
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Granted I don't have exact numbers, but I hear that the expected attendance is to be between 10,000 and 15,000 people.
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And if you do suffer this, how do you deal with it?
1. Make your reservations for next year.
2. In one sitting, watch all six episodes of FLCL in Japanese with English subs.
3. Repeat step 2 until you feel a little better and take solace in the fact that Otakon is early next year!
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Yuri Lowenthal. Enough said.
Spending time with two of my greatest friends.
All of the wonderful things Bandai incorporated and learning about a new show.
Kadokawa Pictures Panel.
My first 45 minutes in the Dealer's Room. Seriously. I walked and just stared, people probably laughed at me. It was an overwhelming sight.
Being shocked by my enjoyment for the Artist Alley.
Walking around the Dealer's Room completely broke and still enjoying it.
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Were the Kamina who was hanging out with the Yoko after the Geass dating game?
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I have 3 dealer's I'm looking for, just to jot down then names for next year. Good deals and purchases to be had everywhere of course.
Who was the table with the Code Geass Model Kits ($27-$33) that I saw? I only saw two people with them, near the back center wall.
Who was the person in the center with the doujins and risque wallscrolls with the funny phrases over 'certain' body parts (You must mine more minerals, 2v2 bgh?, Need more vespene gas)?
Who was it that was having the insane deals on the manga? It was like 30 for $150 or something crazy.
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I will be returning as Zero from Code Geass once more, as well as Orange-kun (Jeramiah Gottwald also from Code Geass xD) in his R2 form.
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Does anyone know WHERE exactly this supposed hallway linking the BCC and the Hilton will connect at? o_O Also if this will alter the convenience of getting into the con / pre-reg?
Basically what I'm asking is, where in the convention center does it connect?
Will we be allowed to use that to get in for Pre-Reg?
Will we be allowed to use that to get into the con?
Just checking, my friends have a reservation at the Days Inn also, and if the convenience isn't worth it...hmm...
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Hilton's back on the radar. I just got my Thursday at the Hilton added to my reservation. Got Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday night for a total of $816, $926.16 after taxes. May or may not drop the Sunday to bring it down to $612 ($694.62 with taxes) after awhile. Need to see what my group desires, but I wanted to cover all bases.
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If all goes according to plan, Tuxedo Mask with 1 Sailor Scout minimum, potentially 3 total.
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Place I stayed: Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
Number of people in room: 3
Hotel Staff: Bellhops are awesome. Desk people are retarded. Food workers were a pleasure to talk to.
Walk to the con center: Around 5 minutes.
The bad: Didn't check for TV hookups, but I doubt there were any, they wanted you to buy there movies and such it seemed. I can't say for certain. However they DID charge an additional $150 ($50/night) that I was not told about for "safety" issues. We flipped because I called no less than 10 times asking EXACTLY how much I would need. So if you go there, make sure to plan ahead that money. They give it back to you at checkout, but its still annoying not to have it if you planned it for the con.
The good: Decent sized room, no fridge, but it did have a coffee maker. Bathroom was nice and big, plenty of room to move around and get dressed but also got overly steamy in no time at all. Conveniently located to the Gallery for food / shopping if needed. Breakfast was reasonable, prices weren't too bad for food and drink inside.
Would you stay there again?: Yeah but I'd do a little more careful planning with my money and timings.
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I misunderstood as well. It was great to meet you though and you guys did an awesome job talking to each of us and working the booth.
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Well I just switched over from radisson to days inn. now it's only cost 30-40 a night each (+tax) =D. I heard that its a good hotel, but just like I asked with the radisson... anyone mind confirming it? I mean one block away, and directly in sight of the BCC.. seems fine to me, but how about staff and how the rooms are?
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Transportation: $50
Hotel: $250
Food : $60
Merchandise: ~$450
Artist Alley: $130
Total: $940
A bit for my first con, but it was a load of fun, got lots of stuff I've always wanted, and had an experience unlike anything I ever imagined.
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THANK YOU! I brought a pen and paper with me but lost the list. This is greatly appreciated. Great panel too!
THANK YOU! I brought a pen and paper with me but lost the list. This is greatly appreciated. Great panel too!
Panel Feedback 2023
in Otakon 2023
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Plan to review panels here later, but seeing this contractor post wanted to post my thoughts before I forget.
1. Every room should have 2 projectors. Its awful getting into a panel you're hyped for, getting delegated to the side of the room where you just simply have no angle of the sole screen at all.
2. I feel like if this isn't a thing, a piece of paper should be at ever panel on how to connect to the mics/speakers and how to troubleshoot common issues. In multiple panels I experienced audience members playing IT support on how to check basic, basic things (basic IT wise, I dont expect "normies" to tech to know)
3. Most of the rooms projectors should've been a solid 12 inches higher. This is a convention that lives and dies by subtitles. In almost every panel I was at, if you werent in the front row or in my girlfriends case are relatively short, you're never reading a subtitle ever, especially if (1) is true and you only had one screen to try and read it on.
4. This is less A/V, but related. In the cases where mics or presenters are quiet, I wish whoever was in charge of the room would tell audience members to stfu. This year was by far the rudest audience I have ever seen between heckling, calling out jokes constantly as if they are part of the panel, and in most cases just plain talking to their friend loudly through it. I had some panels where right before the start the staff told everyone things were about to start to settle in and quiet down and it was the only panels that didnt have this issue as predominantly.