Daniel Perales 77 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Hi All! I'm just curious what everyone thinks about this. I mean, there are already cons that are either being canceled, postponed, or going virtual again at least for the first half of the year. I would like to assume that they may be a chance that enough people will be vaccinated for Covid-19 by the second half of the year. Then maybe, the powers to be will give the ok to resume large gatherings, again. The big question is: Will you be comfortable to attend? The cons that I attend, AnimeNEXT already announced they're going "virtual" this year. I give Otakon live a very slim chance to happen this year. New York Comic Con and Anime-NYC has a much better chance to happen since it's going to be on the last quarter of the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zeeba Neighba 18 Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 (edited) As for me, it all depends on when I'm able to get vaccinated. If it happens before June, I just might be OK with going. We'll see. Edited January 21 by Zeeba Neighba 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Perales 77 Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 18 hours ago, Zeeba Neighba said: As for me, it all depends on when I'm able to get vaccinated. If it happens before June, I just might be OK with going. We'll see. I hope I get vaccinated myself by then as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aresef 101 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 After I'm vaccinated, sure. I'm in phase 2 so it shouldn't be that long. That being said, and I've talked about this a bit in the Discord, it's not really up to me or us otaku or even Otakorp whether these cons can all go on. It's all dependent on the facts on the ground and the restrictions the District has in place (not to mention whatever travel restrictions remain in place on a regional, national or international level). One of my cons set for June in Los Angeles punted to August 2022 because there just wasn't any other option. And it's not even that big an event. And then you have the no man's land of, you know, let's say WEWCC is open but they have to cap attendance at 20,000 or something. All of a sudden the math starts to fall apart. I don't speak for Otakon, obviously, but I know that they're thinking through the what if's. I think it'll be a while before big cons like Ota and Mag and SDCC and AX and Anime NYC are really feasible again. I'm hoping to go to Otakon this year. I miss my friends. But I'm not getting my hopes up. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KyoKyo 35 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 On 1/21/2021 at 7:34 PM, Daniel Perales said: I hope I get vaccinated myself by then as well. I don't plan on it unless I'm forced to in order to attend a convention and if that happens, then I might just ditch cons entirely. My job exposes me to covid hazards every day and I haven't had so much as a sniffle since this whole thing started. Both my wife and mother-in-law got it and were asymptomatic. I was tested and came back negative. Maybe I'm lucky and my cells are hard at work. Who knows. I think the entire convention industry is going to undergo a massive "reboot" after this pandemic scales down. I personally don't think large fan-run cons like Otakon will survive in their current form, if at all, and the smaller ones like Nekocon will pick up the remains. I hope I'm wrong but it looks like the direction we're headed in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aresef 101 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 On 1/28/2021 at 10:57 AM, KyoKyo said: I think the entire convention industry is going to undergo a massive "reboot" after this pandemic scales down. I personally don't think large fan-run cons like Otakon will survive in their current form, if at all, and the smaller ones like Nekocon will pick up the remains. I hope I'm wrong but it looks like the direction we're headed in. Yeah, and I think that after the fires are put out, we'll figure out what conventions look like going forward. I think we've seen the end of shoulder-to-shoulder dealer's rooms and any kind of raves for at least the next few years or more. But I don't think a lot of smaller cons are long for this world either. Look at what the prospect of two years sidelined could do to Otakon. MAGFest is hurting. Katsucon is hurting. AUSA's venue no longer exists. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
totalanimefan 3 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I'm hoping that America gets better at vaccinating more people per day so that it's safe to go to Otakon in August. I wonder if they could push it back to Sept or Oct? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ashrubbery 5 Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 I follow the national covid tracker. All of the metrics are down atm. https://covidtracking.com/data/charts/us-all-key-metrics Atm I am cautiously optimistic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nycanimechick 0 Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 (edited) For me it depends on how much scientists know by then about the vaccine's effectiveness. Ill be getting my 2nd shot in a couple of weeks but the cdc still doesnt know how long the vaccine's protection lasts and if you can still catch & spread covid-19 despite now being protected from the worse of it. Which is important cause I know not all con-goers are willing to be vaccinated (such as my friends). I dont wanna bring danger to myself & to family back home. I havent been to Otakon since 2017 cause I really disliked the new location. Early 2020 I told myself id give it another go and was really excited. Then pandemic happened. I hope to god that the vaccine works out in general and that Otakon will be able to live on. Edited March 22 by Nycanimechick Grammer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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