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Otakon
Jul 23, 2007 4:50:45 GMT -5
Post by Anya1 on Jul 23, 2007 4:50:45 GMT -5
Yay Otakon! =D I'm totally going. And yes, it's worth it. It's actually pretty cheap to get a 'ticket.' Only $50. $50?! That's like, £25 o.o Must be a hell of a lot bigger than UK cons...
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Otakon
Jul 23, 2007 8:57:10 GMT -5
Post by Polaris on Jul 23, 2007 8:57:10 GMT -5
It is kinda cheap but it is for the three days >.> and yeah it's big. It was overall pretty fun but they screwed up lots of panels this year...
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Otakon
Jul 23, 2007 13:22:18 GMT -5
Post by UndeadTiger on Jul 23, 2007 13:22:18 GMT -5
Otakon being big? Hell yeah. Otakon is the second largest con in the US.
Otakon being cheap? I'd say so.
Otakon screwing up a lot of the panels? Don't make me laugh. Every panel that I at least went to, were about 10-20 minutes late. And some weren't even prepared. Like the Photoshop workshop, the guy didn't know what was wrong with the projector so my dad fixed it. Quite funny actually...
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Otakon
Jul 23, 2007 16:47:11 GMT -5
Post by Polaris on Jul 23, 2007 16:47:11 GMT -5
About 4 of the panels I wanted to go to were canceled, made me sad. Aarons Q and A I understood but the Hellsing panel, the Inuyasha panel and such I couldn't grasp why :? oh well. I did enjoy the ones I Went to though.
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Otakon
Jul 23, 2007 18:40:26 GMT -5
Post by Seven Ace on Jul 23, 2007 18:40:26 GMT -5
I also attended Otakon.
As for the panels: A friend of mine was looking forward uber-major to the visual kei panel; it was canceled and replaced with a Gundam (I assume) panel. Sucked. The 4chan panel was also 18+ when it was reported that the panel was all ages. ("What are you here for? Are you here for 4chan?" "Yes." "You need a wristband to get in." ... ?!?) But the panels I went to started on time, actually. (Little Gamers, Gaia, Seki Tomokazu, Maki Murakami)
There was actually a HUGE panels fiasco before the con; if I recall correctly, the panels head position changed hands rather suddenly to someone who was unprepared for it.
Did anyone go to the rave? It was awesome.
Otakon is huuuuuuuuuuge and awesome and win. Oh, and it's not a 'ticket' that you get - it's a membership (which is materially represented by your badge) - figured I may as well get that out. n__________n;;
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Otakon
Jul 23, 2007 21:08:03 GMT -5
Post by Polaris on Jul 23, 2007 21:08:03 GMT -5
Yeah they have one computer that takes care of panels and it crashed.... >.> personally for that big a con I think you need a bigger server/memory.
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Otakon
Jul 23, 2007 21:25:28 GMT -5
Post by Seven Ace on Jul 23, 2007 21:25:28 GMT -5
Yeah, panels issues were very present this year - they need to have a backup this coming year, and not to give the position to an unprepared gofer. I hope nothing of this kind happens this coming year, at least.
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Otakon
Jul 24, 2007 10:30:45 GMT -5
Post by Polaris on Jul 24, 2007 10:30:45 GMT -5
I do as well, this year was the worst as far as my last 4 years go. I hope they learn from this. it was my brother and his girlfriend first Otakon and they said they like Katsucon way better and are considering not going back, but I convinced them to give it another year ^^
I had more fun at the Ranger events [Didn't go to any Armor Army events ): ]than I did the actual con though...which is kinda sad.
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Otakon
Jul 26, 2007 18:08:39 GMT -5
Post by Em on Jul 26, 2007 18:08:39 GMT -5
I had fun all round with the Ragner events ( what happned Army people I showed up at the right time waited half an hour and no-one showed up?)
The panle and qutograpth irked me quite a bit but if I can make it I'm hopping to make it again next year XD
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Otakon
Jul 27, 2007 16:40:12 GMT -5
Post by Seven Ace on Jul 27, 2007 16:40:12 GMT -5
I didn't go to any autograph sessions - we wanted to go to Murakami's session, but the line was HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE so we didn't. We just knew Seki was a hopeless cause.
As I said, the panels went fine with me.
Oh, how'd the meetup go? From Em's post it would seem that it failed, but... I don't know, as I wasn't there.
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Otakon
Jul 27, 2007 18:42:37 GMT -5
Post by Brittdvorak on Jul 27, 2007 18:42:37 GMT -5
the lunch did work but aaron didnt go. We did also have a meetup later with aaron...so it was all good.
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Otakon
Aug 7, 2007 16:57:11 GMT -5
Post by xokackiiox on Aug 7, 2007 16:57:11 GMT -5
i loved Otakon! It was my first con! EVER!
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Otakon
Aug 7, 2007 23:04:27 GMT -5
Post by piratelibby on Aug 7, 2007 23:04:27 GMT -5
we wanted to go to Murakami's session, but the line was HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE so we didn't. That's because Murakami is awesome. I'd wait for days for her to sign a vol. of Gravitation for me.
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