Author Topic: Mewcon? (Read 97430 times)

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #450 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:29:39 pm »

Nope, I must disagree. Savory is my top choice. That's why Kahlan can out-eat me on goodies any day of the week!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #451 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:30:27 pm »

I don't think I ever really get full of cupcakes >_>

I'm sure after a bunch of them I would.....but it takes a lot

melchizedek · « **Reply #452 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:33:13 pm »

I made ramen with veggies yum

nikkiolie · « **Reply #453 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:34:57 pm »

that sounds really good

just like lamb (my dinner tonight)

Sayda · « **Reply #454 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:37:41 pm »

I'm having sushi! Again. But that's because it's a double date with my sister. Other then that though, I'm with Eve. I like savory. Although, I go back and forth. Usually after a savory thing I want something sweet. Or vise versa.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #455 on:** January 03, 2009, 05:40:03 pm »

Have fun on your date

back on topic though >_> Mew con was fun but it could be better with the suggestions that everyone made

StarryShay · « **Reply #456 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:03:24 pm »

I think we should have had a bigger Count Down. ;.;

nikkiolie · « **Reply #457 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:04:52 pm »

I think there should have been a tv somewhere with the volume muted so we could watch the ball drop (it wouldn't be muted when the ball was dropping

)

melchizedek · « **Reply #458 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:08:30 pm »

maybe next year?

Someone could have dropped some dragon balls

Kanmu · « **Reply #459 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:24:30 pm »

i'm sad higuma and i missed it. I had to work >.< Maybe next year

RemSaverem · « **Reply #460 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:31:22 pm »

It's sounding more impressive, the more I hear about it

However, it does sound like there were problems with the hotel or scheduling or? Like panelists being locked out of their panel rooms (not opened in time)? So I was wondering if MEW was booked for the same holiday timeframe and/or for the same hotel again next year already? And congratulations to everyone who did a great job there and to everyone on board for next year!

makichan · « **Reply #461 on:** January 03, 2009, 07:38:06 pm »

Quote from: melchizedek on January 03, 2009, 07:08:30 pm

maybe next year?

Someone could have dropped some dragon balls

Haha... YES.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #462 on:** January 03, 2009, 08:43:34 pm »

I still want to do my Pac-man countdown ball idea. ^_^ I'll make it happen by next year.

DancingTofu · « **Reply #463 on:** January 03, 2009, 09:52:17 pm »

I'm probably going to make a map of the area for the con next year. Pretty much anywhere you are except in the downtown area of a major city like Portland or Seattle, it's difficult to figure out where to get food, or where to find an ATM machine. I had a lot of help from one of my gaming staff who lived in the area, so with his help we were able to get food at a fairly decent price at Safeway. I still have a whole loaf of bread and half a jar of peanut butter.

Anyway, I think that having an area map would help a lot to make the location more tolerable. We'll probably wind up in the same venue or a similarly sized Red Lion venue in Portland/Vancouver next year.

The location isn't really a problem at all. It's less than 10 minutes from where Kumoricon 2006 was and a short walk from where Kumoricon 2007 was.

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #464 on:** January 03, 2009, 10:29:48 pm »

omg, me and a ton of people marched around the first day after the dating game but we failed to find anything still open that wasn't stupidly exspensive lol
so we just ate ramen and tolerated it, so a map would make things MUCH easier

nikkiolie · « **Reply #465 on:** January 03, 2009, 11:15:33 pm »

A map would be nice

and Eve I would love to see the pac man

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #466 on:** January 03, 2009, 11:22:50 pm »

Yeah, I'll be sure to perfect the idea and get it made into a real, functioning mechanism. I think everyone can relate to the significance of Pac-man.

DancingTofu · « **Reply #467 on:** January 03, 2009, 11:36:23 pm »

I could swear there were maps in the programming booklet. Did that not get out to people? Even so, there should have been a map of the con visible. Did you try the info booths?

Darkerlight · « **Reply #468 on:** January 04, 2009, 12:02:52 am »

The maps were at reg in the guide first and second day, also on the website and at info desk... I printed the improv program guides with maps at kinkos on the 30th when our original program guides changed their delivery dates to show that they wouldn't be delivered until late D2 of con... no one seems to read the guides though so... next year a big colored map board?

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #469 on:** January 04, 2009, 12:24:09 pm »

lol I didn't even know that there were programming guides

nikkiolie · « **Reply #470 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:03:30 pm »

I saw the program guide but I didn't see a map for outside of the hotel.

xkuroxhanax · « **Reply #471 on:** January 04, 2009, 01:04:28 pm »

yeah. same here. i didnt know they existed.

Teepet · « **Reply #472 on:** January 04, 2009, 07:14:48 pm »

The hotel (like most hotels) had a walking map of local food, I know cause I grabbed a couple for some people, I'm pretty sure that the Subway was the closest thing that wasn't in the hotel. Those tend to be more accurate than con maps anyway (I remember a bunch of people getting lost from the bad map/confusing Portland combo during K-con 08)

I really liked M.E.W. con's small-ness, and wouldn't want it to get too much bigger. What I think we really needed was more diversity; we did a good job getting the anime fans in, but when a Sci-fi guy wandered up and asked me for programming suggestions, I really didn't have much to tell him. We also had some problems filling up some panels, which I think a bit of a boost in attendees and diversity would've helped.
I loved our vendors and hope they come back, maybe next time we can find a way to have them closer in to the con- they felt really distant.

Staff radios would be awesome, getting everyone's cell #'s was a pain in the butt (I wound up only having Venton's and Kittyminion's). I know that we were supposed to have them, hopefully next year we actually will.

DancingTofu · « **Reply #473 on:** January 04, 2009, 08:26:59 pm »

Well, maybe people just aren't ready for our futuristic methods. We'll just have to make sure to get the map printed on some D-size posterboard (23"x35" IIRC) before the con and put those up in some discrete locations. I scaled the map we did have myself using Google Maps and pictures of the space, so it was fairly accurate.

kylite · « **Reply #474 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:53:49 am »

while I agree that radio's would definitely help the convention as a whole in regards to communication, being that this con is still quite young, radios can be extremely expensive to purchase. I have been looking into radio rental plans and even that can be a bit spendy.

for example:

Event Communications, Inc.
$9 per radio per day
$35 per radio per week

(includes chargers, extra batteries, headsets, and free shipping to the location)
(buyer is responsible for paying for shipping return fees)

using the weekly rate as that appears to actually be cheaper, and taking into account for 20 radios Iv come to an estimate of $700 for the radios and roughly $100 return shipping. so that's $800 out of the budget just for the radios.

just my 2 cents

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #475 on:** January 05, 2009, 02:43:53 pm »

I agree Teepet, it was too bad panels like the scavenger hunt ended up not having a single person there but then there was the anime dating games that had SOOOO many people in them, I loved how small the con was because by the time you left you had met almost everyone there. but a bit more wouldn't hurt and would remove the bit of down time that happened in the con ^_^

Evaldas · « **Reply #476 on:** January 05, 2009, 03:51:44 pm »

I would have come as an artist, but I was scheduled to work on Wednesday and a family thing Thursday afternoon. The other thing was price. $65 dollars seemed a little pricey for the size of the con. Normally I wouldn't blink at the price at a fair or show, but I really doubted I could make that money back due to being the 1st year and the gamble of the date (either being a booming success or lukewarm showing). So instead I had a friend host my cards.

Kinda glad it worked out that way--I only sold five cards. Hardly a windfall. Plus I was told my suspicions were correct,thing were very slow and quiet, minus Nekopan who I heard did really well (though I am sure they did well, not only because of their notoriety, but being one of the few food sources nearby).

I would love to come out to MEWcon another time--but I want to make sure it's not going to be a complete loss business-wise for me. I love meeting people and having a good experience, but I have bills that need to be paid.

I would love to hear from other artists and vendors and their experience there.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #477 on:** January 05, 2009, 04:47:50 pm »

I still think there needs to be somewhere to watch the ball drop

HatakeGirlX · « **Reply #478 on:** January 05, 2009, 05:24:52 pm »

I agree Nikki

JeffT · « **Reply #479 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:15:12 pm »

I had fun at MEW Con. Despite the small size, it is still fun going to the smaller panels, hanging out with crowds, and seeing cosplay. And, I will be proud to say someday that I was one of the elite few who went to the very first MEW Con.

The hotel was nice and I only had to leave the venue once to get food (thanks to splitting with a friend one day and getting a chicken rice bowl in the lobby another, and a raspberry chocolate cheesecake from Neko Pan), and Taco Bell was just a 5 minute drive away. If the con is held in that hotel next year I'll have to try their restaurant. Gaming got off to a great start with a range of old to new systems and there was a decent number of guests for a small con.

I found the online schedule and map! And I identified correctly that the 3D map was done in Google Sketchup! I saved both onto my iPod Touch using AirSharing, so I had them with me the whole time.

makichan · « **Reply #480 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:21:42 pm »

Does anyone know if they're doing Mew again?

Darknight2433 · « **Reply #481 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:22:10 pm »

They are! I have confirmation from Tanis.

oslapedo · « **Reply #482 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:23:45 pm »

YAY.

I'm definitely staffing next year, gonna make Mew2 rock! >:3

Mr Silmero · « **Reply #483 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:28:59 pm »

Quote from: oslapedo on January 05, 2009, 11:23:45 pm

YAY.

I'm definitely staffing next year, gonna make Mew2 rock! >:3

Mew2= awesome.

makichan · « **Reply #484 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:32:30 pm »

Mew2... Mewtwo...
hhhhmmmm Pokemon reference, anyone?

oslapedo · « **Reply #485 on:** January 05, 2009, 11:45:44 pm »

I've always thought of Poke'mon when I think of Mewcon

leashy · « **Reply #486 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:58:11 am »

I had a great time at Mewcon which I didn't really expect given the small size of the con. I kinda expected to not have a lot of fun since I didn't know a ton of people there but it actually turned into a space that forced you to get to know these people you have probably said hi to at other cons but have been too busy to start conversations with.

A lot of the panels were great, especially the ones that popped up on the fly!

nikkiolie · « **Reply #487 on:** January 06, 2009, 12:06:32 pm »

I'm not one for panels. I can't sit still long enough at a con >_<

Plus the few I have been to were rather boring, informational, but boring. The Harry Potter one at Mew con was fun but that was because we were screwing around a lot.....and Inu I'm sorry if we messed up your panel >_<

xkuroxhanax · « **Reply #488 on:** January 06, 2009, 03:41:00 pm »

xD i went to a few panel. i'm definitely going to MEW next year. lfaskdjf;laksjd

SachiNoDa · « **Reply #489 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:01:37 pm »

: D I'll be performing again next year for sure. I look forward to seeing everyone there again!

Deviant Spider · « **Reply #490 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:02:17 pm »

Quote from: oslapedo on January 05, 2009, 11:23:45 pm

YAY.

I'm definitely staffing next year, gonna make Mew2 rock! >:3

*shy look* how about Kumoricon???... We needs staff too. (Unless you allready are, cause that would be awesome!)

nikkiolie · « **Reply #491 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:36:42 pm »

Quote from: xkuroxhanax on January 06, 2009, 03:41:00 pm

xD i went to a few panel. i'm definitely going to MEW next year. lfaskdjf;laksjd

Yeah I think I'll go again next year. Hopefully the cost will go down too *hint hint*

xkuroxhanax · « **Reply #492 on:** January 06, 2009, 04:37:03 pm »

xD yeah. that would be cool.

makichan · « **Reply #493 on:** January 06, 2009, 06:05:08 pm »

Quote from: nikkiolie on January 06, 2009, 04:36:42 pm

Quote from: xkuroxhanax on January 06, 2009, 03:41:00 pm
xD i went to a few panel. i'm definitely going to MEW next year. lfaskdjf;laksjd

Yeah I think I'll go again next year. Hopefully the cost will go down too *hint hint*

::hint:: ::hint::

oslapedo · « **Reply #494 on:** January 06, 2009, 06:42:30 pm »

Quote from: makichan on January 06, 2009, 06:05:08 pm

Quote from: nikkiolie on January 06, 2009, 04:36:42 pm
Quote from: xkuroxhanax on January 06, 2009, 03:41:00 pm
xD i went to a few panel. i'm definitely going to MEW next year. lfaskdjf;laksjd

Yeah I think I'll go again next year. Hopefully the cost will go down too *hint hint*
::hint:: ::hint::

* oslapedo hints hints as well

nikkiolie · « **Reply #495 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:21:41 pm »

Ok so a lot of people want the price to go down XD

xkuroxhanax · « **Reply #496 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:23:25 pm »

xD that would be awesome.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #497 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:24:44 pm »

It would make it more fun for me. I would have more money to spend elsewhere

xkuroxhanax · « **Reply #498 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:25:28 pm »

yeah. money is always an issue at cons. there's just so much to buy

nikkiolie · « **Reply #499 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:26:11 pm »

At mew con there wasn't a whole lot, I would have and should have bought more cupcakes though

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