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Thoughts about NorWesCon
Mar. 16th, 2008 06:27 pmPoint #1 - NorWesCon is $80 this year. Let me point out in perspective that San Diego Comic Con is $75 at the door. EDIT: I should have checked this too. It appears it is $60 and while that isn't as wince inducing it is still painful considering what I do and don't get for it.
Point #2 - Lack of parties. There are a distinct lack of parties at the NorWesCon hotel this year due to an enforcement of rules which have never been enforced in previous years. They were well within their right to do so and I do not begrudge them the right but it will not be nearly as much fun for me without them. There is a party, a huge one, at the La Quinta across the street but that's a fair distance in some costumes and shoes.
Point #3 - I'm hearing that a lot of the adult panneling has been dimminished. Looking at the panneling on the programming page it looks the same to me as it has in past years but then again, I'm not a larger consumer of the adult panneling. The times I've been, it hasn't really been interesting for me - either being too surface of conversation or just a bit too much.
At this point, I'm going to NorWesCon these days because I've been going for years. It is getting to the point of more expensive than I'm really interested in paying for what I get out of it. The entertainment pannels usually have less informtation than I do. The dances have gotten less and less entertaining for me as the years go on. The parties are diminished this year.
I love NorWesCon. Don't get me wrong, I'm just noticing that I'm getting less and less out of it than I have in previous years. Last year I had a great time but that was more due to the fact that I spent all weekend talking to and playing games with friends than anything Con specific. It is a graet collection point for a lot of people I don't get to see and that is hard to put a value on for me but as we're approaching $100 for reg, plus hotel, plus food plus...
Yeah. I'm thinking about it for next year already.
As for my birthday, thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes. Thank you, very, very much, those of you who came out to the museum with me. Thank you all of those of you who pitched in for my present! The Finest Quality of the HD Tivo. Wooo!
Point #2 - Lack of parties. There are a distinct lack of parties at the NorWesCon hotel this year due to an enforcement of rules which have never been enforced in previous years. They were well within their right to do so and I do not begrudge them the right but it will not be nearly as much fun for me without them. There is a party, a huge one, at the La Quinta across the street but that's a fair distance in some costumes and shoes.
Point #3 - I'm hearing that a lot of the adult panneling has been dimminished. Looking at the panneling on the programming page it looks the same to me as it has in past years but then again, I'm not a larger consumer of the adult panneling. The times I've been, it hasn't really been interesting for me - either being too surface of conversation or just a bit too much.
At this point, I'm going to NorWesCon these days because I've been going for years. It is getting to the point of more expensive than I'm really interested in paying for what I get out of it. The entertainment pannels usually have less informtation than I do. The dances have gotten less and less entertaining for me as the years go on. The parties are diminished this year.
I love NorWesCon. Don't get me wrong, I'm just noticing that I'm getting less and less out of it than I have in previous years. Last year I had a great time but that was more due to the fact that I spent all weekend talking to and playing games with friends than anything Con specific. It is a graet collection point for a lot of people I don't get to see and that is hard to put a value on for me but as we're approaching $100 for reg, plus hotel, plus food plus...
Yeah. I'm thinking about it for next year already.
As for my birthday, thank you all for your thoughts and well wishes. Thank you, very, very much, those of you who came out to the museum with me. Thank you all of those of you who pitched in for my present! The Finest Quality of the HD Tivo. Wooo!
