I read that not enough "regular" people were writing about this year's NYCC. I'm gonna dash off some thoughts, because I don't work for a news outlet
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I got bumped into more at this convention (which I only visited on Saturday) than I do at any three San Diego Comic-Cons. It didn't matter if I was strolling casually, walking at a good pace or standing at someone's table, someone seemed to careen into me at full-speed every three minutes. I haven't even had that problem on the New York subway system.
Designated photo areas would be great. I know that's valuable real estate, but emptying out a couple of booths where people can cosplay to their hearts' content or having a room on each floor where you can snap all the photos you want without disrupting traffic would make the con so much better for everyone. People who want to see all the costumes could do so at their leisure, people in costumes aren't going to earn the enmity of the people who just want to get from Point A to Point B, and kids don't have to worry about getting decapitated by someone's giant anime weaponry.
A friend of mine got burned by the small print on the "tables and chairs cost extra" thing, which is a pretty obnoxious expense to build into a convention. Instead of making back $500, which he thought would cover his table costs, he suddenly found himself facing a $700 deficit (not counting travel costs and his hotel expenses). The Comic-Con International crew are always very up front about any costs that you're going to incur when using their services, but I suppose Reed gets everyone with that trick at least once.
Designated photo areas would be great. I know that's valuable real estate, but emptying out a couple of booths where people can cosplay to their hearts' content or having a room on each floor where you can snap all the photos you want without disrupting traffic would make the con so much better for everyone. People who want to see all the costumes could do so at their leisure, people in costumes aren't going to earn the enmity of the people who just want to get from Point A to Point B, and kids don't have to worry about getting decapitated by someone's giant anime weaponry.
A friend of mine got burned by the small print on the "tables and chairs cost extra" thing, which is a pretty obnoxious expense to build into a convention. Instead of making back $500, which he thought would cover his table costs, he suddenly found himself facing a $700 deficit (not counting travel costs and his hotel expenses). The Comic-Con International crew are always very up front about any costs that you're going to incur when using their services, but I suppose Reed gets everyone with that trick at least once.
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