10 Things I Learned at DragonCon 2007
1. Sometimes leaving the main hotel is a bad idea. Especially in the later parts of the evening, the Fire Marshals in all their grapefruit swaying glory, seemed to rather enjoy shutting off entry to the Hyatt. If you weren't already in, you were locked out for a period of time. Labels: dragoncon, Florida, personal, shota, television, yaoi
2. Going up a few levels in order to catch an elevator up even further is generally not a bad idea. Of course, you run the risk of finding one that is completely full no matter what. The odds do seem to run a bit more in your favor though.
3. Con Suite is cool and all your first few cons, but quite honestly, unless you get there at a random time when they actually have something of substance, just ignore it except for drinks. Do not drink the Energy Drinks however cool their names may sound. Too many of those puppies and you'll be out for the count.
4. "Stars" that charge for autographs are absolute assholes. Ignore them.
5. Furries are annoying overall, but the real obnoxious pieces of shit are those who are in full fursuit and sit in the front row of a panel and mime their over exaggerating expressions completely throughout the hour. Terry Brooks should have come down there and smacked the bitch. I don't care that he's an old man!
6. The Mythbusters Build Team are probably some of the coolest celebrities I've ever had the pleasure of meeting at DragonCon. I got a shirt and they all signed it. Hopefully a picture of the four of us will turn out. *crosses fingers*
7. The Yaoi Panel may not have had much discussion going on during its length, but they did show Level C, parts of Boku No Sexual Harassment, and parts of an uncensored Legend of the Blue Wolves. Apparently the latter is now on DVD. Wow! Sadly, the girl running the panel is also not down with the shota. But she did serve us free booze.
8. If the panel you're waiting for has a line that lasts more than two hours, you probably are into something too mainstream. This may affect your geek-cred. Ghost Hunter programs, I'm talking to you!
9. Even with programming and other things to do spanning three hotels, 40,000+ people is alot of fucking people. And with so many making this their very first DragonCon, I wonder how much bigger this thing is going to get? (It was my 12th Con myself.)
10. Despite attempts to quell such a thing, I did end up having my friend from Fort Lauderdale spend one night with me. Saturday night, he was locked out of his room and I offered him a place to stay. Chemistry reignited and your faithful webmaster played his Seme role once more. While there may be Ye Old Drama™ fallout, I am almost completely sure that this was something that fate had created. We were just merely playing our respective roles.
2 comments
"Stars" that charge for autographs are pathetic and probably need the money.
By 
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:22:00 PM
Hmm interesting. I saw DragonCon covered on the news. It was the first time I had seen it on there. They tended to focus on some Star Wars cos players though. Congrats on the yaoi, and hopefully drama will be minimal.
By Tieed, at
Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:16:00 PM
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