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Sorry if this is super last minute. Classic college/school problem of "printer not working when it is needed most" happened.

In my past years of Fanime, I'd always print out my receipt/email and along with my ID, got my badge as needed. I was wondering if I could show my e-postcard from my iPhone and show my ID along with it? I've seen others in other cons do it, but I'm not sure how the policy is for Fanime.

In the event that it doesn't scan for some reason, would they be able to enter those random letters and numbers on top of the QR Code in order to "activate" my ticket?

Kupo, it's not called Rave. It's a Dance. :p

Anyway, I liked the panels this year, I've been to a few and it was awesome. I spent half the time in the hotel finishing my costume (to make up for the 6-hours of time I lost in the pre-reg line), but over all everything I did try out, I liked. The Clockwork Alchemy at Double Tree was awesome.

Really? I haven't been to the rav- I mean Dance for a year and I thought they always called it a rave, haha. But I'll make the edit.

For the past few years, I've been making these threads about your FanimeCon experiences and thought I'd continue with 2012!

For the past few years, I've been making these threads about your FanimeCon experiences and thought I'd continue with 2012!

I always felt that at Fanime, that I'm behind the times on the otaku pop culture. Sometimes I stare at Stage Zero and as much as I would love to participate, I always feel like that I'm going to fail bad because I haven't watched a specific anime or read a specific manga. Every year that I attend Fanime, it seems to re invigorate the anime loving person in me and I always feel inspired to get more into anime, but at the same time I'm not sure where to start. So, I need some help from people here! I'd post in the designated recommendation topic but that seems like some place I'd be lost in.

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/KupoDREAM

There's my animelist profile. It will probably make the super anime fan be like "What the f*** is this?" But I got no shame and I'm looking to improve my palette. It's not completely updated as I have yet to add some more to the list, but judging from that list. You could say that I've seen many mainstream stuff. I also had some stuff that were not mainstream.

For me, I always gotta make a stop at Pizza My Heart. For a little less than $10, you get a salad, a drink and a pizza. Enough to fill you up. It's also pretty good and not fast-foodish, so you don't feel like crap afterwards.

I also went to Iguanas and while it has indeed filled me up too, I kept farting for the entire day. Then again I ordered the Super Iguana.

Of course, Hydration and their curry bowls are excellent as always. But I didn't get to visit them this year, so I'm only speaking from last years' experience in terms of Hydration.

Sent my email earlier.

Quick question though. Are we going to get a reply from them whether they have it or not?

Anyone I played Ninja with this year. Though I didn't really talk to anyone except one, maybe you remember me? Maybe become  friends?

I usually played between 8-12am.

Some people I remembered were...

- A blonde girl, dressed in blue. Then the next day wore a beige/tan dress. She had a friend who would help her out.
- A white guy, who someone named Taichi. Ended up calling him that. He had glasses and was always either in the top 6 or in the finals. Every time he made a move in Ninja, he has this tai chi, fluid movement.
- This asian girl, who dressed up in some warrior outfit.
- This white guy, short hair. He would sometimes tell the ninja players to yell out "AYYYYYYYYYYYE"
- A big guy, dressed up as Dr. Mario. For a guy that big, he played pretty well. He was badass and taunted his opponents. There have been two times where I was a victim of his taunts and lost.

Anyway, I wore the yellow and white striped sweater. But one other time I played, I wore a blue and black striped sweater.

Started a yearly thread where I ask others what they dislike about the FanimeCon experience. Might as well start a new thread asking what they like about the Fanime Experience to bring some more positivity to this place!

Same drill as last year. Only difference is that I've changed "FanimeCon" to "FanimeCon Experience" in order to broaden the choices and to define the fact that we're talking about stuff that we don't like throughout the FanimeCon experience rather than just FanimeCon itself because there are stuff outside of their control we may not like. Also nearly doubled the choices since the last thread.

Remember, there should be a thread to voice your complaints for the staff to see. Also, try not to argue on this thread so that it doesn't get locked! :)

Last Year's Thread: http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,14554.0.html

1 - I don't feel anything. After FanimeCon, I went back to the daily grind of my life with virtually no problems.
2 - I slightly miss Fanime. After FanimeCon, I was depressed on the last moments before leaving and going home was weird for a moment. But I'll get over it within a few hours/days.
3 - Sigh. For the next 2-4 days, It will be somewhat depressing. But I'm gradually returning to my regular life.
4 - Sad. I had such a good time at Fanime, I'm going to miss the experience. The following 5-7 days, I'll probably be thinking about it until I slowly transition back to regular life.
5 - Super Sad/Depressed. I miss Fanime and I seriously cannot wait until next year. Everything remotely reminds me of Fanime. It will take weeks for me to get over it.

Also if you want, you can explain why you chose that specific number.

Fanime was fun for me as always. Only gripe is someone stole my bag of stuff I bought after Fanime ended. Fun is what you make of it and other than the lack of schedules, I made the best of it.

Pretty much all the downs that happened at Fanime for me was out of the FanimeCon staff's control like someone pulling the fire alarm at Mariott, somewhat, Bad roommate, theft, and stinky people.

There were ups and downs for me. From new roommates to being a victim of theft. It's still the same. I still get hit with PCD. I mean, it wasn't instant because I was mad at something that happened, but the moment I arrived at my house, it hit me. It feels weird to be back home.

Pretty funny moment for me.

I was in the room on my laptop playing "Dancing at the Party" from Nacho Libre. Then the fire alarm went off. We initially got worried and I was glad that I packed up early since it was Sunday Night, so me and my roomies were about to grab our bags.

Then as the fire alarm stopped the lyrics "Everyone is dancing... happy... par...tee." played and we all cracked up. We were cautious and checked outside before we do anything, but it was quiet, so we assumed it was a prank.

[EDIT]

I don't see a lost and found section in the forum, so hopefully this is the right place to post it. It's also better since this sub forum is also one of the most frequented I think, so hopefully one of the readers has more information.

Had a pretty good experience at Fanime until the end had to be ruined for me. So I ventured to Stage Zero at around 2-2:30pmish after eating some lunch and watched the festivities. I walked in to a game where they played rock, paper, scissors and try to hit each other with a plastic inflatable hammer. I had a plastic bag which had stuff I bought at the Artist Alley. Once Rob Miles, the guy who works for Sega was on stage. He offered more prizes which are his video games. For some odd reason, I thought he was going to throw it to us (despite looking back, that would've been bad.) Anyway, assuming that, I put my bag under my chair and waited. Then we eventually moved on to trivia and then I got intrigued and tried my hardest to remember information about Fanime in general to get a prize. Anyway, after the hosts said thanks and ended, they started to dance to Barbra Streisand by Duck Sauce. So I walked towards the left side of Stage Zero towards the stairs and then before I walked down, I realized I left my bag, so I walked back to my seat and found out it was empty. I was panicking and asking people but to no avail. I asked people at the Info Booth near Stage Zero, they said no. I asked some people walking backstage of Stage Zero, they said no. I went to ConOps and they said no and they recommended emailing Fanime at their lost and found address. I walked to the front desk inside the entrance of the convention, they said no. I circled the path from Stage Zero, downstairs at the convention center, up the escalator at the Marriott, and through the second floor at the left side of the convention center where the Mariott's entrance connected. Kinda looked like an idiot because some people were eyeballing me oddly. Nothing.

Got pretty mad, sad and depressed. But I've maintained my composure. I just hope that it won't taint my Fanime experience because I don't want to weigh on my mind. But that bag had stuff I spent over $100 on. Yes, I'll admit it's my fault that I made such a dumb move by carelessly leaving it there. Let's get that out of the way. But yeah. I don't know what to make of this. Did some heartless person steal it? Did someone find it and decided to return it? Did the "wind" just blow it? I'm not sure. I highly doubt someone's going to return a bag with valuable art in it, but I'm going to remain optimistic and just do what I can to hopefully reunite with it. I already tweeted about it using the #FanimeCon hashtag in hopes that someone will read it. I will also send my email soon.

For now, I'll be vague just in case and just say that there are prints (from the siblings that sell those cool prints of their artwork from games/anime) and buttons in the bag. Not going to describe them any further in public unless I feel that it's necessary. Definitely going to describe them in detail on an email.

But yeah, it's a long shot. But it's better than nothing I suppose. Worth a shot.

EDIT: Was wearing a yellow and white striped sweater. I initially sat in the back row. But then moved to the second row to the front on the right side, so I'm near that guy with the glasses that was doing work for Stage Zero on the laptop. Think his name was Sean or something, idk. . I know when I moved to the second row, I had my bag still.

[Has the stores been closing earlier this year]

Like I said. I'm not complaining about how long it's opened or requesting it to be longer. I know how people feel working long shifts, I've done it before in the past. I know Fanime is always going to try to accommodate what's best for everyone, I know everyone wants to have rest and relaxation. I don't know why people are still on that case.

But either way, only one person gave me an answer. I asked my friends and they felt like it's been closed earlier as well, but hey it could just be me and/or them. So I'm just looking for more answers.

So for future posters, the question again is... Has the stores been closing earlier this year? NOT Can the stores be open later b/c I'm a heartless man who wants venders to work 12 Hour Shifts.

Guys, relax. I'm not trying to attack the dealers/artist alley business people and I'm not saying open it longer to tire them out, so I don't know where you guys got that from. I just felt like it's been closed earlier than usual. Maybe it's just me, I don't know. That's why I'm asking for clarification. I personally felt like it's been closed later than 7.

Artist Alley and Dealers Hall has been closing at 7pm this year. It feels like it's way too early.

I think last year they were closing at 9 or 10. Any reason why it's been closing early?

As long as you did nothing bad such as physically touch the protesters, then don't trip over it.

We have the right to stand there, talk to them , respond to them and such. But then obviously as a common courtesy sort of thing, we have limits like no touching or throwing rocks at them or whatever.

I mean if you're just simply posing for a picture in front of the attendees, then there's really no problem with that. I mean unless you were blocking traffic or something. But even then, you usually get off with a warning.

^If only the world was perfect.

There's almost always going to be some sort of issue you may come across whenever you live with someone. (Whether it's for a few days for a con, a semester for college, or years in life.)

1st Year, I stayed with friends that I've known for a year or two. But I was also shy back then. So it was just my self-confidence issues.
2nd Year, I stayed with a different group of friends that I've known for a year or two. I wasn't shy. But we also stayed at the Marriot where there are no bathrooms. While we did become good friends after this con, we had trust issues for a day until we got over it.
3rd Year, I'm staying with two people from the second year, while there are three other people whom I never met at school or prior to the Con. Why not be with the same entire group from the second semester? One's in the military, One couldn't afford staying this year, One is in college in SoCal and the other is in college in New York. We have plans of reuniting for Fanime 2012 though.

Either way, whether it's self-issues and/or issues from other people/hotel, there would be some sort of issue you have/had dealt with before. I mean if you and your roommates are cool and your hotel life is great, then that's all good. But not everyone has the same situation as you. We deal with it in different ways and this thread is just for people to share their moments if they're comfortable with it.