This Fanime was pretty stressful and lackluster for me individually, but I felt there were a few major convention slipups:
Registration: Chronopunk's post pretty much said it all as politely as possible. I'm very willing to join staff and try and help for next year, so please let me know when signups go up. Also, I think it would be nice if at least attendees with hard plastic badges (aka PreReg Only) were mailed their badge next year. That way, there'd be enough time to both print and send everything. If there's not enough time now, I suggest ending the preregister period early enough (say, start in November and end in February?) to allow for that processing time. (I also volunteer my tongue and fingers to lick and mail those thousands of badges, XD)
Panels: As others have said, lines were messy at times. I was also saddened that there were a decent amount of cancelled panels this year.
Foot Traffic: While I liked that the entrances for both Gaming and Dealer's Hall were in the same area, it did give that area a bit of a swell/surge while walking. Also, there were many people who entered and exited as they pleased, even ignoring directions of staff/volunteers. Very frustrating. Hopefully there can just be an entrance and exit side to both the doors next year.
MusicFest: While I did not attend MusicFest this year (neither of the performers appealed to me), I did hear how it ended fairly early. Maybe next year, there can be some local bands invited to extend the length?
Registration: Chronopunk's post pretty much said it all as politely as possible. I'm very willing to join staff and try and help for next year, so please let me know when signups go up. Also, I think it would be nice if at least attendees with hard plastic badges (aka PreReg Only) were mailed their badge next year. That way, there'd be enough time to both print and send everything. If there's not enough time now, I suggest ending the preregister period early enough (say, start in November and end in February?) to allow for that processing time. (I also volunteer my tongue and fingers to lick and mail those thousands of badges, XD)
Panels: As others have said, lines were messy at times. I was also saddened that there were a decent amount of cancelled panels this year.
Foot Traffic: While I liked that the entrances for both Gaming and Dealer's Hall were in the same area, it did give that area a bit of a swell/surge while walking. Also, there were many people who entered and exited as they pleased, even ignoring directions of staff/volunteers. Very frustrating. Hopefully there can just be an entrance and exit side to both the doors next year.
MusicFest: While I did not attend MusicFest this year (neither of the performers appealed to me), I did hear how it ended fairly early. Maybe next year, there can be some local bands invited to extend the length?