September 09, 2010 - Dragon*Con 2010 - The Not-So-Good List

I know, I know. I have been the worst blogger in the world. I wish I had time to write! But I’ve just been all work (and stress) and no play. So here’s a quick list of the not-so-good from Dragon*Con this year.

* First, I have been too overloaded with work and other nonsense at home that I didn’t have much in the way of costumes this year. Having no money, too much work, and a wedding in a few weeks really takes away from your time and funding for other things. But such is life!

* The one thing that was the fault of the convention staff was their badge pick-up. The lines to get your pre-reg badge were outside and around the block. People reported 4 hour wait times. And this is all outside in the Atlanta heat. If you are going to have a horrible system, at least have space for people to wait inside somewhere. And really, why should people wait that long for a badge when they then just miss some of the panels and events that were the reason they paid for a badge in the first place.

*The hotels being swamped with non-convention folk was another problem. There can be no question why I have a bad opinion of sports fans. Drunken frat-boys trying to assault people is not something I need to be dealing with at an event that I paid to go to. And the highlight of all the rude non-con people there was that I had my badge stolen right off of me the first night of the convention. The badges come on a metal clip, and the convention no longer supplies lanyards. So someone grabbed mine off of my belt loop in a crowd, and by the time I turned around to see who had pulled on my costume they were gone. And of course the convention won’t replace your badge because they don’t know if it was stolen, lost, or you gave it to someone. This also just cements my ill feelings towards the east coast in general. There’s a reason I moved across the country!

*Monday morning I woke up to find my entire face completely broken out in some sort of horrible rash. Since I had washed my face and all before bed, I can only guess that something I’m allergic to was on my hotel pillow. It’s still not gone, so thanks Marriot!

* And my one last complaint from this year: egos! How do people who dress up in funny costumes and talk about dorky things like comics and video games get such big egos? You guys need to chill out and stop acting like you are better than other people. You can be proud of your costumes, excited about getting your photo taken, but don’t act like you’re the boss of other people or that you are some how superior to others. It’s just rude.

Aside from all that, I had a great time with my friends and of course my nephews who I dressed up on Saturday. I’ll post more of the fun stuff once I get some photos!