I mentioned this somewhere else...but I really wanted to thank everyone who made this a really terrific convention this year! Thanks to all of the terrific people who attended - there were so many friendly faces and everyone seemed to be having such a good time! There were only a few people who were a bit TOO excited...but I remember when it was my first convention too and I'm pretty sure I was pretty nuts myself!
Even the people I caught doing things they weren't supposed to were eager to set what they did right and apologized, so I'm glad that everyone was willing to listen to staff when they were corrected!
On a more personal note, I'm really glad that so many people came through the artist alley and bought things. I know at some conventions it's really a cut-throat business because there are soooo many artists and you have to hold onto your wallet otherwise you won't have enough money left over for the dealer's room. Being a smaller convention it's easier to just pay out a few bucks here and there to buy a drawing for a favorite character. Everyone I talked to who did commissions were really excited that they were able to do so many this weekend - myself included! I've gotten really discouraged in the past at the larger cons, so it's nice to be able to sit back and actually have people talk to me about my artwork or anime/manga/games they like and spend some quality time just getting to know some of the people around. I noticed a few of the artists were a bit more reserved about talking - but maybe next year we can change that by being even more friendly.
But anyway - to sum this little thanks up - I want to thank all of the staffmembers for being AWESOME - I want to thank everyone who worked in the vendor's room for having some great stuff (I was soooo glad I could finally get my hands on a Shaymin plushie and cellphone dangles!!! WHOOT!) - and then I want to thank LANding zone for being SUPER AWESOME - best video game room EVA - when anyone can just plop down and get to play, too sweet - normally I go to conventions and can't even get NEAR a game consol, little lone get crushed over and over at Smash Bros. and not have someone forcing the controller out of my hands! You guys rock! And of course all of the artists and all of the people who bought stuff! Oh - oh! And everyone who attended my Fanfiction 101 panel, maybe I'll get to hold it again next year and have more information to share...and maybe get to hold it at a different time than 1pm on Friday... >_<; Ah well, it was a lot of fun - thanks everyone!
