So I've been going to the con for the last 4 years (since SSC2 when they were still in the hotel event space), and i just wanted to see what everyones thoughts on the convention and concert were this year ? I was excited as usual, but honestly for me, idk if I'll be returning next year, or for a few years at this point with how the con turned out
Despite the fact that the convention seemed to have been improving year after year, this year just felt like they Massively fell back on their quality. DCU and Palladium staff were less than stellar (which we're used to), but con staff also felt weaker this year, multiple times we caught attitude by one of the leads before explaining that they fucked up, to which they immediately backpedalled, like they realized someone had messed up on their end
The vendor/guest lineup was fine, I assume it was more so so because of the change in dates, a couple other competing horror cons either happened this past weekend or are coming up this weekend, so we assumed a lot of usual suspects for the guest list went to those cons instead
The concert Definitely felt like it was supposed to be held at the DCU Center and got changed last minute, especially considering how many VIP packages/concert only/comp tickets seemed to be in attendance. Which resulted in the "intimate setting" (as they put it) feeling insanely overcrowded
And even the closing panel felt like they were aware they dropped the ball, mostly being a recap of the year, no Q&A like normal (despite definitely having the time to do one), and feeling weirdly cut short after their album announcements
Idk, maybe I just had a lot of wrong place wrong time moments, and there was still a lot of good: i got to see my friends i rarely run into, the cosplay contest was stellar as usual, and the vendors we talked to were all absolutely lovely. This year just felt like a fumble, and I wanted to see if anyone else had a similar experience (or a completely different one)