Saturday at BronyCon

Has been a blast. I say "has been" even though it's only 7PM because the real meat of the con is over for today for me - I'm not really one for auctions or live music, though I will be dropping back by the con after dinner to check out the bands.

Just meeting some of my favorite authors - The Descendant, Sleepless, Saddlesoap - would have been worth the trip, but seeing some artists like PixelKitties and Kefka Floyd was delicious as well... and of course there's the wonderful VAs and show creators. After the opening ceremonies Filly and I were wandering the vendor area, and I had the distinct honor of glancing up, making unexpected eye contact with Nicole Oliver, and goofily waving/saying "hi" with what I'm sure was the stupidest look on my face. Also got to stand behind Andrea Libman while she checked out Kefka Floyd's Pinkie Prints. A highlight of the event, and really of being a brony in general, was the surprise gifting of the huge CREATE framed art to Lauren Faust at the end of her panel.

Criticisms:

It's too bad the Expo center is basically one huge (and I mean huge) hall. You can hang all the black stage cloth you want, but that ain't gonna keep the Mane "Hall" panel from utterly drowning out the Tail "Hall" panel. In the organizer's defense, I can't see how they'd fix that without a complete venue change.

The autograph situation seems like an absolute mess, too. There was a six-hour wait today for autograph vouchers... and then you get to wait in another line to actually get the signatures. One of the BronyCon staffers straight-up told me it was a stupid thing to do, and that I should go do something worthwhile. Here's hoping I can get in line early enough tomorrow, and that enough people got their fix today that it won't be so terrible. As far as I can see there's only one or two people actually selling the vouchers, which seems... understaffed... and they didn't even have enough vouchers this morning to begin with! Sigh.