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« on: September 15, 2012, 14:24:14 »
Oh man, late to the party but...
My major irk with the con was the photoshoot at the end of the parade.
So I have never been in-suit before that long and it was hard enough; I had to get out of suit pretty quick as my stomach started feeling upset. So I walked the parade, I was about in the middle in terms of my spot with a few suiters behind me. The walk was fine itself but the photoshoot at the end peeved me.
So first of all, we're all insuit and told to walk up several sets of stairs, with the added bonus of tails to avoid from suiters standing on the edge of them, about 3 times. So thats something like 3x4 stairs? A lot in a suit. Up and down, up and down. We'd get to the top and be told " no space, go back down". We would go down and " There's space upstairs, go up!" and get sent back up. This happened atleast twice.
It was the final journey down and there was about 15 of us that couldn't find spots. I was the last one down and so a grumpy staffer ( Not sure who, white guy with dark hair) ended up shouting at me to go all the way back up because they're were spaces and " You won't get in the shoot otherwise, go up!" First off all, I'm in suit, cannot hear you well and two, I get really upset if people shout at me. Even if it's good intentioned.
Anyway, I did as I was told along with the other fursuiters and we walked all the way up to the top floor. There were no spaces. Furs were on top of eachother just to poke their heads into shot. We hear the call of the photo being taken and we're no where near the edge of the balcony. There was about 10 of us that were just like, oh, that was worth going up several steps for.
What was the picture like on the end? The focus was on the Rotunda, not the fursuiters. If you were lucky and got to the first floor you were fine but any higher up and you're a little furry smidge. Yes, it does make a nice background if theres only a few people and you're closer.
What bugged me most was that all the fursuiters could fit inside the hall we met in, why not there? Yes, other cons do that sorta shot but with good reason; the focus is on the suiters and you can spot yourself easier.
TL:DR; Walking up stairs in-suit is not fun, especially multiple times. Being shouted at is not fun, even if it was just a personal anxiety thing and the guy didn't mean it, it did leave me sore after the con. The overall photo doesn't showcase suits well.
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