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Feedback / Re: The Queues ￢_￢

« on: June 07, 2013, 12:49:34 »

One thing I thought (probably while queuing :p) was that the way the queue was laid out probably made it feel worse than it actually was. Stretching down a long thin corridor (and then outside) looks and feels much longer than, say, a snake. Obviously this was the only option at the Hinckley, and may well be the only option at the next hotel, but if it's possible to (e.g.) have the queue snaking, or even forming in a (very) nearby room rather than a corridor, then it might make things at least appear slightly better. (For what it's worth, the queuing was kinda in line with what I was expecting from other (non-Confuzzled) conventions, although the frequency with which main stage events started late was a little frustrating.)

I'm not 100% sure at the moment what to do about it... sponsor priority is one thing, maybe... or get early access for a charity donation...

You're probably aware of this sort of thing, but one thing I've seen done (mainly at big Comic cons) involves being able to buy 'tickets' for the front row for £££, and then tickets for rows 2 to 5 (or whatever) for slightly fewer £££, with these going on sale online before the convention. The utility of such an approach does depend on the room setup a bit though (and whether you can spare the staff to marshall people around), but it's a fairly simple approach that has the potential to relieve at least some of the queuing pressure (as well as raise a bit of extra dosh).

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Feedback / Re: The food

« on: June 04, 2013, 23:43:31 »

Given the location change I'm not sure how useful food feedback is, but just in case...

The food options were better than I was expecting, although as a vegetarian my expectations were pretty low :p Having a vegetarian sausage option from the evening corridor vendors was great, and there was always something edible at the buffet, which proved to be surprisingly good value. It would have been nice if the hotel hadn't run out of hash browns, as they are a pretty big part of a vegetarian breakfast if you want hot food, but I can imagine predicting the hash brown consumption of several hundred furries is a non-trivial affair. The sponsor buffet was also a touch underwhelming, but again, I wasn't expecting much of it so it wasn't a particularly big deal. Obviously, the efforts/resources that go into vegetarian considerations depend hugely on the demographics of the convention, so assuming we're in a pretty small minority then it seemed a pretty good show!

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Feedback / Re: 2013 Shirt design

« on: June 04, 2013, 23:31:02 »

I personally don't get the people who say they like the fact "it's not obviously about the con". Isn't the whole point about a con shirt to be about the con? If you jsut want a shiort showing an abstract picture of a forest on a moonlit night, there's a ton of them on amazon! If a shirt that was "obviously" about Confuzzled is doomed to stay in your wardrobes, then why would you buy it?

I didn't buy the shirt per se, it came as part of the sponsor upgrade which I'd've got anyway - shirt or no shirt. As such I was pleasantly surprised that it was a) a design I liked, and ii) a shirt I could actually wear rather than a mere souvenir. I can sympathize with those who were expecting something different, of course.

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Feedback / Re: 2013 Shirt design

« on: June 04, 2013, 23:15:29 »

Can't really add anything to what's been said so far but, if anyone's counting, chalk another one up for being in favour of the shirt. If it was much more obviously about Confuzzled then it would stay in my wardrobe for all eternity.