Con*Strict et al

[ride_4ever]

Here I am, about to leave for my fourth fancon of the year, and I haven't blogged any comments about the other three yet. *con reportage fail*

Leaving in three days for the Con*Strict slash con in Nevada (and it's only the love of fandom that could get me to go to a desert in the summer).

Comments

[mekare]

Yay, have fun and if you have time, I‘d love to hear about your fancon experiences, because I‘ve never been (only once ages and ages ago, to an anime con).

[ride_4ever]

I really fail at fancon reportage -- there’s so much going on at the cons -- and then when I get home it's practically time to prepare for the next one.

I mod a due South panel at almost every con I attend, but right now I'm taking a little break from panel modding because the dSSS mods start work on the dSSS in about two weeks.

At the anime con you attended, was it a stay-over con or a for-the-day con?

[mekare]

What do you need to do to prepare modding a panel? That sounds really interesting!
Also, yay dSSS!
The con I went to went on for several days, but I only spent one day there and went back very very late at night by train. I still remember goofing around on the platform in the very early morning with my friends. And (at least I think so) the stay-over cons aren‘t really a thing here in Europe? Idk but isn‘t it the case that in the US the organizers sort of arrange accomodation too? Here I think everyone chooses their own place to stay, but someone please correct me if I‘m wrong.

[ride_4ever]

I certainly do know of stay-over cons in Europe, but it's also a matter of whether we are talking about for-profit cons or fan-run cons. The con comm (convention committee) of a fan-run con held at a hotel does get involved with arranging hotel accommodations for con attendees.

There's no one answer to "how does one prepare to mod a panel" because it depends on the nature of the panel topic and the personal presentation style of the mod or co-mods.

[mekare]

I didn‘t even know there were for-profit cons. Shows what I (don‘t) know LOL.

[ride_4ever]

It would have been more accurate if I said "conventions run as a professional business venture" versus "fan-run conventions whose goal is not a business venture, but may need to make some profit just to cover the expense of running the con".