March 30, 2012I-Con 31<\/p>\n
April 1st, 2012 Castle Point Anime Convention<\/p>\n
We had a double convention this weekend.\u00a0 First up was a trip out to I-Con,\u00a0 as previous years it was a mixed bag.\u00a0 Every year the ticket price goes up as they keep bringing in more and more expensive guests.\u00a0 Unfortunately this year none of them really appealed to us or was slated for Saturday.\u00a0 And its always the location is way to spread out and we hear they are going to be trying a new location next year.\u00a0 So hopefully it will be much better just because of the a new venue.\u00a0 At night their talent show\/masquerade was run much better than in previous years.\u00a0 It even started and ended earlier than scheduled.\u00a0 Other than that the constant threat of rain kept everything on damper.<\/p>\n
On Sunday we dropped by Stevens Institute of Technology to see if their anime club could keep up the years of work they’ve put under their belt in running their Castle Point Anime Convention.\u00a0 They gained a lot of buildings and expanded more than they had in previous years.\u00a0 Everything was well run and there didn’t seem to be any glaring hiccups.\u00a0 Their Masquarade\/Cosplay Contest needed the most help as basically nobody showed up.\u00a0 Everyone was in line for the ever popular Cosplay Dating Game.\u00a0 One strange thing did happen,\u00a0 out of the blue there was a siren and announcements going on that everyone should go indoors and wait for the police.\u00a0 With all school tragedies happening in the recent years, it was interesting to hear Stevens had some saftey plan in place.\u00a0 Nobody questioned what was going on and just went inside.\u00a0 We found out later the warning was sent out accidentally.\u00a0 But good to know when something serious happens people still listen to instructions.\u00a0 In all it remains a great hangout convention.\u00a0 I’m not sure if too many people really go to the panels.\u00a0 But everyone does get their money’s worth of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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