Comments on: What Do You Sacrifice To Attend a Con?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:47:50 +0000

@Summer, does your co. pay for a private room? See, now that would be luxury. A private room, one in which you don’t need earplugs to get a decent night sleep, is a generous perk.

Last year,when we went con hopping, we roomed with another site associate, and he snored, loudly. All night. Never again. There are very few people I can ever considering rooming with, and sadly, they don’t even like anime.

By: Summer

Summer — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:06:11 +0000

Well, my company pays for it now, but before I had a corporate card, I think it was mainly privacy and real food. I’d room with several people I didn’t even know and stock up on cheap eats at Target rather than pay for food anywhere near a convention center!

By: Marie Turner

Marie Turner — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:01:09 +0000

@Rachel

Well I live in seattle so it wasn’t to horrible but sickness means you need MORE sleep so that was suckish…I’m already thinking about my next con!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:06:44 +0000

@Caitlin, That’s rough. I do understand it a tiny bit, but I can’t even imagine what’s it’s like for you, though. There are some things I don’t think I like too much about a society that would ostracize someone for their legal entertainment preferences.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:49:20 +0000

@Rachael: Can’t…it’s during work days and it’s nearly impossible to take those off unless you’re sick. And possibly dying.

Plus, if everyone found out I like anime enough to go to a con, ostracism at work.

By: Piroko

Piroko — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:12:27 +0000

@Rachel, Yeah, I can see that. That’s why I like all my friends. We all go over to each other’s houses and watch the new releases of anime, and keep tabs on each other on MyAnimelist.net and such. I strong agree with bringing your own food. The food offered at cons(if they so exist) are extremely expensive.
I’m sorry that you can’t make it to any cons West-coast side this year.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:14:47 +0000

@dkong, that’s great you have a con like that so close to you! But eating out at place like Subway always makes me so queasy o_0

@hypertoast, bummer about there being only one con around where you live. You should save up some time and go to AX; it’s worth it if you ask me.

@Piroko, if my friends liked anime, I’d be set for roomies, but alas, they either are disinterested in it or dislike it. Bringing your own food to the con is the only way to go! We flew out to Long Beach last year for AX but still stopped and bought a cooler’s worth of food. And then brought it back on the metro train through Compton at midnight…

@Caitlin, you haven’t gone to the Tokyo Anime Expo? Is it too far from you? I hear it’s nothing like these fan based cons, but it’d still be interesting to check out.

@Adun, turning down a paycheck? That’s hardcore con dedication.

@Carey, I wish I could forget to eat, and I bet many, many people here feel the same way. Cons would never be the same again without someone following you and your food around like lost and rabid puppies.

@ViciousWarGoose, money, yep, that’s our ultimate sacrifice as well. The con gods won’t be getting any of that from us this year.

@Marie, you were sick? That sucks. Nothing’s worse than being sick while traveling.

@Rena, I commiserate with you on food options at cons. I usually only buy merchandise from individual artists when I attend cons, so it’s a well made investment IMO.

By: Rena

Rena — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:44:06 +0000

Well, I took off two days of work for SD Comic-Con last year. Since I live in town, there was only the major expenses of the con pass (I think I ended up paying $60 for all four days, since I bought way ahead of time), my public transportation pass (I live a block from a trolley station and took it all the way downtown each day), and food. I usually thought ahead enough to pack something to eat, especially since I’m a vegetarian and there’s really not a ton of options for someone like me anyways.

This year, I’m getting a media pass since I’ll be writing something up for work. So, that’s some serious money saved. Hopefully, I’ll also be able to pick up a one-day free pass from my old company so my hubby can come with on Saturday. And I try not to purchase too much merchandise, except for the obligatory T-shirts that we purchase to commemorate the experience.

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:43:42 +0000

My first con was Sakuracon a couple weeks ago. I sacrificed eating (I didn’t pack great food, just should have bought something as it wasn’t that expensive and its only three days so eating junk won’t kill you), sleep, health (I was S-I-C-K), peace of mind….ya it was awsome

By: ViciousWarGoose

ViciousWarGoose — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:49:46 +0000

Money is the main thing we sacrifice, as in, we get very frugal before a con and don’t go out and do anything to save money to buy tons of crap in the vendor room.