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Convention Update - Saturday & Sunday (1/2)
It goes without saying: I had a phenomenal weekend that was probably my best ever, en bloc, at any convention ever. Perhaps this is largely due to my growth as a person since I started attending them four years ago.

The best part: The guests were wonderful.
Other cons I've been to have tried to put a barrier between guests and attendees, ignoring whatever guests request and do what they feel is "traditional" and "accepted." This one did not. The guests of honor were one with the attendees - it was an intimate setting (this convention is usually 1500-2000 people) and boy, did it help. I actually felt like I got to know the guests because that's what they wanted out of this - it's more than wanting to be known for a voice.

I say this not just because of direct interactions with them but the panels they did do outside of filming the movie. They were more intimate panels that were more open Q&A, explaining a hobby, or showing a homemade biopic about a sibling with Down Syndrome. Or the Michael Winslow stand-up routine, which was more mindblowing than funny because of the guy's incredible ability for impressions and sound effects. I do wonder if Jeff Nimoy asked him to be in the movie, however.

The REALLY funny part was the Lex Lang-hosted "Belly Laugh Theater" - I have not laughed continuously like that for AGES. All the impressions they did in reading edited scripts for things like Dragon Ball (a lot of "ball" and "pole" jokes in constantly changing impressions, many from Jonathan Fahn), The Wizard of Oz ("OIL CAN! OIL CAN!" was particularly hysterical from Brian Donovan), and Naruto (Margo Graff's "sensei" was particularly memorable - as was their inability to pronounce anything, in part due to laughter). There was also one with Allison Powell being "nanny" as an older British lady (despite her being younger than me!). The rest was Whose Line type improv games, some which were taken too literally like "Superheroes" ("Black Dress Girl" for Nikki Boyer was all he could think of? xD), some which were absurd (making dildos at the glue factory - Allison's fake "can't talk straight" accent there omg). I blew my first on-the-spot opportunity but made up for it with my dad's "liver bit pancakes" joke later (for "Helping Hands"). I have not laughed like that in eons. Even got a selfie after all was said in done with most of them.

This is why I go to conventions. That panel was something else. The other improv ones were fun, too - but those were not professionals at work. Sadly, there weren't many other panels to offer - and I don't know if that's because they didn't get many submitted or because they rejected so many. It kind of saddens me to see some people talking negatively about this con, but I feel they didn't try to get the most out of their experience. I did. I wasn't focused on StreetPass games the way I was at my first one in 2014. I mean, sure, I played them for a while when I needed to just do something to relax, but what's the point when you've mostly cleared them?

I didn't use the video game room anywhere near as much, either. I can play video games at any time. I did play on the arcade machines (again, an arcade is a sponsor at this convention) a bit but I only rented out Heavenly Sword for PS3. I gave up when the cannon-target game ended poorly for me three times in a row due to the game not having a reasonable recognition distance and requiring you to hit a bulls-eye. And that was quite early, too. Shows me why I don't own it!

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