Dragoncon 2012

This was a return year after a 3 year hiatus. In years past, including this one, I chose on-site over pre-reg because my time was worth more than the price difference. After seeing how smoothly and non-existant the pre=reg line was on Thursday at 4pm, I might re-consider going back to pre-reg and saving the money.

BTW, Matt, it was nice to meet you. Getting out of Cow-town sounds like one of the best decisions you could have ever made.
 
Agreed. The crowds this year where out of control and the bagde issue still needs some work. We watched 3 drunk people get into the Marriot in front of us. They passed up on the street making dumb ass comments about peoples costumes then cut ahead in line. While I don't know what was said that got them in, they did not have badges or keys and still got it. I said something to the "security" by she just looke dat me blankly and waved me through. It was almost not worth it on Saterday, the croweds where too much.

We walked past two of these badge checkers saturday. There was a huge line of people shuffling past them into the Marriott, and they weren't looking at anyone's badges or keys, they were talking to each other instead, and not paying a lick of attention to who was walking past.
I've never thought the crowds were completely terrible in past years when other people have complained, but this year was really, really overcrowded, and I saw a ton of non-Dragoncon people there.

Despite all that, we did have a great year. I haven't finished uploading all of our pics, but I'm adding them here:
Dragoncon 2012 - a set on Flickr
 
Part of me regrets dipping out of the parade, if only because Flickr is totally flooded with photos from it. Also, whoever schedules 11am photoshoots is nuts, there were 2 of them I wanted to attend and couldn't make on time because it was so early. Some folks have to get up and nurse a hangover a little! ;)

The BSG photoshoot was at 10am, which I personally didn't mind (I have a bad habit of waking up too early!), but we had a lot of latecomers. However, it's good we had it then, because James Callis (Gaius Baltar) just happened to step outside for a smoke and saw us, and then he joined us for a few photos! Which is perfect, because we didn't have a Baltar for the shoot.

Here's a crappy Instragram photo I took:

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Here's an entire group shot that someone else took.

I didn't get a lot of photos this year, and the ones I did get are 95% Battlestar. They're here, if you want to check them out.

And just because, here's a shot of me and the boyfriend, whose blues I made:

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This was only my second D*C, so I don't have a lot to compare it to, as far as the con itself goes. Both this year and last year the pre-reg line went super quick, but I went in the late afternoon/early evening on Thursday. Didn't have any problems with a**holes, fortunately, but I was wearing the flightsuit most of the weekend so I wasn't exactly in a sexy costume that would attract much negative attention. The crowds were definitely a bit ridiculous at times, though. That's probably my biggest complaint.
 
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I think I saw you at one of the parties. Were you the Starbuck that was triple-fisting two drinks and a cigar?
 
Dragon was immensely AMAZING! It was awesome running into people from this forum and showing off each others work!

Here I am, lemme know if you saw me... even better, let me know if you have any pictures of me!

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As A Dragoncon virgin it has really been such a great adventure for me, I met alot of people especially members here!! The badges were actually really fast to get which Ive heard in past Dcons were a nightmare. In terms of crowds I just didn't enjoy the constant bashing on my costume and random peeps that either were sneaking in to party or just gawk. I will be definitely back for another one

If anyone has pics of me I would greatly appreciate them, Im in the process of editing mine of other awesome costumes and posting them to my flickr.

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Thanks to all for making it such an awesome experience!
 
Dragon was immensely AMAZING! It was awesome running into people from this forum and showing off each others work!

Here I am, lemme know if you saw me... even better, let me know if you have any pictures of me!

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Ooh, great pictures! I know we met (as I was the girl in a mk 6) and I may have photos, though I'm having trouble finding them at the moment.

My first DragonCon was a blast. I know I missed doing a lot of stuff I would have liked to do, but that's ok--the stuff I did do was awesome. So many wonderful costumes, so much to see! I know I didn't see half of what I could have seen if I wasn't in the Iron Man suit (just because of people taking pictures and stuff--my faceplate stayed up, so I could see just fine), but I had SO much fun, and the few RPF members that I met were awesome!
 
The BSG photoshoot was at 10am, which I personally didn't mind (I have a bad habit of waking up too early!), but we had a lot of latecomers. However, it's good we had it then, because James Callis (Gaius Baltar) just happened to step outside for a smoke and saw us, and then he joined us for a few photos! Which is perfect, because we didn't have a Baltar for the shoot.

That's awesome!



I've got to go one of these. I've been on here since like '95 and haven't met anyone in person.
 
What an amazing time... good catching up with people, yet so many we missed. Here are a couple of pics

Wbrought out Riker and Troi

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Irought Magnum and Abby the Thor Bunny

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Master Chief and Jane 117

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Batman and Ivy

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Satele and Jedi Knight
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And I did a scruffy Han to Abby's SW:TOR Guild Dancer
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My wife and I had a great time too! We hoped to spot some of the forum folks, but the only RPF member I encountered was iycis in a great costume.


Here I am in this year's costume and my wife as Professor McGonogall. She's wearing one of Juno's brooches.
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Professor Snape and a friend of mine.
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MAGGIE haha good seeing you here now! It was awesome meeting you this weekend!
Zendragon, as usual, you and Abby always look impressive!
 
I was stomping around in Wrex almost all weekend. So much fun in this costume! My favorite pic thus far is of me and Mark Meer (voice of BroShep):

Did you do Dr. Chakwas too? I saw one and thought you said you were wearing that one too. The Wrex looked great!


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Satele and Jedi Knight

Both of those are bad*ss!!!

I thought maybe Abby chickened out on the TOR dancer because it is really tiny and I didn't see any pics of it. Actually the only pics I saw were the ST costumes. I told my girlfriend I found a costume she could do and she saw that and said "No way in hell..." :lol She could wear it, but she's not brave enough.
 
Dragon Con was a blast. The Doctor Who photo meetup was fun. Friday night I bumped into James Callis from BSG and we chatted for about 10-15 minutes.
I got to meet E-Wan from these boards, so another cool point.

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