Random Thoughts of an Otaku - January 5th, 2008

08:45 am - Ohayocon Early Saturday thoughts

The convention is going fairly well, so far. Nobody has walked away, I haven't been yelled at by anyone and I have had slept and had breaks to eat. This is probably the best convention I have staffed at. No kidding. Sometimes being a minion at a convention is the best thing in the world. I have been doing Video rooms and it is fairly simple work in the eight hours I have been doing it. All of the discs are there and ready to go. I am not sure they ask for any screeners or just get the discs and ask for permission. There are no fansubs at this con, but they are subtitled shows.

The Hyatt Regency and the convention center are both nice places. Most of the meeting space we are in is on the Hyatt side of the building. There are massive exhibit halls on the other side of the Skybridge untouched by Ohayocon. We could eventually use that space. The convention seems very busy as of last night, but is much quieter this morning.

I am even more disappointed that Columbus wasn't chosen for this year's Worldcon. This could have been a great Worldcon venue with a nice facility for the Hugos in Batelle Hall. Note: Ohayocon isn't using it for main events. There is a food court attached to the building and three hotels attached to the convention center. This place may have drawn comparisons to Hynes Convention Center in Boston or Anaheim Convention Center. The room rates were very reasonable, also. Ohayocon's hotel (the Hyatt) had a rate of $103 a night. People are going to have a great time at Smofcon in December.

I will talk more about my trip here and other thoughts later on in the weekend or early next week.

Current Mood: chipper