Author Topic: Midwest Furfest 2014. New Dates December 5-7 (Read 8996 times)

Shim · « **Reply #25 on:** November 02, 2014, 03:57:31 am »

Quote from: Ziel on October 25, 2014, 10:18:58 pm

It'll probably be easiest to plan once the schedule for the year is released. Which will hopefully be soon.
I feel like last year's worked pretty well, though, with taking the food back to the room to eat. It's just easier to manage that way than trying to find a place elsewhere to sit and eat as a group.

Maybe we'll accidentally get an entire extra pizza again

onai · « **Reply #26 on:** November 04, 2014, 08:55:09 am »

I won't be making it this year

have fun guys!

Ziel · « **Reply #27 on:** November 04, 2014, 10:44:53 am »

Schedule's up! http://sched.furfest.org/

Sheeta · « **Reply #28 on:** November 04, 2014, 02:47:59 pm »

Woohoo! Let's do this!

Kasuni · « **Reply #29 on:** November 19, 2014, 08:39:11 pm »

wish i could go, especially since i live relatively close. hope all you guys have fun!

make lots of videos for me to watch on youtube!

Rocket T. Coyote · « **Reply #30 on:** November 19, 2014, 09:07:46 pm »

I wish I could go as it's not during the MI Firearm Deer Season or encroaching upon Thanksgiving. So many fursuiters from around the world attend MFF and my fursuit maker is trying to organize a photoshoot, but it's too far for me to travel alone and still get back to work on Monday. I had to disappoint a rather noteworthy fursuiter/artist who expected me to turn up last year. (I'd mention her name, but that would be crass. Besides, she's spoken for.)

As a rule, I try to support those fur cons which are within a few hours drive of home.

Kobuk · « **Reply #31 on:** November 19, 2014, 11:04:00 pm »

Quote from: Rocket T. Coyote on November 19, 2014, 09:07:46 pm

I wish I could go as it's not during the MI Firearm Deer Season or encroaching upon Thanksgiving. So many fursuiters from around the world attend MFF and my fursuit maker is trying to organize a photoshoot, but it's too far for me to travel alone and still get back to work on Monday. I had to disappoint a rather noteworthy fursuiter/artist who expected me to turn up last year. (I'd mention her name, but that would be crass. Besides, she's spoken for.)

As a rule, I try to support those fur cons which are within a few hours drive of home.

You think you have it bad? I haven't been able to go to MFF for the last 10 years.

redyoshi49q · « **Reply #32 on:** November 26, 2014, 05:11:30 am »

...I should probably mention at some point that I am, in fact, going to MFF again this year. My rooming, travel, and financial arrangements have all been set.

(*vehemently denies being a procrastinator, but fails his bluff check*)

Alsek · « **Reply #33 on:** November 27, 2014, 03:18:46 am »

Yea!

I'll get to meet a ton of people I've known online for so many years and years online in person at this con. In addition i'm also going to get to see some of my friends from when I lived in California. Couldn't be more excited for this.

LordFenrir · « **Reply #34 on:** November 29, 2014, 08:47:27 am »

Less than a week to go! I'm super excited

Sheeta · « **Reply #35 on:** November 29, 2014, 09:25:47 pm »

Any news on the meet up? I plan on being in artists alley for most of the weekend, but I should be able to get away from my table depending on the date and time.

Shim · « **Reply #36 on:** November 29, 2014, 10:13:16 pm »

I vote Saturday night at..some time?

Ziel · « **Reply #37 on:** November 30, 2014, 07:24:38 pm »

Quote from: Shim on November 29, 2014, 10:13:16 pm

I vote Saturday night at..some time?

Saturday... 7 or 8pm, maybe? It'll be a late dinner, but perhaps this time we could actually order an hour early and hopefully pizza will be there in time?
We could probably get away with just doing one cheese and one sausage.

Ziel · « **Reply #38 on:** December 02, 2014, 08:33:27 pm »

Quote from: Ziel on November 30, 2014, 07:24:38 pm

Quote from: Shim on November 29, 2014, 10:13:16 pm
I vote Saturday night at..some time?

Saturday... 7 or 8pm, maybe? It'll be a late dinner, but perhaps this time we could actually order an hour early and hopefully pizza will be there in time?
We could probably get away with just doing one cheese and one sausage.

Gonna just up and say 8pm, meet at the second floor lobby at the nearby-ish to the hotel registration desks. We'll try to get stuff ordered at 7 so it hopefully gets there around 8. Once we've got pizza, we can take it back to our room to eat.

If anybody needs to contact me, easiest is to probably hit me up on twitter (@zielfox). After we know our room number, I'll post an update so anybody getting there late could just meet there.

Hoagiebot · « **Reply #39 on:** December 05, 2014, 08:22:48 am »

I am at MFF again this year, and I would love to once again hang out with you guys. However, with that said, I'll likely still be watching the MFF Variety Show at 8PM on Saturday (I haven't missed the variety show in over 10 MFF's, so I kinda wanna see it), so I won't be able to meetup with you at your start time. Ziel, could you please post your room number here once you know it yourself so that I can try to find you guys once the variety show's over? That way if you guys are still hanging out at that point I can be fashionably late!

Please keep me posted!

Shim · « **Reply #40 on:** December 05, 2014, 11:09:39 am »

I'm waiting for the shower, then I'm gonna hit the town! Funtime!

Avan · « **Reply #41 on:** December 06, 2014, 10:18:44 am »

[Kaira:] you can find us/me fursuiting as me - look for spotted hyena w/ grey camera bag. We will try to locate your group at 8pm at least to say hi and maybe get pics or something. Probably wont be up for eating though judging by last night and having eaten a bunch this morning and stuff.

Ziel · « **Reply #42 on:** December 06, 2014, 07:23:09 pm »

Quote from: Avan on December 06, 2014, 10:18:44 am

[Kaira:] you can find us/me fursuiting as me - look for spotted hyena w/ grey camera bag. We will try to locate your group at 8pm at least to say hi and maybe get pics or something. Probably wont be up for eating though judging by last night and having eaten a bunch this morning and stuff.

Don't need to eat if you don't want to! But you're welcome to hang out for a bit regardless.

Avan · « **Reply #43 on:** December 06, 2014, 08:22:53 pm »

started getting increasingly sick today, so ended up just going back to our room. Ironically we likely contracted it from *before* the con, due to Stray whom we were coming to be with being sick already.

Shim · « **Reply #44 on:** December 07, 2014, 10:24:01 am »

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-19-hospitalized-thousands-evacuated-in-gas-leak-at-rosemont-hotel-20141207-story.html

My Dad came and picked the four of us up from the hotel and we stayed at my house last night. We're all fine, and we even brought Relaxing Dragon home as well. We'll probably be heading back soon.

Sheeta · « **Reply #45 on:** December 07, 2014, 11:09:09 am »

My husband and I decided to go back home. I'll be back to check out and get the last of my stuff from the hotel room, which was right near the stairwell.

Shim · « **Reply #46 on:** December 07, 2014, 01:52:59 pm »

Everything is business as usual now. We're all safe.

Jackie · « **Reply #47 on:** December 07, 2014, 06:58:07 pm »

Damn! That's crazy, and pretty malicious!

Kobuk · « **Reply #48 on:** December 07, 2014, 08:31:08 pm »

Somebody must be really screwed up in the head to pull a stunt like that.

I hope they catch the person who was responsible. Probably a furry hater, I'm guessing.

Avan · « **Reply #49 on:** December 07, 2014, 11:01:33 pm »

All the furtopia staff in attendence - at least that we saw - were all safe!

Finally managed to catch up with RY, Ziel, Shim and Alsek in the table top game room (we actually went to that room earlier to just use our computer while Stray played a game with our roomate Kokoro, and Shim and Alsek were across the room at another table the whole time and we didnt notice until RY finally located us via text exchanges and pointed them out to us)