Otakon 2007 on DCM: September 19th, 2007

Report by TakagiNaoSama

We've been to more Otakons than we can count anymore. The guys keep insisting on going back every year. I, however, can't figure out why we keep going...

Attending Staff: DeathCom, TakagiNaoSama, Delrog, Mach13, Tim

Con staff
(Our experiences with the convention staff overall, including event coordinators, press heads, and of course security.)
Otakon staff and DCM have never exactly been best friends. We were able to get press easier this time than some recent years, but they still refuse to budge when it comes to recording the cosplay. We're done fighting with them.
Delrog did want to separate the con's medical staff from this score, however, and wanted to give a special shoutout to them. He said they were the nicest and most concerned staffers he'd ever dealt with at a con.
Average Score: 35%

Hotel & Hotel staff
(The quality of the hotel, ease of check-in, and the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff.)
Except for a couple problems first checking into the hotel, everything went pretty smoothly.
Average Score: 73%

Masquerade Technical
(Just about every aspect of the masquerade except the actual skits. The MC, technical, judging, timing, etc. Basically everything the convention staff had control over.)
Otakon has always had a good technical staff. Music is always on time and correct, the MC is competent, and the whole show always runs very smoothly.
Average Score: 94%

Masquerade Talent
(The quality of the skits themselves. The variety, innovation, fresh content, and entertainment value of the show overall.)
Pretty good turnout this year. Too bad the world has to forever watch them in shitty YouTube quality >:(
Average Score: 84%

Gameroom
(The size of the room, number of machines/consoles, location, and overall presentation of the gameroom.)
Otakon's gameroom is the best in the country. The biggest, loudest, most variety, and visually stunning. We all agree. The reason it got such a low score however is because it closed at midnight!! WTF!?!
Average Score: 88%

Dealer's Room
(The size of the room, number of merchants, variety of merchandise, hours of operation, location, lighting, etc.)
Nothing to complain about here. Otakon has always had one of the biggest and best dealer's rooms.
Average Score: 96%

Artist Alley
(The location and size of the alley, placement of the artists, variety of art, etc.)
DeathCom was the only one to actually make it to Artist Alley this Otakon, but he gave it a pretty good score.
Average Score: 85%


Overall
(This is our entire con experience including all of the above and everything else that goes into a con weekend combined.)
You wouldn't think everyone's overall score would be that bad considering all the good reviews above, but a combination of drama and fighting with the con staff brought the score way way down. Still, Otakon remains the favorite con to attend for most of DCM staff.
Average Score: 48%

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