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I didn't realize you were coming again this year, KarateKid! I'm glad you got tickets.
I have never been before. how big is this con ? was thinking about going and combining it with a trip to funko hq. wondering how many days it would take to see everything in the exhibit hallthanks
never thought of traveling to a con. until now.
thanks for the intel. so spoiler out here in socal. never thought of traveling to a con. until now.
I've been every year since 2012 but will most likely skip 2018. It just seems like a good time to take a break. I had hoped to see an upward trajectory for this con (especially after the ReedPop buyout) but that hasn't been the case. They've had plenty of time to move in that direction if they wanted to, but now I'm just not sure that they care -- their guest lineup and management isn't really any better than it was in 2012-2013. Areas in which I have actually seem improvement are anime presence (which is nice, but I generally go to anime cons rather than ECCC for that) and exclusives (which has overall slowly gotten more interesting.)ECCC was originally my replacement for WonderCon, but now we have SVCC which is at least as good as ECCC/WonderCon, and the emerging SFCC which looks like it has the same kind of setup as ECCC, just a notch down (for now). Add to that hotels getting more and more expensive. The first few years, it was easy to get a credible hotel for under $100/night or close to it -- now not so much. (The Quality Inn for $105 this year has pretty nasty reviews. The cheapest decent looking one is $145.)ECCC still a good con -- just not an every year con for me anymore. But who knows, maybe in a few months I'll decide I miss it and go up for Thursday and/or Friday like I did in 2015... :P
Add to that hotels getting more and more expensive. The first few years, it was easy to get a credible hotel for under $100/night or close to it -- now not so much. (The Quality Inn for $105 this year has pretty nasty reviews. The cheapest decent looking one is $145.)
Saturday badges sold out this morning. It took an entire week, which is a bit longer than last year.