Comments on: Midwest FurFest 2005 Registration Traffic and Demographics Analysis

By: androgynism

androgynism — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 03:10:35 +0000

*raises paw*
I admit it.
I was responsible for 100% of the attendance from Denmark 😛

By: yotogi

yotogi — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 20:50:10 +0000

In reply to woofwoofarf. Idle hands costing us X amount of money to replace jacked up Christmas decorations, you mean...

By: altivo

altivo — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:34:47 +0000

In reply to quoting_mungo. I agree with you about US border crossing. They are treating even our own citizens that way in many cases. For what it's worth, I did NOT vote for the turkeys who are doing this, and I do NOT support them at all.

By: quoting_mungo

quoting_mungo — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:18:50 +0000

In reply to altivo.

Ugh. Airport security.
Each year, I feel so violated by Immigration, I swear I’m never doing it again.
Each year, I end up changing my mind two weeks later. ;P
Seriously, though, there’s something wrong with being fingerprinted and photographed when entering the US, having my passport briefly checked when entering the Netherlands, and my passport at the very most getting a cursory glance when entering Denmark.
I did get a kick out of the fact they brought in the drug-sniffing dog when the flight from Amsterdam were picking up their luggage, however.
Also, I’m very happy for my Nintendo DS. Considering how much in-flight entertainment sucks on the pseudo-affordable airlines.
-Alexandra

By: altivo

altivo — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:55:13 +0000

In reply to greenreaper.

Oh, I have more issues with it than that, and they date back to much longer ago than 9/11. After a particularly wretched holiday trip in 1978 I swore I would never fly on a commercial airline again. So far, I’ve kept that promise.
But for normal people, yes, costs are up. Airport so-called security is a royal pain in the you-know-where. The actual experience of flying isn’t anything like the pleasure it used to be. All that probably adds up to fewer long-distance con-goers than in former years.

By: greenreaper

greenreaper — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:40:31 +0000

In reply to altivo. If a long-haired foreigner in a duffle coat with a suspicious bag and an even more suspicious accent can fly, it can't be that hard . . . that said, cost is a factor. If you plan ahead and shop around it can be a bit cheaper, though; I managed to get almost 10 miles/$ on a set of international flights, even over christmas.

By: wally_wolf

wally_wolf — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:37:34 +0000

Hi Duncan,
Interesting report, and thanks for sharing it. I am glad MFF worked out well for ya’ll.
Wish I was there; however, my fursona (ironically) was there. So perhaps I was there “in spirit”. 😛 There were several folks I know who attended and would have loved to have seen. I will have to think if I would have any vacation time left for next year to attend MFF.
**sees the “R^2 = 0.9841″** Hummm… Must be an engineer! 😛
Cheers,
—> Wally

By: taren_

taren_ — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:00:37 +0000

Doesn’t this mean that since over 1000 people attended, that all the staff is going to quit? Or was that just a 2004 thing…
Thursday night, hmm. I’ll admit I was running around a lot trying to get stuff set up for DDR in the basement, but the attendance for that was atrocious. I think I can count on one hand the number of people that showed up for that. I’m guessing that’s mostly because it wasn’t well publicized (it was last-minute, so of course), and it was a little out-of-the-way. I’d be all up for doing it again next year, as long as it gets promoted a little better or put up in one of the main hall rooms, or something.

By: woofwoofarf

woofwoofarf — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:53:15 +0000

In reply to yotogi.

I doubt it. If we had events going on starting at 8 AM Thursday, then perhaps people would show up Wednesday. If we don’t start until 7 PM Thursday, then that incentive isn’t there. I don’t think it’s a matter of enticing people to show up earlier. They’re already there – we need to find something for them to do (idle hands being the Devil’s playthings and all that…).

By: yotogi

yotogi — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:39:42 +0000

I do have to wonder, regarding the “more for Thursday attendees to do” if that’s not just going to leave us with people showing up Wednesday…