Cosplay Reviews - Ohayocon 2016 by Lexyrox
Size - 15,000 - 17,000
Panels - 3/5, So since this year a lot of the convention hall was under construction and so off limits, some of the panel rooms were not accessible, however for the ones that they had, I believe they did not optimize their space or time. There were a lot of holes in the schedule and not a lot of 'have to go to' pannels. For the 'have to go to' panels there were, they filled up quickly and there were long lines (over 2 hours)
Dealers Room - 4/5, there was a variety of different vendors and most were average con prices, but some good deals. There were a lot of people in the dealer room at most times, however, i believe this is because there were not a lot of good pannels, and overall stuff to do. ohayocon splits up its vendor hall and artist alley into 2 separate floors and there is not a good way to get to one from the other.
Staff - Con staff: 2.5/5, Outside Staff: -1 The staff was overworked and stressed as usual. Tempers flared and I heard rummers about some of them acting like real assholes. There was this one situation that I witnessed about the cops who were there to help with the convention staff yell at an unsuspected con-goer for going the 'wrong' way in a narrow hall. They were very unprofessional and acted like the general scum of the world. Made me really mad. it wasn't his fault.
Venue - 2/5 under construction so cramped
Guest Ex. - N/A
Photoshoot - 3/5 not as big as last year
Autographs - N/A
Locations - 3/5 there was a cafeteria, however, it was very busy, there weren't a lot of cheap eateries around the con.
Con Quirks - they called the masquerade a cosplay expo and like 5 people signed up.
Professionalism - 3.5/5
By Lexyrox
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