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hiddenmaniac, on 18 April 2013 - 06:11 AM, said:

Not only that, but right down the street from the Double Tree, there was a TGIFridays at the bottom of the Consol Energy Center (which was great to go to on Friday night to watch the game) as well as a lovely pizza place by the name of Pizza Milano's which I hit up constantly for hockey games and I can vouch that the people there are nice and the food is great. You may have to wait some time for your food since it's usually very crowded, but you can always find people to chat with or if you drink, they have 2 bars. And the Mconald's isn't the only thing they have in Market Square. Wendy's, Chipotle, Subway, Primantis, Dunkin Donuts, ect. There was even a Donut shop near Double Tree and a few other places around the hotel to eat, you just have to walk around and look (and if a food map isn't provided by the con, print out a map of marked places before you leave for the con. Although it would be nice, you cannot expect the con to hand everything to you). I ran into a few Subways walking around. And if you drive and aren't paying a butt ton for parking, South Side has good food, including the Haufbrauhaus. I think the thing was that some people complaining didn't want to walk to find food (just like some were complaining that a 12 minute walk from the Double Tree to the DLLCC was too much). .

I really am glad we were back at the DLLCC this year. Having the space to walk around and not worry too much about crowded stairwells and rude hotel staff bugging you was also wonderful.

Vendors- I really have nothing bad to say about this other than due to the new location, I kept forgetting it was on the second floor (I'd be near the main stage and remember, oh, it's downstairs), but there was a concession stand in the back, great lighting, and more space to move around.

Staff- They were extremly nice and very helpful.

Hotel- My group, including a lot of my friends, stayed at the Double Tree and had a wonderful experience. The staff there were also very nice. The rooms were excellent and sometimes it was hard to get out of bed because we were too cozy. A big thanks to the people who drove the bus back and forth from the hotel to the center. Also, I noticed a few people were complaining on FB that the hotel was inconvienent because of the location with the biggest gripe being a 12 minute walk to get to the center. I understand if you had a panel you really had to get to or had something extremely important or someone to meet at a certain time or had a medical condition ect., but the complaint was mostly centered on the fact that it took that long to get to the center. A 12 minute walk is not going to kill you (heck I walk 2 miles to get to work if no one is around to drive me there...). I am glad that staying there supported the con and I would stay there again next year.

Dance- Good lord I had fun. The only thing that really bugged me was 1, the conga line that goes through the group of people during the dance...PLEASE WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING. I can't tell you how many times in the past and on saturday I was shoved out of the way, had my feet stepped on, or had to stop to let a huge line of people run past me before I could dance again. 2, and I am not going to sugar coat this one, people are in there dancing and moving around a lot and right in the center of a mass of dancing people and groups shifting left and right are two people basically devouring each others faces and groping each other. The dance is not an appropriate place to do that. Security buzzing around eventually scared them off (and this has happened in the past as well but they do a good job at getting them to stop). And finally, 3, at the end of the dance I ran into someone who was litterally flipping a few chairs over due to the fact that they thought that Tekko was a lot better in '09 than it was that weekend. After questioning if they were in fact an adult like they claimed they were and asking them if they really wanted security involved, they picked up the chairs, put them back, and walked away from the matter.

Otherwise, this was a big improvement from Tekko X and I cannot wait until next year.

Or, possibly do this at the dance? Like have someone shoot it from the stage, focusing on one person while everyone is a bit crouched down, and then have everyone go crazy?

Thejuggler, on 31 August 2012 - 08:20 PM, said:

Hey, even if it is for one day, that is fine with us! We also encourage non-TF2 related cosplays (but Valve related) to join us as well. It'd be nice to have a group shot. If we can get enough people, then we shall try and set up a photoshoot outside and possibly on the roof.