What is so infuriating is that the losers who ruin conventions usually aren't real furry fans. They just take advantage of the conventions to party uncontrollably, and when their actions cause the convention to lose their hotel, they just shrug, say "Too bad", and go on finding places to party outside of furry fandom. Catching these people before they cause damage at the hotels is almost impossible. The best that a convention or its committee can do is to establish an atmosphere that discourages it in the first place. Anthrocon seems to have done this despite its size.
What is so infuriating is that the losers who ruin conventions usually aren't real furry fans. They just take advantage of the conventions to party uncontrollably, and when their actions cause the convention to lose their hotel, they just shrug, say "Too bad", and go on finding places to party outside of furry fandom. Catching these people before they cause damage at the hotels is almost impossible. The best that a convention or its committee can do is to establish an atmosphere that discourages it in the first place. Anthrocon seems to have done this despite its size.
Fred Patten