I attended both FWA and BLFC, and had my fursuit debut at FWA. I remembered Tiger Nick announce it literally under his breath (I caught it) but Tyco did not say total attendees at BLFC closing ceremonies - he said we were ahead 'By a few hundred more than last year', then he went gunhoe to the total number of volunteers and etc. BLFC felt so different to me than FWA, as I believe BLFC is a party con while FWA is more personal and social based (I have lots of furry friends in the South) I believe both cons are destined to fall either on back to back weekends (which allows me to attend both on the same two week vacation block from my employer, a big bad telecomm giant) or this...I heard rumors that BLFC willhost its 2020 con the same May 7-11 dates as FWA. That means I'll only attend FWA as Furry Weekend is very dear to me, and I'm cool with the RFID wristband now as they worked perfectly under my bear paws (I'm still wearing mine, and I'm sure Growly is too!!). I got my room at GSR for $400 a night (thank my roomies for helping me or I would have paid almost 2K). GSR only alloted 1600 rooms, as I got my room out of con block on rack rate. If I attend BLFC again, ill stay at Harrahs. Great article and thanks for posting this. It was mentioned on FurCast earlier tonight. Joe G Bear
I attended both FWA and BLFC, and had my fursuit debut at FWA. I remembered Tiger Nick announce it literally under his breath (I caught it) but Tyco did not say total attendees at BLFC closing ceremonies - he said we were ahead 'By a few hundred more than last year', then he went gunhoe to the total number of volunteers and etc. BLFC felt so different to me than FWA, as I believe BLFC is a party con while FWA is more personal and social based (I have lots of furry friends in the South) I believe both cons are destined to fall either on back to back weekends (which allows me to attend both on the same two week vacation block from my employer, a big bad telecomm giant) or this...I heard rumors that BLFC willhost its 2020 con the same May 7-11 dates as FWA. That means I'll only attend FWA as Furry Weekend is very dear to me, and I'm cool with the RFID wristband now as they worked perfectly under my bear paws (I'm still wearing mine, and I'm sure Growly is too!!). I got my room at GSR for $400 a night (thank my roomies for helping me or I would have paid almost 2K). GSR only alloted 1600 rooms, as I got my room out of con block on rack rate. If I attend BLFC again, ill stay at Harrahs. Great article and thanks for posting this. It was mentioned on FurCast earlier tonight. Joe G Bear