Megacon, addendum:
Mar. 15th, 2010 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marinessI like MegaCon, but I must note that the con is approaching the too crowded for comfort levels (especially Saturday; reports are that Sunday was better) and, more critically, continues to suffer from an ongoing issue: not enough panels. The con supposedly attracts about 20,000 people (I've heard different numbers). And on Saturday, at any given time, the con would offer one, or two, panels. I've spelled that out so you know that's not a typo.
Now, I get that the con also offers gaming in both the exhibitors area and elsewhere, and robots and so on, and that the con is trying to drive traffic into the exhibitors/dealers room, but if it wants people to stick around, and, also, pay to get in (I wasn't kidding about the people that just people watched in the library) it needs to offer more panels (especially since by several accounts you can get into a lot of the gaming without paying). I think the con does a decent enough job organizing the crowds - it took a lot less time to buy tickets than I thought it would after my initial glance at the line - but the lines for panels were long, long, long, and that could be best shortened by, you know, offering more panels.
Now, I get that the con also offers gaming in both the exhibitors area and elsewhere, and robots and so on, and that the con is trying to drive traffic into the exhibitors/dealers room, but if it wants people to stick around, and, also, pay to get in (I wasn't kidding about the people that just people watched in the library) it needs to offer more panels (especially since by several accounts you can get into a lot of the gaming without paying). I think the con does a decent enough job organizing the crowds - it took a lot less time to buy tickets than I thought it would after my initial glance at the line - but the lines for panels were long, long, long, and that could be best shortened by, you know, offering more panels.