Author: Ahmar Wolf
I am interested in just about everything
Anime Midwest 2022
Anime Midwest took place on July 1-3rd at both the Stevens Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency O’Hare ironically the same locations as MFF. Except one huge difference Anime Midwest averages are 15,000 over the weekend. I went on a Saturday and this article reflects my own experiences.
As strange as it might seem just wait
and all of this happened in less than 30 minutes.
So by the time it actually opened
What I found was a great selection of artworks and other unique items. In fact there was both a dealer selling anime style swords made out of wood. I was amazed they really did not feel heavy or out of balance. But also one dealer selling brand new Switch games, as well as some used retro titles.
I am sorry the convention had rules about taking photos in the Dealers area.
The initial crowd if you could call it was very lite.
As I found out the hard way Anime Midwest is a tale of 2 cons. Go early which is a great time to hit up The Dealers Area, but by early afternoon it is so crowded I could not even take a clear photo. All this happened around their version of Whose Line. Whose Anime Is It? which I honestly enjoyed and was the main reason I went on a Saturday.
This is the only usable I took as the rest are just bad. The line was very long, in fact surprisingly so. I was at the other end of the hotel when this photo was taken. People seemed to come out of no where.
Turns out they arrive later for certain panels as well as the Raves that took place much later in the evening.
Anime Cons are like any con, it’s what you make of it. I had a good time despite the massive crowd and planning to return.
Below is a video I made of the walk along the DREADED CORRIDOR which was honestly worse than during MFF. It was bloody hot!!!
The ironic twist is this was made at the exact same time as my last MFF Corridor video
Anthrocon 2022 Numbers
Let me point out that is over 2,000 fursuiters, the largest number I had ever heard at any con.
Registration: 9702
Parade/Photo: 2562 fursuiters
Charity: $33,092.70
After a 3 year absence I would say Anthrocon did extremely well.
But what do those registration numbers say…
Before the pandemic some even thought Anthrocon was a dying convention. But this year proved them wrong by a full 20% jump in attendance that’s 344 over 2019.
As some of you might remember there was always a friendly fight between MFF and Anthrocon over who gets the larger attendance. But MFF in 2021 only had 8900, that’s a full 802 less than Anthrocon 2022. Will MFF lose out to Anthrocon this year? Only time will tell.
Love Can Happen At Any Age
Gus was a cute old cat who was brought to the Humane Society of Catawba County. Unluckily his owners couldn’t keep him anymore because of various circumstances so they had to give him to the shelter. For the 19-year-old (133 humane years) cat it was, however, not the end. He was examined by the vets and to everyone’s surprise, the cat was exceptionally healthy for his age.
When Jane Bowers, executive director of the shelter was concerned about the cat and thought that he was old enough to be adopted he got an exciting call. The family wanted a cat to keep their aging mother company. As their mother Penny who was 101 years old Gus was the best match for their mother.
What else can I say but instant love
GSFC 2022 Fursuit Parade
The Furries are back!
NomandiCon Registration Open
NomandiCon which takes place on Jan 6-8 2023
It is an 18+ Adult Fur Con, but what makes this post interesting is the membership levels
As in there are 9 of them instead of the usual 2 or 3 which include Lifetime Membership. Which itself is a gamble as none of know how long a con will last. I can advise anyone what to do as that isn’t my job. Which is to report on furry events.
Once Upon a Time, This Tech Company Actively Recruited Furries
Vice.com recently posted an article
Seth Morabito wasn’t expecting to find the job that would change his life while at a conference dressed as an animal, but that’s what happened at ConFurence 7: He was a newly-graduated programmer identifying as a raccoon when he saw the furry-friendly ad seeking Unix developers.
It was 1996, right in the middle of the dot-com bubble. Morabito, now a 43-year-old software engineer whose furry alter ego is a raccoon named Tilton, was living in Connecticut at the time and feeling restless. He found the ad placed by Silicon Valley consulting company Taos in the back of the schedule for the conference.
Who had experience
In these pre-web days, participating in alternative communities and communicating around the world required building and maintaining your own servers and chat forums. To participate in their lifestyle and connect with others like themselves, furries often needed navigate the pre-web telnet servers called MUCKs, or Multi User Created Kingdoms.
Then lead to a job at Sun Microsystems
Now they have their own company and still works with furries
Furry Times 