Tag: MFF

It began with

The Sponsor’s Brunch, row after row of really excellent food, and it’s eat as much as you want.

Well yesterday was also a day to meet up with friends and what a day it was it began with From “Nation” to “Planet” Writing The Furry Nation Sequel.

Joe Strike is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. The panel may of been about his book which is coming out via Fur Planet sometime next year. But we also as the audience got involved talking about getting published, furry news and are we Mainstream or not. I give him my praise excellent panel.

Talk about how strange things can get at a fur con, my friend buys a partial for $2500. It’s really nice and fits them perfectly. They buy it, just before the panel on Fursona to Fursuit.

The Charity Whose Lion was great as usual, special mention has to go out to Cassidy Civet for putting on a great show.

The Day ended for all of us at something unexpected, Fursuit Charades. It was great, very fun and when behind one side began to cheat it all ended in fun. Really hope they have this again.

You know how hard it is to trying to take a photo while your laughing.

Tomorrow Last Day

Here it is roughly 7 AM on a Saturday and I am not completely certain of what exactly happened yesterday. Oh sure getting to the con is easy for me 1 bus and the subway and a short walk. But what happened after that is what I am unsure about.

Getting your vaccinated wristband was easy, they take a look at your card and your ID to make sure everything matches up. It took like 10 minutes or so no big deal

For this

Then pass the volunteer then on to Registration

Registration was another matter, this is why I say if you can be a Sponsor it does has it advantage… short line. But the line for the regular badge went on and on and on. If you know that Hall it went as far back as anyone can go. But still despite furries still coming in, it was mostly cleared out by Noon.

The reason I know this is because of the infamous Corridor has a window that looks down upon it.

More on the Swag Bag and the Color badges later

I have been to every MFF since 2013 and have all the badges that proves this. Despite everything the crowd was up. According to members of the staff they are saying numbers I can’t and will not repeat. But safe to say crowds were up and they do expect numbers to be higher. How much only the Closing Ceremony will tell.

One reason I am a little confused is that I went to more Panels yesterday than any previous con, let alone on the 1st Day.

2 main things I need to says, was The Furry Variety Show was amazing. Longest show in years and the crowd was way up. I estimate at least 5 or 6 times the number they had back in 2019. What helps was nothing major like Floor Wars running against it. I really hope MFF keep FVS on Friday.

Based upon what I heard and seen more people were hitting the other options for food. I heard that there were fursuiters at the nearby McDonalds. As for the Hyatt there pop up restaurants scattered through the hotel served everything from hamburgers to pizza. All of which was excellent. As for the OH Grill something different since the last con. You paid $24 plus tax and it was serve yourself and all you can eat. Not too bad, I had meatloaf and it was the best I ever had.

More tomorrow

MFF is doing something because of the pandemic that is really unique. They are doing their auditions for the Furry Variety Show by email and possibly TikTok. Really I hope more take part after all the prize is usually a Sponsor Badge for next year. Also this year for the first time in years. There are no major events opposite it. Being a HUGE fan of the Furry Variety Show, I always enjoy myself and personally invite others to do so. Besides it’s something to do before the late night dances, so please take part. The furry fandom is filled with so much undiscovered talent.

Midwest FurFest 2017 was the eighteenth iteration of the Midwest FurFest convention. It took place over November 30 – December 3, 2017,^[1] at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois, USA. The theme was “Grimm’s Fairy Tales“.

The Guests of Honor were:

• Latin Vixen
• VivziePop
• RemyWolf

The convention saw 8,771 attendees and was able to raise $85,000 for their charity, C.R.I.S.P.

My bonus that year I picked it up for $5 during the line for the closing ceremony.

This is the year MFF became the #1 fur con in the US

The reason I posted the layout of dealers, is that everyone one of those blue rectangles is a Dealer and there is about 218 of them. To list just 1 would be a total shame, I often find checking out the smaller dealers are the most interesting and I will be doing the same this year. Except there are 2 I will be keeping my eye on, as these 2 actually depend on this year’s MFF to survive.

One of which is Goal Publications, who is on the verge of going under. It’s either sell a lot or there will be 1 less furry publisher and a victory of sorts for Amazon. You are aware Amazon is the largest seller of furry material.

LINK to list

Mission Companion Paw is more than a rescue organization for pitbulls and other misunderstood dogs: it describes itself as going beyond rescue and adoption to “use the international language of art to imprint compassion for animals into urban youth culture.” 

Based in Chicago, MCP has rescued hundreds of dogs since 2016 and helps beyond the adoption process, supplying pet food donations to food pantries, and directing families to low cost spay and neuter services. 70% of MCP rescues are considered hard to adopt dogs such as pit bulls, seniors, special needs animals, and extreme medical cases.

According to MCP, “Every dog deserves to have their existence acknowledged, their personality shine and their heart breathe. MCP teamwork brings life, light and love to the ones that everyone may not be able to hear or understand.”

MFF attendees will get to meet MCP’s volunteers and even some potential adoptees at our Dealers’ Den and bid for donated items to benefit MCP during silent and live auctions over MFF weekend. 

Stay tuned to see how to donate through MFF, and please visit mcprescue.org.

I will agree with their mission statement pitbulls are a misunderstood breed.

In my life there were 3 pits that were special to me. First up was Bruno, a pet of my boss and would always climb in my lap. Next up was 8Ball a bit of a temper but a good dog and lastly.

Snowy

They all were good dogs, and I dearly miss them as all of them have passed on. This is why pits are very special to me.