Sleep enough to be well-rested before the con; you'll probably end up missing sleep during the con. Don't go completely without sleep during the con - you won't enjoy the last few hours.
Shower and scrub yourself every morning. Wear clean clothes every day - no wearing the same outfit twice. Don't bring smelly food. Don't wear cologne, perfume, or anything else with a scent. In short, don't add to the problem that you'll need that bottle of Febreeze to mitigate.
Go through the convention calendar very first thing - figure out where and when all the interesting stuff is taking place. You don't want to miss the only panel on your favourite part of the hobby because you were doing something else that you can do any time.
Ask permission before taking photos of cosplayers. (If you ask nicely, many of them will pose in-character for you.)
If there are two guests you want to meet and one of them is substantially more popular than the other, go see the other. (I've heard stories of ComicCons where the hotshot Marvel/DC artists of the day were so swamped they barely had time to say hello to each visitor, while artists like Mœbius had time to talk with each visitor for a quarter-hour. Which sounds like more fun, for you or for the guest?)
Bring your own food if you can. (One of my friends makes a habit of stopping by the asian grocery the evening he arrives at a con, and buying a bag of stuffed bread when it's on clearance-sale. He'd rather spend $1 on a melon-pan or ham-pan and eat it later at the con, than spend $5 on a hot dog at the con that doesn't taste as good as that day-old bread.)
Definitely bring a water bottle, and use it. It's going to get hot and humid in the popular panel rooms and the dealers' room; you'll need the water to keep yourself hydrated properly.
If you're going to the dealers' room, bring your own bag. (A sturdy canvas bag, by preference; you don't want it breaking because it was poked by other shoppers' bags too many times.) Budget, and hold yourself to that budget. Part of bringing your own bag is to aid the budget - when the bag's full, stop buying stuff. Remember: You have to take your purchases home with you.
If you like the convention, buy a T-shirt or something else at the convention's table in the dealers' room. Yes, it's expensive, but they need the money for next year's con. (No, I've never been to Kumoricon. All cons are like that.)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Shower and scrub yourself every morning. Wear clean clothes every day - no wearing the same outfit twice. Don't bring smelly food. Don't wear cologne, perfume, or anything else with a scent. In short, don't add to the problem that you'll need that bottle of Febreeze to mitigate.
Go through the convention calendar very first thing - figure out where and when all the interesting stuff is taking place. You don't want to miss the only panel on your favourite part of the hobby because you were doing something else that you can do any time.
Ask permission before taking photos of cosplayers. (If you ask nicely, many of them will pose in-character for you.)
If there are two guests you want to meet and one of them is substantially more popular than the other, go see the other. (I've heard stories of ComicCons where the hotshot Marvel/DC artists of the day were so swamped they barely had time to say hello to each visitor, while artists like Mœbius had time to talk with each visitor for a quarter-hour. Which sounds like more fun, for you or for the guest?)
Bring your own food if you can. (One of my friends makes a habit of stopping by the asian grocery the evening he arrives at a con, and buying a bag of stuffed bread when it's on clearance-sale. He'd rather spend $1 on a melon-pan or ham-pan and eat it later at the con, than spend $5 on a hot dog at the con that doesn't taste as good as that day-old bread.)
Definitely bring a water bottle, and use it. It's going to get hot and humid in the popular panel rooms and the dealers' room; you'll need the water to keep yourself hydrated properly.
If you're going to the dealers' room, bring your own bag. (A sturdy canvas bag, by preference; you don't want it breaking because it was poked by other shoppers' bags too many times.) Budget, and hold yourself to that budget. Part of bringing your own bag is to aid the budget - when the bag's full, stop buying stuff. Remember: You have to take your purchases home with you.
If you like the convention, buy a T-shirt or something else at the convention's table in the dealers' room. Yes, it's expensive, but they need the money for next year's con. (No, I've never been to Kumoricon. All cons are like that.)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012