+Cool, friendly staff
+Unique and fun guests
+Amazing dealers room & good prices
+Cosplay was well-run
+Cosplay host: Steve Bennett
+Rare videos: Jem, AMGMovie
+ParaPara/DDR Rave
+Affordable hotel
+Friendly hotel for lobby
+Hotel at great location
+Professional badges
+Great variety videogame room

-Cosplay was delayed

~Good~ HUGE two-room parapara & ddr rave, with provided glowsticks & pocky!

~Bad~ Cosplay was a bit behind, but they made up for it with trivia & prizes while waiting

~Ugly~ Some of the fanboys... wait.. there were none ^_^;

#2 Anime Expo

+Huge theatre for opening ceremonies
+Extensive amount of japanese guests. Best.Lineup.Ever
+PPP,DDR,Punchmania,Drummania, etc *actual* arcades
+Arcades were in the actual hotel!
+beautiful hotel and connecting skyway
+brand new lineup of anime played (Vampire Hunter D)
+very impressive dealers room booths

-hotel located nowhere near any fast food/convienience stores
-registration a mile away from hotel -some pretty hefty (spherical) otaku fanboys
-food prices, my GOD. $1 an apple!

~Good~ forget the con! lets head to the videogame -room- FLOOR!

~Bad~ starving.. food.. (Calls up Cheap Chineese delivery ^_^)

~Ugly~
*stranger takes picture*
"Here, you like how the picture came out?"
"Yea.. uh... its nice"
*takes back picture*
"You owe me $5 for it"

#3 Ohayocon

+Dance played Eurobeat
+nice shuttle from hotel to airport
+ProWrestlers at the same hotel! Coincidence? Anime & WWF Unite!
+Game room never closed
+Jacuzzi and Sauna ^_^
+Music video/parody tv commerical segment
+japanese guests!
+Cosplay was professionally and well handled

-Rude hotel & restaurant people
-small video rooms
-small dealers rooms room

~Good~ Kei's little party and meeting everyone. ProWrestlers & otaku meet at last!

~Bad~ Dealers room small. it was sorta like "wheres the rest of it?"

~Ugly~ the cake fight got pretty ugly into the night! Kevin Bolk's b-day suit! (j/k Kevin, haha)

#4 Katsucon

+3 floors of anime
+dealers room had great variety and plenty to look at
+game room (when open) had great imports
+main floor, great open glass lighting for pictures
+the con never sleeps
+awesome underground mall nearby

-Dance.Sucked.Hard
-DDR tourny just...FAILED
-stay AWAY from the escalators
-No Rollerblades! Take it Outside!

~Good~ MeatCon!! oh.. the con? uhm.. meeting new and interesting people?

~Bad~ Dance smelled like showerless fanboy. DanceDanceRevolutionTourny was hosted by that fanboy.

~Ugly~ "The winner of this tournament is based on LETTER GRADE"

#5 MTAC 2½

+hotel rooms were MASSIVE
+great staff. friendly
+cool new guests
+Dan T-hosted cosplay went well
+Great fansub videos played
-No ATMs for over 2 miles in any direction
-Dance was lacking

~Good~ Game room was always a fun stop. BigFire party, oh yeaaa

~Bad~ No money, and pretty much noBODY until mid-saturday.

~Ugly~ The next day result of all the alcohol at BigFire..x_X

#6 Animazement

+WEDOCA-hosted game room
+Great Music Videos
+DDR tourny based on Freestyle; oh yeah
+no sleep at this con either!
+Starbucks in the hotel
+next door hotel (Springhill Suites/Marriot) super-cheap!

-Rent-A-Cops 'nuff said
-PRICE!

~Good~ MeatConII and Dommi's birthday! DDR Tourny was fun to watch.

~Bad~ I wonder how much a $50 badge goes for online? hrmm...

~Ugly~ Those dirty old men RentACops liked those costumes a little TOO much "Wheres the fairies?"

#7 AWA7

+Hotel didn't mind the lobby party

-Rudest human beings on earth, aka AWA Staff
-Brett Weaver hosted cosplay; Again!?
-Fanboy funk
-Dealers room wallscrolls reek of fish
-Videogame room reeks of fanboy
-No HK CDs, at all
-Dance/Stand
-Pool closes. WTF
-HOTEL closes. get out!
-Captain Obvious and all the other fanboys
-Elevators full 24-7
-Stairs do not go lower than 2nd floor

~Good~ ParaPara/BattleRoyale lobby party went without a snitch. fun ensued ~Bad~ The leaf-throwing incident

~Ugly~ the looks on the faces of every AWA con staffer who reads this. Hi Dave~!

@@@@Honorable Mention@@@@

PhreakNIC5

+coolest badge ever; a Floppy disc w/scratch & sniff Anthrax!
+Live DJs playing music loud
+the con is up allll night
+friendly staff, friendly guests
+room parties galore

-small hotel

~Good~ A Hacker con down the street from an anime con! Kickin music and parties! l33t!

~Bad~ morning sunlight seemed to suck the life out of everyone

~Ugly~ the hotel staff attempting the clean-up after the con ^_^

JACON

+nifty dealers room
+giant theatre for music videos and cosplay
+projection screens for videogame room
+friendly staff

-short 2day con
-guests?

~Good~ Gene and i swooned the audience with our great dance!

~Bad~ a bit small

~Ugly~ "Don't play Paranoia! its soooo hard!"