Headless Lounge

Ya I ran in there to deliver a serious message and noticed how packed it was. Since I wasn't with a suiter I got cussed at pretty much >< and I didn't get to deliver my message and cause of it I think someone go pissed off at someone eles.. =O

Sammy

I will agree with you on the fan issue, I did feel that extra fans in the headless rooms would have helped. However as far as the one assistant per suit, I must disagree with you here, my shark suit requires a minimum of two handlers if not three. Getting in and out of the suit requires a team of trained pit crew workers, just like NASCAR. In fact I was joking with a buddy of mine at the con, and told him I was going to make up tee shirts for next year with “sharkys pit crew” printed on them.

But I cant use NASCAR due to copy right issues, so maybe we can use “NASHARK” or “NASFISH”..

Sharky

I know that in the Westin, we had a nice big sign on an easel in front of the lounge. I'm not sure about the DLCC, I'll check into it.

2 of our large (3 foot diameter) fans were actually damaged in the truck ride over. There were rather large dents in the side of them that obstructed the motion of the blades. (We did get them working later in the con, thanks to some help from Mrianti)

We'll see what we can do about crowd control in the fursuiter lounge in future years.

 
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I am not sure if the problem was too few fans, or just that the ones we had were being incorrectly utilized. The large floor fans were being used to dry out heads instead of to cool bodies. Each lounge did have a small table top fan for drying heads that worked really well, but only one person at a time could use them. Maybe next year we could get a few more small table top fans for drying out suit parts so that the large fans can be reserved for cooling down bodies.

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Dear lord, you want me to do what with that hairdryer!?

Thank you for all the replies

When i saw '1 assistant to 1 fursuit' I understand that there are special cases, but i saw some furs having 4, 5, 6 'assistants' in there. One i saw with 10! That i did not like

The headless rooms were in the same places as last year, the Washington on the 2nd Floor of the Westin Hotel, and the room across from the SoPB in the DLCC. They could have been more labeled, though, I agree.

This I agree with. If anybody has giant fans, please bring them if you can! Even in partial suit, I got extremely hot.

One or two assistants per fursuiter is fine, I believe. If you're someone like Sharky or MechWolf, and have an extremely complex suit, then you'll need more than one assistant to be with you. Most veteran fursuiters, though, needn't an assistant.

I'm here to help the fursuiters regardless, so if there is anything that I can do for you personally, feel free to tap me on the shoulder.

We had a sign outside the room, and in the program guide, there was a specific page made with a "WHERE TO FIND THINGS" header. It had a section boldly titled THINGS FOR FURSUITERS, and described exactly the location of both fursuit green rooms.

I really don't know what more we can do. We can't afford neon.

I think part of the perceived issue with fursuiter assistants was the fact that there were alot of fursuiters at the con. I noticed many furs visiting in the lounge that were fursuiters OUT of suit. This may have appeared to be assistants when in fact they were just furs socializing out of suit.

I think we need to look at ourselves and remember, when the lounge starts to get full and you are out of suit or cooled off, you need leave and make room for others.

I believe we were afforded adequate square footage. Once the fan issue is resolved it is up to us to keep "our place" in order.

PIRATE

Member: Stuck In The Elevator Club

I don't have a lot of money. Can I donate fans instead? I've got a couple office fans, if those would help.

i dunno, i thought the drive in was actually quite beautiful! though, considering that it was right after a rainstorm and there were clouds creeping through the rolling hills and trees (*swoons*)

though, i was coming from the north and on that highway that passes through that beautiful (as is) valley kinda deal.