Official FFR information on 4/14 Convention

[nestlekwik]

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If everyone is planning to get to Bowling Green at around 6 p.m. (everyone remember Ohio is in Eastern Standard Time if you're coming from the west), then I'm guessing we'll probably meet at about 7 p.m. since everyone will want to check into their hotels, stretch, use the bathroom, whatever. The first logical stop would be the Bowling Green State University Student Union to hit up some arcade games and let everyone gather up before we move to a different location.

[Tasselfoot]

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ok. BGSU studen union sounds like an excellent place to meet. 7pm EST. expect a phone call from me beforehand asking for directions.

i'll be the guy in the FFR Guy T-Shirt & Phillies hat. Saturday will be the new FFR All Skill T-Shirt & Phillies hat.

[DrugstoreCowboy]

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oh, well ill be the guy in the FFR All Skill T-shirt (blue version) and Detroit hat.

[werdlife420]

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im actually going, im about to download directions now... what time is ffr gonna actually be there cause im gonna arrive around 1030 11

[werdlife420]

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did i mention i live 300 plus miles away, so all you who are complaining about driving a half hour, suck it!

[Sir_Thomas]

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I wont be down in BG til about... Prolly... 7 to 8 PM. So all meet up there.
Haha im gonna feel out of place I literally look like im 15 or 16 (But im 19 haha.)

[DrugstoreCowboy]

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bring ID, or bs

[Sir_Thomas]

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[nestlekwik]

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im actually going, im about to download directions now... what time is ffr gonna actually be there cause im gonna arrive around 1030 11

On Friday or Saturday? On Friday, we're meeting roughly 7-8 p.m. EST at the student union on the BGSU campus. On Saturday, we'll be set up and ready to let people in at 10 a.m. EST in room #106 of BGSU's Olscamp Hall.

[Tasselfoot]

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sprite and i are leaving in about 10 minutes. expect a call from us in 7-9 hours Kwik. see ya later today.

[Kayleababy]

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YOU GUYS! Mom said I can't go because I got caught doing something I shouldn't have been doing! and I really wanted to come out there and see you guys! Please everyone take pictures and stuff I'll be sadly at home NOT attending a con that I really wanna go to while you're all having fun. Seriously It's less than an hour away I might still try to sneek out of the house and come. Mom didn't take my keys =P but more likely than not I won't be able to come sorry guys I was really looking forward to this.

[NarutoFoxDemon]

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Who chose this location?

[DrugstoreCowboy]

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read the first page.
its being held in ohio because thats where the convention is.
its not just an FFR convention, we only have a room there.

[nestlekwik]

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Who chose this location?

*sigh*

From the first post in this same thread:

"Q: Okay, thank you for the seven hour speech. But why is the first one in Ohio? And not only that, but why Bowling Green?
A: It's where I live. Those of you who follow my profile should remember this, "Of course, I'm talking to Synthlight about a couple of ideas and, hopefully, I'll be able to organize something really interesting in the near future."

I've attended Animarathon every year since its inception and last year the event's attendence broke my wildest expectations. Sure, to some of you having more than 1,000 people at the same event seems like an everyday activity to you, but I live in northwest Ohio. If you can get 100 people to do the same thing here, it's a success. And when you realize that Animarathon is the only event in northwest Ohio that caters to anime, video games and Japanese culture, it seemed to me that finally giving the FFR public appearance thing a shot was a distinct possibility.

Animarathon is a win-win situation for everyone. It does not cost FFR a cent to have a display at the event and there attendence to the event is completely free. It would be awesome to hold an FFR-specific convention but not only does that cost a bunch of cash, but deciding on one location would be torture as no matter where we would opt to hold it, a good portion of people wouldn't be able to attend and would then complain about it profusely on the forums.

But, still, yes, a good portion of you will not be able to attend the event for one reason or another. However, Ohio is located in the Midwest and being located in northwest Ohio, the turnpike and I-75 serve as very accessable routes for those looking to attend from other areas of Ohio as well as states such as Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, or in some cases, even further. Many of the site's staff members live in this area and it allows for members to see some of the people who make this site a reality.

This is the reason why the event is a good start for our public appearances. Just think of Animarthon as a feature the staff and some of its members get to "beta test." Thus, I started "talking" with the staff of the event back at the end of January about having a presence at the show. In reality, I was planning to just obtain a vendor's table, set up a computer and maybe get some swag and promotional materials from Synthlight to promote the game. Not in my wildest imagination did I think Synth would want to drive a good eight hours over to the event nor did I expect members would want to consider driving 10+ hours to attend the event.

For those members who are baffled by my choice of event to start our public appearances, I hope this kind of clarifies the decision."

[Afrobean]

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Hey you guys are gonna be there all day right?

I might end up only making it for the second half or so of the planned time.