Noncon9

So I had a rather fun weekend going to Noncon. It was incredibly small, and it didn't feel like it was too heavily attended. I was surprised at the size as well as how it was relatively unorganized (compared to my expectations). That being said, I had some fun and would probably attend again, especially for the guests. I attended some fun panels on anime trivia (which I somehow won), fandom battle and dating, and some web comic panels. The best event by far was the lecture and session hosted by Scott McCloud. I've seen his work before and thoroughly enjoyed his lecture. It was fantastic and thought provoking. Other than that, I pretty much did smaller things like watch a few episodes of anime and watch the video games they had. Since I didn't play any of them, it got kinda old hearing the same rock band songs over and over and watching SF4 and Smash Brothers matches. They had some other events like table top card games and live action Role playing, but I wasn't going to do those, especially with strangers since I'm more than likely going to clam up and be quiet. I was disappointed about the down time they had. Some times when there weren't panels going on, it seemed like almost nothing was going on which was disappointing. I suppose the limited staff needed to take breaks too, but it just felt very unprofessional. Overall, I had fun, but was a little disappointed. I guess being in it's ninth year, I was anticipating something equal to or larger than Setsucon. And although the guest list was equal to or better, every other aspect was not. I had fun and will probably go again next year.

A quick note on Adult Swim since it caused me to scream at my TV in disbelief (and in a good way, not like last season's Heroes). Code Geass is amazing in that it was able to get the reaction from me. To go from last week's momentous revelation, to killing off a semi-main character so abruptly. And the repercussions it will have on the rest of the series, along with the presumable killer. I just thought it was an amazing moment of shock that I thoroughly enjoyed. I am really liking this series, and much more than I thought I would. I hope it can keep up the pace. This is now at least 2 weeks of really good episodes.