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8800+ views? And I just started this blog!
No, I took the final numbers of both blogs, add them together, and then started from that number.

Combining the Two

With the recent crackdown of the FanimeCon blog due to copyright infringement, I have been forced to combine both my Sac-Anime Blog and my FanimeCon Blog into one central blog, the California Conventions Blog.

You may ask "Why the Sac-Anime Blog?" Well it's easier to have everything under one blog, like what I should had done. This also gives me more freedom to do conventions like AX or Comic-Con without starting an independent blog.

Shutting It Down

This will be my last blog post here for awhile, until I can get things sorted out.
As of now, I am not allowed to have this blog up because it has the name "FanimeCon," and no one else is supposed to have the name in any shape or form...

Yeah, there's a problem when a domain and business cards are printed with that name that I have to now change.

I apologize for everyone who has visited this site and supported me by coming back to this page. But as of now, this blog is dead.

Thanks a lot FanimeCon staff.

The Tournament After the First

I just realized: I forgot to mention that I'm going to another MT3DX tournament on Friday back at SVGL.
The reason why is that a) there's not much personal hype since this is my second, and b) I'm going to keep most of the updates to Twitter. I might have one blog post the day after, but for the most part it'll be through Twitter.

"FanimeCon & Twitter Search Hunt" Update

I've talked to the Marketing Director for FanimeCon, and he basically green-lighted my idea.
I will say this now: this is NOT an official FanimeCon event, it's something that I've decided to on my own.

With that said, stay tuned for more details!

Giveaways?

So I'm trying to figure out how to use Twitter at FanimeCon. I recently came upon Shaquille O'Neal's Twitter account (THE_REAL_SHAQ) and noticed that while he was in Memphis, he offered a challenge to his subscribers: find him at Graceland and win four tickets to the game that night. He was quick to post the winner and commentend at how "dam that was fast."

I might be doing the same at FanimeCon. It might give people motivation to subscribe to my account in hopes of winning some free stuff from me. The possibilities are endless...

So subscribe to my Twitter account and see if it goes down!

Source Material

In preparation for next week's MT3DX Tournament back at SVGL, I went through all the tapes and rewound them so that I can pop one in when I'm done with one tape.

While doing this, I go and watch a couple of minutes and see what's on them.

This is when I found out I did have the part when Crispin Freeman went deep...half of it recorded over footage from the last tournament.

Dreams Shot Down

I know somewhere on this blog I mentioned attempting to get a press badge for this year's FanimeCon.

Over time, I just forgot about it and went with regular registration.
Now I know I forgot about it in the first place.
The requirements for a press badge are very very very very very very tight. A blog like mine, while unique in its own light, would never make it. Hell, if Sac-Anime wouldn't give me a press badge for the Winter '09 show, then why should FanimeCon?

Cosplay what?

So yesterday I mentioned that I would be cosplaying as the GIRUGAMESH guy.
Well guess what? HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY! In fact, I'll probably make plans to get the P3 uniform in time for a May competition.

Radisson Rates Up

As of today, the rates for the Radisson Hotel for Sac-Anime is up.
Now, here's the thing. You may do the same search for the same dates and get a cheaper rate. But look at the fine print. With the AR (Advanced Rate), if you cancel anytime, there is a hefty cancellation charge. With the SA rate, there is no cancellation charge up until the day of the con. Also, according to Imari, there are some other perks that are associated with it - I can't think it off the top of my head, but if you check out our Twitter accounts we have you can see the conversation we had.

With that said, I wouldn't mind the extra $20. Makes the decision to cancel if something should come up easier, plus those perks.

Assuming the price stays at $99, I'll drop my reservation sometime soon, if not after Fanime.