Now that Dragon*Con 2009 is part of the history books...

[thedrunkenjedi.livejournal.com]

...as a follow-up to a previous post from a few weeks back, "Has Dragon*Con become too big for its own good?".

There was no real consensus-one way or another-but we left off promising to revisit the question after the *Con.

So, again, now that D*C '09 is a thing of the past, what is opinion of all who attended '09-and at least one additional year for comparison? I'll chime in with my take on things once a few responses come through.

Comments

[garybaldy.livejournal.com]

If i may ask what events, panels or tracks did you not get a badge checked.

Security does not have a large enough staff to cover every door. So only the most popular events get badge checkers. A guest that only has interests in the smaller tracks & events is likely to rarely ever get a badge check.

[ornerybitch.livejournal.com]

As you said, I do smaller panels, so it was mainly the dealer and exhibition halls. Sometimes I'd get checked, other times I'd forget I put it in the bag I was carrying and no one asked me why I didn't have one on. I'm not one of the ones who shows up and waits in a huge line to squeeze in there either. Thankfully after that first incident with the art show, they started paying more attention there.