Anyone going to or has been to AnimeDetour?

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Anyone going to or has been to AnimeDetour?

Postby Ayame_K » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:07 pm

Me and some friend were thinking about going to Anime Detour in Bloomington, MN next year and if anyone has been there or is going, let me know. If we do go, this would be our first one. So any advise would be much appreciated. :D
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Postby JudgeHolden » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:27 pm

Yep, I've been to it last year ..... it's how I found out about this whole AMV thing. I'm working on some AMVs for the contest this upcomming year. I would get a room early if you are going to stay there. Last year the hotel was full. Luckly I had a room. Also, it was cheaper to get a room at regular rates through the hotel's website than the special "Con" rate. Anyway, it rocked! :D
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Postby JudgeHolden » Wed Aug 24, 2005 2:28 pm

Oh ya, I'm going!!!!!
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Postby Ileia » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:53 pm

I think I'm going to go. It's the 24th-26th of March this year, and I turn 21 on the 25th! :P

I'm considering a video for entry, but even if I decide not to enter, it'll still be a great way to celebrate a 21st birthday, without the need to get shit-faced.
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Postby oldwrench » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:39 pm

I was to both Detours and had a great time, even if I was hopping around with a broken ankle this year. This year was much improved over the first year, it is still quite a crowd in the halls. The pannel dicussions were very good, the contests went off smoothly, the guests were great, and the consuite was super. I highly recommend going, if they keep improving it will be something special, register and reserve a room early.

Another con in the area is at Marshal MN, end of May, Sogen Con http://sogencon.com/. It was a very small group last year, with all the first year faults and screw ups, but it was great fun. They had a really cheep weekend rate, a dorm room and weekend pass for $100. I hope they work out the bugs this year.
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Postby Ayame_K » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:30 pm

Thanks everyone. It really helps. If we do go, I don't think we'd stay at the hotel but instead find some relivies to crash with or something. The only other thing we need to worry about is how we're going to get up there and if our parents will let us (we're just juniors and sophomores in HS). We were also thinking about dressing up but we're not sure if we want to enter the contest or not or just do that hallway thing they have going. Anyone know who the guests are this year?
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Postby kataimiko » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:10 am

I plan on going next year. Between now and then I should have enough money saved up to blow on merchandise. :P
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Postby Lemonpez » Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:34 pm

I don't beleive they have the list of guests yet but hopefuly Phade will come again. (yay for phade) He's been there for both, so have a few va's that will most likely be there again. Can't wait to go but don't think I'll have a good enough AMV to turn in this year which is the only downfall for me. I've wanted to submit one since the first detour. Should be a blast anyway.
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Postby Fanatik » Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:22 pm

You are going to LOVE IT!!!!! Around the second day we do a mall raid (run around the Mall of America in cosplay) and scare all of the "normal" people.

There's more!

Lists of what to do over there and how to plan and act.

Stop by the forum some time, kay?
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Postby NeoQuixotic » Wed Nov 30, 2005 2:01 am

Oh! I plan on going to the 2006 one, I went to the one this year. I went last minute on Saturday, had to pay $50 to get in, and missed a lot of stuff, but it was fun. I think meeting Phade was a highlight, although I don't know if he will be there again. I hope to enter in the amv contest(s) and maybe get a room. If anyone is interested in getting a room PM me and we can figure it out. Oh yeah! Be warned, there be crazy people them thar hallways ^_^!
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Postby Fanatik » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:54 pm

anubisx00 wrote:Oh! I plan on going to the 2006 one, I went to the one this year. I went last minute on Saturday, had to pay $50 to get in, and missed a lot of stuff, but it was fun. I think meeting Phade was a highlight, although I don't know if he will be there again. I hope to enter in the amv contest(s) and maybe get a room. If anyone is interested in getting a room PM me and we can figure it out. Oh yeah! Be warned, there be crazy people them thar hallways ^_^!


First...
Try and avoid the $50 registration, go for pre-registration:
$20.00: Supporting Pre-Registration ($20 now and $20 at the door) OR
$30.00: Pre-Registration (Postmark by December 31st, 2005) OR
$40.00: Pre-Registration (Postmark by February 21st, 2006)

Second...
Keep a close eye on this topic. The guests will be announced soon.

Third...
You can now sign up for two different contests.
AMV Contest and theWTF Contest.

Hope this helps! :D
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Postby JudgeHolden » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:11 pm

anubisx00 wrote:Oh! I plan on going to the 2006 one, I went to the one this year. I went last minute on Saturday, had to pay $50 to get in, and missed a lot of stuff, but it was fun. I think meeting Phade was a highlight, although I don't know if he will be there again. I hope to enter in the amv contest(s) and maybe get a room. If anyone is interested in getting a room PM me and we can figure it out. Oh yeah! Be warned, there be crazy people them thar hallways ^_^!


I hope you will be entering your Hiabane AMV :D

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Postby NeoQuixotic » Fri Jan 13, 2006 8:08 pm

The guests were announced sometime in December. Here is a link to the guest page:

http://www.animedetour.com/wrap.php?info_guests.html

My must meet and greets:

Tiffany Grant
Matt Greenfield
Phade (again ^_^!)

I plan to do a sponsorship registration and get a room, so I'm still interested in sharing a room as I said before. And hopefully I'll actually get started on my amv, since I'm only 20% done and have been there for a few months >.<!
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Postby JudgeHolden » Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:01 pm

Well, I'm all registered and I have a room. I would like to get all the AMV people together so we can meet! :D So, PM me ... don't be shy! :D
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Postby OzzieAlThor79 » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:50 pm

I have gone both years and it was AWESOME.

So much so that my wife is coming this year and we BOTH have videos entered into the AMV contest.

Should be a great weekend!
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