BronyCon 2014

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This will be my blog entry for BronyCon 2014.  Right now I'm heading to bed and will get up tomorrow to meet up with :iconrusticshine: to go to Baltimore.  I'll update this after every day is done but I appologize in advance if some entries are a bit late.  Well guys, here it goes!!  :excited:

Day 1:

I’m in Baltimore right now geting ready for BronyCon to start tomorrow. Been good so far.  Today was kinda crazy though.

First, Rustic’s GPS was taking him weird places so we had a hard time meeting up in my hometown this morning but we got there eventually.  We sadly couldn’t book our room in the Hilton because apparently somehow we were set for the HAMPton instead so we had to roll with that.  It’s farther away but it’s not too horrendous a walk.  The unfortunate part is it’s supposed to rain all weekend here so I kinda wanted to be connected to the Baltimore Con Center via skybridge so I wouldn’t get wet but oh well.

Got my panelist badge in pre-reg and boy was it fast!  There wasn’t really even a line going through the weaved partitions, just some people coming right up front to the desks so it was quick and easy unlike last year.

I am rooming with Rustic Shine, ShadesofEverfree, and Nowacking.  Rustic had to go with Shades to fix his computer and Nowacking hasn’t gotten to the room yet but Rustic and Shades just got back with a new computer for him.

I also did get to see Toxic Mario and meet my friend WaffleBerry for the first time and say hi real quick but sadly missed the Brony Bartrot down the road while waiting to get my stuff in the room.  I guess Rustic got lost in traffic while trying to move his truck from the parking space we had earlier.  I’ll see Waffle tomorrow though and I hope to see a lot of you guys who are here tomorrow too.  :)

Alright, I’ve been sweating a lot today so I’m gonna go shower and see if that helps…

EDIT:  Also, for anyone that wants to find me, I will either be wearing a brown t-shirt with young Big Mac and AJ on it or else a red one with the body of Optimus Prime on it with the head where my head should be.  Here's what I look like with both those shirts on:

Trotcon 2014:  Me and PixelKitties by AleximusPrime
BronyCon 2013 - Photo with Jessy (Palette Swap) by AleximusPrime


Day 2:


Oh man, where do I even begin?!?  The first day was awesome!

I got up and left around 9ish and went to the convention center.  While waiting in line for the opening ceremonies, a person who's name I forgot to get asked for my autograph and then a little girl asked for my autograph too.  Not sure if either of these people followed me online before but it just felt great that people wanted my autograph and I was teh FIRST one they got on their lists!  :)  So then opening ceremonies started and I got to sit with Waffle and show him the Tirek custom he bought.

I lost Waffle in the crowd so after that I just walked around and checked things out and went down to the vendor hall to see the art and say hi to a lot of my friends like :icontheairevolution:, :icondustysculptures:, :iconearthenpony:, :iconcadmiumcrab:, :icongrennadder:, :icondawnf1re:, :iconsilverband7:, :icontoxic-mario:, :iconberrypawnch:, :iconsouthparktaoist:, :iconflavinbagel:, :iconwhitedove-creations:, :iconblackout-comix:, :iconheylookasign:, and probably a few I might have forgotten.  I didn't meet all of those artists on the first day, but those are the ones I recall saying hi to.  A few people also came up to me and recognized me like :iconkaiuchiha15: (first watcher to recognize me I believe), :iconata64: (TheAmazingAdam64 who does some SFM videos) and FlamingIvory from Tumblr who were all fun to talk to.  I didn't buy much stuff this time cuz I was worried I wouldn't be able to pay Rustic my part of the room like what happened at Trotcon so I just got a few more buttons from :iconpixelkitties:'s booth (she was at Galacon this weekend but her husband and sister were there selling stuff) and also a cute statuette of human Twilight in a bikini but it's not for me, it's for a friend of mine who couldn't come to BronyCon so he paid me to buy it for him but now........ I WANT IT!!!  :iconinloveplz:

Later I saw a bit of the Fan VA panel some time in the afternoon and met :icondawillstanator: and then went to the "Apples to (Buy Some) Apples" panel which was the show staff guests playing the game Apples to Apples which was very funny!  :giggle:

I then went to my room to eat cuz I hadn't eaten all day and rested a bit and stuff.

At some point I saw :iconblackgryph0n:, :iconacracebest: (yes, he has a DA now, go watch him), and :icontherealsaberspark: and I had some fanart gifts for them but they looked busy but Race had just gotten done vlogging something and with AmazingAdam's help, I was able to get his attention and gave him a print of this pic:  ACRaceBest and SaberSpark by AleximusPrimeObviously I had to say who I was but he recognized me and said I had fantastic art and that I'm one of the best artists in the fandom or something..... I REALLY AM HORSE FAMOUS!!!  :wow:

When I got back I saw some of the "Journey of the Spark" panel and the "Paper to Ponies" panel which was the show staff talking about how MLPFIM is made and stuff.  And then I saw some of the "Artist Palooza 101" with a few artists I know like Tox and Grennadder.

Later I went to see some of the Fluffle Puff Meet and Greet.

I then went down to the concert and saw the last 20ish minutes of :iconblackgryph0n: and his brother, Baasik, performing together and then right after that saw :iconmandopony: sing on stage for the first time!  They both did awesome!  I was a little to worn out to stay for the rave music though so I went and rested on some chairs and called my parents to tell them how I was doing.

The last thing I did was go to the "Riffing is Magic" panel where :iconacracebest:, :iconblackgryph0n:, :icontherealsaberspark:, :icontommyoliverdraws:, :iconpaleosteno:, and BVids all reacted to G1, G2, and G3 episodes of the old MLP shows.  It sure was hilarious and it was actually my first time seeing everything they reacted to so I was just as bewildered!  XD

After the panel was done I waited outside with :iconanimatedjames: to say hi to my idols and gave BlackGryph0n a little custom pony of his ponysona that I will show pics of later.  He loved it and gave me a big hug and I got a pic with him!  I then met Saber for the first time and gave him the same print I gave Race and he recognized me too cuz of the fanart I had done for him in the past and said he loved my art and hopes to see more!  :D

Well I then went back to the hotel and slept and thankfully I slept like a rock cuz my whole body was sore from the walking and standing I did plus I had my backpack on which caused strain on my shoulders even though it wasn't heavy.


Day 3:


The next morning I slept in and then took a shower and went off to the con center again.  I saw some of the "Brony Time: LIVE" panel with James in it and then went to the vendor hall to hang around.  While in there I finally met :iconmandopony: and :iconsibsy: and gave them prints of these pics respectively: Mandofire Nuzzles by AleximusPrime  Someone will die... (Mandofire version) by AleximusPrime They were so much fun to talk to and I also got to meet :iconcatwhitney: and my friend :iconotakusquirrel:.

After that I wanted to go back to my room but I decided to hang out with Waffle who was waiting in the autograph line for Claire Corlett and was sporting a Button Mash cosplay.  The wait got too long though so I just went back to my room and ate and rested a bit.

Later tonight I took my Discord statue to the Hall of the Moon where me, :icondustysculptures:, and :iconcadmiumcrab: did our panel "Pony Sculpting" and it went very well!  :D  The lights were a bit dim where we were and the panel was shortened a bit because they needed to get a lot ready for the next panel but it went very well and I wasn't one bit nervous!  The questions we asked were easy and we did wonderful!  I was very happy to have taken part in my first panel alongside such great artists and friends!  :)  The only thing I regret about this panel is that it caused me to miss "Hooves Line is it Anypony".  D:

Well after that I stood around with Discord to see if anyone would buy him.  No one sadly had the money but a lot of folks stoped by and told me how awesome it was and stuff.

Oh, and get this:  there were a lot of kids who stopped and looked at my Discord and asked for my autograph but this one particular boy is a raaaare case:  His mother told me that he had been watching me on YouTube since BEFORE I was a brony way back in 2009ish when I was doing Transformers stop motions on YouTube and he actually was inspired by me to do his own stop motions!  Out of all the fans I've ever met at a convention, that has got to be the longest-running fan I've ever met!  He's been watching me since my earliest times on the internet and I was his source of inspiration to do what he does!  His name is TheKellen17 and he can be found here: www.youtube.com/user/TheKellen…  I gotta say, he's pretty good for his age!  It takes a lot of patience to do stop motions!  I almost feel like cranking out a few Transformers stop motions now that I know I have a fan like this!  :D

So later I met up with Waffle and we went to the rave concert and had lots of fun!  artists like Omnipony played and a few others who's names I forget and guess who got up there and performed.........ALEX S!!!  I got some cool footage of the concert that i might put in my vlog on YouTube later.  But boy was I tired after that concert.  I walked back to my room even though it was raining and just went to bed.  I was too tired to check stuff on the internet...

Day 4:


Oh man, the last day!

Well I got up and went to the con and saw some of the "BronyCon Animator Panel" that Shades was in but I sadly missed some of the vids they showed.  :(

Well I spent a lot of time in the vendor trying to see if there was anyone who wanted to buy Discord but sadly no luck.  Everyone had more likely already spent their money.  Well CadmiumCrab was kind enough to let me keep him at her booth while I went out to eat with Rustic and Waffle at "Jimmy John's".  I then finally got to give Tirek to Waffle who took it to his room.  I went back to get Discord and tried one last time to see if someone would buy him but no one did so I sadly had to come home with him.  I guess I'll have to try the risky route of shipping him to a willing customer online now.  But oh well, I did get to see :iconmahaugher: and :iconflutterguy317: the latter being one of the guys who  runs the Cutie Art Crusaders podcast and Mahaugher sometimes stars in their podcasts.

The last thing I did was go to the Bronies React panel in the Hall of the Sun and MAN WAS IT PACKED!!!  I had to stand on the side and wait for some people to leave!  The panel was lots of fun though and when AnimatedJames got up and asked a question, Race invited him to be on Bronies React with the crowd's overwhelming approval!  Congrats to James!  :D

Well after that I waited for Rustic who was talking to :iconnowacking: (I sadly never got to see her and she never actually roomed with us :( ) but I did get to see Red-Pear who I was supposed to meet up with at BronyCon last year so that was good.  I also got to give Waffle a proper good-bye and hug before he goes off to Iraq to do his job.  I pray he'll have a safe trip there and no harm will come to him!!

Rustic and I then went to his truck and we packed up and left.  it was tough getting out of Baltimore because of the traffic but once we got on the highway we were good.  We stopped and ate at Wendy's on the way home and it was raining a bit while we were in there but when we got out we saw the most gorgeous and vibrant rainbow I have ever seen!  Like you haven't even seen a rainbow this brigt, it was insane!  I took several pics of it and got it on video for my vlogs that you will see later.  I think this rainbow was a sign that we had another great year at BronyCon and next year will be even better!  :D

Well Rustic and I drove and drove till we got home and I sure was tired but I stayed up to check my messages to see if there was anything important I missed...


FINAL THOUGHTS:


Holy carp, where do I begin?  This year was amazing and the staff sure made the con enjoyable!

We used a lot more of the building this year so it almost felt like we were in a different con center cuz there were new rooms and stuff but we had better areas for the registration, vendor, and concert, that's for sure.  The Hall of the Sun room was a good big room that was ideal for the big but not so big panels though they probably should have put things like Riffing is Magic and Bronies React in the Mane Events Hall up at the top cuz the lines went through the entire hallway and nearly went to the end of the building!!  Well that's really the only little complaint I have about it but everything else worked out great and the Baltimore Convention Center sure is beautiful!

I think the best part about this convention was moreso getting to see all my friends and the people I look up to.  Nearly every person I introduced myself knew who I was in some way and complimented me on my work!  I know I joked about the "horse famous" thing earlier but I think it has to do more with the fact that they notice me and even people I didn't know came up and knew who I was and complimented me!  I lost track of how many people did this but man there were a lot and that makes me feel so good!  It's definitely the thing that will keep me going!  :D

Well besides the poor weather, long walks, and aching shoulder and heels I had, this con was fantastic and nothing will stop me from attending BronyCon next year!  Thank you so much to all the staff who planned it out and to all my friends who talked to me and said uplifting things about my art!  I love you all and I hope to see you next year!!!  :wave:
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DHGBoxMonster's avatar
Didn't see you at BronyCon, but if you were at Brony Time: LIVE you may have seen me. Front row in the center section with my box on. I actually got in Animated James's Con Fame video at the end when they did a panning shot of the audience.