Comic Fiesta was fun, it wasn't the best thing ever, but I learned how a convention felt and looked like. Honestly there were a lot of room for improvements, but I don't really care about the vent itself anyways. I liked the exposure, I liked the fact that I learned to use the commuter and the monorail at the time of need, without getting lost somewhere.
On the first day I had to stalk cosplayers across stations and through KLCC to reach the convention hall, I never felt so much like a stalker in my life, especially with a dslr dangling on my neck as I try to keep up with the cosplayers walking around. I reached the convention hall without being noticed and then I saw the gigantic queue, oh god. What now? I missed half of my friend's performance. Somehow I made it in after though, it was a hellish day. I wa searching for friends and got lost almost every single time we reunited. I didn't felt like I was having fun at all. I didn't but anything while all my friends got stuff that they wanted. Out of frustration I bought WS cards, extra packs for Haruhi and EVA. Not sure was it worth it, definitely not worth it considering the amount of Haruhis I have in the Haruhi pack. WHY NAGOTO?! I wanted my Haruhi!!! QAQ
Although day two was a lot better. I started the day alone, looking for artworks, commisioned works and merchandises made by local artists. A poring badge and some kamen rider badges interested me, but nothing else interested me. I really wanted the keyblade I saw that day but it was..., not as accurate as I hoped for. Decided to skip it. Got more art pieces instead. Some of which were stunning. Seeing the artists draw and commission work on the spot definitely inspired me to improve myself.
Day 2 was also the day that I managed to snap more photos of cosplayers, the really good ones and the not so good ones. Was disappointed with the amount of Fullmetal Alchemist cosplay though, in general there were not a lot of older animes cosplayers. We see rare things like some Final Fantasy Hero of Light cosplayers and some other old school or new stuff I don't recognize, but there's not much oldschool stuff. Even the artwork sessions had mostly Shingeki no Kyoujin stuff.
I chat with some of the cosplayers I took photos of. Some I just asked for a photo and thanked them, or complimented them. In particular I spoke to an Edward Elric and a Wizard from Ragnarok Online(the first RO, not the abomination called RO2). They were quite friendly, Edward told us how he made his auto-mail and we told him that we managed to find another FMA cosplayer insie the hall, an Olivia Armstrong cosplayer, we told him he could still rush in and find her. The wizard told us that he saw another wizard today, one without a staff, and that there was a swordie last year. We exchanged opinions a bit on RO and the status of oldschool stuff in CF and then shook hands. Managed to ge him to pose for two shots but only one came out good.
I also didn't look for artwork on the first day, so all the good stuff were pretty much sold nect time I should make hunting for artwork first priority, on day one. But this time it couldn't be helped. I had an objective to fulfill on day one.
I can still remember everything like it was just yesterday, the hype hasn't died down. I remember how I ride the commuter and the monorail to KLCC and had to stalk people to reach the convention hall before I see more cosplayers.
I remember how I ran across the halls like it was just yesterday, actually, I remember everything like it was just yesterday, even though days has passed since day 2 of CF.
There's 3 important things I painfully learned in CF though.
First, it doesn't matter whether you're a cosplayer, attending CF for the first time, a photographer, a performer, an artist or just visiting it for the hell of it. You will only have fun if you are with companions with you. No exception to the rules even if you are cosplaying or performing.
Second, if you want to buy art pieces, go hunt on the first day, if you want commissions, get reference pictures for them. Know what you want and bring at least an A3 block or file with you so you can keep the art pieces without damaging them(Yup, painfully learned, my friends.).
Third, it's more fun to chat with the cosplayers than to take photos of them and then walk off after saying thanks.
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