Thinking of what I'm gonna do in the Dutch Comic-Con tomorrow. If any of you guys have been to a con before, I've got a couple questions for you:
- Should I take some sort of backpack/bag with me to the Con to carry all the stuff I might get while I’m there?
- Should I bring my own food and drinks?
- Is there a specific etiquette at a Con or should I just be a normal human being?
- Can I leave certain events at any time if I need to (i.e. bathroom break)?
- Should I arrive ~1 hour before the event starts to skip a big part of the line?
What I've heard from cosplayers is:
- absolutely take a bag, but something that'll keep artwork from being bent or warped if you end up buying any.
- check the cons rules on if brining in food and drinks are allowed; if they are, then it's a good idea to bring snacks that are easy to transport
- being a normal (polite) person is definitely okay! If people are in cosplay, though, and you wanna get pics, then talk to them first and be understanding if they're not feeling up to a pic. Costumes can get heavy and uncomfortable after a point and they might be tired. So basically just be nice and don't be rude.
- I'm not sure about the last two. You might want to ask the people who run the con if it's okay to leave early or not (I'd assume you can, but getting back in will be next to impossible if the con's really full of people and the event's over-full).