🦊 Furry Furry Convention Drama - Because you can't have a couple thousand dog fucking enthusiasts under the same roof without shit hitting the fan

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This is one of the best KF threads these niggas are fucking wild.
I think they managed to cause more strife than Keith Moon ever did, and that's saying a lot.

The staff at all these hotels and event facilities must have furry PTSD by now.
 
Crispy Pancake said:
Hotel staff at Rainfurrest were probably scarred for life
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Rainfurrest still amazes me. Didn't they allow people who were banned from other conventions to attend? Why did they think that would go well? Generally many of the people that did something wrong at a convention or the like would GLADLY do it again.
 
DigitalPocketWatch said:
Generally many of the people that did something wrong at a convention or the like would GLADLY do it again.
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Hell, even among the general population "normal" industry conventions (tech/IT, consumer products, landscaping, whatever) are often treated as excuses to hook up with strangers and get a bit of "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" action going. When I worked a job that involved attending a handful of them each year it really depressed me how many coworkers and acquaintances from other companies looked forward to attending various conferences just for a chance to score some strange. Married ones especially. Nobody's faithful anymore. It was a real eye-opener.

It's no different for furry cons, I'm sure. The whole thing reeks of sex in the first place, so obviously the misbehaving ones are drawn to it and will gladly push the boundaries as far as they can. I mean ... if you're already stuffing diapers into hot tub filters, there's not much lower you can sink.
 
DigitalPocketWatch said:
Rainfurrest still amazes me. Didn't they allow people who were banned from other conventions to attend? Why did they think that would go well? Generally many of the people that did something wrong at a convention or the like would GLADLY do it again.
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Conventions in general are really degenerate. To stand out you need to be like Rainfurrest. Most furry cons are only marginally more disgusting than even normie cons. I've heard dentists in particular get up to some really sick shit at convention parties.
 
I’m about a month late on reporting this one, but it caught my eye due to the sheer oddness of the situation, so I’m going to do a little write-up on it now.

On the last day of July, the Delaware-based New Year’s Furry Ball (NYFB for short) announced changes to their upcoming 2025/2026 event, making some very… interesting decisions.

Before I get into it, there are two things you need to understand about this event. First: the event is run by The Furst State, a group I’ve mentioned before in this thread. TL;DR: The moderation is infamously ban-happy, far-reaching, and riddled with nepotism. It’s been something of an unspoken rule in the East Coast furry scene: don’t interact with Furst State mods. If they disagree with anything you do or say, they’ll not only ban you, but also try to petition other events to ban you as well.

Second: NYFB itself is, for all intents and purposes, a very party-heavy event, hosted at a hotel that caters perfectly to that kind of crowd. Despite how many furries openly despise The Furst State, NYFB is still considered a popular event. A large chunk of furries ignore Furst State for most of the year, show up for NYFB, and then go back to ignoring them afterward.

Anyway, with all that out of the way, let’s move on to the announcement:
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(I've opted to censor the URLs in the screenshot due to both of them being tracking URLs, which can accidentally expose your account if you click on them.)

I'll stick a copy of the announcement video below, but I'd recommend skipping ahead to the summary unless you really wanna hear some FtM in a bird avatar ramble in VRChat for 5 minutes.

NYFB ANNOUNCEMENT SUMMARY
  • Due to the increasing size of the convention, NYFB will no longer be held at the Embassy Suites in Newark, Delaware. Its new home will be the Doubletree located on Concord Pike, in Wilmington Delaware. This is not far from the original location.
  • With this new location there is also an extra day. December 29th, both for hotel booking and for those who purchase early registration can grab their badges a day early to enjoy the activities planned for the 30th and 31st.
  • New and improved overflow parking: a section of the concord mall parking lot; (specifically in front of the Sears) will be available to use during the entirety of the convention.
  • New content! Panel application, DJ applications, and a sensory room. But we will go into more details later on. Let’s talk about registration first.
  • Unfortunately, due to the increasing costs of merchandise both domestic and international. We have come to the decision to raise the pricing of all registration tiers.
  • We are offering those who do early registration two extra options to gain their badges. Option one: pick up on December 29th, and option two: mailed out badges.
  • With mailed out badges you will receive a tracking number to keep an eye out for when your registration badge will arrive! You will be able to enjoy the festivities of NYFB the moment you step into the convention space. Mailed out badges are only available until November 30th to give us time to ship out and for you to receive your badge.
  • Even though we have upgraded in size and have more event rooms to use, we sadly must downsize the complimentary dinner to being given only to super sponsors.
  • Dealer’s Den is bigger and better! We will be able to have 21 vendors within the new space. Also Con Store will now be relocated to be within the Dealer’s Den as well.
  • We now have panels! We are looking for panelists to share their favorite hobbies, meet ups, and more!
  • DJ APPLICATIONS!! Show us your tunes! If you have the experience to rock the house on the 30th, 31st, or both. Applications are available!
  • If you start to get overwhelmed at the con, the elevator line is too long, or just need a space to destress and parallel play. We have a sensory room just for that! It will be low lit, calming music, stim toys, art supplies and free ear plugs if you wish to check out the dance more safely!
  • The game room is twice the size as its original location. Which means more video AND board games. Also tournaments!
  • Charity will still be located right across main events but we will have a few new things, this includes a silent auction art show and a charity auction to go alongside the usual charity raffle.
  • That’s it for now! If I missed anything, feel free to check out the website: https://www.newyearsfurryball.com/ or send us a message through the contact us page on the website. https://www.newyearsfurryball.com/contact

TL;DR:
  • NYFB is no longer at the hotel they’ve used since 2011; they're now at a different location altogether.
  • No explanation was given for leaving their 13-year partnership with little fanfare.
  • This major announcement came less than 24 hours before the room block opened.
  • Badge purchases previously included access to a New Year’s Eve buffet dinner at the hotel; this is no longer offered.
  • Badge prices are increasing (despite now offering arguably much less value or incentive than in past years).
  • For what is supposed to be a party-focused event, organizers are now emphasizing panels and a “sensory room stocked with calming music, stim toys, art supplies, and free earplugs".
All of this was then followed by Furst State randomly dropping the hotel block booking link the next day with zero prior warning. Because of the odd timing (1:30 PM on a Friday, when most interested furries were likely at work), many missed out and weren’t able to book a room.
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The NYFB Telegram has mostly alternated between frustration over booking issues and confusion about why a sensory room exists at a party-heavy event. While I’ve seen complaints about this elsewhere, the actual discussion in the NYFB chat has been minimal (presumably because no one wants to risk upsetting the mods and getting banned.) Even the organizers don’t seem to agree on what’s happening with that sensory room.
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It’ll be interesting to see how this pans out. Putting such a heavy emphasis on the “sensory room” and panels feels like a baffling choice to me. This event is largely known for its room parties, yet the organizers decided to shift focus to non-party elements at a hotel that’s less equipped for them (switching from an Embassy Suites to a DoubleTree), giving attendees even less incentive to pay for a badge. Either they’re trying way too hard to branch out to a different crowd, or they’re completely tone-deaf about what people actually attend the event for. My guess is it’s probably a little of both.
 
AnOminous said:
Most furry cons are only marginally more disgusting than even normie cons. I've heard dentists in particular get up to some really sick shit at convention parties.
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Completely anecdotal of course, but I've heard this too. Furries that also attend business/corporate conventions have told me in the past they are pretty degenerate, some even alleging more than the furry cons they attend.

I have no proof or anything so grain of salt and all, but definitely something I've heard passed around.

Pinball 2000 said:
Putting such a heavy emphasis on the “sensory room” and panels feels like a baffling choice to me.
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Megaplex did that this year too and it was a very odd decision to me. Well known as a party con (to the point they have a dedicated "party floor" at the hotel) and yet there was no "normal" hang out space at all, just a "sensory lounge" or however they referred to it with the intent of being a room with no sounds or flashing lights. I guess I just don't get the point at all; if you genuinely have some kind of disability that requires a quiet room, why not... I dunno, go to your hotel room? Carry earplugs? Wear headphones/earbuds? Why hang out in con space where you are absolutely going to encounter rainbow fursuits and some fag playing shitty music on a Bluetooth speaker tied to their chest?
 
sex haver said:
Why hang out in con space where you are absolutely going to encounter rainbow fursuits and some fag playing shitty music on a Bluetooth speaker tied to their chest?
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A lot of furries are autistic and usually don't let it stop them from going to events.
 
sex haver said:
Megaplex did that this year too and it was a very odd decision to me. Well known as a party con (to the point they have a dedicated "party floor" at the hotel) and yet there was no "normal" hang out space at all, just a "sensory lounge" or however they referred to it with the intent of being a room with no sounds or flashing lights. I guess I just don't get the point at all; if you genuinely have some kind of disability that requires a quiet room, why not... I dunno, go to your hotel room? Carry earplugs? Wear headphones/earbuds? Why hang out in con space where you are absolutely going to encounter rainbow fursuits and some fag playing shitty music on a Bluetooth speaker tied to their chest?
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I can't speak for everyone, of course, but if conventions overstimulate you to the point where you need a mostly to completely quiet break room to retreat to at regular intervals, then maybe the smart thing to do in the first place is just not go to conventions; you can only relax in your hotel room so often before you start asking yourself if it's even worth it. That's worse case scenario, granted, but I'm sure plenty of them do have it that bad. God have mercy on their souls.
 
DigitalPocketWatch said:
Didn't they allow people who were banned from other conventions to attend? Why did they think that would go well?
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Not unreasonable when you remember furries ban people for minute things, if you think their banning system operates on some kinda linear scale from better to worst, and you assume "they were banned from a furry convention, they must be REAL bad", that may not be the case
some of them will sooner ban you for posting a mean tweet than for intentionally shitting yourself in the hallway
 
Megaplex seems to have brought up drama about swimming in fursuits again when one suiter jumped in, potentially fucking up the suit and (more importantly) the pool filter.
Unfortunately they didn't waterboard themselves in the process.


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Skimpy swimsuits not enough? No problem, I'm sure literal underwear will turn more heads!
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Not everyone was thrilled with the apparent competition at the pool however.
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I suppose this is all expected behavior when you have a bunch of serial deviant narcissists in one place. Good God I hope that pool gets deep-cleaned.
 

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Toady said:
Megaplex seems to have brought up drama about swimming in fursuits again when one suiter jumped in, potentially fucking up the suit and (more importantly) the pool filter.
Unfortunately they didn't waterboard themselves in the process.
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I will never get this. It's his property he can fuck it up if he wants. And no it isn't going to fuck up the pool filter nothing came off the suit.
 
Toady said:
Megaplex seems to have brought up drama about swimming in fursuits again when one suiter jumped in, potentially fucking up the suit and (more importantly) the pool filter.
Unfortunately they didn't waterboard themselves in the process.
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I suppose this is all expected behavior when you have a bunch of serial deviant narcissists in one place. Good God I hope that pool gets deep-cleaned.
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If only there was a version of Eric Cartman singing about Furries ruining his Swimming Pool experience?
 
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