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Paul Farnsworth [mailto:nlightmare@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:02 PM
Megacon 2005,Orlando Information



Being disapointed with Chris Darling's explination on Megacon 2005, I would like to explain the event as well. I attended Megacon on Saturday, seeing both Flaming Eternity sneak peeks and a ton of the booths.



Before you entered, a few feet from the check-in area (Which there was quite a LONG line to), you saw an enlarged Mystic Swordsman lv. 6 (RDS edition), standing in front of quite a few tables (I took a picture in front of the Swordsman, with my card of him ).



On the other side of the check-in, there was the Anime Costume contest. Some of the highlights were a band of home-made Final Fantasy characters, and a character (from Ruroni Kinshin?) with a 6-foot long sword. Wow. Probably the most common costume was Rikku (Final Fantasy 10), of who I counted over 20 girls dressed as her.



In the actual Megacon, the whole place was jammed with people. The first thing I slowly (Got shot by a Scout Trooper on the way, shaking his hand afterwards) crept to was the Upper Deck booth. There was a help desk announcing Upper Deck events, and on either side were tons of packs, including all of the 2005 and select 2004 items of all UDE cards. Behind the desk was a playing area, equiped with 5 tables. Aroud the small area (About 20 square feet?), there were tons of rare singles hanging from a curtain holder, but the singles were all enclosed in glass. Yugioh and other card games hung, and all the Ultra, Secret, and Promos it seemed were up there. My wish, Black Luster Soldier Envoy, was at the very bottom. I want it so bad...



The Help Desk attendant at the booth told me the directions to Unity Entertainment's area, who was holding all the Yu-Gi-Oh events. I played in 2 Sealed open flights of Flaming Eternity, being late for the swiss tournaments of constructed and Flaming Eternity. Just about everyone would play a duel or match with you if they had the time, and I got a lot of trades.



About 10% of the booths sold Yu-Gi-Oh products. A lot of free table top games were being played, and I joined into a Starwars RPG. Numerous stores were buying Singles, and I got my hands on a Jinzo, but didn't have enough for that Black Luster Soldier. I sold my Mystic Swordsman lvl 6 to a booth right next to the Gaming area, and earned myself $30 bucks.



Other events held were numerous signers of comic book creators, voice actors, and many others. Every step you took brought you to another booth you wanted to see, and the whole event was extremely worth my money.



Seeya at Megacon 2006!