1/5 Speaking of: Anthrocon, like MFF and like all furry cons out there, has a lot of smart and talented people dedicated to making Registration run as optimally as possible. If someone's response to a problem is, "Well, all they need to do is..." chances are that they are not...
1/2 Did reg for about 14 hrs total on the first 2 days of AC24. The line is the length it is, there was ALOT of ppl, we can't control that. BUT we did shoot for <30 sec per badge. There's always room for little QOL improvements but otherwise in my eyes the pickup portion of AC went great.
I get the limitations of volunteers & logistics, I really do. But other conventions, big & small, have figured this out by now. When the convention makes someone wait in line for hours and then shuts down (while also stopping anyone from participating that night), they have a right to be upset.
2/5 fully aware of all of the resources, limitations, and logistics involved in making a huge operation like that run smoothly. I ran Registration for MFF for the first 8 years (back when it was still teeny-tiny , but still). I learned that Registration planning and execution...