Thaitails 2018
Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:01 am
So, this year, me and Dasc went to our first real furry convention: Thaitails 2018! It seems to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, furry convention in South-East Asia. I'm not sure how many people attended, but it was hundreds! I wouldn't be surprised if it's near 500 people in total
It all started with registration. Because we didn't know how it works, about 3 weeks before the event, we tried to register. Prices were fair, being 350 baht for a normal ticket, which includes a con badge, 1000 baht for "sponsor", which also included a t-shirt, and 2000 baht for super sponsor, which had more goodies. We wanted to be sponsors, but by the time we tried to register, we were told we'd have to just get normal tickets on the day, except it's 400 baht instead of 350, and we didn't get con badges ;-;
So we show up, pay and everything, and then the fun started. So many great fursuits! Though a lot of the attendees were Thai, there were people from all over Asia, including people from Japan. Seeing as many Thai people can't speak English fluently (Even the presenters on stage struggled from time to time), and seeing as a lot of foreigners can't speak Thai, all announcements were made in Thai as well as English
There were enough English people that we quickly made friends, and met up with some furs we've seen before. With it being furs, everyone was super friendly! We played some cards against humanity, had a great time
There were various acts on the stage, mostly fursuiters dancing (some more impressive than others, but in fursuits, it's still fun to watch), but also a guy with a really nice fursuit head playing the violin.
There was an artists alley. I ended up spending much more money than I should have, but where else will I find these kinds of things?
At around 6:30, we had the closing ceremony. There was a raffle, for charity, with some nice prizes to be won, including a very nice fursuit head. A young girl ended up winning it, which was great. Speaking of, there was a few kids with fursuits, who had to come with their parents. I personally wouldn't get a kid a fursuit, especially seeing as they'll grow out of it in no time, but it was really great to see. Before they took their heads off, me and Dasc were debating if it's just a short person, or a kid.
After the event ended, there was the after party (which cost another 650 baht ;-;). It started with a buffet dinner, which was great, and then there was a dance party. Which was amazing! Fursuit dance party is best dance party, with glow sticks and everything (Though, I will admit, the DJ really wasn't great). Had fun dancing, talking to furs and having some beers
At 10PM, the after party ended, and we had to leave the venue... Which then just led to the after-after party, which took place in someone's hotel room. I'm pretty sure we broke some regulations, there was about 40 people in the one hotel room, which was just meant for 2 people. There, we kept drinking, chatting, listening to music and such, just having a merry time
At around 1AM, I decided to call it a night, seeing as we still had a taxi ride home... Luckily, staying in bangkok, you never have any problem finding a taxi, regardless of the time of day.
I really loved the convention. It was really great, seeing such great fursuits and all that, but the best part of the convention for me was just spending time with furs. Friendliest bunch of people you can ever meet! It does make me sad though. They don't really do regular furmeets here like we do in South-Africa. In a few days, I'll have been in Thailand for a year.... I really miss you guys, braai's at Victors and at Yukon's, our furry camps, everything. It's nice knowing that the furs here are just as friendly, if you can get them together, but still... I really friggen miss you guys!
Attaching a few photo's at the bottom here:
It all started with registration. Because we didn't know how it works, about 3 weeks before the event, we tried to register. Prices were fair, being 350 baht for a normal ticket, which includes a con badge, 1000 baht for "sponsor", which also included a t-shirt, and 2000 baht for super sponsor, which had more goodies. We wanted to be sponsors, but by the time we tried to register, we were told we'd have to just get normal tickets on the day, except it's 400 baht instead of 350, and we didn't get con badges ;-;
So we show up, pay and everything, and then the fun started. So many great fursuits! Though a lot of the attendees were Thai, there were people from all over Asia, including people from Japan. Seeing as many Thai people can't speak English fluently (Even the presenters on stage struggled from time to time), and seeing as a lot of foreigners can't speak Thai, all announcements were made in Thai as well as English
There were enough English people that we quickly made friends, and met up with some furs we've seen before. With it being furs, everyone was super friendly! We played some cards against humanity, had a great time
There were various acts on the stage, mostly fursuiters dancing (some more impressive than others, but in fursuits, it's still fun to watch), but also a guy with a really nice fursuit head playing the violin.
There was an artists alley. I ended up spending much more money than I should have, but where else will I find these kinds of things?
At around 6:30, we had the closing ceremony. There was a raffle, for charity, with some nice prizes to be won, including a very nice fursuit head. A young girl ended up winning it, which was great. Speaking of, there was a few kids with fursuits, who had to come with their parents. I personally wouldn't get a kid a fursuit, especially seeing as they'll grow out of it in no time, but it was really great to see. Before they took their heads off, me and Dasc were debating if it's just a short person, or a kid.
After the event ended, there was the after party (which cost another 650 baht ;-;). It started with a buffet dinner, which was great, and then there was a dance party. Which was amazing! Fursuit dance party is best dance party, with glow sticks and everything (Though, I will admit, the DJ really wasn't great). Had fun dancing, talking to furs and having some beers
At 10PM, the after party ended, and we had to leave the venue... Which then just led to the after-after party, which took place in someone's hotel room. I'm pretty sure we broke some regulations, there was about 40 people in the one hotel room, which was just meant for 2 people. There, we kept drinking, chatting, listening to music and such, just having a merry time
At around 1AM, I decided to call it a night, seeing as we still had a taxi ride home... Luckily, staying in bangkok, you never have any problem finding a taxi, regardless of the time of day.
I really loved the convention. It was really great, seeing such great fursuits and all that, but the best part of the convention for me was just spending time with furs. Friendliest bunch of people you can ever meet! It does make me sad though. They don't really do regular furmeets here like we do in South-Africa. In a few days, I'll have been in Thailand for a year.... I really miss you guys, braai's at Victors and at Yukon's, our furry camps, everything. It's nice knowing that the furs here are just as friendly, if you can get them together, but still... I really friggen miss you guys!
Attaching a few photo's at the bottom here: