/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Depends on your cup of tea. Can't give feedback on a lot of them, but here's my two cents from personal experience:

Ohio (home state)
>Ohayocon
Pro's: lots of hotel and food options, central location for OH locals, well established and regular following, lots of vendors in DR
Con's: badly organized and run, same guests, mediocre programming, AA bans fanart
>Nyancon
Pro's: Free, little college con
Con's: It's a college convention, what do you expect?
>MidoriCon
Pro's: cheap, amazing scenery for pics, unique outdoor activities
Con's: subject to will of weather, small, indoor/normal panels are average con fare
>ColossalCon
Pro's: easily best con in OH, "Vacation-con", fun location, open drink policy, great party con, great AA and decent DR, WATERPARK
Con's: location fills up rapidly, all other hotels are kind of far since Kalahari is in the middle of nowhere so you need a DD, the parking is made up and the lines don't matter, panels aren't anything special

Michigan:
>Youmacon
Pro's: good guests and decent programming, dealer's room/AA are spacious as hell w/ decent vendors, versatile setting for pictures, lots of hotel options
Con's: it's in Detroit (if that kind of thing spooks you), split between two buildings (by far the most jarring flaw), RenCen (con hotel building) is a nightmare for the traffic Youma brings (can anyone say elevator hell?)

Maryland
>Katsucon
Pro's: beautiful setting for pics, great cosplay scene, decent programming, lots of hotel and food options within walking distance, DR and AA is ight
Con's: shitty time of year for weather, badly run
>MAGfest
Pro's: overall age of the crowd is older (reduces teenybopper shit), the most beautiful game room(s) you've ever seen, decent DR/AA, great guests, see Katsucon Pro's for location-related pro's, Game Grumps (if you're into them)
Con's: very little cosplay/anime (it's a gaming con, not everyone's thing), people jam in the hallways and occasionally their music is shitty, shitty time of year for weather