PSA: Please do the AX Survey
Regardless of how your AX was this year, please take some time to do the survey! They just posted this on their socials, so the link is straight from there. SPJA does read these, and they could be important for future improvements to the con experience going forward. AX has changed a lot in the past decade, and a lot of the good changes have been in part due to attendee feedback. Please write and share your thoughts, criticisms, what was done well, and what you might like to see for future AXs.
This was the worst AX, post-Covid, in my opinion. I do think that SPJA needs to hear about a lot of the frustrations circling this year in particular. Some of the things I personally noticed were issues include: the event staff being incompetent, severe lack of volunteers who are familiar with the con, poor transparency of information for panels, autographs, tickets, etc., not having shaded outdoor lines, AA issues (looking at you, does A-D), and overall lackluster stuff from industry (interesting or exclusive merch and panels).
While I did overall have a good time, as I always do at AX, I can’t say that this year was nearly as good as previous years. I expect better for the cost, and because I have been going to this con for such a long time and know it can be better than it is.
Please do the survey! Also linked as text below: