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I remember my first time at SDCC right before I started working for Kidrobot. I took vacation from work, rented a hotel, and booked a flight – all last minute. It was awesome. I walked up and down every aisle and bought so much stuff that I had to drop boxes off with UPS before I went home. It was a great time seeing all the different booths (although back then there were practically no designer toys) and of course, the people dressed up. My first year was awesome, I didn’t have to work a booth and I was free to roam and check out what the con was all about.

It’s now 6 years since my first trip to SDCC and I feel like it’s a relationship that’s gone bad. Like when you meet someone, have a great time, then little by little, the more you hang out, you start to realize that the other person is a douche, but you still hang out with them hoping that one day they will change their ways. Well, SDCC is that douche.

Over the years as the con has grown to the largest Pop Culture event in the country. This con has grown too big for San Diego, so if they want to save the convention, they are going to have to move it somewhere that can accommodate the flow of 125,000 people that pay a lot of money and take vacation days to come and try to enjoy this experience.

1. BADGES SELL OUT
You used to be able to buy 4-day tickets up to the day of the event. Not any more, the tickets sold out MONTHS in advance. And what’s even worst, if you wanted to just attend one day, you were SOL. You have to pay for all 4-days, or don’t bother coming.

2. HOTELS ARE VULTURES
The hotels in the gaslamp district know exactly when SDCC is every year. So they all come together to pick the most extreme outrageous price for hotels. You’ll find yourself paying $500 a night which normally goes for $130. Total wallet rape.
And yeah, SDCC offers *special* hotel rates, but just try calling to get a room before Lucas or Hasbro calls up and books 100 rooms ‘just in case’.

3. MOVIE BOOTHS TAKE UP REAL ESTATE
Once the movie companies found out about SDCC, it’s all been downhill from there. About 5 years ago, high profile TV and movie companies were coming in and buying 30 booths blocks so they could hand out posters and bags. Since the convention center had no room to expand they cancelled HUNDREDS of booths. That year many small businesses that applied to get a booth were denied cause they didn’t have room. Since then, it’s been the same story. There hasn’t been new booths added to the floor in YEARS. All because booths like WB, SONY, and G4 wanted in on the action and SDCC wanted in on their $$.

4. THE CONVENTION FLOOR
If anyone has been to the con in the past 2 years, you know exactly what I am talking about. It takes about an hour just to walk to the bathroom cause the halls are soo crammed with people. It’s unbearable.

5. SAN DIEGO NIGHTLIFE
In the past 6 years I have seen every single awesome bar disappear to make room for douche filled frat boy clubs where they can all compare fake tans and mardi gras beads. San Diego after dark is like a horrible episode of The Real World.

With that being said, please SDCC, get your shit together and move the convention to where we can actually get back to having fun.