A sixth thread to contain Mare Fair-related discussion and serve as a place for anons to coordinate post-con activities.Previous thread: >>42556486Last Official thread: >>42543944The auction raised 18,529,078.62 Jamaican Dollars ($115,660 USD)The horses have developed a taste for federal banknotes. We must feed them, otherwise they starve.Hello, gentlemen. Mare Fair 2024 has come to a close. Hope you all had fun!Frankenfilly lives! >>42558149Figuring out how to get home? Got lost in the airport? Plapping your pony wife? TSA digging through your marebags?Discuss it all below.CLOSING MAREMONIES ANIMATIONBootleg recording, watch it here with audience reactions. It's the best we've got so far:https://youtu.be/aUq4J-xzUP8&t=1359>https://youtu.be/aUq4J-xzUP8&t=1359https://youtu.be/aUq4J-xzUP8&t=1359>https://youtu.be/aUq4J-xzUP8&t=1359The Mare Fair people are still trying to officially upload the closing animation without getting struck down by ABBA. >>42556978Mare Fair website:https://marefair.org/>https://marefair.org/https://marefair.org/>https://marefair.org/https://marefair.org/Official threads and announcements will probably be posted by one of these tripcodes, and most likely in a different thread:ThreadAnon !!1uoyaGRm83MCadBrad !!NmVxFKIXcrrEbonyGlow !!eSW1dXRikgkGonderlane !!YhM1ReJsKEA
First for Dashie
>>42558864So awesome Dashie>captcha: KJ2RD
you can't first your own bread that's cheating
Fourth for M4RE FAIR
Finally home to unload my merch haul. Haven't gotten this much merch at a pony con in awhile. I need a bigger house.
>>42558870i didn't, i will next time though
damn i rly need a surface to put stickers on, i just put all my mare fair stickers in a folder in my drawer
>>42558883Your laptop
>>42558880My god, there's more than one dashfag? This cannot be.
>>42558863how much money on average should one bring to a con? depends on what you'd wanna buy and shit, i know, but i'd like to go as prepared as i can be
>>42558893I would say $500 is a good number as long as you can resist buying too much merch.
>>42558893assuming the room and travel and stuff is paid for, you can get away with around 200 dollars between food and some light merch purchase from con store to get collectable stuff like plushies, but personally i budget around 500
>>42558893I'd say $1,000 with another $1,000 available from an ATM would be good, at least if you plan on participating in the auction. Watch out though, some of the ATMs ran out of money this year.
>>42558893I paid for my room, plane tickets, badge and had some money left for food and vendor hall stuff with $1800 in my account. So two grand should be safe enough.If you want to be a cheap fag, you could do it on a little under a grand but you'll find yourself fucked if you aren't careful. You could drive or split costs with someone too. If you only go to one con a year, two grand shouldn't be that difficult.
guys how do i spell "sneed"
just got home and the PCD is hitting hard
>>42558908They got restocked fairly quickly. Within the day.
>>42558893I can go through $100 a day on merch if I really let loose. Food and other incidentals you can probably calculate on your own, and most people will be using card for those instead of cash anyways.
>>42558893I spent over 4000 dollars, most of which was just on plushes. As long as you don't do that, you should be good with around 1 or 2 thousand to account for any surprise expenses
>>42558893I immediately went through the ~$100 cash I had in my wallet on my first merch haul. There’s always the option of using the ATM and/or a credit card. Vendors prefer cash (and you should use it when you can), but most do accept cards. This year I put most of my purchases on credit. Just be careful not to get carried away and only spend what you can safely pay off soon. Overall my merch and food probably totaled up to $300 ish but I hardly ate anything and what I did eat was all from the mcdonalds nextdoor and the one meal I could get with the $15 mare supporter giftcard for the hotel.
I don't know what to do with myself now that mare fair is over. I don't want to go back to just playing vidya all day long. I wish the anni was sooner.
>>42558914Just put on that closing ceremonies animation and cry as hard as possible for a while, it'll make you feel better
>>42558929Oh, also, go to room parties for free food and alcohol. Free little caesars was a godsend on the first night.
>>42558936I feel this... Wish I could surround myself with pony friends more often but our work schedules just dont line up.
I didn't get post con depression, i got post con motivation. I'm gonna be way better at drawing the next time i go to a con and i think ill be more social
Frankenfilly is hanging with pinkie tonightWe're making cupcakes
>>42558893I'm not going to be surprised when I get all my final charges and I spent $8,000.
>>42558946same, im gonna get the pools closed costume setup, im going to book a different nearby hotel so im more motivated to be at the convention all day, im going to leave on day 3 so i save a bit more money. Really excited for august 28th.
>>42558893after this mare fair, i have noticed an average for me throughout the span or 4 years doing 3 cons a yearI spend about $500 each conThis includes food, transportation, liquor, vendor hall
>>42558936I'm back on the college grind for a degree I don't want. I came home with con crud and am going to miss this whole week on top of the stuff I missed during the con. Much to do.I just want to have fun with everypony again.
>>42558947this, but frankenfilly laughing at the niggers who stomped her
>>42558953Just become a based college dropout like me! Don't actually do this.
Got dressed up in my fancy anon suit and aura farmed hard as fuck through most of the con
>>42558893Putting aside rooms, transport, and badges? Somewhere between 200-1000 dollars, depending on how much you want to splurge. Up to 2k if you want something from the auction
I kept trying to hang out with the 'jakkers through the con but I think I made them uncomfortable because I'm like 40 and kept trying to talk to them about gemeralds and whatnot and they'd keep ditching me
>buy sponsor badge>this fucker basically tells me I need a baththanks mimmynext time can we get some sponsor deodorants?
>>42558960I just need to learn how to draw so I can drop out and make money drawing huge ponuts. That's the dream.
>>42558974Wasn't that the fag with the "SERIOUS HAT"?
>>42558974lmao i know that feeling, how do i let the 20yo chuds know im one of them...
>>42558978Yeah
>>42558974>wanting to hang out with the shartyfaggots
>>42558980world's oldest 'jakker award
>>42558974the shartycuck fears the unsocialized turboautist
>>42558974Do you take pictures of yourself and trace them to make new jaks?
>>42558974>interacting with mare-hating shartnigger tourist teens like vidreldisgusting.
>>42558974Don't worry about hanging out with other people. Be yourself, do some fun shit, and people will hang out with you
>>42558975That's what the soap is for. You do actually use the soap and don't just put it on a shelf for display, right?
>>42559005nooooooooooo
>>42559005I tried to hang out with them the night before at an undisclosed event and draw cobsons with them but they really quickly found elsewhere to be which was rude because I wanted to be friends
>>42559015Perhaps you've learned a valuable lesson about who to trust.
I'm still sad I had a sperg moment and didn't follow the femanon giving me eyes after a sweet hello in the elevator
can anyone sell me their jack water bottle please? got too caught up in the vendor hall to get in line before they sold out at the con storereply if interested i'll paypal you to ship it!
>>42559020sorry anon but the real sperg moment is thinking she was interested
>>42559009Hope the anons making the IDs return next year. I should have ordered a custom one because I didn't realize the premades make you a herdfag by default.
>>42558938this but where the hell is it, am i blind, retarded or just full of snowpity?>>42558960idk worked for me, got a house, a car, all im missing is a mare with a pocket
Will the PTS IRL ever be posted?
>>42559026who are they? can't i just pay them to mail me one kek
>>42559015>undisclosed eventfilly fiddler
>>42559030Nope. Gotta punish homeconners somehow.
>>42559032Nothing wrong with being a fiddler, It's quite a nice instrument.
most humiliating experience at the con was going through the ID check for the event where nothing happened and the guy had to pause and do the math in his head cause I'm just barely over 21. I'm a fucking CHILD amongst men
>>42558863>closes the endpoint before I can archive and make the static versionvery cool mr boop server lol, sorry the final boop counter wouldn't be on until he wakes up.
>>42559030i heard the one fucker with a decent camera forgot to hit record, but that is mostly hearsayso maybe?
>>42559030It'll be posted with the closing animation and post-con survey.
>>42554937>To me it feels distinctly like a modern /mlp/ inventionBecause it is. The convention started in 2023. If it started earlier then what you said might've been warranted.
All the loot of the con minus my lanyard.I wish I could have been more of a loot goblin and finding more stuff, but I was helping too much and shit. MARE FAIR 2026 I WILL BE THERE!
>>42558914holy shit I made that image like six years ago
>>42558974which 'jakkers? the main 2 would just talk to you and help you with whatever you needed
good marening sirs
>>42559009I was one of the anons at the ID seller with you, didn't realize that was you. Pretty based to carry a cooler around like that.
>>42559060Anon, he was talking about people shouting mares. Not about the convention itself. He feels as though shouting "Mares!" is a modern /mlp/ invention, which it is (assuming modern means started in the last 3-4 years on a board that's been around for 13.5 years) (oh Christ).
>>42559027>this but where the hell is it, am i blind, retarded or just full of snowpity?>>42558863
>>42558893always depends on the person. here was my breakdown:Badge: $350Room: $250Vendor Hall: ~$900Charity Auction: $800i live less than an hour from the rosen so transportation wasnt an issue. last year i spent only about $250-300 on merch and the badge. For the average person I'd say to bring $500 just for the vendor hall if thats all you wanna go for, but for the more "passionate" type id defintely say bring closer to $1k
>>42559112well it was a trick question because i cant read
>sees op image>thinks nothing of it>takes a closer look>oh wait i took that photo
so over
>>42558893I've been going to conventions for fifteen years and I've gotten my expenses down to about 200 for a full weekend.>>42558946>>42558949Likewise. I have an idea for an oil painting I want to donate for next year. Hopefully I can learn how to do oil impasto painting in a few months time. I also need to pick up a black suit that doesn't cost as much as a used car.>>42559107Why would a new convention ignore the current trends on the website it's based on? No one's stopping anyone from making old references (hence the pool nigras), but asking "why is the new thing popular at the new convention?" is a bit retarded.
>>42558949>im gonna get the pools closed costume setupfuck yeah. If we can get a full nigra outfit to surround the pool that would actually be so fucking cash
>>42559117Badge 130Room 500Beer and Beer accessories ~350Vendors 50wish i had more time/money for the artists
>>42559162>500 for a roomget together with some anons and share a room turns out its fun to share with strangers who share the same interests>50 on vendorsspend more on your favorite mare you idiot>350 for beerfucking how? beer is about as cheap as water in burgerland
>>42559171Anon, he's THE beeranon. He keeps the whole con stocked up.
>>42558893In total for this whole con I'm in about around $4.7k spent, can totally get that cost down if you're willing to split the room with anons. Around $1800 spent on merch but was expecting to spend a bit on plushies
Have a Mimosa, anons.
>>42559181Excellent
>>42559181I'm not thirsty
>>42559092Now this is First Class
>>42559181put the glasses back on
>>42558863Tell me exactly what I'm required to know to join AV and that will determine whether I can or can't.
>>42559206apparently a pulse and a working understanding of how todo nothing when things arent working.
>Mare Fair 2023 animation3:40 minutes>Mare Fair 20246:25>Mare Fair 202510:31 PLUS 4:47 BONUSYeah, I'm gonna say based
>>42559237Can't wait for the inevitable Mare Fair movie.
>>42559206apparently you don't even have to know how to zoom in a camera, so sounds like your chances are pretty good
critical levels of over
>>42559239Cinemare Night becomes the Opening Animation Debut Night
>>42558947Someone should put all the Frankenfilly posts (as well as relevant stuff like the stomping video, responses from anons, etc) together in a single image for posterity. Not me, because I'm going to sleep and I don't know what else you have planned for her. But someone should do it.
>>42559206to join av make sure you have no idea what you are doing, your basically guaranteed to make it
>>42559027>idk worked for me, got a house, a car, all im missing is a mare with a pocket>t. a boomer
Artist was away and the security guy was watching me like a hawk but I would have gone with that RainbowDash art.
>>42559117>i live less than an hour from the rosenWhy didn't you just save the cost of the room and sleep at home?That's what I'm planning to do next year (if I can go).
>>42559283not anon your replying to>$250 hotel v traveling 2 hours each dayI know personally I'd rather fork over $250 than spend 6 or more hours commuting to the con.
>>42559285To each their own I suppose.I'm just kinda cheap and don't mind driving.
>>42559066>an Anon with the Reckless stickerB-B-BASED
>>42558947>>42558958>>42559252
BGM posted the demos for two of the maresical songs if anyones interestedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQwaK4OLhaw
>>42557974I think I care far more about what my mom will think than she would actually care.My dad I feel has some kind of second-hand embarrassment.I wore a Starlight shirt on Friday, and he made a remark along the lines of"What would your future girlfriend think when she's looking through photos and sees you wearing that shirt?"Wasn't gonna get into an argument with him, but I did think to myself "if I have a girlfriend who isn't happy about what shows I like,then she's probably not someone I wanna marry."Meanwhile, today my mom noticed some Lego ponies that, while I'd built them years ago, I put on my desk this past weekend (pic rel).She thought they were really cute, asked if the cone piece was supposed to be a unicorn horn, and then asked if there were unicorns in the show.My mom also seems to be mildly interested in various pony sketches/art pieces I do. Years ago she even helped me put up a clip system on my bedroom wall to hang some of my physical sketches.
Hey fags, who got this b&tch?
>>42558893Not including hotel prices I've always taken double what I think I need. 1k is good purely because I've never spend all of it. Though auction anons are crazy but that's different
>I hate being in a bag
>tfw my bag gets taken out at the security controlWhat now? I had no problems before.>the officer just asks me about my marecon shirt and lets me go
>>42558893This con I got away with a paultry 600 bucks. I roomed with 4 people, got a free flight, and got the cheapest badge. Spent like 200 on food and 60 bucks on Vendor hall shit. Was a good time.
fuck you, person who gave me this flu. I don't know who you fucking are but i'm coughing my lungs out and it's like 6:30 am and I just wanted some sleep
>>42558893if I'd had a liquid $700 or so in cash or card, I could have gotten a very nice Twilight, not quite lifesize but it would have been nice to get....
>>42558863I want to have sex with Queen Chrysaltits
>>42558848which mare did you goon to?
My body is still stuck on Florida time. Nearly fell asleep behind the wheel at only 11 pm earlier
>>42559050If it helps I had a curl saving the /api/Boop/BoopStats endpoint every 5 minutes since Saturday or so, here's most recent I've got, 2025-09-10T22:15:41+02:00:[{"mareId":5,"totalBoops":46703,"lastBoopDate":"2025-09-10T19:54:18.417"},{"mareId":3,"totalBoops":26989,"lastBoopDate":"2025-09-10T18:05:46.533"},{"mareId":2,"totalBoops":27788,"lastBoopDate":"2025-09-10T18:07:00.683"},{"mareId":4,"totalBoops":36983,"lastBoopDate":"2025-09-10T18:05:32.277"},{"mareId":1,"totalBoops":29543,"lastBoopDate":"2025-09-10T18:06:22.927"}]
The Rainbow Dash USB stick is tight as FUCK
>>42559252bumpingwould do it but I'm sure other anons will make it funnier>>42559309kek>>42559599I forgot I wanted to buy this, fuck.
>>42559316YES, the trash song was the one I was the most excited about Did anyone know if BGM actually went to Marefair? I would have worshipped the ground that guy stood on I love his shit so much
>>42559252>>42559604seems an anon on the anonfilly thread offered context as to what happened>the anonfilly might have been stolen from someone
>>42559628What I've gathered about pulled badges, I don't think that post is true. Also we'd had heard much more about stolen filly if that was true, unless it was some offboarders filly. And if that's the case, I don't really care. I'm highly doubtful about that post overall.
>>42559665he might have been covering his ass, but there was a poster who claimed to have lost a filly in the previous mf thread >>42557679 the whole situation just seems strange.
>>42559665Yeah I hadn't heard anything about pulled badges either, might be a larp.On the off chance it is true: don't do drugs kids, you destroy poor defenseless fillies when you do.
Shout out to my roommate and other anons for getting me to drink. Never drank before and shit was SO cash. Especially that everfree at the anon room party.
>>42559695*everclear
>>42559628While we're on the subject of abused fillies, I'd like to announce that the poor filly who was turned into a beer koozie and then thrown into the pool has been rescued and given a warm loving home with lots of other pony plush friends. If I ever stitch her back up and give her a mane I'll post about it in next year's mare fair thread.
>>42559695There was an Anon at the room party who brewed his own Mead, shout-out to him as well. That was some good shitI have several cider breweries near me, was thinking of trying to see if they'd do a custom order or ship me labelless ciders that I can brand as "Apple Family Cider" or something like that for next year
>>42559665>>42559684Sorry, newfag, what is a "pulled badge"?
>>42559396Wish I did
Shout out to the incredibly happy and incredibly drunk guy who had the time of his life watching the MLP episodes I was running at Moony's party friday night. I can only imagine the hangover you must have had. He probably doesn't even remember the party he was so drunk.
>>42558946This. The shenanigens next year will far out-distance this year
>>42559803If someone's really fucking around, staff can confiscate their badge and ban them from the rest of the con
>>42558946I'm gonna do more research ahead of time and plan out my con times so I can actually go to some events this time instead of learning about them all while they're already happening and it's too late to fucking do any of it. Like the trip to the horse ranch, the fancy dinner, the tendies dinner, most of the panels I wanted to see... I was retarded and missed all of them in favor of just casually hanging out with friends. Not that I regret that exactly, I just wish I'd hung out with friends AT these events instead of just randomly out in the halls.
>>42559794I hope the pee filly at the anon party got rescued as well
>>42559015>because I wanted to be friendsThey were there literally just to shitpost IRL and harass trannies, I think they even groped oneErgo not a great friend material>captcha 44A4H
>>42559827Don't forget Cinemare Night!A lot of the best events are all pre-planned, but there's still quite a few that just pop up randomly over the course of the weekend
Reading all of this makes me wish I did not freak the hell out on TCHP gummies on Friday night :C
>>42559857the what
>>42559904I peed on the piss Filly at the Anon party, I didn't want to but the alcohol was enough that I couldn't hold it in
>>42559908Im scared
Kino for the long flight.
