/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>be military family from the Midwest
>have to move to Idaho
>not nearly as many cons around as I was used to attending
>local con coming up this month. A little excited for the possibility of meeting some new people
>arrive at convention. Holy shit this is definitely the smallest convention I've ever been to
>Enter costume contest
>get costume judged, walk on went okay
>guy with the mic announces if you won't be attending the award ceremony Sunday to give them your address so they can send you your reward if you won
>thanks for participating and thanks to our audience
>costume contest abruptly ends after walk ons
It felt so weird. Like everyone was happy to see the costumes but it was all over so soon
>I still have no idea who the fuck won
Their Facebook page hadn't been updated with anything for about a month before the convention started and even nothing while the convention was happening.
I know people say the Midwest is more quality over quality but I'm really starting to miss it. Guess I need to start planning big trip conventions over local cons.