Current Recommendations

📄️ Lessen Ticket Amounts

This year's CONQuest, have lines that are so long that you can call it LINEQuest or CONQueue, even though the wristband claiming system is faster than last year's, the lines are still long. The reason for this is that the ticket amounts are too high. The ticket amounts are too high that it is impossible to get all the tickets. The ticket amounts should be lowered so that the lines will be shorter.

📄️ Volunteer Staff

Improving the selection process for student volunteers as staff members is essential, considering instances where lack of experience led to mishaps. However, there's disagreement whether hiring staff instead of relying on volunteers would be more effective. Here's the reasonings for both arguments:

📄️ Premium Passes

The following are the recommendations regarding the Premium Passes.

📄️ Baggage Counter

This is a definite need for CONQuest 2024, I mean think about it. Some or most people may just have a hotel room only for one night meaning they can't leave their stuff in their room. A baggage counter would be beneficial, even if its paid, it would be better than having to carry your stuff around the venue.

📄️ Ticket Check System

Although, AcadArena does not acknowdledge ticket and wristband selling. We still need to have a ticket check system to prevent scalpers from selling fake tickets.

📄️ Earlier Announcement of Guests

Before the event, there was some teasing on who are the guests for the event. It should've been done at a slightly earlier time to give the attendees more time to decide on whether or not they should attend the event.

📄️ Meet and Greets

This year's Meet and Greets were a bit of a mess. Here are some recommendations to improve the M&Gs for next year, depending on whether or not the paid Meet and Greets would return, or it would stay with the Free Meet and Greets.

📄️ Information Consistency

As I developed a small CQ23 Festival Guide app for Android, I've noticed that the site and infographics are not consistent with each other. Like for example, the map of QuestMarket shows upto Booth M4, which the other pages go beyond Booth M4.

📄️ Regular Updates

Some stuff aren't announced on the Social Media platforms, like the stocks for M&G stubs. I believe it would benefit the community if some of the staff could have permission to post a quick announcement on Discord instead of just waiting a long time just for an update.

📄️ Line Improvements

The following are suggestions to improve the lines for the festival.

📄️ Staff Communication

In the event, we've noticed that there were some issues with the consistency of the information that was being relayed by the SMX Staff and QuestCrew. Such as:

📄️ Media Team Opportunities

smaxt#5339 asked if there could be opportunities for Media Pass holders to collaborate with some opportunities with the guests, even a roundtable discussion with the guests.

📄️ Dedicated Photo Area

Though there was one assigned initially, there really should be like a dedicated area for taking pictures, then there shouldn't be any changes to it, like before when it just turned into a waiting area. If possible it would be a bigger area so that more people can take pictures at the same time without having other people keeping on showing in the background.

📄️ Emergency Exits

Apparently, there emergency exits that were in the venue were locked. Although that may be for avoiding others from skipping the line, they shouldn't be locked incase of an actual emergency during the event. Instead just assign some guards to the emergency exits that would prohibit people from using it during the festival unless they have a valid identification card or during an actual emergency.

📄️ Guest Spread

The events for guests should be more spread out during the event based on "tiers". It to avoid overcrowding the venue.

📄️ Quest Market Distribution

This conflicts with the Location Arrangements recommendation.

📄️ Divide CONQuest

The user "gameaddict#0290" has suggested that the event should be divided into two separate events. One would be Summer CONQuest for the Summer and the other would be Winter CONQuest for the "Ber" Months. They've add that there should be no overlapping guests, both convention must have different guest lineups (i.e. Pokimane, Kyedae, Lily for the Summer CONQuest, then Valkyrae, Sykkuno, Leslie in the Winter CONQuest), but the booths, exhibitors, and events can be the same or with a twist.