How was the Speed Friending experience this year?

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How was the Speed Friending experience this year?

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I was curious about it last time, but this time I made an effort to go. Arriving 2-3 minutes after, there was a fairly decent line, but it got capped. So, I guess definitely get there 15-30 minutes prior.

Anyways, for the people who were able to go, how was your experience?
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The ticketing table on floor 3 had passes for the event to guarantee you a spot (in case they do this again next year)!
The experience is you fill in an "interests" sheet, with different anime and games and there are also conversation cards on the table. You talk to 6 different people about either the sheet or the conversation topics on the cards.
The 6 people are just from the table, you move down in a line.
You have 6 min to talk to each person, which felt way too fast, esp with how loud it was in there.
Overall, worth checking out though!
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Cool, thank you for sharing! Oh I actually picked up the ticketed pass, but I just assumed that they said it was capped and they started to turn everyone away. Unless even then it's not guaranteed.
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