/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

It's been months since I did a photo dump. I was busy with stuff, like graduation, fruitless job searching, future planning. But this time I want to start with something more recent-past: Katsucon 19 and Anime USA 2012.

>>6853377
>>6853381
It's definetly still exist as mostly a video game store with some anime and anime merchandise near walking distance of the University of Maryland.

I bought a Naota plush doll there.

A convention's main responsiblity is to cater to the social and cultural needs of the fans and create an environment to this end. If you got any guests, that's great, but you need to cater to the fans above all else.

>>6771296
CPAC stands for the Conservative Political Action Conference. It's a political convention.

>>6770920
>T-MODE - Small con, very personal. Not much cosplay because the attendance is in the 300s. Really fun, though.

I'm planning to go to T-MODE this weekend. It's not much but it's been a commuter convention for me for a while.

>>6734028
That's the main reason why I come to Otakon: The cosplayers.

I spend half my time in convention documenting them, and the costumes while cosplaying

OP most of my advice are in these replies to these posts below. But if there is one place you need to see: It's the cosplay square at the Baltimore Convention Center during Otakon.

>>6728441
>Hyatt, Sheraton, and Hilton, are pricy.
But they are well worth it, despite the price.

>>6728527
There is one other cheap eat area which is around the same walking distance as the old cheap eats: The Lexington Market. If you do not mind the general disorganization.

>>6728773
>just try not to lose anyone in your group.
One of the pleasures of going to conventions alone.You don't have to worry about group bullshit.

>>6730415
They're not going to rip out of the skywalks yet.

>>6731666
>The closest thing you can find is a CVS

There's also Royal Farms near East Lombard St.

I usually travel to cons alone. These days I room with people which for some reason I do make friends with. But I rarely keep in contact.

>>6668153
That's actually a male. A male cosplaying as a Touhou character.

>Are you looking for a room even if it's a local con?

Yes, with the exception of small conventions.

>How many roomates per room?
In the first few years of anime conning, I used to room alone. Now a days I usually room with at least 4 people. At most it would be eight people.

>What are you looking for when you book an hotel room for the con?
If it's near the convention within walking distance or at the convention area.

>Which items are necessary for you?.
Cash, Camera and Camcorder, electronics, cosplay and casual clothing.

>>6646135
It's actual name is called the "B'nai B'rith Youth Organization", but the people who run the organization has since seperated from the main B'nai B'rith organization and is merely known as BBYO.

Otakon in Vegas? What the hell are they thinking? I really hope they don't have a dealers room, because if they do that the gambling oppotunities of las vegas will wipe their wallets clean twice as fast.

It's bad enough that dealers rooms can rape you wallets, it's worse when you host a convention that has a dealers room in a casino.

>>6644568
>because when you're older you're not trapped in a school building with assholes for 8 hours a day.

But there are other after-effects of bullying people do not know about: Major depression, agrophobia, social anxiety, suicidal thoughts, inablity to make friends, mistrust of humanity. How good is a better life if you can't enjoy it after years of persistent bullying?

>>6644544
For some reason it's supposed to be HD, but youtube has not processed the HD mode of the video yet. It took about 4 hours to upload and an additional 12 hours to process it due to the fact that file size is huge (9.6 GB)

>>6644190
What is special about MAGFest is the Arcade room full of modern and classic arcade games and pinball machines.

Here's a bunch of videos I uploaded on YouTube, if anyone cares:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XREJ1bBZM - Bumblebee at Katsucon 19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMo7hXJ4RAQ - The Boulder Speaks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxGOalOXc5I - The Man behind the Bumblebee Costume in Katsucon 19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGg6V54pko - Why some people on 4chan's /m/ still think toku isn't mecha?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fN3dBBK2Yo - Gaylord National/Katsucon Fountains Show - 2013 Edition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4vh3_uXTfg - It Gets Better -- Anime Con Edition with Greg Ayres & Crispin Freeman

There's also a bunch of minor uploads as well from the convention.

>>6643013
This is real amazing shit.

>>6643026
>>6643028
These too...

>>6643003