/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10850795
Thing is...smaller in many cases is actually better, in spite of my hyping of an event with COLOSSAL in its name. I never value size-- enthusiasm is always far more ideal. Chillout parties, that's all well and good too. So this leads to something I keep meaning to ask and forget: How receptive are people to interacting with randos? The ones from this board definitely are. That's usually MO, and it succeeds in some capacity every time. Of course a different nation means different standards on that.

Karaoke is my bread and butter, so that's great to know, and CC also is famed for its nightswim that keeps the lights on till very late.
>>10850797
A "normal con" looks to me like vendor hall + guests, possibly artist alley. That may have its own room. Main hall for contest, concerts and raves. Panel rooms, games rooms (video or TTG). Maybe a spot for photoshoots and/or meetups. The interactive element is limited to karaoke, trivia panels or tabletop.

>What do conventions mean for you?
To get the ball rolling + give an idea what I mean + avoid turning the OP into a blog...I go primarily to hang out with people. They can be ones I already know will be there, gulls I've arranged impromptu meetups with, randos who strike up a conversation with me, someone I met on the other side of the country then found again by pure chance. Doesn't matter. That, and getting drunk with them at room parties later in the evening. Sometimes the convention itself is more an excuse to get a bunch of like minded people together in one place than anything else desu.

I personally struggle to find anybody at a con who takes ‘professional cosplay’ seriously enough to be a prick. Vast majority of people I find are fun and just enjoy playing dress up. I wasn’t around in 2012 but could the issue be a bit overblown?