/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Random Summer, hosted by Jigoku Producciones, in Argentina. I'll be nicer since the only other mention I found for them on this board was quite negative

Pros:
>free entry
>auditorium on the second floor where we saw some trailers and some anime on a projector (it's an event for casuals, but hey, I didn't mind), they also had some contests with drawings and cosplay, I dunno, they were cute, I guess
>very nice people attended, this fucking board made me worry too much in that photographer thread - no one minded me asking to take their pics
>also, free hugs are a meme that somehow came to my country - I didn't even know this was a meme until someone explained it to me, and it's apparently from a 2006 campaign involving a music video. I dunno, but I appreciated the free hugs, as corny as the idea may be
>lots of stands

Cons:
>veeeeeery crowded, they would have actually helped themselves if they charged for entry because damn
>long lines for food (I didn't get anything other than water, I'm on a diet)
>the gamer section, jesus fuck, okay, I don't really mind the amount of games (would have preferred a bit more but whatever), they had good choices, but goddamn that room was a SAUNA - so hot and the fans on the roof didn't do shit for the heat, get some fucking AC in that room, please. It felt like I was in the Bolivian mountains when I was in that room.

I'm more positive than the few argies that post here. I think it's nice that there are so many people into this stuff. It's nice that there's a place for anime/manga fans (casuals or not) to hang out and be as geeky as we want. I know some people might think

>oh, but there are no major guests for most of these, the venues are mediocre, muh bootlegs, etc.
Great, where's the money going to come from? Guests and venues don't pay for themselves, as the people behind Monstercon and Animate learned. And getting legit merch is a bitch due to customs. C'est la vie.