/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Today they announced Sonny Strait.

Sonny Strait has over 20 years of professional experience in the arts. Most recognized as the voice of Krillin and Usopp on the wildly popular Dragon Ball and One Piece franchises as well as an illustrator for the most famous, independently published comic book series Elfquest. As a voice actor, Strait is considered to be one of the most recognized voice actors in the business. He’s played numerous roles including Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cartoon Network’s laid back, robot host Toonami TOM. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including Dragon Ball Z, Escaflowne, Lupin III and Yuri on Ice.

As a comic book artist he has 17 published works to date including his work on Elfquest (published by DC Comics). He’s considered one of the top Elfquest artists from its over 30-year history. In 2007, he wrote and illustrated a graphic novel about a reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat. The book, called “We Shadows”(published by Tokyopop) was nominated by The American Library Association for Best Graphic Novel in 2008. Recently he returned to Elfquest as a colorist for Dark Horse Comics and was a major contributor on the artist retrospective book “Line of Beauty; The Art of Wendy Pini” (Flesk Publishing). He continues acting today and teaches at Sonny Strait Studios in Denton TX.

There's two burlesque shows so this is going to be fun.

>>10024611
>>10024612
>>10024687
I love how this con always self posts about itself.

>>10024688
They're desperate. All signs say it's gonna be a ghost town.

I'm just here for the cringe.

LOL did you really come here and start a shitty self promo thread so you could post a full guest bio? No one gives a fuck.

I'll be at ANT. It's not great but I'd rather bet on something established than a first year contract that loves to post about itself on 4chan.

>>10025201
>>10025170
>>10025134

Hello staff from other cons. Let's be friends this isn't Florida.

>>10025335
Then go promote your con in the Texas thread. Neither ANT nor Anime Dallas deserves their own.

>>10025343

Bless your heart

Okay AD you've proven yourself to be run by retards.

Anons don't give a shit. We will proceed to shit all over it.

This actually makes me not want to go to Anime Dallas now...

>>10025452
>>10025392

I'm not staff so that's on you.

>>10025811
You're probably a guest then.

>>10025335
Hello staff from Anime Dallas. Let's not throw other cons under the bus as an excuse to start a shitty thread to try to promote our poorly run shit show.

>>10027070

Not staff you fucking retard

>>10025811
>>10027083
The backpedaling is hardcore

This con had the potential to be really good, but it turned into an immediate VA circlejerk that realized too late that they need more than their tiny chairman club to run a con. And with minimum advertizing they assumed people would show up when they didn't have their shit in order.

I wonder how drunk anyone has to get to make it through this.

>>10027219
It no longer works to announce a con then people show up. You have to work hard to stand out at all. Troll posts on 4chan doesn't work.

>>10027219
It didn't turn into one, it was built to be one from the start. It says blatantly on their website it's made of " members of the anime industry".

>>10027219

The blatant elitism in this thread is disheartening. Cons are fucking cons man. Just because it doesn't have the creator of My Hero Academia and a bunch of Lolita guests coming doesn't mean you need such a stick up your ass for a $20 convention.

>>10027349
We can say the same thing about the elitism of the people running Anime Dallas but it wouldn't look good for your con, wouldn't it?

>>10027349
Hey, no one wants to go to your con because it's poorly run and you are trying to advertise on 4chan. It has nothing to do with your run of the mill guests. 20 dollars on a shit show is still 20 dollars lost.

>>10027375

Why don't you get your head out of your ass, I'm not staff.

I guess you can't understand people just genuinely being excited for a con. No wonder no one posts here anymore.

>>10027391
There are like 30 anime cons in the state, we don't have to be excited for shitty ones.

>>10027352

>>10027434 said it well. If they're trying to make a good con they need to prove it to gain interest. I've helped with a lot of baby cons, I actually went to the mini a-kons, all that shit. You have to prove you're putting in the effort for it to be worth it otherwise it's going to look shitty. And right now this looks shitty. We don't have to suck it up just because it hurt your feelings.

I'm not really expecting much from Anime Dallas. They rejected higher quality panelists and accepted bottom of the barrel ones. Which leads me to believe they aren't doing much in the way of screening panel or panelists. One guy was recruiting panelists for his in-character cosplay Jurassic Park vs Star Wars panel on the NT cosplay Facebook group.

They have two very shitty berlesque groups attending. Have watched both. They really are bad bad.

The concept of a con run by those in the industry sounded good in theory, but the final product is looking pretty sad at this point.

>>10028289
Thats what happens when you get events run by industry. They only let their friends run the show.

I'm actually looking forward to the My Hero industry panel.

>>10032247
Is the schedule up?

>>10033601

Yes it's on the website

Still no info on the cosplay contest though

>>10033903
>Still no info on the cosplay contest though

Also looking for this

>Nothing about the cosplay contest on the website
>Google has nothing
>Or social anything
>Maybe 4chan knows?

I am surrounded by idiots.

>>10035472

More like someone internally might post something

>>10025811
You work for them. staff or whatever you are calling your unpaid ass.

ANT is over. Once again it was a shit show

So who's going to AD?

Anyone in the AA?

>>10024611
>Animedallas
>Darling in the franxx panel
I guess they're not going to add descriptions to these things huh

Why would people care about English voice actors? Doesn't everyone watch subs? One of their voice actors played an extra in a single mha scene and worked on some VN

Less than a week till con and there's still no info besides the bare minimum schedule without descriptions.

Questions go unanswered on the Facebook group.

They are begging for staff & volunteers because the rumor is a bunch of staff just gave up and left.

I feel bad for anyone who's paying to attend.

>>10043158
They posted in the group yesterday saying that anyone interested in being Staff can attend a meeting Wednesday with the chairmen and become staff on the spot after interviews.

God, I thought there wouldn't be a con in DFW worse than ANT. Guess I was wrong.

>>10043255
>If we a start a con we can get staff out of thin air.
>Let's not promote anywhere to recruit for staff.
>We have no idea what we're doing.

>>10043158
confirmed it from a friend, a group of them quit because the director couldn't give them any info and they don't know what they're doing at the con. so they're understaffed and the staff they have don't know what to expect, i thought ANT was bad but this takes the cake.

I'm honestly just going to get out of my house for a few days
will probably just ditch the con and chill in Dallas but I love cosplaying and this con I'm gonna be the asshole playing music through a portable speaker so whatever
also if it turns into another dashcon I want front row seats

>>10043439
I fucking hate you, if you're the Mario guy that kept everyone up every night last ikkicon. Actually I hate you just because you're a speaker guy.

They are officially getting desperate, and I'm so glad I didn't enter the cosplay contest at this point.

>>10043535
I fucking hate those Mario people. I want to punch their loud speakers then throw it off a 20 story building.

>>10043571
I'm no Mario I just want to set up camp in a corner and put on a lil music

>>10043584

No you want to be a damn road block and point of congestion in the walkways. All because you fancy yourself some sort of DJ or whatever. Or you're crying for attention from randos.

Do everyone else a favor and do it outside or something. At least then you won't cause problems.

>>10043552
That’s... concerning. Did they ever even announce who the original judges were?

>>10043804

I don't even think rules have been posted so I doubt they have any judges at this point.

>>10043552
Wow, so they have no judges, no MC, and no coordinator.

How did they even know to solicit you?

>>10044174
I'm just a panelist. Like hell I wanna staff a con this poorly organized.

>>10044410
Ouch so they're just mass emailing panelists to be on staff...

Please report back about your experience anon, I gotta know how poorly this thing goes down.

I feel like hosting the con in an airport hotel was another bad decision. Maybe if you're staff it'll be free regardless.

>>10044473
>Completely parking for up to 16 hours
>3 day event that is not selling single day passes
>Most attendees parking will be free

So how does that work then?

>>10044463
Will do! I'm just going to see what happens at this point, though I will be cosplaying too.

>Voice Actors are trying to run a con.
>What could possibly go wrong?

I'm laughing at this pending disaster.

>>10044544
I don't even think it's the VAs fault. Their "experienced" staff is all incompetent as well.

>>10044572
The experienced staff are also voice actors anon

>>10044581
No, the entire convention is not staffed by voice actors.

>>10044601

There's a few general volunteers, but the people in charge are voice actors with little to no experience running a convention - only have experience in being a guest at conventions.

>>10044601
Doesn't matter if they aren't, if the 'inexperienced head staff' of voice actors hire inexperienced sub-staff, then it's on them that it sucks so bad. Going 100% by volunteers and scraping the bottom of the barrel because you couldn't organize better, and then letting it cascade into a domino effect of no information going around to any other convention help means that the whole damn thing is going to fall apart. That's why they just lost a bunch of staff last minute.

Cash only for badges on site. This shit keeps getting more pathetic.

>>10044688
I don't think anyone with experience would want to work with them after this. They seem awful at communication and worse at organizing. Do volunteers get anything out of this?

>>10045463
Have they never heard of square or are they that cheap? If all goes down by Saturday no refunds.

>>10045516
They claim it's cash only to 'maximize line speed', but that's going to have the opposite effect.

I'm starting to think they're just going to take the money and run because they know it'll be a shit show.

>>10045569
>Maximize line speed

LOL that only matters if people show up.
They claim this is all for charity so it would be even worse if they cut and run with the cash.

>>10045595
Having cash means they can flub the numbers and lie about how many badges they sell. I don't trust that they're pocketing at least half of the funds.

>>10045569
I bet they don't have a POS system.

Con supposedly starts tomorrow. What drama is in store?

>>10046252
Supposedly they’ve found judges/MC. My money is on someone saying the wrong thing to the wrong person and a big apology from the guys in charge, thanking everyone for showing but ‘this will be the last year :(‘ because someone drops the ball.

>>10046356
>last year
You mean only year.

>>10046356

They must have found random people. Most people I know with experience and actual skills judging and running contests won't touch this shit show.

Don't expect quality if you're planning to compete.

Not to mention sign-ups are ONLY on Friday in person according to their Facebook.

>>10045672
Didn't they say it was going to charity?

>>10046410
They never said all the profits go to charity

>>10046410
>>10046414
Nvm, they did say that. Still don't believe it though.

>>10046356
Probably a bunch of Fame hungry kids that think it means something to judge a first year garbage show. I wonder if they'll announce them or just not bother along with ignoring every question about their contest.

I feel bad for whoever the conned into it too, even if they're just attention seekers. They're going to show up and have no guidelines to just because this con can't even post basic rules.

Anyone have any idea on what I should do if I'm having to be dropped off at the Hyatt and picked up again each day of the con by someone, as the hotel is located within the airport complex?

>>10046771
Call and ask the hotel if they can validate a ticket from the ticket only lane for a drive through drop off. I'm sure they can. If nothing else, they can give you an idea of what to expect.

Hey, just saw this on Twitter, not sure the details. Anyone else have anything?
https://twitter.com/shizukus/status/1068345210084749312?s=19

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>>10046378
>>10046356
>>10045672

Some of the most garbage anons I've seen. salty as hell. Are all first year cons in Texas absolute shit shows or something.

>>10046796
>>10046771

Yes the hotel will validate everything. There's signs saying all parking and tickets are free.

>>10046855
Anon I don't know what your deal is but its obvious you're connected to the con somehow and its in your best interest to stop posting now.

>>10046850
That guy is at a lot of Texas cons. He's not a registered sex offer. He was investigated but never charged. He can legally be there.

>>10046855

Anon there's generally some expectation that first year cons won't be amazing, but this one in particular is turning out to be especially bad.

>>10047018
Thanks, I wondered if it was true or not before I bothered retweeting.

>>10046855
No, not all first year Texas cons are bad. But 95%of them know that you need to take credit cards for payment, unlike this piece of shit.

>>10047044
>https://twitter.com/shizukus/status/1068345210084749312?s=19
He's a pretty big staple in the texas convention circuit. I've looked him up in the past, but he has no actual record. From what i understand all charges were dropped and an apology was given to him based on previous googling.

So it looks like Anime Dallas is turning out to actually be a Ryan Kopf show instead of being put on by voice actors.

https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Ryan_Kopf

>>10047190
That doesn't sound right, this says that guy is based in the Midwest. Where did you find information he was running it? Caps!

>>10046862

let me get right on that

>>10047190

I went to the staff meeting and it was clearly the voice actors in charge.

>>10047048

I agree that's a stupid decision

Who the fuck are all you anons hating on this show. It's cheap and "supposedly" goes to charity. I really don't care about that because how are you going to donate money when badges are $20. Go have fun, are y'all so broke that $20 (yes it's $40 at the door too bad) is too much. Or are y'all going anyway and just bitching.

>>10047224
You would think at this point staff would know to stop posting and yet...

>>10047224
>it's $20!!!!
>it's $20!!!!
>...well actually it's $40 if you get it at the door like 99% of people...

Lol.

>>10047224
lol ur con suxx ass

>>10047229
>>10047288

You two anonfags aren't going to make me stop posting. Go ahead and keep wasting your time though. And I'm not staff, but I am doing a panel

>>10047315
tip top kek m8, enjoy your 2 person audience

>>10047315
Sorry no one is coming to your panel anon. Next time apply at a con that isn't a colossal shit show.

>>10047322
>>10047318

Post post post. Cons good so far so we

>>10047336
Ok staff

Surpringly smelly for a low crowd day. I heard they have 1500 people but there aren't even half that. Dance circles in the halls, couldn't find two of the panel rooms until I asked staff, the panel rooms are huge and half are empty.
Opening ceremonies was pretty bad. This con isn't very organized.

>>10047371
>Dance circles
Fuck, I wonder if anyone knows the choreography to the torture dance

>>10047381

There's a JoJo Pose panel Sunday so maybe?

>>10047371

I agree smelly. But there's still plenty of kids here.

>>10047492
Too many kids and they're all awkward. Tempted to not go back

>>10047495
You were never an awkward kid too?

>>10047498
Your either a kid or pedo if you can tolerate awkward or loud con kids

>>10047503

Could be a dad instead. My kids are young but I get what being a kid is about

>>10047495

If you're one if those 21+ "bible study" losers you're at the wrong con dude. The ticket price pretty much guaranteed the con would be mostly teenagers.

>>10047513
Also true. I'm just people watching them because they're having fun and I don't want them to get hurt but I also am not con babysitter and there's not much for adults to do at this con. It's mostly just kids running around without parents.

>>10047633
Yeah I made a mistake thinking there was hope, I just wanted to get one person's autograph. I'm all good with a free weekend

I didn't know about Anime Dallas until I found out about it just now by accident, why does it exist? We already have ANT during the fall season (in fact it was two weeks ago), and there are already two large cons in the area (A-Kon in Fort Worth, and Anime Fest in Dallas though it's debatable whether A-Fest is a large con). Why do we need Anime Dallas?

>>10047689

Because ant is a mess and this is cheap.

I'm working at a friend's art table and bought a wristband for the day. Every time I run and errand and re-enter the vendor hall the badge checkers yell at me demanding to see my badge.

Staff needs to let their volunteers know that there are wristbands.

>>10047689
Because greed and competition.

>>10047718
There are wristbands? Holy shit.

>>10047720
Yep,a mere $5 less than a badge

>>10047689
Because of butthurt voice actors. It's a spite con.

>>10047741
Who are they even spiting? This con is so terrible.

The cosplay contest wasn't even 30 minutes

>>10047741

It's just cause the voice actors wanna party together on their own terms.

>>10047769

Hey at least it started on time. Less entries will do that to you I guess though.

>>10047769

They barely advertised it and only had sign-ups on Friday when most people didn't want to take a day off work since the con isn't big enough to waste a day off on.

Plus rules & judges were thrown together a few days ago so I'm not sure what anyone was expecting.

>>10047769
They made their own con because other conventions don't ask them to be guests.

>>10047794
Cons aren't obigated or owe it to voice actors with victim complexes to invite them. If that was the whole reason why the con even happened, kiss getting invited to anything ever again.

Just go back to staffing your shitty con.

>>10047779
How was it then? Did they ever actually release rules? How many entries did they even get?

>>10047829

Maybe around 12-14 entries?

>>10047801
Its probably because they're so terribly bitchy all weekend. Today they tried to win over people with fruit snack boxes.

>>10047829
>>10047861
It was so small. But they has the rules up and didn't link them, a friend linked me this morning and I'm so glad I didn't enter
animedallas.com/cosplay

>>10047801
>>10047794

Except half plus of the guests are guests at other cons all the time, and only half because of all the newbies. Great deductions Holmes

How was Saturday so far for you guys.

>>10047905
Better than ANT, at least.

>>10047910
I find that hard to believe

>>10047874
JFC who wrote these?

> Be careful onstage! Running-tackle-hugs (glomping) might not be very safe.

> Smoking is not allowed in the Convention Center. Contestants who leave the building for a smoke break may lose their turn to appear on stage.

> sewing, gluing, spray painting, welding, or other construction work is allowed backstage.

> ^_^

>>10047916
NAYRT, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The biggest issue I had was guys who signed up as press to get into the con for free constantly stopping people in inconvenient spaces and interviewing them for some video. If you're reading this, get some self awareness and get out of the way of people walking, assholes.

>>10047916
>>10047910

Anyone got a run down on the ground of the differences?

Game room here at AD is awful (I heard they expected much fewer people so I'll give them this), cosplay contest short as hell, and I couldn't find ops.

Reg ok? Staff on a power trip? Anything like that?

>>10047955

Uggh I'm incoherent. I meant at ant. Reg was fine here, staff too, were they ok at ant? I didn't go to that (obviously) and only came here cause it was cheap. Not let down for $20

>>10047700
Seconding this. Anime North Texas is a dumpster fire and despite issues with staffing, Anime Dallas has been a fuckton better.

>>10047956
ANT has pretty rude staff, especially the ones that help with panel setup and the ones that enforce dress code. Not to mention, the incompetency of letting a known pedophile into their con. That's just what I hear, though.

Other than that, they might be equally unresponsive and shorthanded. I like the venue at AD a lot better than ANT, and, in a way it kinda makes up for being bored at a con since you can just walk in circles if there's really nothing to do, where ANT just feels like just a big room with a bar in it, but incredibly crowded.

Well AD has been boring, but it's not as bad as YuleCon. So I guess there's that.

>>10048086
A paper sack could be better than yule con so that's not really a ringing endorsement.

>>10048065
So you're saying both cons were lackluster but you were ok wasting $20 bucks on AD because you could walk around an airport hotel? Your standards are low.

>>10048108
They didnt say they were okay with it, they said the venue was better. Which it was. They were both awful cons. But I noticed the con let in those panelists who never get accepted from other cons for good reason. A handful were great, most were just voice acting circlejerks.

>>10048133

>>10048133

Everyone wants to be a voice actor guys! Everyone! Let's flood cons with panels about it!

Except the voice acting world is already flooded so you are unlikely to ever get a chance but hey come to one if 20 how to voice act panels and maybe your dreams will come true!

Spoiler alert: they won't

AD > ANT but that isn't saying much. Onwards to Ikkicon

>>10048267
More disappointment.

>>10048288
I'm going to be drunk for most of it and passing out mini bottles. Plus it's within a few miles of my work. Thinking about setting up dance circles. What's the attendance like? I hear it's on a stay decline unfortunately.

>>10048339
Year-to-year it keeps getting smaller.

>>10048267
I heard people talking about AD year 2 and laughed a lot. How is this going to go again?

>>10048483

Based on this year, pretty fucking ok. Notice I didn't say well, but nothing was majorly wrong. Like the cosplay contest for example was tiny but it was on time and "acceptable" based on what my friends say.

Given, I'm giving them a lot of credit for being first year.

But the other cons here have problems that don't exist here yet, so year two will be"the crash" or it will somehow be glorious. Honestly the voice actors putting it on probably have $$$$ and can just use $$$$ to fix problems next year. Unless they do something stupid like book guests they can't afford or try the convention center, they're golden

>>10048555
They're going to need to have a consistent staff and actually plan in advance if they want to be better at all. No more finding cosplay judges 3 days before the con, no contacting volunteers 1 month before, figuring out their line issues. They thought boxes of fruit snacks handed by the chairmen was going to placate everyone and I'm damn amused by that.

I think it's going to stay like Allcon, small and niche until they figure their shit out.

What do y'all think the small cons in Texas can do to improve. Asking as staff for one, but not going to say which.

Arcade games?
Japanese guests? (Japanese vas, musicians, idols, or fashion designer?)
Different American guests?
Certain events? (Formal dance, rave)
Industry panels and events?
Parties and alcohol?
18+ stuff?

>>10049081
It's obvious you're with AD or maybe Okashicon. Just stop

>>10049081
You're asking seagulls for advice? You are sad.

>>10049081
Hi Ryan

>>10049081
The biggest panel draw for me is actual Japanese industry- directors, writers, composers. If they actually worked on a good anime, I'm interested. Obviously that's harder as a small con. While I am a dirty dub watcher, american VAs don't really get me excited unless it's a big name like Steve Blum. 18+ stuff is also always appreciated, generally more entertaining than the usual panel chaff.

I love video games, but I almost never go to arcades at cons unless there's something really unique there I can't get elsewhere like jap rhythm games that aren't DDR. If a con didn't have this I would not care, but I know it also does have it's crowd. Same applies to anime viewing rooms. If I wanted to watch anime I can do that at home without paying for a badge. But it's low effort, so I get it.

The rave is a must have for my friend group, personally speaking. But don't cheap out, get someone good. It's the difference between 15 people bobbing back and forth and a packed room making the floor shake. We also tend to party and drink and stay late, so if the venue is friendly to that, then even better.

And to be fair, I might not line up with the usual poster here, I generally just pop on this board before/after a con out of curiosity. I've been to dozens of cons and I generally just want to have fun with friends while dressed like an idiot. If the con (and the venue) can facilitate that then I'll be happy.

>>10049081
Organization. That's it. That's LITERALLY it. Email panelists in advance. Post contest and event guidelines in advance. Keep your website updated with new information. Communication is extremely important with putting on any event, especially if a lot of people are involved. You can have the shittiest guests, but if people believe in your event, and you listen to their concerns and keep them informed, then at the bare minimum you can have good fan-run panels.

The biggest issue with ANT and AD is a lack of communication. If staff and attendees aren't on the same page, things get out of whack, volunteers drop out, people start getting really frustrated.

You can expand and do really fun and elaborate stuff if you want, and that's great, but it will fall apart without a good team of staffers and volunteers that do their jobs and communicate with each other, and involve attendees in the process.

>>10047724
That's because they sold out of pre printed badges from what I read.

>>10049157
This is good advice, and truly my biggest problem with AD was the lack of communication. As a panelist it really left me not knowing what to expect and had me dreading what day I'd be needed when I couldn't attend the first day. Also as a cosplayer I completely forewent the idea of competing in the contest because I had absolutely no idea what to expect.

I also think that advertising proceeds going to charity but not clarifying which until the last day of the con was unfair to attendees. That and the advertised formal ball was never really a thing or even addressed that it did not happen.

My problems aside, the staff was really kind to me when I had some problems and went out of their way to help. I know this probably outs me a bit, but my weekend would have been a disaster without everyone helping me. My bag went missing including wallet and badges, and I was given a replacement by the con and I appreciate the kindness in general I was shown by volunteers and friends too. And in the end it was returned and nothing was missing, either. So there's that on my end.

I hope they can take the mistakes they made this year and learn from it because I get the impression that they are nice people but not exactly readily able to look past the excitement they had to run this con when they were so under prepared and unwilling to listen until it was over. If they fix it by next year maybe I'll be better.

I did enjoy my weekend so I'll be giving it another try again.

>>10049316
Maybe IT'LL* be better. Sorry on mobile.

>>10049099
>>10049135

AD posted a feedback form be so why the fuck would they be asking you

>>10049081
>What do y'all think the small cons in Texas can do to improve.
As others have said, strict organization and early notification to panelists.
Better artist alley/dealers rooms, this isn't a problem at AKon or San Japan but I see lots of small cons really underestimating how entertaining a large dealers hall and artist alley can be (Ikkicon I'm looking at you). A big part of this too is to make sure the dealers and artists you allow in have a good variety of goods. Don't allow 30 tables of people selling plush alpacas or an artist alley full of only people selling prints.

And lastly the rave and formal both are very important (the cosplay show too of course, that goes without saying). I have friends who will go to cons just because of the rave or formal where to them, the rest of the con is just a bonus.

>>10049316
No, they anticipated selling out and offered the wristbands in hopes they wouldn't. They only ordered 2k badges

>>10049360
Maybe because someone on the staff at AD literally started this thread as an advertising attempt.

This is my first time posting on this site, but I figured it'd be useful to share my story of how much better the AD staff is than ANT.
The pedophile you might have heard about was stalking my best friend's little sister, who is eleven, and one of our friends reported it when the little girl left the con for that day. He claimed he was sixteen, but he clearly wasn't, because not only did he not look sixteen, but two years ago he tried to take home my friend when she was twelve, and he said he was 16 back then, too.
The ANT staff questioned him but didn't kick him out. The next day, the staff spoke to the eleven year old, literally SCREAMED at her for "slandering" him (she had reposted something on her story saying to be wary of that guy), and kicked her out. Keep in mind she was not the one to even report him, and wasn't even at the con when he got reported. She told them her mom couldn't pick her up because she couldn't leave work. they said they didn't care, they just wanted her out of the hotel no matter what. They were willing to just...kick an eleven year old out on the street.
Anime Dallas, however...my friends and I stalked by this creepy Jeff the killer cosplayer, who even offered us drugs (and persisted when I told him I was underage). I was in the elevator with one of the staff members when my friend walks in and says "hey dude we just saw that Jeff cosplayer doing heroin??" the staff guy Immediately goes like "WHAT??" So we tell the staff everything, about how he stalked us and offered us drugs. The staff was so incredibly kind to us, asking if we were okay and reassuring us that they wanted to make sure we felt comfortable and safe- they even led my friend out to her car when she felt scared.
Say what you will about AD staff, or how it's managed, but they're so much kinder and better than ANT and I would die for them all

>>10050192
You have to be 18 to use 4chan sweetheart.

>word going around friday about some pro cosplayer's panel getting cancelled and rescheduled
>walking around with friends, come across said cosplayer throwing a fit about the situation in the hall
>she's whining loudly and literally in tears, wearing a bodyline tier alice in wonderland outfit
>"you guys! my fans were lined up to see me!! this will effect my reputation!! i wanna guest at a-kon!!" and more insufferable bawwing
>don't recognize her for the life of me, so ask around a bit and eventually find out who she is
>she barely has 3k followers and a lolcow thread
>mfw

>>10050339
Who even was it

>>10050339
Link to the lolcow?
My friend had an AA table across from the booth this bitch was being a booth babe for. She was so fucking annoying.

>>10049419

Do you think a larger vendor space is more important than more panels and concerts?

>>10050905
The panels are probably the least important but just by a hair, I'd say the vendor's area and concert/rave/main events are the most important because not only are they the places that accommodate the most people but still cater to all interest for the most part- they keep people busy for longer than an hour at the time.
Just my personal opinion though.