/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>How to wear "skimpy" costumes while still being modest
>"Additionally, this panel also covers how to react to inappropriate comments, creepers/photographers and uncomfortable situations. Photographers can also attend since there is a small section on how to approach cosplayers and react to them."

>Sociology of Cosplay with Yaya Han
>"From what cosplay means to you, what type of cosplayers there are, to hot topics such as cyber-trolling of cosplayers as individuals and the community as a whole, misconceptions of sexy cosplays"

>No means No! Defense against Fanboys and Fangirls
>"This panel will teach you how to properly react in situations that make you feel uncomfortable. You will learn how to exit an awkward conversation, decline an unwanted request, and efficiently express your discomfort. No more accidentally giving away your facebook info. Say goodbye to those disrespectful sexual advances. Stella Chuu, pro cosplayer, will teach you how to command respect and lead the conversation."

>Racism in Cosplay
>"Cosplay is fun for everyone, but what happens when a cosplayer is said to be inaccurate because of their natural skin color?"

>What a Woman Wants in Otaku/Man
>Having trouble finding out why female Otakus are not flocking to you in the masses despite your awesome cosplay? Then maybe it's time to get that extra help from the fairer sex. Sit back and take in the revelations these ladies will be revealing.

>Beyond the Cosplay. What lies Beneath
>"We will discuss tricks of the trade and special pointers for people who don't have time to watch anime or play the games"

Seeing as how katsu is the east coast HQ for /cgl/, I'm not surprised.

>Networking As A Cosplayer

my sides.

>>6609205
Over all programming for Katsucon this year seems pretty rancid. Really debating if it's worth buying a badge.

>Homestuck
>Hetalia
>Pokemon
>Homestuck
>Hetalia
>Pokemon
>Homestuck
>Hetalia
>Pokemon
>Homestuck
>Hetalia
>Pokemon
>Homestuck
>Hetalia
>Pokemon

>>6609210
>Bitching about people staring at your boobs
>Bitching about people staring at your boobs
>Bitching about people staring at your boobs
>DAS RAYCIS
>Encouraging people to stare at your boobs
>Encouraging people to cosplay things they've never watched to show off their boobs

cosplay is some serious ass shit

>>6609233

Maybe some cosplayers have government jobs and are hiring?

We are in DC after all.

>Memoirs of a 6 Ft. Blonde Geisha
does anyone know who the "geisha" is?

>>6609265
http://katsucon192013.sched.org/speaker/wilkerson#.URK-oKVlUz4

>>6609233
that one got me to. Wtf are you "networking" for? Efame?

They seem to have a lot of repeats. 2 crossplay specifically for dudes, several about avoiding creepers

Can someone please go to the racism one and film it, I can only imagine it being a clusterfuck

Oh God yaya's sociology panel. I have to go. It is my duty as a psych major.
Maybe I can get extra credit from a professor.

All of these look awful, save the very few exceptions.
Con horror stories looks awesome though, if it would be half as good as some of the threads on here.

HOH BOY, itza katsutime

Still looking to fill some time early/late saturday with some outdoor shoots~ like 8am-10am / 4pm-6pm

HOH BOY, itza katsutime

Still looking to fill some time early/late saturday with some outdoor shoots~ like 8am-10am / 4pm-6pm

>"This panel will teach you how to properly react in situations that make you feel uncomfortable. You will learn how to exit an awkward conversation, decline an unwanted request, and efficiently express your discomfort. No more accidentally giving away your facebook info. Say goodbye to those disrespectful sexual advances. Stella Chuu, pro cosplayer, will teach you how to command respect and lead the conversation."

How do you spend an hour telling people to say 'Go away'.

>>6609371
how do you accidentally give away your Facebook information? This whole panel sounds stupid

>>6609466
also, who the hell is stella chuu 'pro' cosplayer?

>>6609205
Here's another big news story: GPX Gaming will not be serving Katsucon due to a "unfortunate event". The actual unfortunate event involved the CEO being wrongfully arrested as part of a vindictive campaign by a rival gaming-con company.

That's why you don't out-source gaming rooms to outside companies folks.

>>6609504
Thank god, GPX is such a piece of shit.

Does MAGFest do other cons' game rooms at all? They should. Bring on the Jamspace and gameroom.

>>6609584
Sadly, they outsourced their game room as well the last time I checked.

>>6609504
Where the hell did you get a rival "company" got him arrested?

>>6609671
*did you hear.

Loltyping

>>6609671
Check out FB and search for gpxgaming

>>6609351
I know I've seen you post your pictures here before, but do you have a website I could check out?

>>6609351
Are you looking to do outdoors only?

There are fucking SIX Hetalia "Ask a Nation" Panels
SIX.
What the fuck? Did they have no quality control?

There is a reason I go to exactly one Anime Con a year. This looks painful.

>>6609808
There's a reason why Katsucon is called "Disorganized Con"

Katsu would have to schedule my voice acting panel at 12:30 AM Sunday, the night when the parties are going the hardest! At least it's not at 1:30 AM anymore.

man a lot of these panels are going to be bad

Who gives a fuck, its a good con. I mean, we can all bitch and moan as much as we please but in the end its one of the more enjoyable cons out there.

>>6609905

the only reason its a "good" con is the location lets get that straight. As far as everything else katsu blows chunks

>>6609905
Haven't been to Katsucon in three years. I stopped going because it wasn't all that great. Now with its new location I was willing to give it a try.
Panels look like they are going to suck ass. Any interesting ones are late at night.

Everyone going to Katsucon, please have fun and be safe~

>>6609945
S-SHE LIVES

>>6609680
>>6609504
I'm aware of the scenario. All anyone did was post the mugshot. No 'rival' company had anything to do with his arrest.

>>6609238
You. I like you. Wonder if Katsucon will ever step it up on panel content.

>>6609797
>>6609797
Not in particular~ it will just be a good time of day for outdoors. If you have some free time for me to take some photos of your cosplay, shoot me an email~

>>6609951
How unfortunate.

>>6609210
>Sociology of Cosplay with a person who does not have any kind of degree or work in a field that sociology pertains to.

>>6610380

Come find me, I'm booked most of the con but we may be able to get a shoot in.

I kinda cant wait for the con! I think I am most excited about seeing everyone there.
I am just a bit peeved katsu posted their pannel list about a week before the con

>gijinka Panel
>You mean another panel about shit construction and no thought being put into a cosplay.
>"Just wear ears and a tail."
>90% MLP and Pokemon
>Panelist running it probably has a shitty gijinka they're wearing.

HOW EXCITING.

One "improvement" I've seen in the schedule is the lack of My Little Pony panels.

At least its a start.

>>6610961
The number of Ask a Nations and Homestucks is overwhelming though. The Pokemon bit is excusable since most of it seems to be Chibikatsu stuff and all run by the same person for the kids.

Heh heh, glad I like enough of the panels to make it worth this VIP badge though... just... fucking barely though...

Oh lawd. I am not even close to ready. I basically only have today, tomorrow and probably one more day next week to actually get shit done

Got to hurry my ass up


Seagull meet up 10pm Friday and Saturday at the Gazebo

>>6609504
If you want to know the truth on why Katsucon's gaming is going to suck this year I wouldn't search for GPX gaming I would ask the NGA guys *pro tip

bumping

>>6611181
At least the Homestuck panels are different. I'm still a little pissed at six of the exact same Hetalia panel.

Not even going to get into the rant about the timing of the ball and autograph sessions, like what the hell.

>>6616177
Even the people in the Hetalia panels are nonplussed by the six fucking Hetalia panels.
And there's that weird cluster of Homestuck panels around the time the draw party happened last year.
Jesus, I was hoping Katsu would at least get a little better than the 'organization' thing.


Also, 7-day forecast mentions a chance of snow on Saturday, I noticed this morning.

>>6616280
I know that one of the Homestuck panels is being dropped because of cast overlap with the monologues and What Panel. Nobody was impressed because Katsu specifically said the monologues were denied before the schedule released.

>>6616280

>>chance of snow

AWWW SHIT!

>>6616280
Please let it be after I get to the con on Saturday.

I can deal with being forced to lurk around the bowels of the hotel after 3 am dodging security until Sunday. I can't deal with missing 2 days of the con. :(

I only go to Katsucon for the raves, lol.

>>6617981
Okay, sarcastic shitposting aside, I don't really ever go to panels at anime cons. Unless there's dance involved. Or intelligent subjects. The rest of my time is spent either working my ass off for the free hotel room, or playing in the orchestra.

i am excite

>How to wear "skimpy" costumes while still being modest

Translation: How can I look like a slut without being called a slut.

Just wanted to plug my panel real quick

Kamen Rider: Celebrating over 40 years of Justice!

This would be a fun panel for people new to or are looking to get into Kamen Rider, or just wanna learn some neat facts about the series. also Ill have some goodies to give out~

What's the game room like? Is it mostly vg or is there a board/card game space too? I need a place to drop off my husband.

>>6618918

>>What's the game room like? Is it mostly vg or is there a board/card game space too? I need a place to drop off my husband.

+10 to your house. Its looking like the gameroom might be bad this year. just a heads up

>>6618821

fuck yo panel. jk we getting drunk friday?

>>6618821
I'm going~

or going to try and bum a pass from someone to see your panel that day

What time and place?

>>6618697
That's Jessie Pridemore's panel, right?

>>6609205

>Mock Combat for Cosplay

This shit is fun. It's more of a workshop though, since you get to move around a lot. It's actually a pretty good workout during cons.

>>6619017
Count me in for this. Sounds fun despite the fact that half my armor will be on the floor from just jumping around.

>request single bed
>reservation says double (2) queen
...
Why

Since people are plugging panels.

Who Wants to be a Voice Actor?

http://katsucon192013.sched.org/event/1689357828034bddfa18661e3fb12e0c#.URhLYx1fDO8

It's a panel that my friend and I are running. It's an interactive panel where we give you the experience of what an audition for voice over is like.

We pick a select number of people, give them audition sides, have them read over it a few times, audition for us, and then we'll give you directions to better your performance and have you read again with our new direction.

>>6619304
That sounds like an awesome panel. Wish I could be there to see it. Damn! I wish I could go to Katsucon!

Also, just because I'm curious - and I mean this in the nicest way possible - what qualifies you to run the panel? Are you involved in the acting world?

Anyways, this seems like a very...real? panel. Something grounded. But definitely fun!

>>6619328

>and I mean this in the nicest way possible - what qualifies you to run the panel? Are you involved in the acting world?

No offense taken.

This will be my fifth time doing this panel. I've done it at various cons before and as to what qualifies me? I have seven years of acting experience and have been working with Funimation as a voice actor for over a year now.

I'm having my own panel, and this will be my third panel in a row for Katsucon. It's called "The Imageboard World 2 - The Chanverse": It will be about my website and everything a average person should know about the Chanverse.

For some reason Katsucon shoved my panel to Sunday at 3am at Live 12. But it's well worth it if you're suffering from con-induced insomnia.

>>6610960
I've met the girl running it, it's even worse than that sadly.

>>6619601
It was at AUSA too, and at the "Closing Ceremonies" (more like con feedback panel) had several people greatly criticize it. I wonder if this is the same one from previous years and if so, how they keep getting in...

On a level of "get off of /cgl/ now faggot" to "that's cool", how bad is it I wanna legitimately go to Yaya's International Cosplay panel?

>>6619822

>>6619352
That's really cool. I can honestly say that of all the panels I've come across - and I confess it's limited! - yours is the one that I find most interesting, and the one I would most want to attend.

>>6618972
Vidya shmidya, as long as there's table space for CAH, we're good.

>>6620123

TRUE DAT

>>6619839
Oh... Sorry...

Watcha wearing, /cgl/?

>>6621585
Pants and a shirt!

The weather hates us. Mid-50's all week and... then... yeah....

Augh I have so much work still left to do, plus a crapton of school work as well.
Plus my professor made me cry today because apparently me missing one class is me "not caring about my education" and he laughed and told me I was never going to get in to grad school.

I'm so stressed out right now it's not even funny.
I'm hoping that Katsu will help relieve some of that.
sage because no1curr about my dramas.

>>6621654

Is he tenured?

Most of the professors that act like assholes are.

>>6621654
Shit. Not the first time I've heard of some assshit professor degrading their students. Work on homework (decide a break point) then work on the costume for a bit and alternate maybe? I hope things look up for you. Take it slow.

Does anyone know if there are any lolita meet ups? I've been swamped lately and I haven't been keeping up.

>>6618972
sure after my panel
>>6618992

Friday 530 pm to 7 pm!

Would have loved to go to Katsucon, but not this year again. I'll be seeing Madeon instead.

this chapter only came out last week, but I really hope I see ANYONE cosplaying Tomoko

Still looking for any cosplayers to spend 15-20 min doing private shoots, email me!

>>6618821
worth coming for a novice? will there be lots of discussion? or more of a presentation? If I get up to take pictures of you/the room would that make umad?

>>6619551
I'll be there~!

>>6622002
>seeing Madeon instead
That's a pretty fuckin' good compromise, I'd say.

Probably bringing Stocking instead of Goddess Madoka again. Then overly short skirted maid sometime in the weekend

SO EXCITED TO SEE PEOPLE

Don't forget. Meetup at 10pm Friday and Saturday and Gazebo

Ended up changing some of my cosplay plans. I have a shoot during the Friday /cgl/ meetup but I'll try to make the Saturday one.

My line up:

Friday: Rage face character
Saturday+Sunday: PewDiePie (don't hate me ;^;)

>>6621671
>>6621665
Unfortunately I believe he is. I've never had a problem with any tenured professors; it's usually the opposite, they're done of my favorites.
I thought I checked him out on ratemyprofessor, but apparently not. There are several posts about him writing rude, disrespectful emails about missing classes questioning their commitment to their education.
It sucks but I'm stuck with him.

I feel a lot better now that I got a ton of work done. I might actually be able to pull it off

>>6623242
Go away. No one likes you

its looking like this is gonna be it. now to continue painting and sewing

>>6623470

If you see someone dressed as Hunter S Thompson

Run.

>>6623501

>professor
>upset about people missing class

do kids really believe this isn't logical? he'll have to grade your shitty papers and when you say something stupid he'll gnash his teeth, shake his head, pour a glass of whiskey and name the date of the class you missed.

its your education, you ass. if you think you're good enough to skip the class, why did you fucking take it? it costs you fucking MONEY

>>6623736
>professors caring about attendance
You never went to college, did you.

>>6623736
they said they missed ONE class.

>>6623501


A lot of academics are under pressure due to how grants have changed over the years. Tl;dr the growth rate of post docs has far exceeded the growth rate of jobs that require a PhD and a lot of these guys are under tremendous stress due to this inequity (this doesn't excuse terrible behavior though).

It's been bad to the point where an acquaintance of mine recently committed suicide even though he was a top tier researcher.

I'm not condoning that professor's behavior, but knowing the current work climate helps me understand why they act like shitfucks.

Just kick him in the taco next time lol

Saging myself for off topic crap

>>6623501

A lot of academics are under pressure due to how grants have changed over the years. Tl;dr the growth rate of post docs has far exceeded the growth rate of jobs that require a PhD and a lot of these guys are under tremendous stress due to this inequity (this doesn't excuse terrible behavior though).

It's been bad to the point where an acquaintance of mine recently committed suicide even though he was a top tier researcher.

I'm not condoning that professor's behavior, but knowing the current work climate helps me understand why they act like shitfucks.

Just kick him in the taco next time lol

Saging myself for off topic crap

So uh...any of you ever been to the maid cafe? Stories? Details?

>>6623754
You went to a shitty state school, didn't you?
Some of us went to real colleges

So, is there going to be a /cgl/ meetup? I'm heading up to Baltimore tomorrow and then heading to DC on Friday.

>>6623754
college professor here- I fucking hate it when students miss class. granted, I teach a small class and I know shit happens but at least let me know. maybe I teach some unimportant class that you paid for but I'm at least going to teach you some real life skills. in the real world, you can't just not come into work and let someone know. your ass will get fired.

>>6623956
>real college
>can't learn from a textbook
>professors have to hold your hand and make sure you come to class
I mean, I think there was a rule freshman year.

My schedule so far~ lots of panels, but i'll probably skip most of them in favor of roaming for photos. I'm a little down that I couldn't get more solid bookings, I got a lot of "you can text me and we'll work out a time" kind of thing that i'll just be hounding really hard~

This is my first big 'murican con, few questions:

• Is it rude to ask a cosplayer "do you mind coming over here and taking photos with me for 5min?" or something similar? Especially if they're hanging out in a hall with the intent of having their photo taken, it's fair game to give them some direction and hang around them?

• Am I allowed to speak at the yaya? would getting a signature be weird?

• Any tips on getting from Baltimore airport to the con? it seems like there's busses most of the way, I just want to get there asap, should I just cab it from the green belt?

>>6623881

if days are interchangable they are wasted

>>6624271

>asking a cosplayer to go somewhere to take picture
It's fine. Not rude.

>speaking to yaya
I'm sure she'll be flattered. most people would be

>baltimore airport to con
I.. don't know if the hotel shuttle bus goes to the airport you are landing at but check the gaylord national website to see where does their hotel shuttle bus drops off and picks up. The price went up from last year unfortunetly

Woah, I really didn't mean to start any debate. I'm missing one class of History and Systems of Psychology, I just didn't think it warranted such an unprofessional reaction.
I've been criticized by a professor for falling behind once, but I've never been asked "what the hell is wrong with me" and had my hopes of grad school literally laughed at for missing one class

>>6624271
>moving cosplayers
Not rude at all. I mean, unless they're obviously busy (eating, already working with a photographer, etc). It can get kind of creepy if you don't let them know that you're a serious photographer and you run them all over the convention center, then never give them pictures.
>Yaya
She'll probably love it. I tried to take a picture of her last year, while stepping outside of some video they were taking of her, and some lady pushed me in to the cameraview so they could "capture all the "adoring fangirls" who wanted pictures of Yaya"
>travel
Baltimore is about an hour away from National Harbor, and I'm not sure if any buses run that far. It's much closer to DC.

I like to think Katsu is a pretty relaxed, cosplay-oriented convention. People are always really nice and the area is absolutely beautiful.

>>6624271
A cab from Greenbelt will be about $100 each way. Here's my recommendation:

- When you arrive, take the shuttle to the MARC (commuter train) station ($6 one way). Take the MARC to Union Station in DC. The Gaylord runs a shuttle from Union Station to the hotel ($13 on way). If you're worried about taking a bus to a train to a bus, get a one-way Super Shuttle ($45).

- The MARC doesn't run from Union to BWI on Sundays -- only Amtrak, which is $20 (on top of the $13 shuttle). For Sunday, I recommend that you get Super Shuttle van service ($45 one way).

If you want to be cheap, and stupid, about it, you can take the bus from BWI to Greenbelt ($6, like forty minutes, runs infrequently), the metro from Greenbelt to some train station whose name I forget (40 minutes? $3), and the NH1 bus (which never runs) to the hotel. This is the stupid option and not worth the money you'll save.

Any seagull meetup plans yet?

>>6625068
I plan to take the NH1 bus to the Harbor... It doesn't run at all? Is it not reliable?

this will be my first time at katsu

does anyone know what kind of games they play in the game room? will I be able to find some people to play magic with, or should I just leave the cards at home and save space?

>>6625115
It just doesn't run that much.

http://www.wmata.com/bus/timetables/md/nh1.pdf

I'm bringing my Black Widow, which I have finally touched up (though I'm not 100% happy, I didnt get access to a woodshop to work on it more). However, every American convention I go to I find that everything is focused on anime, whereas my local cons have a lot more comic-related cosplay and merch. Though I saw posts about a DC shoot (but nothing about Marvel..?)

>>6618821
Shiiiit son, you know ima be there for sure!

>>6623961
Friday 10pm by the Gazebo, I'm not sure if there'll be one on Saturday as well, but I'll try to make it if photoshoots allow

Doing last second half-assery with parts of my costumes that needed fixing and finishing, uploading music to the ipood, and started packing. I'll be switching costumes constantly between the 3 I brought, will be at the Fighting Game Chars and Gundam photoshoots. If out of costume, wearing a tophat~

>>6626712

... is that Arino-san? THAT'S THE KACHO.

YATTAAAAAAAA!

You're the man.

What time is badge pick up for pre-registration?

>>6626712
KATSUCON CS
COSPLAY ON!

I will be in the area, but the people I will be with aren't necessarily into anime, and I don't want to make them plonk down a sizeable amount of change for something that might be hit-or-miss.

What are some fun, inexpensive activities to do while not at Katsu?

(I will have a car, so we can drive up to half an hour away or so.)

I just checked in and was handed a rule sheet

-no loud noise
-no alcohol purchased outside of the hotel
-no parties

sure okay

none of my real life friends are into anime/lolita so I'm going to Katsu by myself.

;__________;

>>6627415
The National Harbor has a lot of shops, and there's the Children's Museum as well. I BELIEVE the National Mall and thus the monuments and museums there are within driving range but I cannot guarantee it.

>>6627442
You'll still have fun, I know I do whenever I go alone. ... Unless you aren't into panels or meeting guests, then yeah hahaha... Sorry. :c

>>6627423
Wonder if that was in response to previous years or West Coast cons

>>6627466
Could be either, really. I don't see why anyone minds, if you want to party so bad, there's the raves. No loud noise is just common courtesy. No alcohol is a little... off though. I hope that's for safety reasons and not just to make you pay out the nose for their supposedly top tier shit.

(Right on the dot, Captcha!)

All right, who invited the International Zionist Conspiracy into Katsucon's space?

Disclaimer: Poster is an observant Jew. So yeah.

>>6627186

7

>>6627502
They might be surprised if people cosplaying in Nazi uniforms going to Katsucon show up. ( ⊙︿⊙)

>>6627667
Funny because I already know of one going

So what's this I'm hearing about the gazebo and fountains being entirely blocked off to people who aren't the Jewish convention, and about rules sheets at sign in? Can anybody give more information?

>>6626540
Hello! I'm not sure if you'll see this but I'd like you to know that there is going to be a Marvel shoot on Saturday of Katsucon! I know this, for I am running it! It's at 1 PM at the doors across from the gazebo, and I'd love to see you there. I love Black Widow.

There's a facebook event with this info, too.
facebook dot com slash events slash 281969898596043

I wanna know about these jews who are obviously our nemeses at the con.

>>6627882
This is apparently how it goes[from a tumblr]:

"The Gaylord National is double-booked. The BBYO has organized an event spanning the whole of the weekend until monday. They have also booked the Cherry Blossom Ballroom AND the foyer, AKA Katsucon’s iconic gazebo area. This means that technically, anyone who isn’t the BBYO is barred from this area.

HOWEVER, the security staff has been spoken to by an independent contractor acting as liaison between the congoers and the management, along with Katsucon staff and BBYO reps themselves. The arrangement that has been made so far, subject to change, is that between the hours of 9 AM and 10 PM, while the BBYO groups are out touring the nation’s capitol, the empty foyer and gazebo is in a state of “soft open.” Provided they’re quick and orderly about it, provided nobody is there already, and provided BBYO staffers don’t walk across the room and put a stop to it, cosplayers may still use the gazebo, albeit in a limited fashion.

Please please PLEASE play this one cool, guys. It’s a tentative agreement made quickly between several slightly confused parties with little to no communication between them. So we can’t be sure of anything, but the takeaway is that the gazebo and the whole floor around it is still open while it’s not otherwise occupied. Just move about your business quickly while you’re there.

The rest of the con is still open season or cosplayers. Just don’t make a fuss over this gazebo thing and we’ll be golden."

>>6627895
>They have also booked the Cherry Blossom Ballroom AND the foyer, AKA Katsucon’s iconic gazebo area.

NO. NOOOOOOOOOO.

>>6627895
Someone cosplay as Jesus

>>6627895

It's good they figured it out, but what a ridiculously stupid decision on the part of the Gaylord. They should have seen that would be a huge issue.

Not picking up reg till tomorrow. People with books when's Dealer's room open?

What a coincidence that none of the attendees knew about this arrangement ahead of time. Otherwise, I am sure their attendance would have dropped dramatically because let's face it, no one goes to this con for the convention, but only for the scenery that they don't have the option of using this year. I feel bad for the cosplayers and photographers that made that their priority for the convention and now have to be disappointed. Way to go Katsucon!

Don't fret too much, guys. I just saw some photographers and cosplayers using the gazebo area while the Yiddishen kinderlach were partying in the Maryland hall. So just use that place when no one's around, is all.

Besides, nothing's stopping you from passing through generally accepted pathways.

>>6627895

My friends and I just got back from picking up our badges. While we were there, I asked some of the Katsucon staffers at the information booth about the situation. In a nutshell, here's what they told me: (inb4 TL:DR)

Apparently this Jewish Youth convention thing is all kids ages 11-16. They have a "curfew" in the evenings, but they didn't say what time that was. Also, the closing of certain spaces happened very recently (the guy I spoke to said he was informed by his higher-ups TODAY), and it is limited to the ballroom, the gazebo area outside of it (the white marble floor area) and PART of the downstairs "garden" area. By part, I was told only the side closest to the gazebo side, behind the two little house things where that one restaurant is. Everything beyond that, including the fountain, and on up to the big glass curtain wall is open to Katsucon attendees.

For what it's worth, I told them that Katsucon needs to put out an official statement on their website, because right now everything on the internet is one big clusterfuck of misinformation. I know, it will never happen, but at least I can say I tried.

http://bbyo.org/azabbgic2013/AZA_BBG_IC_2013_Program_Guide_-_FINAL.pdf

FWIW, where people are going to be and when. They hold evening prayers at 11:45 (which is ridonculously late), and apparently curfew is at midnight.

(Expecting some kids to sneak out and join the rave. Fairly certain of this.)

>>6628105

It's the fact that the gazebo is the single best spot for cosplay photography, that's the reason people here are pissed. Amazing natural light, great place to meet up with people, etc. Also, it's been considered the "cosplayers' space" because there are no other con functions that go on there - no panels, no merch, etc. It's /cgl/'s turf.

>Katsucon Anime Con @katsucon
>Reminder: you need your badges on while in convention and hotel space. The other group has a curfew, and their security is confused.

I'm getting in late tomorrow. Can someone report in tomorrow and let me know if this is being enforced for cosplayers (who quite clearly aren't Jewish youth)?

Honestly I think part of paying for the hotel stay and for the badge is permission for use of the Gaylord, not PART of the Gaylord.

If I only get part of the hotel, I only want to pay a part of the price.

and we are off to a great start!

The restricted area works out well for both parties. There are a lot of cosplayers who don't buy badges, and therefore aren't supporting the con, but using the hotel rates (maybe).

So I think a lot of people who wouldn't normally buy badges are going to do so. And really the con itself seems under-attended, so filling the con center with more people than usual will look good as well.

>>6628306
I'm a little hesitant to agree with your last point, because last year Katsucon pulled in almost double its previous year [from 7,000 to 12,000] and that's merely paid attendees. Throwing fifteen hundred jewish youth from 23 different countries in doesn't seem like the neatest course of action. This could be too many.

>>6628305
man i love seeing mechas and transformers at katsu

anyway, I have virtually finished all costume stuff for Speedball and Faustina! Christ that was kinda brutal. I just have to smooth a couple things and glue shit together at the con. now, of course, it's 1 AM and I can't sleep and I'm gonna arrive at about 9~9:30. Oh well.

Can't wait to see everyone there!

>>6628306
This doesn't make the fact that we find this out late evening on day zero any better though.

>>6628335
But if you bought a budge it wouldn't bother you so much. This isn't even the frist time the con has also had other religious shit going on.

>>6628288
Technically speaking, the gazebo area, though in the hotel section, is considered part of the convention center. So, you're not paying for that part. Sorry.

>>6628335
It really doesn't. Did no one on either Katsucon or the Jewish convention's side do any research on who else was using the Gaylord?

Anyway, I can already sense trouble brewing...

>>6628322
That's due to the WCS prelims or whatever that shit was that was happening there. A lot of people who wouldn't normally go start going, but again, because of cosplay.

Cosplay is an important part of convention culture, but they are often the more vocal, and demanding part even though most just use it as a weekend long photoshoot. A lot of of the smaller cons have more and more cosplay planels, compared to something like Otakon that has a good number of generic ones, but it's a small part of the overal panels. They also are pretty accommadating of their fountain area. Cons like Katsucon and AUSA get more attention from cosplayers, who are more stingy and whiney.

>>6628365
>is considered part of the convention center.
Maybe by cosplayers but anyone who understands how this shit works, knows that the ballroom attached is only used for short, high paying events with better implications.

It's part of the Gaylord, not the con center.

Anyone else notice a "resort fee" on their hotel room? gonna see if I can twist this into something

>>6628306
There is no way this will end well. For christ's sake last year there was a guy in the dealers room with a Nazi flag on his wall and the con did nothing about it. And the Gaylord is probably gonna side with the BBYO in case anything does happen because they are a powerful organization, Obama sent a video message to them to kick their con off. I'm just saying Cosplayers are going to have to learn to be the bigger people as far as petty insults are concerned

>>6628400
Yeah, I am in no way trying to say that this will end well or that the Katuscon Organization or whatever actually put on a worthwhile show, but the shit with the restricted areas is no where near as bad as the jewish con itself. This con already has a bad reputation, I wouldn't be surprised if the Gaylord itself was hoping someone from Katsu would do something shitty (and thanks to a badge, it would be obvious).

>>6628395
It's been there every year.

im just gonna go for some street passes tomorrow and to hang out with some friends. real life prevents from going to the whole thing.

i hope people have stopped doing that charge up yell, shit was annoying at magfest.

>>6628370
... Err. I don't normally cosplay at Katsucon, so... no, really, it is.
http://www.experienceispa.com/includes/media/docs/Gaylord-Convention-Center-Map.pdf

See? Colored in just like the other convention center areas.

>>6628395
Aren't you the faglord who snapped up all the Otakon rooms with fake Credit Cards?

... I hate you.

>>6628425
>http://www.experienceispa.com/includes/media/docs/Gaylord-Convention-Center-Map.pdf

Are you daft? It's under "Hotel Ballroom Level".

Keyword: Hotel.

>>6628433
Well, yeah, but it's colored in, shouldn't that mean something? I'm just trying to say, it's not a general hotel area and cosplayers shouldn't be surprised another con has reserved it.

>>6628429
wha? nope~ never been

is Otakon cool?

>>6628436
Do you not understand keys or are you trying to make this fit your arguement?

It's a general hotel area. Even shitty hotels rent out conference rooms or ball rooms. The main draw of the Gaylord is the cherry blossom ballroom. The gaylord gives way more fucks about that area because it is the selling point the rest of the weekends in the year. If it can get a shitty looking con out of there early, it will. National Harbor became a "thing", despite it's best efforts.

>>6628441
I'm just tired man. You win, sure, whatever.

>>6628438
I've got my freakin' eye on you...

I really don't want to have any animosity between my two communities. But as a cosplayer, I want to demonstrate to the world that we aren't ambiguously anti-Semitic fucknuts. Take this in stride, and hopefully some of the BBYO kids will come to next year's Katsu.

>>6628455
This.

... sadly someone is going to fuck it all up for us.

>>6628395
My mom tried to weasel out of this on a hotel room in vegas way back. It's basically bullshit; they're charging you for their "free" workout center if they have one, or "free" newspapers delivered to your room. They hit you with it even if you don't utilize them, because they "gave you the option to utilize them."

Oh god guys. I got everything done, I assumed I wouldn't. Then it hit me. I've never cosplayed before and I'm nervous as fuck. Oh god, people are gonna ask for pictures of me and talk to me. What the fuck.

>Hello,

>We’ve just been informed that the Cherry Blossom Foyer, with the Gazebo, is under contract to another group this weekend. We will not be able to utilize this area for photo shoots or filming. We request that attendees respect this space and do not loiter in or around it. The wonderful fountain and other public areas of the facility are still open to us.

>Thank you!

Anyone planning a photoshoot for that area is best off just calling it off at this point, or perhaps having it take place somewhere in the convention center. Next year, perhaps Katsucon will have the foresight to book it so as to prevent this from happening again.

>>6618821
Oh fuck... how I wish I was in the US so I could attend.

>>6628646
You're gonna be fine, anon!

Can't wait to see you all!
Polite sage for no real contribution

...fuck you captcha

>>6609210
>Stella Chuu, pro cosplayer
>pro cosplayer
My sides.

>>6628675
>y sense trouble brewing.
Katsucon really doesn't have a say in the matter when booking a venue. Nor do most cons for that matter as it goes through the facilities event coordinator. The convention only deals with the space it's paying for while other events may also have rented out spaces outside that. It's not uncommon for a facility as large as the Gaylord Resort to book a handful of events going on at the same time.

>>6628453
no, that was a pro troll

>>6628675
This is an absolute cluster fuck, and I'm surprised that we haven't been warned now until Day 0. Any large cosplay groups will be screwed over.

>>6610435
Do we know that Yaya Han doesn't have a degree?

This screws over a few groups I know who were planning on using the space for shoots.

Katsucon should really lodge a formal complaint with the Gaylord and if they do not do anything about it, SERIOUSLY consider finding another location next year.

National Harbor has gotten really crowded in the last few years and most of the hotels have doubled their "resort fees".

>>6628879

Also, why the FUCK wasn't this announced and worked out until today? (aka Day 0)

Whoever is in charge on both ends, fucked up big time.

>>6628090
Dealer's Room opens at 12 noon.

>Before the Gazebo announcement
>"Katsucon is the best!!"

>After the Gazebo announcement
>"It's the worst convention. I will not be attending next year."

Butthurt much?

IKatsucon knew the Gazebo won't be available that weekend, but they didn't tell the attendees because they didn't want them to refund their passes.

Katsucon is normally a great convention.

However, not telling people about this until the day off, and thus preventing refunds of passes/hotel rooms is just shady as shit.

The Gaylord is a slimy-as-fuck hotel when it comes to business, but a perfect con center.
Katsucon is poorly managed but has a great venue.

The obvious solution is to avoid staying at the Gaylord and not buy a Katsu pass, and then ghost.

>>6628939
wow okay it must be a West Coast thing. But seeing 'Gaylord', is that a real name? In middle to high school it was thrown around as a negative term so seeing it is more of a "what?"

>>6628944
I laughed a lot when I found out that was what the hotels were called. It was actually set up by someone whose name was Gaylord, I believe. Very unfortunate.

>>6628944
>>6628974
Believe it or not, gradeschoolers, Gaylord used to be a commonplace name and gay didn't have the connotations it has now. Imagine that.

Are there any Lolita events scheduled? I just found out that I'm able to go and haven't been keeping track

Male here.
What would be some good PUA lines for dressed as Goku?

>>6628879
Do you guys think it should move to an actual convention center?

Like the Baltimore CC or Washington DC CC?

>>6629323
Sup bitch, time to die


gets them horny all the time

>>6629826
No.

>>6628032
Praise madoka

>mfw I'm home, not at Katsucon and read the schedule
>NSFW AMV Contest is still so shit they barely have any entries to go for 2 hours so they have to make up time by showing AMV Hell Divided by 0
>again

This is fucking hilarious, I can't believe I used to be friends with such fucks that can't organize worth fucking balls.

Alright, the youth conference has officially got on my nerves. I came a long way to come to this convention and this is ruining the con.

The youth conference started forcing a segregation between the katsucon attendees and their attendees in hallways. Forcing katsucon attendees on one side of the hallway, and their people on another side of the hallway.

On top of this, certain elevators lead to the place where the youth conference is held. When cosplayers get down there, they get plenty dirty looks and there is a general air of unwelcomeness. The katsu attendees are paying for their hotel rooms and should be able to use hotel facilities without feeling threatened.

I could tolerate them renting the gazebo and a wing, but this has gone too far. Concerning the gazebo, it's barely been used. There are guards guarding it against "anime people" as they put it in their own words.

What the hell. I hope we get some sort of compensation from the hotel. This is NOT funny.

Hey, does anyone have the picture from me bombing the "how to be modest while still wearing skimpy outfits" panel in my Speedo?

>mfw I decided not to go to Katsu to avoid a certain Resembool faggot
>mfw weebs are hurling antisemitic slurs at the Jews
>mfw cosplayers will continue playing the victim because their little hobby felt "threatened"
>mfw Katsu is banned from the resort for hosting a bunch of Jew-hating fucktards
>mfw security training for ACEN will probably include sensitivity training so that shit doesn't happen here

>>6630610
Why would Acen need to have anything to do with that, is there some known Jewish conference going on there too this year??

>>6630610

Nothing you just said makes any fucking sense

Being upgraded to a suite because the Jewish kids got all the double queens makes it all worthwhile.

>>6629323
Normal or Super Saiyan?

>>6629304
Can't check the damn schedule yourself? There are two or three, Thrills of the Frills and some other one on Sunday.

>>6630688
>>6630804


The last 3 years there's been some unrelated event (usually a wedding) and we had security barking at us to "Stay the fuck away". I guess I can see why now since everyone here at Katsucon is going around singing "Fuck the Jews". It's not going well at all.

What times the meet up tonight?

>>6631358
4 years I've been attending ACen and I've never heard of such a thing. So I doubt it's as big as the fuss over Katsu. Even then, it doesn't really explain why ACen would have to do 'sensitivity training', a small wedding and a large, oft-targeted religious group are very different situations.

>>6630610
Its a good thing I'm not there,probably would have broken some weebs face for that shit.

A fat cow just won the wcs preliminary

>>6631599
10 pm

>>6631666

Someone outside the volunteer area smells like hairy unwashed ass. You could smell it from the second floor

>>6631358
>I guess I can see why now since everyone here at Katsucon is going around singing "Fuck the Jews"

Please tell me you're kidding.

>this Jewish thing

Oh man I wonder if someone was cosplaying as Hitler and saw them.

>>6632176
Waiting for the hotel to just look Katsucon in the face and go "lol no you can't come back next year, get your socially retarded costumed freaks out of our hotel".

They can easily fill those rooms with any number of other events. Events that don't hurl racial slurs or end with people trashing rooms with body paint or causing grief for other, non-convention guests. What is it with con attendees that make them think that because they're at a convention, the sun shines out of their ass and the hotel must cater to their every whim? Get the fuck over yourselves.

>>6632237
Just like every business and scholary conference have to cater to their every whim
What makes anime convention attendees that much different?

>>6630688
ACEN security is renowned for being Taliban-loving Nazis.
Too bad they banned swastikas on con grounds.

mfw when asian girl wearing hetalia costume w/ a swastika on it.

>>6632121
no, not at all. Fat chick in a bodysuit, and a shittastic Kidd wig.

>>6632317
Looks like America ain't winning this year
And we'll all cry foul to why America can't win the WCS

>>6630610
I haven't seen any Katsucon attendees saying such things, nor have I heard of it until I checked in on 4chan. You're talking out of your ass. If anything, the BBYO attendees (not the adult chaperon/organizers, I talked to one and they're pretty nice, nicer than the Katsucon staff) are far ruder, being loud and obnoxious.

>>6632237
Stop fear mongering. If it was such a problem, Katsucon and BBYO wouldn't have come to an agreement on using the Gazebo, which was wide open for use by cosplayers today and presumably tomorrow. Not the space in front of the ballroom, no, but at least half of the area that is the Foyer is for Katsu now. I doubt they'd have organized with a con they had problems with.

>>6632308
I knew it! I DID see a girl walking around with a swastika on her outfit. Uhhh... Wow. I have no words. It's already in bad taste to wear such a thing to a public con, doubly so knowing there's a Jewish con next door. Although they could have just been walking in, still pretty sketchy. Also, I overheard one of the booths in the dealer's room was selling Nazi stuff? Pretty coincidental if so, but I went to the dealer's room yesterday and today both and I didn't see nothin'.

>>6632323

Please note that Katsucon was only a semifinal this year. They need to go on to Anime Matsuri and compete again one more time at the final.

We were spoken to rudely by security several times today. They kept changing the rules about the entrances. We got escorted by concierge and still yelled at. I complained to the Gaylord's manager and got my parking comped.

I wouldn't mind walking if it hadn't been in the 30s. But being yelled at by security just for opening a door is bullshit. I would've parked across the street and walked less.

>>6632317
what was the performance like?

>>6632323
America never wins. Who knows, maybe Anime Matsuri will produce some decent results?

>>6632317
Unless I missed something, they judge based on craftmanship.
Also that wig isn't shit-tastic, it fits the character. The CGs have it all spiky and stuff.

Stop being jealous your favorite didn't win.

>>6632349
they judge based on craftsmanship and performance and personality.

but secretly they judge based on whether or not japanese people will find you attractive.

>>6632355
This. Though we have a large winner in the semi final. The thinking must have been well it's the semifinal lets just give it to who we think really deserves it then the japanese judge will do what they always do for the finals.

I liked the Chrono Cross skit as it was one of the few that wasn't dramatastic omg one character kills another character in a pretty, dancy manner.

>>6632429
What did they do in the skit? Those are two characters you don't see interacting a lot (spoilers about certain theories aside).

>>6632508
It was basically a dance skit where they went on a treasure hunt with some spells and teamwork on the way. I won't be able to do it much justice and vids will be up later anyway. I wont' say their dancing was OMG AMAZING but it was apparent they had some training and kept it interesting.

I guess the Fate.Zero set was pretty but the story confused me. And I'm a hardcore FZ fan. I guess some bits were reinterpretations of the plot but I think the priest stole on Irisviel threw me over the wtf level. Also can someone explain to me why so many Sabers insist on making that skirt knee length?

>>6632539
What did third place cosplay/do??

Envel Teacup Studios, I think???

>>6632539
>Also can someone explain to me why so many Sabers insist on making that skirt knee length?

I didn't see the skit, but I'm assuming it was this Saber? I saw her in the Katsucon tag on Tumblr and was really confused as to why her proportions were frankly terrible. She's a seasoned cosplayer too, so it's a weird choice, if it wasn't the product of a mistake.

>>6632585
Looks like something went wrong, because her hoop is hanging out there.

>>6632308
You sure it was a Hetalia outfit? None of the ones I know have swastikas. Not even Germany's or Prussia's.

>>6632349
Excuse me, the craftsmanship looks terrible . Cheap stretchy fabrics? Did they have any props? Wasn't there anything better in your prelims? (Eurofag here)

>>6609271
I'm assuming Setsuka from Soul Calibur.

>>6621642
Looks like good weather to me. Your lows are higher than our highs here. 33 is T-shirt weather here, and 52 is bordering on sweltering. We spent all January with our lows in the negatives. -18F at midday a couple times. Eugh.

>>6632539
My only qualm is that Kid and Harle are never in the party at the same time, amongst other things but I have yet to see the skit.

I'm >>6630569

>>6632326

This "agreement" came to be after two fist fights broke out because the BBYO staffers were rudely harassing cosplayers because the BBYO attendees were talking to them and taking photos. Some people here witnessed a green lantern cosplayer being meanly told off by BBYO staffers IN A PUBLIC AREA to stop "impressing their kids". Eventually some people got fed up and decided to resort to punching the BBYO staff. BBYO figured that they couldn't just throw money at the hotel anymore.

It's 12:20 PM, it's sunday, the con is almost over. I feel we got fucked over by the gaylord (Both us and the convention itself). This problem singlehandedly ruined the convention for me, it's hands down the worst con I've been to in a year, and I've done Anime Boston 2012, Ota2012, and Magfest 2013 to name a few cons I've been to, so that says a lot.

I travel a long way to go to cons, I was really hyped up for this, and I'm extremely disappointed in how all this turned out.

>>6632960
Really? Because other than not being able to walk down the one hallway right by the parking garage, they didn't affect my time there at all. I was able to dress up, got one or two pictures taken of me, I was able to attend most of the panels I wanted, and I was able to buy some stuff from the dealer's room. Basically everything a con exists for, I, and most other people, were able to do. You're only letting this shit bother you, and you're letting it be ruined.

So, fail con is fail?

Things just didn't seem to be quality this year.

>>6632972
That hallway is always blocked off with a double booking. We got into trouble in plain clothes when we tried to walk down it in 2010 because our car was literally right there.

>>6630607
The panelist has a picture.

>>6632545
sup dokudel. It was kiwi teacup studios you derp

>>6632972
look, its the lost sunshine brigade from cosplay.com. Nothing bad happened to you because you were in lala land so nothing bad happened to anyone else. Amirite?

>>6633011
No, I'm just saying you're making something that's an inconvenience into a "WOE IS ME THE CON WAS RUINED," and that's just stupid. Yeah, some of the staffers were assholes, but there's just no point getting so buttmad over it. Oh no, they asked you to walk on one side of the hallway! They gave you some dirty looks! Oh noooo! You honestly can't be THAT sensitive, can you?

>>6633017
Jewcon staff detected . Trying to downplay fist fights from your security staff trying to protect your hypocrite brainwashed children from having fun to "dirty looks"

Hitler had the right idea with you entitled faggots

Did anyone go to Jkid's panel called 'The Imageboard World 2'?

I was trying to convince a friend to go, but I think he got too drunk.

>>6633101
Hardly. I was just another con-goer who didn't get into any quarrels with the other con. I don't know anything (nor did I see them) about the fist fights, but to literally say the con was ruined because of them is undeniably stupid.

Still at the con and i can answer and verify a lot of stuff to whoever asks

>>6633127
I love positivefags like this idiot. Someone can shit on their chest and they will gladly walk around with it still stuck to them and they will find something positive to say about walking around with a steaming heap on them

what a doormat

>>6633175
Sorry, where was the part where something actually happened to me? There was nothing, short of the inconvenience of walking for three or four minutes in 35º weather to and from my car, to make this con "ruined," as you're saying. I'm not the one blatantly overreacting to a handful of rude staffers and letting my time and money go to waste. You're incredibly stupid if you let little shit ruin your time. You waste your time and you waste your money. You're just a wonderful sack of shit who thinks the con needs to pander to your every need or else IT'S RUINED. Honestly, grow up, and you might be able to actually enjoy yourself.

>>6627442
>tfw when this happened to me too.

My friend canceled out on my last minute. WHERE WERE YOU WE COULD HAVE BEEN BEST FRIENDS.

>>6633110
Poked my head in around 4 in the morning, saw one person.

This is /cgl/
We must discuss the extreme mediocrity of the Thrill of the Frill panel. Who else attended?

>>6632993
You know, it never fails. After a con, /cgl/ comes to the consensus that it was "shit", regardless of how good it was or not. Happened for every con I've ever been to the past 3 years- for AUSA, Katsu, and Otakon, specifically.

You know what, fuck you guys, this was an amazing con. All 9 panels I attended were lovely (yes, NINE, as opposed to AUSA and Ota which I was only able to get to 4ish each), the Artist Alley had a bunch of great artists, the video programming was great (sad I missed it though). The only bad part was the dealer's room. It seemed... rather lackluster this year. I can't quite put my finger on why. At any rate, it somewhat infuriates me to hear such smacktalk just because another con occurred at the same time.

Of course from how you talk, you're probably a troll.

I'll admit the con had its faults. It had major trouble with line control, and once more had problems with guest scheduling. I think one of the VA guests didn't even have a signing.

But really, there were no problems with the Jewish convention that I know about. I even talked to the head of... Live ops, I think, and he said that the only bad occurrence he'd heard of was that someone tried converting some of the BBYO attendees to Christianity. But does that really sound like anyone who'd attend an anime con?

In short, if you didn't enjoy it, fine, but no, it was NOT fail as it was amazing for me.

>>6632623
this. love it when mediocre work gets defended by ass-patters here on cgl

>Friday, 5:30ish, sun is setting
>get into elevator, see someone I met earlier
>joking wish them "Shabbat Shalom"
>turn around
>three orange lanyards
>matzoh balls begin falling out of my pockets

really liked the signs though

> that semi concious Aegis at the friday night persona meet
> the guy that sung along with his 80s rock boom box and looked really contenwitht himself

what other characters were around the con? I only saw yaya once and she looked pissed

Just bought two pairs of these for my girlfriend and I's Shingeki no Kyojin (attack on titan) cosplay.

Despite the fact these boots were in style all winter and fall we scoured the malls for good deals and could only find anything in size 8 and below. She's a size 10 and I'm a 7.5 and we needed to match, it was really frustrating and I'm so happy to have finally found something.

It also makes me bitter than 90% of US companies ship free within the US with great prices and to have anything shipped WITHIN Canada they charge you up the ass AND you pay double for the same damn boots despite our dollar being stronger.

>>6633598
I avoided Yaya like a motherfucker. I knew if I saw her I'd just be throwing disgusted looks her way the entire time. Seriously dislike her.

>>6633011
>>6633101

>oh you're a jew
>now8ur brigayder
>oh what's that? You ignored the negative people to have a good time? You're so positive and therefor you're a faggot
Jesus fuck man. You are a huge tryhard who is ass pained to the max.

>>6633598
Best two had to be Hunter S. Thompson and Cruella de Vil

The Xelor was really cool, but he told me he was Qilby the day prior and I felt bad for missing it.

>the con rage panel tho

>>6633611
Go on, I'm curious as to why.

I went to her sociology panel. It was...boring. I t was pretty much the basics of cosplay in its many forms in media and types of cosplayers.

>>6633682
Don't know if you're new here or just avoid a lot of the drama, but there are plenty of reasons to find Yaya distasteful. I know this is a cop out, but you can read plenty about her around here and find out why a lot of us dislike her. Don't want to start a giant off-topic thing in here about her.

>>6633682
tl;dr version, people don't have a lot of respect for her because, while she is a very skilled cosplayer who obviously puts a lot of time & effort into her costumes, she makes the focal point of most costumes on her boobs.

She got implants to make her breasts huge, then shows them off in revealing costumes, and then when people comment/notice them she gets offended. "I'm more than a pair of breasts!" and so forth, but yet she makes little to no effort to make more modes costumes.

I think she's done maybe 2 or 3 chest-covering costumes, ever.

>>6633694
No, I'm not new. I was just curious as to why you didn't like her.

>>6633722
I kinda get the whole "appreciate more than my boobs" where I would ASSUME she means " yes, my boobs are nice so is my costume" I'm hoping its something along the lines of that instead of the "DONT LOOK AT MY CLEAVAGE U GUIS" Enh. Sage for off topic.

So, any awesome stories? I loved the johnny bravo that was dancing outside. The dead pools were great. Went to panels all day Friday and part of Saturday (and the masquerade)
Worst one I went to was that go go gijinka panel. Didn't have my glasses and they had their whole panel via ipad because they didn't have a cord to cconnect it to the projector. It kinda sucked (for the parts I stayed) they really didn't talk so much about what makes a good gijinka than "have the characteristics of that character" and "it doesn't need to be a bikini!" (big fuckn duh) it was mostly "look at my costumes!"

>>6633844
The masquerade was decent (a liiiiittle bit too much Gangnam Style, but it's not like they all planned with each other to rape us with it), but I feel really bad for the ones who just want to show their cosplay off. It's nothing to knock, since a good one takes hours and hours of hard work, but it's just way too awkward for the MCs to come out each time, introduce them, and then have them strut on the stage for 20 seconds. There were only a couple of costumes that were truly eye-catching enough to get the crowd going. I say we keep the MCs on stage, group a few of the cosplay together, and have them introduce them as they come out. If they don't have a little act planned (like the Zac from FF), they can just do a twirl or two, a curtsey, and then line up. Way less awkward.

>>6633872
Did they not have any music for walk-ons? Otherwise that seems pretty par for the course...

cont. from >>6633872
Speaking of the Zack, performances like his really make me cringe. I get that I might just be nit-picking here, but if you're going to do a performance involving ANY sort of choreography (e.g. forms, dances, etc.), I really wish they knew what they were doing. As someone who's done martial arts for a long time, it's incredibly discomforting watching someone make a large swing without a proper wide stance, make flimsy movements without pop, etc. As for dancing, the idol group should really have worked on making sure all their dancers were enthusiastic about dancing (only two or three of them seemed to really be into it) and actually in time with each other. I know it's pretty difficult to do, but it would make it worlds more entertaining, rather than forcing me to only focus on the one or two (both who weren't in sync with each other, either) who actually seemed to know how to dance properly.
/rant

>>6633890
Some had music, but still, it's sooo awkward to have the introduction to the person longer than their actual appearance. You get all hyped up for something, and then... "that was it?" is all you're left feeling.

>>6633872

When Zack started doing ballet, I was lollin' forever.

>National Gaylord, President's Day Weekend 2013: Jap vs. JAP

>Liberate the Occupied Gazebo Strip

Okay guys, the overall experience was not good for me, largely due to my own ignorance getting me back under the thumb of the naziriffic volunteer's department. But other than that, I just felt squeezed between the two worlds, not being able to join my people for religious celebrations.

Then reading all their candidate sheets made me feel better, because they were offering the same old Establishment Jewry shit about "involvement", "apathy", and "meaning". Stay deluded, B'nai B'rith.

On a note related to the second greentext above: The system of blocked pathways and public zones was just like Occupied Palestine. Except, you know, instead of a people being oppressed and the all-around risk of death, it's nerds being inconvenienced. Otherwise, it's exactly the same. Uh huh.
I was told that it was Yaya who actually had the clout to negotiate (read: BURST OUT IN A HISSY FIT) the gazebo zone back for us. So a big Todah Rabbah to her, if this story is true.

On security shift, I made a couple of friends with BBYO staffers... but that's probably only because I was wearing my kippah out in the air (as opposed to hiding it under a hat, as in previous cons). I was also NOT a supreme asshole, which probably helped. I was told that there were indeed some asshat trolls, but the AZAs and the BBGs weren't too affected.

When I talked to someone at the end of the con, the story through the rumor mill was that BBYO was BANNED from ever coming back. It seems that these teens in what is technically a fraternity had caused even more damage than the geeks and social outcasts did. So while Katsu will be back for another year, the Jews won't. I don't think there was a time when I was more embarrassed for and angry at my people.

>>6634189
Any details on the damage they did? I'm curious.

>>6634204

Again, rumor mill, but I heard over $3000 in damage. Which is small fries in comparison to their massive budget, but it's not insignificant.

>>6634214
Might be small for the BBYO but I'm sure the hotel didn't want to spend the trouble to have to clean it up even if they got repaid for it.

Also, if you were working security you should have cosplayed Hebrew Hammer :(( MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

>>6634214
How do you cause 3k in damages while attending a religious con like that? What exactly was their con about? Like, I know it was a Jewish thing, but what did they go about doing?

>>6634220

You just gave me an amazing cosplay idea. But sadly, I don't think the area cons will let me cosplay on duty.

>>6634214

Simple: Because it's NOT mainly a religious thing. The B'NAI B'RITH is adamantly non-sectarian, and its focus is on "Jewish Peoplehood", which can only mean three things: Intermarriage, Israel, and Anti-Semitism. The BBYO, by extension, is focused of fostering strong Jewish identity via Jews-meeting-Jews and Israel trips. I'll spare you my Jewy opinions about this approach to Jewish people/Judaism.

By the way, I now take this moment to repent for my sins against God and my fellow human beings.

I am DEEPLY sorry, Katsucon attendees and other hotel guests, for collaborating with the hotel and the BBYO in blocking off major thoroughfares, all for only lousy volunteer hours. Even though I respect my fellow security workers on all three ends, the fact of the matter is that this policy is unjustifiable. You don't need to resort to checkpoints and blockage of major thoroughfares in order to "protect your kinderlach".

>beats chest profusely

>>6634214
Man, thank god they're Jews then, that should be easy to pay off

>>6618821
Stronger here, panel was great bro. Sucks you ran out of time before you could finish.

>>6634235
Ugh don't get me started, I grew up going to a Jewish summer camp for many tears and I knew so many kids who openly wore IDF shirts and went on those utterly retarded ~homecoming~ trips to Israel, some of my best friends got roped into going on those by their hoity toity parents and came back with horror stories.

I'm just glad my family is really anti-Israeli policy and instilled me with an ability to see past that shit...

polite sage for political bs :x

>>6634247
I actually been to the panel. It was actually pretty good.

Oh, and not to add fuel to the fire... but their entire shindig cost $799 PER PERSON. Our cost PALES in comparison to theirs, but then again they have dinners and rooms covered. Just thought I'd say that withdrawing liability for attendee behavior in hotel rooms is a smart move of EVERY geek con out there.

But still... the fact of the matter is, the kids' parents were willing to shell out THAT much so that their kids can have this... leadership... and... identity... thingy... whatever.

>>6634261
Well, think about it. $400 a night for a room, $25-100 for a super nice dinner, and then there's actually renting the con space. Sounds a bit overpriced, but still kinda reasonable.

>>6634268
>$400 a night for a room

Well, they were there since Wednesday and will be leaving on Monday. So... It's an even better deal?

>>6634280
Oh damn, did not even think about that. They got a pretty sweet price then.

The BBYO staffers were nice, but I heard of many stories that the high schoolers (ages 11-16) were rude and nasty to the Katsucon goers. Even though many times they were orderly and calm, even during the the separation of the cons.

On zero day of Katsucon, the BBYO con had a impromptu rave at night. I actually recorded footage of that rave for about ten or so minutes before I was escorted out by BBYO staff.

(Fun Fact: BBYO was actually seperated from the main B'nai B'rith organization, it's just an initialism (Source: One of the main staffers))

Now for the anime convention itself, it's safe to say that the Katsucon curse has been lifted. The real problem and curse is the organization of the con!

>>6634300

FOOTAGE NAOW. I know embarrassing someone in public is a major Torah transgression, but I'll be damned if I can't personally see some dirt on The Establishment. Steinhardt, eat your hardt out - this is what you've been funneling our community money into!

>>6634300
All the Jewish kids were nice it seemed. They took some pictures with cosplayers and chatted us up. When I was playing piano at the bar/lounge thing some came over and provided vocals.

>>6634329
I'll upload the footage as soon as I can tonight. In glorious High Definition!

On Saturday night/Sunday morning, someone chucked a bottle off an upper floor balcony onto the BBYO section of the atrium (definitely chucked; just dropping it would have hit the penthouse balconies on top of the ballroom). I saw a Tumblr post from a guy on the sixteenth floor who said a drunk girl mad about being kicked out of a room party did it.

Anyone know anything about this morning's fire alarm?

>>6634378

FWIW, when I drove in this morning, the fire trucks were approaching. No, that doesn't really answer your question.

>>6634378

One of my friends said that they saw a bunch of smoke in the atrium early in the morning, but he didn't know anything more than that.

>>6634415
I heard someone set fire to a trashcan.

>>6634378
Heard one the mechanism on one of the automatic doors started smoking. Boring story, but heard it from someone who saw it.

WITH JEWS.
YOU LOSE!

>tfw bored of /cgl/, start lurking /pol/ for a little while, and then this happens

All we need are "JIDF detected" posts and it's just like a mini /k/

>>6634580

>>6634467
Oh that goods cause my friends and I slept through the alarm and were only awaken to the announcement for the hotel staff via the comm in the room that we could come back in

>>6634597
Trust me, you can't sleep through the alarm. It went off at MAGFest, it's remarkably obnoxious. It just didn't go off, only the all-clear notice. Which was changed since mag, thankfully, because it used to sound the same as the actual alarm.

>>6634641
Oh, nevermind then, cause I was confused as fuck when they said it was all clear. But I enjoyed the con, I thought shit was gonna happen cause of the Jewish gathering. Though I felt disappointed with the Saturday Rave for some reason. Wasn't feeling it you know?

>>6633628
Do you have any pictures of Hunter? I wasn't able to go and I love finding other HST cosplayers!

>>6634650
I was there for the MagFest one. You would have to literally be deaf to sleep through it.

>>6630607
You're a fucking idiot.

Defying Gravity panel description was a deceptive. It sounded like they were gonna discuss things like how to build decent wing harnesses or how to make floating structures but it was just how to use insulation foam, wonderflex, sintra etc. In other words the same shit you'd eventually learn trolling cgl.

Dramatic Fanfic Readings was okay, left pretty early since they were picking a lot of fics that were intentionally bad. It's more fun when the author is taking their shitty fic seriously.

The Composing Vidya music panel was great. The guy really knew his stuff and gave some really helpful live demos.

Went to WCS and it was painfully obvious some people didn't do their research. WTF was up with that Alice skit? I feel like some of them were pretty lackluster for WCS but would have been great for a regular masq like the Monster Hunter one.

Artist Alley was probably the most bland I've ever seen.

As for Yaya I have a sweet, shy friend who really wanted a picture of her after WCS. She was just standing in the open hall talking to someone and there was a small crowd of people with cameras gathered including my friend. They were all politely waiting to ask for a photo and then Yaya was done talking to the guy and just left. I understand she makes money selling her prints but I felt super bad for my friend because she's so shy and probably blames herself for not speaking up.

Had to get a wig as soon as the dealer's room opened because of a derp up and got a perfect one at Five Wits that styled great with a 20 minute rush job. Did not expect to buy from them but totally recommended.

I think my only overall issue this year besides what everyone has already bawwed about was that things seemed to close up pretty early compared to a lot of cons I've been to.

>>6634836
Especially the dealer's room. Geez, closed at 8 and then 6 PM on Friday and Saturday, respectively. I can't come up with a good reason why it couldn't have been open until at least 10 PM.

>>6634845

Because vendors have other business?

>>6634915
I understand, but it just seems ridiculously early.

>>6634924
Most dealer's rooms close at 5 or 6pm, basically standard store hours (given they usually open at 10am). Also dealers start earlier, often 6am for load in or set up. Nobody really wants to work a 16 hour day to make a few more sales until 10pm.

>>6635022
I don't know anywhere where standard store hours end at 5 or 6, but I do understand the 16 hour shift. They could just have separate shifts to deal with it.

Someone said something about a sexual assault on a Scanty cosplayer? Wut? Details?

>>6635071
I only saw one Scanty walking around, and she wasn't anything special, so someone must have low standards.

>>6633628
http://fiendishfive.tumblr.com/image/43190597648

Sorry you missed it. This girl freaked the fuck out when she saw me, this is the only pic I found of it so far.

>>6634329
>>6634370
Here's the video you've been waiting for!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMVR9BSn5wE

>>6635111
Why did you go on the stage?

>>6635254
cause he's jkid - confirmed aspie.

>>6635366
>>6635254
To get a better viewing point.

>>6635393
Lol. OK. Not exactly surprising that they spotted you and escorted you out. Thanks for posting the vid.

>>6635411
Everyone in that video is white and he's black. I though security would have escorted you out earlier. It would be obvious that you would stick out. If Maguma was there, you would have stuck out less.

>>6635071
Broadway-Aradia on tumblr made a post claiming that two of the BBYO kids allegedly assulted and tore the costume off a Scanty cosplayer while calling her a 'heathen'. I'm pretty fuckin dubious of that claim.


Also, surprisingly good con for me. Picked up three or four panels which I enjoyed a good bit, and the Marvel gathering went suspiciously well despite the enormous confusion about it.

>>6635111
You think this was IMPROMPTU?!?! This was fucking planned.
Still... the anti-establishment Yehudim will get a KICK out of this. Thanks, Jkid.

>>6633246
Me. I was wondering how many seagulls were lurking in there.
I felt like the panel went just as I expected it to go.

I have tumblr-confirmation that there were some crossovers from the other side who even COSPLAYED... could I see some real photographic confirmation?

>>6632326
>It's already in bad taste to wear such a thing to a public con, doubly so knowing there's a Jewish con next door.
Seeing as it's just fantasy and not real, the symbol isn't really offensive unless you're actively yelling out "Fuck the jews" or somesuch.
As for the jewish convention next door, there isn't a chance that the person wearing that costume knew until after it was finished

>>6635709
There were some BBYO kids wearing Israeli flags as capes.

>>6635640
I mean, it wasn't particularly awful, but it just felt a little disorganized.

>>6635464
Sounds hard to believe, Jews wouldn't use the word "heathen" and BBYO isn't a religious organization but an ethnic one.

The BBYO convention is going to be in Dallas next year (that part has been planned for a long time). And if they have another one in DC again, I doubt that it will be at the Gaylord or wherever Cosplayers are.

>>6635031
Every decent sized con closes vendors at 5 or 6, man. AX, Otakon, Sakuracon, etc. It's not a convenience store.

>>6635464

Link to this?

I had heard the story from other sources, but they were all second hand but claimed to come from witnesses. I don't want to think that the said witnesses would have made it up, but they're people I met at the con, so who knows.

I wish we could just get a straight answer on if this happened or not.

>>6636102

Um, I asked for cosplay, as in dressing up as characters, not idiotic displays of nationalism.

Some of the girls were wearing cardboard Western Walls on their chests. I joked to them, "I love your Kotel cosplay!" and I got the same response as I did when I said "Shabbat Shalom", i.e. none whatsoever.

>>6636485
That's good, because they're banned from life from using the Gaylord National!

http://vicious-cosplay.tumblr.com/post/43445503788

>Just so that my followers know, it was confirmed by a hotel manager on Sunday that BBYO is not ever invited back to the Gaylord due to the rules broken by them and the insane amount of damage. (Last count was 8 rooms needing fumigating due to them smoking in them with broken alarms.) I have seen plenty of con-damage in my life throughout the northeast, but from what I’d seen and experience this weekend really made me feel that BBYO was a retreat for spoiled white kids. Over the span of the weekend, I saw the following:

There's a list of damages they did, but the post speaks for itself.

>>6636102
I got a image of that.

There were a bunch of guys running around in dragonite cosplays too.

>>6636777
Every chapter has a "mascot" that they use for spirit and shit. They were not wearing these because of katsucon, they were doing it to represent their chapter, while making fun of people dressing up.

-jew kid

>>6636110
Nah it wasn't that bad. I was sorry for leaving early though; I felt rude but the Q&A was kind of dragging along and consisted questions I've seen answered time and time again on egl.

>>6636776
You shouldn't take photos like that you creep.

>>6636852

Is this any worse than what the AP does on a daily basis? Try harder, kid.

>>6636852
The people where there, it was opportunistic shot so I took it. It's no different than Helitalia cosplayers wearing flags as capes.

>>6624016
>in the real world, you can't just not come into work and let someone know. your ass will get fired.

and college is not 'the real world' how given you just admitted they paid for it so it is their prerogative?