/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I spy Mika samurai green Desu and sieg

>>6649894
OP you got more pictures of this party?/

You know "Swimming Pool" by Kendrick Lamar?

It's basically like that.

>>6649909
Pretty much this.

Now, hopefully you're not using his amazing song as a drinking song and know the true meaning of it.

Also, depending on who you invite to a con party, it might be fun or full of drama and legal issues. Just party with your friends and anyone who your friends know very well. Strangers at con parties tend to ruin shit.

They're fine if I'm waiting on a panel. No more allowed in my room though. A roomie had friends over (only three in the room when I left). One of them broke a prop and tried to hide it without telling me. Sad and furious.
Its fine for 10 minutes but id rather wander the floor and take photos of people.

Also, I wonder how long it'll be before this topic turns into a" fake nrrdgeekdorkpork omgcasuals in MAI hobby?!" discussion.

Depends on how big the room is.

I always keep my own room a party-free area though, even if I have the biggest. I'm not getting all my fucking alcohol drunk by random strangers. If it's a close-knit group of friends though then I would, and play drinking games all night.

Seagull parties are usually fun.

>>6649967
>>6649961
Looks like a fucking brony meet up.

>>6650002
Nah, homestuckers and bronies hate each other.

Personally, me and my group (and any others we acquire) usually take our partying to the con if it's open 24 hrs.
Too many delicate costume pieces in the room to let in drunken strangers. We do utilize the bathroom en masse for any activity that might upset the smoke detector, however.
Pic related, taking the party down the elevator to the con.

>>6649967
I'm still depressed that I'm to the left too much and can't see me in this shot.

>>6650002
Hahahahaha

>>6650029
gomen

>>6649909
Such a fucking good song.

I imagine it's like any other house party.
-Lots of cheap ass booze
-Music
-A relatively shared interest in getting dicks wet.
-Inappropriate asshole behavior (destruction of property, etc)

Probably different in the sense that:
-There's a great deal more social awkwardness
Which probably leads to:
-More memes, oubursts, or lolrandom behavior to cope with anxiety
-More people who, because they are nervous, respond inappropriately in social settings (usually through condescension in an effort to compensate)
-A uniquely shared interest in "nerd culture" which may or may not help get one's dick wet.
-The strange emulsion of two different social outcasts who fall into one of two categories of social outcast:
1. They have impaired social skills due to poor voluntary behavior (they lack any social skills) or involuntarily lack social skills (autism)
2. People who are social outcasts but are relatively well adjusted. They just tend to be quieter or don't share the same interests with other well-adjusted peers.

Mixing the above is pretty amusing and probably leads to more drama than your average non-fanculture based house party.

That being said, I've not yet been to a "con party" but I've been to plenty of hotel parties and house parties. Some of them were put on by my circles of friends that tend to be more on the awkward side.

I say: Go for it and have a good time. Also be friendly and don't compensate your discomfort with fucking weird behavior.

>>6650048
stop pretending you're some social butterfly, fatso mcfattyfat

I've never been to a con party before. In the past at cons it's only been random dudes who approach me out of the blue to tell me that they're having a party I always envision a room with a handful of dudes drinking who upon seeing me would just attack me like park pigeons on bread. I'm basing this assumption off my experiences with going to straight bars alone.

If a cute girl ever invited me to a con party I'd totally go though.

Saged for not answering OP's question or contributing any real information.

>>6649944
>Also, I wonder how long it'll be before this topic turns into a" fake nrrdgeekdorkpork omgcasuals in MAI hobby?!" discussion.

Shocking enough, despite /cgl/ views and disdain on partying at convnetions and drinking, we haven't seen any yet.

>>6650059
Aww man, we're all gonna make it brah. If you want to party with me you just have to ask.

Boring

>>6649894
You know that smell the narrowest hallway has by day 3-4? Alright, now imagine that, but with more puke and in an area with 1/5 the area and minimal air movement.

More than, say 10 people is miserable.

>>6649894
This brings back ALA party memories. You're giving me the feels as I reflect back on my ALA folder.

I hope AX is just as much fun. I miss all of you.

I wouldn't know. Someone made a thread about a /cgl/ meetup at AX two years ago and they just outright ignored everyone who asked about where/when it was. It was pretty heartbreaking to see the thread later and everyone was just talking about what a cool time they had at the party. Nevar again.

the parties i go to atcons are nothing but drinkin' and alot of shit talkin'

>>6649894
haha oh wow is that Boy?

>>6650646
2011 was a garbage year. 2012 was where it was at. If you change your mind, please come and hang :D

Dis is how we roll.

Awkward drinkan and cell phone staran.

If its a good room party its essentially the same as a house party in a smaller space. Also hopping from room to room/party to party is an added fun element to partying at cons.

>>6649961
Is a good example

Best room parties I've even been too were filled with seagulls.

And by good, I mean: Decent selection of drinks, guy at the drink table who knows how to mix shit, music played at a reasonable volume, space to move around, and the room actually being cleared of all belongings before the hosts invite two dozen people into their hotel room.

That last part is especially important because the worst room party I went to was overly cramped and being run by these snotty girls who kept getting really testy about people being around their shit and walking into certain areas. They spent the entire party being anxious and pissy about people touching things or trying to find out who moved what thing. Made the whole damn place really tense and uncomfortable, because it was just this constant stream of panicky bullshit from these fucking girls.

>>6650674
I'm sorry you've only been to shitty parties.

>>6650695
I'm sorry you feel the need for derision when a short, generalized statement is made.

Depends, can be a hit or miss.

A miss if it's a bunch of weebs that ruin your room.

A hit if there's hella hot girls and guys, booze, and dpoe people.

>>6649967
>>6650669
I've always been afraid to go to a /cgl/ meetup but this shit looks cute.
The fuck do you guys talk about though? Tripfags and Taobao?

>>6650665
yes those are boys
da fuck?

>>6650669
>The guy in the back sieg heil-ing.

>>6650769
It depends entirely on the cons. AX is mostly people hanging out in groups. We talk and mingle, catch up on shit, how the weekend's going so far, and just being silly and taking a big group photo before everyone heads to a room party or dinner.

ALA is just everyone drunk and having a good time.

Sakura Con is people socializing and chattin' with friends.

>>6650769
/cgl/ meetups are chill.

But parties are another ballfield altogether. Some /cgl/ assholes apparently told people that my friends' room was a party room and the Pokemen raided the room. Fuck you, assholes.

>>6650859
Yeah just to add onto this, general rule of thumb- keep seagull parties on the dl. I don't know too much about other groups of people at cons, but seagulls are already pretty closely knit as it is, so it doesn't take much to overload a party to the point where people are getting miserable and stuff so just, you know. A little discretion will always be appreciated.

>>6650851
...and the east coast?

>>6650876
I've only been to two. And the second one was awesome. But it took some extra push the first year to get people to talk, then everyone was havin' a blast.

>>6650864
...This wasn't even a seagull party, it was just a regular room with no actual party going on.

>>6650851
how do you welcome new people if you just hang n groups?

Last con party I was at I was drunk and eating doughnut holes on the floor. Some dude and I had had a conversation consisting of mumbles and groaning headnods.

PARTYHARD faggots who try to turn room parties into wunnabe house parties are idiots. There is no fucking space in a standard hotel room for that. Shit like >>6649961 is an example of what NOT to do.

The best room parties are ones with no more than 10-12 people and simply have some cool people to drink with and have some fun conversation. Sometimes less is more. If you want to mash large amounts of people together and RAISE THE ROOF or whatever then go find a rave.

>>6650906
Sorry, misread that then. But I think it can still apply to all room parties regardless of your specific social circle Word travels really quickly at cons so it'd be nice to not exacerbate that in any regard and not contribute to the party getting fucked up by the wrong company.

>>6650888
I love how everyone is crowding around Jessica Nigri so desperate to be around her.

I've been going to cons since '05 and I still haven't been to a con party. It's depressing as fuck.

>>6650938
>I wish I was there to hang out with someone who is currently a big deal
FTFY :3

>>6650938
You *wouldn't* want to be around JNig?

Jesus fuck, I'd at least go up to her, bust her chops and then (if I got shot down) leave her alone forever.

Worth a shot.

Also, are there any seagull parties going down at ACEN?

>Implying a hotel room is an appropriate venue to try to have a party
>Implying it isn't more fun to just hang out with friends around the con and chat with each other on the floor of a lobby or con hall
>Implying people who go to anime cons just for room parties aren't vapid and don't even care about the con
>Implying I wouldn't rather be actually AT the con, attending late-night events and cosplaying it up as the center of attention

>>6650952
Lots of parties at ACEN. Too many to count. I was at Hypnocrotch's room party last year. If you come to the /cgl/ meet up you'll be able to get invited to one.

>>6650948
Starfucker Maguma strikes again. Is there ANY well-known cosplayer whose ass you don't suck?

>>6650960
The list is too big to post, so instead I'll share the list of asses I do suck.
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There ya go, champ.

>>6650927
>No one's allowed to have fun differently than I do

>>6650956
>/clg/ meet up
When's that happening?

Do they give a shit if you are on staff?

>>6650968
I fail to see how packing people into a tiny hotel room like sardines so that the only activity one could accomplish is standing perfectly still with a cup of booze in hand is somehow fun.

You can't have a house party in a hotel room. It just doesn't work.

>>6650976
You've clearly never been to a good room party so I'm not sure what to say to you.

>>6650983
If the best room party you've gone to is one that I just described, then YOU'VE never been to a good room party.

My girlfriend and I tried to find the /cg;/ meetup at last years Kumoricon but couldn't find shit. I'm pretty sure there where a few of us sitting in the lounge expecting someone to fucking ask but no one did so we all spaghetti'd out

Pizza, hard liquor, and Wreck-It-Ralph rented through the hotel's movie system.

>>6650955
You are strange. The only reason I go to cons is to get drunk with my internet buddies and play mahjong. Everything else is just extra.

>>6650992
Again, not sure what to say to you since you're so set on the idea of a room party not being fun. Quit bein' mad about people partying differently than you, bro.

>>6650992
Come to Fanime or Anime Expo, we'll show you a good time.

>>6651042
You have still yet to make any sort of argument why jamming a small hotel room full of people to the point where you can't move in it is somehow "fun". You're just another juvenile dumbass that believes packing people into a tiny room and blasting music as much as you can equates to a party being "good".

>>6651018
>you go to an anime con to actually attend the con? lol weirdo XD

I always liked the sort of room parties my friends have. But that's more of a 'everyone we know turns up, we drink a bunch, and meander around the con for giggles and try not to get lost'.
Never been to a /cgl/ room party. It'd depend on the con for me, tbh. I wouldn't mind Akicon, but Sakuracon... Might be a bit odd. Some of the people are pretty sweet and such, but I tend to spaghetti a lot.

Dunno about the state I'm moving to, though.

>>6651060
Not the guy you are replying to, but shit, you are really coming across as a pretentious cunt.

People aren't being forced to jam themselves into the fucking room. Nobody is shoving alcohol down their gullets.

They are (mostly) adults and taking part in the party through their own volition.

Whether the party is "good" or "bad" is entirely subjective. If they had a good time, jammed together and enjoying loud ass music, who are you to say that they shouldn't be?

Fuck off you no-fun, frigid cunt.

>>6651060
I've mentioned this before and I think its a good way of explaining this topic. I went to AX '12 and ALA '13 and seeing everyone again at ALA since AX was so amazing. I see these cons as strange family reunions. We get together and hang out with people we only see altogether a couple times a year and tell stories, drink, have little social gatherings and what have you. This is why I go to California conventions. Everyone I hung out with at ALA were all so sweet and chill and I miss them ;_;

I can't wait to see you all again at AX!

>>6651065
You're still not making any sort of valid argument. You're just saying "SHUT UP I CAN DO WHAT I WANT." No one ever said you weren't allowed to be a moron. Go jam yourself into a tiny room and try to have a rave in it if you want. Maybe next you can try to host a swing dance gathering in a broom closet.

Do you realize that you are trying to have a house party in a 300 square foot room designed for no more than 4 people? If you don't understand why this is stupid and think anyone saying it's dumb is a buzzkill then there's no point in talking with you.

Take a close look at >>6649961. What do you see people doing? Most of them are doing nothing, not even talking to each other. There's a couple people on the back apparently trying to dance or something but have to stand on top of a table to do it. One guy is standing on a chair just so he can have room to MOVE. How is this fun or an appropriate way to have a party? It isn't. It's fucking retarded. This is a HOTEL ROOM, not a warehouse.

>>6651071
Thanks for that sappy sentiment, but that has nothing to do with anything.

>>6651080
This is choice.

So let me get this straight.

I make the argument: Some people actually enjoy the party, crowded room and all. They can and would leave if they didn't enjoy the party.

This is your response:
>You're still not making any sort of valid argument.
>You're just saying "SHUT UP I CAN DO WHAT I WANT."

Thing is, adults can do what they want. Even if it bothers you. Nobody is telling you that you can't have your opinion on what constitutes an "appropriate party atmosphere".

Maybe there isn't any point talking with me because you seem to have this very strange, egocentric impression that if *you* wouldn't enjoy the setting, the people that *are* enjoying it *shouldn't be*.

Stop being such a faggot. You literally reek of the bitterness of someone who doesn't get invited to parties.

>What do you see people doing?

Laughing, smiling, conversing, packing close together, maybe dancing (i can't tell), getting drunk, meeting like-minded people.

I think it's also interesting to note they are there of their own free will and seem to be having, in general, a good time.

Why does this concept bother you so much?

You understand this is a pathological way of viewing the world, right?

Best part is, when >>6651071 explains why he/she enjoyed the parties he/she attended, you invalidated her entire experience by reducing it to nothing more than "sentimentality".

Are you really this autistic?

>>6651080
Jesus Christ. The thread is not actually dedicated to your sandy vagina.

P.S., you can't 'argue' whether or not something is fun. The fact that you present having a good night out with your friends as something that can be objectively judged as better or worse just makes you look like a bitter autistic scold. Most people thing cosplay and lolita are pretty objectively sad ways to spend your time too. Who fucking cares?

>>6651087
Expecting people to leave a party out of protest of how poor it might be is overestimating people quite a bit. Most of them are idiots like you who want desperately to believe that MORE PEEPUL = BETTAR no matter what.

It isn't about people having different interpretations of fun. It's about people being stupid and not knowing what IS fun. You want to emulate a house party without a house. It's fucking retarded.

>>6651104
>It isn't about people having different interpretations of fun. It's about people being stupid and not knowing what IS fun.

wow no please stop.
People think different things are fun. What is fun to you is not fun to someone else. What is fun for them is not fun for you.

And now I feel like I'm talking to a 5 year old who doesn't understand how to play nice.

>>6651104
You gotta be trolling. There's no way you are this inane.

>Expecting people to leave a party out of protest of how poor it might be is overestimating people quite a bit.

How the fuck could you even make this assertion? Of course people are going to leave if they aren't having a good time.

>Most of them are idiots like you who want desperately to believe that MORE PEEPUL = BETTAR no matter what.

As opposed to believing a party within a specific parameter is the only correct way to enjoy oneself?

Fuck off, you desiccated clit.

My point isn't that more is better. My point is rooms packed with people can be fun for just as many reasons as small, exclusive parties with close friends.

It's worth noting that you haven't come up with any sound rebuttal to the above other than "your definition of fun is wrong".

I know the word "autistic" gets thrown around a metric shitton on 4chan, but your perspective fits the criteria like a fuckin' glove.

>It isn't about people having different interpretations of fun.
That's exactly what this is about.

>It's about people being stupid and not knowing what IS fun

So now you're asserting they aren't just "not having fun", no, they don't even know what fun IS.

You understand just how fucked up a perspective like this is, don't you?

Pic related.

I think room parties can be inconsiderate for other guests at the hotel. The walls aren't very thick in most hotels so you can keep your neighbors up with loud noises.
I know a lot of you are going to say something along the lines of
>it's a con you shouldn't be sleeping
Or something like that. But still try to be considerate for the people next to you.

>>6651122
>rooms packed with people can be fun for just as many reasons as small, exclusive parties with close friends.

What is fun about that exactly? Not being able to move? Not being able to talk or mingle because you're a sardine in a can? You've yet to illustrate any point whatsoever on how this can somehow be "fun", let alone be a preference for a party.

>>6651128
You have yet to illustrate how the world revolves around you and your opinion. :I
I am not even a part of this conversation and it seems you are playing devil's advocate for no good fucking reason.

>>6651128
You do understand that even in particularly crowded parties it's quite plausible to move around, converse, and mingle, right?

I mean, can we establish that you have this basic concept down, right?

You also understand that ones "preference" is both subjective and has little to do with your argument. Here's why: if it's not your preference to go to a party, knowing it's going to be crowded, then don't. fucking. go.

Holy shit, I'm starting to feel like >>6651120

Have you ever been to a party?

It's like these basic concepts are eluding you and you're just arguing because you don't want to "lose the argument".

Let it go, anon, you built your entire argument on a foundation of sand.

>>6651132
I would like you to take a look at >>6649961 again and tell me how the fuck you expect to move throw the room and mingle. I would like to fucking hear that.

>omg u liek must never have been to a party this is common XD

Don't even try to pull that shit. Room parties are not normal. People do not call up 50 people to go to the local double bed room at Best Western to try to all jam themselves in and party in. This is something exclusively done by people at anime cons because they don't know how or where else to party. In your generic effort to seem cool by employing the LETS JAM PEOPLE IN AND RAISE THE ROOF mentality you're forgetting basic logic. A place that is the size of a person's bedroom is not an adequate place to try to host a house party in.

And again, I will point out that in all of your posts you STILL have not given one single reason on how trying to turn a hotel room into a sardine can is beneficial or "fun" in any sense of the word. Probably because you can't.

>>6651155
PEOPLE LIKE PARTIES SOMETIMES.
PEOPLE ENJOY THINGS YOU DO NOT LIKE.
THEY DO NOT NEED TO TELL YOU WHY THEY LIKE IT, JUST AS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO JUSTIFY WHY YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
THIS IS NOT A HARD CONCEPT.
EVERYONE LIKES DIFFERENT THINGS.
PLEASE STOP, AS YOU LOOK AND SOUND LIKE A WHINY BRAT.

>>6651158
Case in point.

You have no argument. Just stop talking.

here's the problem: alot of people, especially the seaguls here are just fucking red skeleton drunks that do this all the time and like they act like such kings of dork mountain alot of times that it's kind of pathetic that they are acting like fucking kings and queens of everything and can just be here and troll people and be drunk all the time and be like "YOLO!" and "Swag" and shit and not realize that they are making themselves look more and more pathetic that it's all they have left in their lives, hell, most of them don't even have jobs and shit, they just drink all day and thats it. It almost makes me think too if the people who come to party even care about the con itself, which is kind of sad because there are people who want to enjoy it all and have fun, not be mocked by the dominating assholes.

>>6651172
Anon, /you/ look inebriated as hell or something. There's no periods for the majority of that entire paragraph. To an extent, I sort of agree with you and all. But your typing is worrying me, and I think you might need some rest. It was very difficult to read.

>>6651174
that I won't argue though. i'll TR;DR and/or make it easy to digest: "Are you guys here to get drunk and make fun of people or are you legit enjoy being at a con?"

Alpha Guys (mostly handsome /cgl/ tripfags) sticking it into lots of easy pretty girls.

>>6651175
Some people I do worry about. I enjoy everything, personally. Drinking with friends, the con itself, etc.

Go rest, Anon. You need it.

>>6651172
This...

At the last con I went to, everyone in my room was just there to drink and party, and they made fun of me for actually wanting to go to the on and getting distressed when nobody else wanted to leave the room to go to the event we were supposedly there for. On the second day I just said fuck the lot of them and went by myself. Never rooming with people who aren't actually interested in the con again, it's depressing.

>>6651104
>Expecting people to leave a party out of protest of how poor it might be is overestimating people quite a bit.

confirmed for never having been to a party

So, with the crazy rantings in this thread, we can tell who doesn't get invited to any type of parties.

It might be cramped, but the party in my pants is always fun.

>underage drinking
>weed is so coool hurr
>underage overall
>memes spouting
>sex is cool guize

>>6651128
Sometimes, being one drunk member in a sweaty crowd while the music blasts around you is hell of fun.

Sage because I'm arguing with a complete autist.

>>6651155
"Room parties" are not normal, but APARTMENT PARTIES ARE. People throw parties in their smallish apartment all the goddamn time, and you know what? They are fucking fun.

>>6651172
Some of the bros can be like this, and it does suck. There's no shame in paying for a con to attend a con.

Ok because that salty anon keeps referring back to that one picture where there are over 50 people crammed into a room, I'm going to show a more realistic con hotel room party. I even have a little video showing the entire room so you can see there are still a bunch of people in the room, but we're all standing/sitting around pretty comfortably.

http://videobam.com/GBbiF

Been to a few hotel/hostel room parties, random girl fell asleep in my boobs and proclaimed it her territory, her boyfriend had to drag her back to their room.

>>6651602
"I take the bacon and then I put it in the pancake!"

LOL who the hell said that?

>>6651602
Seems like shit

Lots of kids thinking they are cool by breaking the law/rules. I do't bother going to them, since if I want a beer I can go to a bar and I grew out of the "Man, weed is so cool!" thing years ago. Not to mention seeing middle schoolers sucking face is just gross.

>>6651602
A bunch of fat people sitting on hotel beds? Why didn't you just go out to dinner or a club? That doesn't even look like a party, it looks like a bunch of kids that got told to stop loitering, so they relocated to a hotel room.

I have only been to 1 convention that does things correctly.

-The entire hotel is booked for this convention in less than a day as soon as the room blocks open (along with the other 5 or 6 other hotels within a couple miles)

-The first and second floor rooms are reserved for those that want to put on parties. (includes an application and requires some sort of theme)

-The hotel just removes everything from these rooms. No beds, nothing in the way. No fuss.

-Local law enforcement makes rounds to ensure correct procedure is done for distribution of alcohol. (no underage b&)

If there just happens to be one of those yoloswagfestraves at a hotel, just try to get more people in it to overload it to the point where the the hotel security and cops shut it down. It's better than arguing here where some people like that shit. It's shit like that (among other things) that got the Doubletree here to start carding people at the elevators. Glorious, I finally get sleep.

>>6651602
>http://videobam.com/GBbiF
what the fuck is that shit?

>>6651647

Here is a picture of one of two second floor hallways. Nowhere near the busiest it gets, but its not dead either.

Anyways, Scruffy got in trouble for actually vacuuming. Also, Scruffy don't have time for pictures.

I wish I could go to a con hotel party. Looks like fun, at least I'll get to talk to other con-goers. I'm still the type to just go to the panels and events I'm interested in. Shit, I'm still not chill enough to ask a cosplayer to pose for a pic. Can't wait to hit final form.

>I'm gonna make it, brahs.

>>6651660

So to recap.

-No one is at the hotel that is not there for the con.

-rooms set aside for partying

-law enforcement made aware beforehand

-many types of rooms, many types of entertainment
Pic unrelated: different con, room party in the standard hotel block, filled an elevator on the way up.

>>6651647
>>6651660
What con is this?

>>6651674
PAX East does it better. It's not even in a hotel, they have a 10 million dollar deal with the city of Boston, so everyone knows what is going on, many hotels are given instructions, and parties are hosted by companies all around town in nightclubs.

>>6651660
>that Scruffy

Itt aspies getting mad at non aspies for having fun without them.

>>6651676
>>6651686

It doesn't surprise me that something like that happens. PAX and SDCC are a little different and I haven't been to them.

It is a sci fi convention in Minnesota. CONvergence.

>>6651060
Hhaha how are you this mad? I shouldn't have to try to prove to you that the way we party is fun. It probably won't work anyways considering you're obviously a cunt. What you're describing isn't even right, anyways.

dicks

>>6651704
DICKS

>>6650082
I can tell from the way you try hard that you've never touched a woman that wasn't your family member.

Too desperate.

>>6651705
DICKSSS

>>6651155
I'm really glad you hate room parties so much - I'm thankful you'll never try to come to one of ours. Keep hating them and stay far away plz.

>>6651060
Jesus Christ. Time to intervene.

You can have a "good" party in a 5x5 ft room if you've got the right people there. Happy people. Hot people. Good people. You can even bring shitty weed and people will have a great time! You know why?
Because you won't be there.
You. The type that will plan everything out perfectly to the specifications of what your perfect party is. And then as soon as one person shows up that doesn't want to go along with your ideas, you get flustered, everybody gets angry, and nobody has a good type.
Loosen up a bit dude, and try and enjoy things in the moment. In the meantime, stay the fuck away from my con parties.

>>6651155
If no one can move then it would be impossible for them to leave the room or get drinks. Seeing as how people are still drunk mid party then that means there is more mobility that you credit for

>>6651312
and I wonder why this shit happens?
I mean.. I go to the cons to enjoy myself and I don't mind drinking, but when I got people who want who just go to drink, get high and make fun of people like me, it makes me uncomfortable.

I hate to bring this up, but it's like bullying, but to a new power: you go to these cons and mock the people and make people uncomfortable. Most of these people go to cons to escape this shit, not be confronted by it. Yeah, we know your the alpha male that keeps getting wins, but your winning against people who will NEVER be a match against you and you get to rub that shit on their faces all the time.

I pay money to go to the con, for the travel, the lodge and everything else and to have to be just uncomfortable and to see these guys get universally respected and parse, yet, can treat people like shit because they think they are Asperger kings who always spill spaghetti on the floor.

And notice the people defending their stance on parties are not addressing this, instead, they are addressing the guys who are like "Parties are bad, mm'k?" when in reality, this is the big issue here.

It's sad that despite the hate, at least people who cosplay and are in the Homestuck fandom right now are at least being welcoming and actually being supportive if it's fans for the most part. How sad is that?

Room parties are fun with just a couple people- I think I like lower numbers because then there's fewer people to make an ass of myself around.

Sorry, Katsucon seagulls~

>>6649894
Sausage fest

I used to be really into partying at cons. Then you start to realize that most of the people you party with are fake and aren't really your friends. Or at least, that was my experience. Con parties are boring unless you're shitfaced, because otherwise it's just a bunch of nerds in a crowded room being really obnoxious and loud.

It's fun for a time I guess, but after you get older the novelty of it wears off. I agree with what other people said, party with a smaller group of closer friends; it'll be more meaningful and fun, and most importantly, you won't have to deal with people's bullshit and drama.

>>6650732

fap fap fap fap fap fap

>>6651043
>hotel party at big boy cons

b-but muh panels and exclusives the next day

>>6651739
Why do you give a shit about this? Look at it this way a cgl room party is filled with 20 people at max. That's 20 compared to the tons of people who are at the con not parying and doing con related things.

These folks are clearly in the minority of the minority

>>6651751

I think that goes for all kinds of parties. As you get older, they get less enjoyable.

I'm not a fan of parties. Especially if they are in the room right next to mine. They tend to be loud and I've actually had to deal with drunks thinking my room was the party room and knocking loudly on my door. But, if I can't hear them, or they get quiet after a single reminder that some people like to sleep at night, I couldn't care less. I'm sure parties have a charm to those who attend them. I am simply not such a person.

Oh, and since I know we have a lot of Japanophiles here, one quick tip; If you ever decide to live in Japan, don't have parties at your apartment. It's not something they do there and it makes every gaijin in your complex look bad, because we get grouped in with you. Sorry, I had to deal with a girl who did that shit and the land lord kept knocking on my door and telling me to get her under control, despite the fact that she and I weren't even from the same country.

>>6651739
The sooner you stop seeing yourself as a victim of the world the sooner you'll be accepted by everybody. I'm a pretty nice guy, and I've been called a white knight on this board many of times, but I'm not going to keep somebody with your outlook on life anywhere near or around my friends and I. Yeah. You were probably victimized at one point. And then again. And again. Each time the hole digging deeper. But after a while it stopped but you continued. Nobody is going to hold your fucking hand and invite you into things if you're a victim. Nobody wants to chill with that guy. Learn to let things go. Otherwise you'll always be that awkward motherfucker that's going to die alone. Instead of blaming other people for every single motherfucking failure in your life, take a good hard look in the mirror and figure out when you started victimizing yourself.

Once you've figured that out, and learn to just let things go, you'll be the life of the party in under a year. You don't think that even the "popular" seagulls had a hard time at some point in their lives too? They like the same shit as you dude. They get hounded on it just as much. Just meet new people, smile, and have a good time.

Unless you're autistic. Which a lot of people think they are on this board, and are sadly sadly mistaken. You're all just angry, bored, and depressed. So fucking do something about it besides complain on a board about people that dress in Halloween costumes every day in order to avoid the blank void of their personal life and character.

>>6651768
Christ that sounded pretentious as fuck. Sorry guys

>>6651751

This. I'm 31 and I just go to random parties that people I know via Facebook and cons go to and take a few shots and leave. I just don't like hanging out with people a decade younger than me.

So where all the Fanime parties at? :3

>>6651768
first:
it didn't come off as pretentious. It was very real.

second:
there's a side of me that would love to argue with you, but I realized it's me grasping straws at this point, mainly because it answered alot, but it still doesn't explain why some of the people that do act this way, not to single out seaguls, but it still comes off very much like some people are just there just to get their kicks off others by mocking them and wondering if some of the people even enjoy anime or anything else the con is about, but i'll save you the trouble and say that you where right and end it here.

>>6651808
>comes off very much like some people are just there just to get their kicks off others by mocking them

Welcome to female socialization.

I wish there was more of a scene for the people who are a bit more introverted. The only options for me at this point are just hanging with the people who I traveled and coop ourselves in the hotel room and play vidya, or to go to the gaming rooms, which at this point are pretty much taken over by SSBB players. I'd like to go to a late night open D&D session with alcohol or those old-school music circles, but then I look in and it's some vampirehurrdurr or guys just talking about parody songs off of youtube. I'd even want to see a Touhou or DMC3combo tourney that some guy just holds in his hotel room.

Raves and whatnot are fine and dandy, but what happened to those geeky late night events that I expected from a gathering of geeks? I guess I'm at that stage where I'm not interested in what the younger crowd is doing, but all the people I want to hang out with are older people that value sleep.

sage for buzzkill non-party talk

>>6651841
A lot of these people are dudes. Particularly seems to be somewhat attractive Asian guys.

>>6651808
The world isn't perfect and some people are dicks. They weren't made that way, but similar things probably happened to them at some point, and instead of becoming an introvert like yourself they decided to lash out. You have to wade through a whole lot of bullshit to find a silver lining sometimes.
Maybe you can show them how to be a decent person by example. Don't force it. Don't call them out on it. Don't take their bate. Just be a generally happy decent guy with some sort of purpose in life. People will see that and recognize it. Some of these dicks might become good friends of yours in the future.

>>6651842
I like that idea. I'm not an introvert, but room parties don't wow me. I prefer to be on the con floor I'm just starting into tabletop gaming and sitting around playing a short game with some elegan/tg/entlemen sounds like fun..

>>6651842
>Raves and whatnot are fine and dandy, but what happened to those geeky late night events that I expected from a gathering of geeks?

they were subsumed by parties where underage girls try to hook up with older men because it's so cool

>>6651853
Yeah, like they do in tg rooms, but with alcohol allowed. I like the idea of grab a random pre-made character sheet from a bag and trying to roll with it.

>>6651858
I really hope that is trolling.

>>6651860
>I really hope that is trolling.

i don't see what it would be

>>6651865
you mean "what else it should be"? or what?

>>6651873
*why it would be

>>6651842
I like this too.

I get more out of small social gatherings nowadays more than large parties anyway. I like actually talking to and meeting like-minded people.

My question is, what's stopping you from hosting a party like this?

I have a buddy that runs fun Call of Cthulu games and every time he's in town I try to throw a little impromptu game with booze and a few good friends. It's always a great time.

The only problem with RPing is that it's a little slow to start, especially if people are unfamiliar with the system. I think it would be a blast to find some chill new people, grab a few sixes of quality bear and play some Settlers of Catan or Dominion.

Commie Red parties are fun, too!

Sage for not being con-party specific.

>>6651880
>hey guys i have friends even though i am fat, am i cool yet

fat cancer

Best room parties I've ever had were with the touhou cosplayers. So many bearded men in frilly dresses.

I'd love to go to a room party with a lot of homestuck fans but they tend to be on the immature and underage side. I've partied with a few cool ones however.

>>6651901
I'm not quite sure what I did to piss you off, anon, or why you are so butthurt.

Also, I *wish* I could grow a beard like that dude.

>>6651874
There's no way there are parties like that. I know there aren't any parties where that's the main draw, but even at all-ages parties they wouldn't tolerate that shit.

>>6651880
What's stopping me is my constant crippling fish-out-of-water feeling around people I don't know. I'm surprised by the fact I even have the friends I do now. I try to meet new people at conventions because I figured I connect with people through nerdy niche interests. If I do find a party like the ones I described, I would still go in with a friend, and not before consuming a few shots to loosen me up. I think it's a bit unhealthy that way, but I really don't know how else to do it. I guess if I looked a bit... a lot better my confidence would rise, and I'm actually doing something about that.

I think the shock of my first con and seeing hot people everywhere and people in rave gear and stuff like that is still affecting me, but I thought at least that the geeky outcasts had somewhere to go, right? I mean even in HS the nerds had their own table.

>>6651842
>>6651880
I'm all for social drinking in the wee hours of the night and playing D&D or other tabletop games.

Room parties are nice when the numbers are in control, but if I had a choice between finding a corner to pop a squat with some folks, or go to a completely packed room party, I'd go with the corner.

If either of you end up at ACen and we end up in that situation, I'll run some Maid RPG with you.

>>6651910
you're butthurt because i'm calling you a fattie, fattie

how soft are your titties, pig?

>>6651911
>What's stopping me is my constant crippling fish-out-of-water feeling around people I don't know.

I understand that feel. Do you go to cons with friends? It can help to approach new people knowing that, if they turn out to be cruel, you still have a few buddies you can return to.

I wish people would do more to introduce one another. A few of the people I looked up to when I was a younger guy were awesome about doing that. Sometimes all it takes is a good introduction to get a conversation or new friendship started. Now I make it a point to introduce people whenever I can.

>I think it's a bit unhealthy that way, but I really don't know how else to do it.

Nah, but I'm a bit more of a lightweight than you. Two shots is going to start me off way too fast if I'm planning on drinking through the night.

>I guess if I looked a bit... a lot better my confidence would rise, and I'm actually doing something about that.

I'm not the best looking guy (I could post a pic if you want). I look about a decade younger than I am, my nose is crooked from getting punched in it too many times (I boxed), I'm overweight at a BMI of about 25 (down about 15 pounds in the last three months and moving).

But I could give a fuck. I'm going to die in 50 years or so. I might as well have as much of a good time (within reason, obv) between now and then.

But you come across as a very genuine person. I don't see why anyone WORTH being friends with wouldn't accept you into their gathering based upon looks alone, anon.

>>6651921
What's Maid RPG? I will be at ACEN.

>>6651970
> I don't see why anyone WORTH being friends with wouldn't accept you into their gathering based upon looks alone, anon.

It's more of a confidence thing. I'm learning how to separate how others see me from that, but I'm still really shallow to myself. It's gotten worse now that I've had to deload.

I've always wanted to play Maid RPG.

lol

this is what a con party is like, at least when you introduce MDMA into it.

>>6651794
At the Ramada.

>>6651970
> I don't see why anyone WORTH being friends with wouldn't accept you into their gathering based upon looks alone, anon.
Because a great majority of us have been hurt by the few that we've talked to randomly. It really is a luck of the draw of being able to find decent people at a con without someone else introducing them.
Sure, it may sound a bit pretentious, but at the same time it reduces a ton of anxiety between the new person and the group. Like you said, introductions go a long way not just as a name tag but also as a way of saying "this person has ties with this other person and they're not a random creeper that is going to gut you in the alley".
This goes double for a guy around a group mainly comprised of girls since it will at least set the precedence, hopefully, that he's not there for the sole purpose to hit on the girls but genuinely wants to chat due to overlapping interests.

>>6652204
All salient points. I can resonate with the hurt that can result from random interactions.

I suppose the point I was trying to make with the greentext quote wasn't that everyone is going to accept you. The point was that, I've found, among a group with a larger percentage of social outcasts, looks become less of a factor compared to other social circles.

But everything you ay here is valid.

>>6652104
>taking drugs at parties
you are what's wrong with this entire problem

>>6651794
Depends. This one >>6650732 was a Fanime Day 0 party and was at the hotel across the street.

Parties are almost at every single hotel. The chiller ones are at the Fairmont, but the Marriott and Hilton are known to host the most of course.

>>6652254
God forbid if adults do drugs like they've done for thousands of years

>>6652287
i'm fine if you do it at home or some shit but don't fucking bring it to a damn hotel room where you'll get everyone busted and wreck the room

So megacon has a ton of hotels. I'm staying at a hotel two blocks away, but where are the good parties usually? I'd rather not have to rely on my roommates, half of whom probably aren't going to the con at all.

sage for maybe off topic.

>>6651794
>>6652163
>>6652278
Ohnonono, don't you guys start!
Last time we started a survey for the hotels they all wound up getting shut down within about 30minutes without even so much as one warning.
This is the reason the tripfags said to keep it on the hush-hush, not to be dicks, but to not give the hotels a heads up that parties are happening.

>>6650859
>/cgl/ meetups are chill

lel wot?

>>6651970
>What's Maid RPG? I will be at ACEN.

Maid RPG is a simple d6-based system where you play as Maids in a crazy, cliche anime house and the GM is the Master of the house.

Character creation alone is worth the price of admission. You can randomly roll up a tomboy, cyborg loli who fights with a chainsaw and breaks down into tears when she gets too stressed.

It's meant to be a very, very silly that doesn't take itself seriously.

>>6651921
>>6652803
I would be down for this too. A friend and I actually rolled some character sheets and I would love to try Maid RPG out. Some drinks would also ease the awkwardness of a bunch of dudes pretending to be maids to please another dude pretending to be our master. I definitely don't mind bringing a bottle or two.

>>6652803
fuck that game and every kiddy diddler who likes it

>>6652803
Yeah until your loli maid has to fuck her adult master in some pedophilic roleplay you sick fuck.
>>6653551
God damn duplicate file entry

>>6650732
dpoe people?

I live just outside of nashville and theres always something like 1000 house/apartment parties going on here.
When I go to a con its for the con, not to make it just another themed party...

>>6651711
Not these sort of shitty parties should be avoided

>>6651751
>f nerds in a crowded room being really obnoxious and loud.

sums it up

>>6651768
> in order to avoid the blank void of their personal life and character.

The best way to avoid this loneliness is by attending a cheesy party filled with cosplayers?

wut

>>6651911
>my first con and seeing hot people everywhere

These so called "hot" people have had multiple partners.

>>6652307
>trashed
over the whole night, one ceiling tile was broken. they cost just over £5 each, are you also against fun, by any chance?

>>GMing Maid RPG as a semi-fetishistic rpg
>>Not GMing it as if it were Call of Cthulhu or Dark Heresy

Do you guys even Umineko?

>>6653551
>>6653560
Maid, like any other RPG, is only as dirty as you make it.

Additionally, you'd be a colossal fucking idiot if you actually read through the Maid RPG book and took any of it seriously. There are no rules for sex and no rules for rape.

It's a perfect RPG for sitting around at 3am with a few drinks.

>>6652580
It's just that you guys need to actually be hush-hush in the room. Girls gone wild and people roaming outside your damn room is definitely going to get you caught. The ones that always got shut down were ones ran by photographers, so I advise never going to those. Just find people roaming around at night and follow them. Or just simply ask "where's the party at" with your cleavage and butt out.

Anyway, a lot of the shut down parties got converted to lobbycon or roaming the empty parts of the con, where people chilled out, still went crazy, and possibly got laid.

I got invited to one. When I got there, the room was basically a sardine can of people grinding against each other with a bunch of wubbing.

Shit, if I want to do that I'll go to the goddamn rave.

i love you BOY

>mfw idiots go to cons that don't even care about the con and just want to "party" in hotel rooms

>>6655348
i think were all in agreement that wed all rather be dumb than weebs

I want to go to a con party. ;_;

>>6655364
You're pretty stupid.

>>6655387
>just now realizing reddickies is a moron

>>6655405
He's not dumb. You're dumb.

>tfw you will never look like a fucking superhero

All muscles no brains then?

It's fun

>>6655604
What a twist

>>6655428
hey me you forgot ur trip fag

>>6655604
Canadians are some of the best people to party with

>>6650938
... But really, J-Nig was really chill though LOL.

Hey guess what guys! You can enjoy con parties and do fandom stuff too. It's not like you can't do both. I go to panels and photo shoots during the day and do room parties at night.

>>6655804
the money you spend on going to panels you could save just have your connections get you into the panels that you need to be a part of

>>6650948
The (2nd) key to understanding Maguma.

He actually thinks people want to be around ... "famous" cosplayers.

Wow. Just wow.

>>6655823
Well, you, at least, sure do seem to care about Maguma.

>>6655833
There's no need to tripdrop. I think we've already been through this...

>implying that when I point out someone is cancer = I care about them
Typical cancer logic.

and after I had my faith a bit restored, I realized that no matter what, my argument still stands that alot of you are just here to point and laugh at us like we're all part of some people's version of a minstrel show.

All good until your friends drug someone else's drink.
Oh, but wait, not a big deal putting any pill in someone's drink without their knowledge. IT'SA BIG FAMILY! LET'S FORGET ABOUT THIS!

>>6656109
the fuck?>

>>6656113
I SPILL MY DRINK

I was at the youmacon orgy last year.

Free pizza, cheap alcohol and a bunch of 7/10 homestuck cosplayers all over the place. Half of them I couldn't tell if they were effeminate boys or actual girls

>>6656130
Hey. What? Explain this. In detail.

>>6656406
Traps and Transvestites

>>6656109
I would kick the shit out of any of my friends if they pulled that shit. Then I would feed them the drink to teach them a goddamn lesson.

I wouldn't rape them, though.
Maybe.

>>6656109
what the heck are you talking about?

>>6656130
>>6656130
>orgy
Are you serious? Orgy!?!

>>6656577
>I would kick the shit out of any of my friends if I had any.
FTFY, Falcone

>>6652254
>>6652307
Are you honestly implying that everyone who does drugs gets caught? Almost every con I go to I pop a couple XTC tabs, and there ain't nothing wrong with it.

>>6655783
I second this.

>>6656130
Pics or it didn't happen.

>>6651303
Virgin detected.

>>6656923
Slut detected

>>6656923
Hambeast detected.