/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

highlight was the bikini contest. specifically, asuka's absolutely glorious ass. lowpoint was everything else

>>6736530

I missed this. Any photos up yet?

so angry that i missed the lolita fashion show. anyone got pics?

>>6736530
>bikini contest
welp time to leave california

>>6736550
I missed it too :c
seconding pics!

>>6736550
>>6736555
There are a few here, photog usually takes a ton of pictures so I expect more will be up soon:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomgood

>>6736556
EEEEEEE AUDRA IS SO CUTE UGH

>>6736556
Oh my god

>>6736556
I liked this until
>those legwarmers
>those shoes
cringe.

Highlights: I was there
Lowlights: I was there

18 shots+ Saturday night, just kill me.

>>6736568
not your traditional lolita but shes totally adorable. The legwarmers and shoes look cute with her outfit.

There was a girl on day two wearing nothing but a tshirt and pink shimpan

I will marry that girl one day.

>>6736534

during the contest one of the staff members snapped a ton of photos from right next to the asuka so he got prime time shots of her ass. anyone know if he uploads them online?

>>6736571
No, keep your ugly raver shit out of my lolita, please

>>6736568
>>6736580
I still think it's cute, it's runway so it makes sense it'd be a more outlandish amped up version of lolita.

>>6736578
I saw her too.
I would want to wear that but I'd be so embarrassed/afraid of creepers

>>6736580
>my lolita

yes, YOUR lolita. you own it. it's yours. you invented lolita. we all need your approval.

>>6736580
>my lolita

More photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtjaaaam/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieisexactlythree/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerarch/

lel

>>6736550
It was 15 minutes long. You didn't miss much. A lot of people were rushing as they were walking and it was kind of meh overall.

As a lolita I was kind of sad that it was primarily sweet and that it was so short.

Is this the Crona that /a/ was jizzing themselves over?

Had a really great time and met up with a lot of cool folks and snagged a bunch of photo ops. At the risk of sounding extremely hyperbolic, there was like a 1:4 Cosplayer to "Regular" attendee ratio, which was an awesome turnout.

But man, did Sword Art Online outfits really take over... Or maybe they just stood out more to me.

>>6736616
still looking for that Rin

>>6736628
no, SAO is the current trend.

>>6736632
No one has found her yet?

How horrifying

>>6736662
Better call her loved ones to report a missing girl. It's Monday and she should have been home hours ago.

>>6736668
what happened? whats the story?

>>6736673
you didnt hear? There were posts about it everywhere...

>>6736684
>you didn't hear
Why would they ask if they heard? Just explain and stop hogging the weird news.

>>6736701

Some creeper who kept on staring at his phone molested her. He grabbed her with his filthy creeper arms, phone and coat in hands and pull her close to his chest like the filthy perv he was. After that she began to become distressed and soon left the con. No one ever saw her again.

>>6736628
you were Thudoka?
tell weeblord not to be a fucking ass next time

>>6736608
I wish I could have taken a pic of him with Madotsuki. Would have been fucking perfect.

reporting the pics I took:
http://imgur.com/a/zLbvX#0
http://imgur.com/a/mkjiD#0

>>6736814
was this Rin kind of petite and asian? I wanted to take a pic of her as well, but I was always stuck in a line or busy whenever she passed by.

best Sakuracon I've ever had, made awesome by rooming with low drama people and finishing costumes in time. GF and I did peony and jade and met lots of tales people and overall had a chill time, missed both seagull meetups though...

>>6736814
we all know that's not what happened, they shared a quick hug because the stream asked them to

go away /a/

>>6736578
She was doing Momoka, Fakku's mascot.

>>6736530
>>6736534
There's a video, glorious ass shows up at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DugJlEv4PGU

Anyone get some pictures of the Triple H on Friday?

i want more pics of this sinbad
saw him on day02 and wanted to get pics but he was talking to a kogyoku so i couldnt fuckin bitch hope she dies

>>6737006

That fem!America. All of my hotdogs.

Highlights for me were dressing up as Mike the TV and getting stopped a lot for photos. Also, singing some shitty songs with my friends at karaoke.

Lowlights for me were the fact that I couldn't get my copy of Accel World signed by Kawahara.

>>6736878
Lol, I sorta figured out that was what was going on. I was just making plans for lunch with him for a minute or two since I had some scheduled photo stuff I had to take care of.

Apparently though, and nothing against them, the Crunchyroll staff didn't really care what was happening on that side which was why GiantBomb-mask bouncer was allowed to just take over that area.

>>6737168
The mask bouncer was actually interviewing people though, making it a nice show for people, and then one of the cosplaying CR staff continued it. It was only weeblord who started blocking the camera and picked it up and such 'in protest of crunchyroll being shit'

Also here is Phelps on the stream

>>6737179
Oh yeah, I hope I didn't come off as denouncing the mask bouncer guy, was just remarking on the lack of "management."

If they are keeping a stage though for AX like they did last year, it shouldn't be an issue there. Plus it builds more hype for people to line up and watch.

So, apparently I am in the Seattle Times news.

I was gonna go but I just moved to Seattle and didn't have the time.
Next year I'll be there.

>>6736616
>that DFC

anon who stopped by 306 in the AA, i'm so sorry i wasn't there and my tablemate just looked at you in confusion. i hope you weren't horribly embarrassed. :(

>>6737043
These ones? No higher quality pics that I've seen yet though.

>>6736616
If that's the one that did the poses, then yes.

Highlight was the Zapp panels.
Lowpoint was that they ended so soon.

Otherwise I had a hell of a time at the AA. I was chattin' it up with a few of the artists and telling them that I loved them and to not ever stop drawing pls. ;=;

I blew all of my money at the AA, and it was fabulous!

>>6736628
I'm surprised SAO took over so soon. I know Japanese cons are drowning in it, but didn't expect it to take cer American cons so soon.

>>6737400
So we can expect a flood of SAO at Fanime, ACen, AX, and Otakon?

>>6737407
Comiket had about 50, possibly more, of the two main characters. If that's any indication of trends to come then it can't be stopped.

This was my first con. Honestly, I had fun. Bought some posters and an artbook, took some pictures on my shitty phone, had a good time

The Let Me Tell You About Homestuck >:] panel was the most godawful thing I have ever had to endure. I am kind of pissed I had to miss the touhou panels during that timeframe because my friend is a homestuck fan, and even he was similarly remorseful after all was said and done

Had some fun playing in the game center and rediscovered how much I like touhou fightan games. I'll have to play those more

The Anime Cult Classics panel on the third day was the absolute best thing ever. Holy fuck am I so glad I randomly decided to check it out instead of going home early

All in all, 7/10, bretty gud

This was my first con. Honestly, I had fun. Bought some posters and an artbook, took some pictures on my shitty phone, had a good time

The Let Me Tell You About Homestuck >:] panel was the most godawful thing I have ever had to endure. I am kind of pissed I had to miss the touhou panels during that timeframe because my friend is a homestuck fan, and even he was similarly remorseful after all was said and done

Had some fun playing in the game center and rediscovered how much I like touhou fightan games. I'll have to play those more

The Anime Cult Classics panel on the third day was the absolute best thing ever. Holy fuck am I so glad I randomly decided to check it out instead of going home early

All in all, 7/10, bretty gud

>>6737439
What happened at the Homestuck panel that made it so bad? I've heard from a few people that it was crap but don't have details.

>>6737478

Homestuck panels are always bad. Holy fuck. When I did one it was basically 14 year olds asking me about gay incest ships. NEVER AGAIN.

>>6737490
yeah, seriously. I went into it expecting a thoughtful, entertaining panel like the Touhou ones, and all I got was a bunch of morons doing piss-poor jokes.

This is not how you make people interested in your fandom, goddammit.

>>6737478

Understand that it is difficult to explain in a coherent way because I am not a homestuck fan and was taken to it by my homestuck fan *friend*. So everything you are about to hear comes from the perspective of someone who has no idea what the fuck is going on

Basically, they had cosplayers dressed up as all the characters from the series, and the audience got to ask each individual one a question. Very few of the cosplayers actually knew their character, and fewer still were good at improv. So it ended up being some incestuous injoke crap for the entire thing. Not that I *know* their characters, that was just what my friend told me

Also, I had to spend this entire time sitting next to an autistic awkward fuck who kept trying to explain Homestuck to me, so that was weird

To wrap things up, they started asking the audience homestuck trivia for prizes. This, of course, all went over my head, but the one golden moment that made that entire godawful time worth it was had with these two

There were these absolutely adorable madoka magica cosplayers. These girls couldn't have been over 15 years old, I swear. Anyway, the Homura? She got one of the hardest questions right after the entire rest of the audience couldn't get it. She literally leaped out of her seat in joy when she got it right and was handed the prize, and I was right next to her to see it all

If HNNNG could provide electrical power, she could supply the city of Seattle for the next 30 years

>>6737508
aw hell, I wish I took a pic of that Homura. I have trouble asking kids for pics in case they think I'm some kind of creeper.

>>6736616
Wouldwife/10

>>6737525

Meh, I used to be a telemarketer. I'm used to people hating my guts. Just ask, dude, s'what I did. "I love your costume! Can I take your picture?" is all it usually takes

By the way, thanks to whoever went as a pc98 touhou! I missed the touhou panels so I don't know if there were more, but it was really thrilling to see some fans of it hanging around

>>6736607
As a lolita you should have just been in it. Only so much time to can occupy with so few girls. Have you been to the lolita fashion shows of the previous years? Stretching the show to fill the whole hour is just painful.

I'll contribute this since /a/ wants more

>>6737531
these are the worst 2hus I have ever seen.

Any more pics of the JoJo groups? I've never seen so much oraoraora at an American con before.

I hope everyone had a good time! I feel awful for forgetting my camera. Next year I'm definitely to bring one!

I was a little disappointed with the Zap panel tbh. It was awesome at first but I thought it was kinda rude how near the end people just started letting themselves up. Have to say last years panel was a lot better than this one.

Vendors were pretty good this year. We ended up getting a lot. Sure everything was expensive but it always is. Also there were a lot of awesome artists this year so I was very pleased to see that!

Didn't attend a lot of the panels so I can't comment on that. But other than that I had a blast this year!

>>6736616
>>6737555

Have you go any pictures of her as Bakura from the third day?

>>6736616
Wait, is this the same girl? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIYh6BemSns

>>6737654

Nope. The collars larger on her costume. Also if you check her live stream vid, you'll see that she only made her costume this year.

I really want to do a Mandoka or another Mahou Shoujo now.

>>6737591
Seriously? I only saw about 4 Jojo cosplayers in general, and I was on a mission to find them. This was my favorite one. 10/10.

Also there was so little JoJo swag in the shopping area. I spent about 6 hours looking for JoJo stuff, all I got was the JoJo magazine with Clint Eastwood in it (which is cool, but it's mostly walls of moonrunes). Otherwise all I could find was a 250 dollar cheaply made Gyro figurine that is probably worth only 90 bucks. Grumble.

>>6737761
SHIZAAAAAAAAAAA
>>6737591
did you see the pictures in the last thread? that's all I've seen

We're there any Tomokos?

>>6737784

Not that I saw, but if it makes you feel better there was some of her manga being sold at the vendors

>>6737789
Early copies? I know it just got licensed in America.

>>6737791

I think it was the first three books, yeah. Maybe there was more, I didn't ask what they had, so maybe some sold out. Sorry I can't be of more help

>>6737591
Mag'll up some pictures

Anyone have pictures of the slutty Cammy?

Need more pics of this guy

Any pictures of the big Final fantasy Type-0 group that was around on Saturday? I think they probably went off the Con grounds for a while for a photoshoot or something cause I only saw a few of them at a time, but later in the afternoon they were all together outside of the main stage area.

>>6737812

I am not sure what Type-0 is as I don't keep up with FF anymore, but I got this picture, so maybe it's the group you're looking for

>>6737824
>female Tifa
Boring/10
That baseball bat staff is cool though.

>>6737811
HADO GEI DESU
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~
I hope there was some serious hip thrusting there

>>6737042
http://sin-sama-wa-ore-no-yome.tumblr.com/post/46833826852/

you're welcome

>>6737603
If you mean Sheldon Miller going up on his own or Beardy continuously going up - They've been there for a few years now, they're kind of big deals lol.
It's what they do. I think they're in on it or something? Like, maybe a part of the panel.

>>6737901
Oh yeah I know that but like the Harley at the end just walked up herself, I thought that was pretty rude to do. It's kind of like what if everyone did that? The panel would be ruined. It's just not fair and takes some of the fun out of it I felt.

>>6737909
That Harley was both lousy and obnoxious!!
I wanted her to leave, personally.

>>6737913
It looked like she also cut into whatever Sheldon was going to do, too. Am I the only one who saw him heading up there before Harley just pranced on up? I wanted to see what he was gonna do this time, but she beat him up there.

>>6737913
If she was picked to go up I wouldn't have a problem with her but the fact that she kept saying 'hey people cheer for me' and kept standing up and went up there on her own just annoyed me so much. I agree that they should have asked her to leave.

>>6737917
Wow really? Ugh that makes what she did even worse now.

She probably doesn't realize that Sheldon Miller and Beardy are both there pretty much every year and are probably allowed to go up whenever they feel.

Zapp and Sheldon butting heads at the panels is my absolute favorite part of the night(s), so the fact that she butt into the time so they ran out of time really annoyed me.
She wasn't even actually funny. Just kind of... Meh? If she was able to get Harley's voice, accent, personality, etc. right then it could have been at least a bit funnier.

The Con was amazing.

Pros:
1. First con in 6 years, had a blast even if I didn't get to make a costume.
2. Masquerade was my favorite event, danced with tons of people
3. Met tons of new people and saw a lot of people I knew but didn't think I'd see

Cons:
1. Next time I'll go with friends, friend I was supposed to ditched me.
2. Oh my god I need to get a Hotel, I was staying with a friend and taking the ferry back and forth sucked.
3. The masquearade was great but the person that I thought there was a mutual attraction with ended up being put off by what I can only assume is our age difference (but it was 7 years so I can see her reasoning)
4. I need to watch more anime, I haven't been keeping up with any anime so I didn't know what anyone was. And I found out what homestuck is

>>6737761
I thought the dealer's room totally sucked this year
So many booths carried the same shit too

>>6737603
The Zap panel was fun, wasn't really sure what to expect tbh.

>>6737975
Fucking seriously.

I only bought AA stuff this year because there was just a whole lot of nothing. Every booth with figures had the same fucking figures.

>>6737983
First time going to it?

The swimsuit panel was a tragic disappointment. He dropped the ball pretty bad. None of the files were pre-checked so he didn't have codecs to play half the girls songs. Half of the time in the room was spent listening to them trying to figure out how to get shit working. The other half was microphones with the bass at max and the treble at min. It was like listening to the fucking adults in charlie brown. Then they fucked with it halfway through one girls' song and cut her off completely. It was bad. The girls were bored, the judges were bored, the audience was bored, and by spending so much time fucking with shit they only got about halfway through the panel before they ran out of time. I think it's about time Jacob hands the panel off to people who could run it better. He's a great guy but he clearly needs more professional help running such a highly anticipated panel.

>>6738011
Yea, Tbh I was pretty drunk when I went so I thought everything was funny. My friend who went the previous day said the same thing that you did thought.

>>6737591
The amount of Jojo seriously made the con for me. I was cosplaying as 12 year old Dio on the first day and Posessed Suzie Q on the second, and met up with a bunch of other Jojo cosplayers on both days. I'll commence some Jojo photo dump of the photos I did take. Excuse the crappy quality.

>>6737761
One of the booths was also selling Part 3 blind boxes. I managed to snatch 2 of them on the first day, but they seemed to be gone by the end of the second.

>>6737985
>>6737975

I felt the same way. I'm a huge figure collector and also have a big collection of manga and yet pretty much all I bought was some prints from the Artist Alley. The figure selection was pathetic this year and a lot of it was overpriced junk. I was really disappointed by the lack of anything worthwhile. It was also even more cluttered than usual so in the places that did sell figures, seeing all they had to offer was a huge hassle.

>>6737975
$16 a pop for untranslated yaoi
Fucking $10 for a deck's worth of card sleeves and $22 for $15 embarassing webcomic store-tier t-shirts

I had no idea littlekuriboh was gonna be there though so it was worth going to see and chat with him a little

>>6738014

The Asuka and the girl with the seashell bikini top saved it though. The Asuka was so fucking glorious. It was love at first sight.

>>6738030
More jojos

>>6738047
One more.

>>6738015
Yeah, it's usually better.
But Zapp had some things going on in his life, sadly. :(
Which, whatever it is, hopefully things end up better for him.

>>6736616
>>6737555
Gotta be either trap or underage... right?? I mean, it's seriously not possible for a female to be that flat, right?

This was too perfect.

Does anyone have more pictures of the swimming anime cosplayers??

>>6738014
Actually this was a problem with AV. And Jacob's panel wasn't the only one suffering- a lot were. AV had the wrong style of set up for the panel Jacob needed and on top of that didn't sound check half their shit.

Also to be an AV volunteer you have to take care of 3/4 of the con.... which no good, sane AV tech will do. So they get shitty people who want the con on their resume.

>>6738041

The fact that she had Asuka's character down so well on top of having a nice body was amazing. 10/10 cosplayer, lesser women please take note

Pro:
- I haven't been in a con for two years, this was nice
-Ate a bunch of yummy food
-I was able to magically have 200 (out of 400 bucks) on Sunday to buy an alpaca and lots of AA art
- I finally got to see "Where Fanfic goes to hell" panel and it was amazing

Con:
-That skit contest was shit
-They closed the AA and exhibitors hall way to early
- I went to the most panels on Friday, Saturday lacked some variety panel wise.

Also adorable kyuubei was adorable

>>6738075
That's no bueno, I hope shit goes well for him. He looked like he was a little distracted the entire time. Not overly so but just enough to be kind of "off" the entire panel.

>>6738141
Yeah... He seemed a bit troubled to me.

My girlfriend and I did a Ghost Trick cosplay on satuday, anyone have any pictures?

>>6738148
I must see this!!

>>6738148
>girlfriend

Nice try, lonely.

>>6738106
I lost it at seeing the coconuts.

>>6738154
It hasn't happened yet, so I'm winning so far.

>>6738152
If someone posts them then we shall see who has the last laugh.

>>6738148
I wanted to take a picture of you but it was bad timing and on the escalator, didn't see you again after that.

>>6723987
reposting Rin from the CR livestream

>>6738159
That sucks. D: I probably would have gone down to meet ya. Should have been pretty easy to find with the huge beacon of hair I had

>>6738160
oops didnt mean to reply

>>6738075
I was spilling my spaghetti going up during loveline and was happy to get a compliment from Zapp the next day and thought it was impressive he could host a panel reccomended by pretty much everyone I ran into. He better cheer up.

Does anybody recognize this cute sanic? That gap is giving me a feeling so complicated

TBH I expected more League of Legends cosplay, I'll upload the ones I took eventually.

On that note, the people that went as Janna and Garen were crazy nice

>>6738168
Which person were you?

>>6738172
Did you manage to see the full Sejuani cosplay?

>>6738173
Big Boss

>>6738175
I never got to see her in her full outfit, I met her up near the video games and asked if I could take her picture but she said that her stuff wasn't with her or something like that.

>>6737043
>>6737355
Here's a slightly better one, they were so cute! Love the sequins.

aw geez my file sizes are too huge
Guess I won't be photodumping

Here's the best photo I grabbed with the sejuani

>>6738210
Resize them...??? Or you could make an imgur album and not have to bother.

>>6738215
that guy in the boar suit better have received the best head of his life after doing all that. He looked like he was melting in all that fur.

>>6738222
Oh god I see myself in the back.
My wig is so fucked up in that.
Shiiiiiiit

But yeah, I remember him coming out and after like a minute he had to lay down and take the head off. The guy was sweating fucking bullets already.

>>6737761
>>6738030
>>6738047
>>6738053
get a feeling so fabulous. I don't even recognize most of these cosplayers from previous JoJo threads.

on a JoJo thread note though, Hanyaan what the fuck is that posing with your Jonathan? You should know better than that.

>>6738222
It still blows my mind that someone had to wear that, I was burning up just wearing regular clothes.

>>6738232

/I/ was even burning up and I was wearing only a Slurm unitard.

I gotta feel bad for that guy

>>6738035
While a lot of it WAS overpriced, There were a couple little thing that were harder to find at fair enough prices.
Bandai's booth had this two year old GaoGaiGar at standard price+tax, and since the middleman was cut, all the money goes back to them anyway.
Also managed to get these two Nichijous at a decent price. (Having said that, they were also at another booth for $15 more a piece)

It really does help to have a smartphone constantly check everything for you. One booth in the back was selling sleeves at an okay $10/2 for $15, but by the time I got over there, someone apparently bought out the entire lot on Saturday afternoon.

>>6736557
too bad she's a gigantic bitch

>>6738246
I'm pretty sure I saw you around the convention a few times, Assuming you were the only person walking around in a Slurm unitard LOL

My first con ever and i thought it was okay pretty fun the figures were overpriced as fuck and i ended up buying a ton of prints but overall it was nice the only thing that made it lame was me waiting in line for an autograph twice just to be told nope but the amazing cosplays made up for it

>>6738254
LOL yeah that was me

>>6737372
D'awww. You are way too kind. Loveline I felt went well, better than expected especially considering my less than great timing, but Spaceship was... Not so good.

~

Fuck, you assholes are bringing a tear to my eye. I feel like I owe you guys an explanation on a lot of things. The fact you're cheering me on is making me feel pretty fuzzy and ... Well, having anons expressing concern for you is definitely an interesting feeling. I have a lot I can/could rant about, but I don't really want to treat this as my own personal blog or anything. Sakura-con isn't about me, and I shouldn't be fagging up this thread with stuff about myself. There's a few things mentioned here I'd like to touch on, perhaps I'll share in a little bit.

>>6738210
That fucking mask! Wish I could have seen it up closer.

>>6738289
The mask could open up too, it looked awesome

>>6737808
the one wearing fake nipples under her outfit? what the fuck

Zapp good luck in the future and hope it goes well, I didn't get to go to zapps panel unfortunately but we did meet twice on spot pass

>>6738309
seriously how do none of you know about mary jane

>>6738285

Looking forward to it!

>>6738309
Wait what
Someone wore fake nipples?

>>6738314
I really don't pay attention to shit about "famous" cosplayers at all. I just can't figure out why the fuck anyone would do that.

>>6738261
Glad you had fun, this was my 2nd con ever. Did you go as anything?
>>6738263
I'll probably go with the same concept next year if I go, it gets way to fucking hot. It would also be amazing at the rave.

>>6738285
Best part was the Ace Ventura ass talking

>>6738348
My costume was actually just BSed because it wasn't finished LOL.

I'm still finishing up the wings and all that jazz, but it's going to be a cosplay of the Slurm butterfly derby uniform from The Butterjunk Effect.
Wasn't meant to be a bunny suit originally. :'v

>>6738360

seconded
best part of loveline was anytime sheldon miller would speak, best part of spaceship was ace ventura talking with his ass

>>6738364
BEARD GUY BEARD GUY BEARD GUY

>>6738374

he weirds me out, i dont like him lol

>>6738361
Same story with my cousin, he went as a character from Persona 4 but ended up having to change up his costume do to a wig malfunction.

>>6738304
Yeah, I saw it during the cosplay contest but was in the back row of my section. Got to see that it opened, but wanted to see it closer. :)

>>6738374
As nice as Beardy is, I gotta admit I could really go without him taking his shirt off. LOLLL

>>6738374
>>6738396

imo We would all be better people if we had more fat,bearded people taking their shirts off

>>6738406
His breasts are at least twice the size of mine. I gotta admit, I'm a bit jealous. LOL

>>6738409
Person makes the boobs, boobs don't make the person.

That being said he probably gives great boob jobs.

I was one of the very few Hunters walkin' around on Saturday. As I was getting on the escalator, this ensues.

> "STALKER. STALKER!!!"
> Talking to my friend on the escalator, voice doesn't really register.
> "Guys, it's a Stalker. Stalker!"
>Friend taps me on the shoulder and points, and I look down to see a guy pointing up at me.
>We're disembarking onto 2nd floor. Guy moves to intercept.
>Uhhh? Ohshit ohshit ohshit.
>"Guys, it's from Left 4 Dead. It's a stalker. Look, it's all bloody. Hey, my name is Travis."
>Sticks out hand.
>Shake it.
>"I'm so drunk right now. K bye."
>Walks off.
>Turn to friend, exchange wtf just happened?

Makes me smile and laugh for some reason now, though.

>>6738380
Meant to reply to you lmao, not myself. I don't know him so I can't really tell if he's weird or not.

>>6738416
I've only talked to him, like, once personally. He's a nice guy when he isn't dragging my hand over to Sheldon's groin in front of a large crowd.
Weird, yes. But nice.

>>6738422
L O FUCKING L NO WAY

>>6738285

I attended Spaceship, and I am inclined to agree. But zapp, it wasn't you! Fuck, you made it hilarious!

It's always a gamble when you pull people up from the audience. They've either got it or they don't, and I guarantee that you and your crew have it! I especially loved the Claptrap - his voice was spot. ON. I lost it when he was like, "Follow me, stranger!"

You brought Spaceship back from the edge of the cliff so many times, you don't even know.

A bit of suggestion, though. . .

I noticed you guys were fumbling around with a lot of the papers up there (I imagine they were your scripts). Next time, maybe you could staple and sticky-note them into separate piles that say (just examples), "Plot," "Random Person 1/2/3/4/etc."

Just so that way you guys don't lose your place and the crowd doesn't get pissy that you ask the same question again.

But seriously, zapp. I go to Sakuracon and I plan everything around YOUR panels. I love you guys to pieces.

That video was hilarious, too. The Waifu bit cinched it for me. I laughed SO hard.

>>6738424
LOLLL I was the 'Green haired bitch' (Gumi) at Loveline.
I asked how to get into Sheldon's pants, and Beardy answered this by grabbing my hand and pulling it over to SM's crotch as he did a Captain Morgan pose.

>>6738285
So yeah. It's weird. Ace, Sheldon, Harley, and Beardy. It seems as though people either love them or hate them. Everything I hear is one or the other. I don't quite understand. I will admit though, Beardy is probably my favourite. While he can get a little excited, he's extremely fucking nice, always shows up super early, and brought an entire case of energy drinks for me incase I needed them (of which I did need many). He gets up a lot, yeah, but he listens when we tell him he's getting a bit TOO excited.

But yes. Spaceship of Love didn't go quite as well as I had planned. I wouldn't call it a failure, but it DEFINITELY wasn't as good as last year. A lot of my friends wanted to have bigger parts in it, and I was okay with trying that. After all, it's not MY show. Everyone involved does a lot of stuff, and honestly, I don't deserve all of the credit. Thus, I tried to incorporate everyone. As is obviously seen, that did not work. We learned a lot from this year, and it'll help us grow far more than ever.

We won't be doing so many switches and skins in following years. We will be focused more on just Zapp asking questions. This will help keep the pace and energy up, and the confusion down. We're also going to streamline the rules and panel introduction so to not waste time there. I still want to involve other crew, as they deserve it, but this'll be done more like the early Vegeta question (ie. "Vegeta has taken your seat. How're you gonna get him out?" or "Go do pushups against him).

While I don't particularly mind people getting up and doing something silly (like Beardy getting up and doing something quick), so long as it doesn't get out of hand, I DO NOT want people rushing the stage and just taking a spot. That is NOT cool, and it WILL NOT be happening again.

(More...)

In previous years, we had two people, whom this year were Reimu and Moxxi, getting contestants. We tried having more people getting contestants, to speed up the process a bit, but it ended up backfiring on us and making confusion. We will be reverting back to just having Reimu and Moxxi doing it, since they had really good communication in previous years, despite the pauses required with doing so. However, during those pauses, I will be reading things put in the donation / tip boxes next year, because there were some pretty hilarious things (which I will be posting on the facebook page later).

Other than that, well... The one thing that really threw me off and really upset me this year, is that there was a considerable amount of drama pushed onto us. I'm not going to name names, point fingers, or anything of the sort, but I've heard reports from a few people that there are a couple of people whom have been -quite- malicious towards us, and have acted very poorly to us behind our backs. The entire reason I started Spaceship of Love was for two reasons. One: I wanted to make people, and two: I wanted to create a panel where every day con goers could get up on stage infront of a crowd and showcase themselves, giving themselves a chance to be hilarious infront of a group of people. I'm not trying to stroke my own ego, I'm not trying to become con famous, and I'm not doing any of this for my own personal gain -- I'm doing this for the fun and enjoyment of EVERYBODY. I don't care if people don't like my panel, I don't care if they don't like me or think I'm a huge douche, whatever. I DO get upset by people being two-faced and cruel about something that's purely about comedy and making people feel good. That's just not cool. :/

>>6737811

Also, I'm still pretty exhausted, STILL haven't had a good 8 hour sleep since last wednesday, AND had to do all the driving home today, soooo... I'm sorry for any poorly structured sentences in there :x.

>>6738432
Man I wish I was there for that. Was it on Friday or Saturday? If it was Friday I missed it and regret doing so, if it was on Saturday then I was probably drunk.

>>6738442

If you need a white knight, zapp, just call on me and I will don my Hunter cosplay, break out the pitchforks, and tell them to back the fuck off.

You're my favorite panel. >T

Go get some sleep, zapp, you sexy beast you. We need healthy and strong for next year! :D

>>6738442
I've talked to all of you guys doing the panel at least somewhat by now, and I gotta say that you all are incredibly kind.
I think everyone would agree with me when I say that you guys definitely aren't douches and I'm sorry there's drama going on. :C

As for the 4 -
> I'm a massive Harley fan, but I can't say I cared for her performance /too/ much. She was funny at some points, but.... I guess I just didn't feel it?
> Ace was amazing. I got a chance to talk to him before he went into the panel. He's one awesome dude.
> Beardy is a goofball and absolute sweetheart.
> Lolsheldon.

That's just my opinion on them, though. Others have their ownnn opinions. c:

Best Psycho Pass Cosplayer in my opinion.

>>6738450
Loveline was Friday night.

>>6738462
>You're my favorite panel. >T
This.
I don't even go to any other panels since they're boring.

So my friends and I ended up staying at a rather far away hotel, of which wasn't all that great. Does anyone have recommendations for a close Sakura Con affiliated hotel that's a decent price? From what I hear the Sheraton is top notch, but holy shit those prices are pretty damn high. It will be four of us so we need something very close and quite roomy for maximum comfort.

>>6738479
She's not even cosplaying Homushit.

>>6738484
Homewood Suites, maybe? It's not as close, but it's still really close to the convention center.

>>6738479
I've seen the anime, who the fuck is she supposed to be? Doesn't even remotely look like any of the characters. The Hyper Oats can is a funny gimmick though.

>>6738489
Homewood Suites is a good second choice because you can just go behind the convention center and enter the fourth floor from there.

>>6738462
>>6738480
I really appreciate hearing that. The drama and cruelty upset me a fair bit, and it definitely affected me. :/ Hearing the kind words is lifting my spirits. Yeah, things'll be changing for next year. I need to keep making the panel better and better until we're on main stage!

>>Go to dealers room to see stuff I want
>>After con is over, go home and order them off ebay at cheaper costs

Sometimes being an adult with paypal is really good

>>6737812
It was really hard to gather all of us and get food/water so we were constantly in a hurry. But we did stop sometimes.
Here's one though.

>>6738485
I'm obviously talking about the Quaker Oats box you fool.

>>6738479
I read that was the /a/non who made the original Hyper Oats box.

>>6738499
Ohmygod that would be so fucking awesome, being on main stage.

>>6738480
Ditto. Other panels just aren't as funny after I encountered zapp! Now if only the rest of the audience could chill out, everything would be great!

>>6738484
Fellow Homewood Suites person here. It was amazing. The rooms we got had a full fridge, a two-burner stove range, a nice bathroom, a bed, and a fold-out bed from a couch.

It was pretty sweet, and pretty decently priced!

>>6738499

D'awwww, we love you too zapp!

I think you need to BE on main stage. It's so hard to see everything that happens when you're more than three rows back. D:

But the livestream was a nice, new addition! I approve this!

>>6738511
>Quaker Oats
>not Hyper Oats

Where are you looking you loonatic?

>>6738524
Quaker Oats cosplaying as the superior Hyper Oats.

>>6738414
Am I damaged if all I could think of was a Russian dude in full gear and an AK74 running around skulking a hotel?

>>6738532

For some reason, that just makes it funnier.

>>6738261

Same here with the autographs thing.

Last year I waited in line for over an hour before the Session even started, and then another hour during the signing itself.

I didn't even MOVE. A bunch of people who had special Advance Tickets or something all showed up 5 minutes before the Guest and skipped the line entirely. Even then, they didn't even get all the way through the ticket-holders line. And those of us without tickets who stood and waited two hours got nothing.

Didn't even bother trying this year

>>6738484
We stayed at the Paramount which is a block away from the convention center and it was a really nice hotel. I think it was like $130 a night? It was one of the middle priced ones when I booked it for us. We chose it over a less expensive one because it was closer. However it was really really nice, the staff was awesome and very kind to us and the sushi restaurant attached to it was amazing. definitely plan on staying there next year as well!

>>6738499
I'm so sorry to hear that Zapp! Since I saw your panel last year I've been so excited to see it again. I really hope that things will start looking up for you soon. A lot of us do love your panel and really really appreciate you putting it on for us every year. Wishing you the best!

Oh did anyone get a pic of the Porco Rosso? I saw him on Friday but never got a picture of him! I really wanted to show my friends who didn't get a chance to go his cosplay because it was just so awesome.

>>6738440
Seriously, Moxxi was hilarious. I laughed so hard when the shirtless guy went up on Saturday and she talked with him

>>6738505
whoah shit thats a nice lookinf group. i dont play FF games so i dont know what any of you are but you all look good together like that. big groups are always cool to see, the impact from so many matching outfits at once is visually really strong

>>6738480
I kind of just showed up on Friday and had no idea what was going on. I didn't get a booklet for the event until about Friday at midnight.

I read over the book on Satruday morning and was distraught at all the stuff I missed

Lesson learned:

Don't go to voice actor panels. Tried to drag my friend away from one, the Sheh, Swasey, and Vic one, but she wouldn't listen to me.

We were treated to people constantly asking the "how do i become supah famouse voice acterz?" One girl was bragging about how she was an actor for AHNIMAE (no shit, she said it like that) and how she was up-and-coming.

Another was asking how to get her crap published (but not anime/manga. It was a book she wanted turned into a screen write), and how she got 30% of her take on her Epubs, and 10% on her physical published shit.

I wanted to laugh at both of them, and I'm not a vindictive person, but fuck, they were both so stupid.

>>6738562
I learned this at Kumoricon two years ago. At a David Vincent panel, one of the questions from an obese female teenager was: "WERE YOU LELOUCHE?"

...Five seconds of silence. "Uh no" he replied, "but I was Li Xingke in Code-"

"WHO WAS THAT?!?" the Hambeast interrupted in the most obnoxious tone.

And in the most polite and patient way possible, he went on to describe the character for a few seconds and move on. But every five minutes throughout this whole panel, a group of fangirls near the front would start giggling, and I recall there was at least three questions about fan pairings or requests to say romantic things to them/fictional characters in one of his voices, and he had to oblige.

The voice actors themselves are always nice and (usually) humble folks, but the people they unintentionally bring out into public are quite horrifying.

>>6738442
>I wanted to create a panel where every day con goers could get up on stage infront of a crowd and showcase themselves, giving themselves a chance to be hilarious infront of a group of people

I really love this about your panels. Getting to go up and ask about dating a severed hand made my night. I've missed Spaceship of Love the past couple years, but the last time I went, the catwalk/dance-off bit was a blast.

>>6738229
I think between those and this, you've got most of the Jojo's cosplay at this con. Hanyaan wore her Johnny later on Saturday, too.

For anyone interested in reading some of the stuff that was written to us during Spaceship of love, search"Zapp Brannigan and his Spaceship of Love (Sakura-Con)" on facebook. I made a post including everything there. Will also post videos and whatnot there as soon as I can.

Now then, I am off to search the internet for pictures of me as Reimu!

>>6738587
I really wish I didn't miss seeing you guys and getting some pics, I only spotted the GioGio and Mista. Maybe next year, there will be more Jojo cosplayers.

>>6738485
>>6738493
Looks like this character from the end of episode 22

>>6738562

I think the VA's handled things well. That 'publisher' girl and the guy who had a 'demo reel' got shit handed to 'em.
Did Vic show up? I ended up leaving early because the people were just getting too rude and braggy to enjoy.

>>6738606
>That 'publisher' girl and the guy who had a 'demo reel' got shit handed to 'em.

I was not present for this panel. Do tell, Anon. I'm curious about how the VAs responded to them.

Hyatt Place
Seattle/downtown 110 6th Ave N Seattle WA 98109
the staff there is awesome and really nice. the room are set up perfectly and the beds are BIG.they come with a useable refrigerator and lot or mirror space. The sink is separate from the toilet/shower area. Best of all they have a free shuttle!

>>6738631
Not the same anon, but.

Basically the guy with the demo reel went on a super long spiel about how he wanted to be an anime voice actor and he made a demo reel and he was looking to send it into companies.

Kind of a legit question! Stephanie makes a comeback and asks, "What's your gear?"

Boy replies with, "Uh, what?"

Sheh, "What's your gear? What do you use?"

"Oh. . . A stupid plugin mike. Sometimes the band at my school lets me use a Snowball mike. Oh, I don't have a room -- my room IS the basement. And I just shove tissues around the mike."

(At which point I turned to my friend and muttered, "yeah, jizz tissues.")

You could tell Stephanie -- at that point -- was super frustrated, and was telling the guy, long story short, practice, buy yourself a nice, expensive mike, and the guy kept looping back to he already HAD a demo reel and didn't want to change it.

Publisher girl was more interesting. Mike dude just didn't want to shell out the cash for a good mike. If any other anon wants to chime in, feel free. I wasn't paying attention to ALL of it, because at that point, net on my phone was much more interesting.

>>6736288
Laika, I'd love to go to a Vancouver con sometime, especially if I can crash with you guys like you offered.
It's really down to money. I really need to get a more stable job than fixing computers.

>>6736316
Glad I could pass on another Anon's favour to you, I just hope my GF's anxiety wasn't too much to handle on the drive back from con.
We got home at 4pm today, and I had class at 7:30 tonight, totalling over 840 miles of driving this last weekend. Hope your 3DS lasted the trip home, at least.

>>6737179
>Someone saved pictures of me.
I don't know what to feel.
I was so tired and felt so awkward when I was on that CR live stream, but it was fun to watch, so I mostly just sat back doing squats with Squat-kun.

Anyway, I'll start sorting through my pictures and post a few tomorrow.
Thanks for an awesome first Sakuracon!

>>6738684

Publisher girl.

She walked up and asks a super long, very wordy question about how she is a sci-fi/fantasy/steampunk/sparklesparklei'm so fucking awesome writer. She says she already has her work published online through an EPub company, and a physical copy, though they haven't got much exposure.

She launches into how she's been writing for x-years and just goes on about how her shit is so good. Really. I saw Sheh give Swasey a look like, "Really?"

Publisher girl eventually wraps up by saying how can she send in a screenwrite (whatever the fuck it is) to companies to get it pitched.

Sheh comes back and asks her, "You mean anime? Like Funimation-esque companies?"

"No, I don't want it to be an anime. I just want to know how to pitch it to companies, and who WILL accept it so I can pitch it."

(At this point, I openly stare at this girl, because why the fuck are you asking a VA who only really knows the VA industry something better suited for writers?)

Sheh starts saying she should attend writing conventions and they have classes on how to pitch a product to people. Publisher girl says she's been to those and she needs more help.

Sheh says to google some leads, because most companies are pretty closed to new material, and the ones she's into only want anime.

Publisher girl launches into another dialogue about yeah, the market is really closed right now, everybody's paycheck is getting cut. Especially the writer's. I only make 30% off of my Epubs, 10% off of the book version. But I'm not making a lot of money.

Swasey was basically quiet for the entire time because they were both so out of their zone. We left shortly after Publisher Girl because it was just so *painful.*

Poor VA's. I'm slow to piss off, but I honestly wanted to stomp up, grab the mic, and smack them both over the head with it. The VAs were super cool about it, though. . . They just had to suffer.

>>6738606

And no. But it was funny when we were waiting in line because a Staffer came down and was announcing, "Vic will not be attending this panel! He is still doing autographs!"

Roughly 20% of the line left. All women. All fangirls. I just kinda lol'd.

>>6738693
Yeeeaaah bro. I am 99% sure my friend wasn't joking about the 20 dollar couch crashing if you're okay with that.
As for Vancouver cons, AR is the 'big' one that they're all planning to wear swimming anime for. Do you have a fb or email?

>>6738726
Call me generous but whenever I couch crash I always feel like I need to play like 100$ (mostly food, then some cash). That maybe because money isn't really hurting for me right now but idk

>>6738684
>>6738709
Fantastic recap Anon(s?). Thank you for indulging my curiosities.

On another note, I'm disappointed that there wasn't a voice acting contest this year though. I missed last year's one. I think there was one last year, anyway.

For anyone interested -- Here's the video that played at the start of Spaceship of Love. Share with your friends, your family, your enemies, whoever y'want!


Part 1: http://youtu.be/43aF-4HUTak
Part 2: http://youtu.be/8otmy11R5T4

>mfw

I just... wow

>>6738932
>dis shoop

wai

>>6738949
I... Don't think that's a shoop...

Why would anyone..?

>>6738949
Nah, that's not a shoop, it just looks like they're stuck the hair together to make it consistent. Doesn't work very well though.

>>6738932
God, she's so pretty. Her body looks so soft and nice and beautiful and her skin is clear and hnghh I just wanna lick her all over and squish her.
I'm also mad jelly

Love the fabric choice on the... leotard?, as well.

>>6738932
Christ that hair.

I can't stop staring at the nipples

>>6739020
They're not real, tho

>>6739027
That is what bothers me
She purposely did that
It's one thing if she was just cold, but to put on fake nipples....

It kind of creeps and grosses me out

>>6738932
I-is that peice of skin folding by her inner thigh her vagina?

>>6738693
Hey man, nice meeting you by the CR stream.

I totally forgot to ask you to gratuitously pour water down your throat while I take a photo.

>>6738172

The Lux one was reaaaally good too.

>>6738440
I enjoyed the push-up contest with Vegeta. Next year I want to go to the panel as Nappa just so I can heckle him again. I had too much fun.

>>6738250
What makes you say that? In all my experience with her she's been nothing but a sweet heart :/

>>6738726
Yeah, I'd be perfectly fine with that. The only thing that I'd really care about is if they have a ton of pets, or something that'd set off my allergies.
Anime Revolution? August, huh? I could probably find a way to get to that...
Spam email is in the field, I can link you my Facebook from there.

>>6739076
Oh, hey! Didn't have water on me, but I think I'll have to change that, along with getting a wig for next time.

>tfw waiting for another year to pass for any change in my dull, 9 to 5 work life.

>Pay $50 for a AAA membership
>Save about $150 on the hotel cost just at Sakura-con
>AAA membership has just paid for itself 3x over and is also useful for other things

>>6739721
This.

I used AAA for marriott once. Had two rooms booked. Got free buffet Breakfast for 2, for each room. all 3 days of the con. 80 dollars worth of breakfast free. Each fucking day.

Did anyone see the fire emblem group? I saw five of them all taking pictures at one point, but my friend dragged me off before I could get a good one.

I went as March!Eridan on Saturday. Fucking buzzkill cancelled this Promstuck panel we went to so me and a bunch of Ampora cosplayers went and jammed it at the Rock Band section.

>inimec horses

>>6739834
You and your Amp4a's sucked ass, and looked gross.

>>6739834

You looked revolting, though I guess that's the point with march Eridan. You lose points for hanging out with booty shorts Cronus, too.

>>6739011
She looks like an average woman. You're weird.

Did anyone go through the confusion about Priority Tickets for autograph events and how Sakura-Con suddenly abolished the system midway through Friday, causing a lot of people later on Friday and through the rest of the con to stand in lines for hours and then being cut out of autograph sessions?

>>6739847
I know, but goddamn it was fun.

>>6739856
I was apparently the only guy going as March Eridan the whole month. Must be because the whole design is already 2 years old.

>the ngeRSil

For someone who wanted a photo of JasonTerror and his dad.

>>6739069
Yes. Intentional? My rational brain says "no way," but the fake nipples make me think... maybe??

>>6739907
Why does that Kirito look badly shooped in, or like a cardboard cutout?

>>6739834
>homestuck
>writing your captcha in your post
Become an hero.

>>6739907

>Ugh, JasonTerror

>I've heard about this guy his infamy everywhere, but I thought I'd give this guy a chance

>I, too, was a Kirito cosplayer (no shame). We had a photo shoot going on at area 5 on Saturday at 2PM

>I was really trying to give him a chance to redeem himself but then...

>We started doing large group shots in a semi-muddy (but not really) area

>One of the other Kirito cosplayers nudged JasonTerrible on to go pose with the other cosplayers

>JasonAutisticTerror started throwing a fit about how the mud will ruin his precious hard work

>Losing my shit in my head at this time

>Proceeded to see this fucker everywhere at the con

>Other than that, I had a pretty swell time, all the guests were pretty cool

>Papenbrook and Vic turned out to be pretty swell guys as well, despite my initial first thoughts about them

>>6740029
>Vic

He's the guest who single-handedly ruined priority ticketing for autographs for the entire con.

>>6739857
She looks particularly clean, squishy and soft. I'm not sure why.

>>6739069
Yes

>>6740045
I suppose, I'm not really into his work and don't follow him but from what I observed, he stayed around until after the con pretty much just for his fans.

Con staffer btw

>>6740069
So what did he do to get the priority ticket system abolished? It caused a lot of people grief.

>>6740089
Iunno, I'm not relations/publicity/line control.
People who are buttmad can stay buttmad because how those people feel about Vic is how we feel about our A/V staff. Those assholes never get anything done on time and are to blame for 99% of late panel start times.

>>6740111
Oh god I'm on AV and theres this guy who wears a black hoodie with a rasta atari logo on it who acts like he's the baddest bitch and thinks he knows his shit. He bitches and argues with EVERYONE. Definitely not working on AV next year.

>>6740120
Ugh, I've heard this guy... He was bitching about my logistics team the entire time on Day 0. Keegan or what's his face. He didn't do shit on bag stuffing day and still stuffed his fat greasy face with the food meant for working staff members while everyone was working their asses off.

Anyone get pictures of the Hakase from day 3?

>>6738932

Not as lovely as her Asuka, but still beautiful. How I long for her embrace ;_;

>>6739864
This wouldn't have been too big of an issue if the scheduling wasn't so cocked up. Q&A right before autographs on two different sides of the building> Derp.

I heard it was Kawahara and/or Aniplex that wanted the ticket system gone. Which pisses me off as it worked. Went to their panel? Proirity to getting an autograph.

>>6739439
Yea I took her picture with a girl going as Lee Sin, they were both crazy nice

>>6737006

do these babez hav tumbles or anything?

>>6739907
I'm laughing my ass off at all the JT photos from the con. He's making a very grumpy face in most of them for god knows what reason.

>>6740540
Who is this guy, why do you guys care, and why should I?

>>6740540
I'd be grumpy too if I looked in the mirror and remembered I was JasonTerror.

>>6739811
here you go!

>>6740680
Also relevant.

>>6740597
Some autistic cross-dresser who comes from coscom starting up shit wherever he goes because he thinks he's top shit, man. It's fucking funny to see his ass get handed to him on the forums while he proceeds to bitch about the tiniest shit. You don't have to care if you don't want to, but keep an eye out for him if you want to avoid engaging in conversation with this nutcase.

>>6740540
>The creator of SAO is standing right there
>Better look confused

>>6738932

Wow this looks gre-

>nipples

Are they supposed to be like that? I'm not well versed in this character.

>>6740697
Is he like the Chris chan of cosplay?

>>6740029
>Vic turned out to be pretty swell guys
go on

>>6738210
Why a FAMAS?

>>6740724
JasonFaggot spotted OH LAWD

>>6740781
because that's what he had in the first game
why not

Vic kept flipping out, staring and complimenting me while refusing to release my hand after I shook his.

Then he got upset when I refused to go to his panel when he asked if I was going to.

Yep he's a creeper in my book.

>>6740747
Not quite, he hasn't posted porn of women he knows yet. Fun thing, he wanted a cosplaying gf to dress up. He still can't get one. All his planned crossplays? Cosplays he wanted his future cosplaying gf to do.

>>6740791
10/10 would bang. I'm not even gay and I can't resist a man of that caliber

>>6739907
...Oh God, I just realized something. I recognize his dad from the maid cafe at Aki Con, he was really nice. But I distinctly remember one guy with him being a huge douche and whining that there wasn't enough food. I didn't make the connection at the time but I bet it was Jason.

I'm absolutely exhausted from Sakuracon.

Also, Sakuracon needs to keep their dealer hall map updated on their site. We literally had no idea that our booth was right NEXT to Arda. If they had actually taken the time, we could have actually moved our booth or they could have moved there. It was a whole bundle of awkward when we went to do setup and found them right next to us. But we found a way to separate the booths so people didn't get confused.

On the upside, made it 100X easier for customers to shop. I think it played to both our advantages because our prices are similar so customers could just compare right next to each other, not to mention arda has stuff we don't have anyway(LIke odango buns) So if somebody wanted something like Clip in bangs, I could just show them arda's.

My coworker estimated our sells went up about 30% from last year.

Although, freaking Ramy(The one banned from multiple artist alleys) They had the damn front and center booths at the dealers hall. There booth literally looked like an over sized artist alley table.

Also found out that the toyslogic guy is an old school jojo fan. Maybe not a hardcore fan like a lot of the younger ones, but still fun chatting Jojo with him. I just wish his business wasn't all the way up in Concord, great for the Norcal people, bit to far for me.

Brought my husband a bottle of Flying Monkey Ale from the NYC deli(Apparently left over from ECCC stock since it's a 2013 exclusive)

Bought myself a flying squirrel Kigurumi, a few Persona arena keychains, and a fantasy novel from the B&N across from my hotel.

Also I stayed at the Roosevelt. Nice hotel, our room was pretty large(King bed with a fold out couch) Jacuzzi bathtub(which is nice after working on your feet all day) and only about a block from the con hotel.

Also since their restaurant shut down, they had free continental breakfast for everybody until 9:30.

To the fucking bitch who rooffied and molested me FUCK YOU. I WILL find you and I WILL destroy you.

>>6740806
WAIT WHAT!!?
STORYTIME
THE FUCK HAPPENED

>>6740806
deets.

>>6740806
This interests me as well, please do tell.

Also who is Vic and does he have a facebook?

>>6740804
P.s. I need to stop breaking up my sentences so much. Little awkward to read.

Also food wise, I recommend hitting up Dragonfish during their happy hour(9 or 9:30 to closing)

Prices are really reasonable for Sushi. We averaged about 12-13 a person since we ordered plates for everybody to share, along with individual plates, including alcoholic drinks(I had the Dragonfish Lemongrass collins, pretty good). Plenty tasted pretty good, Miso soup was weak though. They did run out of some things, like Sunday night they were actually out of desserts. They did bring us an extra order of their curry fries and didn't charge one of our people for a second lager. So it's forgivable. Also side note, if you need change, you may have to go to the hotel. The concierge wasn't very thrilled but nice enough to break three 20 dollar bills.

>>6740816
Vic Mangina?
Very creepy and pompous voice actor who is "just a bit" of a homophobe and bible thumper.

>>6740809
>>6740810

She knows who she is

>>6740816
>risembool rangers

>>6740816
Vic is a guy who did one voice in the FMA dub and has been coasting on that fame ever since.
i dont think he even works any more.
all he does is go to anime conventions.
It like "oh vic mignolia. again."
At the first Akicon someone followed him to his room and slipped some edXmustang art under his door.
he got mad and threatened to sue the hotel for giving out his room number.

>>6740822
Never heard of him but, I don't really follow voice actors.
>>6740826
Was she at least attractive?
>>6740817
Have you been to I <3 sushi? It's about 20 min from the convention center but their sushi is amazing (even if its a little pricy)

>>6740680
>>6740683
Thank you! Oh my god that sumia is so cute

>>6740817
>>6740833
While we're on the topic of food, I had the fortune of being led around by my friend who lives in Seattle and was able to go to Shiro's and a place called Kaname Izakaya which was actually pretty close in atmosphere to one. Prices are amazing compared to NYC's Japanese food. Definitely returning to Sakura-con next year.

>>6740838
TBH I don't actually live in Seattle (I live about 2 hours away) and I haven't really had a chance to try out much of the food in the area.

>>6740833
Haven't had a chance yet. Sadly since I'm up from socal for working the con, I don't have a rental car(boss don't pay for it) Working a con booth for 8 hours can be pretty damn draining, but worth it for the people you meet and make happy. I also tried Blue C Sushi during ECCC and found it rather underwhelming for their standard cost(haven't tried their happy hour yet) I'm kind of spoiled on Kula down here in SoCal. They're a $2 flat rate a plate revolving sushi joint and the quality was probably just as nice as Blue C or better. Of the two Sushi places right by the convention center, I'll take Dragonfish.

Also the mall that's right by the con has a few places to eat on the 4th floor. They've got a good ol' Johnny Rockets, and their Chowder place isn't bad either. The concierge desk has a booklet of coupons, so take advantage of those any time you hit the mall for food.
There's also a little cupcake stand in their. Pricy, but surprisingly good gluten free cupcakes. I don't even really eat Gluten free foods and the one I tried was good. Though a bit to much frosting on my snicker doodle cupcake

>>6740833

>Was she at least attractive?

6.5/10 totally do-able, until she attacked me.

>>6740848
What happened? I haven't heard of any bad stories from Sakura-con yet.

>>6738314
Unacceptable, I know.

>>6740845
I should give it a try (other food that is) I think I lived off of Tullys the entire time I was in the convention center.

I'm jelly of the 2$ standard plates though, last time I went to a sushi place with the conveyor belt I spent like 75$.

>>6740848
Story us plox

>>6738314
thanks for summoning her you bastard

>>6740831

Uhh what? He does so many roles it's not even believable sometimes. As for major roles, he did the main male love interest in Ouran Host Club which probably doubled his popularity. He also did Dampierre in SoulCalibur, Junpei in Persona 3, etc.. He fucking gets around. He's probably done something in nearly every major anime these days and when he isn't, he's singing the theme song or something. I'm a big fan of Vic, ever since I heard him as Junpei and Dampierre. He has plenty of range (mother fucking Broly of all things) and is quite the character himself. It's enjoyable to see him in panels and even during the autograph sessions since he gets everyone excited, including the staff members. Sure he isn't perfect, but I don't expect him to be.

>>6738314

I know of her now thanks to the swimsuit contest. I declare myself her number one stalker.

>>6740881
I know not of her popularity but I can only assume that she has plenty of stalkers.

>>6740869
Yeah.It's a godsend at that price.

We actually lived on the chowder from the place at the mall for lunch every day. When you're stuck at a booth for $8, you sometimes just can't leave to go grab lunch. Thankfully my coworker's fiance and friend came with us to the con, so they did lunch runs.

Also really there's Pike Place market. There's also I believe a mexican chain near there called Qdoba. Decent Mexican food(More along the lines of Chipotle then real mexican food) But I had something from them called Mexican gumbo. Turned out to be basically their rice, covered in a large portion of their tortilla soup, topped with sour cream, cheese, and extra tortilla strips. It was pretty good and very filling for the price.

Also, I personally recommend flying southwest for flying to cons. My boss swears by them since they're one of the few that has two free checked bags. You can check a 16x18x18 cardboard box(So the medium sized ones from home depot). If it's under 50 pounds. It's free. My boss uses it all the time so we can save money on shipping stock to out of state cons.

Downside, any stuff I bring has to fit in a carry on suitcase and messenger bag. I feel bad when I look like a pack mule and having to stuff my suitcase to near bursting if I want to bring any costumes to con.

They're also super if you miss your flight. We missed our 6:00pm flight coming back last night to LAX(routed through Oakland) but had space on their 6:35pm that routed through San Jose. We only ended up about 30 minutes late to LAX but our ride wasn't getting there till later anyway.

I've also flown United. I thought the United flight was a tad more comfortable, but when you're flying, sometimes you just make due with what you got.

>>6740789

You should have just played along and said you'd go.

>>6740905
Southwest is the only way I fly, it's cheap and effective.

All this conversation has done is make me feel stupid for not going to all the local food stuffs in my area.

Next time I'm at Sakura Con I'll actually get a hotel, then eating out won't be as akward

>>6740914
It was funnier this way, because I also refused to purchase anything, didn't ask for an autograph, didn't want a picture, etc.

>>6740917
Yeah. It's work for me(Though I was a regular con attendant in socal since 2005) before I started working at my job. Now all the cons I'm going to are for work(outside of one or two I actually go for fun)

I personally really wish I could do ECCC just as an attendant. It really did look like it had stuff I'd enjoy and panels I would have liked to have gone to. But being stuck at the booth the whole time, you miss out on so much. On the upside, I get to meet a ton of people, and it's really rewarding when I just make somebody's day when I help them get their wig or help them with advice on costumes, or just geek out when I find somebody making a costume from a series I love.

Also making friends with the other vendors has it's perks. Finding out ABCToys4me was local saved some shipping for me from Las Vegas since they drove some of my boxes home in their truck and I just picked them up the next day. Not to mention cutting deals on stuff and sharing stories over dinner.

My photos are almost done :) Where is the best place to post them, you think?

>>6740985
This guy. This guy is such a cool dude. A bit oddball, but super nice and a clever man. Also pretty damn good dancer. Got to room with him this year and it was quite enjoyable for the most part~

>>6738932
forget the nips. What is going on with that armpit?

>>6741004

this girl was awesome. i have a really great photo of her. ..soon to come. she was super nice :)

>>6741014

I'm having a hard time finding pictures of her at Sakura Con. Where are they?

>>6740982
I'm really new to cons (this Sakura con being my 2nd con ever, the last one being like 6 years ago) and I want to start doing them more. I regret missing ECCC, I had a ton of friends go and they had a blast

>>6741019
every album
literally 100% of albums
all of the albums
lurk moar

>waiting for photogs to upload the pictures they took of you
>not wanting to be annoying and ask them about it

>>6741026

I honestly have no idea where to lurk for something like this.

>>6741029
Yes, I know this feeling

>>6741049
Not anymore I don't
Great picture, a few others I've seen of me I was looking a bit dilapedated, which I think is acceptable of a last minute costume but still.

>>6738383
Open mask Gray Fox for you

>>6740806
LOL

>>6738562
You get stupid shit like that all of the time, less so at Japanese guest panels.

>>6741034
Search the archive for "sakura con" to find recent threads, which have links to said albums.

This might sound like an odd request, but...

Does anyone have shots of the big escalator from the main area to the upper floor, filled with cosplayers?

That's one of the distinguishing features of Sakura-con for me. I like seeing all the random characters going up and down the escalator.

>>6741034

facebook.
>"oh but fb is so laaaame so I don't have it"
oh well.

step 1: have a bunch of friends that go to sakuracon and cosplay
step 2: when they get tagged in albums, open the link to the album instead of the photo
step 3: ????? etc

>>6741493
>>6741034

also

facebook [daht cawm] /SakuraCon
facebook [daht cawm] /groups/2208863127
scmb.sakuracon [dawt org] /viewtopic.php?f=42&t=23571

shoutout to spam filter

>>6740833
>Was he at least attractive?

Do you ask female rape victims this question, or did your misandry just get the better of you?

>>6740985
I would have loved to have done a shoot with you, but you sprung that it would be paid at the last minute and then didn't respond to my question about the pricing.

After all I'd heard about your photos and how professional you had seemed on the board I'm kind of disappointed... hope you had a good con though.

>>6738200
....Dare I ask...more of her?

>>6740806

Wait, wat

If you know her name, spill it, I think the board deserves a warning.

>>6741019
Mostly Flickr right now.
Contributing another one I rather liked.

Jesus, those fucking nipples are disgusting.

>>6741702
>>6741771
I don't get it. It's already a sexy costume and the girl wearing it looks good, why turn sexy lady into trashy slut by tacking on a pair of fake nips? I get that she can't do real nipples because her boobs are most likely entirely miracle bra, but it doesn't look any more realistic or attractive.

>>6741061
oh, this is you? I think I stumbled upon you in the console room when I got your pic.

I wish I was a better photographer. I went to that Photography 101 panel on Saturday, but it was kind of crappy.

>>6741817
Yeah, mind you there were a few problems I didn't remember since the last time I had worn all that- the jacket's the best-looking part but is still ill-fitting. Tight at the chest and underarms with sleeves that are too long.
This picture makes me writhe in agony because of the mismatched colors among other things.

Also my depth perception was fucked trying to take quick pictures on the fly, here's an example.

>>6741634

Sorry for letting you down, things got really hectic at con and before. As soon as I decided that I'd be doing private shoots at the convention I put up my prices and how many slots were available. Your emails were being sent to my junk mail due to the "anon" name you were emailing from.
Sorry that we couldn't meet up, just like the other people who wanted shoots but didn't want to pay or couldn't, I told them to say hi or try and meet up because I would have snapped some photos in any case. It just wouldn't have been as in depth as a private shoot.

Will you be attending any Portland cons?

>>6740806

sounds fake

>>6741844
:(

>>6742042
It's alright! I know schedules can get hectic, and now that I know your lack of response about the pricing was just due to miscommunication I feel a little silly for getting irritated over it.

Just an FYI that I'm not against paying for shoots at all, I just need to know in advance in order to see if its in the budget or I'm able to schedule anything solid.

I may be at Akicon later in the year, but otherwise no :(

>>6738932
damn, jacob's girlfriend is pretty hot.

>>6742084
When I said this picture makes me writhe in agony I meant the one of myself >>6741817

And yes I too am :( over the blurry picture I took

Zapp suggestion: wenches prescreening questions in line
also running 'Would I lie to you?'
2 teams of 3
one team takes turns telling something hard to believe about themselves- 2 of these things are lies and 1 is the truth, the other team can ask questions to try and deduce the answer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8BygaZXsj4
^the program itself for an example of how it plays out

>>6741805
You obviously just don't understand Maryjane

>>6742293
I definitely don't
But I've also never heard of her since I don't follow famous cosplayers.

>>6742394
She's not really "famous," just /cgl/-famous. She's a trip here. If you knew her you wouldn't be surprised about the nipple thing considering this is the girl with the infamously too-short Asuka cosplay in which she makes a show out of displaying her ass to everyone.

>>6742498

How dare you say anything negative about my waifu

PS: what's her trip here?

>>6742042

I was considering attending AkiCon this year. i always hear such good things about it :)

I look forward to the next opportunity to photograph you!

>>6742769
see
>>6740868

>>6742785
Akicon is awful.

I had a Saturday badge and tried to go to the Dance and they wouldn't let us in because it was 1AM and therefore technically Sunday.

>>6740868

maryjane is the Cammy from SakuraCon?

>>6742960

She is also God.

>>6742935
Uh, Sakura staff is supposed to do that too with 1-day badges... I was a panel mod and no one tried, but if they had we would have had to turn them away.

>>6741586
I'll admit my misandry got the better of me, my apologies.

>>6742960
Yep

>>6740905
Southwest is what the fiancee and I swear by now. It's pretty excellent.
But I always hated United. We've been given the run around and shit by them SO many times that we've sworn them off as an airline.

>>6742785
Will throw in: Akicon is a really REALLY shitty con. It's fantastic is all you want to do is waste a weekend and drink a lot. But otherwise, it's shit. They have shit programming and continue to fuck over dealers and artists. I was one of the artists stuck in the parking garage fiasco this past year... Until they do SOMETHING to handle the bullshit (and maybe move away from Sea-Tac, what the fuck) I personally refuse to attend.

>>6743569
Good thing that I want to waste a weekend and get drunk

>>6743569

Indeed. I went one year and was embarrassed by how terrible it was. I understand it takes time to develop a con into something huge (hell, Sakura Con started out as some shitty airport "Baka Con" with less than 200 attendees or something), but when I went I found it terribly dull and uninteresting. There was just so little to do that I didn't even see a point in going. Maybe in five years it will be worthwhile, but until now I rather just save up and get pumped for a single anime con a year rather than go to every one I can think of.

>>6743674

Oh and seriously Sea-Tac? What the fuck? That guarantees I'll never go there again. When I went they were still in Bellevue or whatever. Very convenient location. Now though? Fuck that.

>>6743679
>>6743674
I have this fear that they may never grow properly, because the owners are so resistance to criticism. (They actually blamed the artists for whining and ruining things...when we were stuck in a leaky and cold parking garage.)
And yes. 2013 is in SeaTac. It's silly.

>>6743740
They have a facebook?

>>6743740
>>6743679

Well. Good thing I go to get drunk and be with friends. It sure sucks to have fun and participate in change.

>>6744129

Uhhh what?

>>6741438
Awe me too. THE HIGH FIVE TRAIN SHARE ALL THE GERMS.
But they are defining IMO as well.
I know there is a place that posted huge panoramic photos of con this year? If I can find it again I think there was an escalator shot.

>>6746431
http://www.bohonus.com/hosted/sakuracon2013/
Never mind found it and NO escalator shot... the other ones are nice though.