/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

awkward Eva photoshop sure was awkward

>>6865854

OH MY GOD
OH MY GOD A REAL ACTUAL HOVERHAND
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH PHENOMENA ACTUALLY CAPTURED IN A PHOTOGRAPH
I CAN'T EVEN DEAL, I'M LAUGHING TOO HARD

>>6865854
>>6865858
>>6865868
oh boy this photoshoot looks like it sorta went...badly

Sailor Slut

>>6865866

>>6865868
>dat eva bulge

>>6865869

holy shit. thank God I didn't see that.

>>6865869
why were they even selling the Sailor Slut outfits at the con?!

>>6865854
Yo, is he fo real...?

>>6865876

>>6865869
>heading towards the direction of the restaurants
Don't tell me he actually went in one of those like that...

>>6865869
oh......
On saturday I saw a heavier sailor scout whose skirt was way too short for her. I wasn't sure if I should say something? Either way, felt bad.

>>6865885

>>6865897

I had to have this pose done...I brought my sunglasses and everything

>>6865889

>>6865902

>>6865915

>>6865903
Hey I think Enver and I took yo picture

>>6865922
More drag.

And I'm done for now. All that's left are terrible shots and average cosplays, or self shots. My legs and feet are too exhausted to stay up any longer.

Found this picture on Facebook. Though it was funny

>>6865893
You mean the Sailor Mars seen here >>6864566 ?

>>6865915
Yeah, I'm saving this shit. :D

>>6865880
>implying cosplay hasn't become an oversexualized hot mess of slutty half naked women who cry sexual harassment when someone looks at them
>implying vendors wouldn't stoop to the level of selling cheaply made anime themed lingiri to any and all of these women

>>6865886
I didn't see where she went, she could have been going to one of the hotels across the bridge or something, but she most likely went to one of the restaurants.

>>6865893
was she wearing the sailor slut outfit or an actual sailor scount cosplay that was just ill-fitted for her? The landwhale sailor moon I saw was actually in a full costume but her ass was hanging out the bottom and I'm pretty sure she was pantiless.

>>6865936
the latter would have been her. She was hanging out with an Inuyasha I believe?
The importance of a full pre-con cosplay check right here.

Need this for other thread

>>6865952
Yeah that's the one.
>importance of a pre-con cosplay check
Absolutely

>>6865869

Okay, who the fuck...

>>6866002
>QT 3.14

sage for self post

Did anyone take pictures of Angela's (some old tripfag, I don't think she comes here anymore) Merida costume? I heard it was amazing.

>>6865981
*sigh* oh Matt.....

>>6866014
She came to AN?

Loved this Ezreal.

>>6866011
Your photographer did a really good job on this one.

>>6866020
Voldie told me so, but she didn't take a picture... :( I heard it was amazing.

>>6865937
Poor Narutard, spilling his spaghetti....

>>6866019
Ya~

Anyone get a pic of the Kaiji cosplay, with the Zawa sign?

>>6866011

Dat wind was out of control.

and Helllllooooo Fashion tape, thank you for saving my life/modesty.


Polite sage for lack of content.

IDK what this is from

>>6866054
That's Alisa from Tekken. She's a robot.

>>6866054
Tekken you twit.

>>6866002

>>6865908
sup son?

I'm going through the videos we made.

requesting the stacked quebecois misty from saturday

>>6866072
>still QT 3.14

Sorry about the selfposts, but I like this pic a lot.

>>6866064
>>6866070
Say that to my face, not online, see what happens.

To those who went to panels, which was your favorite?

>>6866079
I would Vendetta the shit out of this if she hadn't blocked me off Facebook.
Girl is as dumb as her tits are huge and her english broken...

She's Ichimy-Sama on dA though.

>>6866107
i found out as much

Fucking christ, the cold made it too difficult to party

>>6866091
I only went to "Sex and The Single Otaku". It's 1000 times better than the old "How to Get a Con BF/GF". The panelists gave pretty solid advice overall.

Any Shingeki no Kyojin cosplays Day 1-2-3?

Just started running a fever, who else has caught themselves some con plague?

Any pics of the Poison Ivy?

I got sun burnt as shit, didn't realise considering it was so cold that it might happen

>>6866139
this one?

>>6866127
I want to do SnK.

>>6866141
>2013
>not knowing that convection doesn't protect against radiation

>>6866126
Will it get uploaded to the youtube?

>>6866091
I went to the Otaku Networking one because I thought it would be funny. The guy seems to know about networking, but nothing really solid was given.

I didn't stay for the Epic resumes as I don't think he was ever part of the HR hiring process based on what he said in the networking panel. It would have been funny but I was busy.

>>6866139
The black zentai suit one?

>>6866150
Yep. Awesome body all around. Crap paint job.
I heard she was asked to cover up? What about the Cammy?

>>6866155
more like it was cold out so the thought of sunburn didn't cross my mind like it would on a regular summer day

>>6866133
yep. plague it is. terrible fever as of this morning out of absolute nowhere

>>6866172
You do know that it's possible to get sunburnt in winter too, right?

I saw some neat cosplays, only took pictures of some League and a few various others. I was happy to see some Attack on Titan stuff.

>>6866107
Quebec dramu, tell me more.

>>6866154
huh? Will what be uploaded?

Best MANmi of all.

>>6866181
The panel

>>6866166
I didn't see anything on her fb about her having to cover up, didn't hear anything at the con, though I saw her late sunday right before I left. If someone has a pic from behind of her, that'd be greatly appreciated

>>6866133
Just feeling cold and sniffly

Day One of AN - I know I'm late

Ended up waiting in line behind these two for around half an hour. Cried the entire time.

>>6866191
I felt like that two hours ago, then the fever and sinus pressure came.

>>6866175
Long story short.
We were like, BFFs.
I was with this guy.
I dumped this guy.
This guy was like "omg lurxy ur a whore"
she was like "erhmergherd luerxy ur a whore"
>Let's be honest she's been sleepin' around and telling me about it.

I was like
>Wut

And she blocked me.
So now I don't even.

/jazzhands

>>6866180
I cosplayed as SnK on Friday and Saturday, but so far no sign of me yet :|

>>6866133
I got really bad diarrhea the second day.

>>6866193
I don't think anyone recorded it.

>>6866190
The cammy's costume was pretty revealing. Didn't get a shot of the back cause I didn't wanna ask.

>>6866202
me too, I wonder if it was the water.
did you eat at that mexican place?

>>6866198
Except you are a whore, soooo

>>6866208
The staff says, it was the Harvey's. There was 2 incidents where people were throwing up in both the Sheraton Hotel and in Hall F at the TCC. Food was undercooked.

>>6866185
This guy was the chillest motherfucker who ever existed, he's got this calming thing about him. He makes you feel inferior as well. I think I'm gay for him.

>>6866208
No, I had Harveys though. It only came once I was in and about the dealers room, and today waiting for Eriko I felt sick again too. I think the inside of that building is toxic with all the otaku fumes.

>>6866206
not cammy's behind, Poison Ivy's. If it's the cammy I think you're talking about, I got a good stare at her ass from the DT pool whilst having a pool party... with Pool Boy. Dat ass is ingrained in my memory

>>6866217
MOTHERFUCKING HARVEYS I KNEW IT

>>6866198
Some BFF that was.

>>6866225
we're only getting one side of the story here

>>6866198
Did she like the guy herself or something?

>>6866203

If only. QQ
notkawaiienough

>>6865937
Swear to god it looks like he's lying next to road kill in the zoom out

>>6866208
>>6866202
ouch. that sucks.

>>6866217
I noticed. When I got a hamburger, the bacon looked a bit... well, not cooked. I still ate it anyway, though. The other two days I just had Swiss Chalet, which I'm hoping is okay.

Wonder why Harvey's would do that... is it because they had to serve thousands of people and they somehow rush the food? Well, I mean, the line did end up reaching outside the door at some point.

Case in point though, when I went to go get a drink (and probably unfortunately I went there at least twice) on one of the days, one of the employee's kids had to dispense the drink for me.

I just, what?

>>6866002
>>6866072
Who is she?
I want more.

>>6866241
Rushing the food would definitely be it. When I got mine the place was packed and they were severely understaffed. I would have rather waited longer than gotten sick though, I ended up having to go back to my hotel at five and missed out on saturday night.

>>6866228
Usagi, is that you?

>>6866229
Thing is, yeah. She had a huuuuge crush on him a few years back when we started dating.

And it WAS a messy breakup.

But now we can actually talk to each other and all, the guy and me, basically.

But she's trying too hard and uh, he's not into girls who's slept with more people than they have fingers.

Aaaand she expects some people in the Montreal Cosplay Community to NOT tell me the shit she's saying behind my back.

Woo drama.

>>6866247
...I don't know who that is? Just saying, you can't trust just one side of it

>>6866252
Usagi is her actual cosplay name.
UsagiIchimy Something something weaboodesu.

I don't even

>Waiting in line for Fire Emblem Panel at Sheraton
>Told to move over to the side since everyone's gathering in the middle of the hall
>Realize I dropped my 3DS bag while I was moving
>It's gone when I go back to my original spot
>I just lost 125 hours of monster hunter and bag which was a gift
>Spend the next few hours walking around with a sign
>Asked Staff and Lost and Found every hour and got nothing
>Someone sympathizes with me and gives me Virtue's Last Reward
>Have to go home since nobody's there anymore, never found Monster Hunter and the bag
I don't think the person that has my bag and Monster Hunter is going to give them back.

>>6866246
The only thing I had was just a hamburger with clearly uncooked bacon, and some fries. The only thing I had there was a Coca Cola, at least three (one per day) over the whole weekend.

The other two days I just ate Swiss Chalet. Haven't been feeling too bad or anything, just tired from being out for essentially a whole weekend straight. Hope nothing goes wrong.

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>>6865858
>>6865854
A bunch of pics from the Eva photoshoot: imgur.com/a/ecQAv
This Rei was adorable, I don't think she ever said a word and just posed like that for most of it. Don't know why her badge says "Shinji Ikari" though.

>>6866255
Ergh, pardon the extra "the only thing I had there", it seems a bit redundant.

>>6866257
I have a gun if you want to borrow it, god damn...

>>6866257
Wow, that really sucks!

>>6866261
Yea liked this Rei. Never noticed her badge though, that's pretty funny actually.

>>6866257
Damn, I'm really sorry to hear...

There's been a lot of thefts this year, it seems. This is my first year so I don't know how bad thefts have been in the previous years.

>>6866257
>sleeping in hotel room, got some buds staying with us
>everyone trying to sleep, one guy fires up his 3DS and FE:A for the next six hours
>light shining directly on my face for the rest of the night
>too lazy to tell him off, but still annoyed

Holy shit, this nigger. He was also at the KEY panel while extremely drunk and heckled endlessly.

At some point, he said "DID THAT GUY SAY HENTAI? WHAT A FAGGOT!". Fuck.

>>6866257

I am sorry for your lost.

>>6866150
saw that one up close. Body paint was total shit and her ass was hanging out to point I was worried her vag would flop out too. Decent body, totally lazy costume. 3/10.

>>6866268
>QT 3.14

>>6866257
sucks, with the explosive growth of the con a lot of faggots have been coming as of late.

>>6866257
>bought a print for a friend for her birthday (this weekend)
>suddenly diarrhea hits
>rush to the washroom
>leave and sit with my friend on the tables just off to the side of the washroom for 2 minutes max
>realize I don't have my print
>rush back in
>someone's in the stall
>when they come out ask if there was a print in there
>they say no
>sick and now grumpy
>go back to artist all grumpy to buy the same print
>her friend recognizes me (was cosplaying), mention what happened
>artist was nice enough to give me the print for just 5$
That was really nice of her, I was super pissed that someone would just take the print after such a quick time. I felt so bad too, that probably only covered the cost of printing it. I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

>>6866268
Holy fuck, that's freaky, her eyes are actually open. If you check all the Eva pics from that Eve photoshoot, ( >>6866261), they're always half shut and that's how she looked for the whole time I was there.

>>6866272
yeah same. I was sitting on the ground and I was at ass level. To be fair, there's no way her ass couldn't be hanging out since she was wearing a thong... and now that I see that picture, I notice that I saw her later with green booty shorts on under the thong. Maybe con staff told her to put them on?

>>6866217
All I ate was the mexican place, and I've been going for years with no problem, plus none of my friends who met up with me for lunch there have come down with the same plague...

This thing of beauty was at the 4chan panel.
Also props to the toph that was their and around the con, one of my favorite cosplays of the weekend!

>>6866282
To be fair, the sun was insanely bright this weekend. I'm sure I'm squinty in any outdoor photos.

My friends and I got in the car and drove to Mississauga/Brampton both nights for dinner, because it was faster to go all the way out there than it was to wait for a table at any of the places nearby.

AYCE sushi for $20 yesterday was the best.

>>6866290
is that the guy with the fake jaw?
the one who had a flesheating disease or something take his real one?

>>6866285
>fewer cosplayers each year
>more Homesuck and bronies
>memes everywhere
>people giving weird looks to cosplayers who put effort in and / or are posing
>all these robberies and drunkenness

Fucking filthy casuals.....

>>6866294
Where'd you get AYCE? 168 Japan Buffet and Yang's in Sauga are pretty good.

>>6866294
is it me or are all the places around the con shitty to eat at? we drove for 15 mins and found nothing worth eating. Should have done what you did.

>>6866295
no he had a normal jaw, i saw him walking around the con with his huge son doing some tf2 cosplay.

>>6866300
My friends went to the St. Louis which was alright. Slightly expensive but that's because we got a ton of beer.

>>6866300
The convention's in an industrial sector on the edge of the city by an airport - what do you want to eat?

>>6866300
I found Swiss Chalet to be passable, I finally found out they sold poutine there.

>>6866296
I've been noticing it's really poorly managed recently. Con staff are also 70% assholes, though considering some of the people that go that's sorta understandable.

>>6866299
>>6866300

Hockey Sushi up in Brampton, Hurontario St. north of Steeles right next to the Wok of Fame. Took only 20 minutes to drive there from the con.

They've got a -10% coupon on their website you can show them, and their selection is fantastic. No extra weekend charge either, making them just about one of the cheapest AYCE places in the GTA.

stacked misty

So, how would you fix Anime North?

>>6866293
True that, it's was still all very strange as she was with some woman who asked me if she (Rei) could get a photo of me instead of asking me herself.

>>6866304
Was is one with a policeman hat? Because there was a huge guy at the TF2 photoshoot claiming to be Heavy but it was rather bland cosplay.

>>6866300
Me and my friends went to some japanese restaraunt just down the street. It was really good. Small though and alright service, but the food was delicious.

>>6866300

You should consider investing in a cooler full of fruit and meat.

>>6866319
ban Homestuck

>>6866307
decent burritos, shawarma that isn't fucking awful, something other than the usual mcdonald's and subway.
>>6866306
>>6866308
>>6866316
I'll try these next year, thanks.

>>6866319
kill fingers
replace with someone with IQ 70+

>>6866310
>70% assholes

They are, but only to con-goers. I was working security and everyone was super relaxed with each other. Also extremely bad at their jobs but that was a given.

There was a few that were tryhards (see; Jedi guy, Saturday rave staff, etc) that really sucked. The rave manager grabbed me by the arms when he saw I was staff and said "MAKE SURE NO ONE IS DOING ANY DRUGS" and I was still a bit drunk at this point and just went to Tim Hortons instead.

I'm fairly certain he left after telling me to manage the thing.

>>6866319
Oh God, so many things...I'll write a book later, maybe.

>>6866320
>something other than the usual mcdonald's and subway
THERE'S A MCDONALD'S BY THE CONVENTION?

>>6866319
reduce number of non-anime events
some things like the wrestling are tradition, but ponies and homosuck and other bullshit don't need to comprise half the con.

>>6866330
Worked security, only did work for Friday, and then just roamed the area on Saturday and Sunday.

>>6866330
>they are, but only to con-goers
So.. to everyone they're going to be around? How helpful.

>>6866330
>only to con-goers
well that makes me feel better knowing that deep inside they are nice people.

>>6866322
i don't think so, i thought they were engineers, the kid was running around with a toy shot gun/engi patch and the dad had a tiny little scimitar with a RED shirt of some sort, he might have been a heavy. Did he have an obese child with him?

>>6866335
down the road near the highway.

>>6866332
Wrestling being banished to the corner made me sad. It was such a fun addition in the main artery of the con.

>>6866319
Make Nominoichi a 3-day thing.

Oh man the amount of good shit I bought in there.

>>6866358
I bought a Yotsuba figure for 40$ and her head joint is broken.

>>6866339
>>6866340
I'll be honest, they despise con-goers extremely. They refer to them as retards and similar names, are always understaffed because volunteers refuse any work that isn't standing/sitting around for the duration, and are generally agitated because of extreme lack of sleep. They stick around until late into the night and sleep 4 or so hours and come back tired as fuck.

They need a lot more staff, and I don't mean the jackasses that sign up for it and then avoid duties.

>>6866358
I missed it, I am jelly

>>6866362
Agreed. If the security had more staff than volunteers, and have an actual schedule to follow rather than, "Go there, they need you there" and "Stay here, where you do nothing but could be doing something else that's more important elsewhere" then they wouldn't be avoiding their duties as much.

>>6866358
Hell, next year I'm thinking of pitching in for a table to sell off some of my older figs and shit.

Some good money to be made in there on some of the stuff you don't really want anymore.

Tons of pics I took:
http://imgur.com/a/ecQAv Evangelion photoshoot
http://imgur.com/a/nfMSB Sailor Moon photoshoot
http://imgur.com/a/Kave4 Valve/Team Fortress 2 photoshoot (terrible location)
http://imgur.com/a/D8VWh video games
http://imgur.com/a/HdR74 random

>>6866330
>"MAKE SURE NO ONE IS DOING ANY DRUGS"
what a pleb

and you did not hit said person inn the face and say gtfo my country american/albertan shill because?

Tons of pics I took on Saturday:
Sailor Moon photoshoot:
http://imgur.com/a/nfMSB
Evangelion photoshoot:
http://imgur.com/a/ecQAv
Valve/Team Fortress 2 photoshoot (terrible location):
http://imgur.com/a/Kave4
video games:
http://imgur.com/a/D8VWh
random/other:
http://imgur.com/a/HdR74

>>6866372
I was too drunk to care. I'm sure he knows how much of a plebeian faggot he is.

>>6866353
speaking as an artist, that was the best thing they did this year as i could actually hear my customers. gonna have to disagree with you on this one bro.

>>6866362
I don't see why they bother volunteering then.
Like fuck, it's not like the minions get paid or anything. You don't have to be Sunny Sally but if you hate the congoers and are gonna be a bitch the whole time then you should just go back to your basement.
I'm not referring to you the poster though.

>>6866358
>>6866363
i would want this, but i don't think many people have enough stock to last three days. they'd probably have to sell nomi tables in waves so you can have a friday night slot, saturday night, and sunday morning. but yeah i missed it this year too, wish i could have gone but apparently it was packed in there.

>>6866382
uhhh why would a volunteer get paid

>>6866382
They get hours or some shit? I don't even know what it is, it's not money. High school volunteer hours? No clue. They volunteer so they can go to the events that are really lax and get hours/double hours and do nothing for it.

And dude, I fucking love con-goers. All of the okay people and chill people are great and I go out of my way to hook them up with stuff or any help. The people that are legitimately sperging out and being a nuisance, I tell them to stop their bullshit. Not with actual profanity unless they're getting uppity.

>>6866389
volunteers don't.
That's why I don't get why they would be there if they didn't like it.

>>6866300
The Boston Pizza is good. Had quick service today. But they did add 15% gratuity automatically, even though they said AN was their best weekend of the year.

>>6866382
If you volunteer you get a free ticket into the con once your shifts are up. You only need to work a day or so and you basically get a free weekend pass.

>>6866390
Well thank you for being one of the few good staff. I do really appreciate it!

>>6866395
hmmm its free to go you could use it on a cv or for a reference

>>6866317
Ohai Jamie?

First time at Anime North, didn't stay long. Browsed the itinerary though, and... What exactly happens at a 4chan panel? The very idea sounds awful.

>>6866404
Security Staff at Anime Convention
Duties:
-was a fucking faggot to absolutely everyone I met
-assumed everyone was going to break the rules and told them in the most obnoxious way possible
-sat around looking like I would rather be dead than at the convention sometimes

Yeah, sounds like the kind of person that would get through an interview.

>>6866395
They probably do like it, it's just that most of the events A) don't require volunteers or B) the ones that do have been filled up with other volunteers. The ones left get the shit end of the stick and be moody/lazy about it.

>>6866414
>into the trash it goes!

>>6866401
you can make enough money for a weekend pass working one day pretty much anywhere.

If they hate the con-goers, why would they even want free admission?

>>6866418
>If they hate the con-goers, why would they even want free admission?

to ruin homoshits faggots weekend I hope 100% srs

>>6866414
well fuck hey think about like this if you NEED people like badly you'll take anyone

>>6866418
Mainly due to the free meals and drinks and the free crash space.

>>6866421
then what does volunteering at a weeb convention help? if they will hire anyone?

>>6866414
I was part of the Security staff and told to guard some doors, ended up playing 3DS with a random con-goer while directing people that needed help. Some events were overstaffed, most, understaffed.

>>6866418
The vast majority of the volunteers are random highschoolers with limited saved up allowance, they use the volunteer thing to save money getting in. The volunteer hours is a nice bonus.

>>6866427
same with any other job its not the pay its the connections youll make if youre not a retard

>>6866433
>if you're not a retard

Except these volunteers are. The most they do in terms of "connecting" is ask their supervisor where to go/what to do and then walk off and do it half-assedly.

>>6866430
>>6866428
>>6866421
so let's try this:
get rid of most of the homestuck/pony/retarded stuff
only take the staff who give a shit and organize things better

AN is the biggest anime convention in canada, 20k+ people go to it. I'm sure they can find a way to make it suck a little less than it has recently in terms of staff and organization.

>>6866435
are you saying that as staff or?

>>6866433
>connections
>being an antisocial piece of shit
yeah I hear that works

>>6866446
Social gathering of socially awkward people.

>>6866441
The problem with Homestuck and MLP is that not enough people volunteer for panel space, so these non-anime panels get space instead. If anyone can come up with a half decent panel, do it! It's much better than having NINE panels dedicated to MLP.

With the staff, it has to be people with legitimate resumes and being paid, not some random jackasses who they don't even take the information of down or anything. They can leave whenever and not be penalized in any way for it.

>>6866445
As staff. I'm >>6866362 but in my opinion, the con-goers are mostly fine. It's the volunteers that do nothing that are real shitheads. If they're going to use volunteers, they need to be supervised in a way that actually makes sure they're doing something.

I'm not saying all volunteers are bad; there's been a lot of great ones that really help out. But a vast majority refuse any work that isn't easy. For example, I asked two volunteers to watch a door for five minutes while I grabbed more staff and they just said "I don't really feel like it right now" and went back to talking right next to the door. Fuck bro, the supervisor probably would have given you an hour for that alone.

>>6866468
>Socially awkward is fine
>Being a dick is not fine

>>6866460
socially awkward is fine, being a dick to other socially awkward people? nah brah

>>6866466
I want to do a Nitro+ Panel next year.
I think it could be pretty cool

>>6866471
go on

>>6866296
>people giving weird looks to cosplayers who put effort in and / or are posing

I get this sort of thing all the time from women around my mother's age, even though my own mom is really accepting and encouraging about my hobby. My main costume for the weekend involved being mostly covered up and layered, save for being really leggy (some high-cut dance briefs and high heels) - and I was wearing something accurate rather than a needlessly sexed up design. At one point on Saturday I was walking through the parking lot/food area in front of the Radisson and a really heavy-set lady in her 50's was sitting in a passing by SUV and she gave me the DIRTIEST look possible. And then an hour later a lady sitting in one of restaurants around the same age saw me out of the window and gave me a similar face.

As a young woman, I usually get a kind of smug enjoyment out of it and I'll respond with a "stay mad" sort of look. But sometimes it can just get nasty and I don't really need that when I'm minding my own business. :/ I think it's a combination of small-minded baby boomers who just freak the hell out at anything vaguely unusual, and women who've let themselves go and are projecting their insecurity onto younger women.

I'm not the most active or vocal feminist in the world but it's kinda depressing seeing women who were obviously around my age during the Second Wave starting to forget the values they fought for just for the chance to throw shade at a twentysomething in a corset and stilettos.

I can honestly count on one hand the number of times I've gotten weird looks or had creepy encounters with dudebro or neckbeard types. Maybe it's not registering with me because I'm choosing to filter it out of my awareness? idk. But I get a lot more weird shit from other women, most of the time older ones.

>>6866466
>The problem with Homestuck and MLP is that not enough people volunteer for panel space, so these non-anime panels get space instead
The panelists at Touhou said they appealed for more space but fingers did nothing. Touhou is always huge...
I also hear the Gundam fans are upset.

>>6866466
I heard the key panel was supposed to be 2 hours, but got cut in half because there was a "MLP Customization" panel right after it

>>6866475
Then do it! Most people would much rather have anime/manga/VN/etc. related panels than MLP or Homestuck. It's an anime convention, so make it more like one.

>>6866475
Do it, fight the foreign invaders by using up the space.
I'd actually go though.

>>6866478
didn't that MLP one go on for like 4 hours?

>>6866478
That was some legitimate bullshit. I actually visited the KEY panel and was thoroughly upset when I heard about the MLP garbage doing that. Management is horrendous, in every way, shape and form.

>>6866480
Yeah, Touhou really got shat on. Gundam as well, it ended up being an extremely small panel despite the popularity of Gundam and many people were turned away because it filled up so quickly. Meanwhile you have however many MLP and non-anime panels happening that get ridiculous space, time slots, and other aspects that would be much better for anime/etc. panels.

>>6866466
dont see why someone would be a worthless cunt when volenteering eh I guess its because I enjoy making shit happen and go forward

guess I should bug otakuthon to make me there nigger for the weekend after all

>>6866472
The implications were that that anon was doubting the idea of social awkwardness being fine, while being a dick is somehow not fine.

>>6866498
being a dick is destructive, being socially awkward is uncomfortable at worst.

>>6866497
>dont see why someone would be a worthless cunt when volenteering

Easy hours/double. Lack of interest in the event. Being a general faggot.

>>6866477
>feminist

Pls no. I don't mind if you're a Womanist, WRA, Egalitarian, MRA, or anything, but Feminists can and WILL ruin any convention. Remember the dongle thing? That was at a place where people AREN'T discussions shipping, hentai, and so on.

No Feminism.

>>6866492
I'm glad other people are upset about this and I'm not just being an angry sperglord.

>>6866508
It's not cool making people uncomfortable.

Destructiveness isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes you need to be a dick to people.

>sitting the grass watching everyone take pictures outside
>this one asian girl in a blonde wig and maid costume is getting her picture taken
>every time she picks up her bag/things to walk away someone new asks her to stop for one more picture
>she does a 2-hands in the air cat pose with a completely dead expression on her face

I laughed so hard I want that picture

>>6866511
...Dongle thing?

>>6866296
>>6866477
I met some unusually nice people when I (a dude) wore a shoddy, thrown together for fun, Madoka cosplay. An old lady even helped fix the frills on the back of my dress when she saw me.

>>6866517
But then you aren't being a dick, are you?
If you need to bitch at them then it's for a good reason, not just because you are grumpy.

>>6866521
I hate linking KYM, but it does the best job of explaining it...

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/donglegate-adria-richards

>>6866520
my cosplay wasn't that great and I know the frustration. Just gotta stay cool and expect to never get anywhere while cosplaying.

>>6866511
>Remember the dongle thing?
didnt she end up being fired for being a femanazi worthless lazy bitch crying on tumblr to spam the whole internet for no reason and fuck with people lives who worked hard to succeed in life for no reason what so ever other than saying a dick joke quietly to themselves

>>6866396
Guess that's why they put this sign up.

Sort out of nowhere, but I really like his bag of snacks I got from the dealer's room. $1.00 for a whole mixture of... crackers? That's what they taste like and there's a variety. I got two for the road, probably should have gotten more.

>>6866530
yes, but the two guys still lost their jobs. everyone got fucked, even those who did not deserve it.

>>6866480
Yeah, myself and every gundam fan I've talked to is pretty peeved. I know some Gundam panels had a tough time getting panelists, but I know for a fact AGE had 4 dedicated people; yet it got canned last minute.
Next year I'm going to get a head start on recruiting people.

>>6866530
It wasn't even a dick joke and they're still fired.

>>6866535
oh boy the joys of a catch 22

>>6866514
I would apply for management but it would either turn out that I don't have the right qualifications (...what qualifications, the people doing it now are hacks), or I would be turned down for the same reason some panels are turned down. Because the current management are jackasses that want to make sure that things go their way.

Some here and there are MLP/Homestuck fans so that's likely one of the reasons they accept those panels so readily. In fact, one of the supervisors I was helping was "in Homestuck cosplay" (it was a black skirt and black shirt) and she was offended when I didn't recognize it. I don't know, man.

>>6866526
Fair enough. The other bit though, with people being socially awkward, can be enough to put other people off and make them uncomfortable. That just shouldn't fly.

>>6866536
I expect being a panelist is hard for much of the fandom, being introverted as they are. Personally I am not good at organizing groups of people, or I would. People talk a lot when they should be quiet, like grade school...

So the CSIS table was next to the Atomic Lollipop table.
Tee hee.

>>6866543
I wish people like you could get into management. I actually know the guy set to become some sort of director bigwig for the con next year, dunno if he will make things better though.
Is there any way to save the con I love from the current dictatorship? It is non-profit after all...

>>6866553
uh CSIS meaning free vacation to GITMO?

>>6866562
Eh? CSIS as in the Canadian CIA / FBI thing.

>>6866548
I guess so, but I more forgiving of aspies since they usually don't act weird on purpose. The same can be said of (some) asshole staff members but really, going to an anime con and not expecting spaghetti neckbeards everywhere is silly. There shouldn't be a place for angry people though.

Also, I highly recommend you guys do not eat at Harvey's, though you probably already don't want to wait in that line.

We had two calls over the radio about people vomiting at the Doubletree and Sheraton because of food poisoning from Harvey's (undercooked meat because Harvey's staff was rushing food prep) and there was likely many more unreported. There was no staff at the Sheraton to help the girl anyways so they had to radio in a bunch of people to head over.

>>6866557
Apply, apply, apply for those panels. Staff as well if you can find a job that you don't mind doing. Make sure things are going properly, stuff like that. Right now, I can't think of any good way to get the management to disintegrate because they're all such tight-knit asswads that they'll likely fight to refuse any people that would improve it. Having more anime/etc. panels instead of unrelated ones (or things like Otaku Weight Loss) would greatly improve the convention overall. People would actually be PSYCHED to go to more things instead of a panel here, a panel there, and then the other ones they want to go to either get shit all space or shut down early.

>>6866466
>not enough people volunteer for panel space
Fucking this.
There's usually tons of audience participation on most panels.
If you're one of those people sign the fuck up as a panelist. Do enough and you get swag or refund.
Do it early and you pre-empt the non- anime garbage.

>>6866568
ya that csis idontevewtf why why the fuck was csis at a con what in the fuck

>>6866466
>not enough people volunteer for panel space, so these non-anime panels get space instead
It looked like there was enough volunteers for the Power Rangers panel and it didn't get approved. I know at least 2 people who put in for it aside from whoever suggested it, and it didn't even end up on the "panels needing 1 more" list. Really unfortunate

This was my first con and first attempt at cosplay, I got a great response from the con-goers. By sunday I had done over 47 photos

>>6866568
what
why were CSIS there?

>>6866573
Suppose that first part's a bit late now... but yeah, I had a hamburger from there yesterday and a Coca Cola on all three days (the drink to go with the hamburger yesterday, and to go with the food from Swiss Chalet today and Friday).

When I got the hamburger yesterday, the bacon was not cooked. Course, I still ate it...

And when I went in line today to get my drink, they were understaffed so one of the employee's brought their little daughter to handle the drinks.

I just.

>>6866575
They said they wanted to look into more out of the box places... increase diversity.
Which is why one pamphlet had the same white guy on both sides, and another version of the same pamphlet had a black guy on one side and an asian girl on the other...

>>6866319
ooh i wanna try

- Make the weapons check organized and actually make fucking sense
- get a competent dj for the saturday night dance
- fire Fingers and replace him with someone who has a psychological capacity greater than that of a 12 year old
- designate certain areas and time slots for bigger fandoms so that their panels and gatherings and shoots and the like can be done and over with and the fandoms can do their thing without bothering anyone else.
- nomioichi should be more than one day
- keep wrestling where it is, it's nice to be able to hear yourself think when going around artists alley. also keep the AtPop stage where it is.
- bring back old format for artist's alley, I understand it makes shopping easier but it also makes it harder for vendors to have diverse selection
- crack down on pirated and counterfeit shit in the dealer's room. create a blacklist for known sellers who have fakes.
- add some fucking compass roses to the maps in the guide book. We all took grade 6 geography guys, ffs. This should be common sense.
- Bigger photo alley perhaps?
- guests that are actually interesting pls.

>>6866573
That's my main concern. If the higher-ups are bronies/don't give a shit and have their own agenda, applying for anime panels will get pushed out in favor of shitty ones/ones their friends start.

>>6866573
What goes for panels and such? I was thinking of trying for a "otaku in your community" / "making local friends" sort of thing since I started and used to manage (college, had to give control to other member) my town's otaku group and brony group.

...or is that too useless?

>>6866586
good suggestions, agree with most.

>>6866584
wat?out of the box places

why the fuck would spys be at a weebcon its not like anyone would have the standard for recruitment

>>6866592
too not-anime for my taste, but it's better than some of the stuff

why not go a panel on an anime you like?

>>6866576
You really need to push it. There are some panels they will accept with no hassle but these people are real faggots. If they can refuse a panels they don't see as appropriate (subjective, of course) then they'll likely do it. Again, with the subjectivity, MLP/Homestuck are two of the biggest non-anime panels that get regularly accepted.

I'm a fan of Power Rangers myself and while it's not specifically "anime", it's still something I think people would very much enjoy attending. Push that shit like none other. Power Rangers, or rather sentai, is much more related to anime than those other panels.

>>6866582
Dude, I was blown away by that radio call. I know it's busy but come the fuck on. Do you want actual TCC management to tell con-goers to avoid your establishment? I said it before, but avoid the nearby places that are really packed. Some places will rush and make sub par meals with horrible service. Tim Horton's surprisingly was doing not that bad.

>>6866591
That's why you really have to push it. Given enough support, they WILL accept panels that deserve space. It's all about that con-goer incentive. Maybe not instantly, but we can slowly siphon out the non-anime stuff. Thing is, the con is getting more and more popular each year, and with these panels being approved in the current years, it's attracting MORE of the non-anime crowd. Okay, they might watch anime, but they're giving incentive to continue making these horrible panels.

>>6866592
If you can talk abut it for about an hour (or stretch it for an hour with the help of other panelists) and you think it has the potential to be an interesting topic for congoers (either as instructional or discussion) then it has a good chance of becoming a panel.

It still needs to be suggested, get 4 people and be approved before it becomes an actual panel though. So even if it's an excellent idea, it may not be approved.

>>6866586
These make sense.

Especially Nominoichi...

>>6866608
How would you suggest pushing it? Aside from getting people to post in Teahouse?

>>6866592
Considering some of the other panels in this years schedule, I think that would probably get approved. Again, I'm not "in" with the management so it's up in the air, but you could work it so they'll be more likely to accept it. Just word it in a way that emphasizes how anime related it is and how much good it would do for people.

>>6866608
alright, one more question:
best way to push on behalf of panels you like?
Touhou/Gundam for example. I have never ever got an email back from the department that organizes panels, and I was being super polite about things.

>>6866607
I might look into it I suppose.

>>6866612
Thought as much...might look into maybe doing it or something like it.

>>6866619
Heh, sounds good, thanks.

One big fucking thing for panels:

Coordinate with people before entering into the system.

If it's 4 different titles then they'll be too fucking lazy to merge shit.

If everyone uses the same title and description and fills it up it will go right to the top of their list to be approved.

So conspire with friends/people you mean before and then try to get in as early as possible after the BOOOOOOOONG email/forum post.

>>6866014
Oh god that Ace creeped everyone out at Frostcon and got armpit hair in every shot.

>>6866511
> casual mention of the word "feminism" in a general, observational and inoffensive way
> start freaking the fuck out

ok then.

>>6866582
What the shit? How many people saw this? You could seriously ring up some charges due to child labor laws there. I never go there because the wait is unreasonable but between that and the undercooked food issues, now I have even less reason to.

>>6866622
>>6866623
I would suggest e-mailing staff continuously.

CONTINUOUSLY.

Get your shit organized with your other panelists, keep on e-mailing with the details, and post in Teahouse. I kid you not, one of the security higher-ups took three weeks to reply to a single e-mail of mine. I know you're not that fucking busy dude, especially how little security work you need to be doing months from AN. Management and others are likely the same way.

I don't mean if they've replied and flat out rejected you, you can e-mail back and (try to) discuss it. If they haven't replied, KEEP. ON. E-MAILING.

>>6866626
Yes, yes, yes. This. Listen to this guy right here.

>>6866632
>not realizing how very very very bad feminism is

If a group can push a government to help an "oppressed" class (read women) who, in actuality, are better off than any other group in history, then you can be damn well sure I want to keep them away from my anime stuff.

>>6866635
alright, I'll set up a script to email their shit once a day until I get a response.
It's obnoxious but I'm seriously tired of being ignored. Thanks for the perspective from the outer party, much appreciated. Keep fighting the good fight!

>>6866638
apparently you just feel like ignoring basic facts of life and stayin mad so u have a good night now honey

>>6866632
I'd... have to think that somebody else saw the little girl too.

I was just in line, waiting for time to pass, and as I got closer to the register I saw a little girl behind the counter, not at the register but like, near the drink machine.

I made an order for a Pepsi. I gave my $2.25 to the cashier, then after moving aside to let somebody else order, I saw the employee who took my order then turn to his side, look down and tell the girl, presumably his daughter or some employee's daughter to give me a Pepsi.

I mean, it was something as simple as just dispensing drinks, but... having little children do so?

>>6866644
gdi I told you in the last thread to grow some balls get an angry mob and ruin my liyyle furfag and homoshit panels/people

ebombing them will do nothing

Went to the dealer's room and bought a Kampfer kit with a zaku helmet today. That was a fun purchase.

>>6866638
>>6866642

I think the question of whether or not you're a raging asshole is a bit more important than the question of how you feel like labeling yourself, but sage for contributing to derailing political jibber-jabber.

>>6866652
and someone rightly said that will only get you kicked out and make them look like victims. not to mention the furfag/brony/retard management will not be like "oh man, some fags stormed a panel with water guns! we better not allow those panels any more!'

>>6866586

oh god weapons check, I was thrown there for having a flag on a stick, so I described my apparent weapon as "A wooden stick" on the form.

>>6866644
Don't make the subject or whatever else the same each time. They'll likely just shift click the e-mails and toss them. If you do one or two, they will only look at ones that actually grab their attention so still try more than just those.

>>6866652
I'll go ahead and point out once again that management enjoy the MLP/Homestuck fandom themselves, so if anyone is to mess with those ones, you can expect management to actually listen to the e-mails from those con-goers. Which means more security/staff posted at unnecessary panels for the next year instead of places that need it.

But if you're talking about furfags specifically? How many panels do they have now? You could probably get some of them to scare off but if you get "tattled on", expect to be harassed by staff while the furfag go back to the whatever. You're oversimplifying this in a way that the entire con doesn't function in.

>>6866658
I skipped weapons check and just hid my very pointy wood swords in my sleeves when I went into restricted areas. Fuck that shit.

>>6866657
wuss only police can deal with an angry mob
>>6866658
fucking terrorist no wonder CSIS showed up

>>6866667
There are police at the con, albeit most of them are not really doing anything of note.

>>6866658
I never even went to the weapons check... nobody really gave a fuck until today in the final hours of the con before the dealer's room closed, where some guy kept trying to prevent people from entering if they had an unchecked weapon, or even any fucking prop at all, the latter of which I had, just a moderately sized disc. I ended up just walking by anyway as a crowd of people passed.

>>6866586
>- get a competent dj for the saturday night dance
what was wrong with the dj, the saturday night rave in the parking lot was a blast

>>6866672
Saturday night, I didn't mind that much. I could have preferred some other tunes but whatever.

Friday J-Rave, there was a lack of actual J-music. There was also K-Pop instead? I guess that's okay. I would have preferred a better DJ for that.

Speaking of which, one of the DJs on Friday was found with alcohol during the rave and was told he'd be kicked off the property if he was found with anything at the other events he attended on Saturday.

>>6866670
oh shit really undercover or legit plain clothed


last time i lived in Toronto trying to gentrify parkdale was the in thing to do and people were pissed about the G20

>>6866072
she is the hottest human being i have ever seen in my entire life

>>6866679
Most of them were in full on police uniform, with some wearing the addition of the REALLY BRIGHT GREEN VESTS. If they were out in the front, you could see them easily. A lot of the other ones were either in their cars off by the sides or standing behind the garage doors at Hall A.

They sometimes had three or more people at the security doors when the most they did was give a quick glance to see if you had a staff badge and then went back to what appeared to be mostly nothing.

Ryerson University is the greatest school of all time.

>>6866689
This is, somehow, relevant to the thread?

>>6866692
no not at all just like how I fucked up half my last post due to drunk typing

plus he spelt McGill wrong

Did anyone grab a photo of the female Deadpool in the latex costume from Saturday?

>>6866695
McGill Psychology student pls

>>6866689
Hey I'm going to let you finish but Concordia University is the best school of all time.
>art

>>6866705
>not studying engineering to get maximum grills once you graduate

>>6866706
How does one do such a thing?

>>6866678
I was only there on saturday, so I cant really say much, but I guess its a matter of preference

>one of the DJs on Friday was found with alcohol during the rave and was told he'd be kicked off the property if he was found with anything at the other events he attended on Saturday

the hell, there were quite a few in the crowd that were drunk...

>>6866712
U of T Engineering mustard race

>>6866719
>U of T
>Engineering

I don't even go to Waterloo or McMaster, but are you serious?

I'm gonna look into starting a "complain about anime north" panel.
I fully expect it to be refused.

>>6866719
must suck not being able to make the cut for concordia or polytechnique at least you can work in alberta

>>6866738
u wot m8
are you a girl?

>>6866750
I wish

>>6866575
>>6866579
They were trying to scoop up computer nerds for IT jobs. They had a lot of openings in the field. I talked to them for a while and referred some friends. Their jobs start at 70k+ and have 3 weeks paid vacation, they pay you to further your education (masters degree, engineering degrees, etc.)... sounds pretty sweet.

>>6866762
55k not 70k you'd get 70k after 10 years if you're lucky

they've been trying to scoop up legit hackers for a good 2-3 years now which aint working at all

>>6866762
It was still really weird to see them there, so...out of place. It's like if the CIA was recruiting at Otakon

>ask if they have any more passes on Saturday
>get a dirty look and be told no
>go inside later to buy one
>they give me a weekend pass for the price of a Sunday pass

Lol what an unorganized mess. Add the thieves, non anime cosplays, and normalfags that had no reason to be there. Jesus I fear what this con will become in a few years

>>6866777

just going off what the guy at their booth told me directly (70k). might depend on the position?

I'm glad I went to this convention so I could be reminded of how much I hate conventions. Let's try again in another 10 years, maybe.

>>6866722
lol, no way I would've stayed more than 10 minutes Saturday night had I not had a bottle of Jameson with me.

I spent one Saturday night with 4 buddies trying to drag a drunk from the double tree hotel all the way to the rave. It was awful.

Anyone got pictures of that Astral from Yu Gi Oh Zexal who carried her luggage all around?

>January
>friends and me decide to go to AN
>they ask me to buy weekend pass
>so I did

>weekend of con
>reg line
>get my weekend pass
>they wound up only registering for saturday only passes because they waited too long
>ohboyherewego.jpg

>have to deal with their whining because they could only really do stuff on saturday
>didn't have much consideration for me
>cut me short of my con and events on sunday because they wanted to go and abloobloobloo
>mfw we got stuck in parking lot traffic anyway and leaving the con early was completely pointless

I wouldn't have been as annoyed if it hadn't been them who told me to get the weekend pass, and would have let me at least stay for a few events that I paid extra for

>>6867369

Next time, go on your own. You`re probly better off meeting some chill people instead.

>>6867369
Your friends are dicks.

Get new ones for next year.

>>6867376
Or just don't go at all. Probably have a much better time that way.

Did the Crunchy streams get recorded at all?

>>6866002
>>6866072
>>6866082
>>6866245
>>6866682

I really liked this shot of her

>>6867390

I was wondering about that too.

Can't wait for Cauliflower Dude. [spoiler] Gotta love them extremely-low power level friends.

>>6867392
I don't know which character she's supposed to be, but gosh, what a cutie.

Apparently the Radisson is fully booked already for next year.

>>6867401
what

are you shitting me

>>6867399
Bioshock Infinate's Elizabeth.

>>6867403
From hearsay, not sure if it's 100% legit or not.
And >dat Luffy

>>6867188
Thieves?

Let's start a Con Police.
But just like sick weird anime shit, we can kill them. Just like that. YOU SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO KILL PEOPLE AT CONS.

>>6867465
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFLLlQftFU

>>6867465
Nigga you can't be serious.

>>6866180
I got this thing where I would judge who would die in AoT based on how shitty or good their cosplay was. I met this pretty beef guy with a pretty neat costume and he looked aggressive, I bet you to all fuck he would kill some titan motherfuckers easy. Some guys didn't ever have the gear, instadeath, fuck you.

>>6867406
It's not - neither is the DT, despite the rumours. They haven't opened their booking slots yet.

>>6866762
>>6867200
70K to start, seriously? With my experience I'd probably be a shoo-in if I brushed up on my high school french.

>>6867259
lol, you might have saw me. I got on stage wearing a sonic hat and started dancing

>>6868894
I didn't watch that dancing shit. Too embarrassing.

>>6868903
It was pretty fun, I cant dance for shit so I just did whatever the hell seemed natural...also copied moves from jet set radio future...

>>6868912
I'm not a con person, I guess. It was mainly just sad from my perspective.

>>6868946
To each his own, I guess

>>6866319
limit attendance to 10k

>>6866319
increase attendance to 30k

>>6866647
Yeah, I saw her as well, I was like "wtf really?"

It seems more appropriate for the manager to call in extra people, rather than breaking child labor laws.

>>6866319
I'm willing to accept increased ticket prices if it means the hiring of competent staff, less Homestuck/MLP, and better guests

>>6869592
Yeah, definitely needs to be less MLP, and I'd also pay more for a better experience. I get that the people managing this event enjoy a show made for prepubescent girls, and to each their own, but they need to consider the 20k other people attending as well.

Maybe they can fill in some of the empty panel space and smaller rooms with the shit they personally like which doesn't belong at Anime North, but don't deny relevant panels, cut panels short, and give other panels less space for the sake of those things.

It could be that the con has simply gotten too big for those who are responsible for it, and they don't have the skills to manage it effectively.

At any rate, I don't think anyone who went to Fanime regrets their decision.

I remember volunteering a couple years back and I worked myself so hard idek why lol. But I made an effort to get to know a bunch of the ppl that were working in the same event as me and I ended up getting crash space with them that night. They were super chill and nice ppl so I'm glad, I had a good night's rest and they had to leave early in the morning so I had the room to myself for a good couple hours. I also made an effort to go up to ppl that looked lost in my event space and helped direct them to where they wanted to go, it was part of our job so I really don't understand these lazy ass volunteers who literally just sit around and do nothing.

I see volunteers who do it with a group of friends which is fine if they did their job but the couple that I saw was making out every 10 minutes and another group had 4 people doing a 1 person job.

>>6867401
Bah. I'm sad I missed this cosplay.

>>6869592
How would ticket price even solve that? It's a volunteer-run con all the way up to the top.

bump

>>6870657
>bump

The thread has reached the post limit and cannot be bumped. There's a live thread on page 0, go there.

>>6870697
this way >>6870132

>>6866319
The only con specific thing I was excited for was a screening of JoJo but they broke something and didn't play it.

So I guess fix that.

Oh, also strict "No MLP or Homestuck" ban

>>6871373
I was actually hyped to watch Jojo in a room full of nerds. Imagine my disappointment when it was an empty room except for two girls sitting in the back row watching Future Boy Conan.