/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>Are you cosplaying?
Yush, getting an Isabelle (AC:NL) cosplay together

>How drunk will you get?
mildly, nothing serious. Got some peach schnapps and excited to try some drink recipes

I'm excited for my free Nerf Gun and all the programming, as usual.

I'm conflicted. I've always wanted to check this con out, but I'm worried about running into ex-friends who are going - the type of people who go to cons for the parties, binge drink, start fights and ditch friends if it means a shot at cosplay fame. I'm sure you all know the type.

How big has the venue gotten? Is it easy to make friends there? I want to party without my social anxiety/spaghetti getting in the way. :(

>>6974699
They just moved to the Toronto Japanese Culture Centre so it should be a lot bigger than the last place, though the nearest hotel is a 5-10 min walk away. They're offering a $99/night rate though for APOP attendees.

>>6974699
>How big has the venue gotten? Is it easy to make friends there? I want to party without my social anxiety/spaghetti getting in the way. :(

It's at the JCCC. Super easy to make friends. You can hang out with us cgl people if you want.

I'm going. I'll be the guy with the GoPro attached to his chest.

>>6974713
When/where is meet?

It'll be my first time, can't wait!

I just gotta edit some parts of my cosplay first
>How drunk will you get?
very! but always in good spirit and company!

ba-bump

what announcements are you most excited for?

personally I can't wait to see how the Mario Kart unplugged goes

Aw yee I'm going

I'm pretty excited, APOP is definitely my favourite con for programming. I usually am never interested in any panels at cons, but at APOP I was conflicted cause so many things I wanted to do overlapped. The people who come up with the activities are great.

I'll be going as Sailor Mars along with some seagulls, Marceline with my bf, and a Redead

>mfw hearing about Cosplay Dodgeball, Real-Life Mario Kart and BurnBurnRevolution
Goddamn I'm excited

>Who's going?
Me and my GF
>Are you cosplaying?
Gonna hit up wearing Kenji and not decided on my other costumes yet
>How drunk will you get?
Enough to make Cards Against Humanity a blast, which isn't too hard

bump

>>6974758
It's too early

>>6979587
The ultimate mangina. Hands down.

I don't know what I'll be cosplaying yet. Atm I won't find enough time to make something new.

Drinking is a must, though I don't tend to overdo it


>>6974720
I'll give you a hug.

>>6979650
nix nax confirmed for janitor

I've never been, but I'm planning to go. I just know I'll be going alone and I'm mildly apprehensive about that. Is this con pretty crazy where one might suggest not going alone?

>Are you closplaying?
No, but I'll be going in lolita. :)

>How drunk will you get?
It depends. If it goes horribly and I can't meet anyone, I'll end up changing into street clothes and drinking my spaghetti away.

>>6980698
just hang out with the seagulls and you'll make friends

>>6980764
how will I know where the seagulls will flock to? you guys post your meet spot/time before the cons on here?

>>6980788
yup, or there'll be a fb group

>>6980795
good to know, I'll keep an eye out. thanks friend :)

>>6980795
Well there is a facebook group, but we'll post the times here as well.

>Who's going?
Me
>Are you cosplaying?
I'll probably re-wear Chibiusa and something comfy, maybe I'll wear one of my FanEx costumes early if I finish it on time
>How drunk will you get?
I've got enough cash for food or for alcohol, but not enough for both. So probably not all that drunk.

>>6982827
I think there'll be plenty of alcohol being passed around and shared

bumpu

So, is anyone going to both this and ConBravo?

>>6986967

I think generally it's tough for people to do both because of timing and money. I certainly want to try, though.

>>6987301
Speaking of which, why is there no CB! thread when it's 5 days away?

>>6987423

Right here m8. >>6987574

10 days

>cosplaying
Sorta.

>how drunk
Very.

My intention is to start drinking on Friday and just...not stop. The key is to pace yourself, I think. A tallcan of beer fits perfectly into an empty XL Timmies cup, so I figure I'll be doing that.

Catch me at the Russian Roulette tournament.

Nobody respects you whores. Stop getting drunk.

Rape for cosplayers = The final solution.

>>6993552
get an xl cup from McDick's for $1. Unless you want the coffee first

>>6993642
You can just ask for the cup from Timmies, I think it's .50 or something.

Both are good choices though I feel like pretending to drink coffee is a bit classier looking than pretending to drink soda.

>>6993672
>soda
go back whence you came, yankee

no but srsly I've used the McDonald's cup method and it's effective if you want to use the straw, the downside being that the straw funnels a lot of foam up to the top

though the Tim's cup would be better if you pour out the drink in question into it

>10 days left
>Friend has no wig
>Fastest shipping option is 1-2 days for $35
>Next fastest is 10-14 days for $29
>Wigs already cost $40
Oh god why did I leave this late

>>6993857
McDonalds is only a 20 min walk away as well

>>6993861
Goodluck Anon!

You could try checking kijiji to see if anyone is selling a cosplay wig that would work. I heard there were some cosplay wigs there, and local pickup would be cheaper than $40+ shipping.

> Who's going?
Myself, with boyfriend and friend in tow.
> Are you cosplaying?
We'll have an akibarangers (plainclothes) group at least one of the days, and I plan to re-wear Luna from Virtue's Last Reward.
> How drunk will you get?
Don't know yet, really want to be able to wake up for the rest of the con but I'm packing booze for the hotel room

>>6993893
Eh, too late, placed the order now. My friend will be covering it so we don't mind if it's a little expensive.

We gonna have a /cgl/ meet?

>>6993861
What kind of wig are you looking for?

>>6993896
>We gonna have a /cgl/ meet?

Probably on Saturday. Near dinner time probably.

>>6994068
Where and stuff? Are you guys gonna post it here?

>>6994658
Yeah, we'll decide when it's closer to it. Everyone's busy preparing for CONB.

bump

bump

This may sound like a stupid question, but are there any day passes available? I've never been to Apop before and I don't see anything on the website other than the weekend pass. Are tickets sold at the door?

>>6999796
Apop only sells weekend passes, and if it's the same as last year, they will be selling tickets at the door. Maybe ask on their FB page or Twitter about tickets being sold at the door just to be sure

Anyone skipping con bravo for this?

>>7000649
I only skipped it because of distance and it's so close to APop

>>6999796
I think you have to buy a weekend pass. No day passes.

I think you can buy tickets at the door.

So close! Making a last minute run to get fabric!

>>6980452
:3 you should go ahead and get drunk.

>>7002878
Agreed
Drunk people are the best people

>>7000634
I really wish they include day passes in the future, I wasn't able to book the entire weekend off and I'd rather not spend $44+ to go for one day.

Sage because I'm not going. :c

>>7003074
Sry to hear that.

Anyone interested in a cgl meetup on Saturday?

>>7002966
YEAH, most of the time. It's.... interesting.

>>7003487
Especially when it comes to drinking games!

>>7003343
Yeah I would

>>7003343
It would help for deciding a time if they had a schedule up

4 DAYS LEFT

Schedule's out, everyone. It's on the Facebook page.

>Powerglove @ 9PM Saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL6AHHWZA6U

>11:00PM Speed-friending: Homestuck (Speed-friending hall)

>>7005447
>1:00AM Speed-friending: 4chan (Speed-friending hall)

>>7005466
>1:00AM Speed-friending: 4chan (Speed-friending hall)

>>7005447
>>7005466
>>7005473
>(Speed-friending hall)

>>7005466
I don't know if that will be awesome or horrible. But I want to go to find out

Godammit, I hate how much I love their programming. Not enough time to schedule everything I want to do

>8-bit powerups
>LSP plushies
>8-bit accessories
>snack food plushies
>anime eye glasses
>buttonmaking
>plushie workshops everywhere

why must I love crafting so much nooooo

There's so much things to do I almost want to consider not cosplaying so I can fully enjoy all of it

>>7005587
If you're a fast crafter, then a lot of the workshops can be finished in half an hour or less. We had a lot of people walk in late last year and still get their projects done. There was also enough supplies for everyone, for most of the crafts (except the fairy wings)

Hoooooly shit, these panels are awesome

>>7005526
Let's all go.

>>7005637
Sounds like a perfect meetup time. Either before or after the event

>>7005526
>>7005637
Yes PLEASE
(Take a shot whenever someone mentions /b/ or a meme)

>>7005665
>Take a shot for every fedora. Also applicable for pony and reddit events.

>>7005663
>>7005665
Is it not too late? It's at 1am.

>>7005687
sorry, is that past your bed time?

>>7005687
Double meet-up. Two meet-ups, one day.

>>7005709
Well, you can ask my mom. I already got in trouble last weekend.

>>7005711
We should just have 1 meetup.

>>7005391
thank you based Todd

how does one reg'd for the speed dating thing?

>>7006301
You have to sign up ahead of time. Unless you're a girl, in that case you can probably just walk in.

>>7006301
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tgPk9qV2tl4Jwb2vN5f9Z9w24H_hmcgsEMSGj62R2I0/viewform

FUUU it thinks I was spamming from the tinyurl :/

I'm cosplaying Sailor Amazing for this con cause fuck actually cosplaying. I plan on getting so drunk

>O.W.L. Exams
>Kigurumi blanket fort
>4chan speed friending
>lolita crafts
>noodles
>dick or no dick
>the belligerent wizards' club
>project cosplay
>how to get a con waifu

God I love this con

>>7007245
If you plan to check out the Blanket fort, do so early on. Shoes aren't worn in the fort and it gets smelly after the first little while

>>7007245
You look like Voldefart after turning 100% insane from no-dick.

PowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglovePowerglove

>>7002966
Fuck you.

>>7007272
wow why so mad

2 days

woahh

>1:00AM Speed-friending: 4chan (Speed-friending hall)


Does that work as a meetup time for everyone?

I'm interested in attending. Could I go for like, one day? Is paying at the door possible?

>>7009301
They have tickets at the door but they don't sell day passes; only weekend passes.

:T Now I get the Lolita Top Model email and only one day turn around for submission for two outfits. Huh.

Lol, I live only a short bus ride away from the JCCC.. So I'll probably stop by most days, join hotel parties, get drunk, and do no cosplaying what so ever... I'll save that for anime north next year.

(I didn't work on a costume this year)

>>7009594
That's pretty much my plan as well. I live 15 minutes away, I might bring a couple people back to my place, we'll see how it goes.

>>7009718
are you a guy or a girl?

>>7009718
Lol, yeah, see, even though I live close, I'd rather not bring anyone back to my place.

Last anime north, I was staying at my friend's house by dixon road, and I COULD have brought the girl I met there, but we ended up fucking under the DJ stage on the Saturday... So I plan to do the same thing here, or just say fuck it and bring them up to my buddy's hotel room. (y)

>>7007284
Fuck you.

They added a description to 4Chan Speed-Friending. It's the best.

>>7010691
>Deplorable
Yeah that's about right

The Don Valley is quite a good hotel to stay at.

On my way to the hotel. I like to go a day early to just relax and swim.

I'm bringing some homemade chocolate chip cookies too, be excited guys.

>>7010810
Thank you based cooking-mama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDvgL58h_Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player

My cosplay for tomorrow

>>7010810
>mfw that swimming pool
So good. Shame it closes at 11 though.

And now to spend all night helping sew a cosplay in time for Saturday, not to mention getting the girlfriend caught up on Lilly's route. Are we having a pizza party with Cards Against Humanity on that night? Because that would rock.

I'll bring a coffee maker and some cookies. Say hi and
tell me your favorite show of the season.

/cgl/ meet up at 4chan Friending 1a.m. Come and say hi!

>>7010445

I probably won't get there in time to win the dragonball thing. Anyone going in early?

>>7012419
>1AM
>same time as kigurumi fight club
Aughhhhh

>>7010445
plz respond

>>7012404
Is it you? I love your con-ffee parties
Sign me up for a cup

>>7010810
Imma come visit you!

I gave up on my cosplay, just gonna show up. See y'all.

>>7012926
yeah. its me. I ran into some difficulty tonight. But I'll be for sure along with my buddy. You can get a free cup of joe from me tmr.

I went with some people with /a/ today. We called it a day after some ocean's eleven shit with security except it involved our confiscated booze.

Went with some people from /a/ today. We called it a night rather early because we pulled off an ocean's eleven with our confiscated booze from security.

Pretty fun times answering questions at the 4chan speed friending. Wish some other seagulls would show up... W-we don't bite

>>7013754

Sorry yo, we were down for showing up for that but yeah shit happned

>>7013759
we're still here at the meetup, come join! We're by the dojo

>>7013759
nvm we're leaving now. We can schedule a meetup for tomorrow

>>7013762
see >>7013721 to why I'm back home right now

So, how was the first day?

>>7013754
>would you rather shit a basketball or piss a golf ball?
quality questions 10/10 APOP staffer

>>7013815
Quite fun. Got a few photos and saw a lot of people who recognised my Gideon cosplay (and complemented the sword a lot too). Even going in my Homestuck cosplay people found it amusing at the visual/personal pun I was doing.

Can't wait for tomorrow.

>>7013815
I almost won a pog tournament.

Fucking pogs.

So it went well.

I wonder if the the drill instructor Madoka from the magical girl training panel does private lessons?

We're having a legit time and not within apop grounds.

-/a/

VickyBunny put me as a "yes" for speed dating. I can die happy now

Hello from the parking lot.

Love, /a/.

APOP

>>7015172

How were the other people in the group?

>>7016509
she didn't put him as a yes, she thought he was really fucking awkward and spent the whole time on her phone

My con summary:
>Maury
>8am whisky shots (aka W.S. o'clock)
>meeting new niggas
>apparently passing out in the parking lot
>going through a lot of fucking vodka

i fucking love apop

Woke up to people trying to have sex next to me in the blanket forts. One of them looked like an organizer. I think they got something on me too. Gross. 0/10 would not fort again.

This was my first time going, and I have to say, I'm glad I did. There were tons of fun things to do at pretty much all hours. I'd love to come again next year.

>>7016814
>Glad I did
Pardon the strange wording, I meant, I'm glad I went, oops.

yeah the blanket fort was pretty shite, seeing as though there were no cushions of any sort, and everyone getting kicked out at 5am sunday morning. Was a good place to nap during the day though, and damn if it wasnt entertaining late at night. Overall fun as fuck time

Fun con as always, lots of cool people to hang out with. I have a feeling they'll get kicked out of this venue again like they did with the previous place. I didn't like how separate the hotel was from the JCCC anyway.
>>7016719
>Maury
>Drunk
>Drunk
>Drunk
>Drunk
>Drunk
FTFY

Overall it was a great time. Probably not as good as last year because the venue kinda sucked.


Best events were Dick or No Dick and Speed Dating.

Will post pics in a bit.

4chan meetup

>>7016962
Considering the projectile vomit on the walls in the bathroom? Yeah, probably gonna have to move.

>>7017095
wut? someone explain this nao

>>7017110
Someone puked all over the girl's bathroom

The con programming at best was poor at best. The best show was probly the ghibli slide show. I'm glad they moved the djing saturday night indoors since the weather got colder. I've experienced a lot of poor volunteer and staffing when it came to some venues. The blanket fort on saturday night for example. The volunteers walked out and left poor con goers to finish up everything.

The men's bathroom. I swear I've never smelt such a horrifying smell in my life. That and the image of vomit soup oozing from the other men's room sink

I heard the JCCC and the hotel don't want to host APOP anymore.

A couple of anons actually come to the 4chan meetup. I tried to convince them to start tripping.

>>7017183

The best panel I went to wasn't even an official panel, It was like 10 people who just took over an empty room in the hotel and set up their own panel based on what I'm guessing was an inside joke.

ALL HAIL REEDUS.

>>7017207
Probably going to stick to anon for now, but I'll definitely be coming to more meetups

Gaming area was pretty good.

>>7017208
They made fun of Ultimate Muscle in the bad anime panel, like it was unintentionally bad. NO FORGIVENESS!!

>>7017183
The Ghibli show was great, but they should've said there would be burlesque in there too. My friend was annoyed because it's not her thing at all and there were kids in there too.

I'll be uploading photos soon-ish.

>>7017208

[spoiler] nelson [spoiler

>>7017261
They didn't check for ID for the burlesque show? There was one burlesque panel at GeekGirlCon 2012, and they checked everyone entering for IDs to check they were 18+.

>>7017274
[spoiler]His name was Robert Nelson[/spoiler[

>>7017274
His name was Robert Nelson

>>7017261
>princess mononoke
>burlesque

>>7017285
I'm talking about the Ghibli show, which wasn't advertised with burlesque in it.

>>7017299
You should've seen the Howl burlesque act

AA was on the 2nd floor but no one really knew there was a 2nd floor... I feel bad for these guys.

>>7017261
>>7017308
Oh wow.

>>7017311
Still some other good acts though

Overall good APop but came with issues:

Pros:
-Much more accessible/closer to downtown
-Free Noodles... and you could keep going for free noodles as long as they kept making and serving them.
-Free Pancakes, see above.
-a great variety of panels (though not too interested in many.
-Good features such as the Ferris wheel, the animals, and more.
-Gaming room had a good arrangement and was of a great size.

Cons:
-Hotel and JCCC were too far apart
-Ferris Wheel originally was nice with how well you could see your surroundings for the most part (not counting the sheridan itself) when I rode it last year. This year two buildings at least were partly obstructing the nice view one normally gets of the city when on a ride like that imo.
-Too many events focused on speed friending/speed dating. Would rather have that focused on panels about the actual topics themselves.
-Dealers was kinda meh. No one even selling any anime I think, which I would think by the third year they would get one of them to come.
-Closing ceremonies outside -_- could have easily used the auditorium...

Overall good APop but came with issues:

Pros:
-Much more accessible/closer to downtown
-Free Noodles... and you could keep going for free noodles as long as they kept making and serving them.
-Free Pancakes, see above.
-a great variety of panels (though not too interested in many.
-Good features such as the Ferris wheel, the animals, and more.
-Gaming room had a good arrangement and was of a great size.

Cons:
-Hotel and JCCC were too far apart
-Ferris Wheel originally was nice with how well you could see your surroundings for the most part (not counting the sheridan itself) when I rode it last year. This year two buildings at least were partly obstructing the nice view one normally gets of the city when on a ride like that imo.
-Too many events focused on speed friending/speed dating. Would rather have that focused on panels about the actual topics themselves.
-Dealers was kinda meh. No one even selling any anime I think, which I would think by the third year they would get one of them to come.
-Closing ceremonies outside... could have used the auditorium...

>>7017325
>-Too many events focused on speed friending/speed dating. Would rather have that focused on panels about the actual topics themselves.

I actually like the speed friendings. There are actual staff running those too, so they're at least somewhat organized.

>>7017330
Well imo I wish we actually had some more panels about the said subject matters too...

>>7017339
Yeah, that's true. As far as meeting people go, it's easier at speed friending. Obviously you can meet people at panels too.

>>7017330
Please rotate your photos properly.

>>7017339
I would have liked the speed friending to be more like an open panel. Let everyone sit and talk about the subject as a group, with a staff member prompting discussion. Moving to each person to talk about the same series was pretty weird

>>7017308
>>7017261
>implying these two weren't fantastic

>>7017208
I think my favorite part about this con is the amount of attendee involvement. It feels like the staff are facilitating events rather than throwing them a lot of the time.

>>7017325
My turn

Pros:
- Good location
- Ferris wheel and bouncy stuff was fun
- Pretty creative panels
- The deaf dog, what a cutie
- Gaming room had Project Diva F and Duck Hunt, enough said
- $99/night rate at the Don Valley Hotel

Cons:
- Should've had a shuttle bus going between the hotel/con
- Too many ravers and not enough anime fans
- Artist Alley sellers got shafted and put upstairs
- Some places were really crowded, could've opened some rooms to allow more seating space
- Ferris wheel wasn't running every time I saw it
- Most of the speed friending was put in a hallway and not in a room

>>7017409
Not saying they weren't fantastic, I just didn't expect it from a show about Ghibli. There were kids there man.

>>7017412
Also to add to how the ferris wheel wasn't running all the time... WHY WAS IT GONE ON SUNDAY!??? It's like what the con is known for...

>>7017412
That dog was deaf!????

>>7017412
There was a kid on stage, that girl dressed as Ponyo. She was too pure to see tits like that.

>>7017426
She hardly looked like a kid, more like 17 or 18.

>>7017422
Yeah, he had a balloon attached to him saying he was deaf

>>7017421
I heard some of the couplings o the wheel were rusted through. My plans to ride it after hearing that dropped

>>7017439
eek...the person I was with on the ride was a bit iffy seeing how rusty it looked while we were on it.

>>7017429
>>7017426
If we're talking about the same girl, the one that's really short and skinny, she looks like she's 12 years old.

Went to a workshop. It was pretty fun.

The weather was really nice all weekend.

>>7017311

I ended up buying a stuffed bunny from one of the booths and some art there. I thought it was pretty neat having the AA upstairs.

>>7017422

Really loved that dog even though I thought it was a bad idea to have a dog at the con. Man, what a highlight.

>>7016509
The guys or the girls?

I didn't really pay attention to the guys. They seemed like your generic awkward con guys.

The girls ranged from ravers to really nerdy girls to serious cosplayers. There were 15 girls there. You had 3 minutes to talk to each one of them, and then you would give them scores on a question survey (just to help you keep track). The questions on the survey were pretty tacky though. I met up with a few of the girls later and they cool.

I took this picture at speed dating cause I thought it would be funny to tell people I speed dated with the mother of dragons. she didn't give me her contact info

>>7017818
gee, wonder why......

>>7017844
Possibly because I'm gross, but more likely because I told her I don't like GoT.

12 out of the 15 girls wanted my contact info though, so that wasn't too bad. I think it's a cool social experiment if not anything else; it's really obvious to me when the person and I don't "connect." Even though we only talked for 3 minutes.

>>7017090
>>7017207
are the majority of you on your cellphones?
really?
you are all THAT boring in real life?

>>7017207
After what happened back during winter when a some anons started tripping, I wouldn't be surprised why wouldn't wanna trip

>>7017862
>12 out of 15

Bullshit. You probably didn't get any numbers.

>>7017412

Guh, the neck part still bothers me in that photo. I should've known better that finding a balaclava locally in the middle of July isn't the best idea.

>>7017412

Guh, the neck part still bothers me in that photo. I should've known better than to try finding a balaclava locally in the middle of July.

I don't understand how people are complaining about the distance to the hotel at all, it was barely a 10 minute walk if that. Anything you could need was in walking distance for the most part (the beer store). Wonder where this is going to be held next year

>>7017990

There wasn't much programming on the hotel's side aside from the blanket fort. I don't mind the hotel though, it seems like a nice place.

>>7017990
Good question. Good venue, damn shame the JCCC had no idea what was going to happen.

>>7017784
>>7017429
She was 14, I talked to her after the show. She was there with her parents.

Total QT though, wouldbabysit/10

Pic is of the nerf battle


>>7017990
Hopefully in a larger hotel so it's all in one spot. I'm pretty sure they got blacklisted from all the hotels around the old location which is a damn shame.
The Toronto Don Valley hotel was really nice but I'm assuming they couldn't get the whole con booked in there because of the wedding that was happening on friday.

>>7018017
It's basically a community centre and the staff probably thought it would be no worse than the Anime North Halloween dance. times 3.

I really love this con because of all the amazing programming. The concept of having an anime con-carnival is great, but it has to be a logistical nightmare to pull off. I've always thought this con was too good to be true, and that might very well be the case.

They should've put the dealers upstairs and the AA in the hallways.

>>7017998
The rooms were okay, just average.

>>7018040

That shaved ice was pretty good. would eat again.

Very few cosplayers this year.

>>7018040
AA was suppose to be on ground floor near where the area of the photo you've taken actually. It got shoved upstairs by I don't know who, but well after they've accepted applicants for AA hence the closet of an AA area. Not sure who to be pointing the finger to but I hope they had alright air circulation at least?

>>7018062
That shaved ice was mixed with ice cream! SO GOOD. I enjoyed free food (pancakes and ramen) despite having my own pack of snacks there. It was nice for them to have free bottled water too!

Annndd... I hear some shit going down on Sat. night because beer bottles were found in parking lot area. I was gone by then but I heard some staffers talking about it the day after...

>>7018084
As well not many were taking photos.
Considering there were 3 photography booths too, they likely didn't make too much money...

>>7018084
Because it was all ravers

>>7018084
most people went the casual cosplay route- myself included. learned the hard way last year that elaborate cosplay isn't bouncy castle friendly. heard the kigurumi vendors sold out on the first night though

any other photos of/thoughts on this Nidalee??

>>7017422
That dog was pretty chill. It was wandering around the Nerf Gun fight and just didn't give a fuck when a nerf bullet would bounce off him.


Pros:
-Awesome as always programming
-New location was about 8 minutes from me
-Burlesque was a lot better this year
-Some vendor rented lazertag guns for a $1 an hour, the whole venue was a lazertag playground which was really fun to play with strangers
-All the free stuff from workshops, pancakes, noodles, nerf guns etc.
-Nerf gun fight was really fun!
-The pork buns sold at the venue were actually amazing.


Cons:
-Literally all of the panels and activities started late, like a good half hour late or more for some of the playground stuff. It really screwed up scheduling because by the time an event finally started, another event was scheduled to start somewhere else
-ALL OF THE TRICYCLES WERE BROKEN IN THEIR OWN WAY by Sunday.
-Hotel too far
-Not many cosplays, after seeing the turnout Friday, I decided it wasn't even worth it to cosplay the other days
-Ravers littering and just being disrespectful. I was pretty irritated they would draw on the walls outside the cultural centre. Like fuck, show some respect.
-Programming didn't show the hours of operation for the playground, I was planning on going to the ferris wheel Sunday but it was taken down by then.

>>7018465
tell me about it, giant props for this con, never again

>>7017429
I thought he was just ignoring me.

Right before the HODOR rave.

>>7017130
I saw three guys puke in the men's room.

>>7017207
Neither the JCCC or hotel had any idea what they were in for. The hotel hadn't even hidden its fancy decorations. Did they think that a rave con was going to be as well behaved as Ad Astra?

>>7017245
The video game room was about as fun as Con Bravo's, which is kind of sad. I would have liked to see the Miku from Bravo try to dance along with the game in Apop's crowded room.

>>7017259
And they played DIC's promo for Sailor Moon at Anime WAT but not the infamous live action version that was mercifully abandoned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S753uhG_qI

>>7017325
>>Dealers was kinda meh. No one even selling any anime
Is there really a market for anime discs at con prices these days?

>>7017810
He brought the dog to the Nerf battle. I'm amazed it didn't get trampled.

>>7017990
>>Anything you could need was in walking distance for the most part
...except food

>>7018637
>Is there really a market for anime discs at con prices these days?

Some do want to buy physical copies of an anime. I think was considering picked up FMA:Brotherhood on blu-ray if there.

APOP overall was still a blast despite a couple setbacks. Still no candy apples.

Pros:
+yummy food at the venue, $2 beef riceballs were the best
+lots of amazing panels as always, ended up getting 2nd place at Anime Name that Tune (was supposed to be 90s name that tune but host was wounded)
+everything was spaced out, no real crowd problems
+burlesque as always my favorite part
+actually free DDRExtreme (last year was not free)
+3 days instead of 2 spaced everything out better
+Gaming was in a nice location, dark inside, away from everything else
+workshops for making your own plushies was fun as hell

Cons:
-no other food within walking distance other than what was at the JCCC
-best programming was later at night, which overlapped a lot
-like Dill said, very few panels started when they were scheduled to
-panelrooms were all over the place, since the rooms at the JCCC are all spaced out
-would have rather had vendors in a room vs throughout the halls
-AA seemed really quiet
-distance from hotel, yes it was only a 10 minute walk, but having everything at the Sheraton was really nice
-nowhere for people to sit around other than the courtyard area, and you'd better hope a panel isn't happening there
-parking lot for rides was TINY compared to last year, no spider ride

Who was the grey haired girl that did the cosplay catwalk (and I think Madoka in the magical girl training camp thing)? She's super cute. ;-;

Pros:
+ Lots of good panels and events
+ Powerglove (deserves special mention)
+ JCCC was a nice looking venue and felt different from the usual hotels and convention centers that cons are at
+ Staff is getting more organized every year
+ Really accessible location

Cons
- Ravers
- Rave music
- Blatant drinking (seriously, hide that shit. Put your beer in a McDonalds cup or something)

I never want to cosplay again after having a big mac and a large side of fries and soda. my gut blew my dress apart like a balloon. That and going to mc donalds in a dress.

>>7019244
>decide to walk to McDonalds in Homestuck cosplay because the weather looked good
>shorts, light shirt, rolled up sleeves
>a third of the way there
>OH HI THERE THUNDERSTORM
>drenched trying to share a tiny dollar-store umbrella between be and another person
>mfw

>>6974505
this looks like it was the best con ever
Can someone tell me how much tickets were?
I really wanna go next year

>>7019263
I heard that they were around... $50.00 or so, for the whole weekend.

>>7019267
THATS CHEAP AS FUCK.

>>7017990 and really, who needs food when you're at atomic lollipop?

The con was 60 for all three days.
The blanket fort was the most hilarious event to occur but so it goes. I feel bad for the damage done to the zen garden :(

>>7019507
>who needs food when you're at atomic lollipop?

I do. Need to keep my gains.

>>7019735
If you walk down to Don Mills and walk a block north, there's a strip mall with a bunch of restaurants. There's also a No Frills around there somewhere IIRC

>>7019781
I went with a group to a really decent AYCE sushi place across from the Science Centre. Couldn't have been more than 15min away on foot

>>7019865
I think next year the con should make a little section of restaurants in the area because that seems to have been a common complaint.

>>7013754
Yes you do.

>>7013754
Holy shit, I look so dumb.

>>7020005
But we really don't bite. Ask Sara.

Cosplay pics are up
http://www.naxsnaps.co.uk/gallery/apop2013

>>7019507

what happen to the zen garden? All I saw was caution tape and basically ignored it.

>>7020485
This.

Did some weaboo sit on something?

I was there running around taking photos and videos and stuff. You definitely saw me taking photos/videos of stuff.

Pro
-There was a dog just walking all over the place, all chill and shit, being petted by basically everyone. Didn't know he was deaf until this thread
-Free stuff, didn't get free noodles though. There was some ticket system thingy although I did get free pancakes and bottled water
-Cosplayers everywhere
-Nerf battle was hilarious
-Met lots of people
-Game room was alright
-Took tons of photos and videos of stuff
-I love JCCC, it looks amazing
-near TTC access

Con
-weed, people smoking weed outside
-The lighting where the dealers tables were, it was horrible and almost everywhere else
-nothing but rave music
-the bouncy castle broke, like twice
-Ferris wheel was only there for like 2 days, or just Saturday
-Rain on Friday
-I heard the hotel had absolutely nothing interesting so I didn't even go and it was far away

No idea what happen to the zen garden either, I was only there for a minute.

JCCC probably hates APOP now,

I wonder where they will host this next year. They should just rent a night club. (I'm kidding. Well, half kidding.)

They were selling booze at the rave. It was amazing.

>>7020528
>night club

It would be 18+ and all of the raving kiddies would be tripping

yeah I wonder too, JCCC must have been pissed

Is it normal to get drunk on American cons? I haven't been at a single con in europe where you wouldn't get kicked out as soon as you even pull out a can of beer.

Also, why does everybody talk about having sex at cons? To me it looks like all girls either already came with their boyfriends or are too autistic for sex.

>>7020538

people get drunk at any con, maybe not inside if there isn't a bar but surrounding restaurants and bars, they would.

>>7020530
I'm just trying to think of what venue would be able to host this. It has to be a relatively cheap venue (to rent) that's far away from the residential area, and it has to be able to handle drunk ravers.

>>7020538
This is a Canadian con. Canada is a little country south of the United States.

>>7020550
I said America. This includes Canada if you weren't aware of that.

>>7020553
Generally when people say America they only refer to our big neighbour to the south, the USA.

>>7020553
It was a joke. Canada's not south of the US.

Anyway, as far as this con goes, they check your bags for alcohol. You can show up drunk, (they encourage you to show up drunk actually) but you can't bring booze in.

>why does everybody talk about having sex at cons?

IDK.

>To me it looks like all girls either already came with their boyfriends or are too autistic for sex.

Well, not all of them. You just have to find the right ones.

was impressed with the amount of actually attractive people at this con. i expect its because in all honesty, its not an anime con. its more of a nostalgia-and-weird-nerdy-shit con. so all the people complaining about the dealers room not being big enough, or there being burlesque (which WAS advertised BTW and was scheduled for NIGHTTIME because its for an older audience..) or having too many interactive programming as opposed to just panels where somebody talks AT you, keep in mind that this con is NOT AN ANIME CON.

i LIKE apop because they do shit DIFFERENTLY. they are their own type of event that just happens to have *some* of what other cons have, therefore attracting some of the other cons' demographics. nuff said.

10/10 look forward to next year (and all it's hot babes)

also, i heard they werent kicked out of last years venue, but that the venue just wanted more money (money that would be better put towards programming and free food).

>>7021042
>i LIKE apop because they do shit DIFFERENTLY.
Hear fucking hear.

I don't exactly know what APop is trying to go for (and I don't think they do either) but it's different from what everyone else is doing. It feels like if a couple guys from Burning Man came up with an idea for a con

>>7020485
>>7020485
all the litter scattered in the garden, I just felt really bad about it cause it just seemed like the most peaceful area was defiled completely :/

>>7021042

I heard of another theory from another con staffer while I was there at the time. The hotel intended to build a restaurant where the parking lot was so the con had to go. The other reason was the widespread drug use at the con.

Eitherway, the JCCC was a good location for me since I live in the East end of Toronto. I hope the rumours about Apop getting kicked out aren't true. Even with all the vomit, bad smell and all the drugs and booze.

>>7021042
>i LIKE apop because they do shit DIFFERENTLY

>free food
>free water
>cool location at the JCCC