/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'll probably go to this as well.

What went wrong with Winter Sac? I wasn't there.

>>6987455
Since it was a transition to a new convention hall things went wrong here and there. They gave us a huge room for the masquerade, but the tiniest pop up stage they had. Panels were put in the wrong rooms for their size, like there was a doll panel and a homestuck panel and they put homestuck in the tiniest room available while the doll panel had only about 6 people in a huge room. The security staff was rude and didn't no where stuff was, the same old same old.

Homestuckers have received warnings on the forms that they are only allowed to have the 1 designated meet up at this con or they will not be able to have enough, the same goes for Pony and other large fandoms- no mini meets. Also the person who ran the last meet was quiet, had a hard time having people get ready for pictures, and left half way through the meet. I'm gonna be in charge of this one again for my final time (I did the last summer one as the Ferferi that went fairly well) The meet is Friday afternoon, so a lot of the homestuck will be over by Saturday when more people are at the con.

I'll be God tier Roxy Friday, Mabel and Eep on Saturday, and Bakura (rule 63) on Sunday.

>>6987571
why do you bother going if all you do is complain about the con?

>>6987455
Don't let the complaints about almost strictly Homestuck bother you. Should be a chill con. Just go with some friends, hang out, meet new people, go to some panels and have fun.
Fucking homestuck.

>>6987455
people forget it was the first time at the convention center and everything wasn't going to be perfect

>>6987608
>Just go with some friends
That's the thing I'm worried about. No one to go with. Is it probably not a good idea to go if I'm by myself and not cosplaying?

>>6987598
They asked what happened at the last con, so I filled them in with what I remember from the threads about it way back in winter. I'm not complaining-too many of the younger homestucks went crazy last con so I'm fine with the crack down on us. I had fuck with my friends and the option of different places to hang out with friends in downtown sac is nice. There is more food options and places to drink.

>>6988360
*fun

the only real downside from the new place for me was we got a room on the 24th flood, so long elevator rides or stair walks, and the pool is really crappy so you can't make random friends at the hot tub like the old place

inb4 why would anyone would want to go Sacramento
My body can't wait for when we get to mingle at the Sac Greek Food Festival next door

>>6987623
I've never been to a con by myself so I couldn't give ya too much advice there. But the best way to enjoy yourself is keep yourself busy. Make a schedule of panels, guests and events you want to see and stick to it. Then I guarantee you will enjoy yourself.

I'm hoping the schedule is up soon. My body is ready for some panels.

how about that awesome line up of guests?

>>6989496
Voice of Kanji, Desmond, Joel and the chick from Last of Us. I am going to get everything I can signed by them.

Where are you guys all from? This is the only con I live close to. I guess that's why I'm asking.

El Dorado County here.

>>6990542
My friends from San Joaquin County attend, and friends from Calaveras County.

Fuck yeah SacAnime. Going as Malcolm Reynolds. Anybody that will be attending the Eyeshine concert, prepare to watch me fill in on guitar for Polo. Still deciding what song.

>>6990542
Reno bro here

>>6990565
Wash bro reporting in.

>>6990542
South Sac reporting in

>>6990542
Eldo county here too

>>6988363
>Sac Greek Food Festival next door
WHAT
Fuck my life, I won't be in Sac anymore. Noooo muh greek food

>>6991914

>>6991892
Cameron Park here.

>>6993844
Placerville here. My Roxy portal gun fell and snapped in half yesterday. sigh there's another day of work.

Washoe county here. Getting prepared for the many lols that will be had at this con.

I'll be coming back to this one as Wreck-It-Ralph. Had a blast last time and the convention center is SO much better than the Raddison was. I could actually take 3 steps without getting smeared by grey facepaint.

And yes, I do expect several hundred Homestuckers

>>6997416
Awesome man, if I see you I will be sure to grab a picture. Did you hear about the new guests? Sac-anime's guest list already FAR surpasses Fanime.
>I could actually take 3 steps without getting smeared by grey facepaint.
And at the new convention center, you can take 6 steps until you get smeared by grey facepaint!

Is there going to be a /cgl/ meetup here?

>>6990542
Oak Park in South Sac here.

I don't think I'll be able to get the time off work to go.

>>6995885
Same, bro. I won't actually be going, but I just thought I would mention it.

Dat rave being only 10pm-1am. And they are advertising it as "Family friendly". Fuck.

>>7002346
More time for room parties and bar hopping
There are some good bars within walking distance

>>7002551
exactly, why be with a bunch of jail bait that smells like ass and arm pit when you can go drink and enjoy actual conversations

>>7002642
I like you.

>>7000217
bump for interest

I thought I should mention, since It served me and my group very well last time, the Light Rail has a stop that's about a block from the Convention center, so if you're having trouble finding parking or hotel accommodations nearby, I'd suggest finding something near one of the stops.

The one we use has all-day parking at Greenhaven and it takes about 20 minutes to get from the end of the line to the Con. Saved us a lot of headache

>>6990542
Folsom here

>Sac Anime thread
>people not shitting all over it

Didn't expect this. Anyway, this one is still a maybe for me. I live in Los Angeles, so I'd only be going to visit friends. The weather last year was also surprisingly pleasant, was expecting in the 100s at least.

>>7003793
It's gotten a hell of a lot better since leaving the Hotel venue.

Now all it needs is to drop Katie Bair

>>7004201
You know, I've been going to Sac-animes since July of 2007 and I have never been to their masquerades, ever. How are they these days? Still more insane drama?

>>7004337
Winter's was horrible because of the new setting. Skits that didn't fit were thrown in because they only had 10 of the acts that signed up show up. The stage was super small and just one of those pop up ones. It was really sad too because for once they had a ton of seating set up, but the way they had it set up made it almost impossible to see the stage if you weren't in the front 5 rows. The line set up was a huge improvement though. They had 2 different lines in a connecting room, so they weren't in anyone's way and you could sit down to wait till it started moving. The only highlight of the masquerade last winter was the awesome Mobile Suit and the Karaoke winners singing.
Summer usually has better skits because it's not competing with ALA.

Did anyone check out Cafe Hoshi last time? I wanted to know how their new food set up is before I order a ticket. It's been fun the 2 times I went, but kinda want to at least know the food situation before hand (I was at the VIP fuck over last winter & summer)

>>7004536
The Cafe was alright I guess. They didn't really serve food or drinks. We got these little boxes of tiny japanese candies and such, which was alright I suppose. I hear they are serving food this time, thank science.

I really hate the fact that they won't allow any gatherings outside of some designated spaces and that there was no notification either on their main page or their Facebook page that the deadlines to get gatherings was drawing near
There are a shit ton of series that don't have a gathering, yet a Cosplay =/= Consent movement gets a gathering.

>>7004600
Seriously? Tubblr has now infected Sac-anime? Godamn feminists.

>>7004755
You know shit's fucked up when Bleach, One Piece, and Attack on Titan don't have gatherings yet this

>>7004924
Sonic the Hedgehog, My Little Pony, Vocaloid, Hetalia, League of Legends, Ouran, Supernatural/Doctor Who/Sherlock combined, and a full hour gathering of Homestuck. May god help us all.......fuck.

>>7004600
>Cosplay =/= Consent gathering

I've seriously been saying why everytime I get reminded that that was approved as a gathering, how the fuck would it even work it's not a series

>>6990629
Is there a good con/cosplay scene around Reno? Moving up there in a few weeks for school, I only know of SNAFU Con.

Cosplay =/= Consent gathering

How pandering to a female demographic can kill your entire event.

>Cosplay =/= Consent movement gets a gathering.

Well, on the bright side, they're all concentrated in one place and easy to avoid. Or troll, if you were into such things.

>>7005128
Female Tumblr women gather together in a circle of period syncing where they discuss the patriarchy and how oppressed they are. They can share and swap stories about how one time "some creepy unattractive guy looked me in the eyes once. He tried to rape me with his eyes" to one another.
Muh patriarchy.

>>7005314
Dafuq? I have my ass and crotch grabbed ALL the time at cons. Whether it's in the hallway, at a panel or at a dance/rave, women just grab parts of me because they can. (Guy btw). And you know what? I don't give a fuck. You don't see me bitching about posting about how I am a victim and all that shit. You know why? Because I don't have a victim complex.

>>7005316
Just what a privvalijed bastard like you would think

>>7004337
>>7004536

The Masquerade has been going steadily downhill since Katie has been tightening the rules for entry. Skits have to have an Anime theme and if they do manage to shoehorn in some western references, their score suffers.

She's also notorious for playing favorites, like last year when she allowed a My Little Pony group made up of people she knows personally to go past their time limit because they told her they didn't know how to put anime references in. They did their skit exactly as they planned, but with some sailor moon poses, then they won best in show.

>>7005484
Yeah that bothered me a lot! I remember there was another pony group that year with two cute girls who were a lot younger than the pony group who won, but they managed to incorporate an "anime" theme into their skit and still make the time limit.

>>7004934
2 hours for homestuck since it couldn't be on Saturday and has to be supervised. Also it's on the other side of the convention hall so it's away from like everything at the con
Also anyone who checks the forms could see the posts about the deadline drawing near for gatherings since you are first supose to make a thread on the forms about the gathering before applying.
>>7005168
It was suppose to be at the same time as the masquerade. That already kills a lot of people going to it.
>>7005484
At least it's not a bad as when she told the team fortress skit they shouldn't of won via email

>>7003793
>>7004201
>>7004337
>>7005484
>>7005794
>>7005935

Hi folks. I was the Pyro from that TF2 skit and to be 100% completely honest, I don't harbor any ill will against the con or Katie. I was upset when it first happened of course, but in retrospect it's really all for fun. I mean prizes were like a t-shirt and some chinese gummy cheezburgers.

What IS cool is that they've apparently altered the rules just for troublemakers like me!

>SacAnime is a themed convention. This is reflected in the events we offer, panels, guests, and even the types of items our vendors have for sale. The theme of SacAnime is: “A Celebration of Asian Media and Popular Culture.” And as such, all official programming (including the Masquerade) adheres to this theme. However, the definition of this theme is quite broad, and as Asian pop culture has become more and more popular in the U.S., more domestic sources are attempting to grab a piece of the action. For fans, this means it’s harder to tell what is and isn’t theme appropriate, and I find myself having to play referee in disputes between cosplay groups about whether or not they (or other groups) should be allowed to enter the competition.
...
>“What if my neither my costume nor skit fit into these guidelines?”

>This Summer, we are adding an “Exhibition” category to the show. This is for groups or individuals who do not wish to be judged for Craftsmanship or Presentation, but still want to show off their costumes or skits on stage. Exhibition entries still follow all of the same General Rules as Competitive entries. Exhibition entries ARE eligible for Judges Awards.

>>7006240
oh nice that they added the award part, last time I talked to Katie she said they wouldn't be able to win

>>7006475
Yeah, I actually just looked at the rules for the first time today since winter. Looks like me & My Brother will have to put something fun together

Sac-Anime is alright, I found it to be pretty boring though. So I usually play in the Yugioh Tournament to kill time.

Do Masq sign ups open tonight at midnight or tomorrow night at midnight?

>>7006808
Not sure, but if it's going to be as popular as it was last time, I wouldn't worry about jumping right on it when they open.

>>7006808
seeing as it's 6:30am and it's not open yet, I'm gonna go ahead and assume the latter

>>7006808
August 1st at 12:01am

Managed to find all my costume pieces so yeah, I'll be doing something silly and dumb for the masquerade

>>7005168
>>7005205
>Cosplay =/= Consent gathering
>An actual gathering at a con
>A panel where women get together to empower their victim complex's.
Nothing makes sense anymore.

>>7009182
I meant *gathering. Fuck.

Why can't they move the rave off site at a club or something

>>7009346
forgot pic
mfw they don't this ever

>>7009346
Probably because lots of other cons have dances, so they do their own since it's normal. Plus I don't think there are any clubs super close to the con, let alone let in teens since they love to force the "family friendly" thing down our throats.
I remember they had some threads on the forms for anime to show in the screening room. I suggest Usagi Drop since it's cute and very pretty art wise. They said it was a loli-con anime and not family friendly. I almost threw a table.

>>7010189
>loli-con anime
>turned down because it's not family friendly
>I almost threw a table

>>6987443
>mfw ive been working sacanime for the past 4 cons
>each time i ragesofucking hard
>fags cant pronounce manga right
>each time a shit load more 14-11 year olds
>i keep doing it cuz i get paid $800-$900 for 3 days of dealing with ungrateful faggots
>so much JB also makes it worth it
>plus get own hotel room

not sure if ima do it this upcoming con.

P.s i can get you a weekend pass for only $20 under da table shit niggas or show me tits at the con and ill get you wat ever i can within mai power\.

>>7010430
also staff badge gets me in everywhere im the guy at the rave groping bitches. at winter con that bitch with the flashing yo-yo's made me lol

>>7010189
>Lolicon
>Usagi drop

I just flipped one for you

>>7010430
>i
>ima
>mai
>under da table shit niggas
>show me tits

I think you fit just right in

Hmm... having trouble registering for the masquerade. It keeps giving me a message that "Maximum of 3 characters exceeded." but I didn't fill in any boxes with a huge amount of text...

Just waiting for help from their forums now

>>7010829
I'm figuring that out too

>>7010857
Yeah, someone else on the forum is having the same issue.

Good to know it's not just my fuckup

>>7010740
make fun of me to mai face faggot ill slap yr shit nigga.

Seems to be working now. Looks like several people were having the same problem.

>>7010967
>>7010434
>>7010430
Dumbass.

The gathering rules are kind of lame. And we all pretty much know who made then necessary...

>>7013062

>>7012123
yea hide behind the internet faggot id destroy you in rl

>>7010740
Autism reporting in.

He isn't one of us. Just an urbane urban person.

>>7013062
Just one more thing ruined by Homofucks

>>7013278
>He isn't one of us
yr right im not a beta otaku faggot like most of you cats.


im a animu cosplay loving man i just dont like when i tell ppl my interests they think im like you faggots all fugly pasty and pink.

>>7013062
Hey, be lucky that your gathering got two hours instead of one for EVERYONE OTHER GATHERING THAT SIGNED UP

It's really interesting that an area with a very closely-knit and rather thriving Homestuck community is getting hella stinkeyed by all the major local cons. First Kintoki and now SacAnime, though Kintoki figured out a way to deal with it in probably the most ass-kissing way possible. But I guess people had fun.

Restrictions at SacAnime might lead to friction, though. I mean their staff isn't particularly known for being understanding or flexible, is it?

>>7013939
They brought that scrutiny upon themselves. There hasn't been a group as obnoxious and pushy as homestuckers at conventions ever, and its all made worse by the fact that the costumes are somehow both extremely simple and yet manage to be a huge pain in the ass to their fellow congoers

>>7013939
it's from the few special dicks who couldn't make it to the normal meet up and felt they should still have meet ups on every day of the con. They're the reason other fandoms got pissed at us and caused all the fucking problems. I'm finished with the HS gathering after this one and just hope that this one will run as smooth as last summer when I did it.

>>7013939
>Kintoki sucked this year

Good riddance

Sacanime needs more traps...ive wanting to hook up with one so bad i met one from a sactown meet up thread but the trap was way to manly lookin.

I posted this on the SacAnime forums too, but I just wanted to take a moment and let people know that the Light Rail has a stop about a block from the Convention Center. My group last January rode the thing all the way from Meadowview (South Sacramento/Elk Grove) and saved a buttload on parking and gas

If you're interested look up the "Blue Line"
http://www.sacrt.com/schedules/current/maps/R533.gif
If memory serves, the stop you want is 11th & K-street. It's just after either the "Saint Rose" stop or the "9th & K" stop if you're coming from the South.

If you're looking for more "personal" directions, the SACRT site has an online trip planner where you can plug in where you're coming from and what stops are going to be the easiest for you to get to
http://infoweb.sacrt.com/

>>7014411
>large
Therein lies the problem. You can hate on homestuckers all you want, but Sacramento has a relatively large and vocal Homestuck community. They have gatherings outside of cons, sure, but cons are easily their biggest meeting points. Why would the two local cons make efforts to alienate that population? Not saying that homestuck fans are completely faultless, but it doesn't seem like a smart move on the cons' part.

>>7015526
They've done nothing to alienate them specifically. Every fandom has to adhere to the same standards because of the shitty behavior of several asshole homestuck people back in 2012.

It wasn't JUST the Homestuck people that were blocking aisles and generally making the crowd a shitstorm to try and move through, but the majority of it was their impropmptu group shots in the hallways. That, combined with their unsealed grey body paint and big, pointy-ass horns made it that much worse, so yes, I think I will cling to the idea that I don't like them much

>>7015555
Was this at SacAnime or are we talking about the 2012 Fanime HS clusterfuck?

>>7015883
the 2012 Summer Sacanime

The overall cosplay scene was about 40% homestuck

>>7015898
I really don't remember them causing any major problems during that con

>>7015898
this makes my friends' repeated questions of "hey, you wanna come to sacanime?" (they live up there) an even worse proposition.

>>7015555
not to mention even winter sac was fucked up by others. some assholes from the hs meetup left chalk drawings all over the sidewalk, which in turn had to be cleaned up by me and several friends because all the other attendees pretty much fled the area. Also some drunk assholes broke a statue or some shit.
Let's hope this time around, though, the runners of Sac manage not to cram the ball into a stuffy space and attempt to make it a rave.

>>7013062
>>7015555
>time limits on gatherings
>Can only hold gatherings once a day and in certain locations
>All gatherings must be approved or else staff will break them up

Does any other con do this? Seems stupid as fuck to be so anal about cosplay gatherings. How the hell do the define a gathering? What I a bunch of cosplayers from the same series just wanna hang out?

I live in Sacramento and I've been wondering if I should go to this but I really don't know what I'd do there. I like anime casually (maybe watch around 6 series a year) but that's about it. I don't care much about cosplay (honestly think a lot of it is bad), voice actors/actresses, panels, etc.

I don't have friends to begin with, much less any that are interested in anime, so that's out of the equation. I don't own much anime merchandise at all, mostly because it costs too much and I only ever hear bad things about vendor prices at cons, so that's probably not appealing.

Yeah, I dunno, I feel like I wanna go just to be a little more "social", but I will probably be one of the least uninterested fans to go.

>>7016212
Truth be told I'm not much of an Anime fan either. That's why I cosplay as more western stuff than anything (TF2, Wreck-It Ralph, Zoidberg.)

Go check it out for free at first. A lot of the photo Ops take place outside the areas where you need a pass to get into, so take an hour or more and just wander, take some pictures, give some cosplayers a short, sincere compliment if you think something they made is neat. That way, if people seem friendly and welcoming enough, you can choose to buy a pass to check out the dealer's room or watch the masquerade or meet a voice actor or two (The voice actor for Mario and the one for the personality cores from Portal 2 will be there, among many others. I had to do a bit of research on who's going to be there and what they've done, but the results really surprised me)

And by the way, >>7015898 is exaggerating quite a bit. While it's true that Homestuck is really popular right now, they are nowhere near almost half of the attendees. And with all the changes made and the new venue, it's actually really improved in just about every way.

The gathering rules do seem a little rigid, but it's not like they limit where/when you can have them. You just need to let them know first so you don't clash with someone else's planned gathering or block a main thoroughfare. In fact, once you register your time and place, they actually put it in the printed program and all the posted notices around the con so LOTS more people will find out about it, which ends up creating a bigger, more comprehensive gathering overall.

>>7016158
Can we really blame the convention center's rules? This is straight from their forums:

>The reason for this is that the convention center is not an "open" venue like we're used to, and they are concerned not only for the safety of our attendees, but also for the venue itself. In order to be allowed to have gatherings at the convention center, they must all now occur in the same location. (Although it is a large enough area that we can do more than one gathering there at the same time.) To keep things organized and avoid overlap, I need all of you guys to work with me. It took a lot of convincing to get the convention center to agree to this in the first place, so lets make a good impression!

>>7016299

Exactly. Sacramento is NOT used to full geek-cons like this. You've got mostly all businesses catering to state-worker types surrounding the convention center. We have to give them at least a few years to make a decent impression before they may start easing up on this. and the extra space is really really worth it in my opinion. At least we're not walking through those tinyass hotel lobby hallways.

>>7016572
We managed to get on local traffic reports because of all the looky-loos driving by and staring.

>>6987571
>r34 Bakura

Who are you, do you have a tumblr. I might know you

>>7015898
there were no problems with the meet ups in 2012 other than the winter one at the gazebo being too small of a area. The summer one got scheduled at the same time as the Naruto meet up my mistake and they got mad that they couldn't have the Choji with the wing's wings out since we were at the fountain.
You are thinking about the Winter 2013 meet up, it was a cluster fuck because there was no real set area for us and the vocaloid meet up was right around the same time and area.

>>7015958
I heard about the statue, but not the chalk drawings which have been a big no no at every con.
>>7017089
and a creeper who just took photos from his car by the cross walk a good part of the afternoon, and the religious nut guy
>>7017205
It's Rairix for my tumblr, it would be funny. I haven't posted any progress pictures for it other than my ring I think. I have a R63 Joey as well. I worked on our decks today, we both super suck a dueling though. I have pics of my prop plushies up on there too, Waddles and Crispy Bear from the Croods

>>7017411
The religious guy was actually super nice. I struck up a conversation with him while waiting at the crosswalk and he didn't have a problem with anyone or anything at the con, he just travels around to big events with his sign. I've seen him at the sspca's doggy dash and some of the festivals in Elk Grove before too.

>missed SDCC
>want con fix
>Sac-Anime
>comparing the two
.....what are you expecting?

>>7017411
Yeah. Heard from my volunteer friends that they'll be keeping a tighter watch on who's roaming around after about 7 pm, as well as who's roaming around in the early hours of the morning because of that incident.

>>6990542
Davis.

>>7017594
The religious guy was super cool, not like the asshole westboro fucks at Fanime, SDCC, and now AX

>>7018156
I kind of hope they show up to SacAnime. The videos of them getting counter-protested are some of my favorite videos from those cons

>>6990542
I live right in downtown, gonna walk right over.

>>6987623
In my experience with SacAnime summer, when I went in 2010 by myself, it felt very, very clique-y because it's still a fairly small con. So just be aware of that if you're planning on going alone.

>>7018335
That's not really the case anymore. It has gotten pretty damn huge. I think they said in the closing ceremonies last January that they had a record-breaking 8500 attendees

>>7018321
Haha yeah, those are always great

>>7017652
7pm? Major events especially the Masquerade and dances are going on at this time
Hopefully this doesn't mean they crack down on who's around hotel when all the parties are going on

>>7018617
Let's hope its just more of watching for drunks and shenanigans from younger people. I think the hotel staff were pretty damn chill as well. Some maids thought my friends n me were cute last time when we answered the door in costume and the check out guy was a total bro.

Also we found out if you have a room but use 2 or more cars to come to the con you can still get the discount price when you check out at the parking area. Which would of been nice to know last con since we used 2 cars and my other friend had to pay like 50+ to park

>>7018362
That's so good to hear. It really wasn't fun the year I went, being judged the entire day by groups of friends much younger than me, and stuck in the hotel that was much too small for the crowd.

sage for lameness and no contribution

>>7019298
Yeah, the Convention Center has solved a lot of those problems. In January the crowd seemed much older (Or at least more mature) and while there are a few cliques that walk around together (usually in matching-themed costumes) everyone I encountered was super friendly and receptive. Even the vendors in the Dealer's Halls seemed to be having a better time with all the extra elbow room.
Also, the fact that the hotels for attendees are separate from the con itself has to have relieved a bunch of stress on the hotel employees. I worked at hotel front desks for about 7 years and I guarantee you that if HALF the shit I saw some of the old attendees pulling happened on my shift, I would do things that would require an HR meeting. I remember one year some doofus in an Akatsuki robe somehow managed to get up on the roof of the building where they had the Artist Alley & Game Rooms.
The staff of the Raddisson had to be some seriously zen-like dudes to allow the con back after that sort of thing, but the Convention Center just feels so much more like where SacAnime belongs.

>>7019790
It'll be interesting to see how the Hyatt across the ways from the Sheraton will handle SacAnime guests given what happened with them two years ago with Kintoki-Con

>>7020283
You're not going to leave that comment there without elaborating are you?

>>7020905
When the Hyatt held Kintoki-Con in 2011, the hotel's staff were often clashing with the convention staff. But what really got the hotel in hot water was when a Guest of Honor was serving minors beer during an event. That's why Kintoki-Con had a hard time finding space in 2012 and then finally the Holiday Inn took them in for 2013.

The Hyatt did not host any room blocks at SacAnime Winter because of what happened at Kintoki-Con. I guess they finally saw the brighter side of conventions and the potential profits (the area is expected to bring in more than a million dollars in revenue), so they opened up their hotel for Sac Summer.

>>7020981
Neato Torpedo

>>7020981
Wow... who was boozing up the minors? I'm assuming they'll never ask that guest back

My body is ready for Tubblr-con.

>>7022533
My money is on some foreign guest who didn't know about the difference in drinking ages

I'm only able to go for 1 day, but I'll be there. It's a short drive from Davis anyway

No /cgl/ meetup? ;_;

>>7022533
It was actually Team Lovehate.

The Sacramento con scene needs to get their shit together. Their personal drama is getting fucking ridiculous and affecting the cons.

>>7025276
is the /cgl/ meet up ever actually a meet up? Don't we all just pick a time and location to meet?

I haven't ever went to one, but since the only thing I have to be at is the HS meet up friday to run that crap, anything on Saturday before or after the masquerade would be cool.

>>7024702
Same

>>7025406
Screw it. I'll organize one once the full schedule is released. That way we can set something up, hopefully not during any major events or gatherings. So once the schedule is up, I will set up a decent time. Who would be down for a /cgl/ gathering first of all?
The one in Summer 2012 was pretty awesome, so lets make another one!

>>7025641
I might show, depending on the time

>>7025641
as long as it's a decent time and I can find the area I'm up for it

>>7025641
Might be cool

>>7025837
It will probably be in the courtyard area near the side of the con.

>>7027120
Over where they have the picnic tables, just outside the big open atrium-like room?

I think that's where they had the Wreck-It Ralph gathering last January. Should be cool

>>7027120
When are we talking? Because my plan is to find the Sheraton bar and have a swig with my seagulls

>>7029000
Friday/Saturday night bar hopping with seagulls anyone?

>>7028749
Yessir, looked like a decent spot.
>>7029000
Not sure what time yet. Need to wait for the schedule to be released so we can see what works for everyone.

>>7029117
Sounds like a damn good time, but Since I'll be taking the lightrail to the con to avoid paying ridiculous parking fees, I'll have to catch the last one at about 10 or so. I'll stick around long as I can, tho. Should be fun

>>7029117
depending on how much money I bring I may get a drink with my friends one of those nights since I don't really need to get much in the vendors hall unless thay actually have some Tiger & Bunny stuff of a Kanji or Naoto plush.

>>7030957
>Kanji Plush
Yes.
Chances are it will be on Friday night since the rave/dance/whatever is on Saturday. Plus me and the bros are planning a drinking game also on Saturday, so that's probably a no-go for us. I'll make a post about a Seagull gathering/bar hopping fuck yeah event pretty soon here.

>>7031534
Friday sounds good, I'll probably only get 1 drink since we usually just get drunk in the room and play soul caliber shots, but I may hang a while or drink so, I know I'll have at least 1 of my buddies with me. Will anyone be in cosplay? She plans to still be rocking her Dirk and I'm undecided by leaning towards my Mabel or Bakura if I'm still in costume.

I think there is a rave friday night too, saturday has the bands then rave/ball if they're doing that again

>>7033120
Saturday Night is also the Masquerade, which I'll be in, so I'll try to work around that.

If it happens Friday, I'll be in my Wreck-It Ralph. If Saturday, then I'll be the Heavy

>>7033912
Ah well yeah the masquerade is something I'll defiantly be watching, so Friday would probably be best for drinks

I went to one back in 2011 and had some fun. Is it any better at the convetion center?

Hey guys! I -JUST MIGHT- have a coord I'm actually happy with, so maybe I'll go to the Lolita Morning Tea for once.
Is it worth it or should I just skip it completely?
I'd love to me some lolita in the sac area.

>>6990542
I wasn't aware there were so many of us on /cgl/. I have to know you guys.

Wow I forgot how fast this was coming up.
I'm hoping I can get at least Sat off from work.
I'm down for any seagull meet up

>>7033912
>>7034032
Yeah it's looking like Friday is the much better choice. The schedule still isn't up, but how about 8pm on Friday for a meetup? That way we can chit-chat for a bit, then start our adventures in bar-hopping!
>pic related. The area where we could meet up.
>>7036282
Come to the /cgl/ meetup then!

>>7029117
I'm down as fuck

>>7037550
We going in costume or disguised as normal people?

>>7038957
Doesn't matter really. If people don't have time to get changed, it's all good. Wear whatever you like.

>>7037550
Sounds good, are we starting with the hotel bar or something extremely close? We've got a few friends who are only 19 and don't want to abandon them for too long. I may be in my rave Roxy junk since I know my Dirk will be heading to the rave right after probably.

>>7040004
Is there a rave or dance on Friday night?

>>7041916
Don't think so. The site says Saturday night only

>>7042262
Just double checked the site, that's kinda a let down since it used to be both nights

>>7037550
>tfw never met a seagull in real life.
I'm scared guys.

>>7042540
you SHOULD be...

>>7042540
You'll be fine. The gathering last Summer Sac was pretty fun. We all hung out, chatted for a while and then went out to grab food.
Don't be scared, Valle won't be here this time, so there's nothing to fear ;).

>>7042540
they'll eat you and drink liquor from a dirty shoe

only one of these has happened.

>>7042540
Me too. Plus I'm 18 so I won't be able to do the bar-hopping thing.

>>7043843
>Valle won't be here this time, so there's nothing to fear ;).
What happened?

I'm confused. Has the place for the meetup been decided or not?

>>7043929
Yup, gonna be at the Gathering Garden

See >>7037550

>>7043964
Where is that on this map? In the red area? I don't know the area around the Convention Center very well.

>>7043987
Wait. I think I found it. Is this it?

>>7044020
Yep

>>7043922
I was just kidding. Valle was someone who we met last Sac-anime /cgl/ gathering.

Schedule is out
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0Am2PO3bOUp3hdFdja1V5M1hoWGVJcFN3ZDdlT2RWY2c&output=html

>>7045461
yay there is a friday night dance. Will still defiantly hang out with everyone first

Bump.

>>7045461
>>7045815
Well crap. The concerts are 7-8:30. And the late night dance/rave/whatever is 9:30.
Would 5pm be better for everyone? Or should we do it at 9, hang out, drink and then go to the rave?
Opinions.

>>7048917
I think 8 is a fine time, maybe 8:30 for people who wanted the concerts.

>>7048917
I'd prefer 5pm but that's just me.

>>7048917
I'm doing the swap meet that night so I'd prefer 5 but I'll show up to either time. And I'll be having a drink even if we do meet up at 5, that's happy hour.

>>7048917
Anyone staying over for Day Zero? I'm down for drinking on Thursday also

>>7050143
>>7050380
Alright. So 5pm on Friday in the area previously mentioned then. If certain people can't make it, we can always meet back up at 9 and continue bar hopping.
>5pm, happy hour
Yes. Yes. Yes.
>>7050420
Won't be there day zero, so I guess i'll have to double up on Friday to catch up.

>>7050475
I won't be able to make 5pm, I have to run the HS meet up.

>>7050475
I'll see what I can do. A lot is going to depend on whether or not I can find a ride and/or parking that late.

>>7053798
You should be able to find the 1/2 hr parking if your willing to walk about 4 blocks, especially after 6 when parking is free. Just look around 17th/18th streets from J-L.

>>7054581
Yeah, I get that, but my original plan was to drive to the light rail station down on Meadowview, take the train up to the Con with my bro (Age 17, so no bar hopping), then grab the train back down to get my car.

Problems with this plan are:
>If I leave my car at the train station and I end up staying out after like 10:00pm, the trains won't be running anymore, so bigass cab fare + whatever extra parking fees would slap my ass for leaving it there after closing time.
>I could just get a ride to the con itself from my folks with my brother, but then I'd also have to ask them to come get him when it was time to go a-drinkin' and then come all the way back when it was time to scoop my inebriated, Wreck-It Ralph-lookin ass up at the end of the night. Really not a conversation I'm keen on having...

>>7055100
also forgot, of course, that if I do have a few and I'd gotten a ride in the morning instead of taking public transport, I'd really rather not have to pay for a cab ride all the way down to Elk Grove and I'm not trying to drive home. I can't afford THAT ticket.

>>7031534
so far cgl meet up sounds like a bunch of people that think have a false sel-confidence complex based off of how you guys talk about it itt.

>>7055172
n-no, you.

So, got a question about my day-1 costume and I guess here's as good a place to ask as any

Ralph usually goes around in bare feet which, of course, is a bad idea in downtown Sacramento. I was originally thinking of just grabbing some flip-flops on the cheap to kick off for photo shoots, but I'm quickly learning that size 16 Flip-Flops are either nonexistant or will cost about the same as a regular pair of shoes, which I can't afford at the moment.

Anyone have any compromises to toss into the think tank?

>>7056743
How about making your own flipflops? And are you sure you can't find any? I think flip flop kind of sell in small, med, large, so if you're googling for a specific size, that might be why you're getting expensive specialty ones. Did you walk around Walmart? At this time of year they should be going pretty cheap

>>7056743
Google "how to make flip flops out of duct tape"

Der you go.

>>7056743
There was that "shoeless tutorial" for Jack Frost cosplayers that used a clear plastic insole for a shoe and some mess fabric to make it look like you're not wearing shoes but still have some on

>New News Post
>Free Greek Festival Admission with SacAnime Badge
>This Summer, SacAnime is sharing the convention center with the 50th Annual Sacramento Greek Festival. While your SacAnime registration badge will permit you to visit the festival area, please be courteous to their attendees and staff by not congregating in their space and by using exterior walkways when traveling between the Convention Center and the Sheraton Grande or Hyatt hotels.

Sweet Jesus, yes....

>>7058299
>Greek festival
>free admission
>free
>Greek festival
Someone gimme a oh hell yeah.

>>7058299
Greek festival has food, right? Could be cool, still a little bummed we can't have the matsuri crap because of it though

>>7058394
Baklava & Spanikopita > Korean Gummy Candy

>>7058816
Don't forget about the tzatziki, I'm gonna put that shit on EVERYTHING.

>>7058299
I just hope I don't blow all my drinking money on Greek food

Floridafag here who isn't going to Sac, I'm jelly of your Greek festival.

>>7058394
Full menu:
http://www.annunciation.ca.goarch.org/sites/default/files/News_and_Events/2013.08.30%20-%20A-la-Carte%20Menu%20-%20Rev%2008-16-13.pdf

>>7059940
Omg lamb and baklava, fuck drinking!

>>7059940
>Spanikoptia
>Lamb
>Baklava
>All that other stuff I've never tried before

>>7059940
>Gyros
>Tasty tzatziki sauce

Welp this isn't even about sacanime anymore, I'm about to gyro all weekend, nerds.

>>7058299
I wonder how long it'll take some Hetalia idiot to go over and do something stupid and cancel that sweet setup for everyone

>>7061920
>>7061920
oh god

>>7061920
>Blocks patrons from entering the Greek Festival
>"You can't have Greece! He's MY BISHIE!"
>Tackled by security

also, screencap of my errily appropriate captcha code

>>7061920
I thought Hetalia kinda died out already, with all the remnants going to Homestuck.
If the stragglers still exist I really hope they don't pull any bullshit that makes our whole convention look bad. This subculture has had enough of that shit.

>>7058299

Greek fuck here.

I recomend everything on that menu (except Spanakopita, its spinach)

>iced frappe 3$

Fuck, why does everything have to be cheaper aboard.

>>7062529
Spanikopita is delicious, sir.

>>7062519
I'm hoping to see at least one homestucker get punched for something. With the forum threads about not being an asshole, the restricted gathering rules, and the tight reigns on their own gathering in particular, it's becomming kind of apparent that they're not well received

>>7064177
>I'm hoping to see at least one homestucker get punched for something.

This is the dream that binds all of 4chan, my son

>>7062836
>Spanikopita

Its Spanakopita, you Boetian

>>7059940
Shiiiiiiiit yes. SacAnime confirmed for god tier.

I heard there's a festival in Old Sac too with the whole town decked out for gold rush theme. Any cosplayers heading out for that?

>>7064672
Not anymore. We forced them to change it when they came into the country.

>>7064177
The only reason we have that rule is from the little asshats of last time who couldn't do the Saturday meet up- but still could do Friday and Sunday so go figure. They invaded the vocaloid gathering as well. Ponys also got in trouble for unofficial gatherings and I think a few others like Dr Who or that Sherlock dick who posed like they were gonna jump. A lot of things got in trouble, but it was easier to call homestuck out as a whole.
Oh well after the meet up Friday I'm done with them and cosplay from it so yay to that.

>>7065674
I remember that yutz!

Half the crowd around him was yelling at him to get down.

The other half was yelling to do a flip on the way down

Sorry I am not a part of /cgl/ but I was wondering if this con is any good, or better than SDCC?

>>7066177
are you really going to compare a simple Sac convention that just barely got put at the convention center- to fucking comic con?

Simply no. It's much smaller. If you want to meet one of the voice actors going you've got a better shot though. If you can't afford to go to comic con or any other big con in Cali it's not bad.

>>7066177
Good guests, ok programming, lots of bars and good restaurants to eat and drink after hours, ton of underage/college cosplayers especially Homestuck

I'm goin! Last winters one wasn't that fun though.. Was it just me? The new location seemed to make things worse. People mingled less.

>>7002551

This sounds way better, to bad I'm only 18. The raves at sacanime never seem that great from the two times I've went.

>>7025641

I'll come if you can post the time before SacAnime starts. I broke my phone and probably won't have internet access during the time I'm there

>>7050475
It's already posted m8

>>7068812

>>7068812
It's already posted m8

>>7050475

>>7068883

Alright, found it. Maybe I'll check it out and see who's there.

>>6987443

>WE GREEK NOW

2 more days, who's hungry?

I'm going for the record this time
whose ready to do this con?

any thoughts on winter show guests?

Super Sac-con is happening 2 weeks later and already has a spectacular guest list too

It's tomorrow!

>>7070856
>the voice of Master Chief
>Steve Blum
>Vic Mcderpaderp's regular visit to SacAnime
>Palencia since she called out for Summer

>>7071231
ack, I mean 4 weeks, Sep. 28th & 29th

They've got Roger Craig Smith, John K., and Phil Lamarr coming so far

>>7071469

THE VOICE OF MASTER CHIEF HOLY FUCK

Also, one day bitches!

Okay so here is a list for anyone who would also like to participate in the other events going on in Sacramento (All in downtown too!)
>50th Anniversary Sacramento Greek Festival

Right next door, free with sacanime badge.
>Sacramento Gold Rush Days

All Weekend in Old Sacramento. Free admission.
>Chalk It Up!

All weekend. Located in Freemont Park (1515 Q St). Bring some chalk and pick a sidewalk square.
>Rainbow Festival- Sacramento’s Annual GLBTI Pride Event

Sunday 10am-6pm. Admission $10. Located between J and L streets and 19th and 21st streets.

>>7072089
Cortanas VA will be there too

Also nice sage you faggot

Will there be any Tomoko cosplayers or am I just going to be disappointed.

Also my first con as a legal drinker, If I wasn't going to buy shrooms I'd go out drinking.

If anyone sees me I'll be a fat guy wearing a blue beanie surrounded by assholes who don't belong there so give me a shout.

I know this is really last minute but the person I was going to room with all of a sudden bailed and now I'm left roomless! Is there ANYONE here willing to house me up for about $50-60 for the weekend?! I'm like a ghost at conventions, you will only see me late at night! And I am extremely quiet when I sleep! I am male, chibi, asian, gamer, etc etc. I know this is totally last minute and stuff but yeah.. FUCK. I've emailed some people too and well I really hope I can get a room! Also if this isn't the place to ask sorry I don't really go on 4chan lol >_>

>>7072710
Check the sacanime forums under the "hotel and travel" board. There are a bunch of open spots in rooms

>trying to check in
>hotel for the second time can't charge my CC for the stay despite clearing up all the money a week in advance
>this happened last Winter
>come back a bit later
>about to flip my shit because my card is still not going through
>had no problems when I checked in at AX with the same card
>it finally goes through
>I fucking sigh in relief
>the manager gives me a free drink at the bar for my troubles

>>7072803
Nice

>tfw I have had this problem too

Got upgraded to a suite all weekend at the Sheraton with $10 valet parking. You jelly?

Yo guys, some assholes are selling stolen fanart and bootleg original art in the exhibit hall. Wreck their asses please?

Pic related, these dillholes are actually trying to sell official Code Geass art.

"Ayase-tan Shop," E20 in the exhibit hall.

>>7072886
Oops, wrong pic. But they'are also trying to sell HUKE's original art too.

soooo.... does anyone know if they opened up the second story and moved the gamer room?

>>7066073
you mean this guy?

Any chick interested in hanging out in the evening? I'm not the best looking dude in the world but I bathe regularly, don't grope and have a large liquor budget. A very large one.

Let me know.

>>7072928
i'd love to hang out with you, anon. meet me near the reg booths, off to the left kind of. i'll be the chubby lolita in the white ap honey cake jsk. C:

>>7072905
Thaaaaat's the one...

I love how everyone looks concerned and Sally is just off to the left with her camera.
>Death aint shit

>>7072902
They did, and it's on the third floor, if you had been paying attention idiot

>>7072887
Just talked to Exhibit staff and they're already gone

I've been in Sacramento for about 3 years and never gone. The question is; Is it better to go to this thing, or go spend the day/night in San Fran, getting wasted having a good time?

Also; How friendly is it for a dude on crutches? Fucked my leg up awhile ago.

>>7073658
get wasted and have a good time here

>>7073665
Might be the plan. Think I need to grab a wheelchair if that's the case though. Disconnected my Cruciate Ligament and tore part of my ACL, so my leg is currently worse than useless.

>>7073666
ouchies man, If I see you around I'll buy you a beer

>>7073669
Sounds good, I'll be the Techpriest in a wheelchair/crutches.

Any of you nerd there yet?

When's the meet up? Con is alright so far

i dont think the meetup happened

Walked through the garden at 5:00 exactly. Didn't see anyone in the meet spot.

Also, the Spanakopita from the Greek Festival was nice.

try again at 8? i was there too, but i just figured it was another courtyard. im just sitting in the hotel bar waiting for the concert to start

>>7074201
Ah, sorry. Won't be able to. I was just checking things out (first anime convention) and I got 2-hour parking.

Saw a decent amount of lolitas. Is there a good chance they'd browse /cgl/?

Any femanons want to get hammered? Drinks on me

>>7074334
Post your room number.

>>7074336
I'm bunking down with other people. If you wanna meet up to get plastered, hit me up on Skype under Imperitax. I'm eating dinner at the moment but I want to get wicked toasty tonight.

I'm pretty sad I decided against going now, I didn't realize there was going to be such a cgl presence there

A damn good first day if I do say so myself!
Oh my GOD the greek food...

>>7074201
Is there a meetup planned for tomorrow?

>>7074380
theres not one planned. someone wanna name a time and place?

>>7074396
I'm gonna be with my friend who 4chans a bit but mostly /b/

but if anyone wants to like bother us and is not crazy or anything I'll be wearing a shirt that says POMF on it, I was wearing it today and like 4 people knew it. I was surprised.

I also felt like a creeper for asking people for pics but I got over it. What was up with those "cosplay is not consent" stickers? Me and my friend had a good laugh about it.

Oh, yeah. How did the 9:00 meetup go?

Anyone drinking at the Sheraton?

Day 1 is over. Anybody see any supercool costumes? (I couldn't go, work n shit)

>>7074359

N-next year, anon... I start fall semester Tuesday and was caught up paying tuition fees. All of my regret, I want greek food free samples and to flirt with cosplay cuties. Ugh.

>>7072905
Sad thing is I know that person. Went to school with em. What a fuck nugget.

How does 5:30 sound guys? In the courtyard thing where it was previously supposed to be

>>7074688
You'll be competing with the masquerade.
Day 1 was pretty good. Some people recognized us in our Croods costumes and the HS meet went quick and was small.
Today I'll be in Roxy real quick to shoot some solo shots, then Mabel with a Dipper (we'll have a waddles and the book) then ending the day during the masquerade as Eep with my Guy. Suday I'll be rule 63 Bakura with a Joey

>>7075078
I guess 5 might work right? Masquerade starts at 6 I believe

Why is there a giantess straddling an overpass on the bag?

Oh my god... soooooo sore....

but soooo worth it! The Masquerade was a BLAST! This whole weekend so far has easily been the best time I've ever had at SacAnime.

If any ladies are still wandering the hotel floor by the bar be careful- One of the servers is trying to cop feels. I was heading to the 2nd floor earlier and the guy got a good quick grope of my ass and quickly disappeared. I don't really give a fuck, but just be careful

>>6987443
Just finished coming back from Saturday.

Too many fucking titanfags everywhere.

Bought me a big ass Meta Knight plushie, though. Pretty happy about that.

Was there any Rozen Maiden cosplay?

I saw this really really really cute and well done Nami cosplay from League of Legends.

She was in a wheelchair, and I was way too shy to say hi and how awesome it looked.

You Sac-Chicks need to watch Watamote.

So I can take a bunch of pictures of you.

Gawh

>>7076083
I was looking through the tumblr tag and found some "sexy SnK cosplayers." I'm so mad that this is actually becoming a thing because it looks like shit.

>>7076209
I love Watamote, I just thought I couldn't pull her off.
>>7076264
eUGH THATS NOT SEXY AT ALL

>>7076264
>Sexy SnK

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

why does this have to happen to EVERYTHING?

Pokemon? Sexy Pokemon. There was already like 7 sluts dressed as Misty. Have some fucking originality, I shouldn't say slut, but geez how hard is it to find a yellow tank and booty shorts?

>>7076271
I'm still holding out hope for some Tomoko cosplay in the Winter maybe.

I hope I don't bother whoever it is, I might ask them to let me buy them lunch/dinner terribly.

I...like Tomoko...

>>7010430
How do you sign up for staff?

What's the requirements?

>>7076100
I saw a really cute Luffy too! Also too afraid to say hi. He was kinda short but so adorable haha

>>7076279
beta flirting via internet 101

>>7076293
Kappa

>>7074605
I had work too! HOOT HOOT!

>>6987571

So Friday was cool but unfortunately I had explosive diarrhea and anytime I tried to talk to one of your lovely ladies my bowls instantly turned and I would crap my pants, I hope you madams were not offended

Why does everyone have such bad taste?

Geez so many homefags and bronies.

Did you guys no there's more anime out there that isn't Naruto and Bleach? A lot better ones even.

The only cool dude there was the slow guy with the Pikachu fit.

>>7076280
There's actually a panel going on this morning at 9:30 about what it takes to be a staff member and how to apply. I'll be there to take a look myself. Sounded interesting

>>7076317
Titanfags, Bronies, Homestuck

This was pretty much all I saw.

I was also keeping track of fur suits and LEGIUN MASKS, score was 10-7 respectively.

>>7076615
Lots of pokemon & superwholock stuff too. Oh and Soul Eater

Does anyone know why the Greek festival started being a bag of dicks to us?
Also the masquerade was pretty good this year.

>>7076623
If by Pokemon you mean a bunch of Pikachu genwunner faggots, then yes.

>>7076623

I was wondering about that too.

The con was all right, I had the most fun at the raves, surprisingly. Probably cause I was with friends and we went on stage at one point.

Home from the con, photo dumps soon.
Looking for photos of: God tier Roxy & Dirk, Mabel (green heart sweater) and Dipper, Bakura & Joey, Eep and Guy (warthog hood and in log forms)

New Thread for the Post-Con
>>7077491
>>7077491
>>7077491
>>7077491
>>7077491

>>7064177

Didn't see anyone get punched, but I did see one girl get congratulated for being the "only Homestuck cosplayer at the event who didn't look awful" in front of several other Homestucks, which was pretty damn funny.