/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Even with the delays, I thought it was pretty damn fun.

TBH it was a cluster guck but I still ha fun, I just hate giving John and Denise my money but I couldn't resist Nightmare and Teddyloid. The shows alone were worth it for me. I usually drop $20-50 on shows twice a month anyway so $60 wasn't bad for how's and con

>>7432517
Shows and con* sorry, on mobile but yeah it was two hours late too

It was pretty fun, though the merchandise was overpriced as expected. I didn't think any of the cosplay was mindblowing.

Wasn't thrilled with the costumes... Didn't go to any panels, but plenty of friends were volunteers, so I got to hear all of the stories. But damn, the dealer's room sucked. There was hardly any merch there compared to A-fest or San Japan. Just saying.

I posted this in the other thread, but didn't realize it was it was on autosage.

Dumbass weeaboo doing dumbass things. This girl kept walking down the up escalator while people were trying to get past her. She got kicked out from the second floor because of it, but the first floor security didn't do shit about it.

>>7432666
there were some really nice costumes in the contest

Lolita shit pissed me the fuck off

Watched a girl buy a dress then turn around and scalp it for 200 dollars more

fucking hell.

Anyone go to the gun show next door?

>>7432992
oh shit there was a gun show?

well that explained that one really old guy walking past the dealers room line this morning.

walking around in a generic cowboy gettup and a real shotgun, I thought he was some delusional cosplayer.

I had lots of fun but the convention itself was mostly garbage.
Nightmare concert was great, but the crowd was just terrible. No energy and they kept throwing shit on stage.
Didn't go to the meetup because I couldn't make it in time but I did get to hang with friends and had a nice time at the maid cafe.

I heard the tea parties sucked. Can anyone confirm? I was bummed that I didn't buy a ticket in time but if it was bad I'm glad I saved money.

>>7433138
I want to know this too. I was unimpressed with last years so I opted out, wondering if it was the right decision

This was my first con so I have nothing to base it off of, but I had a blast. I never guessed how easy it would be to talk to people in lines and stuff. I was a little pissed about how late everything was starting but most of the things were worth it. There were some really nice cosplays at the contest even though it started like an hour late (especially the witches from Madoka). Nightmare was AMAZING and yeah I guess the crowd didn't have that much energy but I was in the mosh pit area so I had no problem with low energy levels lol. Overall it was a really fun experience for me and I plan on going back next year. Also if the girl with cuts all over the upper part of her arm who was smoking outside sees this, you are a real qt and I want to talk to you :)

A train wreck from start (Hell, even before it started.) to closing ceremony.

If anything, the highlight for me was earlier today. Got my Persona doujin signed by JYB.

>>7433138
Putumayo one was great, too many bitches at the Baby the stars shine bright one trying too hard to get best dressed.

Anyone see that obnoxious autist dressed as a blue spy?

>>7433366

>>7433373

I kept having a furry fag talk to me. He would not shut the fuck up, and kept going on about shit I did not care about. Even when I made it clearly that I was like "Oh, shit, hold up dog I have to go over there.", he would just continue talking as if I didn't say anything.

Nasally voice. I'd put money he's a ponyfag.

Went to the Teddyloid autograph signing and his translator was explaining to us how the con heads weren't treating the guests right. He was just a translator and not a staff and he basically doubled as Teddyloid's bodyguard. Room wasn't set up for Club AM so Teddyloid + co had to do all the set ups themselves from what he explained.

They never explained why everything was delayed or apologized or anything. We picked up badges on day 0 and didn't get a schedule or a map or anything because you can only get them on Friday (or something???).

I went for Teddyloid and Reika and got to see them both so it was okay. Also helped that I had a lot of my friends there, but probably never going to go ever again.

>>7433371
Lolitas are fucking obnoxious. It's BtSSfuckingB. They already have Misako. If it were a contest, they'd state outright. I'd be happy to just meet them and say thank you for making such nice designs. Everyone has to turn it into some damn second prom kind of deal.

>>7432948
Name and shame, what dress? Scalped online or?

Also curious to hear more about the lolita guests/events.

>>7433405
The NY lolitas were causing lots of problems too with not leaving the room when it was time to go. That GLW model contest winner pigged out on the food and took way too much even though they were running low.

>>7433412
Eh, take the food before it's all gone. That's all I can say about the model.
Next time people don't want to leave, they should keep them in the room and lock the door and have all the famous guests stand outside and taunt them.

New con name: Anime Fuckups.

Hi AM Staff reading this. Thanks for shitting on everyone as usual. Hope you use that letter printed in the program book to wipe your shitstained mouthes.

>>7433426
Just blame John and Deniece. The rest just went with what was given.

>>7433394
I ran into this guy, made the mistake of mentioning something and he overheard it. Then wouldn't stop talking. My friend and I just started calling him 'autism guy' and avoided him like the plague.

Okay, some girl who has a Facebook page called "Viverra Cosplay" keeps posting pics of herself cosplaying as the same character over and over again on the AM Facebook page. It's really getting annoying. It's not even that great of a cosplay but you can tell she thinks she's hot shit.
I just want to see other people's photos, not the same shit over and over.

>>7433405
Did Misako choose best dressed? I like to see those at the teas...I can go next year.

>>7433412
>The NY lolitas
Wait what? Who?

Yea, lines were long and delays were dreadful.

Despite this, I don't think I went home with any harsh feelings about this con. In fact, I enjoyed it a hellava lot better than the bigger, better organized Wizard World New Orleans a few weeks prior.

>Got to go to most of the panels I wanted to go to
>Got some cool stuff from the dealers room
>Eyeshine/Nightmare concert was excellent
>Cosplay was overall decent, nothing particularly horrifying aside from the usual fursuiters
>General mood of the convention was still overall positive, despite the delays.
>Got to hang out with one really cool seagull all weekend

Maybe its because I normally hide my powerlevel in public, but I enjoy cons because of the people I meet and chat with, not the panels I sit through.

I came exclusively for lolita events at this convention. What a fucking failure.

The 30 minute fashion show ran over two hours late due to "problems with the convention center" like they've been telling us every year from year one.

The tea party on Saturday was an absolute scam. Ran out of food, began to run out of TEA, and to top it all off we used paper plates and Styrofoam cups. I'm not above those things on a regular day, but at $40 a ticket I expect there to be enough food and some real dishes. I'm upset I didn't go to Sunday, because apparently the food was better.

Member of the Houston comm that were working as staff became very rude and conceited. It's no longer fun to be around them, at least in regards to the convention.

Baby/AatP booth did not have many good items. Anything that was good was snatched up by the fashion show models before other con goers had a chance to look.

All in all, if you were there for lolita-related content, it was a shit show. I can't say about anything else though.

>>7433578
Ah, that's a shame to hear. The fashion show was very late last year too but I didn't go to either of the teas. I hope enough complain that it may be better next year. I want to go for the Lolita events but now I have doubts, argh! Maybe I'll see where else BTSSB does appearances.

>>7433411

Scalped online. I saw her list it here:

http://lacemarket.net/midsummer-nights-dream-jsk-ii/

>>7433578

Considering half that shit got scalped immediately (like the Midsummer JSKs), I'm disappointed as fuck

>>7433558
I'm going to guess Yanise (the glw contest winner), Stephanie, and Amber. Maybe some more were circle jerking? They think they're above everyone else.

Anyone know the name of this cosplayer?

In the other thread someone said Let It Go was sung at the fashion show, what was that about?

I had a great time at Anime Matsuri. The lines were pretty bad, but I got to meet new people when waiting in them so I didn't have a problem with it.
The dealer's room was great and Nightmare was fantastic, despite the crowd acting stupid.
Also got to see some good cosplays and meet Reika - she's a goddess.
Also,
>met an awesome seagull, too bad that person lives in another state, literally the perfect con buddy
>scored a Pit figma

>>7433394
Were you in Hyperdimension Neptunia cosplay? I saw that shit and was kind of back and forth about intervening but just kept walking. Ended up running into some old friends right after and had a blast.

So I totally sat behind Vampy at the Nightmare concert (which she and her bf left early for!)
She was super chill, she high five'd me for recognizing her.
Worrrrrrd.
>proof
>smd

>>7433013

>>7433411
pst
that would be me
midsummer night's dream jsk in blue with the two lavender bows on the fromt. i bought it for my friend as a SS, but then she decided she didnt want it and put up an auction on Lacemarket. But the person she sold it to had a friend also doing SS at a convention, whom I met with and exchanged with.
Honestly, I paid for a superpass and waited in line like everyone else and bought the dress , its my business what I do.
Also the reason she decided she didn't want it and sold it is because when I was looking at the jsk after I bought it, I told her the ribbon at the front looked super shitty and cheap, and she agreed.

TLDR: fuck off

>>7432948
Actually it was 204.66 dollars more

>>7432992
High caliber kind of sucks as far as gun shows go in houston, and seeing as we get like a dozen a year or more it's really not worth bothering with. The selection is never very good and people will never haggle or trade, not to mention "no under 21" rules and bad selections, as well as everything there being overpriced. I can't imagine they cater to anyone other than fudds who've never heard of armslist

>>7433752
So your friend made $204.66 off of your legwork? I hope she gave you a cut of that

So what were the results of the cosplay competition? I didn't really feel like sitting around to watch that reika chick prance around on stage, her costume didn't seem exceptionally good.

>>7433509
call her out, i dare you. i'll like your comment if you do.

>>7433578
out of curiosity, did the models get first priority buying stuff? I didnt know any of them but that would make sense, although its a shame since part of the point is that they show off the pretty dresses and then people want them and go buy them.

>>7433683
it sounded horrible, it was supposed to be in context to the show but despite how beautiful each individual element of the show was none of it made sense together.

>>7433627
I saw mostly southern lolitas hanging back forever.
>>7433683
It was sung during the credits and it was annoying that's really all.
>>7433578
Literally everyone I talked to that went to this shitty scam of a tea party that wasn't HLC was annoyed by their shitty attitudes.

Paper plates, TAZO tea bags, and not enough food despite knowing the exact number of attendees and having their money beforehand, is all bullshit.

>>7433763
ah yeah, about 10% overall, which is average. ^.^

I was looking forward to seeing the gigantic Tibbers cosplay and that LoL cosplay group, but didn't get to see them in person. I saw photos of the cosplay show and... did Annie's wig really fly off on stage???

>>7433780

Well, glad you feel proud for being a gigantic cunt and scalping a girl

>>7433786
Yep, she did a spin and it came off. The skit was still pretty good though, and I don't even play league/recognize any of the characters. They synched up to special effects on the backdrop and everything. The Ib one was way too long and I can't imagine more than like 20 people in the room recognized it.

>>7433786
yes her wig did fly off but she kept going like a boss till she had a second to jump away and put it back on

>>7433789
oh, I loved their group! The effects were great and their costumes were nice, and tibbers was gigantic!

who won? i hope they did

>>7433777
Nah bro, plenty of girls from HLC were pissed about that tea party. I think the only ones who really liked it were the ones working staff- AKA the admins of the group. I'm sure it was nice for them when their clique got to be first in line. But anyway I'm sure no one wants to speak out about it because the mods would get offended.

>>7433752
Aha, so getting a superpass and being early for dealers room line paid off. The models did not get special early buying access, correct?

>>7433802
I feel that, I don't know everyone that's in Houston but I obviously knew all the staff were from Houston, so I just kind of assumed. I stand corrected. I know that literally EVERYONE I spoke to was pissed that staff got to get food first, and then of course there was no food for anyone left.
>no one wants to speak out about it because the mods would get offended.
This comm sounds so retarded.

>>7433802
It seemed like some were barking orders, but others actually wanted people to enjoy it.

>>7433804
HLC used to be a lot of fun, but every year AM tears it apart- those who kissed John and Deneices ass enought to work on the fashion show and are part of the "in crowd", and those who aren't.

>>7433804
Someone should post something like, 'hey so how did the teaparty go guys? :)'

It's pretty awk with all the staff people getting super privileges and then everyone else getting screwed over. If we make a fb board then people can sort of be like 'weeeell i had to go buy food after since i starved and it was overcrowded anyways and everyone was bitchy' etc etc

>>7433473
Matsuri spends all of its money in the wrong places. The con owners took a cruise went to Hawaii and flew Reika out for a tea party all on con money.

Then had no program guides or anything that involved effort. The volunteers weren't the problem and were overworked from what I heard.

>>7433811
agreed! It felt a lot like that.

>>7433804
Member of that comm are so quick to jump to John and Deneice's defense no matter how bad they fuck up, because they hope that'll get them into the fashion show next year.

>>7433816

Don't forget they flew out the Japanese models to Hawaii to take some photos months before the con. How do they have any money?

>>7433821
They promise out favors and kiss a lot of ass. I ran into someone saying he loaned them money and was never paid back.

>>7432461
Went to AM for Lolita events and also my friend was a model so I went to support. After the show She told me that she and all the models had to do their own make up despite AM promoting Dior doing their make up. They also had to provide their own wigs because apparently there was some drama btwn con owner and GLW.

Teaparty was a total fuck up! Styrofoam everything, vending machine bottled juice, nasty ass tazo shit tea, and a sliver of a sandwich. The tea party had at least 120 people and I don't know how they even messed up on prepping food because they knew how many people were going.
Only good part was the guests.

>>7433578 My friend said models didn't get to buy anything but I agree with you it was just shit.

>>7433825
It was inheritance, arcade, loans, and Im not sure where the money is coming from now.

>>7433811
That's so shitty dude. And hearing this, it's even shittier that my impression of your entire comm is that you're all batshit elitists who take themselves way too seriously, when I probably talked to you, Anon, and just assumed you weren't from Houston coz you were normal. The outside perception of HLC is not good, I don't think anyone likes you guys as a group.
>>7433812
I think the guests wanted people to enjoy it, the staff was just barking orders.
>>7433813
Do it Anon, and post screen caps

>>7433829
I hear Dior dropped out like 2 days before, which at this point is just funny to me.

>>7433827
Thanks bro. I try to go and have fun and not be a bitch unless need be lol. It's sad that some of our mods leave off such a bad impression of us.

>>7433834
LOL probably because J&D didn't pay up. Probably the same reason that other guests "missed their flight"

>>7433400
>d didn't get a schedule or a map or anything because you can only get them on Friday

I was there Friday morning. There were never any schedules or maps.

>>7433842
Same. There were no printed schedules on saturday either, which was stupid because many of the things on the online saturday schedule were wrong and hadn't been updated.

So BTSSB/AatP owner/designer guests dropped out, Dior dropped out, GLW didn't provide wigs, the fashion show was very late (again) and the tea party goodies were cheap and yucky and there weren't enough. Anything GOOD about the Lolita events at all then??

>>7433847
Nope, because AM staff is too busy playing around to actually take the time to plan shit out.

>>7433837 LOL probably! I don't even know why ppl would want to "model" for their fashion show it's not as glorious as it sounds. You don't even really get to talk to the designers or guests they're all way busy and they keep to themselves.

>>7433850
Bragging rights.

No fucking cups for the water coolers and no water at all at the tea party and it was hot as balls and humid.

Where the fuck were the benefits for super pass I felt entirely ripped off. I came to the baby booth with money to spend and I get in and literally there are people that somehow got in before ten am buying up literally everything of value from the Houston comm. buncha bullshit and completely unfair.

Guests were treated like shit and not fed at all. They were miserable.

>>7433837
By Dior I'm pretty sure they just mean a local cosmetics counter.

>>7433860
It's because they're super kawaii famous moderu and you are a plebian, anon. They weren't all from Houston though.

>>7433843
>>7433842
I saw one person with them. I'm guessing they didn't print enough.

>>7433861

You're right.

>>7433860
Who got early buying access before superpass buyers? Someone needs to 'fess up here because if it happened, that's a big reason not to buy the $$ pass.

>>7433860
>hot as balls and humid.
Isn't that just Houston most of the time though?

I had no idea what the fuck was going on the entire time. Staff was useless and scarce and had signs that said they had no idea where any of the programming was. No maps no information. There were panels going on that weren't listed online. Everything was late starting delays for no reason poor organization.

>>7433873
>Isn't that just Houston most of the time though?

Yep. If you came to Houston and were expecting otherwise you must have been on whatever those dudes over in the other side of 59 and 45 were smoking. We may not break 100 degrees very often, unlike dallas or austin, but it's like 80% + humidity all the time

>>7433861
>>7433869
That's company spin for you though. I live in a Podunk mid-size city and we have a 'Mercedes Benz Fashion Week' and yep, it's just the local dealership at a local convention center and shitty local designers and tv news anchors. Ex sorority cunts model and look like shit, leathery tan with blonde blowouts and ankle tats, haha! Dior or Clinique does the makeup sponsorship some years. It's common.

>>7433775
This was passed down the grapevine by two people (I spoke to a friend of one of the models) but apparently while the models had been told that they would have "first dibs" on the dresses they wore in the show if they wanted to purchase them, this was changed at the last minute because- get this, Denise and John purchased half of them out from under them so the models lost that opportunity. I don't know if this is entirely accurate (because wtf do you need with that many dresses?) but if it's true it's a terrible way to repay the young ladies who have traveled repeatedly to rehearse for your show and spent ages promoting your event. It really sounds like being a model is a thankless job that eats up an entire day of your convention, to say nothing of the time you spend preparing before con weekend even arrives.

>>7433878
I wore a heavy wig and long sleeves last year and like to have died! But I hope there is enough bitching that the Lolita events get improved for 2015. I can dream...

>>7433884
Lol but they didn't have the money to pay for real tea party food, or programs, or guests flights, so how did they afford all those dresses??? HAH!

>>7433873
There were plenty of lolita volunteers/staff members working in the dealer's room setting up etc- they were all in line before ten.

>>7433884
Seriously? What are they going to do with the dresses, anyway? Models getting to purchase the dress they model sometimes at 10% off! that's common in cheaper ready to wear fashion shows (not couture or for the wedding pieces), but still, that shouldn't have been the booth stock anyway.

How did the h.Naoto sale go?

>>7433888
maybe they bought them on borrowed money to scalp them and pay off some of what they seem to owe

>>7433897
Poor h.Naoto was forgotten in the corner and had to put up a 50% off sale to keep up. I didn't even bother looking lol

>>7433897
Oh no, I didn't mean to connect it with the booth at all- I just meant to explain that that was the only "privilege" the models were told they would receive, and then even that fell through. Most of the models weren't around much friday (maybe a quick peek in early in the morning) because they had to leave so early for rehearsal and prep.

As far as I understand, the h.Naoto "booth" wasn't an official brand sponsored booth. It was just a standard dealer who had bought up a lot of stock and was reselling it. I saw signs that said "50% OFF" but I don't know what that was referring to - the actual price of the item new, or whatever the reseller had marked it up to. It was a tiny, cramped booth (maybe a half spot?) that could only fit 3 or 4 people at a time and wasn't conducive to browsing. They were also selling other random items brought over in hopes of a quick resale profit (like the Sailor Moon gashapon lockets for $9 a piece, ha). There may have been good stuff in that booth, but I couldn't tell.

>>7433831
>loans

Told by someone who did give them one of the loans that they were kicked to the curb when they couldn't get squeeze out any more money. Never expects to get paid back.

If someone who has dealt with John and Deniece claim to be horrible people, believe it. I've yet to meet one person who had anything nice to say about them.

Pfft, tea party. Where was the Q & A they announced would happen? After raffle, photos and picking the ugh best dressed..what... and no q&a I'm obvs confused what the hell the programming for the tea party was supposed to be. (Saturday)

Oh. Let. Me. Tell. You. The girl who bought the dress from said scalper isn't an SS. She's never been an SS. I'll also add that said SS buying for scalping friend was the person before the friend looking for that dress. Confusing? Tried not to be.

Oh and the comm: pls, stay on your high horse by all means. I don't really see any effort to reach out to those not in your little clique. And after seeing that attitude. Ain't no one wanna be in it, kthnx.

I heard they were closing the San Fran h.naoto store -.- hence the 50% sale.

>>7433907
>>7433911
Naoto-San himself posted on his FB about the sale before the con, it was new stock from the brand at retail cost that was then discounted so it's sad to see the booth was neglected, that's bad publicity. He himself wasn't there but it was representation by his company/brands, not some 3rd party so it's odd the SM things were there. Hmmm...

>>7433946
It's been closed a long time.

What a clusterfuck. I feel bad for all the lolitas swindled by John and Denice.

>>7433949
That is super weird. Like I said, it was a very small space, so maybe they were sharing it with someone else? If that's the case, it kept it from looking like a Japanese brand storefront, and made it look more like a hodge podge of leftovers. :/

wow.
I was stuck out of town and couldn't make even though I really, really wanted to go.
looks like I dodged a bullet there.

>>7433934

If she's not an SS, what was she doing?

And what do you mean, person before the friend? I'm so lost

>>7433962
I was hoping it might be a good thing so they might guest as a brand next year. Ah well. Thanks for the update, Anon.

>>7433965
Your wallet thanks you.

>>7433934
Who was best dressed? Are there pix? Did anyone film anything? Er....

I'm just really pissed that I brought an extra bag thinking I was gonna take a lot home from the baby booth and that there would be a lot of exclusive items and everything was picked over before 10am. Shit sucks.

>>7433888
>Lol but they didn't have the money to pay for real tea party food, or programs, or guests flights, so how did they afford all those dresses??? HAH!
not defending them, but all those things are advanced purchases that has to be done before 70% of the convention's revenue even comes in (on-site reg)
not having money when you're a business is usually about timing, not lack of funding.

>>7433980
>everything was picked over before 10am.
what?
How?
no one was even allowed into the room until almost 11

>>7433983
It's said before in the thread. Lots of lolitas were staff. The people running the booths were lolitas and I'm sure they got first dibs.

>>7433982
You book and pay for the number of tea party guests you will sell tickets for and usually cons pay a 50% deposit on the entire rental at booking time and then 2 further 25% payments closer to the con but catering charges are set at the beginning for # of guests before they get any attendee tea party ticket money. But it's all paid up and settled a couple of weeks before the con with a final headcount to prevent catering shortages.

>>7433884
Don't know where that conclusion came from the designer simply told us no because it was their sample pieces. Unless you mean D's personal dresses but those were her dresses she bought on her own when went to Japan but lent it to the fashion show models to wear. It was only the two Cinderella dresses.

>>7433982
What happened to the profits from last years convention? Shouldn't at least some of that go to the next year's necessities? Tea party tickets sold out well before the con. At 40$ a ticket, they had the money to pay for the tea party.

>>7433982
All that money really went to the $85785.84 they still owe.

>>7433983
>>7433986
So it's as I suspected, even superpass holders don't get first dibs, Lolita con workers snipe the goods. Lovely...

>>7433855
this

>>7433860
the people working in the dealers room or artists alley got there before the super passers. It was dumb, some of my friends in AA got in there before me and just loked around and left. Like, jfc.

>>7433992
They may have let J & D purchase the samples as a personal purchase where they might not let models do that. It's common for regular fashion brands to have sample sales or sell to colleagues or sometimes the models but often models are last in line.

>>7433993
Jesus Christ I just laughed so hard. Good fucking job!!

>>7433993
lolpz part 2.

>>7433992
I'm actually really glad to hear that, because it makes way more sense. Like I said, this was 3rd hand information. It does drive home the point that the models didn't really get any "special treatment" as far as buying from the brands goes though.

>>7433907
oh wow
i saw that booth but i assumed it was just resale, like the bodyline scalper. thats really sad, the con should have advertised their presence. theyre about equal in popularity as putumayo right? :S

>>7433934
hey sweetheart, i was acting as a SS, its not some super privledged title. She sent me money beforehand to buy a specific list of dresses and thats what i did, so fuck off.

i feel so bad for the outside unofficial tea party meets that were happening. con was hectic as fuck and with outside drama and rain, things were just shitty and i didnt feel like going/wasn't going to get there in time anyways.

it was pouring crazy bad and i know for sure that no lolita wanted their dresses wet and prints to run. plus nothing was going by schedule so that prob affected tons of people too

i just feel bad that it didnt turn out as planned. i have a feeling that barely anyone showed up to it.

does anyone know what happened? i kinda want to apologize on fb but i want to stay anonymous

I've had this crazy fantasy the past few years to win AM Idol up to the finals and bring a lot of this dirty laundry to light when it's my turn to sing right before the main event, basically to all the con. Too bad I can't sing, though that didn't seem to stop either of the finalists.

>>7433860
The models got fed. They were hamming it up on one blog laughing about American portions and feeding Akira-San French fries.

>>7434006
whoa
where and what was this

lso does anyone want pictures of the siesta photobook? i can post or i guess i can make a .zip folder.

What's up with lolis and scalping? I'm not into it at all and only know the basics, but if someone had a dress priced at 100 dollars but someone was willing to buy it for 300, why would I not do that?

>>7434023
What blog?

>>7434022
Yeesh, yeah the rain didn't do any favors and although the restaurant was close, the walk wasn't convenient in rainy weather. Those who tried to soldier on were greeted with nasty car splashed water on their outfits. I think only a few people showed up.

>>7434022
ah, its fine. i wish people had said they're not going on the facebook so that I wouldn't have trekked through the rain to just be one of the only people stuck there.

>>7434029
the people who got their dresses splashed were silly for walking on the sidewalk, literally when you got across the street ou could walk through the parking lot and you were at the restaurant! siiiigh

>>7434031
You're a champ. :)

>>7434031
yeah i feel really bad about it. like i really wanted to go but things were so bad and i really didnt have enough time to get out my phone and apologize because, on my side of things, there was way too much shit to deal with going on.

it was a really sweet though and if the conditions were better, i'm sure a lot more people would have gone!

still sorry about that man.

>>7434027
Yaplog or Ameba of one of the jfash models, I'm not sure which, maybe Midori's? I just clicked the picture on Facebook and scanned it quickly like 'oh cool, they are having fun in Houston at least' kind of thing.

>>7433831
>arcade

Woah woah wait... We aren't talking about Planet Zero, are we?

...Holy shit, everything makes sense now.

>>7434036
We didn't know how far down the restaurant was as the sign wasn't visible from the corner, as far as we knew it was on the other end of the convention center- walking under the cover of the highway and on the sidewalk seemed like the thing to do. I also don't understand how walking on the other side of the street would have kept cars from splashing water? Was it not raining on that side of the street?

>>7434024
http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/162125/planet-zero-arcade-closed-down

>>7434045
the cars in the road weren't splashing water into the parking lot? It's fine though, you didnt know where the place was.

>>7434017
>being this buttmad for being called out on scalping

anyone want scans?

>>7434036
Yeah walk into more rain.

>>7434061
>being this buttmad you didnt get the dress yourself
hi Vivian

>>7434064
Yes, please!

>>7434067
gurl I'm not even on the same side of the country as you but enjoy your stained reputation

Dumping pictures.

>>7434064
Yes please, very much!

Pfft. Because you can buy it for 260$ some and make $200 more. Damn. That aint my dream dress. Kthnx. SS makes money off what they buy for the customer right?

>>7434042
if the photo was from saturday i heard some con goers (not staff) actually went and bought them food because they were starving
is it true there were no translators at the meet & greet?

Oh I saw that one girl everyone posts in the ita thread because of her ugly ass glasses. She looked good though, although she wore her short pjs to the fashion show. Does she have some sort of body disorder?

This is taking forever and I have work in four hours so let me know if you want more.

>>7434099
her?

>>7434104
I do, but only to see if I ended up in any of your pictures.

Do you not have a dumper and a pass?

>>7434098
They were at a restaurant, I saw wait staff with plates behind them and they were in a booth.
If there weren't translators at the M&G then everyone was fucked. I thought Misako always had arrangements for a translator at public appearances, or did that get fucked up too?
(Though that would explain why there was no Q&A, maybe.)


Hey Tea Party chans who were there, what about this,hm? Fuck the scalping squabble and comm snobbery, I want to know about the guests!

>>7434104
I do but not at your sleep expense. Zip them and upload, maybe?

>>7433934
Oh please like the other comms were any better. Super snobby and just as conceited.

>>7434107
oh, the btssb q&a had midori misako akira and the designers with a translator.

HOWEVER, it was wierd because basely anyone got to ask questions since John just took over the whole panel asking questions himself? Also it started late so I guess they were rushing things along since they all had to go to the teaparty after.

>>7433988
Have you ever worked with hotel catering before? It is notoriously shitty. My con had a tea party at a fairly nice hotel and it was $25 per person for scones, hot water dispensers, and tea bags. And most hotels don't allow outside catering so you're stuck. I can understand getting what you got, if the $40 also partially included some guest appearance fees

>>7434027
>>7434098
Here's the blog. http://ameblo.jp/fukasawamidori/entry-11795669488.html

>>7434114
the 40 probably only went towards guest fees, since it was at a convention center. Where was the catering from?

>>7434115
The idea of famous lolitas glorifying their meals at a restaurant made for drunks is hilarious

>>7434114 last year it was catered by the hotel and everything was fine, and we got real plates and cups. if they had it catered this year i don't think they would have had styrofoam.

>>7434114
Hotel catering isn't usually served on styrofoam stuff and it's usually enough food for the guests though, shitty Tazo or the actual menu selections notwithstanding. I can understand them booking the cheapest tea the hotel offered and part of the $40 being the brand people appearances but usually there's a bare minimum that's better than what was offered, even for meeting refreshment bookings.

>>7434117
I think they were just making fun of the huge globs of food, haha!

>>7434115
え?
私スープ頼んだのだけど…
え?あ、これスープなんだ…
Eh?
I ordered soup, so...
Eh? Huh? So this is soup, apparently...

>>7434115 These were taken before the com started

>>7434123
Even I didn't know what that was, exactly...

>>7434126
Looks like some mix between chowder and regurgitated baked potato.

Omnomnom!

>>7434117
They had a contest to see who looked the cutest holding a plate of pancakes.
Akira won. Prize: >>7434132

And also there was this mystery: >>7434123

>>7434115
The models all at fucking ihop
this is gold
I need the backstory of how this was a good idea.

>>7434136
Ha, I was thinking it was weird that they all had ordered that same thing but also kind of funny because that's probably the cutest thing on the menu and it figures that's what they would order

>>7434136
Shit, I was reading the text and it said pancakes.
But then in the images, it's clearly french toast.

>>7434126
Looks like "Loaded Potato & Bacon Soup", seeing as it's got sour cream and cheese on top. I doubt they've ever seen a chowder-type broth.

What was the beef between HLC and NOLA?

>>7434139
i heard they werent going to allow gifts at the btssb tea party, but then HLC said they got a group one and then NOLA also did? I dont know, do you mean in general?

>>7434011
Wow. No wonder the guy working the booth told me that they were avoiding Houston con's and go for more bigger venues instead. AM pretty much bore the short straw on Naoto-san's forehead. WTF.

>>7434141
they probably heard potato and bacon and assumed it was like, some sort of light stew.
NOPE. 'MURICAN caloriefest.

>>7434106
>4chan pass
>implying I'd waste the money

I'll dump them on another thread tomorrow. Or this one if it's still up.

>>7434137
Wacky con 'adventure' I'm sure. As crazy as the food, waffle prints etc., are, I'm not surprised they wanted to go to pancake and waffle house. Also, varied breakfast menu as well as regular food menu 24/7 because who knows how jet lagged they were? It makes an odd sort of sense...

>>7434148
was john allowed to do this? was reika aware this was going to happen?

in other news, they should have changed that dumb blank screen in the background to a picture of the wall in AoT. l3l

>>7434141
>>7434146
I don't know the menu enough, I think I've only been to IHOP 2x in my life... it looks disgusting though >.<

>>7434151
Allowed to do what, exactly?

>>7434110

So yeah this.


>>7434148


As for >>7434151 if I had to guess I'm sure Reika was up for it, but John (bald guy that runs the con) he comes off as a typical capitalist that is only into anime in order to get money off weeaboos.

>>7434156
call every single person in AoT cosplay to the stage to stand with reika for a photo op?

>>7434145
I'm not surprised. I expect AP to follow suit and I'm surprised Baby brought so many models and people.

Though didn't Isobe-San and the Aatp designer pull out or some such, right before the con?

>>7434158
Oh, wasn't there, I thought that was just some regular event.

>>7434153
Potato soup always looks like that. It was probably delicious.

To be fair, I don't have the IHOP menu memorized either, I just figured "that looks like potato soup" and checked on Google. I never order anything other than Chicken and Waffles when I go there anyway.

http://calanii.tumblr.com/post/79811196179/anime-matsuri-idol-that-was-a-thing

http://gendeerfluid.tumblr.com/post/79843567029/alright-i-know-yall-dont-want-to-hear-my-complain-about

Staff: assholes, security: creepy.

>>7434148
>not giving sheckels to moot so you can waste your time on 4chan even more efficently

>>7434163
TL;DR

>>7434163
ugh tl;dr pls

>>7434145
I think they take h.naoto for granted. The brand has been out numerous times now and isn't as hyped/popular as Baby.

>>7434114
That's why you set it up on your own and negotiate all of the details with the convention before hand. If you care, it gets done.

I'm disputing my credit card charge over the autograph signing that didn't happen.

>>7434170
No offense to Misako and friends but I'd rather have tea and a Q&A with Naoto-San.

>>7434168
AniIdol contestants were treated poorly as usual and there were mix ups. They got yelled at.

Rave girl got yelled at by security and he told her to dance for him and his officers privately.

>>7434169

>Me and Claire began going to the stands where I put my bag and the same officer came right up to my ear and shouted “you need to leave we’re shutting the building down”. I explained that I needed to go grab my bag and he yelled back that I “should have gotten it earlier” and i “better not have lost it” and “i hope that it didnt get stolen”. This entire time hes practically walking behind us shouting this in our ears.


>That was when he started saying shit like “you know, i saw you out on the floor, you had some good moves, you should come back some time and dance for us again.”
>I am a minor.

>>7434176
I've only met one Baby designer, and she was nice enough, but they're all so very reserved and polite. All of the h.naoto designers are really outgoing/friendly. You always feel really welcome when they're in the booth to greet you. Last time I was at a con with one of their designers, he helped me pick a full outfit to go with a dress I wanted. It was a lot of fun!

>>7434163
>A “sexy” outfit does not say “please make me feel less than human because I am obviously an object made for your pleasure.” Honestly, both nights of the rave made me feel so uncomfortable besides the officer, simply because so many people would approach me and either try to grab my hips and grind on me from behind, get too close for comfort, or follow me around making me feel like i was going to get drugged

>wear a revealing outfit at a rave
>be surprised when guys start grinding on you

Jesus fucking Christ. It's like girls live in some alternate universe where they don't realize the sexual implications inherent with tight clothes and dancing.

Any deets on fashion show models? lots of GLW girls and shitty wigs apparently.

>>7434178
Gross.

>>7434176
Same, I'd rather hear from designers themselves.

>>7434172
which autograph session was canceled?

>>7434187
It's a fucking rave.

>>7434187
A lights-on rave??? What's the point?

>>7434183
I'm confused, if glw wasn't providing wigs why did they have models in the show at all

>>7434176

I want them to front the j fashion show again.

And yes I would so rather have that as well.

>>7434183
It seemed like a lot of HLC and NOLA lolitas. A couple of the guys looked good

>>7434197

No that's just me fucking with the brightness of the camera. Though on Saturday they did turn the lights on 30 min. before the end. Talk about shitty.

>>7434202
At least they didn't flick the lights on and off to simulate a strobe light.

>>7434163
>http://calanii.tumblr.com/post/79811196179/anime-matsuri-idol-that-was-a-thing
Wow just read this. Amazing how little they give a fuck about anyone.

>>7434177

I have never heard good things about AM Idol. Like the rest of the con, I don't get why people keep going and participating.

>>7434213
Nightmare and Teddyloid are pretty massive draws. A lot of people came out of state just for Nightmare, it's just like when they had Miyavi and the line nearly wrapped around the entire convention center. Normally you only see a concert room's front area fill during a con, but the hall was literally packed. Shit, there were Japanese people here from Japan to see Miyavi.

>>7434200
I suspect there were some kinda behind-the-scene drama going on...

>>7434231
WIGGY DRAMA IN HOUSTON!
Details at 11...

Now we must know! GLW is Houston based and in pretty good with HLC, I thought? Last year it was all sweety party fun-time, right?

So...what happened here, exactly...

>>7433787
oh fuck off you jealous bitch

>>7433736
can confirm.
was pretty great
her boobs were as top notch as i imagined

>>7433748
high impact sexual violence?

>>7433789
you should play tho

>>7433797
That was my group! We got peoples choice and 1st in skit

>>7434252
thank goodness, lol if i had paid more attention to the voting mechanics of the phone thing i would have voted for you too :)

>>7434255
Thanks! we were pretty nervous about the skit after we had a few malfunctions but Im glad people liked it!

>>7434061
being this much of a faggot because you're jelly

>>7434267
Again, can someone explain why scalping is so bad? >>7434025 I asked here and got nothing, which is odd since there's still a lot of bitching about it.

>>7434272
people just get buttmad since dresses get scalped because everyone wants a dress, and people that buy the dresses and resell them increase the price of the dress.
Its a low supply high demand thing.

But people that bitch about scalpers are mostly just jealous, and there is a lot of jelly on the lolita pb&j.

>>7434031
<3

>>7434276
I find it's newer Lolitas who complain the most.
Most are just jelly
There's no law that says you can't do that but people want to persecute scalpers because they feel it's morally wrong or goes against there value.

>>7434267
>>7434276
>>7434458
That samefag. It's okay, Koukibi. People all over the world will remember now.

So I've never gone to this con, and was planning to go this year with a friend, until I just opted out in the last second. Was this convention any good in the past?

>>7434478
Wrote 58 only and I'm not a samefag

>>7433371
what did you guys do? Last year it was just tazo tea, cupcakes and cucumber sandwhiches. They raffled off eyelashes and then everyone sat with the designers 2 at a time for a few seconds. Was it the same set up this year or did you guys get better food/have actual activities to do?

>>7433766
The last skit won BIS
Godoka and FF10 won Beginners awards
Sailor Moon girls and Eva won Intermediate awards
Ronin Warriors, Sakizou and RWBY won Advanced Awards
LoL skit with Tibbers won best Performance & People's Choice
gyarados and that guy with the helmet and chain mail won Judges awards

I'm missing a lot, there were a fuck ton of awards

Dangan ronflop panel was garbage.

Cosplay dating game was fucking great. In fact I was up there if anyone saw me during the 3rd round. (But the yuri round was the best)

Was anyone else here at the JoJo's pose academy?

(If you were one of the ones sitting, you are a disgrace)

>>7434686
Ugh
Ask panels are the worst
The attack on titan panel was just 1 hour of spagetti and tumblr shipping. It was awful.

This is the Matsuri cycle:

Make a lot of promises, throw in a few big names, and make people pay out the ass for everything. Lock down the convention center to make sure everyone pays for a badge.

At this point, you have all handed your money over and they have no reason to keep any of their promises or deliver anything of quality because time and time again, people go back, despite being treated like crap.

The sooner people get a clue and stop paying up, the sooner Houston can get a quality convention that actually functions for something more paying off outstanding debts.

>>7434716
the AOT panel was fucking great. The titan stuff made the thing awesome. The homestuck panel was meh, the 18+ one was fucking great.

>>7434158
They did it for her Q&A that morning, too.

Lolitas that are angry with how things went, please speak up. I can't say anything because I didn't attend the tea parties, but ya'll need to get vocal or it will just keep happening

>>7434778
lolitas are a part of the problem

>>7434724
Or just go to a different city. Fuck Matsuri

>>7434542
We sat down, each table took turns getting the poor quality food, then they ran out of food towards the end, some people ate, John starting talking and apparently the plan was to take some group shots with the guests and then a Q&A, which is kind of funny because the guests just left their Q&A panel to make the tea party. So yeah there was no real "event" planned, at least for Saturday.

>>7434803
This is what we're going to be looking at. What other conventions might have better Lolita programming. At the beginning, it seemed AM would be pretty good but now that it's endgame, the Lolita programming seems to have sucked more than a little.

At first I was kind of regretting passing up going this year but now after reading all this, I'm glad we didn't. My fiance's time off is very limited and I don't want to just waste it.

>>7434778
No one wants to ruin their chances of being picked for the fashion show so the lolitas will continue pretending like it's the best convention ever. Last year there was a fuckton of drama when some girls were unhappy with not getting their photo op pictures/how the models were treated and the big name hlc lolis told them to stop being whiny and ungrateful.

>>7433699
No, Red Toon Link that was part of the Four Swords group on Saturday. He kept bothering me in the card shop.

>>7434021
One of the finalists here. I hope they close down the whole event in general next hear because we jumped through every hoop in the universe just to get on that stage. There was another finalist too who was bitched out by john for having her music on a CD. He yelled at her unnecessarily loud and wouldn't even let her song without music at least after having us all wait 3 hours. It was organized like shit, and I'd really rather they just not get up the hopes of the contestants any more for such a poorly planned thing.

>>7434836
If it doesn't improve, all you'll have left are locals because travelers will look at other cons. I'm not sure how much Matsuri depends on out-of-towers but I'm guessing quite a bit?

Tell me I wasn't the only one who witness Dante bellyflop on stage.

>>7434877
I know that the hotel wasn't filled up. I've seen that hotel get a much lower rate for conventions so I'm not sure why it was so expensive.

>>7434883
Rules are for pussies.

>>7433752
Wow you are such a fucking liar. You didn't do an SS you bought it because you knew it was a rare print.

>>7434883
please explain this picture to me, I'm dying of laughter

>>7433752
No wonder you community hates you

>>7434836
your opportunity has arisen, HLC. Please grasp the moment before pengu and becky shit it up.

>>7434873
Oh I saw your post, and yeah it seems like they need better sound people since they fucked up multiple things, including your music :(

>>7434925
Kid was doing wicked moves and no one even bothered trying to stop him. They were cool but it was really not safe. The sound when he hit the stage was epic.

>>7434935
Becky is the nicest girl in the world.
She is just simply doing what she loves, and is popular for it.

>>7434925

Cosplayer tried to do a backflip during the cosplay contest. Failed hard.

>>7434935
That would require John spending money on something that isnt himself and his wifes lolita obsession.

did anyone go to the Denisce (Johns wife) show? I bet that was on time.

>>7434877
Houston is the fourth largest city in the country, and the amount of rori desu chans that show up is miniscule in comparison to the overall attendance. They could cut jfashion completely and not suffer from the loss.

So no, it really doesn't depend on travelers at all

>>7434947
i appreciated the stripping and backflip failing. I dont know what he was going for.

Was anyone else confused by the fact that they didnt separate skits from walk ons etc? When that one girl got up there and started doing the hula hoop thing I was like oooookay.

>>7434936
He TRIED to do wicked moves. He did like 1 or 2 stripper moves, tried to backflip and busted his knee, and then limped off.

>>7434935
Yeah, It's a shame because the year before it was perfectly fine! We met with the sound guy long before the performance to discuss which track to play. I don't know what the hell happened this year.

It was a clear as day sign that they wouldn't organize the thing well considering they didn't announce semi-finalists until 3 weeks after they had promised to. If that happens again next year, I won't even show up. Other texas cons I've been to like AKon and Afest don't necessarily have you perform I front of the whole con, but at least they're put together fine.
In short, it sucks and that john guy is a douche bag. I didn't even know who he was until that night but all he ever did was yell and be unpleasant as fuck.

>>7434877
I don't know, I live in town and I don't really plan on going back. I had a good time, but only because I went with my friends. Might try and contest the payment or something and see if I can get a couple of bucks back.

>>7435007

I know the winner of the A-kon one get to perform at the cosplay show. I have never competed at afest so I don't know about that one.

A-kon's was always organized from what I remember.

>>7435025
they should have let them perform as half time here, way better than John killing time parading reika around. That AoT photo op was cool for those 30 people but it was boring as fuck to watch

>>7434998
>>7434947
>>7434936
Is there a video? Please tell me there's a video

>>7433834
more like a couple months ago and didn't tell anyone. the models were screwed side ways so anyone who says they got special treatment has no idea what they are talking about.

>>7433400
I was with the other three girls in the front of the Teddyloid line around 3:20am that started splitting everyone up for superpass/regular badges once they started coming to the room for autographs. We had tried contacting some kind of staff or something to see what was going to happen since those two lady cops that were really bitchy started trying to boot us all out because "everyone needs to be out by 4am and if you don't get your autograph, that's not my problem, and I don't care, you just need to be out of here." I'm so glad I actually got him to autograph my PSG cd. I would love to have had it personalized, or even have taken a picture with him, but I know we were really rushed with trying to get everyone in and out as fast as possible, since it was already around 3:45am when they started autographs. Does anyone know if everyone in line got in and out? I didn't stick around since I was too tired, but I really hoped so. Also, I didn't really think we should have split the line up for non-Hilton stayers and people staying at the Hilton because suddenly when someone said that they'd go first in front of us that were waiting for hours outside the room, there were far more people lined up than had raised their hand, which meant they lied, and that's sad. I mean I don't really care now, since I got my autograph, but I was a bit peeved when that happened at the time because I didn't think we were going to get in.

What the hell happened to the Lolita 101 panel?? i didn't realize it was cancelled. Who was supposed to be putting that on?

does anyone have pictures of that .hack//sign group on saturday? i didnt get a chance to see them

>>7435007
>john guy is a douche bag

Douche nozzle, scum bag, ass fuck. Been like as long as I've known him.

He is just pure cancer. Don't get cancer. Avoid AM.

>>7435117
The girl who was supposed to run it sold her tea party ticket at the last minute so either she had something personal come up or they cancelled on her and she didn't want to go out of frustration.

>>7435130
You can read her blog post here: http://thecreepyhime.tumblr.com/post/79883533517/why-did-you-cancel-your-lolita-101-panel-at-am-why

Hey, I hope everyone had fun at Lolita Carshow 2014. Like usual, it was an unorganized clusterfuck of the greatest proportions. Costing more than Dragon*Con or Anime Expo, yet having less content than some first year cons, I was pretty fucking disappointed.

Oh, I suppose if you were there to suck Reika's dick or were one of the lolita close personal friends of Denise, I'm sorry, "models" then I guess there was a lot of content, but for us regular people it was shit.

It was difficult finding anything, the panels were total shit and I heard from several people that if you ran a panel you didn't get a comp badge, shit was delayed, and security was tighter than the show down the hall that featured real live actual guns. What's worse though, the hype surrounding the con was fucking ridiculous.

Of course, I can't blame John and Denise too much, they do have a lot of bills to pay and a lot of vacations to take, and a lot of Japanese dick to suck, and they have to get the money from someone other than their friends and family who they've already tapped out.

Maybe next year, instead of going to Hawaii they can spend a couple of bucks on schedules and maps and making sure that their staff has the first fucking clue about anything.

>>7435157
So tl;dr: her friend fucked it up?
That's unfortunate, and really sucks that she's taking the blame for it.

facebook.com/OverbeckCosplay
What do I do to grow up to be like this man?

>>7433867
Same. One of my friend got one on Friday or Saturday? the map was inside the program book but it didn't help at all because they didn't put the room numbers or anything.

>>7435174
This guy was amazing, saw him in the dealer's room a couple of times and the third floor.

>>7435157
Who is the friend? I thought this girl was a bitch but if this shit was happening to her ffs I can understand, and I want to stay away from the "friend."

I'm never setting foot within 10 miles of this convention again, I hope HLC is embarrassed about how insane and bitchy they look to the Lolita community.

>>7435174
This guy is based as fuck, I hope I'm like him when I'm old.

>>7435170
does anyone know who that other girl is? i have a feeling it's one of the lolitas i really like but i don't know this girl too well so i dont want to make assumptions

>>7435189
I feel like this girl is just really judgmental but she has a lot of problems too so it's kinda understandable that she's not an entirely nice person. Like she's really nice when you greet her and stuff but besides problems with the community (which I know there are a ton), she deals with a lot of shit and seems incapable to handle it so I feel bad for her. I can't seem to hate her, I just wish things get better for her.

So can we expect to see a lot of secrets about this con on BtB?

>>7435205
I'm looking forward to it.

Did anyone notice the random black guy at the front of the btssb panel?

>>7433509

Viverra here! I haven't posted any pictures of myself on the AM page recently. Could you please link to me where you're finding this? The only thing I saw is where Sledge tagged the convention (which auto posts to their page) and tagged my page in 2 photos.

I would love to see your work! You sound like a very attractive and talented person. I'm sure your cosplays are perfect! I'll try harder to impress you random person on the Internet! I'm so sorry I've failed you!

>>7435219
you seem salty as hell LMAO

>>7435219
Not the Anon you're responding to, but jesus christ that sarcasm at the end of your post.
People tend to get annoyed when anything is posted over and over, doesn't matter how good it is. Don't get so defensive.

>>7434873
Are you the Asian guy? Sorry I forgot your name.

>>7435106
I was in line pretty far back (from where you were, I saw you in front!) and they got through the whole line just fine.

Teddyloid apologized on Twitter "Thank you Guys who came to the my autograph session.
I wanted to talk more, and wanted more slowly." and that made me so mad because it's not his fault at all that everything was so unorganized.

>>7434139
No beef really. Just we were upset because we had been told after we had brought gifts that we weren't allowed to give them gifts. Only to hear 20 minutes later that HLC had gifts and they could give them.
After spending all that time and money with our gifts we didn't want to just be brushed aside so we spoke up. A member of HLC did make sure we got the chance to give our gifts, and spoke up for us. That is really all. Our groups have a really good relationship.

>>7433752

Man you have a mad case of sandy vag. Why not just admit you were scalping and take the heat?

It looks a lot better than this martyr shit you're pulling

Has anyone talked to the girl that bought it? To see if the bows really look bad and she bought a shitty dress?

>>7435157
The girl who posted that has serious mental issues to the point where she needs to seek help with it so I wouldn't trust what she says

>>7434883
I saw it, that picture is golden.

>>7435234
Oh good! I was really worried for everyone else towards the back of the line because everyone was all so excited to see him and get his autograph, and the security was being so rude to us, I didn't want anyone turned away. (And if you saw me in the front you could have come up to me and hopped in next to me to ensure you got an autograph, I wouldn't have minded, silly! )

>>7435174
I saw this guy he is awesome.

>>7435238
A good member of HLC? Who???

>>7434233
GLW wants to be promoted and be sponsored, but not actually spend any money from what I hear.

I was so sad that I was too broke to attend (I really wanted to see the lolita events) but now I'm really, really happy I wasn't able to go. This con sounds awful.

I took a peek at the HLC Facebook page and absolutely no one is complaining about the tea parties, what the fuck. They're all gushing about how great it was.

>>7435270
They didn't really participate in anything else aside from their tea party and meet ups. They wouldn't really know.

>>7435189
She said the fashion show coordinator who I think was the infamous pengu

>>7435219
As someone that actually follows your work because I enjoy it, please don't feed the trolls. Please.

>>7435164
>costing more than dragon con or AX

Bitch please. AM is overpriced, but super advanced DC badges start at like 70 bucks. You are full of shit

>>7435290
I'm out of the loop. What did Pengu do?

>>7435260
Despite what people think there is some really super nice and good people in HLC they are just want the best for their community. Of course they are more often overshadowed by the terrible people in their group.

>>7435290
>infamous
Please elaborate because my impression of this girl is that IDK why anyone would want to deal with her

>>7435305
Like who?

>>7435297
Aw thank you! I actually thought it was pretty funny!

>>7435322
I am not going to list names so you guys can hunt and peck and judge people you probably don't even know, and don't deserve it.

New thread
>>7435316

>>7435124
hi I am the silver knight, this is the only photo i have so far

>>7433775
>>7433578
Fashion show models didn't get to buy anything before the booth opened. Nor did we have first dibs on anything that was being sold. If anything we were able to see a few items before hand while Masumi and Rin were organizing the boxes. Even then it wasn't much and was just items that had been shown on a list of stock items posted in HLC.
A lot of lolitas bought superpasses in order to get to the booth first to snatch up items. So maybe that's why there wasn't any anything good left in the booth.

>>7433988
>What happened to the profits from last years convention? Shouldn't at least some of that go to the next year's necessities?
not exactly
the "profits" from last years are actually the owners only paychecks usually.
you'd be amazed how little a huge show like this actually has left over once all the bills are paid.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the owners take home a lot, maybe even a combined 6 figure income, but then there's taxes (which they have to pay for themselves AND the business) and all of that has to be payed for the previous year pretty much right before the spending for this year happens.
So again, timing.

It's not a fun thing to have your paycheck for the entire year come in at once, then you have to carefully budget for an entire year.

The con will usually retain enough money to go towards some of the early expenses of the following year, but by and large they collect the vendor money in order to handle all of the pre-con expenses.

A good business breaks even. A great business has profit.

>>7435610

That all depends on how the shows finances are handled. As Denise likes to tell everyone that she's the co-CEO of the show, I wouldn't be surprised if she pays John and herself a salary, then any profits the show makes are either given out as a bonus or held in some sort of tax deferment for the next year. It wouldn't be difficult to run a show that operates at a loss for tax purposes but still manages to pay the con chair and whoever else a pretty good amount of money.

I was just looking through the photos, did no one walk up and tell her this was wrong? Or was everyone too busy staring at her tits to notice?

>>7435685
As mentioned previously, she lost her way in the mirror.

John's a creep. One of the Japanese guests told me that John groped her and she was scared of being around him. I believe it, considering he can't even take two steps without having his arm around the closest Japanese female....

This year was alright bigger space awesome guests but the whole con just lacked. They had cut so many corners & most of the time everything was delayed so events overlapped each other with what little time there was. No real incredible Cosplay this year as well just a bunch of fandom. All in all it was shit don't think I'll be coming back.

>>7435723
I can understand that for the reversed sides ubt not the colors being wrong. I'm not saying it's a bad costume since she was the best one there save for the uniformed one with the scissor, I just genuinely don't understand how that kind of thing slips.

>>7435725
What?! Seriously? Who did he do this too? Where did you hear that? I've heard some similar stories from other girls too.

>>7435747
She spent the whole time checking it in the mirror and didn't bother to put it on a mannequin or something.

>>7434248
sorry i'm not a scrub casual

>>7434857
Well, it looks like you're not the only one he was harassing.