/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'm debating on going. I have the time, the money, and can get off from work if need be, transportation is just the kicker though. If I do decide to go however, I'll probably just go on Saturday since it would be my first con and I'd like to take it easy. Playing around with the idea of cosplaying and what character I could try.

I'm still rushing to get my Rhyme cosplay together. Almost done with Mikan but I know all of this will look super half assed but oh well.

I'll be going, but I'm not sure if I'll have my costume ready in time. I've been busy with other, higher priority stuff and haven't been able to devote more than research and materials.

I'm going. I have one costume in need of some minor touch-ups which can be done in a day or so.
Then I am hoping to have a second costume done but I haven't even started (I do have all the materials I'll need, though) because of finals and some other work. I'm hoping to get started by Friday and if everything goes right, then I
ll be fine.

I just got off from school and meant to work on my costume nonstop for the next two weeks and of course I got super sick and its day 3 of "cant get out of bed"
How I'm going to get my cosplay together... No one knows

i swear i'm going to die getting ready. i have 4 costumes to make and have 1 started. god help me.

>>7552575
I'm coming....

Too bad last year's musical guests werent that awesome (in my opinion). The fact that BerryZ went 2 years ago still puzzles me.

I get a ride from a friend, but he doesnt like staying longer than 10pm, and we usually get there around 12pm.

Hoping I can go to decent panels at least
(-___-:)

>>7558517
if you like jpop i'm hosting one called jpop explosion!

Had a room with a jacuzzi last year, missed entire panels I wanted to see just chilling in that thing. Wasn't so lucky this year, but hopefully friends will come through with the party plans.

I'll be cosplaying as Yang Wenli and Sterling Archer Top Gun version. I plan on doing the 18+ dating game again as Sterling Archer. I was the Naked Snake last year if anyone remembered me.

anyone up for a late night gull meet on saturday?

>>7560318
I would be. I don't think there's been any the past few years.
If so, I've missed them.

>>7560318
I'll be around all weekend, though I mostly lurk here now these days. Would love to attend a gull meeting. Where at?

>>7560504
tbh this is my first time going so i dont really know the layout, if you guys know of a good spot im totally down for it

>>7560576
I know there's a tavern/pub thing at the Double Tree and another at the hotel across the street.

There's also the option of having it at someone's room and playing cards against humanity or something.

>>7561026
i'm up for either pub, my room isnt ideal for a meet sadly

>>7558812
Sweet! Is it like a jpop general or what?

>>7563628
Yeah, a room doesn't really sound that great. How about the pub at the Double Tree which is attached to the convention center? Is Saturday good?

>post a pic of me in cosplay on the facebook page (first-timer)
>way more likes, positive comments than i ever expected

On one hand i'm very happy but on the other i feel the pressure now, like i can't let these people down now and must work harder to look good.

>>7561026
im down for seagull meet if its not during my panels lol

bump. I might be able to go this year but I've only heard that it's "meh"

On a letter rating scale how is the
>Cosplay scene?
>all around area?
>panels?
>guests?
>hotels?
>attendees?
>all around fun/ Overall grade?

Any more detailed experience or stories would be nice

>>7567703

Cosplay scene is decently competitive with that % mixed in that is the wtf you thinking....

Area is weird and minimal food options unless you go for a drive. Many people order in, North Jersey pizza is pretty good. You have to walk outside between the buildings, one involving crossing the street. There seems to be a cross guard part of the day.

Panels I can always find something that interests me but I think it really depends on your likes or dislikes. You do have to get their early as the rooms do sometimes fill at capacity for the most popular.

Guests I'd say check the website so see if there's anyone you like.

Attendance gets pretty crowded, most walkways are small and always crowded with people. Lines for main events do fill up get there early.

I'd give it a 4/5 I'm pretty easy going. If I were more strict I'd say 3/5 for location and lack of food options.

Going, and I might just be perpetually drunk thanks to my friends. If I'm not too drunk to get into cosplay, I'll be wearing Tsumugu, Agent Venom, and maybe either Lucas Lee or Dean Winchester on the last day.

Partying will probably just be hopping through various rooms my friends are staying in.

Also reminder that if you're driving there, you should get there super early so you can find parking in a reasonable space

I also plan to be comfortably drunk the entire weekend so a meetup would be cool. Friday night, anyone?
Say 9 or 10ish?

>>7568896
Majority of people that go to conventions are losers and fatties + neckbeards.

I wouldn't arrange a meet up like this so suddenly.
You just might end up regretting it.

>>7565598
What time do people want to meet on the saturday?
What would we even do? I've never done a meet up before.

>>7565598
i'll probably be there both nights, so look for twintails

>>7565587
Yeah, i'm going to talk about a few groups show some videos and then theres dancing and socializing.

bumpin

Thinking of only going for one day since I don't have hotel plans and the drive is about 1.5 hrs for me. How much of the con is accessible if you don't have a badge?

Hows the party scene there?

Just put in for some time off and looking to booze it up

>>7552575
is anyone in the "unofficial" facebook group tired of seeing that phillipino chick posting stuff? i mean really? a WIP thread?

So friday night at 10 at the double tree's bar works for everyone?

>>7580226
Plenty of room parties, decent rave, best results if you know people going.

>>7581954
Link?

Looking at all these posts in the group is giving me such shit hopes for this con. This is literally 99% cancer in the group alone

>>7583238
What's the 1% that isn't cancer?

>>7585256
people giving good advice, people who try to push all the "cosplay lineup" or "photographer" posts in one thread, anyone who isnt spamming the group with their cheap costumes and pcitures

My friend and I are going! Probably going to to cosplay from kill la kill :3

And it is more fun if you know people, but I have made a few friends there that were pretty cool actually
The area is also pretty nice

>>7585555
Nice quads

>The area is also pretty nice

It really is, New Jersey swampland is surprisingly pretty, especially in the spring.

If you wander around late at night, you'll hear the bullfrogs croaking.

>>7585343
Fair enough.
I'm still going though, you can do something else that weekend.

>>7585593
I am as well. I'll be going for friends but I don't have high hopes for the cosplay quality there

>>7583172
I'm down if my group isn't doing anything.

It's my first time going this year since it's near by me. Is there any locations that are good for photographs? besides the red dock, I don't see a lot. google earth maps of it would be nice

>>7586083
Depends on which trees are in bloom. There are lots of nice little ponds around.

I might go but I don't have my cosplay finished. And it's on my birthday so it's a toss up.

>>7552575
Would've been better if you named this thread Animenext OP so its easier to search for.

Cosplaying Attack on Titan.
Kinda realized now how everyone is gonna do it too.....

Oh well.

>>7587178
How did you just realize it now? Even last year there was everybody and their mother as AOT. They were in the trees. /everywhere/

>>7587230
Either way, Im gonna have fun.

I could care less what "professional cosplayers/ critics" think otherwise.

>Even last year there was everybody and their mother as AOT. They were in the trees. /everywhere/
I didnt notice probably because I didnt see the show until 5 months after Animenext 2013.

>>7587854
No one gives a shit how much of a special snowflake you are.

The Attack on Titan fandom is fucking awful, too. Have fun with your mountains of 14 year olds.

>>7587178

meh I'm gonna do it too, idgaf

I'm an oldfag relatively so I'll probably regret it but oh well, I look exact like one of the characters and I loved the anime so whatever

>>7586398
>go to con
>let it slip it's your birthday
>free drinks forever

>>7587892

If your a grill

Going down for a day since its so close by! Probably just going to wear Rise.

>>7588040
lucky thing I am

>>7588040

>>7588894

Oh man remember that fire alarm incident in 2012? That was such a pain.

>>7587859
>No one gives a shit how much of a special snowflake you are.

I think you're projecting anon.

>The Attack on Titan fandom is fucking awful, too. Have fun with your mountains of 14 year olds.

meh. We'll all have fun I guess. Besides, I'm pretty sure they're not all 14 year olds lol
I'm a physical therapist and im doing AoT and Log Horizon.

>>7587885
Haha, hopefully we'll see each other there!
I think its fun knowing the fact that I would inadvertently run into someone from this board without even knowing it.
I'd probably take photo's though and might end up posting it here in a thread (with permission of course).

I'm hoping it'll be a fun year :D

>>7552575

thinking of doing some mescaline this year

Anime next has always sucked ass, they should have another tier of membership that costs 80 dollars and comes with a bottle of jack and 5 4 lokos so you can actually tolerate the shittiness.I've gone 5 times and its always consisted of lil faggots on add medication, the most autistic mother fuckers on the east coast (they should really have an autistic competition), parenhts that dont want to be there, over priced japanese nick nacks, and mother fuckers in their late teens just loaded.

>>7591496
Do some mesclun instead.

Any gulls going to the 21+ meetup?

Looks like a sausagefest from the facebook page though

>>7591594

Link?

>>7591626

/groups/276001155908953/

Dat spam filter

>>7591525

Fucking this! Reason why I only go to hang with my bros and pick up some hoes and drink. Cannot tolerate all those underaged brats and autistic little pricks. Like one time I am here drinking with some buds this autistic little fuck runs pass me almost knocking over my drink and I was really close to chasing that fuck and giving him a piece of my mind. If these teens really are loaded then I should round up the goons and jack these fuckers. Thanks for the tip anon.

Do male model-tier cosplayers attend animenext? Tired of seeing average looking guys.

>>7591727

Nope closest thing would probably be some of the males in cosplay burlesque.

>>7591629
I'm not in the group and I don't really feel like joining. So who's going?

>>7591834

21+ meetup at a bar near the con, get drunk have fun etc

Maybe hit up a party afterward

>>7559389
i love you

Gonna be in the dealer's room.
Y'all should come buy my shirts

>>7592343

So close to 21... Soooo close...

Im going, this will be my second and most likely last year, I'm trading it for collossalcon since a waterpark sounds so much better than rain and imo crappy location..

Plus I hate driving the NJ turnpike up from DC.. rather drive the extra 2 hours to OH then..

My line up:
>> Friday: Chitoge - Nisekoi
>> Saturday AM: Hajime - GatchamanCrowds
>>Saturday PM: CSD jpop/kpop/nnd Dance Showcase @7pm outside the karaoke lounge thing

>>7593282
>tfw when I dont want to drive more than 2 hours anywhere, So I can really only go to AnimeNext and Comicon NY.

I wish there's a lot more places to go to.

Not that Im complaining too much.
AnimeNExt is decent, but I'd love to go to a newer place (This is going to be my 4th year)

>>7592823

Girls drink free, might be able to hit up some poor sobs party afterward after they bought you some drinks

>>7593282
I saw your facebook post. Eagerly anticipating your Chitoge cause I got into Nisekoi lately.
>>7593411
Yea this is going to be my fourth year as well and I'm wishing for a change of locale at least.

Any Getting Laid at Cons 101? Just got the time off work, and a hotel room brimming with booze for the event.

>>7595474
Just bring your fanciest fedora and your MLP t shirt with the least amount of holes and stains and you're golden. You won't even need to speak to women, they'll automatically just drop their panties.

>>7597041

The worst part is that is about 1/2 true

>want to cosplay for the first time
>decide on doing a Team Aqua grunt since I already have pants for it and the bandanna is cheap
>black and white stripe shirts are impossible to find and the black shirt I tried to paint white came out light grey
Welp. Would it be that awful if I wore a blue and white stripe shirt instead? The blue at least matches my pants.

>>7598895
Why didn't you just paint a white shirt?

>>7599002
Because I only bought white paint for the pants and it was a last ditch effort to get a black and white shirt with the right pattern. I'm meeting with my friends tomorrow to get stuff ready before we leave so I may bring a white shirt over if they have extra black paint.

>>7598895
Only if it's a really deep blue.

I'm going as a Modern-Assassin of the AC series (my rendition) on maybe friday but the other days I'm gonna go as Jacket from Hotline Miami (again but with a new mask and weapons)

What's the party plans that we're all doing? Where is the 21+ meetup at?

>>7599140

Someone posted a 21+ meetup at the Double Tree bar Thurs at 8:30. Other than that the parties go where the girls are.

If you have a room and want a bunch a flock of seagulls that is

>>7599271

So that's one of the plans? Cool

By the way, me and my friends have one more spot in our hotel room if anyone needs a place. You'd just have to pay around 80 if you're staying all three days but we'll cut the price in half if you're only there for one day

>>7599280

I might take you up on that, waited a bit too late and the prices are a bit iffy.

80 seems like a steal

>>7599364

I just spoke with my friend, inactuality all you'll have to pay is 70 since it's only 3 of us. We're staying at the holiday inn across the street from the con

If anyone wants to contact me about it, my skype is slayerguy234

We'll accept two more people possibly, less we'll have to pay in total

/cgl/ I'm so fucking angry oh my fucking god I was supposed to go with my sister and her friends and she said she had the tickets and shit handled and TODAY she sprang it on me that she never actually bought a ticket for me, I was gonna go as Yajirobe and it looked cool as shit and I was so hype to go and have a great time and now I can't fucking go jesus christ fuck this shit

>>7599410

Just buy a ticket there.. ? Or just come for the parties, its what I plan to do

>>7599413
she was also my ride because lol no license she fucking smeckledorfed me

>>7599410
>Yajirobe
>Cool as shit

Sure thing, bro

>>7599410
Oh fuck I remember you.

This might be for the best, man.

>>7599417
>smeckledorfed
Never fails to make me laugh

>>7598895

Apparently pink, zip up sweaters are impossible to find too >.>
Who woulda thought

>>7599400

If you accept two more people how much will the cost be?

And its raining, fugg :D

The rain is supposed to stop soon, the weekend should actually be pretty nice weather supposedly

Apparently the Madison Suites Hotel is closed? My boyfriend just got a call saying that our reservation is cancelled. What the fuck.

>>7601219
The building is condemned.

>>7600167

Well we've got another guy but we would accept 2 more. You'll have to pay 45 bucks in total along with the rest of us.

Just message me on skype by tonight or maybe tomorrow. I'm leaving in the morning but I'll be checking my skype via phone

Once again it's slayerguy234

>>7601431
Expedia still booked us there a few weeks ago. We called them, and they placed us in a better, more expensive hotel and paid the difference. Plus, we got a $100 Expedia voucher that never expires. I'm not so angry anymore.

>>7601632

Cant you guys get a different hotel or have them switch you to one?

I'm going on Saturday, if anyone is wanting to meet up that'd be cool!
I won't be there late enough for a late night meet like some people here talked about though, could some of us meet maybe earlier in the day? I've always wanted to meet some seagulls in real life.

I'm going on saturday only and will be lazily cosplaying as evil abed from community.
I intend to be perpetually drunk like Dan Harmon.
any meet ups planned for saturday?

my friend told me there was a decent buffet at the double tree, can anyone confirm?
also how is the bar priced?

is the pool open to all attendees?

>>7601764
I'll be here, just hit up my skype or whatever. I'll check it every once in a while.

>>7601860
TK's Pub has a small lunch and dinner buffet, nothing extravagant. Bars are always expensive, hotel bars even more so.

>>7601978

We all going in cosplay or it's just a mixed thing on that? Where is TK Pub at?

Also how is the con going for people so far? I've had a minor setback and won't be arriving until later

>>7602284
TK's pub is in the hotel lobby, I don't know who's going in cosplay or whatever. Depends on the time, I guess.

We still on for tonight at 10 at the tavern

Sup, /cgl/, /v/ here.

Does anyone know when the Melee tournament is?

so how was the first day?

Can someone find this girl and take more pictures of her?

>>7604001

forgot pic

Gonna drive down now. Hope to see peeps there

>>7604003
Aaaaadorable. I'll see her at the KLK shoot probably, and try to get some shots.

So how was masquerade?

>>7604003

I know her, she goes to my college and is in the Animu Club

wasn't there a wcs qualifier at this?

how were they? who won?

>>7605377
Uncle Yo is annoying and not funny at all. He made the whole event pretty unbearable.

Skits are always pretty bad, but the Twitch Plays Anime was pretty good, if only for the Gendo Titan.

It was nice seeing the people I ran into, and hanging in the seagull room. If anyone got any pictures of a Tsumugu on Saturday, that was me.

>>7605919
Here's the picture we took together.

>>7605987
Fantastic

>>7605919
kill yourself

>>7605919
There was a seagull room?

Dat rave tho

>>7606043
I love you too anon.

>>7606123
Yeah, I don't know if it was intentional or just worked out that way.

Can someone tell me how Mako from Kill la kill won best in show in the costume contest? Her costume was a joke. Was it fixed?

I don't have pics yet, but I was the black guy, walking around as the Iron Mechanized patriot form bioshock infinite. If you don't know what looks like here's a pic. see if you ran into me!

>>7605987 #

Tsugumu, I think I know you lol
I saw you at the shoot but I wasn't sure

>>7606220
I think it was half/half.

Thanks for taking us to your meats on Thurs.

>>7606785
Glad you enjoyed my meats. We should hang out again before I leave.

>>7606766
Well you should've said hi or something. Were you cosplaying?

>>7605919
Did this happen to be on the 6th floor of the double tree? If so Imma be real pissed.

>>7606919
Fo shizzlllessss. If you guys are planning a bbq or hangout or whatever, I'm down

>>7606978
Nawh. We were on 4th floor. There was like 7 seagulls in the room

>>7606997

seven seagulls and rumchata.

>>7606997
Damn, that was the same floor I was on. I asked about the 6th because right across my friend's room was another room party.

>>7606288
What? We were backstage with her before they revealed that she won, and the detail and cleanliness of her work was really really good.

>>7607098
is there a list of the hall contest winners?

>>7605448
Only three teams competing, the team that won was the only that was not completely boring.

First skit had a "build your own character" theme, I think? Couldn't tell what was happening, but I think the character that was built killed the other.

Second was a Gundam thing, they re-enacted the final fight scene.

Third was Black Butler, they had a circus theme and one of them disappeared inside a box. They won both Best Resume and the spot in finals. No second place/Wild Card.

>>7607005
7 seagulls, rumchata, and a Grapefruit.

>>7607106
Haven't found one yet. They displayed all winning costumes on the screens with really messed up aspect ratios/

>>7607098
I saw her close up the seams on the arms weren't clean at all and her ties to keep the cape on was crudely hot glued. I think that the woman and man with the big weapons should've won or that black mage with the eyes

She was sounderwhelming and looked like she bought the skirt online. A lot of people in the audience were confused as to why she won too

>>7607714
I ran into the penguin-knight-thing cosplayer and she was super butthurt about it.

But yes, Mako is kind of plain to be winning. What won last year?

>>7607750
Not sure I couldn't make it last year. But yeah it was just boring... She didn't deserve a 500$ sewing machine that's for sure

Looking for fire emblem Cosplayer pics if anyone has.

Here's a few

>>7608084

Anyone have the group nudist beach picture from the kill la kill photoshoot on Saturday?

>>7606919

I was thinking about it but I have the social skills of a potato so I ended up not
And yes I was

I have a video if you'd like to take a look at it, anons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rXPY1BgF4Q

Love the vivi

>>7608828
Well if you want to get in touch with me or whatever and say hi anyway, my skype's that.guy052

Posting my favorite picture all weekend.

bump

Here's a list of some of the photographers at the con roaming around. They all have Facebook pages, so you just have to find the fan pages

Con Pics
Nerd Caliber
Knightmare6 Photography
Cantera Cosplay
Blue Shell Photography
Cool Steel
We Rise Magazine
Brian Ngai Photography
Mary Elaine Photography
Cozpho Photography

Entire masquerade is on YouTube. WCS skits are the last 3 entries.

http://youtu.be/cgQx4ITvosI

>>7611186
Not the Hall Cosplay :(

Did anyone else feel like something was wrong with Uncle Yo this year? He started his panel off with this really terrible, unfunny puppet show that he apparently worked two years on. No one in the audience was laughing throughout the entire thing and he just kept squirming in his seat. Then at the end we had a Citizen Kane moment where we the audience just kept on clapping defiantly like Charles Foster Kane clapping at his wife even though we knew the performance was terrible. Then Uncle Yo goes into his personal problems about his anxieties on becoming a father and how recently had to explain in a court of law about his profession as an anime comedian and how that embarrassed him. He finally gets into his routine and it's going okay but after twenty minutes he takes a left turn and pulls out this Communist Manifesto and starts ranting about what's wrong with America. After reading his Declaration of Principals he then reads this poem about internet fame and just breaks down towards the end of it. I honestly think Uncle Yo is losing it.

>>7611342
I only saw him at the Masquerade, and I think his material is just getting really stale. Like he was talking about FMA and Gurren Lagan and stuff from like the mid-00s. He seems out of touch with his target audience, probably because he feels embarrassed by them.

>>7611342
Please tell me someone filmed this

>>7611351
I think that courtroom incident really affected him. Apparently he had to explain to to a judge, several attorneys, a prosecutor, and an entire jury pool what anime was, what anime cons were, what kind of material he did, and give examples of it. I guess he realized how much of a fucking loser he was and that made him really depressed.

>>7611375
>>7611352
>>7611351
>>7611342
I'm not a fan of Uncle Yo, but he never seemed like a bad dude.
This makes me feel bad.

>Doubletree hotel

>>7611742
I thought that was a picture of me mooning my friend for a second.

My buddy caught this though

>>7611742
>>7611833

Oh man hope someone at least took a pic of me mooning some con goers as they walked by the path to the con.

>>7611840
Buttcon 2014

>>7611742
Do you feel it now, Mr. Krabs?

Fave moment from Sunday:
>walking with male anon chatting it up
>dude sees Anons shirt and says "hey man I love gengar. Cool shirt. "
>anon give awkward "Kay. Thanks. "
>dudes friend goes "yeah man. I'd EV train the fuck out of you and have you at the top of my roster. "
>Anon death stares the hell out I him and mumbles some really metal threat I can't remember.
...later.
>telling femanon about it on stairs to con center
>dude in front of us overhears.
>chimes back when story is over "Well, that's just explicit. "

>>7612339
>"What's up, Toga-money?"

>>7612339
My sunday was shitty because some of the people from our room did not show up for check out and we were almost charged for the late fee. They had also ordered room service without telling anyone, and it was all going to my friend's card. Almost $200 in fees, and none of them were picking up their phones.

It got fixed in the end, but everyone lost a lot of time, and I personally missed 2 panels I wanted to see.

The Hall Contest part of the masquerade and fashion walk of some of the contestants. A lot of the Honorable Mentions and Judge's Award got jipped

Friday Journeyman wasn't anything special.
Friday Craftsmen was okay but still well done.
Saturday Novice was real nice.
Saturday Journeyman is really good
Saturday Craftsman isn't too bad
Best of Weekend wasn't that great up close


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t3JR37ehk4#t=3357

>>7612727
Yeah I totally agree with you on that...I was the Vivi from FF9, I definitely feel like I did better than that Mononoke costume. (We were in the same category) When I got the judges award I didn't even put on my mask all the way lol. I feel jipped.

>>7612137

Fuck I lold so hard I farted assburgers!

>>7612404
>Deathstare

Sterling Archer (Top Gun Version) from the 18+ Dating Game here. Does anyone have any video of the dating game? I know I saw at least one guy with a video camera but he hasn't uploaded anything yet.

>> 7608824

I'm looking for some of those pics too
Anyone?

>>7615141

Whoops that was referring to >>7608824

>>7615141
>>7608824
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyotaku/sets/72157645143413943

There's a bunch of stuff in here. Including what you want.

>>7615156
Thanks!

>>7611844
My sides.