/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I've gone to two for Texas, both back when I was under 21, so I would sit there and try to say hey to everyone and then only interact with the people I already knew from outside cgl, and then they'd all go off drinking and I'd go to sleep. Since then, cgl has decided they hate me, so I don't go anymore.

I went to one, but I sperged out because I'm socially anxious. I need someone to approach me and say 'hi' or I can't do it.

I helped run one a couple years back in Little Tokyo. After we had ramen there we went to Rowland Heights for the shaved ice, then to the Round 1 at Puente Hills mall for games and purikura. Everyone was incredibly nice and fun to hang with.

>>7845443
legit interested in having a Texas one again. Think there'd be any interest, or would it have to be during akon or matsuri?

I went the one at ACEN in 2012. We split up after we talked a bit and I hung out with some other cool seagulls and went to a room part. I had a lot of fun. Last year the meet up didn't really work so hopefully we can be better organized in 2015. I think the issue is that people are confused were to group up. We have a particular area but the timing is always off or we don't recognize each other. I propose some sort of signage for the 2015 meet up.

>>7845478
I feel like the current Texas seagull crowd is just full of people you wouldn't want to interact with. Our last Texas general thread was enough to solidify that for me.
But in actual answer to your question, I think if you did either Austin/San Antonio or Dallas/Ft. Worth you would get a decent response. I know a majority of the Texas seagulls are from those two areas.

Been to meetups both at texas cons at at Otakon.

The texas cons have always been pretty strange tbh; I'm cool with a couple of the people I've met there, but I had a far better time at the Otakon meetup, even though I didn't know a single person there before I went.

Maybe it's just me getting older, hell if i know.

>>7845434
isn't this pic from the A-Kon meetup thread from last year?

Megacon meet ups are the best, love you guys

>>7845478
>>7845487

I'm in the Austin area, so if there's ever a cgl meetup in the general area I would be down. I'm going to AM as well (yeah, even after the horror stories. I've never been so I wanted to go) so I wouldn't mind having a meet up there, either.

I've been to one in canada for a convention, it was chill irl everybody was nice but back on the interwebs they all ended up talking shit about each other. Not sure how to feel about you guys anymore.

Was fun would meet again/10

>>7846424
>mostly females

This must have happened a long time ago

>>7846424
>the girl with short, purple hair
I'm in love.

>>7845478
I'm new to Austin and would definitely be interested in a cgl meetup were it in the area, maybe even one in DFW if I could align it with other reasons to make the trip.

>>7846430

>>7846395
>>7846436
I would go if it was in Dallas or Austin, but I don't know anyone who would be the sort of person to host it.

>>7845477
>wearing cosplay wigs to Little Tokyo
Come on guys...

>>7846450
have you never been there before? there's always people wearing cosplay shit in little tokyo, especially on the weekends

>>7845478

I wouldn't mind meeting up outside of a con situation. There's a DFW area groupme somewhere that we've used before. What was the last one you went to?

>>7846455
I've been there only once but there were no cosplayers around. I thought it was established here that that's pretty weeby and cringy to the Japanese people.

>>7846450
What did you expect from a tripfag and their group of friends?

>>7846436
Not sure how many seagulls are in the area but I feel like there would be a fair few, with ATX lolitas and so many people going to UT.

I've gone to a few. The Fanime ones a while back were pretty fun, but there were kind of a lot of guys throwing spaghetti everywhere. This is why I drink first. I know there's usually another cgl meet at Fanime at least where the chiller people get invited. I was going to go to it, but then got too drunk to remember the room number. Whoopsies.

I also went to one with the random anons near me that went to this tiny con a few years back. Super chill. They were obviously uncomfortable by how yaoi obsessed, greasy, and disgusting one of the former trips was (she didn't post many pictures, but I knew her personally, so).

SakuraCon was the last one I went to and there were quite a few trips. It was pretty fun.

>>7846571
Not trips. Wow. Sage because I'm an idiot and meant anons. Trips are on the brain since I was talking about a trip before that.

>>7846427
It was only last year...

>>7846450
It was during Nisei Week's cosplay day, so it was fair game. I personally didn't cosplay that day, though.

>>7846399
What con was it?

>>7846427
>Implying there are no females on 4chan

You realize /cgl/ is actually 60%+ female right? That's why this shithole is literally the worst board. It's pretty much tumblr here every day.

>>7846424
That was fun. I always just tend to stop by and say hello at these things I never really stay. This year I missed out, I think the closest I came was seeing people at the Jojo gathering. Either way most people are pretty nice

>>7846936
>It's pretty much tumblr here every day.
>ita threads
>bad cosplay threads
>drama/ com bitching threads
not enough ass pats going around to be tumblr

I went to one at a fairly large Canadian convention in 2012 and I still hang out with the people I met there to this day. At the time, I knew absolutely no one in the cosplay community and was socially awkward at the time but I figured if I kept the spaghetti in my pockets and presented myself properly, it was worth a shot to meet people with similar interests. I don't think I would have a quarter of the convention acquaintances/friends I have today if I didn't go to that meet up.

>>7846599
if I recall it was in montreal but if I recall again, each thread about mtl cons everybody ends up talking shit. I know a lot of people from toronto comes too maybe that's why

>>7846427
That was last year's Otakon. This year's was fun, but you can really notice the shift in gender attendance. Reasons vary from people from last year not making it or thread drama i.e "The thirst" being rampant. It was cute seeing 5 guys crowding around the only gals that showed up.

Katsucon is pretty okay too, good handful of folk show up and usually the few that stick around go get a bite to eat.

>>7846990
Figured. Guys that barely post will flood the meets because grills. Girls will be wary of attending because a. meets will 100% involve pictures that will end up back on /cgl/, which has almost never led to anything good for anyone involved b. if they're part of a lolita/jfashion group odds are good their comm is already planning something for whatever con the meet's taking place in c. you have no idea what specific mix of awful you're going to get at a 4chan meet.

>>7846936
>assuming they are implying

Have you ever gone to a meet up? It's mostly guys and 1 maybe no girls.

>>7845487
>>7845478
>>7846395
>>7846436
>>7846445
What about Anime North TX?
its coming up mid November of this year? want to make it on a Saturday?

>>7847741
Ugh, there's no way I could make it. I'm saving up for a trip.
But if y'all wanna coordinate something in the ATX area sometime or during a con weekend (A-kon or Matsuri) I would be down.

>>7846990
aw im sort of sad i didnt go now, i even said hi to one of the booth guys who said he was a seagull and then didnt make it to the meet

no

>>7848008
...oh.

>>7848008
/fit/ guy isnt even fit, thats what im maddest about

>>7848008
Saw this on front page. Sweet Jesus wat.

>>7848024

>>7847021
Point A isn't always true. Most of the meets I've gone to haven't had pics taken that ended up an /cgl/. I think it's mostly trips that post them since they're all addicted to attention.

As an addendum to point B, girls already have tons of con friends no matter what, so going to a 4chan meet is a waste of time when they could be hanging out with people they already know. That ties into point C too. The guys that go on the other hand usually don't have as many friends so it's more worth it for them.

>>7848008
>/fit/ isn't fit
>/v/ isn't fat
>/k/ hasn't got a rifle
>tranny hasn't got /lgbt/ tag
This is stupid as fuck

>>7845434
>Have you ever actually gone to a /cgl/ meetup?
yes. Anime California

How did it go?
had a fucking blast

How are your local anons?
Bunch of bros. would hang out with again. (hopefully at ALA)

>>7847021
>Implying a 4chan meet and a /cgl/ meet are the same

>>7848008
It's borderline disturbing just how accurate /fa/ is, right down to that fucking haircut.

>>7848378
Oh, I I've been to /cgl/ meets. I was just being broad because I've been to ones for different boards as well.

>>7848070
The Tranny is supposed to be /a/ he makes me cringe the hardest.

>>7845477
You're all faggots

Yes. A few. Made new friends.

>>7848070
/lgbt/ wasn't around back then. They're based off board-tan drawings anyway.

>>7845477
I live around those places.

>>7848218
Same here, first time I hung out with /cgl/ 4th time with 4chan in general. Bunch of dun people.

>>7845434
Went to the /cgl/ otakuthon 2014 meetup and it was insane

>>7852671
was the bar the insane part? because the meet up was 4/10

>>7852682
yeah for sure.
the meet up was great though, 40 people showed up and we all joked around

>>7852671
>Have you ever actually gone to a /cgl/ meetup?
went to the /cgl/ otak14 meet up
>How did it go?
it was insane
>How are your local anons?
yeah for sure

c'mon anon you got nothing for us?

>>7852690
well a bunch of people showed up, a lot of people were shocked (including me) that more than 3 neckbeards showed up.
there was a dude with a motorcycle helmet and a spiderman, and a bunch of cute girls too.

we then went to the bar, drank a lot, ate poutine, had maybe 20 shots each of tequila, then walked back to the rave and danced all night.

no drama

>>7845434
There was one at the first con I ever went to. I thought it would be kind of awkward, but I didn't expect to get bullied, basically, by girls that were like 5 or 10 years older than I was. I was in a costume of an original character of mine from a fan fiction that was basically Coraline as a Twilight vampire. I know it was kind of silly and I was pretty insufferable about everything, but I was also 13. These 2 girls actually followed me for the rest of the day being mean whenever they could, when I was away from my mom.

>>7845477

Have you been here all this time? I swear I haven't seen your trip in years...

>>7852720
That sucks that they were mean, but you do realize that 4chan is 18+?

The AX meetup was middling, they mostly meet up then go fuck off to watch LCS.

The D*C group is pretty cool but they like to go to this Waffle House that you have to walk through downtown to get to, and that kind of puts me off. Too many thugs and camping hobos for me.

I like the Otakon meetups the best, they go to a dive with an okay game room a couple blocks from the BCC.

>>7852800
I'm still here, I just lurk, really. I'm usually on /m/ these days. I don't have a whole lot to say, I guess.

>>7853212
>to watch LCS
holy shit fuck LCS, that line is ridiculous. they put one time but you should just go an hour or two later because of the line

I've never been to one yet, though I do know a few seagulls from here IRL and they're pretty cool.

I'm just too spaghetti to talk to people sometimes

I go to the SDCC ones
Make that past-tense. No one on /cgl/ gets SDCC badges anymore

I'd love to go to a cgl meetup. I'm pretty shy though so I don't know if I'll just be seen as that awkward 2/10 wallflower

>>7853381
just to let you know
guys rate themselves 2-3 spaces higher
girls rate themselves 3-4 spaces lower
the more you know

Basically /cgl/ meetups in a nutshell. They're p fun.

>>7847741
I thought most people felt ANT was pretty shit? If that's untrue, I guess I'd be up to come ghost around, at least on Saturday.

>>7853825
you handsome devil

>>7848008
Why?

>>7853835
I honestly wouldnt know, it would be my first time going, worst comes to worst...room party at the con hotel.

socal cgl gatherings = beastly good times. PMX is coming and ALA is nearly upon us. Prepare your buttholes.

I went to the Mikomicon 2009 tripfaggot circlejerk gathering and survived doing it

can't remember shit, ask me anything

>>7854345
that one megane on the far right
what a friggen cutie.

>>7854374
That was G's date for the night....

Take that as you will

> tfw no meet ups in our country

We tried once but no one showed up except for me and an irl seagull friend. I just want a fun meet up like I always see in these threads.

>>7852671
I meant to go to that and was pretty pissed at myself for missing it.

>>7854409
Where are you from?

>>7846967
this, tumblr's too fucking sensitive

>>7848070
Pretty sure the /fit/ one is supposed to be making fun of /fit/

>>7852803
>taking such obvious bait
a new low

>>7845434

I accidentally found myself at one in California.
About 20 seagulls from all gens.
Space vodka.
Nothing exciting happened.
Possibly not enough space vodka.