/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Copypasta because I didnt realize the thread was kill when I was typing.
Con was great, def a solid AX.
Got a comped badge, panels went great (the LCS Roast and Tough Crowd).
My jungle juice came out great, though I got way too drunk off it.
The meetup on friday was nice, the anons were more social than usual, probably because it wasn't all tripfags (Only myself, Freeman, Meishi, Velociraptor, Space Cowboy were there of the old school crew I recall). Last year I planned it at 8:30 so it didn't conflict with the LCS, but I got caught up and it happened at the traditional time, so the old school crew was all at the panel. Small amount of spaghetti present but overall cool people, and def less cringy than the normals that go to cons.
Party scene was cool, I didn't host this year because I was sharing my room with people who had early shifts and stuff, so I didn't want to keep them up. I made it to the westin pooldeck on sat night, total sausage fest but cool vibe.
Next planned con is anime california, met a lot of cool anons last time (and Beanie Kun before he joined our secret club). We should do that again.

Kinda sucked shit, really. And my hopes to meet people at a convention have failed spectacularly once again. Same old shit.

>>8456124
I was thinking about going to Anime California as well. It's going to be fucking hectic with PMX following weekend and then 2hu con afterwards.

That new price for premier is ridiculous.

Anyone know this cosplayer? I talked to her for a minute but she got hijacked for photos before I could ask if she had an instagram or something.

>>8456132
>Trigger didn't play the Inferno Cop/LWA crossover at the premiere

Disappointed. I thought it was really funny and wanted to see it again.

My weirdest AX story
>be black
>friends girlfriend thinks I'm a racist oppressor cause I use the word nigga
>mfw

>>8456125
Really? there were a lot of guests that were great.

>Cosplaying Kurisu from Steins;Gate
>Have Dr. Pepper as a prop, but I also plan on drinking it
>Be at con for about an hour, finally decide I want to take a drink of the Dr. Pepper
>Forget that it's been shaking around in my labcoat pocket for a while
>Open it up and it fucking explodes so much, more than I've ever seen a soda explode
>Explosion has like a 5 inch radius, lasts for a good 5 seconds, and gets all over my cosplay
>Tons of people in the exhibit hall witness this embarrassing moment
>Hurry back to the hotel to change hoping no one tries to ask for a picture
My third year at AX and I finally have a horror story. It was also my third year bringing my Kurisu cosplay, so somehow the situation was more funny than angering. I'm also really glad I didn't hit anyone with the explosion, if it had ruined anyone else's cosplay I would have felt so bad.

>>8456135
https://www.youtube.com/user/AoiKatori

Con was good!
-Sold pretty well in AA
-Hung out with friends
-Got drunkish at Yard House. Delicious food, delicious beer, delicious friends
-Meetup on Saturday was not bad, got to hang out with people I haven't hung out with in forever. Generally cool, fun, social vibe
-Fucking baller ass friends got me the Rin I wanted from the LL blind boxes fuck im so happy
-Drive back up was solid. We read/shared creepy pasta for like 3 hours and I basically white-knuckled it home hahh

Good job AX you always manage to start out as soul-sucking dread but end generally pretty cool ahh yeee

Next year maybe.

I hope they hire the staff this year for next year and every con

I had no badge and none of them stopped me for anything

panels, dealer's hall, the arcade, fuck I even got a ticket to the Amanaguchi concert

>>8456151
wow anon, at least you have a good attitude about it, and a doozey of a horror story.
dry cleaning should solve that problem, but wow.

talk about a sticky situation, eh?

>>8456130
Holy shit, pmx is super early this year. I have fun at that con, but I don't go to many of the events, so I will probably have to skip it. Lot of my friends are staffing AC, so I wanna go see them.
>>8456155
Only ran into you once, boo. P.S. Nico best grill

>>8456156
AX staff this year were drones honestly. A lot of them were told to do one thing and one thing alone and if needed, to be referred to the higher up for assistance and a lot of times they don't know what's going on either. While the LACC staff aren't really paid enough to deal with the attendance of this magnitude.

But yes, they should keep the same staff. Them barcodes were awesome!

>>8456161
Oh that's cool. Are they still interested in possible staff members? PMX is pretty neat though.

>>8456162
they were seriously understaffed.
not alot of them cared at all.

>>8456156
Convention center staff has a really high turnover because it's a shit job full of shit people. With that said you'll probably get through again because with high turnover equals high numbers of new staff who don't know fuck all. AX will have nothing to do with that

>>8456161
I also didn't know they're literally a week apart and seperated by 30 miles.
i have the money, it's just the time off.
>to ACA then disneyland, then pmx
>mfw

that'd be intense.

DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT I'M GOING TO DISNEYLAND TODAY

>>8456161
Would you like a Nico mascot charm because I got two of the fuckers and I don't want 'em

Day 0: Be autistic with friends playin Eels and Escalators. Get ticket at sanic speeds, play MtG with friends rest of day.

Day 1: No plan to go to anything, recycle Solaire cosplay from last year (didn't expect to even come this year so no time to make another one).
Spent day taking pictures and finding seagulls but being too pussy to talk to them.

Day 2: Exhibit Hall scanning and recording prices and locations. Skipped out on LWA2 because near fell asleep at the con because I was up all night due to broken sleep schedule.
Thank god I didn't cosplay because three soliares in same room.

Day 3: Buy the stuff I want, Mega64 Panel was best part for me (mfw know the guy in horsehead mask)

Day 4: Didn't plan on going but went because friend didn't want to be lonely and had lunch @ Curry House. tfw Little Tokyo had better deals on nendroids than all of AX.

Comments: Not the best AX, probably not coming for a few years because probable new job conflicts.

>>8456166
Want to know the best part behind the understaffing for Anime Expo? A lot of the possible staffing were denied and were asked to be volunteers instead even though they were going on about "doubling their staff."

Does anyone have any pics of that Mamimi cosplayer who was taking photos with a Canti cosplayer? Who is she? Someone pls help

>people actually want to work for AX

why?

>>8456170
It's certainly possible to do both. Just can come on the day(s) you are highly interested is the best option unless you can manage to do them all.

>>8456164
Likely, its a new small con, so they probably need all the help they can get.
>>8456172
Yes pls I will give you one alcohol.
>>8456174
>>8456166
There were also putting staffers in USC dorms that looked like the projects. Im sure if you had to go to the hood each night you would dgaf as well.

>>8456178
You can put that on your resume as work/volunteer
Can get a hotel room
Free con badge
Staff badge lets you use the backrooms and shortcuts
Using the said staff badge can get you in front of the line in panels
Chance to meet guest on honors

that's just the good part really. If you know the bullshit that goes on, it maybe best to not be working for them

>>8456182
Sweet. I'm really interested in helping smaller cons to be better. I'll check into staffing there.

>>8456182
>staffers
>USC dorms
Holy fuck SPJA, I thought stuffing 4 random staffers in a room at the Westin was bad enough, but you're really pushing it!

Mega64 panel was best panel as expected.
First time cosplaying and it was a ton of fun and will do it again in the future.
Met some cgls and some non cgls, most of which were cool people.
You're the best friend I never had Ben.
Finally feel like watching anime again.
Got a stack of ~100 Soccer Spirits codes from based com2us with the gf.

For my first time at AX I had a lot of fun, will be returning for sure

>>8456189
Aren't the SS codes restricted to one per account?

Definitely a long shot, but: does anyone have a friend who participated in the Aldnoah Zero Dating Game at the Aniplex booth, specifically a girl trying to win the Lemrina? Said Lemrina may or may not be kicking herself for not talking to her after the event because she was actually really cute.

You know. Asking for a friend and all. Definitely.

>>8456156
the one old dude outside exhibit hall who screamed at that one cosplayer and threatened to take away her premier badge just for not responding to what he said can go though

>>8456192
Yeah they are but I've been giving them away in mobage general on /vg/

So what was you guys best purchase? Worst?

>>8456202
>best purchase
denko plushie

>worst
I bought two playmats with the intention of using them as mousepads but only need one mousepad. Still love them both and cant decide which to use though.

Not sure if it was like this for other ticketed events but the staff for the Love Live screening was pissed about using Eventbrite. The guy in charge said that they couldn't process a lot of the tickets and they aren't going to use it next year so hopefully we'll escape the pre-reg fee?

dungeon master was fun

Boy do I have horror stories of this con.
>Day 0: Group member loses wallet, bankroll them for the rest of the con, promising to pay me back "when they find their wallet"
>Day 1: Another one gets their bag full of shit stolen while in line, buy her back a few of the prints she lost

>Day 2: Went to Porter Robinson and Amananaguchi show with pit tickets
>friend is super fucking upset since I got pit seats and they got orchestral as they waited last minute to buy tickets

>Day 3: Have to pick up a friend who lives in Arrowhead, which makes it a 100 mile journey from my house.
>Leave at 4:30 to pick them up
>On way down from the mountain, almost hit deer crossing road and slam brakes, ended up stripping them badly.
>Leave con at midnight, eventually I start nodding off while driving because I haven't slept in 2 days
>Friend offers to drive my car, he's done it before so he's used to it and all
>Misses a bunch of freeway exits, gets upset over LA traffic and road design, ends up accidentally driving off a curb getting out of a gas station.
>Gets upset when I ask him what the fuck he's doing, saying he's awake and it was just a simple mistake. He's driven my car before, he's fine, etc etc etc.
>While getting gas much later on, notice that after the idiot drove off the fucking curb my rear bumper is partially falling off on the right side and the mounting holes to the frame are stripped. Rear bumper is flapping in the wind.
>Friend mentions he guesses he'll pay for it, but makes so little money at his job it'll take him a while to pay it back.
>He goes to sleep and has not mentioned it since, refuses to talk about it.

Day 4:
>Arrive home at 4:30am, have to get back on the road in 30 minutes if I want to get a ticket for autographs
>Blisters all over my feet, lost my voice, haven't slept in 2 days, and car is inoperable
>Stay home, sleep for 18 hours

I hate everyone. I'm just gonna go on my own next year, rent a room, and tell them to go fuck themselves.

>>8456184
>You can put that on your resume as work/volunteer
lol
>Can get a hotel room
you can do that without working for AX
>free con badge
Con is free
>Staff badge lets you use the backrooms and shortcuts
Moderately useful, probably a loophole
>Using said staff badge can get you in front of the line
You can do that without a staff badge
>Chance to meet guest of honors
Or just use some charisma

>>8456202
>best
poi fig, i bought one of the last ones and people were stopping me asking if they could buy it off me.
>worst
small print from AA that looked super cute from afar. when i looked at it as i walked away it was one of those rushed pieces with scribble lines in random places. my fault for being retarded though

>>8456209
My mistake about the hotel room: free rooming, but the problem is that you're going to be sharing with others as well, but still.

I'm not going to try to defend SPJA in terms of staffing since it has benefits and drawbacks.

Only thing I like about the staff badge was using for the shortcuts. You can get from the south hall to west hall in less than 5 minutes.

>>8456208
>friend is super fucking upset since I got pit seats and they got orchestral as they waited last minute to buy tickets

There is literally no reason to get upset if you have tickets on the ground floor. Unless you actually want to be lamer and sit down at the balcony seats.

>>8456214
Yeah I don't even fucking get it.
She wasn't even that far from the stage, and the pit was completely dead anyways. There were a bunch of people dancing where she was.

The con was a bunch of fun, even more fun than last year I'd say, but at the same time it was also pretty absolutely fucked up. I had a really good time at the con and I also had a really bad time.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention one of my group members got kicked out from the con.

>>8456217
Sounds like your friends are a shit

>>8456148

wtf

>>8456221
Same.
Shame the Anamanaguchi show conflicted with the seagull meetup as I would've gone otherwise.
Maybe next year I'll take a chance and meet new people by roomsharing with someone from here.

>>8456132
And they know people will pay it. Which is exactly why they signed a new fucking LACC contract even though it's packed past legal maximum capacity.

>>8456225
I am still interested in how that one friend got kicked out.

So why exactly did Kiss perform at AX? That still is lost at me.

The concept of going to see a band live that your parents probably saw live when they were your age has always disturbed me.

>>8456247
They were supposed to perform cause they had a song with Momoclo. AX didn't give them enough time to practice, so they just took the award instead.

>>8456245
We were sitting in the middle of a hall, we regrouped and were going through each other's purchases. He purchased some really nice hentai doujin from a booth; paid quite a bit for it, was printed on cardstock, beautiful art style and everything. He was really happy as he's into aesthetics but is also a huge pervert. Anyways he hadn't opened it so I asked him if I can took a look at it, opened it up and it was futanari. Entire group started laughing our asses off, he got super fucking pissed and started shouting things you shouldn't shout in the middle of a convention. Faggot, nigger, etc.

So what are your guy's damages?

30$ Miku Cheer Nendroid
40$ Araragi Nendroid
60$ Mugs and Cups
70$ Plushes
50$ Small desk figures/blindboxes

>>8456202
Best: Naked Emperor Poogie Plush

Worst: Sriracha Mug considering I only use the sauce for pho.
But nothing, I have buyer's remorse about

>ITT: Out of towners get scammed

Stick to fucking online stores you dimwits

>>8456260
$675.
>$40 Aragi Nendroid
Bro I bought a full on Senjougahara statue for that much.
>>8456202
Best: 1-6 of Knights of Sidonia.
Worst: This.

>>8456263
Yeah, nendroids are expensive considering that i'll probably never even use all the parts for it at any point.

Im so tired from not sleeping. Just half of day 3 2nite. Ty anons who wished me luck.

Day 3
>Wake up feeling perfectly fine somehow
>go back to con but leave to buy some liquor
>guy leaving offers to sell his badge while I'm filling up my flask
>buy it cheap because I was buying one anyway
>drink boba tea with some cool people
>We go into the exhibit hall and wander through together
>I buy nothing but carve the scenes into my heart
>get introduced to a lot of new people
>randomly see femweebs from school I know, her bf is in crossplay again
>having a good time till hall closes
>Try to charge phones before meet with mixed results
>focusing on not spilling spaghetti with the girl meeting with me
>try to gather some flock that want to go to the Bosshi & Toshio Maeda FAKKU panel with us
>find grill and she seems really excited
>get into line and we start flirting for a bit
>flock with me makes her feel comfortable too
>except a gull asks us if she's 'the girl'
>she looks to me confused and I say "she's not 'the girl' staffer-chan is just staffer-chan" and quickly change topics
>my friends that are staffing are controlling the line
>I'm really happy to see them and they give us 18+ wristbands
>panel is actually pretty good and Q&A is borderline hilarity
>enough spaghetti to fill an italian restaurant
>I'm not paying attention but staffer-chan is getting a bit uncomfortable
>but shes still laughing and has fun playing rock-paper-scissors for prizes
>doesn't want to go party after
>I do but phone dying
>a kind seagull senpai loaned me their energy bank as they leaft
>were in line together and 2 come with
>I start to think it's going alright
>we drink a bit, then go into dance
>I bring our group close to the stage and start dancing for a bit
>lean in while asking her to dance on me
>gently pull her infront of me
>she pushes me away and says she cant dance
>I can't swallow for a second, but I lean back in and tell her "It doesn't matter as long as your having a good time"

>>8456274
Why not get a fig of ur waifu then

I get nendroids have that cute aspect to them, but...

>>8456301
I dont see any hot glue.

went thu-sun, downtown parking was pretty expensive but w/e

spent a ton of time walking around the exhibit hall/artist's alley, picked up some jojo prints and keychains i really wanted - periodically headed outside and camped hallways to fight the crowds and photograph cosplayers walking by

was dressed in gyaru/casual j-fashion the whole weekend, h. naoto and Liz Lisa booths were pretty slim pickings though

overall a decent AX, considering cosplaying next year

>>8456301
A friend bought me this as a late b-day gift so I refrained.

I normally wouldn't buy a nendroid, but I focused more on small desk figures this time around.

>Waiting to get a drink at lounge 21 on sat night that wasn't worth it
>qt mikasa cosplayer behind me seemed shy as well
>only engaged in telling her two things
>complimented her cosplay and said that the line was taking a while
>both too shy to keep the conversation going

She was really cute.

I got one too, happened today.

>outside the convention center getting signal to sign up for the daisuki wheel before the hall closes at 3
>qt walks up to me for directions in hall j I think
>lend her my guide and walk to her for someone with directions
>it was nearby and the guy pointed to the second floor
>asks to borrow my guide and does a gesture while she was heading out
>go back outside to get signal
>3minutes later I realized she wanted me to go with her I think

Fucked up an opportunity.

smelled horrible,
picked up smoking again after quitting years ago just to get out of there

don't drink so 4th was pretty boring

Filipinos and Koreans everywhere

why do people walk around cons in flip flops? fucking classless koreans

>>8456349
I have a bunch of korean friends who i kinda don't talk to anymore because koreans are classless pieces of shits. Racists, bigots, fake as fuck, shit drivers, no shame having chinkz, backstabbers, money, money, money, and money.

Used to hate going out somewhere with them. I would dress up for the ocassion all nice and shit. The stupid chinkz would go out in flip flops. Fucking pure emberrasment going out with them.

>>8456341
Plz be fake

Never bought a Premiere pass before. I'm considering buying one for next year since it will be their 25th anniversary and I have a feeling it will be something big. Is $350 worth it?

I heard there was someone dressed up as a Nazi SS officer with swastika armband doing salutes and stupid shit at AX.

>>8456260
$22 Char's Zaku IIs HG (Origin ver.)
$23 Imported Japanese Gunpla magazine
$13 dollar poster print of a qt Chun Li

>60$ Mugs and Cups
I knew I forgot something I wanted, fuck.

>>8456202
Best wasn't really mine, but it was something a friend got as a thank you for me letting park their car at my house. A RG GP-01 Full Burnern model. Cost $25 which was normal for the hit.

Worse: Char's Zaku, but only because I over paid. Normal online price is about $16-17

I want to fuck a cute cosplay girl while being fucked by a hot cosplay boy
>tfw too beta to talk to people

I'm super surprised on how little con roaming I did this year. This was due to me being put on staff for live events but the con actually had me putting on the shows as opposed to just simply sitting back and helping out.

Day 1
>Walked around as Uncle Chan and acted like a grumpy asshole
>Worked the LCS Roast, LCS Workshop and LCS Auditions in near back to back sessions so I wasn't able to eat till late.
>Crashed early

Day 2
>Dressed up as Teddie and hung out with the Rise cosplayer at Atlus's booth
>Played a lot of Dancing All Night and got hooked on it
>Did ok at LCS. More still surprised I made it over a lot of the Veterans this year. Happy that Soap won again

Day 3
>Opted out from Cosplaying as Rohan and going to the Jojo gathering to save my energy
>Spent the day dressed as Dean Ambrose and playing Dancing All Night due to the non-existent line
>CWF was super hype this time. Highlights include A Pimp Named Slickback entering as well as Yami Yugi stepping on a Little Mac Amibo to get a crowd reaction.

Con was good to me and I'm looking forward to going back

>>8456173
Postal Dude reporting in

I get conflicting feelings about AX ending. I get the post-con blues, it's nice to see old friends, meet new people, and just have a bunch of exhausting fun. Then it ends and I everything goes back.
On the positive side, all these weebs leave LA and I can go back to my regular sushi place in Little Toyko without it being swamped.

Still, looking forward to next year. Will definitely cosplay next time.

This was the first time I ever wanted a convention to end faster.

Also reminded me of why I never "worked" a convention in any capacity before.

>>8456301
Shit tier waifu

Also
>that shine
Looks bootleg as fuck, you should check it out

>>8456561
>Regular sushi joint
Wait, is this Kula?

>>8456408
Knowing SPJA, they'll hype it as something huge and under deliver. Check their 20 anniversary ordeal.

>>8456408
Fuck no.
I used to buy premiere passes when it was $125.
They raised it to $225 and that was pushing the upper limits of what i would consider buying and I would no longer buy it if they went any further.
$350 this year is jewing the fuck out of everyone. With the new Eventbrite system registration lines have been fixed so the only thing youre missing out on is front of the line for panels.

>>8456417
There was last year too. some people have no idea of too far.

>>8456202
Best: Shirokuma Cafe teapot. i'm 100% about that anime and 400% about delicious tea so it was a fuckin gem
Worst: postcard set from artist alley. I thought it had more cards but it was like 4 for 25$. wtf

>>8456417
Le Hitler did nothing wrong XD
He thought he was witty for that costume.

Was that Touhou flask booth there? I didn't get to explore all of the exhibit hall this year

The party at the Westin was crazy

They had some weeaboo black magic initiation shit going on
They made me get on my knees, take off my shirt, stamped my chest, poured liquor down my throat, then sprayed me with something.
Shit was pretty cool

I got baptized by some shirtless black priest then Beanie-kun wanted to see my dick

I woke up my gay friend at like 5am after the party shouting "DUDE, YOU COULD'VE BEEN GETTING YOUR ASS RAVAGED BY BEANIE-KUN RIGHT NOW"

>>8456845
I enjoyed all the parties. But swimming was the best. Partying with Makoto lol

I finally got home, and I'm so excited to tell you guys about my time at AX and I have so many bitchin cosplay photos to upload. But I'm going to be very awesome and upload them to my computer first and not from my phone so they're not horizontal. I had post con blues when I had to step onto the subway platform and watched the convention center pass me by. I was on a train full of normal people again and it felt awful.

I'll post after I get home from work. I have so many fun stories! Until then .

Getting grabbed on my hot asian males with glasses... it's all of my dreams coming true. But all of us too beta to ask for more lmao.

What a weekend! Flew by way faster than I expected and I barely saw half of the people I normally do.

-Room mates were awesome as always
-Kill la Kill event was fucking great and making new VA friends was super chill.
-Hung out at the Skullgirls Booth pretty much each day for a bit. All challenges and matches both singles and sets were won. My Reign is protected yet again.
-Beowulf cosplay was a huge success.
-Masquerade Judging was a really fun experience and I really enjoyed it. Seeing all these talented people was astounding and the A-game was really strong!
-Now to wait for SDCC.

If peeps got issues about the Masquerade, I'd love to hear them. I know some people are upset about some of the technical issues as well as the results.

>>8456417
I saw the Yaoi Nazi. He had a red thing on his arm but it said yaoi and his hat had a dick pin in the middle of it instead of an egeal. And when he hailed he would pop a leg and do a limp wrist.
Uh, don't know if that's any less offensive, but at least he wasn't some biggot ruining it for the kiddos.

AA also got a boost in price. $350. Not sure if I should get one since they are moving it to Kentia with more tables. Don't know if having more tables and new location would hurt sales.

>>8456202

>live in Hawaii
>now I have to bring back my purchases

Don't get me started.

Can anyone confirm whether or not this tumblrina maced someone?

>>8456878
Heard that shit hit the fan when the results were misread and awards and prizes went to the wrong people (upwards to $8000 technically went to the wrong people.)

Understandably, some people are really butt hurt over it because money.

Lots of sad feelings over it ending BUT we did make one handy discovery in literally the last hour that I'm gonna share with y'all:

All the other ATMs had huge slow lines and some actually ran out of cash I think.... But if you go down the stairs from South Lobby into Homestuck Hell (you know the area), then head left and left again, there's an ATM that was largely ignored and had no line. Probably because everyone who hangs out down there is too young to have a bank account.

>>8456925
And you wouldn't be?

>>8456878
Biggest issue with Masquerade Scoring:

From what I was told, Judges were supposed to judge by class. IE: Novice vs Novice, Masters vs Masters, etc.
So a 50 in Novice doesn't equal a 50 in masters. This was apparently said by the person running the masquerade in the post meeting.
However, it's judges by straight scoring which means a novice 50 is equal to a masters 50 in scoring.
An Intermediate won over the two winners of the masters class, and were never judges to the same level as theme because they were an intermediate.
So basically, if they keep the same system there is no reason anyone would ever want to join as a master because it basically means that you've done nothing but made your path harder. TBH, I'm impressed two masters were able to break the to 3 with that scoring system. It severely favors novice and intermediate entries.

Second Place and Third place got hosed. They should have both been moved up.

>>8456729
Nah, I'm not Kula. Just some random LA seagull.

>>8456922
Wow, she actually smiled? I saw this girl walking around and was blown away by how ridiculously bad the outfit was (wig looked like a crow tried to nest in it), but also that she had a facial expression like she hated life and reality itself.

>>8456202
best purchase: utena figure
worst: also the utena figure because my wallet promptly got kill after that

>>8456934
Still not sure if that was supposed to be some sort of deliberately bad joke costume. It looked like she pulled all the items out of a dumpster and then rubbed Crisco into her wig after letting it run through a regular cycle in a clothes dryer.

best purchase 98$ stocking fig
bad purchase none so far
also any news on mace chan?

Did anyone see this cute asian Yukiko cosplayer walking around? Anyone know who she is or got pics?

>>8456922
Don't know about that, but she apparently did this.

What a piece of shit.

>>8456408
No, just drag a disabled person with you and reap the same line cutting benefits.
>arigato grandma-san

I wanna be con buddies with the Kongo I hung out with but I'd understand if you don't want to. I honestly just mostly want a person to cosplay with.

I'm pretty sure you know who I am.

>>8456932
Let me explain this and I hope it makes a bit of sense.

When it came to the class judging, of course each class was against themselves. Nov v. Nov, Int v. Int, Mast v. Mast.

When it came to Best in Show SPECIFICALLY, that award became something that ANYONE could earn based on the quality of their craftsmanship and performance. It would be unfair in theory that only those in the Masters class who are supposedly more skilled than Intermediates and novices be the ones who would earn the Best in Show awards. At the end of the day, an intermediate or novice could have (and some did) executed their costumes and/or performances far better than a master competitor could. Some of the master performances were really good! Some of the Novice and Intermediate performances were ALSO really good!

As far as there being an advantage, I do not believe there is one. If you're a novice and your work is immaculate while a master's or intermediate's shows some lack of forethought, creativity, or work, why shouldn't the Novice be rewarded for their skill? (There were a few of the Novice performances that were far better synced and executed than some of the masters) Best in show is Best in show. While I wasn't too fond of a simple streamline tallying system, the teams that won deserved what they got.

>>8456925
I was aware of some misreading after the fact but I was not witness to the correction during the wrap up as I had to leave. I just knew of it.

>>8456208
Why is car inoperable?

>>8456983
So as a Judge, you believe that overall, the Best in show had the best costume and performance combined?

That their craftsmanship and skit combined was the best that masquerade had to offer?

Regardless of the Scoring System, if you watched all of those entries. You would have chosen the same person to win the top award?

>>8456989
Yes. Craftsmanship, creativity, and work was fantastic. The performance was clever and fun and extremely engaging.

>>8456202
>best purchase
Aza cosplay books

>Worst purchase
Kill La Kill Keyframe books

>>8456263
>>8456301
That's a $12 Sega prize figure. $40 is a ripoff for a basic prize figure, which conventions are full of. At least that price is close to average for a nendoroid.

>Go to room party at JW hosted by a friend
>"Hey anon, can I use your bathroom?"
>Proceed to take mega dump
>Toilet suddenly doesn't flush properly
>Clean self up
>Slowly exit bathroom and hotel while no one was looking and getting drunk

>>8456995
You never addressed the system being unfair in that a 50 in novice was /not/ supposed to equal a 50 in masters. Regardless of explanation, if they are at their base not equal yet are judged in the end on equal grounds. Regardless of who gets the advantage, it is not an equal system.

Other than that, you're a judge. I wasn't. Just in the audience and say the costumes after (Not to the level you did, I'm sure.) But when the bes tin show is wearing street shoes with their costume while third place crafted their own footgear to batch their costumes and you say the craftsmanship of the winner was immaculate? It seems odd to me.

But again judging is subjective. I'm not saying you're wrong. Not a judge.

SDCC has Gaslamp District for their after hour activities. Why not make Little Tokyo AX's go to spot for after hour stuff when the exhibit hall closes for the day.

>>8457015
Yeah, I'm surprised the gundam suit didn't even place anywhere.

>>8457019
Would take time, money and effort to coordinate something like that. Really AX needs to do is return to 09' quality of after hour events. But we all know they are too jewsish to get the needed people for any sort of after hour stuff. We got somewhat lucky with the late night shows at some of the hotels this year. It's a nice addtion but we need more of a nightlife for AX to be completely based again.

>>8457025
Any pic of that?

>There are Seagulls who thought this year sucked

You sandy vaginas will complain about anything.

>>8457025
The gundam suit was really impressive, but there were a LOT of things on the inside that weren't up to snuff. The performance was funny, but most of what the mech did on stage was very minimal and it was the audio that carried most of the performance. I've seen people do much more animated mech performances. But that was my personal view on the matter.

>>8457015
I can understand that. I guess that saying "a 50 in novice is not a 50 in masters" is definitely the wrong way to word something when everyone is competing for best in show. Again, the rubric is going to be changed for next year and the judges are being consulted on it, so hopefully we can have something that is far more fair for everyone. There were a lot of issues with the grading rubric that I was not happy with and it made judging really upsetting at times because walk ons got shafted hard for it.

As far as shoes and such go, we judged on what was presented to us and what was made. But yeah, judging is subjective, and my opinions differ from that of my fellow judges as well. :0 Them's the dice.

The staff this year was definitely an improvement over the past two years.

I only got to go for a few hours on Friday and Saturday, but at least I got to attend the Daisuke Ishiwatari panel, which was absolutely worth it.

I'm still kinda bugged about the abundance of non-anime and video game stuff at AX, though. I understand they're trying to appeal to more people, but if I wanted to go to Comic-Con, I would go to Comic-Con.

Mega64 and Ryukishi panels were great. My roommates were pretty shitty. I'd definitely like to go next year but I would want a new group of people to room and hang out with.

Fun first time at AX
<3 roomie
Nice meeting you all on Thurs/sat
Thx for letting me play with your hat beanie and your kigurumi elephant anon ~

>>8457082
yes! The Ryukishi panel was great, I can't believe I got to actually meet him. Umineko is my fav series! <3

He hinted at making a third installment! omg!

>>8456972
It was a lot of fun hanging out I got a little too drunk sorry Haha if my job situation keeps up i will travel to another con to hang out again

You guys are crazy if you're not going to spend $350 for a Premiere pass. The same Premiere pass that will let you have first shot at reserving rooms before anyone else. That to me is worth the money.

>>8457096
>live 10 minutes from the convention center

>>8457096
>booking your own room
>not just having an autistic friend who has 3 computers constantly refreshing the hotel sites

>>8456845
That was the Pokemon Men, they make every con worth it.

>>8457096
>nit just booking a room in advance like everyone does

Fuck off shill

>>8457123
why would you need 3 computers just to do that?

>>8457095

Give me a way to contact you or something I suck at faces. I go to a few cons a year and yeah usually get shitfaced too

>>8456208
Can we hang out next year? You can buy me stuff, desu!~

>>8457141
autism?

>>8457157
i dont think autism is the right word for that

Anyone else feel that the pc gaming setup was pointless? I mean I know you're a jew marc but.. Why tell me stay logged into steam and have no internet access?... I know damn well you could get a deal too.

It sounds like people had a good time at AX this year. Nice to hear since years past have been plagued by horror stories.


Is there a /cgl/ meetup for Otakon planned?

>>8456845
So that's why my friends on facebook were posting pictures of their stamped tits.

>>8457171
Was a really good year this year, didn't even party, and was still a pretty good time.
Drinking alone doesn't make me a sad alcoholic though. Right?

>>8456933
Kula is the name of a sushi joint in LT
I guess he was asking what your regular sushi spot is

wait does beanie have a boyfriend? there was a guy cuddling him a lot one night but he walked away after a few seconds when other people did it

>>8457191

The drinking alone is bad...
but not partying in the jw pool playing with balls with all the cute boyz and autistic fitizens is sadder.. I drink alot and get stupid drunk . I felt I was gonna drown but scratching up that fitizens chest while lifting his ass to get him floating on the shark was great lmao >mfw
I'm not sure if I have that terminal autism.

>>8457224
With these typing errors tho I just might

>>8457223
No, that guy was an anon who was at the meet up, and he was really sweet. Most of the other people who did that were randoms.

>>8457151
You should have my phone number just shoot me a text some time

>>8456986
The bumper is picking up drag in the wind and will get deformed. The brakes are fucked and driving on them is a hazard.

>>8457252
Heavy duty zipties for everyone who has bumper problems.

>>8457268
The brake rotors are still really bad.
Which is fucked considering my car has less than 20k miles on it.

>>8457224
Oh was it at the JW?
I was roomed at the Weston, I missed that one, the JW was always packed and I think there was a party I knew about at it, a friend of mine went but he said it was invite only. (night 3)
Even if I was down to go it'd be a bit of tough luck.

Anyone see Jnig? Any stories/gossip of what she did at AX this year

>>8457289
literally she rode my dick all night tbh

>>8457276
I didn't get to go to any westin parties feels bad but at least I got to mess with all the cute free! cosplayers and it was okay because I was "drunk" (I love being a girl sometimes) But how were the other parties?
>>mfw captcha asks me to choose all drinks I'm so over that shit.

>>8457211
Ah. Thanks for info. Nah, I go to Sushi and Teri. At least I think that's the name.

Just came back from having lunch. Much calmer now that the expo is done. Still a few stragglers and a few that I over heard talking about SDCC.

>>8457276
Also holy fuck that hot as fuck panty... muh fem boner....

>>8457115
Definitely something good. I live about 10-15 away. Best thing about being a local is knowing all the parking spots that charge 5-10 dollars and are a short walk from the LACC.

>>8456341
Same case for me.
>Sitting outside microsoft theater looking for the IA/Wagakki line cause I was dumb
>Chick comes up to me and asks if I know where the line is
>Say no, but she continues making small talk with me and offers me to go get some food with her
>Refuse cause I wasn't hungry
>End up realizing a few minutes later that she probably just wanted to hang with me.

>>8456983
Correction? There wasn't one - that's the biggest issue. Instead, a post is going around saying that Masquerade couldn't do something about it and is telling everyone to "Let it go".

Pretty much I heard many of the master class cosplayers are quitting entering AX Masquerade over this.

>>8457327
In know a place with 24 hour parking at a max of 16 a night. By the westin... but not sure if that is a deal. Also I'm no local but I am a jew when it comes to 45 bucks a night at the JW

>>8457338
I was staying at the miyako and the parking there was 22 a day, while not even a few feet past it the little tokyo mall parking cost 40 for the full 4 days.

>>8457301
>>8457307
I haven't cosplayed in years, I wish I had enough time to actually have made one this year, I should have even tried to just pull a shitty closet cosplay or something. I'll be honest though I have never been to a con party at all, those two reasons are probably my problem.
I must have missed the Panty you are talking about Panty is almost always good tier and up, I also keep forgetting the gender ratio on this board, its pretty pleasant.

>>8457332
That's a darn shame. I would want to hear it straight from the source though. As far as masters not wanting to participate anymore, That's a darn shame to hear but hopefully they come back and try again

>>8457338
Overnight? If so, that's pretty fair. Especially with the expo going on.
>>8457344
Yeah, it's kinda weird like that here. Well probably in most cities. 40 for all 4 days is a fucking deal. Did it include overnight?

>>8457332
FYI - I know some of the Master's Class who won two awards. They feel /extremely/ guilty that they won twice while some didn't win once. They would give up the class award in a heartbeat. I know they're not the type to ever complain, and are fine with how everything went down (Or at least aren't saying anything).

Just comes down to the con didn't seem to want to fix it at that point I guess?

Does anyone have pics from the fashion walk hosted by junnyan?

>mfw the Fakku booth line the entire fucking con

I finally got inside once after the exhibit hall closed. Their merch didn't seem like a really big deal to me?

>>8457349
I am the creepiest chick you'll meet. Holy shit I have no idea what her name was but I know she was a cop panty and she was at the pool party and I told her to drink with me//invited her to my room
>>(spoilers:nothing happened with that) >>(spoilers:lucky her...) I'm not usually attracted to other women but if they all looked like those top tier panty cosplayers... Geez I am a creep

>>8457356
yup. spots were a tight squeeze tho, even for my Fit

>>8456526
>Day 1
>Walked around as Uncle Chan and acted like a grumpy asshole

I think I saw you. Were you at the will call ticket line around 11am on day 1?
If that was you, good shit! You're still way too young looking, but I got the reference instantly.

>>8456995
Shitty judges are always going to be shitty.

>>8457356
It was a fantastic deal imo because within walking distance of the con and by a shuttle service if needed. I miss the con vibe but I won't have con depression if I listen to a fuck ton of weeb music

>>8457383
Well I'm sure with you it'd be less creepy, if It was myself I'm sure I'd be shamed out of existence.

>>8457382

They had exclusives for most of the weekend (until they sold out of course), and they were hosting h-manga arist Bosshi for autographs at the booth Friday/Sat who was selling an exclusive doujin he had created for AX.

It was the first booth I hit up Fri/Sat, and I had him sign two of the posters I had purchased. He's one of my favorite artists, so the wait was well worth it for me.

>>8457401
It's the double standards of our society anon. I feel especially creepy because the men are usually under 21...
I'm 25

>>8457392
Can't please everyone.

>>8457358
Who knows, and as I said, hopefully it's something corrected for the future.

>>8457385
>>8457399
Good job amigos. For some reason I love hearing about folks that get good deals in my hometown during AX week.
I think since I'm a local I know most of the regular prices for these places. Although, yeah, it's a business but it's fucking terrible how much some places charge.

>>8457407
I envy the female gulls sometimes. As a male, there are times were I feel ashamed just asking for a photo.

Damn it, I'm not asking to touch them, or even take a photo with them, I just enjoy the craft and love seeing good work.

>>8457414
I am from San Francisco so I know all about places gouging you with parking. Here is something you should think about and it will make you even madder. How much do you think they make with the taxes alone for their business... or from people buying shit... and they have the gull to charge for parking man fuck cities sometimes

>>8457407
I mean it's fine I just cant really get away with it so I just have to be extra cautious about it. Especially since I'll be turning 26 in not too long. Not that that is really that old, just older guys hanging around the younger crowd sets off some bells for some people.

>>8457425
World trigger//josh or whoever the fuck you are you cute fucking glasses wearing fuck I wanted to do such fucking lewd things to you.. but I'm way to beta to press it.. being a girl is even creepier if you think about it anon. I mean my creepy leg beard,sweaty palmed ass,could scare anyone away.
Captcha sushi isn't cake

>>8456959
fuck you anon I'm laughing so hard at work now

>>8457410
Maybe, but i don't think so. The rules are now cloudy, and flexible. As my dm says, if you dont follow the rules, the game has no meaning.
in this case there's also the matter of a few thousand dollars.
You kind of knew this would happen, right? you didn't comment with "whoa whats all this about the masq blah blah or something" you were genuinely concerned with the reaction, which i commend you for.
but i don't think those craftsman and hobbyists are wrong in their decision not to participate again. Burning bridges with the community isn't anything new i guess.

>>8457447
Mfw I like the try guys but they don't belong at Anime Expo and I still mad

>>8457435
>tfw 24 and look 18
Feels good man B)

>>8457447
of course. And everything gets dicey with money on the line. I do sincerely hope that we can tune things up for the future. only time will tell.

>>8457358
>>8457353

When AX Dance screwed up the J-Pop Dance Battle results last year, they put out a public apology for it to everyone.

If there was a screw-up in the results announcement, a public apology from AX Masquerade is the least they could do, honestly.

>>8457444
I guess it could easily be a case of "The grass is green".
At least it's a shared experience anon. Such is life. We are all somewhat iffy and then we get old.
Might as well enjoy it as much as we can.

I never found the person with the shiny nipple at the westin bonaventure :(

>>8457460
me too.

and I'm biased i know, i loved that gundam. this is why ill never compete, i'd have turned 5 and stole someones trophy.

>>8457459
>Look younger if I shave
>Look like a shittier Johnny Depp if I don't
>Forgot razor for the con
Well fuck.

>>8457459
>Tfw 25 and look 25
But I squad with cute grills to compensate, so it's okay.

>>8457466
Who? I don't remember anyone like this

>>8457460

I was a contestant (Not going to say who) and if you seriously want feedback, here it is:

1. An immediate scoring system does NOT work for craftsmanship. It has a hard ceiling that judges don't know when to hit. What if the first costume that comes in you believe deserves 50s, but then the next one is twice as good? Nowhere to go. Instead: You should do all judging, then have a judge meeting BEFORE the masquerade to score all craftsmanship having seen it all, and judging all classes on the SAME SCALE. (IE: If the best novice gets a 25, it doesn't matter. They were still the best novice. Doesn't matter if a master got 50. It should all be scored evenly.). This allows judging to still be prompt, as the crafting decisions are made before the event, however it gives a much more fair result.

2. Skit judging? Probably as you have it. If it's slightly unfair, oh well. I understand the need for promptness. But judges should be allowed to alter past skits if something absolutely wows them that comes later (Not saying they couldn't just made a note).

3. After all is said and done. There should be one last 1-10 score. Basically a Judge Alteraiton. If they feel one group was absolutely blew them away and their scores don't reflect that in context of everything written before, they can award them ten. If they feel they had good scores but it just didn't add up right, they can give them a 1. Basically it allows judges to throw in a little hindsight bias to the whole thing without taking a lot of time (Which I think is a good thing).

If you did these three things, I believe the system would work out really well.

>>8457304
Sushi Teri is pretty good for cheap sushi. Haven't been there in a while. Would want to venture back there again.

>>8457295
dan pls

>>8457383
oh god, i think you hung out with a friend of mine

>>8457489
I been going there for around 3 years. Cheap, delicious, and for me it's nearby. Would recommend, and always take friends when they come to LA for a visit.

>>8457500
Is the same chef there?

>>8457484
As a judge I personally prefer the idea of coming to judging conclusions after seeing all entries (especially for performance). I prefer taking notes and discussing the aspects of each performance in greater detail after the fact. And the same went for craftsmanship judging.

I agree with your example of the ceiling. As far as this contest went, it really didn't fall on that though. very few entries came in with 10s across the board. I think only 1 or 2 people at most from all the judging had received perfect scores from me at the very least. And also, do not forget that between the 4 judges our decisions were averaged out and then applied.

Either way, the system should have some change/tweaking to it so it's more fair.

>>8457506
Yeah, as far as I know, it's been the same gentleman as the head chef.
Well on the days I go which is every sun or mon, I see the same guy.

>>8457444
Hey I believe in you, fujo-chan. I believe in all of us. We're all gonna make it, sistah.

>>8457476
I posted on the Saturday thread looking for someone to hang out with at the party and someone replied that they were near the bright nipple. The closest thing I could find was the spot near the hookah yet when I asked around no one even knew about this board.

>>8457513
Oh OK. So it's just you go there or sort of a group?

>>8456189
i love you alex

>>8457498
Very likely I spilled spaghetti all over the place. Holy shit my spaghetti spilling could solve world hunger.

>>8457469
Holy shit I've been laughing for like fifteen minutes at this gif

>>8456922
thats fucking disgusting oh my god.

>>8457465
Maybe at Ax next year we can have a meetup at the jw pool... and share terminal autism feelzzz

>>8457171
/cgl/ usually always meet for Otakon
And it's pretty fucking great, better than AX I'd say

How many of you losers got friend zoned at AX?

>>8457484
To be fair to Maguma, the scoring system was not designed by him. As a judge he has to follow the guidelines the coordinator sets out for him, and I'm sure he did what he could with that system.

And to be fair to the coordinator, I suspect this scoring system was put in place because people higher than her seem to have made it their mission to make the Masquerade as short as possible. I have heard more than once about how the judges get rushed during deliberations, and sometimes they make split-second decisions they regret later. No one makes their best decisions on the spur of the moment, yet AX expects it. I mean, would those three double awards this year have happened if they had a couple minutes to think about what they were doing? So I can understand why a scoring system was put in place. Doesn't mean I agree with it. I've been cosplaying competitively for a very long time and my closest friends have as well, and I do not know one single person who likes a judging system based solely on numerical scores.

Sure, continue using scoring sheets, but as reference only. But what is probably most important is to get it across the higher-ups on AX staff that it is important to give judges time to think after they have seen everything.

>>8457556
I've been to SDCC's Masquerade for years. The one major difference in judging systems between AX and SDCC is that SDCC is willing to give time to the judges to make their deliberations no matter how long it takes. SDCC's Masquerade has ended at 12am or even later at times because of that.

Of course, AX will never be able to do that because LOL money involved in renting Microsoft Theater.

>>8457562
I have never heard anything good from SDCC Judging over the past few years, then again, I've not competed there either. But Also the Microsoft theater was not used for the Masquerade. It was held within the convention center and if we had STILL gone over time, it would have cost the con more money.

> $350 Premiere Passes sold out already

Ahahaha

>>8457622
Don't worry, they'll mess up the premier pass again and have another sale

>>8457622
How many do they sale each year? 300? 500?

>>8457565
I have never heard anything good about contest judges period FTFY

>>8457628
Wow, $350 passes. Way to be FAR more expensive then any con out there.

Finally home after a 5 hour drive. Going to post a few of the photos I took this weekend, though I'm sure most have already been posted in much better quality.

>>8457622
All those people getting Jew'd.

Is it better to buy a regular 4-day pass now or wait for the black friday deal?
I think last year's black friday deal was $49 and the passes are $50 now so there's not much difference that I can see.

Posting these in order taken by the way, so these first few were Day 1

>>8457672
$55 now

Don't know if that girl in the back was mid-sneeze or not, but it's background stuff like that that makes this fun.

Does anyone know the number for con security? I was about 15 minutes late to bag check on Day 4 and I was told my con security that my bag would be moved to Lost and Found and they told me to call them. I've called them a few times today and they said that they've went through everything and they have received no bags, and I emailed Anime Expo and they haven't replied. What do. My camera was in there.

>>8457666

>>8457523
I usually go with my younger brother, something we do to share time and such.
If I go on a Monday it's usually alone just to have a relaxing meal. Like today, needed to unwind from the AX rush.

>>8457687

this is so close to being good, but somehow still missed the mark.

> guy not shaved
> girl doesn't have any idea how to draw stars

This was one of the best groups I saw during the con. Really impressed with that Meow and Gel

>>8457555
I only put myself out there once this con and regretted so nothing knew. I thought I had a chance this time tho...

>>8457694
They were great, must've been dying in those costumes though.

>>8457694
Holy shit that Dr. Gel

There was a buttload of Steven Universe at this con, I think it finally usurped Adventure Time in numbers

>>8457538
Sure. I'll do my best to make it there, I missed out this year sadly. I would gladly keep you company.
Sometimes it's nice to just have someone there.

>>8456526
>CWF was super hype this time. Highlights include A Pimp Named Slickback entering as well as Yami Yugi stepping on a Little Mac Amibo to get a crowd reaction.

THAT MONSTER

>>8457693
The guy probably did shave. I wouldn't be surprised if he was like me, thick facial hair that leaves near stubble even with a nice close shave.
It sucks.

Chica a cute

>>8457705
I loved playing ball with people so it would be super chill imo. Also the boyfriend doesn't enjoy swimming or playing with balls :^)

>>8457704

Seriously. There was a LOT.

Who else fucked that blue haired Mexican girl at the Westin?

If you're going to do a Weevil cosplay, please, I don't care if they're genuine or photocopied, bring some Exodia cards so I can take a picture of you throwing them off a railing.

>>8457712

no excuse, make up covers that.

Had to snipe the Dead Moon trio while waiting for tickets. Wish I had a better photo chance, but at least I got this one.

>>8457096
>Booking hotels through AX
why the fuck would you want to do that

Only found one One Punch-Man cosplayer the entire convention, which I'm sure will change when the anime comes out next year.

>>8457720
was she with the pink haired girl?

>>8457718
>boyfriend doesn't enjoy swimming or playing with balls :^)
That's a shame, on both parts. It all seemed like fun. Was the pool full?
So far all I heard about the parties were that they were a blast to be at.

Still disappointed I worked on AX weekend.

Also, pools. Can't swim very well, but I do enjoy waddling about at least for a bit.

>>8456260
95$
>60 in alpaca plushes
>20 in tribbles
>15 in art
Not bad, best hall in a long while.
Best: free art director autograph that adds to my weeby collection.
Worst: I intend to appease small children with alpaca plushes so they don't ruin my nice large ones... all this so I can have nice things.

Where are all the cosplay pics? Don't hold out on us.

>>8457749
I saw 2 different Saitamas, wish I had seen a Genos though!

>>8457749
> which I'm sure will change when the anime comes out next year
does that happen with every series?

>>8457775
Yes. For instance AoT, barely any cosplay of it till the anime came out.

>>8457775

Happens every year that I've seen, at least with series that are marketed heavily. Happened with Attack on Titan, happened with Kill la Kill, and VIZ already snapped up the license to the anime, so you can bet your balls that they're going to milk it for all it's worth.

Also fuck yes, someone did Binbougami

Was there anyone cosplaying Liliruca from Danmachi?

>>8457779
Nooooobody knew about AoT before the anime came out. The first 10 volumes are actually drawn pretty badly. Like the level of what you drew in the side margins of your math test back in high school. It's really the 3D zip lining and crazy flying animation that got people really talking about it.

Goddamn camera focused on the hands, should've told him to pull it back a bit.

That look on Jupiter's face in the back

>These guys serious?

>>8457759
Not sure, but she was chunky.

>>8457459
>Tfw 28 and look 15...
I get carded when I try to buy glue and spraypaint for props, and it's damn annoying but I like the no wrinkles and chubbyish cheeks.
Also I like that no one says I'm too old for cosplay.

Caught this Speedwagon withdrawing cooly from the con. The timing of this photo was beautiful; if you're here guy, thank you for stopping and being a sport!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcuKm9J00mw

How fucking based was Porter though

>>8457813
Never found seagull canti. Fuck.
Got this one though.

Also does anyone know what the fuck where all the people wearing a tv/monitor on their heads?

>all this JoJo
Fucking love me some JoJo.

>>8457817
It was like a live action DJ Sona concert, but better.

>>8457824
Man I saw that same group.

I also took a selfie with a male Mayoi Hachijuki cosplayer with a Bakemonogatari hentai I bought right before.

>>8457825
league peasants pls leave
Anamanaguchi's last song was hype af though

>>8456959
That's why my friends love me. I'm the disabled Terry Bogard from this year, hue

>>8457831
Fuck you too buddy.

>>8457836
I salute you for being so cool.
I saw you on day 3. Didn't get to snap a shot since I was with a group heading to a panel.

UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND

>>8457814
I'm the same as
>>8456532

>>8457840
You replying to the League shit or were you the Hachijuki?

Last year having LoL at the con made the entire right side of the exhibit hall completely packed. Granted this year having Atlus instead didn't make it much better.

>>8457842
Not gonna lie, it was pretty cool getting to front of panels. They even put me in front of the Premier Badges lel.

>>8457850
I take it your not a fan of LoL then.

Where are the Love Live cosplays at?

>>8457849

Nice, it's funny how many people I chatted with turned out to be gulls.

Also it pisses me off that out of every 5 pictures I took, 1 turned out to be out of focus or in poor lighting.

>>8457762
No I get that you know I seriously can't swim for shit but it's fun as hell to splash around all retarded like and we had several lifeguards unofficially on the job. (They were hot as fuck)... Former lifeguards I trust you to save my drunk ass from drowning

>>8457852
It'd be pretty fucked to put handicapped behind the premier badges. With the premier badges being $350 next year I would actually consider breaking a leg or something.
>Find public area with no wet floor sign
>Fall and break leg
>Get handicapped pass and cut lines, buy shitloads of hentai with the payout money from the incident
>>8457858
I don't know but there were literally no Knights of Sidona cosplayers, merchandise, anything. All I found was the manga.

>>8457859
For in-con, I set the AF to AF-S on area mode and center the AF site (assuming you focus your cosplayers in the middle.) Set AE to multi/average.

If you're doing shoots, use a fast aperture like f/2.8 or lower. If you're doing on the go shots of people in the middle of the exhibit hall, use f/4 or f/5.6 with a fast ISO like 800 so you can have some leeway in out-of-focus and still have a fast shutter speed.

>>8457858
I only saw a few, less than 10 the whole con. Sadly no pics.
>>8457852
You enjoy any of the hard to get panels?
>>8457859
>Also it pisses me off that out of every 5 pictures I took, 1 turned out to be out of focus or in poor lighting
That feel man, I'm still working on learning my camera. At least the setting were a bit better than AX14. I butchered so many shots last year.

Also the gulls. I'm surprised how chill many are. I used to be from /a/ prior it becoming so toxic. So much shit from those guys about /cgl/.

>>8457859
Are you the guy who took a pic of me as Nabeshin? Got that on hand?

>>8457131
Pretty cool people
That pink haired chick that was with you was a qt, she looked pretty drunk though.
She just came up to me and grabbed my belt and asked to see my dick and I was like "Whoa, hello there"
I thought you were her bf or something until I think it was Scientist who told me who you were, then I realized she was just being the homie and trying to hook you up or something.

I'm not even Asian tho

>>8457782
My friend told me there was a really good one who was actually the right height/build for her and had a ginormous backpack. Didn't see her personally though.

>>8457876

That was me, all right. Sorry I balked when you asked if I was a gull, got "muh secret club" mentality caught in my throat.

>>8457858
I saw some Wonderful Rush outside the microsoft theater. Most of them probably prepped for the event and meetup though.

HOW THE FUCK DID THAT BUTTERFREE FROM MASQUERADE GET PERFECT 10s IN JUDGING?!

Worst judges ever.

>>8457884
>>implying cgl is any secret worth keeping

>>8457871
Expanding on my previous posts, here's some things to note:
>White balance is CRUCIAL, as soon as you arrive to the con mess around with your WB settings until you're happy. If you go outside, make sure to adjust.
>Remember that longer focal lengths have lower depth of field. If you want to have a nice soft, out of focus effect, use longer lenses. If you want to be able to point and shoot and have a focused photo, use wide angle.
>If you find your exposure settings are usually wrong, a lot of cameras have AE bracketing, which will take 3 photos: one with +1EV, 0EV, and -1EV.
>Carry as little lenses as possible. You'll be carrying them the entire day. You won't need a 10-18mm ultrawide zoom or a 300mm f2.8, just take a wide angle zoom and you'll be good.

I find it funny there are people who do snapshots with Canon 1DX's and 24-70 f2.8's. I bought a Fuji X10 for $150 the day before con and it got me more than fine.

>Ask staff member where a panel is since I can;t find it
>"I'm about to go on my break"
>"You can't even help me real quick?"
>He walks away
>MFW

>>8457892

The same way Gay Fish won best Comedy in the AMV contest.

Yes I Mad

>>8456202
Best purchase: 4 doujins
Worst purchase: Counterfeit Homura fig

I knew it was counterfeit, but bought it anyway since I wanted to bring something back. Was like $15

>>8457896
Anime Expo is very unprofessional and I fucking hate that they claim that they're trained

Anyone here gotten away with fake IDs? From what I've seen it's just looking at the IDs and seeing if they look legit.

>>8457870
The premier badge holders get irritated, but hey, we all get in no matter what. Although I can understand why they get mad, they paid about 4 times the price i paid, lel
>>8457871
I went to Skullgirls and Mega64. Didn't go to many panels this year, wasn't really feeling many of them, due to being behind on anime because of school. I regretted going to Funimation's panel

Who else found Ossan?

>>8457893

4chan in general. And I've met people who turned out to be gulls before, just never asked point blank before.

>People did not know who he was cosplaying

Whelp, I'm officialy old now.

>>8457892
missed it. do you have pics of it?

>all the stories of people having a good time at AX
Always brings a smile to my face. Somewhat hypes me up for next year.
>>8457894
Thanks for the info. I was using a friends NEX-5R, doing the best I could. Mostly auto settings. I have a year to learn how to photo a bit better.
>>8457905
Muh premier. Get rekt. Yeah I heard Funimation has kinda lame. The Mega64 I keep hearing good stuff about.
>>8457907
Holy shit, there was a King Bob cosplayer at AX?

>>8457327
You don't even need to be a local, just patient.

I got $5 parking spots in different lots within 5 min walk from the con Thurs-Sun. I was kinda scared when I had to give them my keys, though. Fucking Murricans

>>8457898
I want to fuck one of these diglettes, but I want him to leave the helmet on.

>>8457907
Welp I be old as fuck now.. 25 and I got nothing but creepier as I aged..

>>8457907
Motherfucking King Bob. IIRC he's supposed to have a unibrow and long sleeves but otherwise 10/10

>>8457914
Mega64 is great, they're entertaining as heck, and know how to deal with weird fans/questions

>>8457905
>skullgirls
SO FUCKING HYPE
Also Alex and Kinuko are both really nice people and I'm glad I'm throwing all of my money at this game. Bought the game on the Indiegogo, bought a commission from him last and this year, got a Big Band poster, Lil Band poster (apparently one of my favorite musicians was working at the Sanshee booth) and a cute Squigly drawing.

>>8457906
I went to the presentation he had, not knowing what the hell it was about, and I swear I thought I was high as fuck. I had no idea what was going on but I was still laughing.

>>8457914
Off-camera flashes are a godsend. Flash gets a bad rep, but point it upwards or to the sides and bounce flash makes everything better. If you get used to it, you can bounce it to the background, giving the photo a facade of ultra high dynamic range.

Is flash photography even allowed in AX?

>>8457824
Seagull Canti here. Sorry you couldn't find me.

One thing that got me was that while at the entertainment hall someone asked if I was from League of Legends. Didn't know how to reply to that.

>>8456202

>Best Purchase

Snagged an american Ike Amiibo on Haggle Day for $20. The dealer had said it arrived late Saturday night,and the box was slightly torn on the side but other than that it was fine. I don't even collect Amiibos (save for Ness and Mega Man, soon to be Lucas) but it was like the stars aligned and it was too good to pass up. There was also a Robin that was in similar shape that a dude snagged as we were talking.

>Worst Purchase

All the goddamn food. Seriously spend more on groceries than in the exhibit hall, which is doubly stupid since I'm going to lift/jog it all off anyway.

I love vendors that get in on the festivities. Linda even did a damn accurate impression when she talked.

>>8457870
>Knights of Sidona
No, I am pretty sure I saw some Knights of Sidonia on day 0 or day 1

my personal cosplay bounty list was complete for the most part, but this year I didn't see any qt Kurumi (DAL) or Katsuragi from Senran Kagura

>>8457929
Hey Canti how'd you do the helmet? I'm thinking of doing Atomsk next year.
>>8457931
Really? I saw none. I also looked all over for a Tsugumori model kit/fig.

Also how sick was that Little Witch Academia booth?

>>8457929
I kept getting called Ash Ketchum or Ken Masters

>>8457933
I think it was a Tanikaze and Shinatose. Would've been fucking hype if there was a Kobayashi or a bunch of Honokas. I didn't get a picture because I was too tired and only had my phone

>>8457934
I want to fug Akko

>>8457934
I missed the LWA2 panel, but the booth was based.
Hopefully we will get an influx of cosplayers for next year.

Looks like I have about 8 or so more photos before I have to do other things.

>>8457933
If you do I'd be down to be Commander Amarao

anyone take any pictures of the bloodborne cosplayer that was acting like one of the psychopath scholars? He was really good talking to him, I expected just rehashed game quotes but the dude knew how to be paranoid and act insane.

He left a bunch of random scraps of paper around that said "Three Third Cords." Thats cool kinda but its borderline giving people trash.

>>8457944

Only found one myself.

>>8457950
Might have been the only one. The quality was really good though. Like LWA booth tier.
>>8457939
>>8457929
>lol
>Ash
Welcome to hell.

Got one with the Boobies servers...

>>8457947
Shiiiit yeah
I'll even bring my scooter

Boy I really liked the Dashcon 2015 booth in the Entertainment Hall

I'm going to say about 90% of the photos I took are from League. Should I post them here in case people are looking to see if they got their pics taken in the AX thread, or go to the LoL thread and post there? Either way, I have fun stories to share as I post mah photos.

Story Number One. We were sitting outside the Karakoe rooms when this girl started to sing. We thought it was the CD, nope, it was her. When we peeked into the room, I thought it was very cool she decided to cosplay someone who actual has singing ability. Shit was legit.

>>8457460
Yeah, only time will tell. It's not your fault.

I bet time can even heal that deep ass gash the masquerade staff gave all those guys when they made that $6000+ mistake.

It's like saying thank you for spending all of that time and money but we accidentally gave two awards to someone who may have spent less time and money while you get nothing but our sorrys. You can let that go right?

>>8457963

And had to take a "Boobies selfie" with Dandy as well.

>>8457933
I used the same material as the rest of the body, EVA foam mats. Cut them into pieces and held them together with DAP contact cement. I used an old bicycle helmet to hold to my head. Visor was made out of PETG plastic sheet.

I'm also planning on doing Atomsk. Premier is too expensive next year so I'm probably going to hang around the lobby more. Hope to see you then.

anyone else lose their anal virginity this con

>>8457894
For white balance I'd recommend just shooting in auto wb or whatever really, but shoot raw and adjust later in post if necessary. Lightroom makes it really easy to make mass adjustments for sets.

I'm sad I didn't get the pit tickets for wagakki, the crowd in the front were really hype.

>>8457975
No
But do tell

>>8457976
Yeah editing with RAW is really preferable, but I assumed the majority of photos were people shooting quick snapshots in JPG.
I was using JPG since I was uploading photos to my blog with an Eyefi SD card, but any other time I'd use RAW.
Editing in Lightroom is surprisingly easy.

>>8457973
Thanks for the tip, I'll probably start early as it'll be my first cosplay.
If we meet again we must make hot robot love.

Bill seriously tried to get on the escalator like that.

Staffer got the biggest "Oh HELL no" look in his face

>>8457896
I asked around for LP6 because I forgot my booklet and they stopped using guidebook for no good reason at all (probably being cheap).

Asked like 6 red vest staffers and the only place that had anyone that knew anything at all were the guys in the info/lost and found room.

Never forgetting that booklet ever again.

Was the guy who drove the Slingshot a con-goer? I swear I saw a badge around his neck.

>>8457896
>Can you please tell me where ANY room is?
>Hehehe, it's my 4th day. I don't know where anything is.

AX was bittersweet for me, seemed like less quality and quantity of cosplay. way too many normal people and overdone costumes. only picked up a shirt from aa and a doujin from dealers.

The panels i attended were great (Trigger, Dooger, Momotan, fakku q&a, Ayako Kawasumi and project h room [oh god])

mfw i didn't see any kuroneko, akame or yuru yuri cosplayers

Last pic for now, just a photo at the Wakfu booth after winning a raffle prize. Everyone kept getting serious pictures with the girls so I suggested "just have fun with this one". Why am I only photogenic when I'm dicking around?

Thanks everyone and anyone here who I took pictures of for making this such a fun photo safari; looking forward to seeing what you come as next year. I'll try to be back later with a few more photos but that was pretty much the cream of the crop.

She was a qt and I was really happy to get more Digimon.

>>8458003
Okay but how funny was Toshio Maeda.

>>8458003
>no yuru yuri
i saw a few

>>8457881
She wasn't trying to hook me up, she legitimately wanted to see your dick. We're #dicksquad. And yes, she was drunk.

>>8458003
I wish I saw some Kuroneko cosplay.

Can anyone explain the large amount of Homestuck cosplay?

>>8457968
Might as well post them here.

I posted this morning but deleted it after I read it over, but after 12 hours sleep hope I make more sense.

Day 3
>somehow not hungover when I wake up
>go back to con but leave to get liquor
>got sold a cheap saturday badge while filling my flask
>meet some seagulls for delicious boba tea
>wander through exhibit hall together
>don't buy anything but have fun talking to people and getting introduced
>see grills from school that like me
>her bf is crossplaying miku
>get food, try to charge phone
>meet seagulls again
>have fun talking I actually think this is the time I spilled on my shirt
>focusing on not spilling spaghetti with qt blond staffer
>get backup from people who want to go to Bosshi & Toshio Maeda panel or help me
>group gets in line while I look for her
>Find her and she's excited to see me too
>my cool staffer friends are manning the line and giving out wristbands
>flirt with her while I put on her wristband
>someone asks us if she's 'the girl' and she looks to me confused
>quickly change the subject
>panel was actually pretty good and Q&A is borderline hilarity
>enough spaghetti spilled to open a chain of italian restaurants
>she's a bit uncomfortable which is weird because it was her idea
>but still laughing and having fun
>we brainstorm after what to do
>I want to party at weston but she wants to go to AX dance
>phone dying but a cool seagull loans me their energy bank
>we get in line together
>a guy and girl from the group find us in line
>drink then go into dance together
>bring group to center and dance for a bit
>lean in to ask her to dance on me
>gently pull her in front of me
>she squirms and pushes me away saying she doesn't want to
>pain and rejection but not really surprised
>lean back in and tell her it doesn't matter as long as she is having a good time
>she gets lost once and finds us but I lose her again while I'm dancing
>look for her till she sends me longest text of my life at 140

Thanks everyone tho, I'll post text if anyone wants

>>8458018
autism and anime expo go pretty well together, that's why

also, the panel they had, and meet ups

>>8458007
Caught the end of the Fakku panel and this guy was a hoot! Don't really know him or his work, but his stories are hilarious.

>>8457883
I think that my friend got picture of her

Is this it

>>8458018
>Can anyone explain the large amount of Homestuck cosplay?
some things exceed explanations, anon.
>>8458025
Basically he's the main reason why tentacle rape is such a huge genre. Jacob from Fakku even explained when he was 13 it was Maeda's works that made him into hentai.

Me and my friend got drunk as shit drinking vodka out of NOS cans before the panel and were arguing about yuri > yaoi and whether or not if the Pope has seen Mean Girls.

>>8458030
that's Hachijuki from Monogatari

>>8458030
Oh, she's really good too, but I was referring to a Lili cosplayer from Danmachi.

Broloaf was my first LoL champ on my first day I spotted and he was ironically enough, my last one. We ended up being at the rave at the same time, and he was dancing with his shirt off and fist pumping with his two axes. It was beautiful.

>>8458022
>lean in to ask her to dance on me
>gently pull her in front of me

My Day 3 post is way too long, I'll try to summarize it better. I'm just going to post pictures I took.

>>8458032
Oh, cool. Yeah, my friends were super hype for the panel so now it all makes sense >_>

>>8457051
Odd logic on the shoes. So if I present a jacket that is flawless for a costume but wear pants gloves and shoes from the store that don't fit it's still flawless because I made the jacket? If he was wearing street shoes with an obviously eastern styled costume that is incomplete. Not perfect.

>>8457161
i mean, he did say have an autistic friend do it

>>8458052
Traps are truly a gift on earth... it's like dickgirls irl

>>8458037
>>8458048
Oh whoops i misread your posts

I think this is plugsuit rei, but the number should be 00 instead of 02. They had all this photo equipment set up in this tunnel, I felt seedy walking through here though.