/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Currently sitting in the JW all sad and alone. :(

>>8456100
You haven't gone home?

I just wanted to find a girl who has the same interests as me. Instead, I couldn't talk to anyone and had a miserable time with my shit friends. fml my life

>>8456100
wtf. Dude go home. It over.

>>8456107
>>8456112
Just hanging around til next year.

(I leave first thing in the morning)

Plan to go at the meetup and try to stay longer than possible or even just stay there at all next year. Unsure if I wanna go back as a dealer or go as media.However I'm tired as fuck from packing and comic con coming quick so maybe try to go to a meetup there if possible.

>>8456109
Part of me always hopes for something, but at least I have a good time and snap a few pictures.
Then again, I don't like to bother anyone so it never goes anywhere.
>>8456118
Ah, cool. Have a safe trip.
You enjoy it this year?
>>8456120
>those people going to SDCC in 2 days
Fuck, that's probably tiring, but sounds fun. Never been to Comic Con, doubt I ever will.

>>8456127
I just go there to help sell shit. Staying all day at hall H isn't that appealing and it's too fucking crowded. Speaking of which FUCK YOU ANIME EXPO FOR NOT CLEARING THE PANELS AFTER THE PANELS WERE DONE. TAKE YOUR COMIC CON ORDEAL SHIT OTTA HERE

>>8456127
She looks like Yaya Han's younger niece or her 20 year old secret daughter.

>>8456089
someone please spoon feed me. ive been following AX threads at the con but have no idea what yellow belt is. is it related to the mace incident?

>>8456719
はい、メイスちゃんと黄色いベルト同じです。

>>8456724
ありがとう!

>>8456109
at least you have friends. I don't.

How many post ax threads are you retards going to make? There's like 3-4 up right now

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>>8458471
the other thread hit image limit.
& here's my lili cosplay for that anon

>>8456109
girls are in other places than weeaboo cons, fedora

>>8458591

DON'T CARE

>day0 line con wait time in the negatives
>All you can eat korean BBQ
>day1 exhibit hall 8am line con up to 2PM for good smile company
>snagged good deals and other free stuff
>little tokyo ramen linecon
>day2 atlus bag and capcom booth
>LWA - sneak into Funimation (my greatest thrill of the con)
>FRONT ROW SEATS RIGHT SMACK IN THE FUCKING CENTER
>/cgl/ meetup - no comment
>AX dance
>post /cgl/ meetup at Westin patio 8/10 its alright
>day3 IA/wagakiband concert shit standing
>blue balled and couldn't stand next to pretty IA cosplayer
>drink the pain away
>Sat 4chan bros night meetup - you a normie Mexibro
>AX dance checking out cute chick, 50% sure its a dude
>JUST DO IT dance circle
>day4 dealer hall great sales
>immense regret not snagging exclusive Monster Hunter merchandise
>little tokyo ramen linecon
>10 hour drive back home
I rate it a 8/10, make your dreams come true.

>Waiting in line for ParaPara 101 on the ground
>Holding 2 plushes: one Eevee (exactly like pic related), one Chibiterasu backpack plush thing
>Put down one, hold one
>Oh shit line is moving!
>Stand up
>Remember opening bag and putting one plush inside
>Still holding other plush
>Okay.jpg
>Goes inside
>Friend sits it out on the side - watches things
>Commence horrible dancing for an hour
>Done
>Go to friend
>Open bag to get Eevee
>No Eevee
>Frantically look around
>"Have you seen my Eevee? Was anyone here?"
>"No I didn't see it. Sorry."
>Wat
>Realized that Eevee was never placed in bag
>Realized it was still on the floor where I was sitting in line
>Run out side
>Of course it's gone
>Decent quality Eevee plush gone
>Fffffffff
>Run in uncomfortable shoes towards Lost and Found
>'There's no way it's there. It was too cute. No fucking way. That's a free Eevee for someone. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.'
>Run up the stairs
>Get to Lost and Found
>"Has anyone turned in an Eevee plush? The stitching came off for the tail and part of its mane."
>One guy gives me doubtful look
>'FFffuuu'
>Guy goes to back to check anyway
>Rummages through things for a while behind curtain, talks to other guys
>Emerges with MY EEVEE in his hands
>Tears of joy everywhere

Seriously I wish I could find the person who turned it in and thank them. I know if it were me, I'd probably keep it or at least have second thoughts about turning it in because Eevee is my favorite Pokemon and those damn plushes can be expensive. But I totally owe that person. I wish I could tell them how much I appreciate them doing the right thing. With so many people getting shit stolen all the time at AX, it's nice to know that at least some people still care - even if it's for something small.

>tfw impatiently waiting to see pictures of your cosplay posted online

also here was the kawaii splatoon fakku employee

>>8458838
i think she was at the cgl meetup for a little bit. shes really pretty

I'm on a Porter Robinson and Anamanaguchi binge ever since I went to that concert. I just want to keep on reliving that concert over and over again.

>Stay at JW Marriott
>Get kicked out of room in the middle of the night for "excessive noise complaints"
>Get charged $270 for cleaning fee before we had a chance to clean our room

Please tell me there's something I can do about this

>tfw 20 but look 16-17

I got hit on by a fucking 15 year old, I think

Need to put on some weight and muscles
Never going as detective conan again

>>8458917
>not going after cunny
You gay?

>>8458893
Wow, that sounds like some bullshit.

In all honesty, how loud were you guys and what do you mean you got charged the cleaning fee before you could even clean it?

Did they just kick you out in the middle of a party and then combo'd the undisputable cleaning fee that comes with it?

>>8458917
I saw the opposite happen. There was a 30 year old hitting on a 15 year old in the arcade room. She out of nowhere asked, "How old do you think I am?" He said early 20s and she said she was 15. His excuse was that he thought she was early 20s because she could 'Talk in a very mature manner and looks mature'. He pretty much bounced after that.

>>8458931
If you get kicked out of a hotel, they have every right in their power to charge you for immediate cleaning fees and keep your deposit. I have no doubt that you were having a party of some sort. With the demad in rooms being as high as they are during AX, I see nothing wrong with them wanting to clean up asap and get another group into your room asap.

Don't be an asshole next time you decide to room. Im glad when hotels shut down parties and kick people out. They deserve it. There are people who are in those hotels not for the conventions and have kids. Good riddance.

>>8458937
Lemme guess, you were kept up by a room party? Or is that just a massive stick shoved up your ass?

>>8458969
Ive never stayed next to a room party, but I have been down the hall from several before and quite a few times they have been kicked out. When you sign papers to have a room you are obliged to follow their noise regulations. When you fail to do so you get what you get. I sleep pretty sound, so that has never bothered me, but there are normal people who are in hotels for business trips, family trips, and personal trips and they don't deserve to be booked next to irresponsible brats who can't hold their liquor.

>inb4 bring earbuds
No, fuck you. You supply them if you plan to be a douchebag.

>>8458931
Well, my roommates had people over while I was away, so I don't know how loud exactly people were being. When I came back, we had a noise complaint at about 1 am, and then I kicked everyone out of the room except my roommates. Then, 10 minutes later, it turns out we received another noise complaint so they told us to pack up our stuff and go.

I just checked today and my card was charged with an additional fee for cleaning. I have another friend who was charged too, but they cleaned everything up, so I'm not sure exactly what constitutes this fee being charged.

>>8458981
<inb4 someone actually decides to leave earbuds on all the other rooms on their floor next year.

>>8458988
Silly me, I had the stupid thing in reverse.

>>8458987
I think it's less "cleaning fee" and more "asshole tax", so to speak.

>>8458987
this is why you dont get shitty roommates or have parties with retards

>>8459003
Thanks, Captain Hindsight

>>8458995
That's fair enough, but I'm wondering if there's an actual legal grounds to charge something like this. It seems arbitrary and bullshit that they would just charge me $270 for that

>>8459014
I'm sure they could say something like needing to send in a maid to clean and set up the room during the middle of the night instead of during their normal hours during the day. You could try and fight it, but you'll have the whole "getting kicked out" working against you.

>>8458995
They deserve it and looks like they don't deny a party.

>>8459014
You have no legal ground. When you sign the papers saying you agree to rent the room and throw you deposit down, you are agreeing to any and all small print and this includes the fine print that most hotels put down regarding having to be removed from a room for any reasons. And if it were for a party I can only see why they would do it. They don't know what kind of party you were having. I would charge extra too if I was weary of whatever the shit people dressed in costumes were up to in a hotel room and then had to clean up.

Here's a tip: Don't have a room party.

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>>8459033

>don't have a room party

This. I saw plenty of groups of people that were obviously drunk as hell, outside.

>>8459048
Holy shit. What is this website??

More cosplay pics please

anyone recorded cosplay wrestling federation panel? i want to watch it again since it was hypest panel i've been to this weekend.

>>8459098
Nevermind. Figured it out. I don't use Instagram but I somehow have an account. Thank you so much kind anon. I'll be thanking this wonderful person (persons?) now.

>>8459115
Sachie is the gril on the left

>>8459099

The Masquerade's best in show, and recipient of the best of class award, or something like that.

Toppling the giant robot, the leafeon, and more, while performing an "interpretive dance" about metamorphosis to the tune of that one DDR butterfly in the sky song.

>>8459143
and people wonder why no one takes AX masq seriously anymore

>>8459143
First in Masquerade

>>8459136
Second in Masquerade. Not making a statement, just figured since both pictures were posted. I would let that be known for people.

>>8459143
Maguma, care to explain this one to us? What happened?

>>8459148
The izanagi also had a yu.

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>>8459143
Say it ain't so, Joe. This won best in show? What the hell is it supposed to be?

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>>8458619
oh cool, thank you for cosplaying that!

Any photos from the Valve meetup? Only saw this RED soldier and a few closet cosplay scouts walking around

>>8459143
this is what happens when convention hands part of judging duty to a bunch of jackholes who don't cosplay, like those five guys dudes.

>>8459143

I request someone to post the pics of the winners please!! I must know who lost to what!

>>8459053
By Saturday everyone realized the room parties weren't happening at the JW so we all just brought a ton of booze to the pool and were loud and obnoxious there.

Any word on how the Courtyard or Luxe were in terms of noise?

I know all about the Westin, my buddy was drinking rum on the roof Saturday night.

>>8459151
Didn't they accidentally give the best in show to the wrong guy?

>>8459143
never saw it in the full light
mother of god

>>8459199
No, Maguma already stated in another thread he would award it again, even if there wasn't a scoring system.

Not all judges feel the same wa.y But that's what happens when you use a scoring system and take the final decision out of the hands of judges. This wasn't a judge's fault. It was the fault of AX for using the scoring system they did.

>>8459174
>those shoes
bleh, really? If you're gonna leave out some details anyway why no wear jungleboots instead?

>>8459196
I booked at the Luxe but through them with the breakfast deal so I got the corner room on the 3rd floor. Never really checked who my neighbor so were but I believe the one next to me was most likely a family. Noise wise I didn't hear anything in my room. In the mornings I would play Billy songs on max volume the ipod player would let me and didn't get any complaints.

>>8459033
You could always, you know, party responsibly. I have never been kicked out after many years of shenanigans. Check with your neighbors to see if they have an early flight, book connected rooms, control the door, don't invite randoms. Its easy to host and not get kicked out if you are responsible and courteous to other patrons.
>>8459196
The JW was very strict this year, courtyard was fun but some party rooms did get closed. I mostly was mobile with my jungle juice rather than hosting, but on the plus side I am still mostly stocked for anime california.
>>8459226
The problem with the luxe is that the elevators are right next to the front desk, making it more difficult to get people up to the room.

>>8459143
what in the fuck were they thinking

>>8459244
>dat photobomb

>>8459048
wow she's cute as fuck and a decent person. i can't help but be jelly-chan over this girl

>>8459214
>> Maguma already stated in another thread he would award it again

confirmed for terrible masq judge

>>8459218
I saw her on the last day! She was side stepping/hopping through the crowds. It was really funny!

>>8459247
If you aren't a loud asshole, then good on you. Have your party, but most of them get out of hand because they have some newly 21 host, and underagers after that and they don't know how to act and fuck everything up. Then they like to complain like the anon did about how they got charged in the middle of the night a huge amount for maids to come clean up when they are off duty.

Shoutouts to the other Kaneda cosplayer

>>8459276
Yeah. I try to educate people the best i can, but the consensus amongst the oldfags is that the babby congoers act are containment zones and distract security from us. However, I would hope our seagull crew would know better.

>>8459297
Clearly not. Unfortunately a lot of them seem to enjoy the party scene and its really pathetic to me. If you are going to party then do it at home. Don't use a hotel that someone has to clean up after you leave as an excuse to play out your frat party, I-couldn't-get-into-college, fantasies with underagers in hopes of getting laid and disturbing other guests. Its disrespectful.

I love kicked out of hotel stories. They all deserve it and if I was in a room right next to a party - luckily I never have been - I would call the desk about it. Learn your lesson and don't do it again. Grow up and party like a normal person in a bar and then go home [to the hotel] and sleep.

I really hope the two girls from Day 3 are in here who went into a handicapped bathroom stall and left a woman in a wheelchair outside the stall to wait for over 10 minutes because 'my costumes'. She even vocally said to you that she is unable to use any other stall and instead of getting out you two fucked around in there. You two are pathetic little cunts and you should feel horrible. My mother has recently become handicapped and if it wasn't for the woman asking me to not make a deal out of it, I wouldn't fucking kicked open that door and made you change in a normal stall of go into the corner with the mirror like everyone else who was changing.

>>8459099
Here, have some shitty cell phone pics.

>>8459306
You do seem a bit grumpy here. Its kind of hard to find the critical mass of nerds you can party with, so people tend to embrace it when they can. I hang out with coworkers and other local friends, but they don't go as far down the rabbit hole and are mostly normals, so it is nice to be able to have fun amongst people like me. I think what you should realize is that people go to cons for different reasons, I personally go to hang out with friends and preform on panels, others like to do photoshoots and meet guests of honor, etc. What matters in the end is that people try to be courteous and as polite to each other. In the end, we are all in this together, and by that I mean giant faggots.

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>>8459325
OOOOOH CANT WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO SEE THIS ON HERE

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>>8459327
Smells like drama. Or poo gas.

Man there was a lack of Persona 4 cosplays. I only saw a good looking Rise. Anyways anyone got pics of any qt Naoto or Yukiko cosplayers from AX this year?

>>8459327
Explain further

>>8459334
I know them. Thats about it.

>>8459332
You didnt catch the gathering? It was huge. There were plenty of P4 cosplayers.

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>>8459328
oh my fucking god, bretty gud

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>>8459349
Fucking CAPTCHA with all its "click on all the food" prompts is starting to make me hungry.

>>8459354
Seriously, enough with the cakes, Captcha.

>>8459354
I like when it says to click a food and it isn't even on the thing to click.

>>8459335
this is such a bad fitting bought cosplay

>>8459359
That's the blue lantern symbol, not indigo.
You are such a faggot.

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>>8459369
Close enough. Not like anyone gives a shit about DC anyway.

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>>8459317
these are so cool! aaaaah

these guys are the greatest
ill resize some of my jojo's pics tomorra

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>>8459325
Thanks anon for the great shot :D

>>8459329
>>8459334

Cosplayer here, no drama I am just a regular lurker of /cgl/ and >>8459327 knows me.

>>8459332
Yeah the Persona gathering was huge, but then again if you missed Friday, then you missed out on the Persona cosplayers as that was the day that most of them where out.

>>8459384
creepy as always

>>8459384
Is there ever a female under that mask?

titsuooooo

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>>8459402
You are welcome. :D

>>8459143
>to the tune of that one DDR butterfly in the sky song

Please tell me you're joking.

That had to be cringey as fuck. Whoever retards were judging need to be banned from judging ever again at any convention.

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>>8459143
I'm sorry but unless this person like, wove the fabric into the pattern on the wings, there is no way in hell this should have won best in show. The vest is pretty ill fitting (look at all the pulling), The wig looks like it was literally spray painted that color and it looks like the closures are literally hair clips.
I've never watched/competed int he masquerade at AX but I sure as hell would have been pissed if this beat anything I had made.

It was my first convention and I really enjoyed it.
I am an orange county CA local and I'm hoping to go to more similar conventions. Any suggestions?

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>>8459174

Here you go.
Valve gathering was pretty small this year.

>>8459477

PMX in September, ALA January, Wondercon in April, AX again in July.

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>>8459477
Comikaze Con, Wonder-Con, and Anime Los Angeles are the other conventions that I know of that are in the LA-OC area.

There's also E3 but of course, that's only open to those who work in the industry.

>>8459174
RED

>>8459174
BLU

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>>8459516
Last one for me. Would've liked to take more pictures, but oh well. Always next year.

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>>8459174
This guy

For people at AX, at the Japancrate stall there was this candy. Anyone know what it is called? Im sorry.. I only took a photo of the back of it to show my friend. Didn't think I would want to go and get more, but I do and I don't know what it is called. On the front of it there was an orange wheel and a star made of little pink stars. The candy is pull apart and kind soft. In the middle bottom of the front side there is also a money head.

I know it is kind of vague, but any name would be awesome. Im having no luck on google.

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>>8459489
Thanks guys. I will definitely check out pmx since it is the soonest one and lands during a holiday weekend.
Also is Anime California any good? Its pretty much 15 minutes from my house

>>8459489
>>8459507
Anime California in late August.

>>8459507
Go to CosPix.com and make an account. They list every single convention in the world and when it is happening. They have the ones that are active right away on one side and the upcoming ones underneath it with dates and everything. Its fantastic.

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>>8459541
COSPIX.NET

Sorry..

>>8459534
Yea no problem. Haven't been to Anime California before so I can't say much.

>>8459541
Wow never knew that. It seems definitely handy and will check it out for sure. Thanks!

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>>8459543
aw, what a trooper.

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>>8459559
would have been 10/10 if he had a can with him

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Cross boarder here. I have a few extra cosplay phone pics if like to share somewhere because I gots no friends who care.

I had tons of fun, people who didn't have fun are boring people who can't fun.

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Also: CAPTCHA just asked me to select all the icons that were cakes. What a lie.

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>>8459599
who is the girl in the wheelchair cosplaying as?

>>8459633
Looks like Mavis from Fairy Tail?

>>8459633
Girl from Black Rock Shooter?

>>8459531
Kracie Nazonazo Pucchitto Candy

Did anyone get pics of the Goodsmile Racing girls?

I saw them Saturday in South Hall but my friend pulled me away before I could take a photo.

>>8459689
Thank you so much! It was really good. Im actually looking forward to my Japancrate. Mind you I mostly signed up because I wanted to try my hands at grabbing candy with a giant pair of chopsticks.

>>8458838
damn what a qt

Your reaction if you saw this?

>>8459706
Ya

>>8458692
>you a normie Mexibro

I'm not a normie I just happen to have a fujoshi gf...

>>8459317
This Kamen Rider is a good friend of mine.

Got word from a friend who has a friend working at the JW is that they are considering not being part of the AX hotel block going forward starting next year after hearing complaints left and right this past AX.

>>8460298
I know that JW started day 0 but then lightened up after getting complaints from non con goers. If the JW gets itself off the hotel block does that mean you gotta pay full rates for getting a hotel there?

>>8460325
Yes and they don't have to hold rooms just for AX.

>>8460325
Yeah it would just cost more to book the hotel, and it would likely still be filled with con goers anyway.

JW's in a no-win situation, they have unhappy guests who have to deal with the con or they have unhappy guests who have to deal with the con being part of the con block.

>mfw there were many Gravity Falls cosplayers
>mfw they realized I cosplayed as Soos (went to multiple cons as Soos and went unnoticed)
>mfw I leveled up my amiibo in the game room and halls
>mfw I got laid at Day 0
>mfw I went to Little Tokyo and Went to Cafe Dulce and Yamazaki Bakery

First AX in years, 10/10, would bang again

>>8460355
>got laid as Soos

L.A drivers will never cease to amaze me on how shitty they can be. But then again I guess I can't fully blame them since L.A's roads are full retard.

>>8459535
That piece of crap "anime con."

There was more league of legends last year than anything anime related.

>>8459647
That reminds me, would it be considered wrong/rude to cosplay a character who sits in a wheelchair if you yourself don't need a wheelchair?

Did anyone else see this zelda at the con? This is the only shot I've found of her.

>>8460487
that's really on you.
like I've seen several that have used their own wheelchairs as props and such, and no one ever asks them if they legit need the wheelchair.

>>8460386
I remember we wanted to go out on 4th of July, checked Uber, and immediately decided we'd just hang out in DTLA for the night.

What a wonderful city though, too bad you can't ever get anywhere you want to go.

my Komachi fromSaturday and Sunday

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Here are some of the contestants that "Lost" to the gijika butterfly. The leafeon made the entire outfit and even the fan, and boned the top of het corset/dress. The gundam had a fucking hilarious skit with an infomercial selling the gundam. And here is a link to the performance of sweatish that did really well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-NPtupAzWpQ&feature=youtu.be

There was also a magical boys performance which was amazing and nozaki-kun that deserved higher praise than the butterfly.....extremely disappointed in Anime Expo's Masquerade and some of the judges

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Oops, forgot to attach the image

>>8460487
There was a problem with immature homestucks doing this with the wheelchair character, as long as you don't pretend to be disabled to get anything.

>>8460540
Can someone link to butterfly-boy's performance? I'm really confused at these results.

>>8460487
For a con like AX, don't fucking do it man. It's hard enough to walk, unless you legit need that wheelchair you're just taking up more space. Smaller cons you'd be able to get away with it though.

>>8460358
>mfw I did get laid as Soos, but with another guy (gay chubby chaser here)
>mfw during the Momoclo concert
I wished there was another guy cosplaying as The Love God or Thompson I could've hooked up with, but still had a damn good time

>>8460571

No one posted a video yet. So we have to wait for AX or someone else to post masquerade videos. But i assure you, i went and saw the butterfly performance and all he did was emerge from a weird white cacoon, and flapped his arms on stage and ran around back and forth to the DDR butterfly song...

>>8460616
>mfw spoilers don't work at /cgl/

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>>8460571
From what I'm hearing and seeing, I really hope Maguma is not serious in calling the butterfly performance the best in show.

That cacoon must've been really impressive.

>>8459143
Yall just jealous of the based butterfly.

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>>8459143
Maguma is a fucking joke. How is he even qualified to judge??

>>8460661
If you go back and read the other threads, he was dead serious

>>8460692
Maybe it's because I know Maguma. And I know some of the guys in Sweatish, and some of the other cosplayers -- but I'm just finding this hard to believe.

I know Maguma knows what a good skit looks like. Heck, I filmed his skit from Conji's Masquerade back in 2013 (back when Conji HAD a Masquerade.) I've chilled with the guy, he has good sense of what good cosplay and bad cosplay is.

Which is why this is really baffling me. How the butterfly scored a higher average over everyone else just seems unbelievable considering the pictures that are coming out and the second-hand reporting. The judges sheets and how it was counted I think needs to come out - don't need to put the judges names next to each judging form, but this just seems unbelievable.

A video of the butterfly performance really needs to come out too.

>>8460721
It's very possible he is, or was told to save face for the con. Why he gave them perfect scores who knows, but no judge is going to publicly dispute the results of their judging. I guarantee this would not have happened if the judges actually got to decide.

>>8459828
>mfw i've been obsessively saving every photo of the gsr girls
>mfw the one of the left is chubby but DEM ENDEARING LEGS

>>8456089
so im late to the party and i dont want to go through all the post but who won the masquerade?

>>8460386
Yup... Vicious cycle of one self-entitled asshole driving like a dick, forcing drivers around him/her to drive like a dick just to merge into the lane.

Rinse and repeat...

>mfw reading the shit that went down at AX Masq

This is some fucking bullshit. I knew it'd be shit when they announced buzzfeed "performing" and "judging" but not this shit.

God dammit, AX Masq is supposed to be a big masquerade, something cosplayers aspire to perform in and enjoy, not this bullshit where anyone competing in a lower division gets an easier time. I'd heard from other masq judges just how shitty the judging system was at AX, but I didn't realize it was this pants-on-head retarded.

Why not do it how other cons do it? No points. Just comments, then performance/craftsmanship judges compare entries within their ranks and give out awards appropriately. Assigning numbers or points is ridiculous when you're not sure what the rest of the show holds, or when you've got two great performances in two different ranks.

Fuck you, AX masq.

>>8460743
See
>>8459143

>>8458987
Looks like me being friendly with JW Staff equals great things. :) Didn't get any noise complaints. Was awesome to cleaning staff,and bellhop, and front staff. I am actually impressed you got kicked out. Cause I am loud.

>>8460743
Here let me spoon feed you.
>>8459148

>>8460756
To be fair (And I agree the system was terrible) The try guys ONLY did performance judging (So it would be a 9th of the score potential) And out of any judge, I think it's fair to say they would be qualified to judge performance.

>>8460771
That's retarded. First off, acting for TV/film/videos is completely different than stage acting, and performance for masquerade is its own little niche in itself. There are cliches, tropes, other little things that should be avoided and never awarded, and there are things that have never been done and amazing gimmicks and prop use that should be applauded and rewarded accordingly. How dare AX say that some popular YouTubers understand that?

I've performed in masq for almost 8 years now, almost exclusively focusing on honing performance, and I've judged masq performance, too. Only a few cons make a big deal out of performance, and AX is not one of them. Performance gets shafted every time for good cosplay, and that's fine — but when you're giving out performance awards for performance ONLY, the quality of the cosplay shouldn't be taken in to account as much as the other awards.

I can't talk too much shit about this years' AX masq because I boycott the fuck out of it now (shit staffing, terrible communication, treating performers like shit, charging entry), but seriously, from what I'm hearing? AX Masq hasn't just gone down hill. It's jumped off the high dive into a huge pile of shit.

>>8460740
10/10 would go gay for

>>8460771
I've never liked the Novice/Intermediate/Master judging system. Then again, I got used to SDCC's judging system where they don't have those classifications.

Quite honestly, I think AX should move away from that classification system too. AX Masquerade - just because it's Anime Expo and is the largest Anime Convention in North America - should dump the hand holding to newbies and judge everyone equally like they do in SDCC. As MasqNazi says - it should be the event that Cosplayers aspire to win by working hard on their craft in lesser events. If prizes are handed out - it should be from sponsoring companies like Crunchyroll and Bushiroad.

If there are two areas AX needs to work on - Masquerade's judging system needs to be completely thrown out and redone to be actually something meaningful to win -- and it's Ticketed Events lines, because WTF why I had to wait 3½ hours in a line shared by ticket buyers for will call to get my MomoClo tickets that only took 1 minute to actually get done once I got to the will call booth.

Anyone know why they were closing large portions of the con center? That seemed like a really bad move for a con which is overly crowded as it is... There weren't really any open hallways for people to chill in because as soon as the events in that area ended the hall would close.

Also I still can't figure out if you needed a badge to get in to the convention center... It looked like people were checking at some of the doors, while other doors were wide open with no staff members manning them.
It was my first year but it seemed really badly managed for a con that takes themselves so seriously...

>>8460788
yes

I've never seen more than one GSR girl at a time, I NEED THIS.

>>8460804
I don't mind putting people in appropriate classes. It's pretty fair, I'd say – new masqueraders don't have to compete with master cosplayers and masq veterans, and have a fair chance of winning their class.

But the way AX handles them, as far as I've heard, is shitty. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard something about "novice class points are worth more than master class points". And that's bullshit. Points are retarded. This isn't the fucking olympics; you can't put a number on whether or not a performance was good or bad, especially when you haven't had a chance to see the rest of the performances.

Performance in Masq should be judged by overall merit compared to every other entry on stage. It doesn't take that much longer to sit down and deliberate with the other judges. I've done it while judging other shows, and it's much less stressful. The people we think deserve awards get awards, and there's no bullshit during or afterwards to deal with.

The saddest part about this is that nothing in AX Masq is going to change unless enough people complain, and even then the chances of them changing are about nil.

And next year, a bunch of ignorant masses are going to enter in to compete in masquerade, not knowing what a shitshow it is between the staffing, lack of communication, terrible treatment of performers backstage, and the previously mentioned shit judging system, and they'll come out of the performance tired, upset, and swearing off Masquerade forever.

This cunt found a premier badge and keep it. Later she found a 4 Day badge and sold it.

>>8460816
I chilled out with Peppy and Ichiro on Saturday Night, and people apparently went up to each of the four girls when they weren't together and thought they were one of the other three girls.

Also, 3 of 4 of the GSC Racing Miku cosplays are Peppy's.

Man, I'm talking a heck of a lot for someone who normally just lurks in the background of these type of threads.

>>8460832
I think AX shouldn't be fair to new masqueraders. Not when it's a ticketed PAID event. Because it's a PAID event, the entertainment value for the audience has to be higher -- that means everything, from the judging, the cosplay, the stage production, needs to be at a higher standard then your usual Masquerade. That should mean that AX Masquerade should cater to Masters and Veterans who pour their heart and souls out to win and not to walk-on novices.

Basically, in a nutshell -- AX Masquerade should be in a higher class on it's own -- it shouldn't be thinking of itself as a lesser masquerade where they have to hand everyone a award. I think the quality of the Masquerade overall will be better for it.

>>8460386
>insanely crowded downtown area
>one-way streets everywhere
>left turn impossible
You basically have to drive like an asshole to navigate among the other assholes. I don't know how people who live there manage. It's awful.

>>8460862
I think so, too. Though I also think they shouldn't make it a paid event. The Masquerade performers certainly aren't getting paid; they've put in a shitton of work over a shitton of months (we usually started choreography in March for AX) to even have a chance of going up on stage and wowing the audience and judges.

Ticketing it is fine, I just don't see why they make people pay for Masq and not for AMV.

I don't mind novices participating in AX – hell, I competed novice at AX back in 2009, and it was an awesome experience. I don't think they should have their hands held, though. Judge all the novices together for the Novice Division awards. Judge everyone together for Overall awards (Runner-Up Performance overall, Best Performance, Best in Show).

It's really that fucking simple.

>>8460862
Didn't they have something called the "chibi masquerade" in the past? It was like a less formal one for people who just wanted to show off their costumes without a skit and stuff. I don't know if they still do that.

>>8460872
personally i just uber if i have to go downtown, or take metro. fuck driving there, that's the worst area in the city outside of hollywood to be driving.

>>8460877
I remember this! It was great. Not an amazing place to watch good entertainment, sure, but it was a really informal "come in, sign up, climb on stage, have fun" kind of thing.

I don't know why they don't have it anymore, probably because AX hates fun now or something.

>>8460862
Friend here, can confirm this Miku made her own stuff. She's taller and bigger than the other Mikus.

There was gonna be a 5th Miku, but she bailed day of.

In the end, we called all of them Peppy. They're all Peppy now.

>>8460816
>>8460788
>>8460740
>>8459828
James Phan Imagery; looks like he had a shoot with one of them

>>8459048
Holy shit that's my friend! I'll tell him about this for sure.

>>8459148
The persona pair are friends of mine and I was really glad to hear that they had won for Craftsmanship and 2nd overall, but they seriously got put through the wringer. A few of the judges didn't make it to their judging session but the rest of the judges continued with it and the pair got perfect scores. Then, right before masq, they were told that their pair had to do a rejudging without warning during the set build. In the dark. With a cell phone light. Their score got docked several points from the previous judging for who knows what reason. I have seen these costumes up close and they are ridiculously perfect. I'll happily put my name on this post because I know how ridiculously clean and utterly gorgeous these costumes are in person and the way this was handled was just awful.

I'm also very aware of how delicate their set-up is and that the rejudging cut straight into the prop building time. They didn't have time to test anything so iirc one of the balloon poppers didn't go off correctly.

I was with them the last time they tried to stage this. There was so much care put into it and they've decided not to make a fuss about it but I'm just STUPID AMOUNTS OF UPSET over how they were treated.

>>8460890
muh dick

>>8460971
Seriously, tell them to file a complaint. Or file one for them.

More people need to tell AX this is not fucking okay.

>>8460890
>mfw they're always together

>>8460984
>>8460971
Man at this point, whoever is running Masquerade has to be seriously questioned here.

Sadly, I doubt there will ever be staff turnover at the top rungs. There hasn't been one since they gutted everyone after 2011 (of which, nearly everyone should've been retained because that was a amazing year). Starting perhaps to think the SPJA board doesn't care except for the bottom line.

>>8461006
There was a huge staff reshuffling after the drama of 2013 Masq.

Seriously, when is AX Masq going to get their shit together? Every time I've competed it's been a fucking shit storm. When I competed in 2011, it took almost 6 months for us to get our prizes. 2013 they had no communication and their drama shat all over the contestants. The last AX masq I enjoyed participating in was 2009, and that was because they treated us like fellow fans and not commodities to make money off of.

How much where the tickets for the show.?

>>8460971
Tell your friends they made my night when i saw them go up on stage. I'm a huge persona fan an this was my first con/masquerade.
I was super bummed they didn't win first place also bummed I never bumped into them on the floor.

>>8459706
Here's another one

Hope you all had fun! Never been to AX but planning to make a trip out there next year with a few friends. Just wondering, when do the hotels usually starts being available for booking? And which ones are the ones that sell out quick?

>>8460862
>I think AX shouldn't be fair to new masqueraders. Not when it's a ticketed PAID event. Because it's a PAID event, the entertainment value for the audience has to be higher

Correct me if I'm wrong, I thought the whole deal was that for "best in show" it allowed for anyone to be eligible for that award no matter what class they were in. I don't think the novice scores weighed more than master but moreso if a novice performed a skit that was better than the masters (which could happen) then they should win best in show

>Fanime Masquerade
Going down the shitter and is staying that way. Show ran poorly and cosplayers unhappy.

>AX Masquerade
Ran poorly, scoring system more broken than the Floyd/Pacman fight. Horribly ran and performers and audience are miserable

>AoD Masquerade
Rumors of huge amounts of favoritism running rampant. Not too many comments, good or bad, are heard

Wow, is there a single anime con in CA with a good Masquerade?

>>8461164
I've done ALA masq around 5 times and it's fucking fantastic.

It's pretty entry level in terms of competition, but the staff's organized, you get a guaranteed stage rehearsal, snacks/water/repair team backstage, backstage video and audio streams that actually work, and there's a ton of opportunities to talk to staff and give feedback during and after the con.

Would compete/judge again.

>>8461143
The problem with the masquerade scoring was that all classes were judged on the same scale but the higher the class, the heavier the scoring. So essentially, novice category had easier point scale which gave them a higher average score, therefore their performance was ranked higher and was considers "best in show". If they had judged all the contestants equally, without knowing if they were a novice, intermediate, or masters, then there wouldnt be this problem.

OR, if theu had just judged each category within themselves and gave a best in show in each category then we wouldnt be in this situation either. In the end, Anime Expo fucked up their judging, they announced the wrong winners, treated their contestants like shit, and screwed a lot of people over.

>>8461178
Thats interesting to hear. I participated in masquerade there once and they totally fucked over my entire group. They entered us in the wrong class and everything. Also all they gave out were badges to other california cons that would be useless if you didnt plan on going. Ive pretty much sworn off ALA masquerade.

>>8461184
Really? I did my first ALA back in '08 and the only bad experiences I've had so far were tech fucking up our audio/lights and a couple miscommunications about schedule stuff, but never stuff like what you had. Hope you gave them good feedback though.

Prizes at masq always suck, so maybe I'm just used to that shit. We won ALA passes, which is better than the boxes of rejected shit AX gives out (to me at least).

Anybody here actually go to the CWF? I heard it was super hard to get in this time. What changed?

>>8460735
One of the number one things for a company is to never admit wrong. Ever. Only when things get too crazy will you do it (like the airbag thing recently). Anime con? Haha, fuck that. No wrong here. Nope.

>>8460971
Wow. Everything else I've heard I was giving the benefit of the doubt on. But if this is true.... someone deserves hell. They judged craftsmanship in the dark? Why would any judge think that is okay? And a second judging on the day of performance? As someone who competes, I know I don't touch my costumes until I'm judged. How is it remotely fair to be put on the spot when your costumes might have seen con hall damage?

If a judge missed their judging time, their score should be thrown out. It isn't the contestants fault and there is no way they should have to be judged for it. Kudos to them for not screaming at the con. No way in hell would I say silent.

>>8461193
They probably just really messed up my group entry? Not really sure what happened but the whole thing made my group feel shitty so we havent tried it out again lol.
But im not saying the staff was terrible or anything. They were nice, and the tech rehearsal ran pretty smoothy. Sorry, i probably came off the wrong way when i was saying stuff.

ALA masquerade was like 100x better than what i saw at AX this year, and thats saying something.

>>8460814
You do not need a badge to get in. You can easily bypass or if you have to socially engineer your way in. I did both because I didn't have my badge and needed to get it and when I did have my badge FUCK BAG CHECK
FUCK IT RIGHT IN THE ASS

what made zero sense is south hall having no bag check at night while west hall still had bag check. Even less than the idea of bag check by underpaid workers who don't give a shit to begin with.

>>8459477
Anime California: Aug 28-30 - Anaheim
Pacific Media Expo: Sept 5-7 - Pasedena
Touhou Con: Sept 18-20 - Anaheim
Comikaze: Oct 30-Nov 1 - LA Convention Center
Anime LA: Jan (28) 29-31 - Ontario, CA

>>8461350
Too many damn cons August-September. Why can't more be in February, June, December?

>>8461355
In terms of anime or gaming conventions in the LA area, I don't recall one being in Feb. If there is one, it's not within the LA/OC vicinity.

In terms of June, there's E3 which is "trade industry only" and NinjaCon which is a one day small con in Little Tokyo. Another smaller con back in the old days AniMagic was in June IIRC. RIP

Furthermore Fanime happens during Memorial Day as well, but that's up in San Jose which has a bunch of other cons happening around the same time.

December, well, there were cons that time, but they didn't last long. Holiday season...

>>8460386
Some valley girl almost hit me with her car, flashed a peace sign and kept driving lol

Can someone please confirm that the Cosplay Senpai thing was a bust?

>>8456120
>>8461350
>>8461368
Why the fuck are you posting Kipi's pictures? Her teeth are disgusting.

>>8461350
If you guys register for PMX, you can use the code "qdate" to save $5.

>>8461471

>>8461350

I hope to go to one of these next just not sure what.

Any suggestions?

>>8461519
Depends on what you're looking for. Comikaze is the only major one, all the others are hotel ballroom cons. Very different experience.

>>8461538
Well...

PMX is at the Pasadena Convention Center and Anime Los Angeles is at the Ontario Convention Center.

>>8461569
they're few months apart and offer different experiences. Best bet is to try both if you can.

>>8461569
>Comikaze: ~65,000 attendees
>ALA: ~4,500 attendees
>PMX: ~3,500 attendees

There's really no comparison.

>MFW my friend got extra charged for his room at the JW for the cleaning bullshit fee.
>TFW I did not

>>8459518
Damn, I've got a long ways to go. Also, the lighting on the third floor was a lot worse than I thought it was >_>

Thanks for posting though! I learned a lot more from this than the selfies that I took.

>>8461011
>and that was because they treated us like fellow fans and not commodities to make money off of.
I think this is the underlying problem for AX
I was on maid cafe and they kept telling us "you're representing the company" "put in hard work" blah blah blah it was a really pressurized environment, rather than being fun and relaxing for us like my experience at other con maid cafes.
every other maid cafe their advice has been "have fun with it, if you mess up just keep smiling and no one will notice" because we are all just volunteers doing it because we love it.
I love preforming and dressing up but I'm starting to feel that volunteering with industry like Daisuki or Crunchyroll is the way to go. AX staff take themselves way too seriously and suck the fun out of everything. Maybe maid cafe is worse than others but I know people who volunteered in other departments and had roughly the same experience. It's really too bad.

>>8461732
>a bunch of people I don't know partied in our room when I wasn't there
>got hit with the cleaning charge
I wanna punch a nigga right now

How did THAT win best in show AND best in class intermediate over the other contestant? yeah sure he got the crowd going but its mostly the song because its a classic DDR song. So mostly the audience was engage because of the song.

>>8461807
I know that feel

>>8461746
You're welcome. :)

Is it just me, or has the number of Homestuck... things dropped considerably?

http://www.anime-expo.org/registration/

What is the reason for this crazy increase in price for a premier badge?

Does anyone have a picture of fallen angel Flonne? A friend of mine said they saw one at AX but I didn't seem to find her.

>>8462015
Because they sold out in 1 hour last year and the attendance has spiked so much that they know they're going to sell out again. Thus they're pushing the price way higher.

>>8462041
Have people already bought it at $350? They just closed off this first batch? This is insane.

>>8462051
they could even be trying to game you into buying them
leave them on sale for an hour
make them "sold out" whether they actually are or not
reopen them later as a "second batch"

but knowing how much some people throw down on stuff at AX, $350 is not that crazy. you know those wall scrolls key was selling for $950? yeah, those sold out. saw a lot of people dropping hundreds of dollars on a single booth.

What's the best way about booking hotels for AX? Can you just book out of block and then just switch into the block when it opens?

>>8462062
For some people AX is their Super Bowl. Where diehard NFL fans will spent $10,000+ on a 3-hour football game there are anime fans in similar financial circumstances who will do the same in one weekend at AX.

I admittedly debated the Premier badge but I genuinely will feel pressure to go to panels that I wouldn't normally attend I suspect.

>>8462062
There's no doubt that they will open a second batch in November, I'm just wondering if people have actually registered at $350, I haven't been keeping up with this stuff.

Way too many fucking normies this year

>>8462098
I didn't ask to be born this way!

>>8462095
if they did it at $275 and they want to keep those benefits they'll go for $350. once you've tasted the ability to jump panel lines and enter the hall first/early you don't want to let it go

oh man if they gave premier fans priority access to one autograph they could easily charge $500 for it. anyone who tried going for saber knows what I mean. wait, I just gave them an idea, didn't I? $500 is CHEAP for that privilege.

>>8462111
I was going to do it for $225 next year but damn $350/$375. I think I may just stay in line hell.

>>8460721
You've sure been balls deep into your ignorant delusion. Wake up and smell the bullshit.

>>8460756

You already had your annoying retarded 2 cents and that was already too much.

>>8460875

It used to be until Marc went fuck all

>>8460984
because everyone knows you won't.

>>8461097
Don't, it's a waste

>>8461193
>2008
You're so out of touch, you don't have a valid opinion anymore

>>8461350
>>8461355
>>8461368
http://akibaexpo.com/

>>8462177
Oh! It's a new one! I wasn't aware there was a new con in Dec. Sweet. Marking that down to check out. Probably staff too or something.

>>8459409
Bad ass! I've never seen a female Kaneda cosplay before.

>>8461350
Anime LA? I have lived my whole 21 years in Ontario and never heard of this "Con" is it new?

>>8462241

Last year it was near LAX, this year they moved it to Ontario, which I approve of, I like your hood. The hotels are newer and less grungy.

>>8462241
You've seriously never heard of ALA?

>>8462247
Neat. Is there a lot of people that attend?
>>8462256
That's why i asked. But >>8462241
Already answered why i never heard of it. I thought it was always an Ontario thing.

>>8462277

It's a smaller con, but I think ALA has some cool little things that set it apart. It's the con where people hand out ribbons for you to collect and you stick em onto your badge. I think at first the organizers made them for certain events, but fans started having them made on the cheap at some point.

By the end of the con if you're on the ball you can have a ribbon chain like 4 feet long kek

>>8461870
nope. kinda noticed that too. thank fucking god.
even outside the kentia hall, where they used to gather around, was pretty sparse.

>>8461807
a hotel
>charging for cleaning

kek i would of fought it and said what flags a charge and dispute em

>>8462288
yeah, kinda neat how ribbons became a tradition for ALA. kinda gives you something to do since its a pretty small con.

>>8462288
Do you get anything neat for having so many or are they just to have them?

>>8462304

It's just for collecting autists(most anime fans.)

>>8462288
Sit down buddy and let me tell you the history of ribbons

> ribbons originally used at sci-fi cons to denote staff, societies, etc
> some people started making ribbons for commemorative purposes, or just for fun
> ALA's founding staff is also composed largely of members of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society
> ribbons carry over for staff/fun purposes
> ribbons are bright, colorful, and usually shiny
> anime fans fucking love that shit

Ribbons have been around since ALA's founding, and over the years they've remained a staple of the con culture. This is just the brief run-down of ribboning culture; I could seriously go on about ribbons at length and why they haven't taken off at other conventions.

>>8462304
its literally just for collecting.

(random picture from google)

>>8462307

That's actually really informative, thanks! It was the part of ALA that I really enjoyed. I might make my own ribbons if I can think of something clever this year.

>>8462306
>Tfw you lost your fabri/cgl/adiator and spaghetti ribbons

>>8462297
Not sure why nobody's mentioned it, but you can usually dispute it with your bank/credit card company.

I don't get post-con depression anymore, but I still feel kind of feel sad that I didn't spend time with the anon who got lead on by that girl on Saturday night.

>>8462306
>Tfw you lost your fabri/cgl/adiator and spaghetti ribbons

>>8462297
Not sure why nobody's mentioned it, but you can usually dispute it with your bank/credit card company.

I don't get post-con depression anymore, but I still kind of feel sad that I didn't spend time with the anon who got lead on by that girl on Saturday night. Post-con regrets?

>>8462335

Last minute meeting with a huge client at work, couldn't make it to con Thursday and Friday. Spent all Saturday doing last minute work on my cosplay prop. Bought a 4 day badge, only went on Saturday.

>>8462339

Sunday, I mean.

>>8462137
Same. I bought premier for this year, worth it personally. But 350 is pushing it.

>>8462335
is he the same guy who kept cuddling you on friday night? i didnt know he was a seagull

>>8462177
>>8462192
Staff shill detected

>>8461677

thanks for the breakdown. I think I'll try ALA and PMX

>>8462335
>Post-con regrets?
Not getting that cutie's number at the A/Z dating game at the Aniplex booth. I'm still in despair.

I'm utterly disappointed in myself for not picking the lesbian option.

>>8462335
>tfw I bought a KLK daikimura cover and have no clue where to find the pillow itself (read: not online if possible)
I know its dimensions are 150x50cm, but I'm new to this. What are the odds of me finding one at Target/Walmart/BB&B with the right dimensions?

>>8462686
It'll be a touch short, but Walmart has body pillows for $10 in their regular pillow section

>>8461470
idk about you but I got a picture with an adorable corgi so I'm completely happy. In the small corgi-herding time slot I alotted, Vampy had acquired a hugeass signing line (all dudes of course) and Aicosu was in the middle of selling a print, so I can't really say it was a bust.

>>8462783
Meaning it'll be a bit loose, right? Is the looseness a good or bad thing?

>>8459107
Normally they take care of their own filming but if you follow their page it seems like they need help getting footage. Even though there are a ton of cameras in the audience, I highly doubt any of them will take the time to upload to Youtube

>>8459418
>That had to be cringey as fuck.

Crowd was super into the act and hyped up. Take that as you will

Tfw friend is having regrets not hooking up with Beanie

>>8463293
tfw regrets not hooking up with beanie

>>8459437
More saber cosplays pls.

>>8456089
>day 0 get badge, eat, drink, momoclo day0 event
>day 1 up early for autograph line, cant get saber, get aimer
>go to Aimer panel
>browse exhibit hall til it closes
>drink and run into small cgl gathering with one cosplay grill and guys talking about doujins
>go to dance, its emptyish
>day 2 go to ayano panel, she starts it off with a concert
>leave panel and notice autograph booth still has tickets, get last ayano ticket and go meet her
>dick around in exhibit hall, take pics of cosplays
>go to LWA panel, its capped
>settle for crunchyroll concert
>go to Lounge 21
>in lounge some guy having too much fun gets up leaving his phone, we run to catch him before he disappears into the crowds, good deed for the con
>day 3 wake up, exhibit hall
>Fate panel, ayako screams Excalibur
>rush to Wagakki afterwards, find out they delayed the concert so didnt even have to rush
>eat then hentai fest, not that great
>lounge 21 for drinks + small band
>day 4, wake up and soak in the last few hours of exhibit hall and make buys before
>NGE panel w/ yoko takahishi
>chill in little tokyo for 2 days

AX went by super quick. It was fun and the only real downsides were like lack of knowledgeable staff and the crowds.

>>8463293
>>8463331
>Tfw no idea who either of you are. Assuming Asian.

>MFW the hottest Nonon was a man
>MFW I missed the CLG Meetup

better luck next year I gess...some day ill bang Beanie-kun i swear...

>>8463770

My friend is, I'm white. You totally hit on him.

>>8464209
Did I bring him to my room? 2many Asians with white friends

>>8464226

I dunno, he left with you at the Sat meetup but I have no idea where he went with you.

>>8460890
Tyrfing+ Cosplay or whatever on Facebook.

Source: I'm her friend in real life.

>>8460721
So I seriously think the whole problem with the masquerade awards is essentially they fucked up. Butterfly guy had 50 points for novice, should have won novice, but should not have trumped the 46 points from masters class.

FYI yes, butterfly guy was pretty meh tier, but there was a LOT of hand beading on his outfit that you could really only see up close. Fitting needed work, real shoes please, but theres no arguing he put work into his outfit. Definitely should not have won best in show, but maybe best in class.

>>8460877
I was actually just having a conversation with my friends about chibi masquerade. AX hasn't done it for a long time, but I really think they should, though not like they used to. Like you said, it was a very casual, anyone come up and compete sort of thing. I think they should bring back chibi masquerade, but hold it specifically for child cosplayers. we're talking 13 and below. I love child cosplayers, but when we see them at a masquerade, I always cringe a bit, cause I know they're gonna get crowd favourite and usually win SOMETHING. I do think child cosplayers could still be allowed in normal masquerade, but I think if you offer chibi masquerade as an alternative, kids in normal masquerade should be held to the same standards as everyone else.

>>8460971
Yeah, so, I'm actually one of the backstage ninja's for that group, and there was actually a wiring short while we were setting up, and I had to run back, go grab resistors, solder, and other wiring crap for them to fix backstage, in the dark, by cell phone light. All during the same time they were having their second judging. I feel real bad the second balloon didnt pop, I really wish I could have made that go smoother, but overall, we were all happy with the skit execution. The second judging is still stupid. How the hell can you not make your meetings and then hold it against the cosplayer? Stupid.

>>8463063

They were only hyped up to the overdone DDR butterfly song meme. Otherwise everyone looked bored and unamused.

Nice attempt at lurking though Maguma, but if you wanna justify yourself you should try a little harder.

>>8459143
Since nobody has asked... what the fuck is this supposed to be?

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