/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Set boundaries as to how many people you room with, or of you're rooming with others, make sure they aren't inviting 65 friends in the room as well. You don't want to end up in a horror story where instead of rooming with 4 people, you're rooming with 10 because everyone needs to drag their boyfriend with them or because your friend can't help but let the weeb that "reaaaaally wanted to go to this con!" room with you.

>>8575743
Roommates who don't warn of sleep talking/walking are the wrost

> rooming it with 2 mates for anîmé l.à 15
> one is a fat black dude
> he's cool though (so I think)
> friday night the fucker goes partying
> didn't call or text so had us worried
> he had beefs with folks at the same con
> didn't come in till 12 and reeked
> killsself.jog
> he was supposed to sleep on the floor as agreed but drunk crashes on m8s bed
> give m8 my bed and sleep on floor
> can't lift 300lb negro at the time
> scold him saturday morning
> promises never to do it again
> goes partying saturday night
> avoid his calls and text
> smoke dank bowls with m8
> ayyylmao.img
> have to let other girl sleep over for the night
> fat fuck sneaks in with her
> crashes on m8s bed again
> tell him to fuck off but too high to fight
> " haha, that's my fam, that's why I fucks with you my nigga"
> didn't let us sleep the whole night
> leave Sunday morning and told him to fuck off
> cut off contact and let everyone know how horrible he is

Before you even get to the convention:
> Do not count people as "in" the room until you have money in-hand. Been burned by many good friends telling me they're going with me, then finding out the week before "Oh, I can't go..."
> If you're looking for roommates, ask them to tell you ASAP if they cannot go. It's way easier to find more people to share a room with a month before than a day before.
> When choosing roommates you might want to keep tabs on peoples' habits and attitudes. For example rooming your one roommate who goes to bed early with the rest of the roommates who like to stay out late and party may or may not be a good idea.
> You should disclose everything so it's not a surprise when you first get there. For example, "there are 5 people in the room, somebody is going to have to sleep on the floor/couch each night"
> Don't room with people who are known to be irresponsible, ESPECIALLY if the room is in your name. If people are dumb and decide to do whatever to disrespect the room, the charges will be on you.
> Personally, I wouldn't room with anyone under 21 (unless you are all under 21), or with anyone who uses any substances you wouldn't want to be caught with. You also would want to beware of smokers staying in a non-smoking room. When people get high/drunk, the rules can go way out the window.
> Once people start getting confirmed, try to get everyone together to meet face-to-face. Doesn't have to be anything formal, just going to get coffee and hanging out is good.

To be honest, maybe I'm just fortunate or picky, but I've lucked out with my roommates. I've had only one horror story with people getting too drunk and making stupid decisions. However those people were known to turn destructive when they got drunk. Other than that, I have roomed with plenty of people who were basically stranger, and it worked out great.

>>8575758
Nigger luigi?

>>8575831

How do you collect money beforehand when you may not be sure about taxes/fees that will add up to the total? I want to start demanding money beforehand since all my friends owe me money at this point, but I don't want to base it on the published room rate and then be 40$ short because taxes that only show up on the final bill.

>>8575856
take the cost of the hotel room with taxes, and split it accordingly, also depending on who's getting what (gets a bed, sleeps on floor, etc)

>sleeping with you lolita friend in bed at the con hotel
>pretend that you're actually lesbians

>>8575864

Yeah but how do you know how much taxes are going to be? Ballpark it?

>>8575864
I guess it depends on the hotel because you're right, that can be hard to figure out. The last few times I booked a room, the reservation gave me an estimated room fee + taxes. You might be able to Google what the hotel tax generally is for the city/county/state you're staying in.

If you really can't get a solid figure, I would collect something significant (50% of the base cost, at least $100, something) toward the room so you know people are serious. It's easy to say "I want to go to the convention with you!" but when people put money into it, then you know they're committed to going.

It also depends on how well you trust who you're rooming with. If someone is good on their word, go for it. I've just been burned one too many times by too many people, so I'm polite but firm on getting some kind of money upfront.

>>8575887
the website should tell you the total cost (including taxes) once you finish the Reservation. keep in mind you don't actually get charged till you show up, so you'll have a good idea of the amount you're going to need in its exact amount.

>>8575899
This seems like a good way to scam people
>"I spent all your money on my cosplay, so you're gonna need to give me an extra 50 bucks"

>>8575754
I've found evidence that I sleepwalk and I'm terrified of rooming with strangers because of this. So embarrassing.

>>8575919
I doubt anyone woukd agree to a term like that. once you put a price up and the money is in hand, end of story. now if your roommate is doing shit you didn't agree with (like in my post) you have the right to tell em to fuck off or ask for more money depending on what's going on. in my case I gave the fucker too much of a nice approach so he didn't take the demands seriously.

>>8575924
just let them know forward. plus it's a convention, wierd shit is expected

>>8575919
No, I tell them what the total of the room is, say "we've got 3 people in the room so $_ split 3 ways is $_." I can screencap the hotel confirmation or show them the bill in person if there is any question.

>>8575943
Well yeah, I'm just saying that people could use that as a way to scam people out of their money, especially if it's strangers and not close friends. Scammers could collect all the money and then drop contact with everyone else/not show up to the con.

> very first con
> super excited, friend A says we'll be staying with another one of her friends, friend B, at hotel
> cool
> friend A warns that friend B is kind of weird
> not too worried about it
> get to hotel, go to shower, no hot water
> water is ICE COLD
> manage to quickly shampoo hair and jump out, mascara dripping down my face, shivering, look like heck
> friend B "wow, you look like a drowned rat, you're not so pretty without makeup"
> stunned, don't know what to say
> of course I look like crap, I have make up running down my face
> brush it off, night continues
> friend b asks friend a to step outside with him
> they go outside for like half an hour, friend a comes back in looking uncomfortable
> can't ask about it because friend b is in there
> start talking, I start telling friend A about this ex I had in highschool who tried to give me a "piece of his soul in a stone"
> lots of laughing
> friend B doesn't say much
> bed time, friend b claims he doesn't need a bed because he sleeps upside down in chairs
> friend A and I are like 'wtf' and share a bed anyway because we're sure he's full of shit
> he sleeps in bed after tossing and turning in the chair for a while
> next day, we leave
> friend a tells me that he'd tried to give her a 'piece of his soul in a bottle' right before I had told the story about my ex
> mfw

>>8575931
I'm not 100% positive that I sleepwalk, I've just found some evidence like things being moved around while I'm asleep, finding my alarm clock turned off in the morning, etc.

My mom is trying to convince me my apartment is haunted because I stayed at home for 2 weeks and no one caught me sleepwalking, yet the evidence happens every night when I'm alone at my place. Shit is weird.

>>8575743
I don't have any real horror stories but my primary con friends are guys, so they're who I room with. They're all slobs and more often than not they drink so much that they barf all over the room. It's fucking disgusting but I don't have anyone else to room with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngUuwecvR8k

>>8575953
this is hilarious

Once I shared a room with two psychics. They told us about the dragon realm all friday ngiht, we talked about demons all saturday, then on sunday they went out for a 3am walk and i was left alone with the bf; we had to call them back because we were 99% sure there was a ghost.

they came back and told us it was a dragon.

a good con.

>>8575975
what kinda drugs were you guys on I have never been on thst level at a con before

>>8575982
they're pretty cool people who i'd known for about 3 years; they're huge nerds who love pokemon and lolita and hetalia and stuff. i just didn't know they were so into... dragons until the con \o/ they've never touched any kind of recreational drug in their life, bar alcohol.

>>8575856
Simple math and the ability to communicate with hotel staff without being a spergshit.

>>8575899
Why the fuck would you trust a hotel that doesn't straight up give you a proper total?

Okay anons, so cons are rare fun trips for me, I don't get to go very often, and I can normally only get a hotel once a year. I usually like to get up early, say around 7, get ready - with enough time to shower, have a good breakfast and get ready comfortably and spend a good amount of time at the con. I always make this clear to my room mates that I will be getting up early, I don't care if they don't want to, I'd appreciate quietening down at around 1am but if they don't want to that's their call. I've never been to a con where the drinking scene was particularly great, anyway. And without fail, every time, I get bitched at when I get up because the shower wakes people up. And I get that, but I do warn everyone way before the hotel's even booked. Am I a bitch? Should I be more chill, and stop getting up early?

>>8576729
Maybe you should get your breakfast first and shower after. Or better yet, shower at night and only wash your face in the AM.

I'm an early bird myself, but if you're the only one in the room who gets up early, the considerate thing to do would be to accomodate for the others. The best thing to do would be to stay up really late the night before the con so you're on the same sleeping schedule as them.

>>8575962
>>8575975
You probably shouldn't listen to the mentally ill.

>>8576729
Nope. You've told them the schedule - they should deal with it.

I've had crap roommate experiences in the past. Ranging from people trying to getting out if paying for their portion of the room, to people being a "type a personality" and walking all over everyone, to having a couple have sex while I'm sleeping in the same bed next to them.

I'm cool with whatever, but the last few cons where I've stayed with "friends of friends" has been shit. I'm tempted to just be a butt and buy my own room for myself next time. Fuck people.

Always get money when the booking is made (but my advise is always book a cancellable room in case of emergencies).

If you don't, everyone who hasn't put money in behaves like they've got no responsibility.

Insert the following:

>Sorry anon, a friend it letting me crash for free buh bye~
>You only asked if I'd like to room with you, I didn't know it was definite, I have plans now sorry
>Oh I'm not going now
>I thought I might just day trip it

It's a tough call where either you can garuantee you have a room by booking it yourself and having to wrangle with other people, or being one of the room-sharers where you could lose your place at any moment.

My personal pet peeves are if I'm staying in a room with friends and one person brings their partner. Like it's not so bad if your a couple in a room with another couple where you're both as bad as each other, but it's fucking akward watching two people paw at each other while everyone else is just trying to hang.

And the other is food. At cons I've been to people generally group off in friend groups to go get food but I room with my friend group. Having very social friends meant they'd often end up going off with other groups and I'd be like...well shit....I'll just not eat cause I don't know where to go by myself.

So my personal rule of thumb is, if you're going for food or ordering food you message the rest of the room to let them know/invite them.

>ask if you want to have friends over
>respect boundaries
>don't touch other people's things
>ask before eating or drinking other peoples snacks
>don't take an hour in the shower
>clean up after yourself

>>8575751
This. Happened to me-- same numbers and everything. Didn't find out until I was leaving my house to go to the airport that there were ten other people. Small hotel room, too. We had to agree to sleep in shifts, but when the majority of their shifts ended, queue the yelling.

>>8575754
how would you know if you do either of these things?

Room share with my BF (together for 2 months at the time) His friend, D, and my friend who I'd only met once irl before, L.

All travel down together bc L and I are from the same town. Meet BF and D at station. D is 21 and in panic mode all the way there because he is a fucking idiot and doesn't know how transport works.
>Get to city and have to use subway. D checking every map we see. BF and I do this route many times a year. Eyeroll.
>Get to con. BF and D are best friends so share bed. I take sofabed and L takes single bed.
>Day 1. I have elaborate armor worbla in 2012 before it hyped. Gets loads of photos. D is wearing shittiest ever Gintama costume. He is 300lbs. Storms off halfway though day because hes sulking because I'm getting lots of attention and photos and he gets 0.
>L knows her shit and goes to con alone, in awesome bodypaint.
>Get back to room and D sulks bc he said L and I ruined con because we stopped anyone taking pictures of him.
>BF and I go to party. L goes out with diffrent friends. D goes off to supermarket 30m away to get food. He sees L on the train and gives her his key for some reason.
>He gets back to room and realise no one is in. We left before him.
>He then tried to get to con alone. But he doesn't know how to use a train and walks 1 hour away from the con.
>Gets lost and finds a bar with food.
>Fat man eating alone
>He gets taxi back to hotel and waits in hallway until we get back at 2am. Didn't even try and get hold of us.
>Sulks and tries to make it our fault.

Day 2
>He's doing finn from adventure time (of course) and shaves his legs in bath. Doesn't clean up bear hair that is now all over bathroom.
>We tell him to clean the fuck up FOR AN HOUR.
>He gets moody because he had to clean.
>Storms off for the day because if hes bitter over L and I having good costumes.

Part 1 of 2

>>8577226
Travel home
>Train is cancelled and network messed up due to jumper, we plan new route with one change. D freaks out and tries to book a $400 taxi home
>Get to change, next train went by early and we missed it. D yells at us in the station and cries saying it's our fault.
>No problem, we find new route. D says it won't work and he will get his mom to pick us up, 3 hours away from home.
>Mom doesn't answer at 12pm
>D cries.
>about 300 people from con at station in the same boat stare and laugh at him.
>Get next train.
>Train goes through L and I's town before going to BF's and D's.
>It is 2am, BF decides to stay at mine bc we're fuckign tired.
>D goes into full meltdown about getting the train on his own.
>His town is the last stop on the train. He think's he'll miss it. Doesn't understand what it means.
>Gets off train at my town. Tried to stay at mine or L's.
>Lol no we fucking hate you, moron.
>Train leaves.
>Says he'll wait until the first train of the day to get home.
>Sits and waits 4 hours in November, outside, in the sleet.
>Tries to make everything that went wrong our fault.


Don't room with fucking idiots. or 300lbs men who cosplay finn

>>8575962
Male sure you don't have someone secretly living in your house/coming in at night.
Set up some cameras or something.

I am lucky enough to have friends who are financially responsible and don't try to weasel out of a bill, and who are pretty considerate of others' space/things/food. My major thing with almost all of them is that there is almost always drama. Between lovers, between friends, etc, someone starts some fucking beef. I'm chill and usually just bounce to find other people to hang with, but sometimes they make it impossible to escape, which is the worst.

So I guess my advice is try not to bring your ugly drama to what is supposed to be a fun getaway for everyone else. And if you can't be cool for two or three days, at least try not to drag others into it.

>>8577226
>>8577240
Holy shit. How old was D mentally? Did he have something wrong with him other than his general sheltered attitude? Because that is not a normal way for a 21 yo to act. I feel sorry for you. I hope you at least got some laughs out of this, jesus.

>>8577516
Nope. No proper issues.
Just a sort of weeby mess. This guy I s2g.
>Left school at 16
>Went to college
>Droped out after one year
>Did another course
>Dropped out
>became a personal driver for an old lady for a year
>Lady died
>Is now doing a "fiction writing" course.

The guy is literal trash.
He went on holiday to Japan and stayed in the cheapest shit western chain hotel he could find. Then was butthurt he couldn't find clothes to fit his fat ass.

He's unfortunately my BFs best friend bc they've been friends since childhood. I'm trying to talk him out of liking this guy. I know it's mean but this guy is stupid and my BFs so clever I don't know why he puts up with him.

D was planning to go to a con and asked my bf to buy him something on ebay. Because D forgot his ebay password. And couldn't recover it because he forgot his email password.
Literally has to have a friend order things online for him.

He wanted to room with a different friend of mine at con and I warned them now to. Now he's being moody because no one wants to hang out with him.

>>8577240
>>8577226
You posted this boring story in the last roommate thread, retard. It's not interesting enough to go through your reworded version.

Common sense rules to room with strangers.
Rules I say: know the potential person's personal life and share, 18+ only (21+ preferred), don't discriminate, communicate often, and be responsible.

>>8577660
There's no reason to be so rude, D. You should have just gotten off at the last stop like you were suppose to.

>>8577534
>He wanted to room with a different friend of mine at con and I warned them now to. Now he's being moody because no one wants to hang out with him
>nobody wants the D
Typical

>>8577534
>>8577240
>>8577226
This sounds strangely like one of my good friends that I eventually stopped talking to because I was too embarrassed by his behavior in front of others. I swear these are the worst kind of friends.

I'm a social person and I like meeting new people, but fuck if I'm tired after a long con day and you decide to invite 10 unknown males to our room late at night when I'm taking a shower and walking around in a towel then fuck you. And you should make sure everyone is comfortable with strangers in our room, I've had someone invite a bunch of their friends in to spend time in there and two other roomies have been really uncomfortable around people they don't know and who don't even acknowledge their existence by saying hi or anything. They just huddle in a corner and start talking about their private things like the other people don't exist.

And if everyone else is sleeping, don't fucking stumble in the room at 2 AM bringing your loud, giggling friends with you. God fucking damnit.

Also during the mornings don't take showers that last forever, other people need to use the bathroom too and often the only mirror with a lighting fit or putting on makeup is situated in there.

>>8575743
I think what gets me the most is people being slobs. I understand that cons get hectic, but I hate it when people just leave all their shit just strewn around the room in various areas. Just make a pile somewhere and keep it there, jackass.

>>8580340
I don't like having my stuff everywhere in a hotel room. It's a nightmare to gather up and pack at the end of the trip. I don't know how these people do it.

>>8580340
I stayed with a few people like that, and at the end of the weekend they were rummaging everywhere for their misplaced stuff. It gets on my nerve when they leave stuff around the place disregarding that they're staying with a bunch of other people who might want to use the bathroom counter without shit everywhere.

>stuck at that age where you're the only one in your main friend group you're comfortable rooming with that's legal
>suddenly one of your brothers friends who isn't legal has no room because of some drunk bitch running that room
>be the only one who can really go to any other room since everyone else involved can't even buy a lottery ticket
>sudden relief when they find a place to stay, and reminder to make older friends that you can stand for more than 5 minutes

Most of my con friends that are older than me are overly dramatic and bitchy and even if this sort of situation happens again I would rather room with children than deal with their bullshit.

Why anyone would want to room share if they could board alone is beyond me, but I do take hour showers and am constantly naked, so

>>8580547
To lower costs? I'm still in college and can't really afford a hotel room to myself on top of all the other expenses. If I could have my own room I would, no questions asked.

Don't stay with someone who's entitled and bitchy about friends hanging out in the room. I can understand wanting to keep parties and stuff low key, but I've stayed with someone that would say no to mutual friends drinking and hanging out in the room responsibly. Never again.

Moral of the story really is just don't room with people you don't know well enough to trust. It can be hard but I would rather never do any cons than put up with strangers in my room, touching my shit, being weird etc.

>>8580895
I'm kinda nervous about it too. I've had to room with complete strangers in other situations and I've had things of mind stolen or broken behind my back. Usually strangers couldn't care less about your preferences either.

This is why I room with close friends or family, otherwise I don't go.

Ayumi Davis/Nini stayed in my room and didn't me back at a previous convention. I've tried contacting her a number of times along with her boyfriend but they ignore me. Meanwhile they're making enough money to travel hundreds even thousands of miles to go to conventions.

One girl I roomed with had her alarm set to go off in the middle of the night every night so she could do events on her mobile games. And it had to be the alarm, setting it to vibrate wasn't an option for some reason.

Simple:

If you dont know them don't room with them.

There's no "but cost cutting" and "we need to fill the room", no. No strangers. That way if your friends fuck up you can maturely bring it up and they should be cool with it. If not you can slowly eliminate people from sharing with you.

I had a guy that I knew from cons room with us that locked himself in the bathroom trying to put on makeup for 3 hours when he could've just done it in the room where there was a table in front of a mirror. Thank god the hotel lobby had a washroom.
On the day of checkout, he also rushed to get to his photoshoot that morning with the key card and nobody could contact him to get it back. We even had to pack the guy's things for him.
Never again.

>>8575754
I actually didn't know I slept walked when I go to cons. I mean, when I was younger I used to do it a lot but that stopped. Though one year when I roomed with the friends I always room with now, they told me I did.

Now we make it a point to anyone that's new that rolms with us that I sleep walk and if they see that I do, to guide me back to the bed. But we sort of solved this issue ourselves. I don't move apparently if I sleep between two people on the same bed.

>>8581953
After what happened to me and my boyfriend at a con a few months ago I am unwilling whatsoever to room with complete strangers/randos anymore.

>be male
>gets room for con thanks to a friend
>finds all roommates are female
>finds corner
>sleeps on floor
>one offers two cushions so I have pillows
>sleep next to luggage
>wake up
>eat breakfast
>wait till shower is free
>dress
>enjoy con
>back to room
>wash up
>eat
>back to corner
>sleep

Pretty much what happened except one of the girls brought a friend who I had a very long conversation with.

Tdlr: Find a corner, keep your things safe, be genteel men

>tfw haven't booked a hotel for a single overnight con

I feel like I'm missing out, but so many cons here offer sleeping on the floor of nearby schools and for reasonable price (around 6€ per night), with showers included. I just don't see reason to book a hotel.

But then again, I only bring a backpack's worth of stuff to whatever con I go to, and I can easily keep it save in the cloakroom of the con.

>>8575743
don't assume you get the only bed in the room to yourself when you haven't paid jack shit for the room/gas/food and try to make the couple who have paid sleep on the floor together.

>that one guy who brings handcuffs, tasers, pepper spray and other shit to the hotel room

he says it was for in case there was a chimpout.

>>8584461
Where are you anon? And which cons? I haven't come across something like this before, it sounds fun.

>>8582016
Storytime?

>>8584514
More or less every con in Finland have it. Some offer sleeping pad and breakfast for extra cost too.

I still remember one time when I originally was planning on doing allnighter and didn't get any sort of sleeping place. I walked around half-sleeping in the con till it was 4 AM, but then they announced that there's still one spot left. Naturally I jumped onto it. Slept for 4 hours in the bare floor, and had fun on the con for the next day too.

>>8577226
>>8577240
While his behavior overall is shit, I can sympathize with the transport part.

I'm kind of fucking terrified when it comes to public transport so that's why.

The... the fuck. /tg/ larper here, I dunno shit about cosplay, but... I thought p&p RPG was the bottom of the barrel for crazy fuck.
Usage of raw imagination and powerfantasy often show the hidden crazyness of people, but that...
It's not even that it's rare or shit, but that thread, and the others ones with fatty body slamming people...

Ok, there is attention whoring and jealousy on this boat, but do you know why such crazyness exist ? Or are those behaviour rare ?

>>8580303
And what would that friends name be?

>>8577534
Has anyone ever told you that you are a rotten bitch and should get out of people's lives? Warning people is none of your fucking business and you need to deal with your own.

>>8584862
so take your p&p crazies and imagine they were crazy enough to leave the house and be crazy in public. the craziest of crazies. that's how crazy our crazies get.

>>8581969
Why did you even bother packing his things? I would have left his shit in the room and let the hotel do what they want with it if he didn't make it back before checkout.

>wasn't planning on going to AX this year
>get a free badge 2 days before the con starts,
>find some girls on a forum who need a room8
>they are hesitant at first (because I'm a guy). But I offered to pay 50$ more than their advertised price.
>they cave in
>first day of the con
>go through their shit and masturbate
>came on panties and cosplay
>spray frebreez on it so they don't smell my masculine stench

>>8585977

Despite public media's depiction, playing in P&P games requires you to both leave the house and have a basal level of social interaction.

Having been on both boards, I'd say that That Guys (the /tg/ styled crazies, as in "you know, /that/ guy") are typically just as bad as /cgl/ crazies.

>>8586194
Yea, I guess also that /that/ guy isn't your roomate for 2 days, too. or that the "game" is putting up elaborate deguisement that all have in common being fragile and long to make to be good in a con where everyone will compare yours to the others here.

>going to a con later this year
>three of us in the room are poly, kinky, and up to integrate that into our weekend
>the fourth guy isn't
this is going to be a hilarious weekend

>>8586284

Don't be rude.
Find someone else's room to do that in. If you wanted your room to be all about that then 4th guy should have been handled like an adult.

Furthermore I'll tell you what you don't realize now. You'll be someone's ASSHOLE to end all asshole stories. If you have one sympathetic bone in your body you'll know you don't want to put someone through that. If you don't have sympathy then know that shit can come back to haunt you.

>>8586266

The word is "costume", not disguisement. If it's a costume of a specific character for the purposes of this board, it's called a "cosplay." Not chastising you, just letting you know .

Also, they really are the same. You may have to room with them for 2 days, but you have to see That Guy for 4-6 hours at a time on average once a week for who knows how long, and That Guy is often a roommate or friend. There are a lot of stories of them breaking shit or being lechers as well, beyond just ruining the game (which, much like a cosplay, usually has hours of time invested in it. For those who don't pay tabletop, imagine spending a few weeks with some friends writing a short story, where you have to play a game of chance to make things go how you want them to. You spend weeks, the story progresses, you rescue the princess or whatever, and then just as you feel like you're almost satisfied, That Guy says "lol, I rape the Princess."

>>8586266
>>8586347

Welp, forgot to end this sentence.

What I wanted to say is that this "game" seem more easily disturbable by a That guy bc fragile stuff,

I see /that guy/ ruining a session, but it is still an actor of that session, a player, even if a bad.

The crazies here, if compared, were people who had no business in the game, but just went and dumped a giant shit on the table we were playing, and thought it to be OK just because they had the right to be in the same room.

We don't label /that guy/ people who steal/break your figs because they are jelly or badly lost against.

>>8586347
>costume
>disguisement

Not trying to troll, but it seem weird to me to use that name.

The common definition of deguisement is everything used to make you look like something else.

A costume is a dress caracteristic of a group, culture, period, ect.
>Lawyer dress, soldier uniform...

As the "deguise" definition include wigs, make-up, everything used in cosplay, while the costume def is only the dress, and that the "dress" part is often not be a "real" costume, due to having to use foam as steel, impossible proportion, ect, and that the dress rather aim to "look like" the real costume, isn't "disguisement" more correct ?

I mean : A medieval reenactor have a viking costume, with accurate armor and helmet, larper and cosplayer a viking deguisement who look like a viking costume.

>pic not very related.

>>8586426

Deguisement isn't a word in English, is what I was saying. There isn't any distinction made, same as how Japanese doesn't use pronouns, German doesn't distinguish between "I eat" and "I am eating", etc.

Costume and Disguise are mostly the same thing, the difference in English is the intent. A costume is done for fun or for, say, a movie or play, while a disguise is used to attempt to fool others into thinking you are somebody or something else.

A costume is for fun, a disguise is for tricking people.

>>8586011
This is disgustinc

>>8586533
Ha, ok.
Damn english, stealing words and changing the meaning.

Excuse me for my ignorance, and have a fine larper larping.

>>8586535

It's doesn't turn you on? I made her lick it off and suck my dick after.

>>8587187
Makes me glad I don't room with guys and never will

>>8587195

To each his/her own.

I can't speak for all men. I'm just a pervert. I know a girl who is lesbian and purposely looks for girl only rooms. Told me some crazy stories about how she fingers girls off while sleeping together. Most of the girls just go with it. She also likes to sneak into showers with them and do the same.

Aswell as putting on other girls panties and squirting into them.

>>8587216
Your friend sounds like a rapist...

>>8587262
Probably.

>>8587216
Holy fuck, I hope you're just bullshitting anon.

>>8587334

I'm not.

Pervert Squad. We out che. Coming to a con near you

>>8587216
>Aswell as putting on other girls panties and squirting into them.

jeez and she sounds like a total whore so you just KNOW those girls all got STDs

>>8575953
top kek

>>8587195
Because the person writing that is actually a female troll.

>>8587390

She usually sticks to one girl a con. And only goes to maybe 5 cons on the west coast a year, so it's not that bad.

That isn't even the worst of it. I know for a fact she ate a girl out in a bathroom.

Anime LA she was almost kicked out because she tounged a girl who wasn't into it and reported her. And she was grabbing other girls tits and asses Think the guy staff thought it was hot so they let her be.

If you say you aren't going to be a "party room" don't fucking be a party room.

People moved my shit around even though I had it neatly packed, organized, and out of the way in a corner. Fortunately I live close enough I just noped back home that night.

>>8584524
It's nowhere near as bad as some of the stories here, I just trusted the judgement of an acquaintance of mines. He had us room with an 18 year old girl who was part of a home schooled special ed program. We had an issue on the last night of the con, she didn't handle it in the most mature manner. Her friend started calling me a whore in front of a boyfriend which resulted in my boyfriend beating him up. She in turn started talking shit about me, claiming I went through her shit. I caught her contradicting herself and made a collage of her posts where she changes the story.

>>8584524
It's nowhere near as bad as some of the stories here, I just trusted the judgement of an acquaintance of mines. He had us room with an 18 year old girl who was part of a home schooled special ed program. We had an issue on the last night of the con, she didn't handle it in the most mature manner. Her friend started calling me a whore in front of my boyfriend which resulted in my boyfriend beating him up. She in turn started talking shit about me, claiming I went through her shit. I caught her contradicting herself and made a collage of her posts where she changes the story.

>>8584406
Except every girl in that room probably thought you were some fucking weirdo sleeping next to everyones luggage.

>>8586535
It's just bait, anon.

>>8588202
why so salty anon

>>8590235

No. It isnt

>>8584535
Yeah, that makes sense. But if you know you hate public transport, you'd probably let someone know about this minor detail, and make arrangements to work around it, like an adult. He just sounds like some whiny assbaby who falls to pieces when he's forced to take some responsibility for his own life. He bawled his way through a situation that people were basically guiding him through and complained that a magical car didn't appear to take him home at a completely unreasonable hour.

>>8586284
feel free to replace him! I'd love to join in this room!

>>8586284
I love watching poly relationships fall into a crumble of insecure whine sessions

>>8588202
Oh right, I should've been specific. I was sleeping next to my luggage. All the girls had their luggage scattered around the room and I kept everything in one corner.

>>8587640
>she only rapes maybe 5 girls a year

Oh, well, that's not so bad.

>>8594483
Same, I also love the tension when one is getting the love while the other(s) isnt.

>>8596224
YES! I'm like "you were bragging so much about how you are poly, but now your sitting here like a little bitch huffing and puffing"

Feels so good watching their smugness get smashed.

>>8596271
>>8594483
Tbh I only get this smug satisfaction when the person's just doing it because they want to cheat but can't be bothered to hide the evidence. If they're genuinely poly then good for them.
It's like rooming with a SJW, if they're someone who's kinda awkward but genuinely wants to be a better person then it's better to steer them away from the crazy. If it's an obese womyn who is also an asexual pansexual transsexual otherkin virgin with self-diagnosed everything, well, it's more fun to watch the trainwreck and satisfy my schandenfreunde-thirsty self.
It's great the days after the con, too, when you have lots of pics but they only have a couple... which were selfies. Feels good to have that arrogance ground into salt. I don't feel bad because they're bad people, they're getting what they deserve.

>>8594488
>>8588202
Women will find any reason to be creeped out by strange men.

>>8575743
>LEGEND OF ELSA.png

This is fucking amazing. Can someone get booted from the con for pulling this? Or would masq staff not care about theft?

>>8575856
You can ask the hotel what the cost of the room is with taxes and fees. Also ask what amenities they charge for.

>>8576769
I usually take all my stuff in the bathroom the night before so I just get up, get ready in there and just leave without bothering anyone.
If I mess up my sleep schedule it takes me weeks to get it back. Not good when you work full time.

>>8605862
What's so hard about showering at night?

>>8600692
>approving of poly relationships

>>8606047
Some people have am photoshoots/panels/meetups to get to. You can't expect everyone to be on the same schedule. Bring earplugs. Honestly it's the best thing I started doing a few years ago.

>>8606047
I usually shower at night, saves time on drying hair in the morning.

On this subject, I really like hotel rooms that have their sink/mirror in the room itself and the toilet/shower in the actual bathroom. This way, multiple people can get ready in front of the mirror/at the sink without it becoming a traffic jam in the morning.

>>8580181
kek'd

>>8581910
You were dumb to let her stay without paying first. No pay, no stay.

>>8596224
>>8596271
You're both horrible people.
I like you guys.

>>8606047
I usually shower whenever no one is in the bathroom. Early works best since no one else is up/needs to use the bathroom then.
I usually do staff stuff and have to be places early for set ups. I just put my costume stuff in the bathroom after everyone has gone to bed so I can get dressed in the morning in the bathroom. Its quieter that way and I don't have to turn on a light in the main room.

>>8606958
I like to braid my hair when its wet and put up into the wig that way. Helps keep me cooler and when I de-costume I can unbraid it and have cute waves in my hair.

Unrelated, but why do so many con-goers cram so many people into rooms designed for 4? Why are you all so cheap? WTF? I hate seeing crazy numbers like 8 people in one room, that shit is dangerous and also gross. No wonder so many con-goers smell like shit and the hotel lobby bathrooms are always DESTROYED during cons.

>>8607136
More money to spend on weebshit. Plus most people don't spend a lot of time actually in their rooms anyway so the only time when it's actually full is when people are sleeping.

Also, I've never had bad roommate experiences because I only room with people I know. We make deals, like you'd better not be a disgusting fuck and if you have sex in the room or try to have sneak-sex at night I'll murder you, that sort of thing. If no friends want to room, then just my bf and I get a room. Because we're not fucking cheap asses.

>>8580070
fucking kek

>>8585948
plz stop posting, D

I live in Europe, whenever I go to a different town for a con I stay in hostels. I don't really get why Americans have to stay in super expensive multiple star hotels and then have to share their room with 40 people.

I can get a private room with bathroom in a hostel for 12€ a night if booked in advance. Are there no hostels in the States?

>>8607434
>Are there no hostels in the States?
No, because there's less tourism, less emphasis on youth travel culture and even if there are they're usually occupied by junkies and prostitutes.
Same reason why there's no public transport, if there were any it'd be covered in shit and piss by day 2.

>>8607434
I'm sure there are plenty of people who go to cons alone here in the States, but I've always felt that our con culture for a lot of people has a strong aspect of travelling with friends to an event. While hostels are uncommon, they do exist in some larger cities and can be quite nice, but if you're travelling with a group of more than 2 or maybe 3 people, it's often cheaper to share a hotel than have everyone pay ~$30+/night for their own bed in a dorm. And it's tough to find dorms cheaper than that, let alone private rooms, due to the lack of popularity/youth tourism in the US. The only place I've found private rooms for decently cheap were at hostels in Las Vegas and New Orleans, and both were as gross as you might expect.

>>8607434
>super expensive multiple star hotels
Other anons already mentioned that hostels don't exist outside of places like NYC. But another problem is that hotels will jack up their rates when any moderately sized con comes to town, because they view it as an in-demand weekend and they know the room will sell no matter what. Often that special "con rate" is more than what the hotel charges on any normal weekend, and if you were unlucky enough to have to book the hotel's normal rate, you might be paying 2 or 3 times as much as they charge most weekends.

>>8606950
>>8607013
Yeah but she said her roommates get pissed off by the sound of the shower in the morning, so she's intentionally being rude when she doesn't have to be.

You're not going to suddenly get dirty after sleeping in a fucking bed for 8 hours. Shower at night and wash your face in the morning. Simple as that.

>>8607529
They were warned, though. Showering at night would have been a better decision, but they knew what they were getting into from the get-go.

>>8607534
Honestly I think showering at night is fine when you're just at work and crap, but at a sweaty, busy con, I shower in the morning too. If I'm rooming alone, once in the morning and once in the evening, I just feel gross otherwise. If you room with someone who says "jsyk I shower early in the morning" weeks before the con and then get pissed when they do so, that's kind of your mistake. No-one makes them room with her. It also sounds like the OP is willing to deal with them being loud and staying up late when they get up early, they should be equally accommodating, especially if prewarned.

>>8607529
Usually at night everyone is in the room either hanging out or also showering or at least getting ready for bed. I'm not staying up even later just to fight for the shower.
Deal with it or bring earplugs. Its what I do to avoid late night noise when I want to sleep. Dealing with things is common in shared space.

>>8607459
The US does have public transport

>>8607534
Her roommates had every right to be annoyed. I'd be pissed too if I had to wake up from a dream hours before I'm supposed to >>8607540
because of some selfish person making noise like a pack of elephants.

>>8611813
Didn't mean to reply to the second post...

>>8611813
Wrong. OP never said she's making elephant noises - just that her roomates are light sleepers who get angry when normal noises like the shower wake them up. Nobody is required to cater to your special snowflakeness. If I tell my people that I can only sleep when the temperature is turned down to 50 degrees (something a roommate of mine actually tried to do at a con), do I have the right to be pissed off when they turn the air back up to 65 or 70? It's your responsibility to bring headphones/earplugs/extra blankets/whatever to make your special quirk manageable - it's ridiculous to do nothing and then expect everyone around you to change your behavior.

>>8612590
God the room temperature. The people that need the room to be a fucking ice box while someone of use are shivering through the night on the floor.

>>8575885
Nigga that's creepy

>>8612602
I posted this in a thread months ago, but the roommates in question (not a friend - we were co-staffing a con) actually wanted the room set at 40 degrees. Ignoring that this is lower than most hotels will allow for, I am pretty sure the goal was to get their own room so that nobody had to be subjected to their special requests (they were also monstrously loud snorers with sleep apnea machines). Long story short, I had to buy earplugs and keep an eye on the thermometer.

>>8612590
No, *you're* wrong. She's the special snowflake in this situation because she's the only person waking up at an early hour while the majority is sleeping in. The single Outnumbered person = special snowflake, not the other way around. And she's being extremely selfish by insisting she shower in the morning when she could easily be considerate/not a selfish brat and shower at night. Also, it's unlikely that every one of her roommates at every con is a "light sleeper". She's clearly making more noise than she realizes. Either that or she's making excuses so idiots like you side with her.

I also find it funny that you bring up the temperature thing. It's the same deal, one snowflake shouldn't get to decide what goes on in the room if he or she is outnumbered, just like selfish anon is outnumbered with getting up early. You're contradicting yourself and it's hilarious. Let's see you try again.

>>8612764
I'm not the anon you're responding to, but there has to be a reasonable line, right? Yes, you're right that majority rules in rooms, but to what extent? Like if people want the room literally 40 degrees, isn't that kind of extreme/unreasonable?

>>8612764

I'm not that other anon, but if you room with someone and that person says to you, BEFORE you book it, that they get up early to shower, and you say "yeah cool", and then bitch about it, like OP said, YOU are in the wrong, because YOU agreed to some stupid shit you weren't prepared to deal with by buying earplugs or something. If you don't want to deal with someone getting up early, don't room with them. This is not rocket science. Warning someone you get up early and then doing so is way better than inviting a bunch of weirdos back to the room, stealing snacks or molesting people like some of the people in this thread.

"anon I'm going to get up early, is that cool with you"
"yeah that's cool"
then at the con,
"HOW DARE YOU GET UP EARLY???"

tl;dr if you don't like someone doing shit, but are forewarned of that shit, and agree to it anyway, you don't get to complain, because you fucking agreed to it

>>8612764
Lmao that's not how basic roommate expectations work. Just because you're outnumbered doesn't suddenly make your very reasonable behavior "special." On the flip side of what the OP is talking about if your three roommates say that they are going to hold a room party until 6am, wanting to sleep is not a "special" request.

This is also not really relevant but since you brought it up, there were two people in my room who wanted the temperature set to 40 degrees. So no, you're wrong - I was outnumbered but it was still an unreasonable request to ask a single person to abide by. Everyone can wake up when they want, use the jeeze when they want, jeeze.

>>8612764
Lmao that's not how basic roommate expectations work. Just because you're outnumbered doesn't suddenly make your very reasonable behavior "special." On the flip side of what the OP is talking about if your three roommates say that they are going to hold a room party until 6am, wanting to sleep is not a "special" request.

This is also not really relevant but since you brought it up, there were two people in my room who wanted the temperature set to 40 degrees. So no, you're wrong - I was outnumbered but it was still an unreasonable request to ask a single person to abide by. Everyone can wake up when they want, use the shower when they want, jeeze.

>GF and I tentatively agree to go to con with people
>Month or so later, we've lost interest
>The person more-or-less in charge reserved an expensive-as-fuck hotel room, and says that if GF and I cancel, they'll make us pay the nearly $100 cancellation fee
>I'm upset because no one told me when I gave my very-clearly tentative 'yes' that it would have financial consequences if it became 'no', but GF and I end up going

>The people brought weed to the hotel room
>Because they wanted to leave it in the hotel room and didn't want it found, for the entire 4 or so days we were there, they never let the room get serviced
>This means that no one came in to clean or replace towels; we had to keep asking the front desk for more towels
>By the time we left, there was a fucking mountain of damp, days-old towels by the door, probably beginning to grow mold
>The beds were a mess because they never got cleaned or serviced either
>Outside of family trips, I've only ever roomed with dudes before, but I expected approximately the same amount of cleanliness from these people (I was the only guy in the this group)
>Nope
>Clothes all over the floor
>Bathroom counter completely overtaken with everyone's products
>Clothes even left on the bathroom floor
>Hotel was so hifalutin that they didn't have a continental breakfast despite the price; they only had an expensive-as-fuck restaurant that they wouldn't even let you in unless you were in formal clothes

My GF and I have decided that, for any future cons we go to, we'll only go with individuals that we both know and like super-well. Fuck that whole situation; at least the con ended up being pretty fun.

Get those little locks for your luggage, no matter how well you think you know and trust the people you're rooming with. Doubly so if you bring food and drinks. Triply so if you have meds of any kind, especially painkillers or anything for any kind of mental/emotional issue.

Also, for the love of fuck shower regularly and use deodorant. I think that's a general unspoken con rule regardless but you will not be popular if you're smelling like day-old liver and onions by the end of day 2.

>>8612968

I know someone who never lets the room get serviced no matter what. Not because they have anything illegal, mind you, but because they distrust the cleaning staff and have a fear that their stuff is going to get rummaged through or stolen.

>>8612602
Actually got onto a friend for this. He would turn the room down to 60, freezing out his roommates and making it to where they couldn't sleep. They would come to our room and take naps that first few days because we kept the thermostat at 68-72 depending on the day. Finally told him to get used to the idea of sleeping without covers because his roommates had out voted him on the thermostat. He started to make the argument that he was a bigger guy and would sweat to death at night in a hot room. I got to pull the rug out from that argument because I'm 50 lbs heavier than him.

Other than that, I have had very little problem with roommates. I have had a few pointedly break out the earplugs because I "snore loud". Only complaint I've heard so far.

>>8575856
>>8575831
I wanna piggyback off these posts. Personal creed when it comes to being the room host/crashing at someone's room

>Collect/Give room payment as soon as you arrive at the room

Paying early lets you avoid the trap of thinking you have more spending cash than you need. Collecting early stops people from going "uhhh bro, I spent it all at the dealer's room"

Also if people don't pay, give them the boot

Never room with someone you have not met

>Oh hey anon can my totally really cool friend you will love stay with you
Not until I meet the fucker. You are better off paying more than staying with some people

>>8612788
Exactly. It wasn't as if they didn't say anything before booking and then surprised everyone with a weird preference/habit. It would be one thing if they didn't warn anyone, but they knew who they were booking with and what their habits were. If they had a problem with it, they should have brought it up before the con and not complained afterwards.

>>8612968
>>8613034
>brings weed to hotel
>also doesn't let staff in to clean (just in case, large unweildy props everywhere, money on counter, stuff that might accidentally get broken or thrown away like cosplay repair materials)
>still absolutely appalled by story

We carry our stuff to the door each morning when the cart comes by and exchange it with housekeeping for fresh towels, empty bins, and new toiletries, generally keep a tidy house until check out day, and then we also tip. It requires like zero effort, or compromising the privacy of the room, to get the damp gross towels out of there.

>>8613332
Not always an option for us poorfags.

>tfw I would give anything to have my own private hotel room, free of both friends and strangers

>>8575743
Mind if I crosspost this to /r/badpeoplestories?

My standards are:
No booze/drugs in the room
No being drunk/high in the room
Don't make noise in the room when I'm sleeping
No parties in the room unless all participants agree to it. This may mean no parties in the room at all.
If I see trash on the floor it's getting moved to your bed.
If you fail to pay your share, your key will disappear mysteriously.

>>8605755
You don't need a reason. If you feel creeped out, that is that. You are creeped out.

However, don't blame the guy for creeping you out. The #1 cause of all of your emotions is YOU. You'll have to either calm down, or just put up with the creepy feeling.

Note that if you have a rational reason why you shouldn't trust this guy (e.g. you catch him rummaging through your things), kick his ass out ASAP. Being creeped out is just a feeling. Having your stuff stolen is physically real.

>>8612602
Huh, I hadn't thought of that.
I prefer room temps between 60F and 70F (16C and 21C) but I can tolerate between 8C and 25C (45F and 77F)

It's good to discuss this with your roomates before you head out.
Tempearture, Sleep schedules, How to organise your things, How not to crowd the bathroom, policy on alcohol, drugs, partying, alarms, loud noises.

>>8617491
I'm the original anon who shared it here so sure, go for it.

>>8617513
I need my room cold, so I tell before hand; it is a heart thing.

>>8617508
That's right ladies! Never trust your intuition. If you ever get a feeling that someone is sort of off, but they haven't made physical contact with you yet, you are pathetic and probably one of those fale-rape calling feminazis tbh.

>>8617780
>>8617508

So true - if a guy is behaving in a creepy way, you are allowed to mentally acknowledge the creepy behavior but DO NOT say it out loud!!! You could ruin a guy's reputation by voicing that he acted like a creep, you don't even know him, he could be a really nice guy and you didn't give him a chance to prove himself. Ladies, no matter how uncomfortable a guy makes you, it is your obligation to put up with it and keep it to yourself up until the exact moment when he touches you or your things because that is "real". It doesn't matter what he says to you or if he stares/follows you at a con. Anything after the touching is real, but anything that happens before then is all in your head because you are a hysterical female who hasn't yet had her daily cry into a pillow. Also make sure you don't tell any other girls that a guy was creepy, because you don't want to ruin the potential nice guy's chances with them.

I room with female friends a lot at cons and I always bring tampons and pads, a clean pack of panties and a spare pair of pyjamas. I rarely get a period but it's saved my roommates on several occasions.

>>8617846
>tips fedora

>>8607762
Laughably bad public transport, yes.

>>8618040
I don't know what public transport you took, but I think the DC metro is p good. I use it instead of driving when I can.

Is public transport better in Canada or something?

>>8618040
>moving goalposts

>>8613034
I've roomed with people like that. The thing is, they were sloppy so their crap is everywhere like in >>8612968 ... just keep your stuff tidy, keep all cash on you/in your wallet/purse on you and there's no problem. Or luggage locks are a good idea.

I have to at least get fresh towels daily. I don't mind if the beds aren't made.

>>8618162
Haha, no, Toronto is a joke. The only decent thing is there are a bunch of 24 hr buses

>Found out I was being made redundant a month before the con so had to be extremely frugal
> Had already bought the badges, booked train tickets etc so there was no backing out
> Another friend was also a bit tight but he'd found a really decently priced big-chain hotel room very close to con and offered to share with me
> How bad could it be?
> famous last words
> Room has anti-suicide windows that have been locked firmly shut and cannot be opened even for ventilation
> Door is so heavy that when we prop it open with a chair it still slides shut
> Really sunny weekend and room is so muggy and hot that it's hard to breathe
> Friend goes to the toilet
> Takes a shit
> Uses Lynx/Ax as an air freshener because he's so worried about spoiling my delicate sensibilities with the hint of shit
> Does this every time he uses the bathroom at ALL
> Douses himself in Lynx/Ax at morning and before bed
> He has hyperhydrosis so he does sweat a lot, but it doesn't smell bad
> but his overuse of Lynx/Ax is literally choking me
> Asthma flare up
> Ask him to spray after I leave the room
> Keeps spraying, but does it more often and less liberally than before
> Never rooming with a boy again

>Unable to room with friends at con. Can only stay overnight instead of the whole weekend.
>Ask on the official con forum if anyone can put me up for one night. Someone responds, let’s call him J.
>J says he has floor space and we agree on a set amount to pay him.
>Day of con arrives. Meet up with J after getting my badge to pay him my share of the room.
>First warning sign was that he tried to weasel out of giving me my change. “I thought you were nice and paying me extra.” No, we agreed on a set amount and that's it.
>Find out J is not staying in the actual room but acting as “room head.” He is staying in another room.
>J lectures me on room rules and to follow them or be evicted. While these were generally common sense things (no smoking, keep your stuff in one area) he was treating me like a little kid (I'm at least 5 year older than him) and I had never been to a con before.
>J takes me to the room and starts bitching about how messy it is.
>5 people are staying in the room and it's honestly not that bad. I’ve stayed in messier con hotel rooms with fewer people over the years.
>Trying not to provoke any fights I just get my room key from J and go off to enjoy the con, but not before I see J take two boxes of pocky that don't belong to him.
>Later that night I head back to the room to get some sleep and this is when I meet fellow my roommates, who are pretty cool.
>We all share our experiences with J and agree that he is a dick and that there is something wrong with him.
>Find out that J was being a creeper towards one of the roommates, let’s call her M.
>M is asexual and clearly not interested in J. M talks about how J kept hitting on her and trying to touch her when she was trying to arrange her stuff in the room.
>At one point J bursts into the room looking for M. We hide her under the bed until he leaves.
>Don't see J for the rest of the night.

>>8619475

The next day:

>It's late in the afternoon and I head back to the room to get my suitcase so I can drop it off at my car and then enjoy my last few hours at the con.
>J is waiting in the room alone. Someone must’ve let him in because he does not have a room key.
>J starts pestering me to room with him again at future cons. I politely turn him down. After the experiences I've had I want nothing further to do with him after the con.
>J then starts whining about people not talking to him in his room and how he wants to spend the night in this room instead.
>He just wants an excuse to creep on M.
>Luckily my fellow roommates arrive and shut his idea down.
>I then have to wait for J to leave so I can give my key to one of my roommates because I know J would want to take it from me.
>J dicks around in the room for 20 minutes trying to make awkward conversation while the roommates are trying to change and get their stuff together.
>J finally leaves the room so I give the roommates my key and leave.

>After the con ends J makes a whiny post on the con's fb about how he wasn’t trying to be a creeper. He had apparently been creeping on other girls besides M and several people called him out on it.

It gets better! A few weeks ago J sent me several messages asking if I wanted to room with him again at an upcoming con. I don’t think so.

>>8617846
I get that you're trying to shitpost but everything you wrote was correct.

>>8617846
>>8619891
Also you shouldn't worry about ruining the guy's reputation - you are a woman, therefore your opinion on the guy is invalid and his reputation is unchanged. Any other girls who actually agree with your assessment that a guy is "creepy" are probably just as hysterical and sjw and not good girlfriend material anyway since they'll probably demand their feelings be respected even when they haven't given the required amount of blowjobs to earn respect yet.

>>8618833
Then wtf is Enver talking about?

>>8600692
>schandenfreunde

>>8618162
>public transport better in Canada

>>8613034

I've become that person, if only because one con one of the cleaning staff stole my emergency money out of my suitcase (which was hidden inside a zipper inside a zipper on the inside of the suitcase.

>>8605755
Well then, glad I was rooming with nice people. Everything was chill and I enjoyed the con.

Also dang this thread increased in posts since I last went here lol

>>8620408
Public transit in Canada isn't good, but I'd reckon it's better funded than the US on average

So how do you find stranger roommates anyway?

I want to start staying in hotels because it's annoying as fuck having to drive to and from the con in costume every morning and night. But none of my friends have enough money to stay in hotel rooms and I can't afford to pay for one for just myself. I'm kinda at a loss here.

>Be Fat-German Male
>It was my first time in a Hotel Ever
>Shared a Room with my GF and her friend
>Let's call her Kryss
>Kryss was my EX, and my GF knew it
>Kryss is a very, very weird human beeing
>Got Diabetus and doesn't give a fuck about it
>Pretends to be a Cat sometimes and want's attention
> -Insert weird weeb shit here-. I'm sure she's into it or did it.

Day1 First Evening : The Arrival
>We met up in the lobby
>I gave my GF the money for the room and the Connichi Ticket
>Kryss was short of money but she promised to repay her (spoiler, it never happend)
>Alright, lets go to our rooms!
>It was a pretty big rooms with 2 big beds in it.
>She throws herself on her bed, rolls into a meaty,chunky,fatball and said "MEOW!!!11"
>I cringed already. My GF ignored it.
>it was late, so i showered. My GF was already done in the bathroom.
>"Kryss why won't you shower ?"
>"I want to safe water"
>whatever.jpg
>Kryss was already asleep so i make out with my GF.
>Got hard as shit, and i've never sleept with her.
>"Do ..you want me Anon?" she said with a slow and cute voice.
>OF FUCKING COURSE I WANT.
>HEREWEGO.JPG
>My GF pulled away her Pantys and crawls on top of me to ride me
>My Heart was pumping like hell. It was YEARS ago i had sex with a girl.
>she grabs my dick try to put it in for me.
>It felt so god damn good
>I turn my head because of lust.
>Kryss stares into my eyes, right infront of me and said "MEOW!! CAN I JOIN?"
>Instantly my boner was soft as overcookt asperagus
>My GF and i freaked out.
>Kryss was there the whole time, watching us
>I was salty and mad at Kryss.

NEXT MORNING:
>Kryss finally did shower.
>YES.jpg, she really started to smell sweatty and kind of sour
>She goes naked out of the shower
>"NYAAA IM FRESH AGAIN"
>GF enters Rage mode
>"Anonette ? Why are you mad ? Anon was my BF a couple of years ago!"

Since all this shit happend we only book a single room.
Sorry for my bad english, im a kraut with a really rusty school english.

>>8624278
Even assuming this actually happened, why the fuck would you think fucking your GF with your room mates 5 feet away was a good idea?

>>8624290
because i was a stupid cunt ?

>>8607015
My hair is so thick that when I do that, my hair is still damp at the end of the night when I take my wig off. shit sucks

>>8623155
Post in the forums of the con

>>8624278
>room with your gf and ex.

This is the fate you chose.

>>8607013
I would feel disgusting going to bed after wearing a wig all day without washing my hair.

Anyway, your roommates were probably fine with the idea of you waking up early but didn't realize you'd be making so much noise. Showers are loud and last a while so I don't blame them for being annoyed? No one's going to care if you rustle around a little in the bathroom, since that's easy to sleep through. But the sound of showers is not.

>>8623141
>better funded than the US
Then why is it still shit compared to some places in America?

I agree with anon that DC transportation is top notch. The buses are never even half a second late, the metro is clean and reliable, and it's near impossible to get lost if you read the maps.

24-hour buses are nice, but not many people need to ride a bus past midnight. The latest I've ever needed to take a bus was 9pm, and I was the only person on the bus the whole ride. Seems like a waste of money to fund that kind of thing.

>room with tumblr teenager
>they bring their whiny sister
>head of room is a bitch
For context
>kinda late, want to check out arcade
>tumblr kid comes with me because we were friends for a while
>I battle people in pokemon after a few rounds of ddr
>handing out diancie cards if people beat me
>pretty fun
>few hours pass
>me and a few other older con goers laying against eachother and talking because we're tired
>tumblr kid doesnt want to go back to room
>older attendees keeping eachother from passing out
>finally snap at tumblr kid that I want to go back b/c it's like 4am at this point
>they get all pissy about it and are silently huffing
>we go back to our room
>freezing, head of room took up the bed with the two guys who roomed with us
>I end up on the floor with no blankets or pillows of any sort
>layer one of my cosplay sweaters under my kigurumi
>woken up at 8am by head of room who is generally parading around
>this bitch
>the roommates all leave
>I can finally sleep
>quietly crawl up into the bed
>sleep so long I almost miss my photoshoot

Never rooming with those people again. My set up for the same con this year is 10x better even though we have more people in the room.

>>8575754

I had no idea that I sleep walked/talked until a con roommate told me about it. My mom used to tell me that I would talk in my sleep, but she's a pathological liar so I had no reason to believe her until I got outside confirmation.

Apparently all the things I say are entertaining as fuck though so nobody really gives me any shit for it.

>>8628483
>Apparently all the things I say are entertaining as fuck though so nobody really gives me any shit for it.

I hear the secrets that you keep.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmGMzyajA2U

>>8577119
>having a couple have sex while I'm sleeping in the same bed next to them.

Dats nasty. Sorry Anon.

>>8575962
I turn off my phone alarm in my sleep alot.

Trick is to put in on your desk or whatever so to turn it off you have to get up, if you just have to roll over and press a button you will fall back asleep.

>>8580070
#rekt

>>8577119
If you've got the money, there is no shame in having your own room. The point of sharing a room to reduce hotel costs for yourself, not to be nice to others.

Oh boy!!!

> decide to room with 2 artists friends (A & B), and 2 attendee friends (C & D)
> 5 people in room total, but that's fine it's got two beds we'll just share
> C has had a crush on D for a year or so
> D just considers him a friend
> it was assumed that I would be sharing a bed with D seeing as we were the only two girls in the room
> C takes a bed and asks D to come sit next to him on the bed
> D does it, but is visibly awkward
> D pulls out a sleeping bag to sleep on the floor
> I tell D she can sleep with me on the other bed
> C complains that he's lonely and guilts D into coming back onto his bed
> she literally brings her sleeping bag on top of the bed
> makes a protective cocoon
> is CLEARLY uncomfortable for the rest of the night

Uncomfortable sexual tension from C toward D THAT ENTIRE CON. And then later on in the day, (this is barely Day 0)

> C gets a call from E who is volunteering at AX
> E left her bag on the bus and has no ID
> con won't let her stay at the volunteer/staff rooms bc she has no ID
> she's crying and throwing a fit on the phone
> "can E come stay with us???"
> the room is tiny but okay, if she'll only sleep on the floor

OF COURSE she doesn't and then whines about not having a bed. we eventually end up springing for another room so it could be 3 people in each room instead of 6 in one room.

> E: "I can pay you guys back as soon as the con is over!"
> doesn't pay until like two years later
> the room is in A's name
> A, B, and I do cons to pay bills
> E has a job
> spends a shitton of money that weekend as well as at every other con
> has to be nagged into paying two years later

>>8635305
Oh how did I forget? E was also a Homestuck.

> E promises to drive the artists to the con because of our displays
> Day 1, E has a meltdown because she thinks her bodypaint looks bad
> trying desperately to put on Homestuck paint in the motel bathroom
> everyone's worried about being late to the con esp since we need to set up for the artist alley
> A is worried about the paint getting on the sink
> A, B, and I decide to stay and help clean up and help E put on the rest of her make-up
> we won't be late if she drives us like she said
> after we finally finish there's only about an hour til AA opens to the public
> "Hey can you take us to the con now?"
> C steps in "Sorry guys, D and I are really tired from walking around yesterday so E will have to take us instead"
> E is okay with this because she's been friends with C longer
> C & D didn't even help E with her make-up or clean the fucking grey mess
> gives 0 shits about telling us that she'll be our ride
> A, B, and I have to walk to the con carrying all of our pipes, display material, and posters
> con is 30+ minutes away on foot
> LA, middle of summer

It's been like 4 years and C still is not over D. Going to cons and rooming with the two of them is ridiculous because he gets upset every time C gets complimented for her cosplays. C's pretty so a lot of guys hit on her and that makes D jealous as fuck.

E made comments that entire weekend about how she should do AAs because she could make as much money. As far as I know she tried the AA once by sharing a table, swindled her tablemate out of their profit, and never tabled again.

Anyway, don't room with friends that have romantic drama and don't agree to let their friends stay with you without having their part of the hotel fees in hand even if it's an "emergency".

>>8575743
>>8575743
>Driving to Con
>Roomate offers to drive in exchange for place to stay
> Fair deal
> Exceeds 125mph on a public road.

Never again
but seriously, I think this dude's fucked up with depression or something, but he just won't get it over with so he drives like an idiot to feel stuff instead.

>>8617865
smart move. i'll keep this in mind

>>8635305
>>8635313
>more than two people in the story
>still using letters instead of fake names
Why do people keep doing this? It makes a story much harder to read than it has to be.

Anons, I'd like your opinion.
Would you rather room with a friend of a friend that is known for having lots of drama go down at cons, or try to get a room with a stranger?

>>8636643
I guess it depends on the stranger. I've actually had very good luck rooming with strangers - roomed with a few other girls a few cons back who couldn't have been sweeter. No drama, no horror stories. But I guess it depends on the drama this friend of a friend is known for having. If it's something like stealing stuff, not paying money for rooms/etc, inviting strangers back for sex or partying or whatever, then stay away. If it's something minor then whatever, you're not in a room much anyway.

>>8636643
I'd rather eat ramen for a month and pay for my own room than do either of those options.

>>8636643
Will you get dragged into the friend's drama? If she's a self contained disaster it shouldn't be too bad.

>>8636643

Wouldn't it be better to go alone?

>at con with gf and her ex
>ex cockblocks me from having my first cosplay sex
>my gf makes up for it by letting me fuck her at night when the ex sleeps
>mfw I cum several times inside gf while her ex was in the same room

>>8625422
I was on her side until I stayed in a hotel room with my parents this past weekend, now I'm siding with her roommates.

Dad went to bed too early so he got up at like 6 and decided he'd take a shower. It was so god damn loud, and I couldn't go back to sleep. Mom was pissed too. So Dad learned his lesson, and anon should too.

>>8636643
What kind of drama?

>>8618162
DC has a metro, NYC has a metro. Baltimore has light rail, but the vast majority of america has nothing that connects other than the train and planes.

>>8640882
Oh, true true. Granted, I haven't been living in the US that long so I've been spoiled by DC.

>>8640882
Got forbid you live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere. I only live an hour north of Detroit but there's zero public transport between there and my city.

>>8641041
I mean, there's a bus once or twice a day but the last time I took it...

>>8641052

I live an hour and a half to the west of it and we don't even get that. It's not a terrible drive by any means, but it'd be nice to be able to be up ass-late on Saturday night at Youma for once because you don't have to drive the next night.

>mfw I live in the middle of the Nederlands and public transport takes me to literally every city in my country
>mfw I'm one train away from all other countries around me

Man after some of the fuck ups I did in the past I am absolutely astonished i'm not in this thread.

>>8640767
I'll take things that never happened for 200, alex

>>8641898
>be a kraut
>tfw you visit a fairly big city, where busses only come every half an hour

I guess, we actually have it good here in central europe. Fk 'murican public transportation.

>>8641914
You can't just say that and then not post a story, anon.
It's okay, we understand you've learned from your errors.

>be con veteran
>know what to do and what not
>preparing is just another normal day
>have roommate that's been friend for years
>not too close but have some inside jokes
>she's dressing as batgirl
>i'm going as something much weebier
>night before arrive and get settled
>period is starting but that shit ain't going to fly and stop me from having fun
>wake up before roommate
>shower and get prepared
>tampon inserted, trying to get on complicated pants
>bend awkwardly and tampon goes shooting out into cups on floor (moved for makeup room)
>probably wasn't in all the way
>pick it up and throw it away but not the cup, not too much blood but eh
>get dressed sans and makeup ready
>leave bathroom for roommate
>first thing she does is take her meds with period cup
>dying a little
>still no pants
>she gets dressed fast since she did pre hair prep the night before and no shower
>her costume is comfy and easy to wear
>I sit on the bed trying to fanangle pants on
>her cape is under my butt
>feel fart coming on
>we fart in front of each other as a joke sometimes
>beybladeletitrip.png
>feel period shart emerge onto the very tip of her cape since it's jagged
>she laughed and never noticed

I treated her to so much shit that day she must think I'm lesbian for her now.

>>8642278
wait. wut.

>>8642278
ew, girls are gross.

>>8642266
I'll just summarize it.

>I got super fucked up and puked on my roommates clothes and cosplay that she had sprawled around the floor of the hotel room.

>One of her friends started talking shit about me in front of my boyfriend, boyfriend proceeds to punch guy in the face after calling me a bitch.

I quit drinking after that convention.

>>8642278
I find it really amazing when obvious guys try to write up NASTY GIRLPART HORRORSTORIES OMG SO GROSS!1! This raises so many questions about your mental thinking, such as:

>Do you seriously think tampons rocket out of ladies' vaginas at mach3?
>What kind of human would fish a tampon out of a cup instead of just THROWING THE CUP WITH TAMPON INSIDE AWAY so that you don't touch it are you really this dumb
>Why is the girl in your story wearing no underwear when she has her period? Just why?
>Why did the girl in your story lose her tampon and go "lol nevermind" since she's getting dressed without putting a new one in? Did she just decide she'd spend the day bleeding all over her costume?

For real, have you ever been near a female?

>>8643197
No. No they have not.

Ever.

>>8636643
Ambiguous question. Like what kind of drama and how bad?

>>8643197
Let's also not forget:

>Getting bacteria-laced menstrual blood on someone else and their stuff, that's totally the adult lady version of sexy pillowfights amirite?? We are now in lesbians.

>>8636643
If I had the knowledge that I wouldn't be dragged into the drama, I'd sit back and enjoy the shitshow.

>>8642278
that's not how tampons work at all, anon. i would say nice try but this is a shit try.

learned the hard way that inviting old friends is a shit idea
>old high school buddy needs a place to crash for con
>plead college roommates to let him come and stay with us
>"is he cool, anon?"
>"hes cool"
>over the course of the con, buddy is so much more cringey than what i remember
>talks of fedoras being cool
>randomly sings shitty batman songs
>"oh anon, villains are right because they're so cool!"
>talks about how there is no "objective truth" in the most pseudo intellectual way possible
>talks about how "some rape is worse than others"

roomates have been giving me shit since then but i seriously cant blame them. at least i wont have to deal with batman fedoralord again

>>8576729
7 is not exactly early, but if everyone else is splayed out on the floor from a night of fun and your clacking teapots around I guess it could be annoying.

>>8624278
You're the asshole roommate that fucks when there's people in the room.

>>8642278
>>8642313
>>8642324
Also samefag.

don't do what i did and borrow your roommate's razor to shave your pits

If you are not in charge of getting the hotel room, do not criticize or complain about the situation. If you have a bunch of criteria for getting a hotel room, book it yourself.

I'm in charge of getting a space big enough for 8 people (without stuffing a room) for a convention that is 11 months from now. I've already got people constantly messaging me to ask if I found a room yet. Most hotel sites don't even let you book a room that early, unless you get in on con rate or something. I'm ready to just tell them to find their own space by themselves, then they can see how fun it is to look for a hotel room.

>room with known drama-monger because she's bringing another friend that'll bring the cost down even more
>also rooming with younger friend who's never been to a con before, she's all starry-eyed and can't wait to meet Misha Collins because he's her hero
>drama monger spends entire weekend blasting babby roommate on all her social media
>tweeting and facebooking about how she's going to scream at her if she coughs one more time (babby roommate had caught a cough from her mom before she left)
>the rest of the time she's being a gigantic creeper towards the guy she brought with her, tweeting about how he's her "precious baby" and talking about how she wanted to molest him
>boy is attractive but also younger than her
>she takes him to a party
>she gets him absolutely fucking shitfaced
>she also gets absolutely fucking shitfaced
>they're both not of legal drinking age
>the boy spends the entire night puking his guts out
>she spends the entire night tweeting about how her poor baby is so sick
>myself, babby roommate, and a fifth insofar unmentioned roommate spend the evening helping the boy through being sick
>he vows to never drink again
>I vow to never let drama monger room with me or carpool with me ever again

and I was much happier at every subsequent convention

>>8618040
Houston Metro would like to have a word with you

>>8651894
Are you me, anon? I've finally cut the cord as the hotel-booker after my concircuit circle expanded up to needed 3+ rooms a con, and everyone had their own special needs. Various shit that happened over the past year:

Con 1:
>Book rooms for HIGHLY competitive hotel block (sold out in minutes). Con is very expensive where everything is nonrefundable and requires super advanced planing.
>Five months later, four different people tell me "so you said you have space for me RIGHT?" Move everyone around to make space.
>One person not happy with hotel I put her in. Asks to switch several times from hotel B to A, but people in A don't want to move.
>Two weeks before con, two people drop, one of whom was a latecomer. Somehow manage to refill the slots.
>24 hours before con, two people tell me that they need less people in their room. Want me to move 2 people out of the room where everyone has a bed, into the single roomstuff room with 8 people. Doesn't happen.
>2 months later, 6 people still haven't paid me

Con 2:
>Book competitive rooms for a different con. Everything is great.
>Friend asks if we have space. We have one more spot, so sure.
>Friend invites mutual friend without asking me. There is NO space for this person. Tell her and ask her to find other space.
>Friend never asks around. Wants everyone to roomstuff.
>Spend months trying to find bigger room. Finally go behind friend's back and arrange for mutual to room with another acquaintance. Friend is unhappy.
>Day of con, friend shows up to the room and decides she wants to room with mutual instead.

>>8652976
Yep, I've learned you have to be hard with people from very similar experiences.
One key I'm doing if I'm ever the hotel-booker is nobody has a guaranteed spot until I have the full amount of money in my hand, and you don't set foot in a room until I do.

>>8651856
I secretly used my friend's deodorant once while I was at his house. It was disgusting of me but I smelled even worse so ehh.

I'd understand if you didn't have your own razor. It happens. The only time it's bad is if you use a guy's razor to shave your ass and pubes knowing full well he's going to use it on his face.

>>8640882
I've taken an Amtrak all throughout the east coast and I wouldn't say it's bad at all. There's more waiting time in between trains than the Metro but it's pretty easy to get a ticket. I just wish it was cheaper, but it's still affordable enough to use twice a week or so if you're not a poorfag.

>>8653000
NEVER use somebody else's razor to shave your ass. Male or female that's beyond disgusting.

Good thing I throw my razors out after one use. Razor shaves my pits, it goes in the trash. I also use a new razor for each leg. Ah, life with OCD.

>>8653038
Whooo wasting money...

>>8653000
If your at a hotel, typically they will provide you with a razor and shaving cream if you call down to the desk. There is usually a sign saying such in the bathroom.

>>8653038
Jesus, what a waste.

>>8653038
Why wouldn't you use a double-edge safety razor?
Then you could just throw out the blades, which are 50 cents a pop.

>>8652976
Yeah the whole situation sucks so bad that I don't even feel like doing it anymore. I took a break from that convention last year partially because of all the hotel bullshit. It's extremely stressful and difficult to find a hotel room. I don't need people asking me 11 months in advance if I've booked a room yet. (This is DragonCon if it puts anything into perspective.) I wouldn't mind so much except nobody wants to help me research at all. I didn't go last year, people complained. Seriously... book your own hotel room, the process once you find a room is not that difficult.

The last convention I went to I was actually relieved that someone else invited me to join them and he had the hotel situation taken care of. Whenever someone invites me to room with them for a convention, I'm always sure to get them my share of the payment ASAP because I know how shitty it can be for people to change their mind and screw you over.

>>8618162
Never been to DC but SF has excellent public transportation but it can be dirty sometimes

>>8624278
Atleast fuck in the shower or something, jesus.

>>8642278
Some boys have some strange fantasies.

>>8618162
We've got amazing transport here in Calgary, AB. One end of the city to the other for only 3.15.

>>8653014
My roommates older brother whose an asshole took a shower at our house last week and didn't have a a razor so without asking he used mine. Didn't notice until after he left my razor was on the sink. Only guys shave at the sink and he had a clean shaved face when he came out. Obviously he used it.
Going to tell him the next time he comes over to not use my razor I shave my pubes with. Why would someone do that anyway wtf.

if you encounter a bedbug or suspected bedbug, tell. your. roommates. IMMEDIATELY.

>roommate thinks he was bitten in the night
>tells no one until next day when subject of parasites comes up over lunch
>"oh speaking of parasites, i think i got bit by bedbugs last night, i woke up to pee and had these bites but i didn't want to wake anyone up lol"
>cue hours of freaking out and working with hotel management to switch rooms, inspect the room, dry clean our cosplays and normal clothes, etc.
>they find bedbugs
>i throw out what can't be heat-treated, including cosplay props, because paranoia
>no hot shower will ever make me feel clean again

>>8575743
>elsa
>nobody is going to let it go

>>8611813
>I'd be pissed too if I had to wake up from a dream hours before I'm supposed to
>>8612764
>She's the special snowflake in this situation because she's the only person waking up at an early hour while the majority is sleeping in.

>7 AM
>when the majority is sleeping
>waking up HOURS before I'm supposed to
fkin NEETS I swear to god

>>8635313
>It's been like 4 years and C still is not over D. Going to cons and rooming with the two of them is ridiculous because he gets upset every time C gets complimented for her cosplays. C's pretty so a lot of guys hit on her and that makes D jealous as fuck.
And C never told him off or is he just to dense to understand when he's been told off?

I just don't get how that situation lasts for 4 years

>>8651971
>bebbies first drink
>he vows to never drink again
Oh this brings back memories
Sounds like he had a good time.

>>8652976
>paying for people in advance
You've gotta keep it simple. Give them a deadline, preferably 2 weeks before booking, tell them if you don't have the money 2 weeks before booking (don't tell them 2 weeks before booking, just give them a date) you're not arranging shit for them, if they message you in the two weeks after let them know by PM that there's still time, if they fail to pay up by then however you're not fixing shit for them, simple as that.

I have a large group of friends and whenever we do events together we make sure everything is financially in order BEFORE we start doing the events, from going out eating, to visiting cons, to going on vacation, EVERYTHING.

>>8657701
I have actually been screwed over by doing this, when the hotel's original tax estimate turns out to be wrong, or they charge extra fees for a cot, state fees, etc. I'll find that everyone really owed me $5-$10 more, and good luck extracting that from everyone when they think they've already paid.

>>8657694
I dunno. I could kinda follow it. Though I agree that instead of

A
B
C
D
E

it should have been

Pussinboots
Donkey
PrinceCharming
Fiona
Shrek

for clarity.

I still feel really freaking bad but after the first night after a long drive to fanime, I got up early like 5 in the morning to get ready for with a friend but still even then we made too much noise. There was also a matter of ne forgetting to turn off my usual alarm at 7. So in the end, we woke my sleeping roomies 3 times before 8am. It can make even the nicest people grouchy. It also didn't that I made a shit ton of noise freaking out in the shower about the soft watee after everyone went to sleep.

Man I was stupid when I was 17. I don't know how much luck didnt run out sooner. I roomed with strangers at AX at a small hotel on 7th street.
That place was so janky. Almost everything fell apart at the simplest touch. The shower and closet bar fell, the heater they had was old school. I trusted the floor more than the beds. 11 in a 2 queen room. It wasnt too bad. Only paid 30 buck for the whole weekend. But never doing it again.

>>8658196
I would also walk the streets of Dtla at 4 am in the morning by half drunken self more than once convinced no one would harrass me because I wasnt that hot.

I underestimated myself and waited at a really sketchy area bus stop with no lights, so sketchy that the bus driver for a different bus line offered and drove me to a safer bus stop.

While I no longer do those things, I now arrange the con rooms for me and some kohai club members and I worry since I'm the oldest that something drastic would happen in my absence in another room.

Especially after I found out that one of those past occupants was later kicked out of uni for sexual harassment and more than once, there is an indivudual would not have secured their transportation plans and the danger that they would be stranded. Its tough to manage because alot of the people I room with are newly unsupervised legal adults who just had their first taste of fredom.

>>8657701

I've been room head for a long ass time with my group, and I just ask for the money up front. They don't get to get comfy and unpack until I have the cash in my hands.
It also helps to room with people that don't fucking suck. I've never had a problem with anyone in my group paying me because they're all adults who realize that fronting hotel costs isn't cheap.

I did have one kid ask me for his money back at one point though, not sure if that horror story is good enough for this thread.

>>8658244
I know the feels, I once went on a con trip abroad with a group of 40 legal adults, maybe 5 responsible, the rest <20. On the last night we were so fed up we just slept it out and dealt with the damage in the morning. Thankfully nothing worse than a trashed room and alcohol poisoning, but never again.

Protip: don't book a flight the day after a party night if you're with heavy drinkers.

>>8607434
Burger con hotels are inside the convention center - also, there are no hostels nearby and public transit sucks ass.
That leaves you with either sharing a room inside the con with a bunch of people (comfy access to room parties and late night panels) or booking a room in a nearby hotel (might still be expensive, you'll get mugged walking the streets at night).

>>8658523
Completely unrelated but goddamn this is an old photo... I used to talk to the Demo. Thanks for the trip down memory lane anon.

DO
>ask for a cot and extra bedding as soon as you check in
>inspect mattresses for signs of bedbugs as soon as you check in
>keep used towels in one area to be collected by housekeeping
>order more towels if you use the next-to-last one
>order more toilet paper when you are down to one roll
>bring earplugs if you are a light sleeper

DON'T
>unpack your shit all over the place
>use anyone's belongings without permission
>use more than one bath towel at a time
>leave your used towels and washcloths all over the place

>>8660665
Or don't be a cheap ass and actually buy a decent room for yourself and one other person only. 180$ for a room a decent hotel? Or 90-100$ per person? Yes.
You should have time to save that much if you're saving for a con months in advanced.
It's expensive but id rather pay to avoid dealing with other people begging to sleep on someones floor space or having other people inviting a friend of a friend of a long lost salty cousin drama shit.
I'm not rich but Id rather be safe then sorry and have back up money I don't spend incase something goes wrong. Also common sense comes into letting people into your room. There are thieves, weirdos creeps and weebs you're basically inviting nightmares into your room. There's probably a reason they got kicked out of their rooms or don't have one because of poor planning. Also knowing when someones bat shit crazy within the first 10 seconds you meet them is a handy trait. Just don't be stupid. Don't always cheap out on essentials like a room, ride/gas/bus/plane ticket because it's better to have a straight shot there if possible then take a thousand other stops that cost you time and effort. And you give yourself a smaller chance for something to go wrong.

>>8661131
Stupid advice. What kind of hotels in the US are you staying at that are 180 for the weekend? 180 a NIGHT maybe. Wanting to pay $100 instead of $300 isn't being a cheap ass, and it's seriously not hard to find three normal friends you know IRL to room with.