/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I killed myself last con

More of a cringe, but there's no cringe thread, but I'll kick it off
>Dressed as a generic maid at London MCM
>With a group of friends, nobody else was cosplaying
>Holding hands with boyfriend at the time, walking down through the bit where the Subway and stuff is
>Two girls RUN towards me, literally sprinting
>"HEY CAN WE TAKE A PHOTO WITH YOU?"
>one hands their phone to my boyfriend to take image
>other one does the same
>I pose for them because i'm too confused to say no
>they both run off straight after
>"Thanks! We're having a competition!"
I still don't understand what they were having a competition of, and I don't think they were in the con to begin with because they didn't have wristbands. I will never see those photos

>be ika musume at ANT
>roaming the con floor, stopping for pictures
>a wild obese naruto and his friend appear
>obese naruto asks if he can have a picture with me
>sure, why not
>strike dictator pose
>before the camera flashes, he swoops me up in his arms without warning like a hammy fireman

i probably look scared as hell in that picture and i kicked and struggled to get down. don't do that shit to anyone please

also

>be wearing lolita
>checking out merch
>suddenly embraced from behind
>look up to see a gigantic green furry
>he leans down and whispers "i like your dress"

he didn't let go until i wriggled from his grasp

is it really hard not to touch people you don't know

>>9247575

Shit, dude. I've been touched randomly before but never picked up by a random

>>9247572

This shit sounds like a scavenger hunt or something

excusing the long post now lol

>friend asks for help
>helps pattern prop, cut pieces for her, give very detailed instructions on how to finish the prop & even take her shopping for the right materials
>con rolls up
>let friend stay in room with me and another
>prop is absolute disaster, seams are messy af, basically made us repaint her prop in the hotel room while she did nothing
>she asks if its bad
>we both say yes, she agrees
>has the nerve to mutter "this is what happens when you guys dont help" under breath

>me + another have our stuff very tidy in the room, either in our bag in a corner or using the storage options in the room
>have makeup neat and tidy on counter, leave open bathroom counter and space in storage for friend
>all weekend her stuff is all over the floor
>puts her stuff on my bed
>puts her makeup near mine
>uses my makeup without asking
>leaves spirit gum & other liquids open, uses half a roll of my lace front tape without paying a cent for it
>repeatedly tell her throughout weekend to clean
>never does
>end up having to literally separate my makeup from hers

>come back to room multiple time to find she has 3, 4, 5 strangers in the room at a time
>doesnt ask if they can come, bringing people over at 6, 7am in the morning until late night
>shes in highschool so we're her "guardian" for the con
>shes disappearing until midnight and not telling us where she is
>her guests on my bed and laying on other friend's stuff
>they order takeout and we're leaving so i lecture them on making sure to clean up
>come back to the hotel room hours later to find kfc on the floor and forks/knives in bathroom and on tv stand
>text her that she didnt clean, she blames her friend and says its not her job
>she doesnt offer to clean it and we end up cleaning for her
>she leaves fridge wide open, claims it wouldnt shut, we arrange contents in minutes and it shuts fine

-cont-

>>9247607

pt.2
>next day
>tell her check out is at 1:30
>we're packed up by 1 and moving stuff to the car
>she has a bedsheet stained with food and makeup smeared on the counter
>calling and texting her asking about her stuff, telling her she needs to take it
>nothing
>late checkout costs another full night's stay
>if we leave the stuff in the room the key is reset after 1:30 and she wont be able to get it, we might get charged or something
>tell her im leaving it in the hall
>we have to PACK a portion of HER stuff
>she says shes coming to get it so i leave it there anyways while we're taking stuff to the car
>leave door wedged open while she takes her stuff
>she doesn't come back to check everything is gone
>left a wighead
>take it to her
>drop it by mistake because im stressed from earlier and also on my way to get photos taken
>can't bend down in cosplay so just tell her to pick it up
>her friends start bitching at me
>she is crying
>explain the situation
>be told she's a "small girl"
>inform them a highschooler should be able to clean their room
>eventually just turn and leave because no one seems to understand a room you're a guest in should be clean
>the rest of the con people are either sending me messages on fb or coming up to me asking what the fuck happened
>get told to "mind my own business" by someone despite it being our room
>she still owes us her share of the room's cost

tldr don't let highschoolers stay in your hotel room

>>9247575
That was probably a guy known around the Texas scene as "creepy L". He goes around in an L cosplay and will ask to take pictures of girls (mainly those cosplaying and wearing skirts) and will pick them up for the photos. Guess he got a new getup to wear. Sorry it happened to you anon

>>9247626
Do you/anyone have any pictures of this "creepy L"?

At the BTSSB/AATP tea party on Sunday for Nekocon, there was a raffle. Lots of little cute prizes, but the last two were these outfits, the first was an Ouji, and the last was a wine JSK/OP, don't remember which.
So, we are sitting at this table, and they draw the prize for the Ouji. Someone else wins and this girl from the table I'm sitting at screams "goddammit" at the top of her lungs. I swear I wanted to crawl under the table. I don't think there wasn't a person whose head didn't snap in the direction of the table, and I shudder in abject horror as to what the guests of honor thought in that moment.
Nobody escorted her out, and I hope against all hopes that the other Lolitas there did not project her actions onto the people at the table.
After the raffle was over and while the designers were picking two outfits to give out prizes for, she kept reminding the ENTIRE table of her atrocity, going on about "how she didn't win" and how "she was soo close to winning", despite the fact that multiple people asked her to stop talking about it.

>>9248018
Pic related has never been more relevant. I cringed for you, anon.

>>9248018
I was at that table and wanted to run out of the room. Shameful behavior.

>>9248018
I wanted so badly for her to be removed. It was an absolute embarassment. She better not show her face to any comm events

>>9247607
Did you ever tell her parents/guardians about this? If you let little shit heads get away with this crap they will only get worse.

>>9248044
Another table anon. I was so embarrassed I couldn't bring myself to go for the photo op near the end.

>>9248018
>Nekocon

You mean drunkcon?

>>9248092

Never heard it referred to as that, but it wouldn't have made a difference even if she was drunk.

>>9248018
holy shit i can't even imagine

i'm so sorry, tea party gulls. the secondhand embarrassment you all felt must have been so strong. i'm feeling uncomfortable just hearing about it. evidently there were a few shameless itas in attendance as well, from what i've heard

most embarrassing behavior

>>9247626
that so? it happened a couple years ago, but it's a shame there's somebody like that who regularly goes to cons. really scary, both of my greentexts happened at the same con and i haven't been to very many since because touchy-feely strangers

Found a story in the archives that I posted a while back. Ahh, memories.

>first ever con
>just turned 17 and had to beg my mom to let me go since she hates anime
>don't know anybody there but excited anyway because I'm living the weaboo dream rn
>in shitty first cosplay of Ed Elric that I worked super hard on (I even had a party city wig)
>in dealers room chatting with random peeps
>one of them was a guy in a superman shirt
>everything seems normal
>con day 2
>superman spots me again
>follows me around the entire con
>"oh my god anon your boobs"
>"hey me and my friend are gonna go to our van and drink wanna come watch?"
>wat.png
>"by the end of the day you'll be making out with me"
>WAT.PNG
>I make a point of reminding him several times that I'm 17 and he's 24
>lose him for a while, then he finds me again
>my mom is about to pick me up
>tell superman I need to leave cuz my mom is literally waiting outside the hotel in a car
>"oh let me talk to her anon, I'll persuade her to let you stay"
>screaming internally because if he talks to her she'll see right through him and never let me back to another con
>awkward laugh at him and repeat that NO I need to LEAVE
>"okay anon, but first..."
>suddenly grabs me by the waist and sticks his tongue in my mouth
>so stunned I don't even move
>go back to car and tell mom I had a great time since I don't want her to hate anime/anime culture even more then she already does

>>9247610
Contact the stupid cunt's parents and ask them to pay for the stupid cunt's portion of the room cost

>>9248132
You should have told con staff, that sort of shit could lead to pervers getting banned

>>9248169
cgl wouldn't have half the cringe threads it does if most people would report shit to con staff

>>9248056
not yet but if she doesn't pay us we'll be forced to go to them anyways. i have no idea what they're like but i can assume since she acts like this to begin with that they probably excuse her behaviors at home too.

>>9248156
we are if she doesn't pay us back by the end of the week.

>>9248169
If that shit happened nowadays you better believe I'd tell con staff but I was an ignorant weeb at the time. That's why con creepers still exist, they prey on the babbies.

>>9248128

Does the screaming girl and Kate count as ita?

Went to local con in my city (won't name because I know the owner browses this board, plus I gave complaints) 2016

Yuri panel
85 guys, no girls other than the presenter, myself and a friend
One other presenter, fat neckbeard comes out in a bear costume
Tells me and my friend to demonstrate Yuri in the purest form
Guy sitting next to us starts breathing heavily
Chanting starts, the female presenter looks nervous af
My friend grabs my hand and they stop but the breathing gets heavier

We ran out of the panel room but fuck it was weird

>>9248208

That's suspect as fuck

>>9248208
I guess some people will stop at nothing to see some lewd handholding.

Why can't weebs behave in public??

>>9247610
I know this feeling.
>get guilted into bringing nephew to con
>My initial response was "no fucking way, I don't want to be responsible for him"
>he is spergy and 15
>best friends that know him don't mind him staying, so I get outvoted
>they say they will babysit him
>he doesn't shower, despite us telling him to
>doesn't bring extra clothes, despite us telling him to - conveniently "left his bag at home"
>leaves his corner a disaster zone, half-eaten ramen bowls, etc.
>spends all of his money the first day on weeb shit
>he consumes ALL of our extra snacks and drinks by day 2
>we end up having to buy his meals
>he gets into a fight with one of our other roommates over an underaged b8 girl at the dance/"rave", idk
Nope. No more. Sat down with my sister and told him he's never going to a con with us ever again.

>at anime expo
>waiting in line for a panel
>the line snaked around so we were all in rows next to each other
>see a qt fat guy in the row next to me
>i'm a fatty too, realize that i have a shot with him
>start talking to him and his friends
>chat for about 15 minutes
>convention staff says we're all going in soon
>pull the qt aside
>say, "i think you're really cute, can i have your number?"
>he seems shocked
>gives me his cell number
>we go back to the line
>realize his friends will want to know what happened
>decide to pretend to listen to music so i can hear what he says
>his friends ask what i wanted
>he says, "that annoying fat chick wanted my number so i made one up."
>entire group starts laughing
>can feel them watching me
>put on some modest mouse and contemplate going home
>decide to stay
>panel started like 10 minutes later, thankfully
>waiting in line for another panel in a narrow hallway with no ac
>staff shows up and tells us to line up single file on the wall
>most of us had been grouped up in the hallway so when we all moved to the wall there wasn't enough space for everyone to stand single file
>all squished together
>no room to sit because the hallway was too crowded/narrow
>the guy in front of me had severe dandruff
>flakes all over his shoulders and the back of his shirt
>had sores and severe acne all over the back of his neck
>smelled like he hadn't showered in a week
>so close to him that we were almost touching
>determined to see the panel though
>stood in that hot musty crowded hallway for almost two hours

luckily my convention horror stories are pretty mild. sorry you guys have had to deal with such gross behavior.

>>9248402
>he says, "that annoying fat chick wanted my number so i made one up."
Ouch.

>>9248018
>>9248021
>>9248039
>>9248068
>>9248128
>>9248206

I'm that autistic-ass ouji girl. I'm not going to make excuses, because my behavior was completely inexcusable.
I cried immediately after the con. Nobody is cringing harder than me. If there's anyway to make amends to everybody, I will.
I'm sorry you all had to experience that.

>>9248402
I'm so sorry anon, people are gross and i actually stopped going to conventions because they're expensive and people are shit.

>3rd world country
>go to a con
>i was supposed to meet some friends there
>"lol sorry not going"
>walk around
>feel really lonely
>try to talk to people
>girl feels awkward when i tell her that her hair looks great
>friends of her laughs at me
>just go and keep looking around
>just wanted some transformers stuff
>can't find a thing because comic cons are not for comics i guess
>bored as fuck until i can go home
>find friends when I'm already going out of the con
>"we actually came here and we were looking for you! Where were you???"

I think something inside me died that day. Also, never dress like a normie, people will hate you.

>Rooming with close friends
>Take glasses off, get in to shower
>What's that there?
>Can't see more than 3 inches without glasses
>Put face in reeeeeeeel close
>Scabby bandaid
>Friend has left discarded gross bandaids everywhere
>On the floor, in the soap dish, on the shelf
>Have to be polite because friend.
>Ewww

>Heavy rain
>Con floods
>Con's fire alarm constantly goes off due to damage


>Staffing a con
>Spend an entire day in an isolated room by myself as a screening attendant with nothing but a burned DVD of fansubs and a schedule
> Nobody shows up.

> Drinking
> Fall off bar stool and crack the back of my head
> Only thing I remember about the weekend is being sick and dizzy for three days.

>third world country
>big local anime convention
>cons happen in schools/ college buildings instead of hotels/convention centers
> last day of con
>sitting in a chair inside one of the buildings
>tired, waiting for friends so we can leave together
>rain outside

>The whole place itself was at the top of a small Hill, literally.

>rain intensifies
>floods
>no one can get out of the buildings or they will be dragged
>no one can go home

And that's how I spent a night at a closed con with a bunch of smelly and wet people, sleeping on the floor while the world fell apart outside and my family was worried sick about me.

>>9248402
How's it feel to deal with what we deal with? Please describe it in better detail so I can savorit Serves you right.

>>9248598
This is fascinating, if you are the actual ouji autist. Can you explain what was your mental state while you repeatedly brought up the subject of not winning the raffle? Did you notice any dirty looks or people obviously ignoring you at the time? Did the realization of being rude not hit you until after the event?

>>9249062
You recently got "friendzoned", didn't you?

>>9249086

She wasn't just ignored, she was told to stop bringing it up. Naturally, it was a great idea to cling to it and almost not talk about anything else.

>>9249062
Do you live in some kind of world where overweight girls never face rejection?

>>9249062
>>9249121
Or any girls for that matter
It hurts just as much for us to get rejected as it does for men, so take that binky out of your mouth and start acting like an adult.

>>9248018
I'm not a lolita so idk if this is just some ~etiquette~ thing but...is this really unheard of? I've had annoying people act like that for most raffles I've ever been in. It's kind of expected for at least one person to bitch and complain about not winning.

>>9248402
I find it ironic how fat guys will reject girls because "she's too fat". Maybe he should've taken a look in the mirror. Still sorry you had to hear that, anon.

>>9249195
I think it's more the fact that they cursed with important guests within earshot. If it was an average meetup or a more relaxed tea party like Neko has held in the past, it wouldn't have been such a big deal.
We don't want to play into the "obnoxious Americans" stereotype.

>>9249100
>>9249086
>>9249215

Nobody told me to shut up, though I would have if somebody did. I also tend to babble when nervous, and I was trying to cover my ass by explaining.
The ouji hat that was given away is my dream item. I've wanted it since before I got my first piece.
When the announcer said the winning number, she paused before the last digit. The anticipation was killing me. Then, she said that one number, and I was only four away from getting my dream item for free.
I try to be polite, plus Isobe is my hero, so I was super embarrassed. I still am.
Please forgive me. Asperger's runs in my family, so I'm very blunt and completely oblivious to some social cues. I try my best, but I'm not perfect, so please just talk to me if I'm bothering you.

>>9249228

You weren't flat out told to shut up, but you WERE told to let it go. The embarrassment that the other girls felt at that table was obvious and dare I say, palpable. I'm surprised you were still able to sit with them.

>>9249245
I'm sorry that you felt embarrassed by association, but it was my mistake, and it's in the past now.
I handled it poorly, but I can't go back in time and fix things, you know? I've been trying to make amends. I think it would have stood out more had I left, but I'm not very experienced at being a menace to Lolita society, and hopefully never will be.
It was my horrible mistake, and I deserve to feel ashamed. I'm sorry it happened. I'm just as sorry that you feel it effected you.
If there's anything else I can do so that you can forgive me, I'll try. I can't fix something that already happened, though.

>>9249195
>im not a lolita
Then you probably wouldnt get the lifestyle and ettiquette that comes with the fashion and community, ESPECIALLY with an esteemed guest like the designers of a major brand.

>>9249228
You were asked to stop talking about it and change the subject, and you wouldn't drop it. I get that being an aspie can make certain social situations difficult, but if you can't learn to contain inappropriate outbursts like that, you have no place at meet ups where people are on their best behavior in front of guests.

>>9249274
You havent been trying to make ammends, youve been speaking anonymously on 4chan.

Go to the neko page or the local comm page and type out an apology if you really "want to make ammends" for such disgraceful behavior.

>go to large con
>probably about 9 of us crammed in a small suite
>best friend's bf's friend wanted to crossplay Chun Li
>Cool, do it
>Cute filipino dude, obv. gay
>well, 9 of us have to share the one bathroom
>After he's finished putting on his outfit, make up, etc., friend (who is next to use bathroom) goes in and 180s out of there
>Filipino trap is already out of the room
>Ask friend what's wrong
>We've all been waiting to use the bathroom to change/do makeup
>She beckons us all near
>Opens shower curtain
>It looks like someone shaved a wookiee.
>shower is backed up
>It's hair soup
>Hair everywhere
>Have to call hotel maintenance
>They have to get an actual plumber up to our room
>The beast pulled from the drain still haunts my nightmares.

We can't pin the blame entirely on him, but I didn't realize he had so much body hair he had to shave.

>>9249335
Done.
>>9249332
What do you want to happen now? What should be done? How can people determine if they can contain outbursts? Should the mentally disabled not be allowed at meets?

>staff at con
>had a really unpleasant experience with an other staff
>generally obnoxious, pushes the blame away from him, bad attitude etc...
>filed in a complains before during and after con for all his bad manners, fuck ups etc...
>turns out I wasn't the only one
>next con
>get a pat on the back
>guess who is back
At least I made it clear that I didn't want to work alongside him. Last I heard, he wasn't a staff anymore

>>9249360
>should the mentally disabled not be allowed at meets

This is so special snowflake. aspergers and autism aren't rare conditions. People who have these sorts of disabilities handle day to day life and can go to their jobs and build families because they learn to control themselves. they know their triggers and take time to learn about themselves and avoid places that would hinder that.

You won't be catered to because "muh autism". If you don't have an accompanying caregiver at all times (like people with debilitating autism) then you can control yourself.

we mostly don't want to see you because of that clear display of no respect towards guests or your peers.

>>9249335
>>9249360
Someone cap it in case it gets cringey.

Also, as >>9249446 said, you live with this every day. If you can't learn to control yourself or at the very least, when people ask you to let something go, FUCKING LET IT GO and learn to read social cues when you're making the people around you super uncomfortable, maybe skip events where you will embarrass not only yourself but everyone in the room in front of people we all respect and admire. Be spergy at local meets, sure, whatever, but if people are paying money for a pleasant experience and expecting a certain degree of decorum, don't go and ruin it if you can't show some respect and control yourself. Which again, you should know if you can't because you live with this every damn day.

>>9249353
>mfw want to click the image so badly but also don't want to be mentally scarred

>>9249454
It's capped, but man I'd hardly call it an apology.

>>9249446
>If you don't have an accompanying caregiver at all times (like people with debilitating autism) then you can control yourself.

This. As someone with aspergers as well, I work hard at trying to be self aware and know if I'm invested that hard in something, it's gonna be on me to control myself and step back from the immediate swarm of emotions in my head, no matter how hard. And short of being accompanied everywhere, I still ask friends I trust to be a voice of reason to whack me over the head if I need it - YOU have to be aware that when other people tell you that your behavior is bad, you listen to them. If it's that important that you're bothered to disagree, sort it out afterwards at home.

>>9249454
>Which again, you should know if you can't because you live with this every damn day.
some younger ones are completely blind to it though. I used to be like that. I've noticed some autists genuinely think they're doing nothing different than anybody else and are too socially tone-deaf to realise that they're being extreme. if they're lucky, they will have a friend or family member patient enough to explain it to them in enough detail that it actually sinks in. and when it does sink in, a lot of them feel horrified and guilty to find that their behaviour was out of line. personally I'm grateful that people did not put up with my shit, though I am also grateful that most of them tried to be as nice as possible about it when they had to tell my dumb ass to shut up or fuck off. it softened the blow a lot and made it easier to learn from the experience and maybe learn to actually contribute to the group positively.

I wouldn't automatically assume that an autistic person acting out is aware that they're being a shitheel. but definitely if they're being disruptive, then do what you gotta do.

>>9249464
Now I want to see this.

>>9249353
is that the actual photo of cousin it in the bathroom?

>>9249459
It's not that bad. Just do it

>>9249536
>>9249459
It's not an actual photo of "the beast"
Nobody wanted to look at that after first glance, but the plumber guy had a good laugh.

>>9249508
yes. younger ones. this chick was easily 19/20 years old aka old enough to know better.

>>9249551
How many outbursts were there?

>>9249508
...she was being disruptive, and people around her did tell her to knock it off. I honestly don't care about your life story, I just don't want people with shitty manners and an inability to take a hint (let alone direct requests to stop) making bigger/more expensive events uncomfortable for everyone else.

>>9249556
one outburst, but 2 hrs of constant "I almost won, I cant believe I lost, dream item," etc etc to anyone who would listen after the whole table (6 ppl) told her to let it go.

>>9249557
>>9249446

Uh.. I'm just a passerby reading funny, cringy stories, but this is just too much.

The screaming girl (sorry for the naming, anon) made -one- mistake, and when realizing it tried to cover it up with blabbering.. I do the same whenever I f*ck up a conversation. Sure, I stop at some point when I notice I'm blabbering, but I dont have any autism or whatever.

Now, she is trying to fix it by apologizing... and you just can't let it go? Hell, I'd be too embarrassed to even try, but this girl did it. And still you won't drop it?

I'm honestly not even a big fan of lolitaculture. Sure, pretty dresses but JEEZ the people inside the dresses seem to be the most obnoxious kind there is. Reading these cringe-stories only backs my theory up. Like 90% of lolippl seem to be so selfcentered, thinking they are better than other for wearing a 800$ dress when others wear "only" a 100$ skirt or whatever. And I don't -want- to believe it, because I want to believe in good people. But seeing you rant on this girl here makes me loose all hope for humanity.. or at least lolippl.

>>9249573
I was trying to apologize, I'm just a bad person. I've been trying to apologize here continuously , but it just makes everything worse. I didn't mean to ruin things, and I didn't know I was annoying you guys. You seemed so cool about it.
I'm sorry that I ruined everything .
Bye

>>9249600
You had me for a while, because lolitas DO have a tendency to be dramatic as fuck, and they seem to be far too butthurt about this event but then you lost me at "wahhh!!! meanies wear fancy clothes!! like themselves too much!!! wahhhh!!"

I own bodyline and taobao, and honestly I've never once been made to feel lesser than because of the monetary value of my clothes. yes, lolita's can be dramatic fuckers but if you personally feel victimized because of how people are acting about your clothes themselves, it's either because you wore them poorly or because they don't like the person inside of them.

>>9248865
what country is this?

>>9248938
What con was this? If I remember correctly a summer con in Ireland got flooded due to rain

>>9249600
>lolippl
Stop.

Also ive never met anyone who looks down on someone for bodyline or cheap finds.

The thing with this person is they said sorry, anonymously, on a forum board and not to the comm affected by this public act. And also, didnt stop. After being told to let it go. Aspie or not, you let it go when someone says to get over it.

>>9249603
Table anon here. We arent mad at you, and clearly several of us have seen you apologize. And i saw the post on the comm page! Its just.. when people say "hey. Let it go." You gotta let it go.

We hope to see you at more meets. Not enough oujis.

>>9249454
Why are you guys making such a big deal of a outburst, shes clearly embarassed and apologized. I imagine myself in that outburst situation and id probably feel a bit stressed and anxious after and try play it off in some way, like for example she did my mentioning it again. Hardly anything to say sorry about in my opinion , you clearly know it was stupid of you. To me it seems you guys blow out of porportion for drama.
"Screen cap incase it gets cringey" pathetic. Dont listen to these clowns

>>9249655
Venezuala.

>>9249695
>Why are you guys making such a big deal of a outburs
Because it wasn't just an outburst. It was an outburst, and then continued to complain over and over and over about it for an extended period of time. If she just yelled out once in frustration it could have been laughed off or forgotten. I do agree that everyone needs to just let it go.

>>9249883
just absolute shitty behaviour from the people in this thread, its clear they dont care about an apology and just dont anything to do with her at all.
treating her like if shes commited some evil crime and no apologizes are good enough, absolutely ridiculous. Instead of treating her like a human, giving her a 2nd chance they decide to blow it up into some big drama. take the apology but still throw her in the dirt.

You got a little bit 2nd hand embarassment bohoo. Do you get PTSD now whenever someone shouts? what shitty people.

>>9249995
>you gotta let go uuuugh
>keeps bringing it up over and over again

>At PAX last weekend cosplaying with my girlfriend as Kirigiri and Junko
>At the tabletop section, looking at board games
>Walking through stalls
>Notice a guy uncomfortably close behind me
>Stop to look at a game
>He stops
>Go to another stall
>He follows, literally inches behind me
>Try the stop/start and moving around thing for a bit to see if I am being paranoid
>I am not being paranoid
>Panicking, check if he has a camera or a phone trying to get an upskirt, but he doesn't have anything
>Make a beeline for a staff member nearby
>He doesn't follow
>Point him out, make sure he sees me pointing him out
>Staff member says if it happens again to come to him immediately
>Girlfriend horrified that she didn't even notice the guy

The rest of the day I kept looking over my shoulder, but I didn't see him again. I have no idea what he was doing and I've never had an experience like that before, really rattled me for the rest of the con.

>>9250170
Not once did i say let it go, im calling the people out for being assholes, ofcourse they would want let it go now

>>9249995
>>9250262

Assuming same anon.
You're calling people assholes for not giving her a second chance, but you are berating people and assuming that after she apologized publicly in the comm that nobody did so...thereby giving nobody a chance :O

Tell us all how you're in any different of a position than the girls who felt embarrassed? Were you there? Did you not feel embarrassed for either her or those other girls? Someone posted a story about how it made them feel, and people agreed. Why are they the assholes because they agree, and people can understand it? Is it because she, like they, hid behind the veil of anonymity when apologizing, but someone called her out?

You're hypocrisy is amazing if you're the same anon, I applaud you.

>>9250318
Your* autotyping is the best, amirite?!

>>9248865
>transformers
ill be your friend, anon

>>9248865
>>9250359
I'll be your friend too. I actually want to cos a TF (Arcee or Chromia) but I'm struggling to decide if I should paint my face or make a faceplate.

>>9247607
>>has the nerve to mutter "this is what happens when you guys dont help" under breath

If you were still working on her prop, this would be the perfect time to stop and let the dumb bitch figure it out on her own.
I hope you have no plans to associate with her in the future.

>>9250318
theyre not assholes becuase they were embarassed or that people agree that it was embarassing.
Its pretty clear that they dont care for an apology and just wanted to make her feel more shit about the situation, did you even read the whole thing?
they were given 2nd chances even 3rd ones to be decent human beings but blew it, to feed their drama ego.
and she didnt really hide, after suggesting she could apologize in public , she did.
In my opinion an apology shouldnt even be needed over such a stupid thing tho.

>>9250457
To add on this we questioned her about it later on because she was bitching to her friends about me "bullying" her because I said it was bad without giving tips (which i did, many times) and she tried to say that the reason she couldn't paint and made us do it was because her "eyes were blurry", among billions of other excuses. I nearly lost it lol.

>>9249353
To be fair the amount of hair in that picture looks like it's been building up for awhile. Your friend was just the last straw.

>cosplay nozomi tojo from love live
>wandering late night panels with some friends
>walk to adjust wig in bathroom
>as i exit bathroom, two girls approach me and ask for photo
>tired but sure
>generic double peace signs
>right before the girls friend takes the photo, the girl im posing with grabs my boob
>they laugh say sorry but that "she'd always wanted to grab nozo's boobies"
>too shocked to really say or react except stiffly walk away

I've also definitely been touched randomly and grabbed at cons before-like grabbing or touched my arms and shoulders to get my attention or sudden shoulder hugs in a photo pose-and that really fucking stresses me out but this was the first time I'd been touched like that?

I wish I'd like actually freaked out more. I never caught their badge names and couldn't help much when I told a staff member.

>>9247610
Being the "guardian" for high schoolers at cons are the worst. I've never done it, but tons of my friends have and they always regret it. They never clean up after themselves, are disgusting and rude the whole weekend, and it's like parenting a big baby. I wouldn't pay for hotel and con and shit just to end up having to babysit a literal child.

>Friend group had planned to all room together. One guy said he had the room 3 months in advance
>2 weeks till con, he texts the group and says he doesnt have the room.
>I buckle up and reserve the new room
>Two days later, they all say im asking too much even though i split perfect even, no profit.
>They all get a separate room, too late to cancel mine without charges.
>Con day 0 rolls around, we had planned to watch Ghost in the Shell together, as half of them hadnt seen it.
>Wait in my hotel room. Planned time was 7PM. Two of them showed at 1:30AM, one high as a kite and the other pissard drunk. (I dont do any drugs/alcohol and I had told them it annoys me)
>They force me to come along with them to visit a different friend. Their "visit" was to buy more weed.
>Meet up with one of the two's GF, before she tells me i cant come with to her room (but the other can)
>Go to sleep pissy and half depressed
>Day 1, try to do makeup plans for GITS during the slow hours of the con.

>>9250880
pt2
>4 of them agree to come, one (the drunk from d0) never shows. The kite came
>2 of the 3 that show complain about not wanting to read subtitles the whole movie, and whine and shout until I put on Inglorious Bastards, despite us only having ~1:40 (Gits is 1:20, IB is ~2:20
>For those who dont know, Inglorious Bastards is 75% in subtitles
>I get pretty heated at this point, and they act like I'm overreacting
>Skip ahead a few hours. We all plan to go to target to get some groceries for the rooms. Me and kite text the only one who brought his car and tell him were ready to go.
>Carman says hes getting ready and will leave soon (their room was about 2 minutes drive)
>30 minutes pass
>We ask his ETA, says hes still getting ready
>Hour passes
>Ask ETA, same story
>In total we waited nearly 3 hours for him to show.
>He was off fucking his girlfriend
>Instead of telling us that he would be an hour or two late, he had us waiting outside the con the whole 3 hours while we couldve been watching panels or talking to people indoors.
>Skip ahead to the night of day 2.
>They convince me to come to weed supply's room party and try half an edible
>This is my first time on weed, get super paranoid the rest of the night
>Someone told me that whenever i wasnt nodding off to sleep, my eyes were bugging out.
>End up fucking off and walking a couple different very drunk friends back to their hotel rooms.
Later in the year, drunk fuck pretends that his mom kicked him out and took advantage of my mother's kindness, ending up staying in my house. Invited over multiple different girls to make out/fuck without asking anyone, using up tons of space, eating all the food, never paying a cent. I tell him to get the fuck out but my mother feels guilty and lets him stay for another few weeks until some shit happens where we need to renovate the house and theres no room for him.

>>9250403
im cosplaying windblade at some point- i think im going to go with painting my own face for comforts sake, plus the fact that a static unmoving face might be kind of creepy looking. if youre going for the really blocky g1 style though, a faceplate might be cool
>tfw only other person ive met who likes tf probably lives around the world

>>9250890
pt3
Kite texts me after i told drunk to get out, saying that i shouldnt act high and mighty by telling my friends not to drink/smoke or to ask me before they bring someone over. Most of them stopped talking to me after that. Months later Kite and Drunk roomed together, Drunk didnt pay his share for the room and he fucks off completely, no one i know has heard from him since, others begin to become alienated by Kite's passion of not wanting anyone from the group to talk to me or they're evil and support my ways of having rules for my own damn house.

>>9250891
Uhh, it's not like Transformers is a small fandom or anything. There's thousands of fans on Tumblr or Reddit.

Self cringe

>running around con between AA stall and copy place
>eventually tire out mid day, get some mc donalds while taking pictures.
>realize halfway through the walk back I'm the fat, sweaty neckbeard with that mc donalds smell creepin on hot cosplayers.
>quietly go back to stall and just sit there the rest of the day contemplating an heroing.

>>9248887
My nightmare come true right here.

>>9250880
>>9250890
>>9250892
JFC you're better off without all of them.

>>9250897
>thousands of fans on Tumblr or Reddit
does not equate to a whole lot of people at cons.
also finding current fans and not just oldfags who nostalgia for G1 is.. difficult

>>9248402
Fat men like this need to die

>>9252480

Fat men can get girls if they have personality. Crazy, right?

>>9252606
If by personality you mean money, sure

>>9250880
>they all say im asking too much even though i split perfect even
>They all get a separate room

Anon, I'm confused, something about your story doesn't add up. If they get a separate room with one less person, they're paying more. Unless you're leaving out a key fact, like how they wanted more friends in the room but you had a cap.

not horror but rage

>Be in line for fan expo toronto

>A shit ton of people show up wearing the same t shirt from a college/uni in ontario

>They start doing there team chants in the line area

>Annoying af

>This goes on for five minutes.

>>9252729
different hotel that was shittier

>think about going to sakura-con
>could just hop on the bus after classes
>wonder if the people there will be like the people on 4chan
>decide not to go

>>9252784

>letting 4chan people stop you from enjoying life.

>>9252784
>people on 4chan
>going outside
Unless you mean the salty seagulls, but even then most of those kind of posters are pretty quiet and keeps to themselves at a con.

Have any of you had any risks/dangers with supplying a room that has a minor in it with alcohol? Going to a con in the near future with everyone but one person in a random group room that is over 21 and being the old fuddie duddie that I am I'm scared to bring alcohol with me.

>>9252981
Why are you trying yo get drunk around kids?

>>9252784
Having met the /cgl/ crowds at multiple cons on different coasts, they're a fine bunch overall.
The people that actually post around here don't like going outside very much.

>>9250892

So while these people do sound shitty, you should have said fuck it on day 1 and never trusted any of them. At that point you should have just wandered around looking to make friends for the weekend. Also, it was probably a mistake to cave to pure pressure and take edibles (which tend to be a bit "stronger") in an unknown and uncomfortable place. There were plenty of problems with the group you went with, but you weren't a perfect/smart person either.

>>9252981
Ehhh probably not a good idea anon. I wouldn't do it.

>>9253062
Yeah, in retrospect i was being a pretty big dipshit by going along with everything.

>>9253010

There is a single 19 y/o who is the boyfriend of the room holder. Everyone else is 21+.

>>9253072
>>9252981
Do you know how he is about alcohol? What you really want to avoid are those minors that LOVE getting drunk and telling everyone about it, muh teenage rebellion and all.

>>9252791
>>9252802
>>9253019

Maybe I'll go this year then. I got a couple of weeks to decide before registration goes up in price.

>>9253082

No idea. Rooming with random people this time around other than a single friend.

>>9252606
Hoe I didn't say shit about fat guys who aren't raging piles of garbage

Some horror with a bit of self cringe

>at a small Dutch convention
>be a 20 y/o cosplaying megumin, a 14 y/o
>worry that I'll look dumb or bad for being taller and older than my character
>tell myself it'll be fine! Maybe some people will ask me for a picture, that would be so cool!
>throughout the whole weekend, not a single person asked for a picture
>the people who did recognise my cosplay where all neckbeards
>when they did, they shouted "EXPLOSION" and tried to make eye contact
>I just got jumpscared every time and could only reply "ehehe.. Y-yea"
>never cosplay a loli character again

>>9252606
Sure, until the fat guy breaks it up by cheating or because his "fun personality" is hiding a dump truck full of depression, inferiority complex, and other mental problems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HN1A6Ia8uY

Not that it's the only reason a hot girl/fat guy relationship might end. The girl in this case is probably not all that stable herself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8q8GI9UPWE

>>9252784
Seconding the fact that the loudest shitposting idiots on the ch0n are the ones who get out the least, are underage or both. Go to the con anon, you'll have fun.

>>9251475
TFnation in Birmingham got a decent turnout so I hear considering it was a first year con.
Looking forward to heading over next year in a Grimlock suit.

>>9247610
FUCK that shit. FUCK it. Jesus Christ.

>Arrive at small Dutch convention/anime fair
>See this and burst into laughter
>Continue on, find there is very little to do
>Dealer room was small AF and several vendors were selling bootlegs
>Bump into a friend, we're joking at how horrible this place his and how he actually bought a weekend ticket
>Younger people walked by and actually praised the event
I knew what I was getting myself into, but that must had been the worst experience in my life.

This happened at Dragon*Con some number of years ago, when I was still VERY much a minor. It was one of my first cons so I was probably 14-16, can't remember exactly.

I always used to go to cons with my cousin (<2 years older than I am so not *quite* my chaperone, but I have anxiety and was super awkward back then) and would end up following her around the whole time because I was (still am) small and terrified of being on my own in large crowds.

>Cousin and like 4-5 friends want to go to Artist's Alley. I follow them, naturally, and am amazed by all of the cool and exciting art.
>Look at shit too much and lose EVERYONE in the crowd.
>people shoving me, it's crowded af
>enter anxiety and the beginnings of a v serious panic attack, try to keep my cool because I feel like an idiot
>eventually manage to pull myself away to a less-crowded area
>feel a tugging on my skirt (floor-length poofy skirt, so it's not necessarily creepy but there were fingers RIGHT on my ass and it scared the shit out of me)
>so relieved, thinking that our friends have found me
>It's a guy in a wheelchair. :^|
>seems nice, wants to compliment me on my costume and takes a picture, chats me up just a little and makes me feel fairly at ease
>mention that I've lost my friends
>"OH, really?! That's so weird! I lost MY friends in the crowd, too! Can you help me find them?"
>suddenly realize that he's been moving slowly-ish through the crowd and that I've been walking with him for the past ~4-5 minutes and I'm not quite sure where tf I am
>Imagining "lost my dog" rapist scenario that they tell kids about
>No, that's fucking stupid, he's disabled. He seems like a really nice guy, everything is fine
>eventually leads me toward a back exit (still in the AA but sort-of away from the main event) and asks me to push open one of the doors, thinks his friends are out there
>THANK GOD, there were staff people standing by the doors (making sure non-con people don't come in or something, maybe?)
[cont]

>>9253845
[part 2]
>2 staff people run up to us, tell us we can't leave through that door because it's actually a fire-escape and the alarm will sound if we open any of these (or something, I don't remember)
>They ask us if everything is okay, looking at me with seemingly concerned expressions
>scared of seeming like some weird bitch who's scared of a harmless disabled man, don't want to make the guy think the same thing and am terrified of making people feel bad in general, so end up saying nothing
>He says that we're fine and asks where an exit is, can't remember why he said he wanted to leave but it was NOT to find his fucking friends
>panic_mode.png
>We turn back, his wheelchair is right behind me so I'm kind of leading the way and can't just "get lost in the crowd," searching frantically for a way to do so
>start basically sizing him up and realize that this dude (he's in his 40's maybe) is RIPPED AF, and *so are his fucking legs*
>Maybe he does legitimately need the wheelchair, but everything is WAY too fishy by now to give him the benefit of the doubt
>Eventually we find the escalators that are kind-of in the middle of the room.
>He suggests going up them but then is like, "You'll need to help me get up, so let's look for an elevator first."
>I say okay
>We wander around for maybe 10 more minutes, I'm still scared as FUCK and have NO idea how to get out of this or get help
>STILL am somehow giving him the benefit of the doubt and worrying more about not being mean than my own fucking safety
(btw, looking back on all this, I'm incredibly mad at myself. I was such a fucking pansy as a kid, Christ...)
>anxiety is getting really bad, starting to hyperventillate and am having trouble controlling it now
>fight-or-flight kicks in HARD out of nowhere
>realize suddenly that, because I'm in front, I can just direct where we're walking
>spend another 10 minutes leading this dude around while he's been mentioning his "lost friends" every five minutes

>>9253845
Oh man I used to be super timid just like how you were. Thankfully nothing bad ever happened. Seems like that guy was trying to lure you back to his handicap accessible rape van.

>>9253855
[part 3]
>FINALLY see the elevators in the distance, like a shining beacon of hope
>we get near the elevators but pass them because I want to fake him out
>suddenly look back at the escalator and wave and call out, pretending my friends are up there
>sharp U-turn onto the escalator, am literally running for 10-20 feet to get there without him catching up
>despite the anxiety, am borderline shoving through people just to get there and have a barrier between me and the guy
>get onto the elevator
>glance back and he's just staring at me, fucking enraged, gnashing teeth and all that shit
>get to the top of the escalator and am safe, finally... but I can't get in touch with my friends and still have no idea where they are (probably should have mentioned that I didn't have a phone back then, so I couldn't call them)
>sit down kind of far away from there in case he comes after me, get control of my breathing and start sobbing incredibly hard out of fear and relief, etc.
>Staff member from a somewhat-far-away booth sees me and runs halfway across this huge area. She's tiny like me and really sweet and asks what happened
>tell her basically everything, including my intense shame for being afraid of a dude in a wheelchair, mention that I have anxiety also
>She tells me that I shouldn't be upset because it's not that outlandish and there's nothing wrong with being safe, and she agrees that he seemed like he might have just been some kind of fucking horrible predator
>"We'll get him out of here. I'm going to tell security about this and everything will be okay, I promise."
>gives me her phone
>I have my cousin's number memorized
>I call her and they find me, staff member waits with me and gets tissues and hugs me and is just wonderful in general until they get there.
>Cousin and friends (most of whom are her friends, not mine, but they're also like older siblings to me) are outraged after hearing what happened
>super protective of me the rest of the con

>>9253864
I'm dead, that's hilarious

but yeah, really bad vibes. I didn't honestly believe that sort of thing actually still happened anymore. It was crazy.

>>9253855
>start basically sizing him up and realize that this dude (he's in his 40's maybe) is RIPPED AF, and *so are his fucking legs*
>Maybe he does legitimately need the wheelchair, but everything is WAY too fishy by now to give him the benefit of the doubt

This is some Ted Bundy shit. I'm glad you lived another day to greentext on /cgl/

>>9253867
Holy shit anon what a story. I'm dying to know what wheelchair guy's deal was.

>>9253786
I often lament not having more female friends, but then I see people like this and remember how insufferable so many women are and that this is why it has been hard to find the good ones. God damn. I do not miss having friends that are thinking about if their toes are cuter than mine.

>>9253888

>>9253888

>>9253893
>>9253917
Make the faces all you want, but being locked in a secret competition with your friends that only you weren't privy to is bullshit.

>>9253926
#NotAllWomen

Don't you have an /r9k/ thread to wallow in

>>9248402
What an asshole, I'm sorry anon.

>>9249621
I think this story is actually quite funny and while it was embarrassing for the girl shouting, I guess I'd have laughed it off.

>>9253888
>I'm not like all the other girls

>>9253867
This story was wild. Do people really go to these sort of lengths? I hope that he wasn't pretending to be disabled but the way it sounds, he must've been waiting for the perfect person to cross his path

>>9253961
Yeah, like...

To be honest, I still have times where I look back on it and worry that maybe he was legitimately harmless and that I just got bad vibes out of nowhere and started spiraling because of the anxiety, you know?

As a woman who grew up with primarily male friends, I'm really sensitive about not making assumptions when guys "come off" as creepy or weird. I'd *like* to look at everyone as just another person, another dude, another "whatever," but as I grow older (and as I realize more and more just how petite and defenseless I truly am), I can't help but move away from that sentiment despite desperately wishing that I could embody the acceptance we all -- especially in nerd / geek / social-outlier communities -- crave and seek out, sometimes with reckless abandon.

I almost hope that he WAS going to those lengths, because frankly I will never stop feeling guilty about that incident, despite being a potential victim.

Feels bad, man. :/

>>9254014
Your safety is more important than anyone's feelings. Never feel guilty for following your gut and looking out for yourself.

Potentially hurting someone's feelings a little (which they will forget about completely after a while) is way better than you getting raped or something (which you will never forget about for the rest of your life).

>>9251417
>realize halfway through the walk back I'm the fat, sweaty neckbeard with that mc donalds smell creepin on hot cosplayers

The difference though is that you realized and acknowledged it. Also I totally understand being a tired sweaty gross lump after tending an artist booth all day.

>>9254014
Fuck politeness anon, keep yourself safe.

>>9253867
just realized that I wrote "elevators," but meant "escalators." Oops~

>>9253888
Girl, please remove the fedora lodged in your ass

>>9255067
p sure it's lodged between her toes~

>>9253961
>>9254014
Some people do, even disabled people, just follow your gut.

Sage for personal shit but when I was a weaboo in college some guy in a wheelchair gave me a sob story about his mental and physical disability so I'd hug him and he tried to feel me up. I was too shocked for a second to realize what was happening. So even if you're surrounded by fellow nerds or the disabled, if someone makes you uncomfortable, it's PERFECTLY FINE to tell them no and get out.

Glad you're okay.

>>9253806
TFNation was basically a continuation of Auto Assembly, the main guy from AA had enough of running the con, the rest of the committee set up TFNation

>>9252619
That's the /cgl/ I know and love.

>>9254014
You did the right thing. If the guy was crying or looked sad when you ditched him I might have a little sympathy. If he was furious like you said he probably felt entitled to your goodies at best, an outright serial rapist at worst.

Also, gnashing teeth? Like, neck veins popping?

>>9253888
I love having female friends, they are so warm and funny & I love to compliment them. Sorry you had bad experiences, but maybe you are also part of the problem since your post reeks of "i'm not like the other girls".

>>9250236
I did this once at anime North.

Saw a cute girl and spent way too much time trying to think of how to start a conversation, figured I would follow her a bit and try to think of something and after about five minutes realized I was being creepy and stopped.

>>9250678
Question: Which is worse in your opinion? Unwanted touching from girls or guys.

I was the horror.

>Be 13 year old me
>Be at first con, first artist alley, first everything
>Spot an artist selling kandi bracelets (it was 2006)
>zomg KANDI desu mode activates. Talk artist's head off
>See a really pretty, glittery bracelet
>$30, which is too much for 13 year old me to afford
>Ask if I can try it on
>Artist seems hesitant
>Should also mention that I was a hambeast at this time
>Artist eventually gives in
>Bracelet is way too tight, but I'm not letting that stop me
>FORCE that thing onto my wrist
>It immediately breaks
>Beads everywhere
>"You broke it" is all I hear before I hightail it out of there since I don't even have the money to pay for it

I still feel bad.

>>9256952

You ham bitch

>>9256952
Man I could just hear the artist's greentext version of this.

That's unfortunate though, at least you realized it though.
Modern hambeasts would probably bitch that the artist should make plus-size friendly bracelets.

>>9253888
It sounds like you're the problem.

>>9249062
Bet you're that creepy nice guy that's tired of being rejected because girls only like Chads with big dicks

>>9257004
True. At least this anon realized what they did was stupid and embarrassing

>>9248402
In the off chance Dandruff guy was me, Sorry about that.

Its Psoriasis s skin condition that is rather frustrating to deal with.

>>9257195
take a shower more often m8

>>9249667
Aw, this is sweet.

>>9257637
Shit dont work.

Hot days=sweaty and stinky
Scalp Psoriasis= shitty white flakes on everything and my scalp looks all red, scabby and fugly even showering twice daily.

That shits firmly in the no cure but many treatments that only sort of help. All manner of thing can cause flare ups.

>>9257774
in the greentext it said the person smelled like they hadn't showered in a week... I think that's what they meant

>>9257775
Everyone stinks in a hot musty hall way after a few hours

>>9248185
it's been over a week anon, what happened? did you get your cash?

>>9249360
dude lmao, I'm an aspie too and no one will ever know because I learned how to behave in public before trying to go to events which expect formal behaviour. stop making excuses for yourself and learn from the experience

>>9257778
don't try to downplay it and just clean yourself more often damn it, have some self awareness.

>>9257778
You can only have so many showers in one day before it gets logistically impractical.

>>9257637
Except psoriasis has nothing to do with showering so ????

>>9257903
Hot weather and unlucky genetics make me sweat like Niagara falls.

If I go anywhere in the summer without a/c I end up smelling funky.

I shower before leaving and by the time I get there I am soaked in sweat. Either I stink and go or I don't stink and don't go.

>>9252606
>mfw i have a friend like this
>girl is super cute, outgoing, fairly popular cosplayer in our state
>boyfriend has horrid skin condition, is overweight, a step from full on neckbeard
>doesn't get along with any of her friends, bitches about having to go to cons with her, it of a twat

I guess the dick must be bomb?

>>9258249

Laying down that massive pipe

>>9258249
Why are most of them like this? I'll admit that I have a thing for chubby dudes like >>9252606
and they always turn out to be pretentious assholes. Are they just overcompensating?

>>9258200
Im talking about the

>smelled like he hadn't showered in a week

part of the story, of course it wouldnt work with psoriasis

>>9255968
female friends are the best.

>>9248402
time 2 suicide

>>9249228
no one will ever give a shit if anything is your . . . : : D R E A M I T E M : : : . . .
stfu, go work and buy it yourself you assburger

>>9257778
There's a big difference between sweaty but normal and the occasional rotting meat smell horrorshow I sometimes realise I'm sitting near at a panel.

>>9253888
it's kay anon. I've never really had any girl friends. One girl I tried to be friends with told me point blank after a while that she was too envious to hang out with me anymore. I appreciate her honesty, but damn.

>>9252606
My guys a bit stocky, but I appreciate it because he loves to cook and his tummy is better than any memory foam pillow.

Still trying to figure out what he sees in me cause I look like a foot.

To stay on topic:
>been going to cons a few years when I invite some old high school buddies to con it up with me one year
>small con, super cheap, no hassle for cosplay
>One girl S, fell in love with Vocaloids few months prior and begs me to make a bullshit cosplay for her
>why not? I'm still learning.
>single me, at the time was talking to a girl who associated me with Kaito and it spread to the friend group
>High school bros travel to con with me but S is no where to be found
>we all meet up around lunch and they found S in the maid cafe
>Screams "Kaito-kun!" And rushes me
>it's a con I blow it off at first
>but she keeps saying it
>every sentence
>High school bros are kinda cringing at it but smile like it's an inside joke
>but it isn't.
>con ends and I start planning for the next. But S wants in
>and the next one. Still calling me Kaito.
>she discovers Madoka through me and thinks she's hot shit all of a sudden
>she finally fucks off with the Kaito bullshit

...
>playing vidya with high school bros who still go to cons
>ask whatever happened to S?
>"Anon she went batshit with Love Live. Thought she was Nozomi. She still wears that tangled Madoka wig"
>I let this happen.mov

>>9258487
when I was 17 I had a guy in his mid-20s fall in love with me and say he'd be my Kaito.

> be tog in cosplay convention
> decide to take full video of guest japanese visual kei band performance
> crowd getting wild and jumping up and down while I stand rock still holding a camera on top a 6ft tall monopod
> felt someone press behind my back, ignore it for area near stage is crowded
> then i felt the person kinda doing a dance while still pressed behind me, me getting distracted because camera becoming wobbly and has to stabilize it
> horror begins as I realized that the person behind me has boner
> i turned my head and saw saw a big fat smiling dude. I said to him in my roughest voice what the hell he's doing.
> i also saw the horror in his face when he realized were both guys and quickly went away

>>9258487
>batshit with love live

The worst kind of batshit

Hoh boy this is my more recent one from FanExpo this September
>cosplaying with sister, having a great time and taking photos of other cosplayers
>See a girl dresses up as Beatrice from Umineko, but cosplay is pretty low tier. She's wearing no wig or makeup and I could only recognize the dress, but i love Beatrice
>She's alone and recognizes my sister and my cosplay, we talk for a couple minutes about the anime and just have a good time
> Up close notice she has a bit of facial hair and some chest hair, but her voice is feminine, don't even dwell on it.
> Photog wants to take picture of our group, we are all posing together when two random guys show up
> Guys are total normies and way older like in their late 30s
> One comes up to Beatrice cosplayer and asks "if there real" and proceeds to honk her boobs. I can only assume he thought she was a guy?
> She screams and swats his hands away and my sister and I start yelling at him what his fucking problem is
> Both guys panic and get the fuck out
> Ask if Beatrice cosplayer is OK and if she's got friends here so she texts them. She's a little shaken but her friends come up and we leave
> Another lol cosplayer sees this, she's like wtf and reports them to staff

Honestly it pisses me off where people think they can just touch people whenever cause there at a convention. They don't even think about how this has probably freaked her out for all conventions, it's always hard to forget about people just grabbing you at cons. I remember shit like this happening when I was first going to cons as a teenager and it just leaves a gross feeling in the bottom of your stomach

>>9258731

Sounds like PCOS. You can shave and remove hair all you like but it always comes back like a carpet.

>>9258678
kek

>>9254186
Realizing you're an asshole doesn't make you less of an asshole.

>>9259158
No but it's the first step to stop being an asshole

>>9254014
>As a woman who grew up with primarily male friends, I'm really sensitive about not making assumptions when guys "come off" as creepy or weird.

I have to say, I really appreciate this attitude, because it's so vanishingly rare.

>Otakon
>Book room with best friend, my bf, best friend's bf, and another mutual friend of ours
>Mutual friend asks if she can bring her younger sister.
>Agree because we've met her before, she's fine and had turned 18 the month prior
>Last Otakon in Baltimore is a ton of fun
>All my costumes work out
>One night friend's sister comes back to the room with some strange guy
>Looks like he's 25-27, older than all of us. Isn't even in costume?
>Introduces himself as "Tim", get told he needs a place to crash tonight.
>My bf and friend's bf are livid, but we relent because we don't want to make a scene while he's here in the room
>The next morning all the food and alcohol we brought is gone, friend's sister is missing $20. A thank you note is on the fridge
>We basically interrogate her as where the fuck she met this "Tim"
>Said she met him after a panel where he was apparently dressed as Mustang from FMA, and that he changed out of the costume and threw it in his bag when they came back to the room
>We are all unconvinced and reason he was most likely just some random or homeless dude she fell in love with, because why else would he take all our food and drink

>>9259670
>Let someone you don't know crash on your room

Nooooope nope nooooope nope nope nope nope.

>>9259677
Yeah, it's pretty scary now that i think about it. He could have done a lot more than just steal our food. What if he had a weapon? I can assure you i have not let this happen since nor will I ever again.

Plus she never revealed why she liked him aside from him being handsome. I don't think she was that shallow, and I worry he might have intimidated or threatened her

>>9259670
>homeless thieves can pick up con chicks
>we can't

damn it all

>>9259684
Stop overthinking it, she was probably just looking for some "fun".

>>9258487
>Still trying to figure out what he sees in me cause I look like a foot.

Maybe he's got a foot fetish?

>>9258487
Always the idol fans isn't it

I was volunteer staff at a con last spring where we spent the whole weekend trying to find this Castiel cosplayer. This guy saw a girl cosplaying some character he loved (forget which one), and he snuck up behind her, picked her up from behind, and threw her over his shoulder in a massive bear hug before running off. This would obviously be an uncomfortable grab for anyone but the girl had prior back issues and immediately started feeling sharp pain, and spent some time in the volunteer ops room crying it off and deciding if it was bad enough to go to the hospital over.

We never did find the guy. The girl ended up okay though.

>>9259670
>he was most likely just some random or homeless dude she fell in love with,
That girl's poor sister.
"Tim" will forever be the one that got away.

>>9259717
Why do people think this is ok. A guy picked a girl up at London. Dropped her, breaking her wrist so bad she needed surgery and was still suffering months after.

And wasn't there the AssCreed cosplayer who uses a cane because he got hurt when some hambeast glomped him?

>>9259738
Holy shit. I think if someone broke my drawing hand I might actually kill them.

This is one of those things that falls under the "cosplay is not consent" umbrella, but enough people have decided not to take that "SJW" stuff seriously that things like this continue to happen. That sucks for both of the people involved in your story, Jesus.

>>9259749
That's what happens when "activists" conflate physical assault with ordinary sperginess and creepiness.

They cried wolf so often that people have stopped listening.

You'd think "don't grope or grab or glomp strangers out of the blue" would be common sense, but nope.

>>9250236
>Tfw pax fucked your store out of attending

I just wanted to get in for free.

>>9258487

Is the dick stocky too?

>>9249331
>you're not Lolita so obv you don't know anything about manners and decency around special guests.
>elitist
>kek

>>9249360
I have to wonder if this is a infamous self diagnosis.

>>9259835
It was badly phrased. A less awful phrasing: nobody is infallible, and excluding people, such as the mentally disabled, solely due to the possibility of an incident is pointless and arbitrary.

>>9258249
My ex boyfriend was like this. Hated all my hobbies and friends, but was really good in bed. Finally found guy that will cosplay with me, is fit, and is packing some heat. Thank you lord.

>>9259718
That's why you have to cripple them.

>>9252737
I was volunteering and was on lvl 800 when it happened. a few girls from the Uni asked me where all the cosplayers were, I guess expecting a menagerie of costumes lined up waiting for them to take pictures? Too bad it was a thursday, though, because there were hardly any people, let alone in costume. Thankfully it was probably just a day trip because I didn't see them again.

>>9248132
was this at a midwestern con?

>>9249062
Why would you be spiteful towards her? If anything I appreciated that she made the effort to ask a guy out instead of expecting him to do it.

>>9260605
Good fucking point.

>>9254014
Wow, that's a very thoughtful post. I definitely wouldn't feel bad if I were you. He seemed to be acting very suspicious.

>>9247572
London MCM; there's your problem.

>>9249121
*I* do. No woman has ever had a problem getting laid where I live. Weight and looks don't matter. Been this way for years.

>>9250685
I've literally never heard of this "Guardian" thing....what does it entail exactly?

>>9250880
>>9250890
That sounds awful! This is why I attend cons alone.

>>9252606
Looking at that photo, I realize that every minute I have spent in the last decade of lifting weights in the gym, running on a trail, and counting calories was a complete waste of time....

>>9253571
Just because you cosplay doesn't mean everyone else is obligated to ask for a photo of you, or even acknowledge you. Welcome to real life....

>>9259670
>>9259692
Yeah it makes me feel awful....I've never had a sexual encounter at any of the cons I have attended, despite being in shape and having low standards. Yet a normie hobo can succeed where I fail? Fuck I hate myself....

>>9261434
Different anon but it's basically like the "parent or legal guardian" thing for minors to go places/do stuff. They can't stay in the hotel room by themselves because of their age so someone of legal age has to be the guardian for the weekend and make sure they don't get into trouble. Basically means saddling yourself up for a weekend of following around a brat and cleaning up after them and reminding them to shower/not spend all their cash.

>>9261465
That sounds more like babysitting.

>>9261473
It basically is, but for teenagers.

>>9261432
Midwest America? That place is a literal pig sty

>>9259749
>>9259765

"Cosplay is not consent" is a failure because instead of addressing specific behaviours it makes a vague message and paints the entire con audience as potential predators. Of course people are going to tune out if they get called out as predators and don't see themselves as predators. It's as useless and antagonistic as telling some random normie to check their privilege. Doubly so when they're on the assburger spectrum like so many in the nerd communities are, they're not going to take a hint like cosplay is not consent, they need specific rules to follow.

All conventions really have to do is implement and inform people up front of specific rules like "No hugging without asking", "No glomping", "No photos without asking", just like they did when many cons banned Free Hugs signs and begging/soliciting signs.

Something as simple as a drawing on the back of everyone's badge of someone being tackled/glomped from behind with a big red x on it would be far more effective than all the "SJW" outcry designed more to make the crier feel better than enacting actual positive changes.

>>9258731

A similar story but it actually happened to me

> cosplaying Fenris from DA2 at Dragoncon, about to cross the street to get to another hotel
> all craft foam armor, but painted very well if I say so myself
> rando apparently agrees, he comes up and proceeds to smack my chest area as if it were a bongo drum
> what
> what
> what
> I, all 5'3 and 120 lbs, begin screaming at this guy at least 3 heads taller then me. I am livid. Jimmies rustled? No, son, boobies jiggled. I am ready to claw his eyes out.
> guy starts blabbering that he didnt know it wasnt real. His friends pull him away through the crowds. I am so mad i stomp over to where my friends have already crossed the street.
> they saw nothing.

At least I can proudly say my cheap craftfoam armor looks like real metal? Apparently?

I'm still mad 2 years later.

>>9261495
haha I was referring to every US Military base I have ever been stationed at.

>>9261473
It is. I've had to do it twice. Once for my cousin three years ago, who was 16 at the time and again last year when we had to look after a friend's younger brother who was 15.

Only difference being my cousin is sweet and actually pretty nice looking, but very shy. My aunt suggested i take her to a con because she could meet some other "nerdy" people and make some more friends. It turned out to be great for her, but i ended up spending more money than anticipated.

My friend's younger brother was basically thrown on us so their parents could go out of town. He ended up just staying in the hotel room playing video games the entire con which was fine by us until we discovered he stole a friend's credit card and bought a ton of pizza with it.

>>9261574
I've heard horror stories about places like Jacksonville. Just generations of that, dependapotamuses, dating back 100, 200 years, looking for nothing more than a buck private with his first paycheck.

>>9261581
>My friend's younger brother was basically thrown on us so their parents could go out of town. He ended up just staying in the hotel room playing video games the entire con which was fine by us until we discovered he stole a friend's credit card and bought a ton of pizza with it.

He could have just done all that in the gaming room with other people.

>>9261441
Yeah, I'm at a con this weekend, and it's full of some blatantly thirsty girls, but none of them are thirsty for me...

Don't know what I can ever do about that. I've never been able to figure out what it is that attracts the very rare girl to me and leaves the rest disinterested, other than superficial things I can't control.

Wtf is it with all these thirsty dudes whining about not getting their dick wet itt.
Girls can sense desperation, that's why you're not getting laid.

>>9261706
I'm not whining, nor am I thirsty. I've been to a few dozen cons and after the first few it occurred to me that there were attractive girls who had shared interests of mine (gaming, anime, cosplay) and I started trying to hook up with them. It never worked, no matter how much I worked on my costume or how hard I dieted/worked out in preparation for the con. Because as much as I enjoy conventions, getting laid would be a nice bonus (but not the goal). Fast forward years later and now I just stopped caring about getting laid at cons. I know that I have no chance so I just don't bother chatting up women, and I focus on the panels and gaming while I am there.

>>9261716
>No matter how much I worked on my costume or how hard I dieted/worked out
>I know I have no chance so I don't bother
There's your problem right there, you lack confidence and focus too much on your own looks. You'd be surprised how far confidence and a decent personality will get you Anon.

>>9261581
>stole a friend's credit card and bought a ton of pizza with it.
Please tell me hell was raised on this little shit.

>>9261602
We did tell him there was a gaming area, and i think he might have actually gone. I do know that he just played League and Minecraft on his laptop with his actual friends.

>>9261748
The friend mentioned was one of ours we saw there, not his. He came to our room on the first day to say hey and introduce his new girlfriend who was pretty cool. I guess he left his wallet on a table for a few moments and had his card snatched.

It was beginning to become suspicious when the kid had pizza EVERY NIGHT we were there, but we assumed he had spending money on him. Friend was really cool about it, but i could tell he was pissed deep down

>>9261568
That would piss me off too, anon. He didn't damage anything, I hope?

>>9261758
And you didn't make the kid pay it back or tell his parents? He could've reported the kid for theft or credit card fraud. I know I would have.

>>9261725
Wait there's like tens of thousands of people who have good looks and a shitty personality that get laid easily.....

And I didn't lack confidence then. I had a tremendous amount of confidence (which was easy to do when you're one of the few toned, well-groomed men at conventions full of fat, smelly neckbeards). The problem is that after years of rejection it eventually just got whittled down. If I didn't have confidence then, I wouldn't have had the balls to approach and chat with women at cons in an attempt to hook up with them.

>>9261784
You forgot a wojak.jpg

>>9261784
>Stop trying
>Complain about not getting laid
>Even mention how shitty guys are getting pussy instead of you

>>9261799
Just stating the facts.

>>9261784
You probably set your standards too high. It confuses me how guys will bitch and moan about how they'll "never get laid despite trying everything but no girl will sleep with them" but in the same breath will go "No ugly girls, no fat girls"

Well guess what, bruh? Ugly and chubby/fat girls would jump on your dick the first chance you gave them. Problem solved, stop acting like some 10/10 model is all you can accept.

>>9261784

Women aren't a hivemind- we all have different things we like. So it's not like there's one universal standard we're looking for, even when it comes to personalities.

That said, in some cases it may not have been you so much as a person as it was your looking for a hookup. I would have rejected anyone who asked for casual sex just because I'm not into casual sex no matter how attractive the person propositioning me is. I imagine there are others who feel the same way.

Or some of them just aren't into men.

>>9261784
>who have good looks and a shitty personality
That's just your opinion from looking at the cover. There's more to people than just looks and personality anon.

>be attending a con solo years ago
>stay up until 1am to see an anime showing
>favorite band at the time did the outro
>random guy in the video room sees my excitement
>asks me about the group playing the song
>I tell him a bit about them and then get up to leave
>"You got any other cool music?"
>always happy to meet other would-be jrock lovers
>we sit out in the hall and share my earbuds and listen to music
>has me write down songs and artist he likes
>almost 3am, I need to sleep
>tell him it was nice to meet him but I had to go
>guy gets up, think he's going to leave too
>"Hey you wanna go have sex in my room?"
>no thanks gotta go bye
>book it out of there

Probably the most dedicated to hook-up guy I've met if he sat through two hours worth of unrelated stuff just to try and bang a stranger.

>>9261883
>he sat through two hours worth of unrelated stuff just to try and bang a stranger
Maybe he was genuinely interested in music AND your body.

>>9261778
His parents did reimburse the costs

>>9261895
Suppose it might've been that way but it's still random as hell to ask someone that when they're leaving.

>>9261883
at least he really tried

>>9261627
only guy I've ever considered sleeping with was a mutual friend and things didn't pan out (thankfully because i likely would've regretted it).

I'm not at cons to get laid and it's usually the last thing on my mind. When guys approach me with a (painfully obvious) attempt to get me to sleep with them, I don't hesitate to leave. Some girls are willing to do that but the majority aren't.

>>9261784
You sound like a cunt anyway. I think another anon mentioned it, but women can smell this attitude.

Also your "attempt to hook up" thing. Never go to a con expecting sex, even as a side goal. Never approach girls expecting a date or sex.
Make friends based on common interest, go from there.

Erm... guys, I'm going to a convention called Kuri on Dec 4, it is going to be my first convention and I'm going with a friend who has been there before, any tips?
I'm scared

>>9262202
Fuck, there's no spoiler here...

>>9262202
Stay well hydrated. While this probably sounds like silly advice it's actually a really hard thing to do at cons. Other than that, check the schedule beforehand, discus going to any events you and your friend are interested in beforehand and have fun. No idea where this con is, but you can always ask foe advice in one of the regional threads.

>>9262202
Can't give you anything specific, but take care of yourself. Lots of people get way too excited by their first con and forget basic shit.
Shower every day, eat solid meals regularly, drink water, and get a decent amount of sleep.

>>9261883
>Hey you wanna go have sex in my room?


You'd be surprised how often that works

>>9261769
No, just felt awful and kinda humilated the whole night, even if I didnt do anything, you know? I'm just upset he got away without any consequence. I really hope he never try that to anyone again.

>>9253888
Anthony, is that you?

>be filthy homestuck cosplayer
>go to homestuck meet at con
>cute jane cosplayer is handing out lollipops she hand made
>some eridan cosplayer wearing no wig, no paint, only eridans shirt and a purple towel as his cape takes one of the lollipops
>sucks on it and then sticks it onto his head
>wut
>2 or so minutes later he RIPS the lollipop off his head and starts sucking on it
>lollipop covered in hair
>sticky bald spot on his head

i will never forget that guy

>>9262375
that's some hardcore shit right there

>be 16, at a con with friend
>cosplay ed elric
>friend likes yaoi
>finds roy mustang cosplayer
>"can she kiss your cheek for a picture?"
>dude says sure, she gets camera out
>dude turns toward me and stuffs his tongue down my throat
>dude was clearly 25 or some shit

>>9248132
>>9262383

Teenage girl Ed Elrics seem to attract predators.

>>9262395
It could have been the same dude for all I know haha

Anyone have an image of some girl (I believe she was also fat) saying how telling her not to drink while pregnant is able-ist and disability shaming?

>>9261437
>lifting for girls/guys

You failed before you started, anon.

>>9262470
This.

>>9262040
Yeah, I often have so much shit to do at cons that I ain't got time for any hook ups. Doubly so if I'm in costume, quadruply so if it's a costume more complicated than standard clothes + wig.

>>9262476
What a big guy

>>9261817
Care to explain to me how my standards were too high? Because I am certain that they were not.
>>9262055
Hmmmm except evidence has proven you incorrect. I work with a guy who openly admits to not being into "nerd garbage" like comic books (which he refuses to read) and anime (which he refuses to watch). He went to his first convention this year and openly stated to us that his intent was to hook up with what he calls "consluts" and it worked; I've seen the photographic evidence.

>>9262731
Well consluts are different than your usual con girls. They're, well, also normies pretending to be into "nerd garbage" for male attention. We have them too. I'm not who you're replying to, but you need to realize that your self worth doesn't depend on how many people you hook up with during a con or even just in general. You're more than just how much pussy you can get. Next con you go to, concentrate on just having fun and maybe getting to know some people. Don't intend on becoming good friends over one weekend, and certainly don't focus on becoming a hookup. Just put yourself out there and let things go naturally.

>>9262737
My point was that >>9262055 was wrong because if women could smell this attitude, my coworker wouldn't have been able to get laid so easily at a con, despite being a total normie.

I mean me, personally, I would rather meet someone at a con with whom I share a lot of common, geeky interests with, and build a relationship from there. I'm not interested in sexual hook ups at conventions, and I haven't been for years.

>>9262761
Or maybe your coworker just isn't acting like a bitter manchild like you.

>>9262761
Oh yeah, I got that part sorry! I was just saying that those are the types of girls who can smell that attitude but are just too skanky to care.

>>9262768
Going to cons to attend panels, shop at the dealer's room, and play games....how is that acting like a "bitter manchild"?

>>9262770
If that is the case, then >>9261725
and >>9262055
are both wrong.

>>9262800
There isn't one universal answer, girls aren't fuckmachines that you need to use a manual on. There isn't one a down, down, forward, forward + punch tactic for getting laid.
If you are this much of a whiny manchild irl there is no wonder you aren't getting laid, you are an embarrassment.

>>9262806
Yet apparently there *is* a tactic for doing it, as my coworker had demonstrated.

How am I a whiny manchild?

>>9262806
And since when did I even say I'm trying to get laid?

>>9262807
Stop comparing yourself to your coworker. You guys aren't the same person. What works for him and what works for you are not the same.

Let's go back on topic with this classic. Mr. Lonely, take yourself over to /adv/. This is a con horror story thread.

>>9262800
You are trying awfully hard to prove a point for someone who 'doesn't care' anymore.

>>9262807
Being this fucking stupid

>>9262818
>>9262819
idk everyone here is making fun of me for not getting laid at cons over a decade ago. If it's not such a big deal then what does it matter if I failed?

The whole point of moving on is that you aren't supposed to bring it up anymore, and you're making that *really* hard when you constantly remind me that I failed....

>>9262807
>Complain about not getting laid at cons despite you not putting any effort into it for the past few years
>Only reason you give for people to sleep with you is because you're allegedly good looking and wear cosplays
>When confronted with the fact that personality plays a huge role you just shrug it off stating asshole scan get girls and thus so should you, as if every girl owes it to sleep with you
>You actually believe there is some IRL cheat code or instruction manual to get girls to sleep with you
>You continuously blame others for you not getting laid despite you obviously being the problem
You can take off your fedora and groom your beard, but that doesn't make you any less of a manchild.

>>9262846
I actually *didn't* complain about not getting laid in the past several years. If I actually wanted to get laid I'd be putting forth effort to do so.

Regarding being good looking and wearing cosplay....isn't that *exactly* the reason that most of the women who cosplay get laid?

If personality plays a huge role, then there's a lot of people getting laid at cons who shouldn't be.....

I never blamed anyone else for not getting laid. I repeatedly said I have not been trying to get laid....

It's like you just read half my post, fill in the other half with an aggressive dogged nice guy stereotype, and slap on some strawman argument that I'm desperate for sex. I literally never said any of these things....

>>9262808
Multiple times, fuckboy. Multiple times.

>>9262800
>how is that acting like a "bitter manchild"?
Not that, dumbass. Your attitude at cons. When you're doing your "I'm a good looking guy in a good cosplay and I'm not here to get pussy but I wouldn't complain :)" routine.

Your coworker's getting more action because, as >>9262737 mentions, there are fake-nerd normie girls that'll suck anything that gives them attention. Your coworker is good at spotting them.

>>9262869
Not that anon, but it might be that you're just too socially different from con people. I'm friends with a guy who is funny as fuck, reasonably good-looking and a really genuine loyal guy, but his gruff working-class social habits put off sheltered con babies.

>>9262807
Everyone has different preferences. Everyone likes different things. Finding someone who wants to be friends with you, or fuck you, or date you is ultimately a matter of luck. You have to be in the right place at the right time and happen to have your personality, looks, and intentions mesh with the other person's. There are just way too many factors involved.

Like the other anon said, there isn't one universal answer.

>>9257879
Yeah we finally got the cash, but she had ANOTHER person PM me on fb again, accusing me still not not helping her, trying to excuse being messy ect, ect, the basic stuff we've already heard. I also got accused of owning the room which is bs, because my friend owned it, I was just the only one willing to speak up. When he tried to correct them he basically got ignored.

She also still hasn't spoken to me directly. The room's owner spoke to her but she basically denied everything and acted like changing her behaviors would've been impossible.

>>9262992
this.

i struggle to make friends in general, not just at cons. but i have failed to connect with people so often, and in so many different situations, that i know i am the problem. when i do connect, it often turns out we have a major thing in common: PTSD from childhood family trauma. this is impossible to know before getting to know someone, but somehow this invisible thread has wound through my friendships so far.

so when i say "i am the problem," what i mean is my ability to form relationships is so deeply rooted in a social environment that is alien to most people that most people cannot socially interface with me. it is like trying to negotiate without a shared language.

there are a lot of lonely seagulls who post about their struggles to make friends or date or just get laid. unfortunately, some people never have the luck to meet someone who can vibe on the same wavelength as them. changing superficial qualities (like skills or looks) only helps if you had that vibe in common already. otherwise people will, unconsciously or not, pick up on your foreignness and reject you without spending too much thought on it.

>>9262945
>This is me
>Can't even make regular friends at cons because I scare everyone away.

>>9249446
You're being way too harsh on this girl. Chill the fuck out. Look at some of the other stories in this thread, they're a million times worse. It's not like she sexually assaulted someone or hurt anybody, she literally just said a bad word.

She's even apologising, something I bet your cowardly ass won't even bother trying to do.

>>9249446
You're being way too harsh on this girl. Chill the fuck out. Look at some of the other stories in this thread, they're a million times worse. It's not like she sexually assaulted someone or hurt anybody, she literally just said a bad word.

She's even apologising, something I bet your cowardly ass won't even bother trying to do.

>>9263098
I agree both sides could word things differently, but moral equivalence/ad hominem doesn't mean anything.

An apology doesn't have to be accepted, and her posts in the thread haven't helped her case.
"It's in the past now." "I can't do anything about it." "I have autism." "It was my dream item." "Nobody told me [harshly enough]." is a bad way to write an apology.
And these are all excuses, right after she said she wouldn't make excuses. Her intent was to explain the situation, but everybody already understood the situation after the first explanation.

She did not offer any kind of solution that would let them consider accepting her in the future, other than "[tell me more harshly when I am being problematic]". That requires the entire group to change the mood to cater to her whenever necessary, and it is completely understandable that they would not want to do that.

Based on her and the group's posts, it is likely that she does not have the social skills necessary for the group yet.
People in the thread have talked about giving her more chances, but the posts here or the comm page WAS her second/third chance.
Her posts have only had a negative effect on their understanding of her level of maturity, and that just means she has to leave and practice.

You can hide behind explanations and ask people to tolerate you, but I can't imagine that resulting in much happiness.
As harsh as it sounds, it does help to talk with a counselor or otherwise get assistance. My sister also had social/mental issues, and going to the counselor and meeting with others has helped her out a lot.
It takes a lot of courage, but understanding your problems and fixing them is the best thing you can do. Often you may have to make sacrifices for that, but it is necessary to improve and to be happier in the future.

>>9263177
>girl shouts a curse word once
>spergs out apologizing at event
>posted to horror stories thread
>gull >>9248044
says " She better not show her face to any comm events"
>girl shows up
>apologizes for cussing
>asks for forgiveness, advice
>gulls tell her to not have done it in the first place
>autist says it already happened
>asks what she can do in the future
>told to make public apology
>makes public apology
>gull decides to >>9249454
"cap it in case it gets cringey"
>autist gets spergier trying to appease gulls
>>9249603
"I was trying to apologize, I'm just a bad person"
>
>
>
>SHE OFFERED NO SOLUTIONS AND SHOULD VOLUNTARILY QUIT UNTIL AFTER COUNSELING

>>9263177
>>9263266
>being this fucking autistic
LET. IT. GO.

I'm not even part of this conversation but fuck this is annoying watching you guys rehash it over and over to feel better about yourselves.

>>9256873
Not op, but I think it's worse from guys only because they tend to be stronger. With girls, it tends to be a one time incident, but with guys there's the risk of them doing something worse.

>>9262833
Then why did you bring it up in the first place? You don't have to post here you know

>>9263309
Thank you

>>9262258
>>9262276
Thanks guys <3

>>9263309
I just can't get over how several people in the same comm who remembered the same incident all happened to be in this thread. I guess /cgl/ is fairly well known in lolita circles?

>>9263535
Girl, EVERY lolita is a seagull. We might deny it in person, but everyone comes here.

>>9263543
Some of the itas aren't; a lot of people think that 4chan=/b/, but are fine with tumblrshit like untagged porn.
Sage for ot.

>>9262937
ORLY? Where? Show me.

>>9262945
hmmmm maybe that was doing it, then. That is a good explanation.

>>9262943
If this is correct, then that proves that personality doesn't matter.

>>9263435
I was responding to a question that accused me of something I didn't do and didn't say. I was defending myself.

>>9262800
You arn't alone.

Have done basically the same thing happen to me.
>be me
>get my shit in order
>not be a fuckup
>somewhat fit
>do my damnedest not to be an ass, horn-dog or in any disrespectful
>even get vaguely confident and socially functional
>go to three cons and who knows how many social events
>Nothing. Be it friendship, dates or even numbers/email

>random ass girl at Mcdonalds ask me out 2 years later when I am a fat depressed loser driving a 20 year old car
>had absoluteness nothing in common and it went nowhere

So ya. Life is weird, confidence and good looks do not equal charisma and luck is weird.

One time...

I had to stay at a Non-host hotel.

It was terrible.

>>9263663
we had one booked by a faggot saccharine type friend before
it was a 20 minute walk through hobo town

also underageb&s at cons spook me, on the once in a blue moon chance something happens with one, I'd feel a lot better with color coded badges for "18+ panels"

other than that no real con issues, we generally have one or two regular females in the room with us and they put up with our autism really well
we once had some tween looking guy stay in our room though, I hid all my shit and he slept in the bathtub, nothing was missing thankfully

>i think i lost my 3ds at the last con though
rip

>>9249228
my sister's an aspie, anon just let the whole thing go, and hopefully in the future you'll get your dream item, aspie or not we all do things we cringe at later and while the others on the board don't wanna accept your apology there's not much else you can do so just chill out, the best thing you can do is just live on as if it didn't happen and try to improve upon your mistake

>>9252606
Wow, anything4views lost weight.

>>9252737
Fan expo is a fucking nightmare, they oversell the tickets and the con is just a sweaty clusterfuck, omfg

>>9261432
Lol, you're pretty fucking pathetic, dude.

>>9262375
This story actually had me laughing out loud.

>>9263815
Me? haha well then by your standards, so is every other guy on base...
>>9263663
Why was this an issue?

>>9264064
Damn I really didn't know army guys were that into fat girls. You learn something new every day.

>>9264095
I'm not into fat girls, nor am I in the Army. But I can definitely confirm that what you said is probably true.

>>9264153
>>9264095
Yep, there's definitely some truth behind it. Though around half the time, the girl didn't start fat. Goes something like this:
>Army dude is sick of sleeping in barracks
>Rushes into marriage with some random sorta-hot girl so he can get those married benefits
>Girl gets lazy, starts gaining weight
The term is Dependopotamus IIRC.

>>9264164
>>9264164
O you mean a dependopatamus, aka the BX Battlecruiser. I thought you meant that they went after fat girls....yeah most non-working spouses tend to just rest on their laurels and balloon up after they tie the knot. lol makes me laugh

>>9264064

It was kind of a joke.

I don't stay in non-host hotels though. Those are for plebs.

>>9264255
Really? The con I go to every year has five hotels all within walking distance of the main hotel, so it's way cheaper to stay in one of those instead of the Holiday Inn.

>>9263638
>personality doesn't matter.
Not that it doesn't matter, that it's different for everyone. We've been telling you this.

>>9263753
>also underageb&s at cons spook me, on the once in a blue moon chance something happens with one, I'd feel a lot better with color coded badges for "18+ panels"
I'm surprised more cons don't do this. I know the 18+ panels are more of about content warning than age restriction, but I still wouldn't want to sit at a silly hentai panel next to a 14 year-old.

>>9264272
In the UK, we just have cons where everyone there is 18 and up. That way we have one badge, instead of one badge for minors, one for over 18 but not 21, and a third one for 21 and up. WAY too complicated....

>Makes friends with cute girl
>thinks there's a chance to start a romantic relationship
>we meet up with her boyfriend
>well there goes that
>still cool person to talk to
>we all became friends and everything went hunky dory

Yeah I have no horror stories..

>that one con
>have a roommate bring in some random girl
>they don't go to the convention
>just stay in the hotel and fuck around
>EVEN IN THE BATHROOM WHERE MOST OF US NEED IT

Never doing that again.

>>9263798
don't you dare bring that lovely man into this shitshow of a thread

>>9259694
boom, this right here, end of discussion

>>9264298
Yeah, the US has cons like that too, they're just not all that common.

>dude friend and I decide to go back to his room to just relax for a little bit and make cup ramen
>He is sharing his room with another friend who liked to cosplay Zolo/Zoro (One Piece)
>It's like 1am
>My friend opens the door, the lights are off.
>Oh, I guess Zolo's still out on the floor somewhere
>Walk in to Zolo w/underage b8 awkwardly scrambling under covers in bed
>We know what's going on
>We 180 and end up staying up the whole night meandering around the game room

After that, my friend and I started dating.

>>9265567
I love when horror stories have a happy ending.

>>9265567
why he didn't he just put the latch on the door??

>>9264272
What cons don't do age restricted bands?

>>9266827
all the ones i've been to in mine and the neighboring state (close to 10 individual cons, in the southern US)
>>9264298
I've been to one of those, and it was absolutely tiny. I guess they don't get much traction here.

>>9266827
A lot, at least from what I've been to.
I remember turning 18 and being so excited that I could get the age-marked badge only to find that none of the cons I do even do that. An underage badge is indistinguishable from an adult badge.
The exception being kids' badges (12 and under). Those ones are usually marked.

>>9252784
>concerned about 4chan'ers

Why are you here? Just to suffer?

>>9262375
I remember this story almost word-for-word from years ago.
Still funny as hell.