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Just out of boredom and discussion, I thought I'd do a little survey.

>Which conventions have you attended?
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
>Which convention is the best?
>Which convention is the worst?
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
>What is your best convention story?
>What is your worst convention story?

>> No.6603069

bump so it doesn't die

>> No.6603070

>Which conventions have you attended?
SDCC, Wonder Con, PMX, Sac Anime, Ohayocon ... I think I'm missing a couple.
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
I don't remember exact age but late bloomer. We didn't even have cons in my homestate until like three years ago (so I'm told)
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
PFFFT. The cosplay, the people, there's honestly just so much shit I love about it.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Cosplaying and buying stupid animu shit
>Which convention is the best?
SDCC.
>Which convention is the worst?
Out of where I've been? ...I guess PMX. It wasn't BAD but I think I expected more from it.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
NV to OH
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nah.
>What is your best convention story?
Not best but recent.
>Ohayocon
>putting on Kotetsu
>halfway in knock on door
>figure sister forgot her room key
>open door
>hot tooth fairy, jack frost and pitch
>tooth fairy looks embarrassed and asks if katie was there
>lolwut
>What is your worst convention story?
...probably meeting weeb stereotypes at the same con.

>> No.6603110

>Which conventions have you attended?
Katsucon, Otakon, Anime USA
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
15? Though, my older friend (and thus chaperone) only went to the dealers room in them so I didn't truly start attending cons until I was 18.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Panels and the opportunity to meet both the guests and potential new friends.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
... Panels?
>Which convention is the best?
Out of the ones I've been to, AUSA is the best for meeting guests, Katsu is the best for cosplay, and Otakon is the best for the type of guests and the panel quality and the dealer's room.
>Which convention is the worst?
I wouldn't say any of the ones I went to are BAD, but if I had to choose just one to stop going to... Otakon, probably. It's just no fun unless you're able to split up, and when you bring your sister along that's just not feasible.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
An hour away to Otakon, lol
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope. Don't plan to either. Don't have that kinda money. If I happen to be in a country at the same time as a con and a guest I really want to see is going to be there, though, I may attend.
>What is your best convention story?
Hm, I dunno. Probably when I met Stephanie Sheh. I was really fanboyish towards her (I choked up a bit when talking her, teared up a bit too) and in spite of that she was really kind and sweet to me. I really appreciate that SO much. I want to get the chance to meet her again now that I think I've calmed down enough.

Either that, or that Tenchi panel I attended at Katsu last year. Met some cool people there. Sadly haven't stayed in contact with any of 'em though... But I hear it's being run again this year so who knows!
>What is your worst convention story?
First time I cosplayed. My wig kept falling off, I got really sweaty, etc. etc....

>> No.6603130

>>6603110
>celebrity meeting
HOLY SHIT HOW DID I FORGET ABOUT THIS

>best con story
>SDCC12
>walking past Star Trek booth not caring
>stop because I see a black guy out of my periph
>oh god is it...
>could it be?
>look over
>LeVar Burton
>run to meet him pushing trekkie nerds out of my way
>freeze up while getting shit signed
You ever see that episode of Community when Troy met him?
It was a lot like that.

>> No.6603198

>Which conventions have you attended?
Katsucon, ColossalCon, AnimeNEXT, Otakon, AnimeUSA, some local ones. Still attend all but AnimeNEXT.

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
24

>What is your favorite thing about conventions
Hanging out with friends and meeting new people (friends and VAs/Celebs alike)

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Explore, hit the occasional panel/event , enjoy local foods, hang out.

>Which convention is the best?
I like all the cons I still attend but ColossalCon is my favorite.

>Which convention is the worst? AnimeNEXT. It's boring, in an awkward location, don't really like the venue or the offerings. Stopped going a few years ago.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
7hrs. drive. I live in the middle of nowhere and it takes like 45 minutes to get anywhere so it's not a big deal.

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Con, no, meetups yes. In Canada, since it's like 30 minutes away.

>What is your best convention story?
Meeting the best Snape cosplayer ever when I was cosplaying HP. This guy looked so much like Alan Rickman and he was in character I totally felt like Snape caught me running amok.

>What is your worst convention story?
Had my badge ripped off my lanyard at AnimeNEXT 20 minutes after picking it up. Someone grabbed the tag and pulled, I had some red marks on the back of my neck from it. I was pissed, but managed to get a new badge free of charge. Also part of why I don't attend ANext anymore.

>> No.6603215
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>>6603130
>Community
I love you a little.

>Which conventions have you attended?
Wondercon, SacAnime, ALA
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
18 was my first, but it was also my only convention that year. It wasn't until 19 that I actively started looking for area cons and cosplaying.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Nerds gettin' together under one roof and all the cosplay.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Wear cosplay, meet people.
>Which convention is the best?
Wondercon.
>Which convention is the worst?
SacAnime, but only because I'm not an anime fan so a lot of the panels are nonaccessible to me.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Hour and a half.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Naw.
>What is your best convention story?
Nothing much. I was wearing a cosplay and a cosplayer who I've deeply looked up to for ages came over and said that she liked it. I wanted to faint from happiness.
>What is your worst convention story?
My first convention (Wondercon) was a huge, overwhelming experience. I didn't know how to contain all that excitement, or how to interact with people at their tables. I met Chris Hastings and fangirled nervously at him, but he signed and doodled my program for me. That was cool.
Actually, worse than that was the secondhand embarrassment at one SacAnime when I was wearing Homestuck at the meetup and there was an unseemly amount of shipping going down.

>> No.6603225

>Which conventions have you attended?
Kollision-con, Acen, Anime-zap, Anime-Blues Con, Kami-con, MomoCon, Ohayocon, Anime Arkansas, a random small con in Cadiz Spain, and IkkiCon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
18
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Parties, being able to be as nerdy as the hell I want.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Party/rave. I also really like doing skit contests
>Which convention is the best?
Best programming overall: Kami-Con
Best Nightlife: Anime-Blues con
Best Overall: Acen
>Which convention is the worst?
Anime-zap. Fuckin Peoria
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
From North MS to Austin, Tx and back
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Yes.
>What is your best convention story?
Winning best personality award with a skit my buddy and I made up that same day.
>What is your worst convention story?
Don't wanna say. Too many ;_;

>> No.6603226

>Which conventions have you attended?
Nan Desu Kan, Animeland wasabi, Starfest, and Metrocon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
13
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
The cosplays and panels. It's nice to meet people of similar interests and just generally being able to geek out about something that you don't talk about a lot.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Cosplaying and hanging out with friends
>Which convention is the best?
I've only ever been to my hometown conventions more than once, so I have to be biased and say NDK
>Which convention is the worst?
idk i've never been fond of animeland wasabi only because every year i went there was poor management.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
across the country (from colorado to florida)
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
nope
>What is your best convention story?
Geeking out with tf2 people and getting a lot of compliments on my prop (it really made my year)
>What is your worst convention story?
being stuck in a hotel for several hours because my room mate didn't want to walk around (it kind of really peeved me and I wish I spent more time in the actual convention, even if we were just hanging out).

>> No.6603262

>Which conventions have you attended?
Momocon (08-12), Awa con (08-11), Dragon con (10-11)
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
14
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
the large grouping of people with similar interest
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
meet people
>Which convention is the best?
dragon con has everything
>Which convention is the worst?
the one bad time was when I was working momocon 09 right before they moved out of the student center. It was so fucking packed and I got swamped with work forever
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
about 15 minutes away. Momocon and Dragon con are almost outside my front door.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
I wish but again no money
>What is your best convention story?
I met the 7th doctor in passing in the halls of Dragoncon. He just walked by like a normal person and I fan boy'd
>What is your worst convention story?
Fuck the AWA rave. Bunch of flailing disturbed dubstep.

>> No.6603317

>Which conventions have you attended?
SacAnime, Fanime, AX, SakuraCon, Otakon, ALA, SDCC, AM^2, WonderCon, YaoiCon, Seoul Comic World
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
I think... like... 16? 16 or 17.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
All the raaaaaaaaain (Artist's Alley)
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Make it raaaaaaain (Artist's Alley)
>Which convention is the best?
For hanging out and generally having fun, my favorite is ALA, Fanime is second
For money, I guess Otakon but I've had really good runs at Fanime and SakuraCon too.
For convention programming, WonderCon has the stuff I'm most interested in, but I haven't gone since it moved down to SoCal.
>Which convention is the worst?
I don't particularly like AX. SacAnime is just shit but it's also a small con so I guess it doesn't matter too much.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Across the country. Roughly some 3000 miles.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Yeah! I got to go to Seoul Comic World when I was visiting Korea a couple years ago.
>What is your best convention story?
That one time when I made so much money I couldn't even handle it. Also.. I dunno, usually when I meet online people in person at cons.
>What is your worst convention story?
That one time when I didn't make so much money. That was probably years ago though.

>> No.6603318

>Which conventions have you attended?
San Japan 2009 - 2012
Realms con 2008 - 2011
Anime Matsuri 2012

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
I think I was fourteen...

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
I can't list anything specific, I just love cons.

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Interact with other cosplayers.

>Which convention is the best?
San Japan and Anime Matsuri are tied for me at the moment.

>Which convention is the worst?
Realms con, it's small, horribly organized, and there's nothing to do.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
About a three hour drive to San Japan, Anime Matsuri might have taken longer to get to, I can't remember.

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope, but that sounds pretty damn awesome.

>What is your best convention story?
Sharing an elevator with my cosplay idol? That was pretty awesome.

>What is your worst convention story?
Being abandoned by my only two friends at a convention three hours away from home for the last six hours of the con. That was not pleasant.

>> No.6603336
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6603336

>Which conventions have you attended?
anime north, fan expo, DTAC, MTAC, youmacon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
the sense of togetherness. that sounds really gay. but like... the sense that you're all kind of passionate about the same things, and no one is judging you for dressing up as animu characters
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
eat cuz i'm a fatass (youmacon has my favourite mexican place in the food court, AN has really good rice balls and asian food for cheap), go to panels, lay in bed
>Which convention is the best?
i really liked youmacon, even though it was kinda fucked this year
>Which convention is the worst?
DTAC and MTAC are just awful. fucking hobbystar
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
umm, from toronto to detroit.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
yup.
>What is your best convention story?
>What is your worst convention story?
i have none for both

>> No.6603341

>>6603336
oh i lied
>What is your best convention story?
getting to hug takahata101 and lanipator from team four star oh my god

>> No.6603338

>Which conventions have you attended?
Otakon, Katsucon, AnimeUSA, AWA
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16 maybe?
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
The cosplay experience, including connecting with other fans.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Walk around really, just taking everything in.
>Which convention is the best?
Hard question, I guess I'll say Katsu since it was my first, though my favorite so far has been AUSA.
>Which convention is the worst?
Didn't enjoy AWA, but mostly because I didn't know many people there.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
6 hours
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Yes actually, Comiket just happened to be happening while I was visiting Japan.
>What is your best convention story?
No specific story, but I was a host at AUSA, which was really fun. Also, that was my first time rooming with strangers. Guess I was lucky compared to all the horror stories, but it was my best rooming experience yet.
>What is your worst convention story?
None really, though some conventions are just not fun for me.

>> No.6603342

>Which conventions have you attended?
Anime North and Otakuthon. Kind of Comic con. Mini comic con?
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
... 21.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Dressing up.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Dress up!
>Which convention is the best?
I prefered Otakuthon, but I've only been to 2 cons, really.
>Which convention is the worst?
Anime North 2012 by far.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Hm, from Montreal to Toronto.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Technically? I'm American, but I was going to school in Canada. I've never been to an American con.
>What is your best convention story?
None. Maybe seeing a ferret in cosplay.
>What is your worst convention story?
My boyfriend being an asshole at my first con. My phone died, and it was super packed. I get a little anxious around so many people, which is a normal human thing, right? I didn't want to lose him, since my phone WAS dead, yet he wasn't trying to keep track of me whatsoever. He was pretty much texting his friends the whole time. He ignored me a lot while we were with the aforementioned friends, which I didn't mind at all, but it angered me that he literally couldn't stop talking to them for 2 minutes while we were alone.

Also, I paid for his ticket, hotel, and bus, soooo I was expecting a little nicer treatment. I also bought him a present in the dealer's room (a figma), but he got me nothing, even though his reason for not getting me a birthday present was that he was going to get me one at the con.

>> No.6603366

>Which conventions have you attended?
Megacon, Jacon, Metrocn, AFO, supercon, May-hem, Screamfest/ultimate horror weekend.
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16 or 17
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
checking out the cosplay, meeting celebs.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Cosplaying, wandering around the con
>Which convention is the best?
Ultimate horror weekend
>Which convention is the worst?
supercon
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
200+ miles
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
nope
>What is your best convention story?
Was walking through screamfest 07 in a what would Jason Voorhees do? shirt
out of nowhere this huge ripped guy slaps me on the chest and says "HA nice shirt", I'm stunned for a sec and just say thanks thinking nothing of it, later realize that guy was Kane Hodder, one of the Jason actors.
>What is your worst convention story?
At first con, picking up our tix, before we went back to the hotel to get into costumes and whatnot.
a friend of mine takes all the tickets for our highschool anime club that came with us but were separate group. I didn't know til later.
anime clubs end up waiting for 3 hours for us to arrive so they can go enjoy the con. was pretty embarrassing

>> No.6603382 [DELETED] 

>Which conventions have you attended?
Megacon, Jacon, Florida Anime Experience, Anime Festival Orlando, Metrocon, NYCC, Otakon, Katsucon, AUSA, Otronicon, Orlando Anime Day, Sukoshicon: DESTINation, TCAF (if it counts, it's more of a comic fest), and CPAC. I'm sure I'm missing one somewhere, I've been to a lot.

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
12.

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Meeting people with the same interests, running panels and events.

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Cosplay. I've been cosplaying for quite a few years now and it never stops being rewarding.

>Which convention is the best?
Either Otakon or Katsucon are my favorites, though I've only been to Katsucon once so I can't say that well.

>Which convention is the worst?
Sukoshicon was fairly bad, but only because it was extremely small and unorganized. Anime Festival Orlando goes in and out of favor too, but I mostly do panels for them and they're very good to their panelists.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Along the east coast (Florida to Maryland for Otakon).

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope.

>What is your best convention story?
>What is your worst convention story?
I don't actually have an answer for either of these, it's sort of hard to determine. Best would probably be winning my first cosplay contest a while back, and worst is probably when a "fan" of mine tackled me at Megacon once and broke my cosplay shoes.

>> No.6603445

>Which conventions have you attended?
Sakura con, rusty con, norwest con, PAX, Comic market
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16 or 17
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Dressing up, having fun, and table top role playing
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Dressing up, having fun, and table top role playing
>Which convention is the best?
norwes con
>Which convention is the worst?
sakura con
>How far have you travelled to go to a convention?
Well, I've been to comic market twice in Japan -- but that was only because i was already in Japan while it was going on.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Yes, Japan.


I'm leaving off the last two because i don't have any interesting stories off the top of my head.
>What is your best convention story?
>What is your worst convention story?

>> No.6603482

>Which conventions have you attended?
Anime North, DTAC/MTAC/MTCC, Dotcon (when it was a thing), Fanexpo/CNAnime, Otakon, and a few one-day local cons (and my first Katsucon is coming up)
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
12
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Socialization probably
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Running panels and events, people watching, getting wasted at the very end of the night while still in cosplay with friends
>Which convention is the best?
Youmacon has proven to be my favourite as of yet
>Which convention is the worst?
Fanexpo, hands down
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Baltimore (coming from Toronto), though Katsucon will be the farthest
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
^^
>What is your best convention story?
Having a small crowd of 15-16 year old fangirls stroking my ego is pretty sweet
>What is your worst convention story?
Getting locked out of my hotel room because the girl who had the key distrusted me for no reason, and locking me out until 3because they refused to leave a panel I couldnt get into because I wasn't 18 at the time, only to get yelled at when they came back to the room and I was asleep

>> No.6603822

>Which conventions have you attended?
Anime North, Con Bravo, Con G, Fan Expo, DTAC
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Buying awesome art
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Attempting to find someone capable of loving me
>Which convention is the best?
Anime North
>Which convention is the worst?
DTAC
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
80km?
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope
>What is your best convention story?
Got drunk and fucked a TARDIS
>What is your worst convention story?
Put my bag full of pokemon cards down for a second to tie my shoes. Never saw them again.

>> No.6604930

>Which conventions have you attended?
MTAC, Anime Boston, PortCon Maine, AWA, Kami-Con, A-kon, Micro/Mini A-kon, HamaCon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Industry panels, masquerade, Anime Dating games, Anime Jeopardy, anything academically inclined
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
cosplay, attend panels, hang with friends, buy my "con charm" (I buy a cellphone charm at every convention I go to now that has a dealer's room, been collecting since 2009).
>Which convention is the best?
Um... the best one out of the ones I've been to would have to be Anime Boston, but Kami-Con holds a special place in my heart.
>Which convention is the worst?
Micro A-kon by far, but PortCon Maine and HamaCon were both mediocre
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
AL to MA
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope
>What is your best convention story?
My dad cosplayed with me at my first con and we won judge's choice in the skit competition and I got a hug from Vic Mignogna (who I was a fan of at the time). More recently, winning an award in the cosplay contest at my last 3 cons. Took first at both of the small A-kon offshoots, so I feel pretty good about entering at A-kon again and maybe trying to Masquerade.
>What is your worst convention story?
Um.... witnessing Line Con at AB '08 (thank God I wasn't a part of it!), drama between friends at AB '09 and having to keep up with a girl who was 14 because we were essentially her supervision despite only being 19 (it's a long story)... and getting my first running random glomp at HamaCon this past summer.

>> No.6604957

>Which conventions have you attended?
A lot, country is pretty small so I try to go to all of them
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
19
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Performing at the masquerade
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Performing
>Which convention is the best?
Best I went to was out of the country, so I can't say a best
>Which convention is the worst?
Definetely a con made by high school students in their school, nobody was there and there was nothing to do. Can't even remember the name
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Across the ocean
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Yup, twice
>What is your best convention story?
If I say it I'll be recognized
>What is your worst convention story?
When a fat narutard scared my 7 year old godson and made him cry for the whole day

>> No.6604960
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>Which conventions have you attended?
MCM (London, Midlands and Manchester), Amecon, Kitacon, HyperJapan, Anime North
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
18
>What is your favourite thing about conventions?
Seeing all the different cosplayers
>What is your favourite thing to do at conventions?
Hanging out with friends and buying overpriced shit
>Which convention is the best?
Anime North was fucking fantastic, so was Kitacon
>Which convention is the worst?
HyperJapan, so boring
>How far have you travelled to go to a convention?
3550 miles (rounded up)
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Travelled to Canada to do Anime North. Got plans to do some US cons this year too
>What is your best convention story?
Probably the first time I cosplayed back at MCM 2011, made loads of friends from the Homestuck group
>What is your worst convention story?
Getting my stuff stolen from the room I was staying in at Amecon, caused a whole load of trouble

>> No.6604998

I can't into greentext on my phone so have a lump of text. [1]- Kumoricon (x5), M.E.W.con (x3), Sakuracon (x2), WonderNW (x2), Newcon (x1) [2] - 15 [3] - the atmosphere. being able to have sweet conversations with pretty much anyone in range and just feeling so relaxed in our displays of fandom affection. also they are some of the few times that I'll bother requesting weekends off lol. [4] - aside from laying around, night stuff is best. dances, concerts, and late night panels aw yeah. [5] - Sakuracon, it's the perfect size with good activities and I love the convention center [6] - Kumoricon, its current Vancouver location is just no bueno but I'll probably go again anyways because it's in my backyard [7] - 6 hour road trip to sak when I still lived down in OR [8] - nopers [9] - MEWcon's last year of existence when pretty much the entire con was in that glorious 24 hour pool until the wee hours. also late night rockband at this last Sak [10] - when I thought I lost my sister's expensive camera fuq dat

>> No.6605005

sometimes my farts smell

>> No.6605026

>Which conventions have you attended?
Sakuracon and Kumoricon only, hope to attend more in the future
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
15
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
the camaraderie; finding and making friends, talking with people who like the same things you do
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
find a spot out of everyone's way and just chill with friends, watch the cosplayers as they go by
>Which convention is the best?
Sakuracon, it has a more diverse community with more obscure cosplays and more things to do or see, plus a huge market
>Which convention is the worst?
Probably Kumoricon, it's full of rabid weebs and is stuck in the past
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
only a couple hours worth of driving
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
nope
>What is your best convention story?
Met a real nice Solid Snake cosplayer at Sakuracon who kept me company all through the weekend. He also treated me to lunch since I was broke and not feeling well. We still talk to this day and he wants to take me on a date at Sakuracon this year.
>What is your worst convention story?
Got two. I was really sick at Sakuracon last year so I spent a good part of the weekend resting in the hotel room, and the rest of the weekend separated from my friends because I had to stay outside and they didn't want to (but I did meet Snake this way). I've also had a Belarus chase me and molest me at both cons.

>> No.6605047

>Which conventions have you attended?
Only the ones in Alberta.
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
I went to my first one on my twelfth birthday.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
The judgement-free environment, for the most part. Being able to catch up with old friends, meet new people with common interests.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
People watch.
>Which convention is the best?
I don't know much about any of the other conventions outside of the ones I've been to, but so far the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo has been my favourite.
>Which convention is the worst?
I cannot say, for I've never found one particularly bad, and even if it has flaws, I overlook them easily.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Five hours.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
I have not, but I'd love to go to a big American convention one day.
>What is your best convention story?
When I met Mark Meer. I'd had the biggest crush on him for years, and I was so nervous. I literally froze with my mouth agape, and he's the nicest guy ever. He shook my hand, and seemed to genuinely care about me as a person, and he asked me stuff like where I was from, how was the con, and we talked about his game and stuff like that. He was really, really nice. I went back the day after, because my friends wanted to meet him, too, and he remembered my name, and kissed me on the cheek, and it was the best.
>What is your worst convention story?
I went to a convention last summer, and literally couldn't shake this guy off of my group of friends and I. I never thought I'd be stalked, but he just followed my friends and I everywhere, like he was one of us. I thought he was a friend of a friend, which is why I was nice and didn't say anything, but I talked to my friends about it when we finally shook him off, and they had no idea who he was, either. It was so creepy.

>> No.6605083

>Which conventions have you attended?
PersaCon, AwA, DragonCon, MomoCon, MTAC, GMX, OMGcon, SeishunCon, some local day cons and what not.
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
REALLY young. Around 12 to 13.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
I enjoy meeting people and seeing new things.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Hang out with people, cosplay, do my photography
>Which convention is the best?
In my opinion AwA and MTAC. Just because of the people.
>Which convention is the worst?
PersaCon was pretty bad, then again it was its second year and I was 12 or 13 and had no clue what the fuck to do.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Eh 4 hours.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope.
>What is your best convention story?
When I went to DragonCon when I was about 12, I really didn't know what it would be like and it was really big and scary for my small brain. I got lost from my mother and started to freak out. Then I wandered into a group of people that turned out to be the Ghost Hunters crew, they helped me find my mother and also kept me calm through it especially since I was such a fan of their show. Such nice people.
>What is your worst convention story?
Every con I have gone to where I have had "shoe drama" or people spazzing out to me. And the time I was "glomped" and got a concussion by this fat Narutard.

>> No.6605134

>Which conventions have you attended?
Persacon, kami-con, dragon*con, MTAC, HamaCon, Awa, momocon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
18
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Hanging out with friends, cosplaying, meeting new people, plugging my own con
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Hanging out, and plugging my own con
>Which convention is the best?
I'd say Kami-con, but I biased since I co-own it, haha
>Which convention is the worst?
I'd say persacon, it was so bad, ray decided to creat Kami-Con. I hear some of the staff went on to try and create another con, I wish them the best of luck and hope they are successful.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Nashville, TN
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope
>What is your best convention story?
Kami-Con season 3 when Ray proposed to me at the end of opening ceremonies. <3
>What is your worst convention story?
I guess I don't really have one.

>> No.6605201 [DELETED] 

>Which conventions have you attended?
Ohayacon, Acen, Otacon, Youmacon.
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
20
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Friends, GOOD cosplay.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Drink and judge people based on there physical
appearance
>Which convention is the best?
>Which convention is the worst?
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
I've had the most fun at Ohayo and Acen
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope
>What is your best convention story?
Most recent Ohayo I managed to get a press badge and was helping people without badges get into the dealers room and the rave.
>What is your worst convention story?
Getting blackout drunk at youma and making an ass out of myself.

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6605202

>Which conventions have you attended?
Anime North, FanExpo/CNAnime, March/December Toronto Anime Con, DotCon, Con no Baka, Atomic Lollipop, Unplugged Expo, Fanime, ALA, Youmacon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
14
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
The atmosphere and the people.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
I like watching the masquerade.
>Which convention is the best?
I REALLY like Anime North and Fanime. But Atomic Lollipop is getting up there.
>Which convention is the worst?
Con no Baka, which died it's first year. If that doesn't count then the TACs are pretty terrible
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Across the damn continent.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Yes
>What is your best convention story?
I'd say anytime I was in Youmacon's arcade was a best time. We all decided we were going to beat Sunset Riders. And it was awesome. That or hanging out with my not yet girlfriend at ALA13. We had a crush on each other and didn't know the other did soo... That was fun. (Pic related. We were cosplaying KH for two days and I kinda got the feeling she liked me when she insisted I couldn't walk and carried me around KH2 style among other things~)
>What is your worst convention story?
I don't have too many bad stories.
I guess it was either a neckbeard telling me I am a girl and I shouldn't cosplay Cloud to my face or when I bought the last milk from a soon to close gas station, got back to my hotel room and discovered it was spoiled. Both of those aren't even bad though

>> No.6605213

>Which conventions have you attended?
Ohayocon, Acen, Youmacon, Otacon, Colossalcon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
20
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Good cosplay and friends
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions? Drink and judge people based on there physical appearance
>Which convention is the best?
I actually have fun at all of them but... Acen
>Which convention is the worst?
none i like them all
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
a little over 7 hour to Baltimore for Ota
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope
>What is your best convention story?
Getting a press badge at Ohayacon and getting people without badges into the dealers room and the rave.
>What is your worst convention story?
All the times I've gotten blacked out drunk it's about 4 or 5 now.

>> No.6605250

>Which conventions have you attended?
Houkocon, Janicon, Megacon, Metrocon, AFO, EXPcon, Holiday Matsuri, Otakon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Being able to see everyone's creativity of taking a 2D concept and making it 3D.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Photo shoots and then the smaller room parties with close friends (and usually playing Apples to Apples or Cards against Humanity while drunk).
>Which convention is the best?
I can say my best out of state one could only be Otakon, but my favorite Florida one is Megacon. I haven't missed a year of it.
>Which convention is the worst?
It's a tie between Houkocon and Janicon. Both died horribly.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
900+ miles from Orlando, FL to Baltimore for Otakon. 17 hours in a car with no air conditioning. NEVER. AGAIN.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Not yet.
>What is your best convention story?
My fiance and three of his friends dressing in drag for the rave and one of my friends getting hit on constantly by drunk men.
>What is your worst convention story?
My fiance and I met up in person for the first time at Janicon. While we were rollerblading Sunday morning of the con, he actually didn't see a chain between two posts before it was too late and dug his chin into the gravel to the point of needing stitches. I was extremely worried about leaving the con to drive home before he got back from the emergency room. It did end up all good, I got to see him right before leaving and within the next month we started dating.

>> No.6605619

>Which conventions have you attended?
ICON, Otakon, NY Comic Con, Big Apple Anime Fest, Anime North, Katsucon

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
13

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Meeting new people, including the guests and seeing all the cool costumes.

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Cosplay, panels, people watch.

>Which convention is the best?
NYCC, with Katsucon being a close 2nd.

>Which convention is the worst?
Otakon, Though it may have gotten better since I was last there in '06. It went to hell steadily from 2000 on.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
400 miles

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
No

>What is your best convention story?
ICON 2011
>Cosplay party and contest at the hotel.
>Be dressed up in my Army of Darkness Ash costume with full working chainsaw on my arm.
>Grab a scotch from the bar
>Guy next to me says he likes the costume, start talking about movies and joking around while pointing out good looking women to one another.
>Excuses himself to judge the contest
>MFW I find out it was Daniel Logan AKA Young Boba Fett.

>What is your worst convention story?
Last year at Otakon. Dressed in my Black Swordsman Guts outfit. Find a Griffith cosplayer. Him and I smile at one another and proceed to "Fight," Acting out our characters. We were about to end it in a draw when I get cracked in the skull by some landwhale in an ill fitting Kairi outfit with a yaoi paddle keyblade. The both of us are now wondering what in crap's name is going on while she's screaming at me to leave "Her Griffith" alone. Guy has no idea who this girl is and be both bolt. Later find out she'd been stalking him all con.

>> No.6606890

>Which conventions have you attended?
AFO, MegaCon, MetroCon, Ohayocon, Colossalon, NYAF
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
18?
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Hanging out with and meeting new friends and buying overpriced anime merchandise
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Honestly, sit around with friends, old and new, and talking... plus maybe playing a dumb game of Apples to Apples/Cards Against Humanity
>Which convention is the best?
MegaCon and Colossalcon
>Which convention is the worst?
Eh, I guess AFO, as there's not much to do during the day. At night it has the party life of fucking a nerdy equivalent of South Beach.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
From West Palm Beach to Sandusky, Ohio
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope.
>What is your best convention story?
I was ditched by a "friend" of mine at one con, but I ended up meeting some awesome new friends I've been hanging out and talking with since. They're really the nicest/coolest people I've met and they make my convention times more fun than they already are.
>What is your worst convention story?
My period started like mother nature turned on a faucet the day of a convention, I was wearing white, and I couldn't make it to my hotel room until 4pm when it started around 11am.

>> No.6607151

>Which conventions have you attended?
Megacon, Metrocon, Holiday Matsuri, Khaotic Kon, Shadocon, AFO, and Otakon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
Ahh it was 9th grade so 14? 13 or 14
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Cosplaying and hanging out with cool people
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Honestly, just kind of walk around and be in character with friends and people I meet. Most of my cosplay friends are majorly spread throughout the state so I only get to see them at Cons- it's great to catch up and just be around them
>Which convention is the best?
Otakon, from my experience
>Which convention is the worst?
AFO or Shado. Khaotic is almost there. Their venues are waaay too small for the number of people that attend. Last year's Shado's hotel was so tiny you could barely move and most of our time was spent in the room or outside. Though I did enjoy the area outdoors and by the pool a lot. AFO used to be my favorite convention but too many people go to it for the hotel it's hosted in.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
900+ miles/19 hours from Florida to Baltimore
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
No. Maybe one day.
>What is your best convention story?
Otakon. Just in general the entire thing was absolutely fantastic- from roadtripping up with friends to the convention to the people we met. It was all so fantastic I can't even describe it properly. A wonderful change of pace from how awful Florida cons tend to be
>What is your worst convention story?
Just the general I'm really tiny and people insist on picking me up without my permission and squeezing me and causing me to flash people.

>> No.6607170

>Which conventions have you attended?
Metrocon, Megacon, Spooky Empire UHW, Shadocon
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
11
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Cosplaying, seeing old friends, spending money
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
BUY SHIT. Seriously though, I spend 80% of the time in the dealers room. Most panels are boring, main events usually suck.
>Which convention is the best?
Megacon(I would say Spooky Empire, but I don't think anyone really cares about horror movies on /cgl/)
>Which convention is the worst?
Shadocon, probably because its super small.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
2 hours. I'm lame.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Noooooope.
>What is your best convention story?
Probably my first con which was Metrocon, I was 11 and a huge weeb. I was with my equally weebish friend, we thought we were so cool.
>What is your worst convention story?
If you've ever been around the Metrocon-rave group with the exception of Shadowfax, then you know how much ridiculous dramu they have.

>> No.6607169

>>6605134
Yeah, I'm a former anime club member from UA and spoke with Ray several times after the weekly Friday viewing. He would never directly answer why he created Kami-Con other than he had a horrible experience at this one other con. I couldn't get him to name it, but having been to Persacon myself, I knew which it was.

It was like a high schooler with Assburger's was running it. That statement is only half-true...not sure of the autism part.

>> No.6607173

>Which conventions have you attended?
SDCC, anime conji once

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16 or 17

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
cosplays, people, and some of the goodies

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
wonder the floor, attend some of the halls, & chat up with the con goers

>Which convention is the best?
I prefer SDCC

>Which convention is the worst?
anime conji but only because its slowly starting up

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
40miles or more

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
nope, it would be intresting

>What is your best convention story?
SDCC Con story tons but this was the nicest
>friday con, early in the morning waiting in line to get to floor. start talking with a young father and his son, its seems the father always comes to con this time he was happy to be able to bring his son to con. I find out he has relationship issues so its hard for him to get time with his kid. Its the kids first time so i told him my tips on how to get the most out of the con, halls, and goodies. son sees a man cosplay the punisher tho his dad forgot his camera. so i offer to take a photo of his kid and email the photo later. hes pretty grateful talk about comic-con how nice it is and the people and ask me how if i'm going to all of comic-con, sadly didn't get all of the tickets missed only saturday that year, discussed how people were selling saturday tickets for $500 on craigslist and whatnot. told him was disappointed in the people how do that. 5 mins before they let people on the floor, presents me with a saturday pass, was in shock to see a satuday pass in my hands. ask if he 100% sure to present it to me. find out hes a professional and reassures me that he gets a couple of these every year from someone who he know that works at the SD convention center. Thank him for his gift and go on my merry way.

>What is your worst convention story?
to continue....

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6607194

>Which conventions have you attended?
Baka/Sakura Con, Aka Kon, Anime Evolution, Kumoricon, Anime Oasis, FanimeCon, Nan Desu Kan, Aki Con, NewCon PDX
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
18
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Partying
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Take pictures of cosplayers. Party.
>Which convention is the best?
Anime Oasis is pretty badass. So is NewCon PDX.
>Which convention is the worst?
Sakura Con, from personal experience.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
All the way to Denver for Nan Desu Kan.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Been to cons in Canada.
>What is your best convention story?
Being fall-down drunk, yet still being able to crank out articles for the con newsletter.
>What is your worst convention story?
Ending up being a pariah and a ghost story.

>> No.6607205

>>6607173
>What is your worst convention story?
waiting in line for doctor who ticket giveaway, always every year I find, I always run into this. while waiting hear las vegas couple young mabye mid 20's to late 20's complaining how the lines are long and that its should be in las vegas because of that fact. tell them that comic-con has been here for so long it earned its spot, I understand the frustration of waiting in line but patiences and what not. still keep at it, that it should be in las vegas because its las vegas and it doesn't do anything for the con to be in san deigo. I dont lose my shit but become defensive and discribe where the money from the con goes, what it does to san deigo economy, & what future plans were for con. my little points end their conversation but not their feelings.

>> No.6607228

>>6607205
What the fuck did you even just say?
Learn sentence structure.

>> No.6607268

>Which conventions have you attended?
Kumoricon ('09-'12. not anymore, though), Sakuracon ('10-present), Akicon ('11-present), and Anime Expo('12). (and this year I'll be going to Fanime, PAX Prime, Everfree NW, and Bronycon as well)
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
Thirteen.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
I love meeting new people! And of course cosplaying.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Buying a bunch of animu garbage that I shouldn't be spending so much money on, and just hanging out with cosplay friends I don't get to see often.
>Which convention is the best?
Sakuracon
>Which convention is the worst?
Kumoricon
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
From Portland to LA (~1000 miles). But this summer I'll be travelling to Baltimore for one.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
I wish!
>What is your best convention story?
Probably when I made a ballgown in three days. ~*Anything is possible*~. ~*Believe in yourself*~.
>What is your worst convention story?
Long story short, I had to take two twelve year olds to a Hetalia meetup and a Homestuck meetup. Two things I hate. And I had to sit through both of them. For hours. Because whenever I tried to pull them away they cried. Yaaaaaay.

>> No.6607309

>Which conventions have you attended?
Galacticon,DoverCon,Praxis,Otakon,goicon,Utopiacon,Marcon,PandoracoNYCC
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
About...7?
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Meeting other fans.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Wander around and meet people,take pictures.
>Which convention is the best?
Depends.I love Pandora and Marcon because it's a fairly close community.For merch and loads of photos,NYCC or Otakon.
>Which convention is the worst?
I disliked NYCC just because it's a little too big for my liking.It's very distant in feeling unless you make a friend and getting into anything is a nightmare.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
NYCC was the furthest seeing as I'm in the midwest.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope.
>What is your best convention story?
Being on the Marvel stage at NYCC.
>What is your worst convention story?
Missing everything at Otakon because my ex was whiny and didn't want to go to anything despite being the one who said we should go to the con in the first place.

>> No.6607758

>Which conventions have you attended?
Anime Milwaukee, ACen, Geekkon, Animazement
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
17
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
The dealer's room and musical guests
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Buy things
>Which convention is the best?
I really liked Animazement. It was very organized, had a large dealer's room, and good guests (KOTOKO and DJ Amaya)
>Which convention is the worst?
Geekkon, nothing really interested me
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
800+ miles
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope, but I will be attending C84 this summer
>What is your best convention story?
When I went to Animazement with my boyfriend, KOTOKO thought that he was a girl (he was crossplaying Haruhi)
>What is your worst convention story?
There was this guy with a lazy eye who kept stalking me. He also hogged the game consoles, so I couldn't try out BlazBlue

>> No.6607906

>Which conventions have you attended?

Lots, many of which are now dead/defunct, several that I've attended for many of their years. List includes:
Ushicon, A-Kon, Oni-Con, O-Chibicon, KamiKazeCon, ShiokazeKon, AtsuiCon, Ikkicon, AnimeFEST, All-Con, Texas Comicon, ScrewAttack Gaming Convention, MAGFest, Anime Expo, PAX Prime, London MCM Expo, Con-G, Tokyo Game Show, and Tokyo International Anime Fair

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?

18

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?

People. Meeting new people, learning about new fandoms, seeing how we're all different and yet the same, no matter where I go.

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?

Head straight to a game room. Hope there's rhythm games.


>Which convention is the best?

MAGFest

>Which convention is the worst?

Probably the dead ones. I guess... AtsuiCon.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?

6,554 miles.

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?

Yes.

>What is your best convention story?

Have so many stories, but a good short one involves going to London MCM Expo. I stand and wait my turn at a DDR machine. Another guy is waiting next to me. Says to me, "These guys are amazing, I could never do that." I say, "Yeah, I could probably finish it, but not with combos or Perfects like them." Dude realizes I'm speaking with an American accent and has to pause for a second, taken aback. Says to me, "Well, YOU sure traveled a long way for this event, didn't you?"

>What is your worst convention story?

I tried to type this story, but it made my comment too long. Will respond shortly to finish.

>> No.6607931

>>6607906

>What is your worst convention story?

Somehow I always end up being the ringleader of a huge caravan of people to conventions. I often have to babysit men who are a few years older than me who can't figure out what to do with themselves or how they're going to get anywhere or do anything. One event last year, I ordered two rooms for our massive group. A friend offered to invite friends of hers to fill a room so we could all afford it. One guy, we ended up calling him "Fuckface Wilson" 'cause we never really knew his name... he was the last guy to pay for his spot in the room. Everybody else, for the most part, paid for their space right up front. The whole weekend he'd been doing little more than taking up a whole bed for himself (that other people who actually paid for their space could have been sleeping in), being plastered for the entirety of the weekend, and getting into a shouting match with some lady friend of his, making the friends I actually knew who were staying in that room quite uncomfortable. So, Sunday rolls around, and we're all out of the room by checkout time. Except for Fuckface Wilson. I thought everyone was out, but the hotel calls me and is all, "You still have someone in your room. For one, we're concerned about his condition, and for another, you will be held financially responsible for another night in the room if he isn't out soon." So I storm up in there, with a few friends following behind just to see the meltdown occur. So I get in there and he's just kinda casually taking a shower, I assume trying to wake himself from his hangover stupor. And when he gets out he just sort of also casually dries his hair, starts shaving, making himself look like some kind of a gorgeous J-Rock star, not giving two shits about everybody else he's been inconveniencing. So, I start pulling rank and authority.

...Dang, again too long, to be continued some more.

>> No.6607945

>>6607931

So I tell the guy, "Alright, sir, the hotel has informed me that if you don't get out of this hotel room soon they will be charging me for another night. If that happens, I will be expecting financial compensation for the night."

"...Yes, ma'am."

"If you can't pay me the full amount, I'll be accepting a physical possession of yours of equal amount to the cost of the room." I said this while eyeing a particularly nice photo camera in his possession.

"...Yes, ma'am."

He was starting to sound respectful, but it didn't make him put on his eyeliner any faster. So my friends and I then started physically removing all of his belongings (of which there was more than any of us had brought, and many of us had brought large costumes and props, and he hadn't) and just loosely throwing them out into the hall. We had just started considering physically picking him up out of the bathroom and carrying him out of the hotel room when he finally came out. With no money, of course. It was at that moment that I had to finally escort him down to the ATM to extract the money from him.

Lesson learned: Only room with people I know and trust personally.

>> No.6607964

>Which conventions have you attended?
MegaCon, Florida Supercon, Mizucon, Chibi-Pa, Morikami, and Anime Supercon. (there's probably a few i can't remember)
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
11
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Neat guests that go there, the costumes, a lot.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Meet new people, really. And buy shit in the dealers room ahah.
>Which convention is the best?
I'd say MegaCon, since it's the only convention I've been to that runs the best out of all of those.
>Which convention is the worst?
Out of those that I've been to, probably Florida Supercon. The quality has gone down so much recently...
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Three hours, three and a half.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope.
>What is your best convention story?
Uhh, one that comes to mind is getting a huge compliment on my first cosplay from someone who was dressed up as the same thing, but a hundred times better than mine haha
>What is your worst convention story?
Probably being groped by a Russia and Belarus cosplayers. ugh.

>> No.6608050

>Which conventions have you attended?
MegaCon, Metrocon, Anime Festival Orlando, EXP Con, ShadoCon, Florida Anime Experience, Holiday Matsuri, Khaotic Kon

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
17

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Cosplaying.

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Hang out with friends and buy stuff from the dealer's room/artist alley.

>Which convention is the best?
AFO is my personal favorite.

>Which convention is the worst?
Personally, I think FAE is pretty awful.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
About 3 hours.

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope.

>What is your best convention story?
I don't think I can pick one "best", but I had someone tell me I had a face perfect for my character at Metrocon and it made me really happy.

>What is your worst convention story?
FAE was terribly unorganized both times I went. The first time, there was nothing to do, (one of the "panels" they had was literally a video of footage from a previous con being projected onto a screen). The second time, I waited in line over 10 hours throughout the day for one autograph at a small con. The staff just overall seemed unorganized and didn't know how to properly run a con.

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>>6608050
I feel like I know you, but perhaps not.

>> No.6609373

>>6607906
>>6607931
>>6607945
Shit man, you sure travelled far to get to MCM.

>> No.6609658

>Which conventions have you attended?
Anime St. Louis, Natsucon, KKKawa-Kon, Archon 36

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
I started at age 20.Today I'm 23 about to turn 24 so one could say I'm a late bloomer to the cosplay and convention community.

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Meeting up with old friends and catching up on what we have been up to. Meeting new friends, networking with others musicians and taking pictures of cosplayers. Just meeting up with people who enjoy what you enjoy.

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Reuniting with old friends and shit. Going to over-the-top crazy panels.

>Which convention is the best?
Best convention I've been so far has to either be Archon because of the maturity of the people and lack of weeaboos (it's a Sci-Fi convention) and an offical party sci-fi con with lots and lots of booze but still keep the traditions of a nerdy convention in mind.

>Which convention is the worst?
Out of all the conventions I've been too, Kawa-Kon was the worst. It's not a terrible convention per-se but it's not the best I've been to.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Furthest I've been was about 45 mins. from my hometown of St. Louis. However, in May when I go to ACEN, I will count this as the furthest (Six hours)

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
I want to. One of my bucket list convention is Comiketcon in Japan since it's like the Comic-Con of Japanese pop culture. Hell, it's the Wreslemania of Japanese conventions.

>What is your best convention story?
Way too many. From me getting drunk and acting like a complete goof ball to being crowned the Nerd King at Natsucon because of my knowledge of video game and comic book culture to helping this drunk dude get back to his hotel room which winded up as an adventure by itself.

>What is your worst convention story?
None, really.

>> No.6610951

>Which conventions have you attended?
London MCM, Midlands MCM, and small local comic conventions
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
I was 9 years old, as my parents enjoy comics too
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Artists' alley haha
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Hang out with cosplayers
>Which convention is the best?
Probably London MCM
>Which convention is the worst?
One of the local ones was pretty bad, nothing really went on
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
3 hours in a car
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope
>What is your best convention story?
Oh, man, I don't really have one
>What is your worst convention story?
There was some drama with my friend and her younger sister a few years back, some dudes were creeping on them really hard and they got posted to some boards and it was messy as fuck

>> No.6610996

>Which conventions have you attended?
Multiple Megacons and Metrocons, Supercon, Holiday Matsuri, Sukoshicon, Shadocon, Animate Miami, AWA, Otakon

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
19

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Dealer's room

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Browse dealer's room and go to the video gaming or tabletop gaming room. (Despite the horrible stench of gaming rooms)

>Which convention is the best?
Megacon, because I go for the dealers.

>Which convention is the worst?
Supercon by far.

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Baltimore from Orlando.

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
No.

>What is your best convention story?
There's not one particular one, but I'd have to say despite all freaks and geeks that go, I meet a lot of cool people. My favorite people at conventions are dealers that actually talk to you and the guys in the video game rooms that go to have fun. Staff can be pretty cool too, especially security.

>What is your worst convention story?
I went alone to my first convention and it was incredibly sad. Now I always have at least one or two people with me and I have a lot more fun.

Protip: Always have one night where you eat well at some nice restaurant.

>> No.6611065

>Which conventions have you attended?
Kumoricon '11, '12, Newcon '12, going to Sakuracon '13.
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
19.
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Seeing all the costumes and just being able to nerd out without anyone so much as batting an eyelash.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Meet people, get pictures taken, and take pictures.
>Which convention is the best?
Kumoricon '12 so far.
>Which convention is the worst?
Kumoricon '11, easily. Went alone, didn't know anyone.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
3-4 hours from home.
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope.
>What is your best convention story?
Well, part in thanks to anime, cosplay and conventions, as of last weekend I have my first ever girlfriend.
>What is your worst convention story?
Had an attack (breathing problems) and almost had to call the paramedics.
All right before our photoshoot.

>> No.6612131

I just remembered one for
>best con story
It's not epic but it made me laugh

>ohayocon
>waiting for sister to get done with something
>hanging out in game room
>watching Soul Calibur
>fat /v/irgin playing semi-normal lookin dude
>/v/irgin is casually playing and talking about frame rates and shit like that
>he wouldn't even look at the screen at times while talking about game mechanics
>the normal guy is getting his ass BEAT
>/v/irgin finishes him off while looking back at some girl and bragging about technicalities
>normal guy drops his controller down
>"whatever, at least I get laid."
>he leaves with the girl
>/v/irigin sits there looking at the screen
>some other /v/ type guy sits down and asks him to show him moves
>/v/irgin recognizes his ruling King of the Beta's and perks up to bestow his wisdom upon his subject

>> No.6612182

>>6603225

Are you that one Phoenix Wright/Light/FMA dude cosplayer? Brad, I think? That convention story sounds familiar.

>> No.6612195

>Which conventions have you attended?
Anime Expo and a very minor one called Japan Expo
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
18
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Automatically knowing you have common ground with these people.
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Aside from taking pictures, I like buying prints at the AA and if I have time, go to panels. Also, nerding it out with strangers. Metal Gear Bros, I wish I had your contacts.
>Which convention is the best?
>Which convention is the worst?
Don't think I can answer these since I don't really have that much to compare. Although, a fair warning to people interested in Japan Expo: It's not exactly cosplay-centric.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
LA to Anaheim
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
Nope
>What is your best convention story?
Mildly amusing story of me asking a J-List booth for a game:
>Me: Do you have Umineko?
>Clerk: Maybe. Can you be more specific?
>Me: It's not porn.
>Clerk: Nope, don't have it.

Then another when I found out someone I went to school with did promo art for a game I like. Turns out, one of the staff involved liked her art and asked if she was interested in helping. Was inspiring.
>What is your worst convention story?
Asshole roommates. Lost my camera. Remembering the times that I was a meme-spouting dipshit.

>> No.6612209

>Which conventions have you attended?
-NDK 2007-2012
(too poor to afford Wasabi every year :P)

>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
-15 years old

>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
-Shopping, cosplay contest, (hopefully) knowing that I'm just like the rest of the people who attend these anime con

>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
-Taking pictures of cosplayers, staying up all night just enjoying time, panels

>Which convention is the best?
-NDK 2012

>Which convention is the worst?
-NDK 2010

>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
-1-2 hours

>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
-Sadly not :(

>What is your best convention story?
-Getting compliments on cosplay costumes! Some little girl told my sister that she voted for us in the contest!

>What is your worst convention story?
-When someone thought I was cosplaying as a random character with a dinosaur on my back...I was Luke from TOA... :(

>> No.6612222

>>6612195
I should be more specific. I don't mean Japan Expo from France. Frankly, I don't remember what it was called anymore.
Sage for self-reply.

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>Which conventions have you attended?
Fuck, pretty much every con Texas and Louisiana have offered, excluding just a few.
>How old were you when you started going to conventions?
16
>What is your favorite thing about conventions?
Chance to see my distant friends, run panels, and "perform"
>What is your favorite thing to do at conventions?
Hanging out upstairs eating take-out food, some drinks, playing CAH or some other random game
>Which convention is the best?
Eh... dunno. Animefest is one of the last ones I can still tolerate but even it is getting annoying. Giving San Japan and D*c a try this year.
>Which convention is the worst?
FUCKYOUA-KON. Otherwise, tiny cons can be bad fuckups too... but A-kon, man I have the strongest hate for that shitfest.
>How far have you traveled to go to a convention?
Eight hours is normal for me and is also the longest drive (not counting time being lost)
>Have you ever gone to a convention outside your country?
I think Comiket was happening when I was in Tokyo but hell no I wanted to deal with that mess.
>What is your best convention story?
Proposing marriage to Ikuko Itoh while cosplay Neko-sensei
>What is your worst convention story?
>A-kon cosplay masq. staff are dicks and make performing a hassle
>A-kon staff shoot t-shirt cannon into crowd, breaks heavy glass chandeliers over numerous people
>I have glass in eye, friend was concussed in the fucking head by a shirt and can't stand upright for half a day
>Bring it up on the boards and all A-kon does is offer a free badge in a PM to shut me up.

>> No.6612279

>>6612243
random passerby anon approving of your taste in posting image