Britfag thread Mark IV Anyone got pictures from LSCC?

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Anonymous Mon Feb 25 19:10:42 2013 No.6652300 [Reply] [Original]

Britfag thread Mark IV
Anyone got pictures from LSCC?

Anonymous Mon Feb 25 22:40:41 2013 No.6652745

Not LSCC related but brit fag cosplay related.
This is going to sound incredibly new but any one know good fabric stores in London? I'm still adjusting to living here and now feeling set up enough to get back into cosplay. And I miss my Joann's so badly already since searching for shit in london is hard. You either get the really crappy shit by you or the super high end store on oxford that for some reason only sell vintage or floral pattern.

Any help would be super appreciated, especially looking for any place that would have a good selection of fleeces? Until then back to searching I go.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 26 02:49:22 2013 No.6653363 U mot M8?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 26 03:30:22 2013 No.6653426 Hey, britfags - are there any groups not filled with weeaboos in the Gloucestershire area? Used to live there, now one of my friends over there has got into cosplay and she can't find any cosplayers who aren't weeaboos, apparently.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 26 03:57:52 2013 No.6653476 Yeah I have some pictures, not loads though. I'll post later. So who's going to CICAE?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 26 04:49:53 2013 No.6653509 Goldhawk Road or Shepherd's Bush market for fabric shopping in London.

Anonymous Tue Feb 26 08:33:23 2013 No.6653633

>>6652745
I believe Shepherd's Bush and Brick Lane. There's also Berwick Street, but that's quite high-end and expensive. Costume students that I've spoken to in London get their samples from Berwick Street, and then go to Shepherd's Bush to find a cheaper version for the actual fabric.

If you're looking to go really cheap, there's a fabric land in Kingston.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 27 13:50:52 2013 No.6656414 bumping

Anonymous Wed Feb 27 15:31:21 2013 No.6656604

>>6652745
Goldhawk road, forever gold hawk road. Tooting broadway markets have a couple of cheap places, too - but so cheap that the quality can be questionable, but good for linings

Anyone know good places for trimmings? Been living here 6 months now and still not found anywhere!

Anonymous Wed Feb 27 16:43:21 2013 No.6656789

I have a question - are there any good photoshoot locations in England? Specifically things like period houses, involving stuff like pillars and the like.

Most of the NT houses ask you to pay a fee, which honestly I just can't afford. Keele Hall looks pretty good from what I've seen of Amecon.

I'll provide one, though. If you're doing anything Tudor (so I guess Trinity Blood, Romeo et Juliet, maybe even Chevilier D'eon) then Hall's Croft, Stratford-Upon-Avon, are quite lenient with letting people photograph there. (Especially if you say it's for a school project, so you could always pretend to be attending college there or some such).
Shoots would be mostly outside though, since the furniture etc inside is delicate, and you'd want to ring up beforehand.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 27 17:02:22 2013 No.6656834 >>6656789 Not period houses, but http://www.derelictlondon.com/ is good for finding shoot locations.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 27 17:09:22 2013 No.6656854 File: 108 KB, 500x696, tatton-and-lyme.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6656789 Tatton Park and Lyme Park in the North are good. They have fantastic halls.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 27 17:18:21 2013 No.6656869 The parks in London are pretty, but I don't know if they charge. You always get some shithead who thinks it's hilarious to get in the shot and harass the cosplayer though. >>6656854 These are so pretty, I wish I lived further north.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 27 17:21:21 2013 No.6656874 >>6656869 It's all city down in the south, the north has some fantastic places. You could get from London to Manchester for about £12 if you plan ahead.

Part 1/2 Petrovna Wed Feb 27 17:35:51 2013 No.6656899

>>6652745
Here's my fabric shop copypaste:

Okay these are the ones I personally visit and regard as the cheapest/best value but there are a lot more:
>Berwick Street
This is the main stretch of fabric shops and are great for samples but not for actually buying the material unless there's something specific you are after. The majority only do samples at certain times and if the shop isn't too crowded - you'll generally be limited to 3-4 a person. I advise you visit alone if you're sampling because some of the shops get moody (especially Cloth House and The Berwick Street Cloth Shop). The only place with good value fabric in general is Borovick Fabrics but prepare to engage in some banter with the guys who work there, they have a 10% student discount as well.
There are loads of wholesale jewellers and trimming suppliers but some aren't open to the public. Again there's only one that in my opinion is affordable and it's called New Trimming's (Noel Street, Left turning as you walk down Berwick Street) it's run by this little Chinese lady and most of her stuff is from taobao but the reselling price isn't terribly extortionate so it's good for when you need things quickly!

>Goldhawk Road
CHEAP FABRIC EVERYWHERE ALL SORTS ALL KINDS EVERYWHERE
Go to Goldhawk Station and turn right as you leave, fabric shops are on both your left and right- average price is ~｣4p/m for most fabrics
A-One fabrics also has a haberdashery up the stairs which is well priced.
The only thing about Goldhawk Road is that the shop owners can be really creepy so go with a friend or two because it can be uncomfortable
Shepherds Bush Market is on your left as well (you can't miss the sign) and it's great for haberdashery and bridal related trimmings etc. There's also some fabric stalls but they aren't that great.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 27 17:37:52 2013 No.6656904 >>6656874 Are there good places in Manchester then? I've only ever been once.

Anonymous Wed Feb 27 17:40:51 2013 No.6656910
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>>6656904
In Manchester itself, you have the Town Hall and the Manchester Art Gallery that have some pretty old architecture. Also there are a number of churches around too which might be good. Here is an overview of the town hall...

Part 2/2 Petrovna Wed Feb 27 17:42:22 2013 No.6656918

>>6656899
>Ilford Lane
It's just on the outskirts of London and is a bit of a journey if you're not local but it's really good for cheap cheap fabrics (some are like £1 p/m)
Ilford Lane is seriously long but you get to a point where the fabric shops start to thin out and you can turn back.
You can try and haggle with some of the shittier shops (aka the ones that don't look slick and modern) but this will have varying effects depending on who you are
There is an A* trimmings shop called Braids n Buttons (Bedford Road, on your left as you walk down Ilford Lane) it's actually heaven and filled with laces, baids etc. in pretty much every colour under the sun! They have cheap general haberdashery bits as well like machine needles and oil. They different weights of fusible interfacing for like £1 p/m as well

I might go sampling tomorrow so i'll see if there are any good deals on fleece fabrics about

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 27 17:43:22 2013 No.6656920 File: 234 KB, 956x632, fj_manchester_art_gallery1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6656910 ...and Manchester Art Gallery. Tatton Park and Lyme Park are about 30 mins out by train, so they're rather easy to get to.

Anonymous Wed Feb 27 22:33:22 2013 No.6657556
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>>6656904
I'm based in Manchester and there a few places you could use for photo shoots. One place you don't want to go despite all the pretty is Trafford Centre. They can be really strict about photography.

Quite a few other cities in the North have some great locations. One of my friends lives in Lancaster and she has seen some great photos there. Pic related, its Ashton Memorial in Lancaster.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 28 03:11:33 2013 No.6658145 >>6656789 http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/forum?c=showthread&ThreadID=9280&page=1#lastpost The cosplayisland thread has some good ones!

Anonymous Thu Feb 28 06:11:03 2013 No.6658304

>>6658145
>http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/forum?c=showthread&ThreadID=9280&page=1#lastpost

Oh thanks anon! Useful thread.

This has some good suggestions but it says things like 'last time I checked you were allowed to take photos outside' etc. I'm just worried because if you go in with a cosplay that just looks like weird kids in weird clothes, it might be okay, but something like a large ball-gown or heavy artwork outfit would make it obvious you were a photographer and model, and might incur film fees. Especially in places like Chatsworth House.

I guess all you can do is ask. Maybe they don't mind if it's non-profit and for art purposes.

I would absolutely love to shoot in some of the places listed here though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 28 08:49:03 2013 No.6658452 >>6658304 Just ask beforehand or something. Always better to get permission beforehand instead of being carted off the site.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 28 11:03:33 2013 No.6658608 >>6658452 Yeah, that's what I meant. I'm too chicken shit to just turn up to a place and hope for the best.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 28 11:39:34 2013 No.6658681 File: 322 KB, 640x481, Baron Hill, Beaumaris, Anglesey.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Baron Hill in Anglesey is really neat. It's an old estate that got abandoned around the time of the second world war.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 28 18:43:06 2013 No.6659439 >>6658681 I like the look of that. Is it easy to get to?

Anonymous Thu Feb 28 21:13:29 2013 No.6659779

>>6656918
>>6656899
>>6656604
>>6653633
>>6653509
Holy hell thank you all so much! I really was coming up blank besides over placed stores in central (I really wish market places showed up more when searching around for stuff)

Thank you guy's so much, I'll probably go shopping this weekend.

>>6656869
Depends on the park. But most things in London are way to crowded and I wouldnt really want to be going around central in cosplay. Between the tourists and the assholes it's a bit too much.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 1 12:47:58 2013 No.6660786 File: 1.79 MB, 1046x807, Baron hill location.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6659439 It's right outside Beaumaris. Just a short walk in the woods and you're there. I've never been but I plan on going sometime soon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 2 08:41:16 2013 No.6662913 bumping Who thinks MCM May is going to be roasting hot like last year?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 2 09:10:16 2013 No.6662930 >>6658681 Oh my god I need to go here and it's reasonably close to where I live. Do want.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 3 11:59:21 2013 No.6665671 Bump.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 3 12:16:51 2013 No.6665698 Anyone off to Saltburn Anime Con next weekend? I've heard fuck all about it so I'm not expecting anything, but it's local and I'm chaperoning my sister and her friend so hopefully it'll keep them our of my hair for a couple of hours.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 3 16:36:21 2013 No.6666269 >>6665698 I'm giving it a miss for Anachronism. Saltburn's a bit out of my way and it's related to AnimuLeague so that's raising some flags for me

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 3 16:44:51 2013 No.6666291 >>6666269 >it's related to AnimuLeague so that's raising some flags for me Shit. Hopefully it's too far out of the way for any of the serious mental fuckers to travel up to.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 3 21:11:51 2013 No.6666970 Does anyone have any good links for Ebay stores or websites to get fabric and trimming and such?

Anonymous Mon Mar 4 08:25:22 2013 No.6667913
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>>6653426
Steer clear of glosplay and anime league like the cancer they are, I learned that the hard way.

Pass me on your friend's name and I'll be happy to introduce her to my cosplaying friends. I live in london right now, but Gloucestershire is my home town and I spent a good five years of my weeaboo career there.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 4 09:28:52 2013 No.6667940 >>6660786 Thanks. Will definitely have to check it out. >>6665698 Never heard of it. Is it a new event?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 4 10:34:39 2013 No.6667982 Is there an Edinburgh scene, and if so what are they like?

Anonymous Mon Mar 4 10:47:23 2013 No.6667994

>>6667940
New event up near Middlesborough. From what I understand it's basically some anime screenings, cosplay comp and a couple of dealers. It looks like it's just an excuse for local kids to cosplay and go sperg over anime, not worth travelling any distance for.

Second time now I've heard it's anime league related. Any idea how deep it goes? Towers and co. don't seem to be pushing it at all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 4 18:50:07 2013 No.6668969 bump thread needs more dramu

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 4 18:53:08 2013 No.6668974 File: 103 KB, 346x500, tar.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any /cgl/ lolitas got tickets for the Frock on event?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 4 18:57:38 2013 No.6668986 >>6668974 Bought mine! I got the VIP ticket. I'm hoping I'll be able to attend, I might have left the country by then. It looks pretty amazing, tbh.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 5 01:41:07 2013 No.6670015 >>6668974 I would love to go, but my cosplay side is eating all my money this year.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 5 16:23:41 2013 No.6671632 So who is ready for Gemucon?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 5 17:20:02 2013 No.6671827 >>6671632 Won't be cosplaying but I will be taking pictures for once. Might even do some photo-shoots with buddies if they'll put up with my shit. If it totally sucks, international drinking rules 24/7.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 10:46:16 2013 No.6674241 >>6668969 This

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 13:44:08 2013 No.6674597 >>6674241 All the tripfags have been purged. Also no big cons have happened yet. Have patience, It's coming soon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 18:08:36 2013 No.6675305 >>6671632 Only just bought my fabrics today. So prepared

>>	ai-honey !eEQ3LJoZmM Wed Mar 6 18:14:36 2013 No.6675332 >>6674597 They have? Foreveralone. Looking forward to May Expo. Not looking forward to finding a hotel, le sigh. What are people cosplaying for then~?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 18:28:36 2013 No.6675356 I'll bet there'll be drama over Sunnycon's cash prizes. I hear the whole thing is fixed. Anyone know anything about that?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 18:30:06 2013 No.6675363 File: 59 KB, 246x399, 1357448057277.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6675332 >not got May expo hotels sorted yet better get searching quick

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 19:14:37 2013 No.6675494 >>6675356 I wouldn't be suprised. Not a fucking clue how they're funding such a ridiculous amount for a cosplay comp either.

Anonymous Wed Mar 6 19:26:36 2013 No.6675517

>>6667994
>From Saltburn Anime Cons' FB
>Animeleague DJ MetalGearDan will be at the event also!!
This is not something to brag about/promote. First of all its Anime Legume ... ewww..... But this is the same guy running the event AND he's also one of the dealers. Bet he'll also be manning the doors and judging the cosplay comp, it sounds like this con is a one man band.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 19:29:36 2013 No.6675526 I've only just moved to England a little while ago, I know about MCM, but are there any other good conventions you guys would recommend going to??

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 6 19:44:06 2013 No.6675567 >>6671632 I'm actually almost ready. I still have a couple of things for my 'big' cosplay and some final tweaks to do on my others.

>>	Pirate Toaster !0fXzzt0xCc Thu Mar 7 09:05:07 2013 No.6677027 >>6671632 Oh god I keep forgetting how close it is. I've done the patterning for Aela but nothing for Windrunner yet, at least I have Cammy and Jill to fall back on if I dont finish I guess.

Blue !Zf6nodNaLQ Thu Mar 7 09:31:38 2013 No.6677060
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>>6675526
I'd highly recommend hitting up Kitacon if you get the chance, think it starts up again next year but I'm not sure. Ayacon and Amecon are supposed to be good too, but one of them is stopping soon and I can't remember which.
Tokonatsu is also supposed to be a blast I've heard.

I'd also suggest making some friends at MCM or beforehand, so you can hang out with them there. Not so fun going solo.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 09:49:07 2013 No.6677084 File: 2.81 MB, 400x225, 1350064662003.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6677060 Oh man, Kitacon was amazing

>>	Blue !Zf6nodNaLQ Thu Mar 7 09:57:08 2013 No.6677092 File: 961 KB, 1000x662, awwyiss.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6677084 I know, right? It was hands down the most fun I've had at a convention. Shame it's not on this year, but what can you do.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 10:28:37 2013 No.6677109 >>6677060 >>6677092 I thought you were dead.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 10:33:38 2013 No.6677111 >>6677109 Why would he be dead?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 10:35:37 2013 No.6677112 >>6677111 suicide after pirate toaster broke up with him.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 10:39:07 2013 No.6677116 File: 199 KB, 734x720, 1360630588710.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6677112 Oh you

Anonymous Thu Mar 7 11:01:09 2013 No.6677129

Is anyone going to Alcon? it'll be my first time there, and I'm being dragged along by a group of friends. I've heard many bad things about it. Is there going to be a CGL meet, as I foresee drama in my group of friends and I really don't want to get involved.

Their all quite close to parle? and drama has all ready started to rear it's ugly head, Although the person I'm rooming with is pretty down to earth compared to the rest of them.

Anonymous Thu Mar 7 12:46:38 2013 No.6677280

>>6677129

I believe Towers and the main AL spacktards don't have as much influence in ALcon as they used to, but still be wary.

Tips to survive an Anime League con:
>Don't go

If you really have to go:
>Avoid Mike Towers, that black guy dressed as Shadow/Sonic and the weird girl with the funny eye
>Stay with friends, avoid weirdos. AL attracts more weirdos than normal cons.
>Do not get roped into going on stage
>Be aware that AL events can be significantly shitter than other cons

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 13:19:08 2013 No.6677328 >>6677280 Thanks for the heads up, I'll just keep my head down and stay close to a few friends.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 17:44:10 2013 No.6677907 >>6677280 >the weird girl with the funny eye Nice.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 18:13:14 2013 No.6677978 >>6677907 Who is she? Anyone got a picture?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 19:13:10 2013 No.6678104 File: 20 KB, 600x270, zonic_merch_banner_head_gg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6677978 hope you like

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 20:57:40 2013 No.6678383 Hey, any seagulls in the UK who wanna go paintballing?

>>	⑨ !Ez96fXED1s Thu Mar 7 21:13:40 2013 No.6678420 May Expo is way closer than I realised. Gonna have to start on cosplays soon. I hope everyone's gonna be getting plenty of pictures at Gemu. >>6678383 Can I come? I've never been before but it looks like a lot of fun. (｀・ω・´)”

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 21:17:40 2013 No.6678441 >>6678420 Same here, gotta make a sword and modify a motorbike helmet, ugh >>6678383 Only if we can do it in cosplay

>>	⑨ !Ez96fXED1s Thu Mar 7 21:28:40 2013 No.6678489 >>6678441 >cosplay paintball Oh man.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 7 21:30:11 2013 No.6678498 File: 26 KB, 341x221, sakamotosan.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6678489 >cirno vs. sakamoto da hypening begins

>>	⑨ !Ez96fXED1s Thu Mar 7 22:11:35 2013 No.6678611 File: 199 KB, 669x1000, 121.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6678498 I will end you.

>>	None !rWFxKUxRXU Fri Mar 8 04:23:36 2013 No.6679292 >>6678383 literally yes someone pls arrange this for the summer

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 05:19:36 2013 No.6679377 http://www.londongamingcon.com/ AL have cancel an event as they think its going to be shit and there will be no events to do. Never stop them in the past

Anonymous Fri Mar 8 06:37:06 2013 No.6679476

>>6679377
>When we run an event, we always do our best to ensure that it's of a very high quality. Looking at what we had in place regarding gaming publishers and communities, we felt that it was not enough there to back a dedicated gaming event this time around. We would not want to put on an event that would disappoint those who attended it.
Haha so many lies. The only directly gaming related shit they had at their first gaming con was Turtle Beach flogging headphones and pissing people off by playing game trailers really fucking loud and some guy who did the music on Lemmings and a bunch of other games. Everything else was just the same old Youtube-famous people.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 07:37:06 2013 No.6679519 >>6678611 snake is that you?

>>	Blue !Zf6nodNaLQ Fri Mar 8 07:44:06 2013 No.6679523 >>6678383 God damn I would be so down for that, yes please

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 15:32:07 2013 No.6680242 File: 172 KB, 938x938, SCIENCE1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6678611 It's on you baka Bump. Anyone got any Birmingham MCM progress?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 15:46:07 2013 No.6680272 >>6678104 Source? >>6679377 I hear that AL run the cosplay at LFCC (london film and comic con) is that true?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 15:50:38 2013 No.6680281 >>6680272 No? LFCC is run by Showmasters. Maybe AL runs the cosplay section or something.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 16:43:06 2013 No.6680407 >>6680281 Yes AL run the cosplay section.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 16:48:06 2013 No.6680419 Tbh wearing anime cosplay at LFCC seems kinda douchey to me. Oh well.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 17:26:36 2013 No.6680502 >>6680242 Is anyone even going to Birmingham MCM?

Anonymous Fri Mar 8 17:33:06 2013 No.6680523

>>6656789
Keats House is a lovely period house in London, although you have to pay a fee of £5 to visit. But it's valid for a whole year, I think? I'm not sure how it works, though I've been there several times for a workshop, but it was free. It's pre-Victorian, I believe, built in the early 1800s, but even if you don't fancy it, the area of Hampstead Heath is very affluent and full of beautiful period houses.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 17:35:06 2013 No.6680526 >>6680502 I know a few people are

>>	⑨ !Ez96fXED1s Fri Mar 8 17:38:36 2013 No.6680531 >>6680526 My little cosplay group unfortunately fell apart so I probably won't be going after all. :(

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 8 17:43:06 2013 No.6680546 >>6680531 Well that sucks Just come up north and party with the northerners

Anonymous Fri Mar 8 17:45:06 2013 No.6680550
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>>6677978
>>6677907
>>6677280
Ladies and gents, I present to you her "Sexy Chell" cosplay that she pulled as she went on stage at LAC and sung poorly put together lyrics from a book over video game tracks.

Her bra situation looked even more awkward in person as she was waddling around seeminlgy oblivious to it.

>>	⑨ !Ez96fXED1s Fri Mar 8 17:46:36 2013 No.6680551 >>6680546 Well I live in Birmingham so if there's a post-con meet or anything then I might come to that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 9 14:24:11 2013 No.6682206 Bump.

>>	speedlolita !MmSb5XjmKM Sat Mar 9 22:57:11 2013 No.6683441 >>6677092 Kitacon is probably the one convention I've enjoyed.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 9 23:19:41 2013 No.6683471 >>6683441 Accurate representation of Kitacon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSR76VHhII

Anonymous Sun Mar 10 11:21:12 2013 No.6684099

>>6683471
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSR76VHhII

I want to check Kita out, but all the pictures I see, it always just seems like cosplayers getting wasted or sitting in the lobby drinking, with little actual anime content. Granted they had Ellen McLain one year, which is impressive.
Other than that is there more too it than drinking?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 10 13:09:08 2013 No.6684209 >>6684099 Nope.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 10 13:17:42 2013 No.6684225 >>6652300 Pictures from Lscc: In facebook: ShinigamiPhotography Darren Rowley Photography

>>	speedlolita !MmSb5XjmKM Sun Mar 10 19:29:13 2013 No.6684914 >>6684099 I don't think any UK con offers anything but this. Not sure about Nemacon tho.

>>	Jestar !!LXVQA1hspQo Sun Mar 10 21:59:44 2013 No.6685212 I feel the scottish people ruin kitacon

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 11 06:45:45 2013 No.6686022 >>6684914 There are plenty of events, and Minami runs 90% anime/Japanese related panels for example. But all the people taking photos are outside the panels.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 11 14:42:15 2013 No.6686461 >>6684914 Really it's just Kita that's like that. Minami, Aya and Ame all have plenty on

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 11 15:32:46 2013 No.6686571 >>6680502 yeah man, me and my flatmate are gonna be mordecai and rigby, we've pulled them together over the weekend people should come and say hey and we can bitch about birminghan expo together

Anonymous Tue Mar 12 12:25:04 2013 No.6688671

I'm tempted to go to MCM but I have nobody to go with so it's gonna suck.

I haven't really decided on a cosplay either.

I swear I've walked around MCM on my own way too many times hoping I can meet some cool people and tag along with them but it just never happens. Especially being a guy, people just think you're out to creep on them or hit on cosplayers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 12:59:03 2013 No.6688711 >>6688671 Come to the /cgl/ meets and you can have some fun

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 13:40:34 2013 No.6688795 >>6688671 Most of the cosplaying/con going people I know I've met through /cgl/ meets. What MCM do you go to? I'd be happy to chill with you.

Anonymous Tue Mar 12 13:43:03 2013 No.6688804

Was going to make a new thread, but I'll guess I'll use this one just for a small piece of advice.

My friend just went to live in London (as pretty much everyone in this country) and said he'd like to go to MCM Expo. I'm thinking of visiting him on that time and join him for the con, if I have the chance. Anyway, I've heard that the tickets are hard to come by, is this true? What should we do to get the tickets? I'd like to get them as soon as possible to the con, the best thing would be in the day, because I'm still not sure if I can go, is that possible?

Thanks

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 13:44:33 2013 No.6688805 >>6688795 London MCM only

Anonymous Tue Mar 12 13:54:33 2013 No.6688816

>>6688804
MCM Tickets are easy to get. The early entry ones can run out but to be honest I bought an early one and still had to queue for ages. It just lets you queue earlier, not skip the queue or anything.
So it's easy to buy them just before or on the day.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 13:54:33 2013 No.6688817 >>6688804 Get advance tickets from the website if you want to cut down some queuing time but expo is never difficult to get into. Unless you count getting through the crowds.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 13:58:34 2013 No.6688820 >>6688804 You will never have a problem trying to get tickets for MCM unless they change their policy. At the minute, I don't even think they have a limit on ticket sales. >>6688805 Same here. We'll have to meet in Foxes bar next time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 13:59:04 2013 No.6688822 >>6688804 I bought advance weekend tickets and collected them the Friday evening. Literally walked up to the guy and got them, no queue or fuss. Definitely my preferred way of doing it!

>>	Eva Braun !OrYgEquius Tue Mar 12 14:20:03 2013 No.6688851 >tfw your work placement in Germany turns out to be August instead of September >tfw no Ayacon >that godawful feel when writing your cancellation email

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 14:40:33 2013 No.6688883 >>6688816 >>6688817 >>6688820 >>6688822 Thanks guys!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 12 14:41:04 2013 No.6688885 File: 163 KB, 632x896, 1355985909693.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6688851

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 13 06:37:00 2013 No.6691021 Bump.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 13 09:08:01 2013 No.6691103 Hi I'm going to the Birmingham mxm expo, anyone want to share a room with me? I want to stay in the Ibis hotel for 2 nights and its £158 for both nights so can split the cost. skype is duncan.fraser1993 if you want to get to know me first.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 13 09:11:01 2013 No.6691108 >>6691103 hey there. check my post below. >>6688671

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 13 09:12:31 2013 No.6691111 >>6688671 see my post >>6691108

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 13 09:29:31 2013 No.6691135 >>6688885 I don't know why it took me so long to get that.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 13 12:30:32 2013 No.6691446 File: 7 KB, 203x152, house-summons-his-persona.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6691135 Man really Bump

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 13 12:47:01 2013 No.6691475 >>6691446 >house get out of here pleb

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 14 07:06:04 2013 No.6693725 >malvinas >Argentina Britain go to hell

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 14 07:48:05 2013 No.6693754 Did anyone go to Minamicon? I heard that people had a good time. Wished I had gone.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 14 08:04:04 2013 No.6693762 >>6693754 Yup. Had a great time. Shame you couldn't go.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 14 12:05:04 2013 No.6693986 People are saying this years Ayacon is going to be the last one ever. Is that true?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 14 12:05:04 2013 No.6693988 >>6693986 Yeah, it actually is true.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 15 00:06:24 2013 No.6695623 Bump. Any meets planned for Birmingham Exlo?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 15 08:03:26 2013 No.6696165 >>6668974 >Frock on This OVERPRICED shit looks bad imo. Not going to waste my time and money on this shite.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 15 08:09:56 2013 No.6696175 >>6696165 £25 is overpriced? I know Hyper is a tenner but they're much bigger, plus Hyper doesn't have anything for lolitas anymore

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 15 08:11:56 2013 No.6696179 >>6696165 I don't see how it looks bad. Did you go to Juliette et Justine? I thought that was a wonderful event.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 16 19:09:32 2013 No.6699416 Bump for Birmingham Expo pics.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 16 19:21:32 2013 No.6699436 >>6696165 If you're a lolita, it's great. If you're not then it's probably a waste of time going since it's 100% lolita-centred. The JetJ event last year was great, and this year will be even better because there's a lot more going on.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 16 20:58:03 2013 No.6699569 File: 1.74 MB, 2896x1936, DSC06246.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6699416

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 16 21:05:03 2013 No.6699587 >>6699569 wat

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 02:06:34 2013 No.6700175 >>6699569 ALpacaCON

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 06:19:34 2013 No.6700525 >>6699569 why the fuck did MCM Birmingham have alpacas?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:26:35 2013 No.6700593 >>6700175 >ALpacaCON Fuck MCM. This is the event we need.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:37:34 2013 No.6700600 >>6700525 there was an alpaca convention downstairs. cos-players with alpacas. shit was awesome

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:40:04 2013 No.6700609 File: 125 KB, 540x960, 301500_10200408063596978_1547510596_n[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i (very badly) cosplayed a Reaper from TWEWY at Birmingham, and didn't take many photos. but will dump a few decent ones a friend took.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:41:04 2013 No.6700610 File: 114 KB, 540x960, 409204_10200408067917086_682723980_n[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6700609

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:42:04 2013 No.6700611 File: 102 KB, 540x960, 188982_10200408072237194_454564206_n[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6700610

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:45:04 2013 No.6700618 File: 73 KB, 960x217, 556804_10200408086077540_1296321185_n[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6700616

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:45:05 2013 No.6700616 File: 110 KB, 540x960, 542664_10200408084517501_1224430333_n[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6700611

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:47:04 2013 No.6700620 File: 63 KB, 960x540, 549885_10200408089637629_373518857_n[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6700618 and enough for now, if anyone wants more, say and i'll zip them or somthing

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 08:59:05 2013 No.6700635 File: 1.44 MB, 2896x1936, DSC06250.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Best cosplay there.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 13:23:34 2013 No.6700893 File: 277 KB, 800x536, 1351616431825.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6679519 maybe Snake can clone himself, instantly

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 17 23:10:07 2013 No.6702388 >>6700593 This shit right here! But seriously, didn't get to Brum MCM. Did they have a masquerade? If they did, who won?

Anonymous Tue Mar 19 08:13:08 2013 No.6706101

>>6702388
I didn't see Saturday but Sunday was pretty awful, i think there was like 10 entries and only one dance performance. There was only 2 entries I liked, both groups - the Card captor one and a group from a game I can't remember the name of. But a Spider man cosplay won and then two harry potter cosplays got runner up. Apparently Saturdays was equally bad.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 19 10:28:07 2013 No.6706194 Is there anyone in East Sussex/Sussex going to MCM this May? In fact, are there any groups or anything dedicated to cosplay in Sussex?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 19 17:41:07 2013 No.6706866 Bump for Sunny Con, Drink every time Mangina's a homophobe

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 19 17:58:08 2013 No.6706918 >>6706194 I know a couple of awesome Sussex cosplayers but not any groups.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 20 07:33:20 2013 No.6708723 >>6706866 >Not drinking constantly to escape the horribleness that is Sunderland

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 20 11:33:20 2013 No.6708927 >>6706194 I'm from west sussex, and I'm friends a group that all cosplay together for cons but nothing big, I know there's a group called the AFB which is Brighton based group formed of general cosplayers but nothing major.

Anonymous Wed Mar 20 11:40:20 2013 No.6708934

>>6708927

I'm interested in this, I'm from Brighton. I'm not really looking for anything major, I just want some people I can hang out with, cosplay with and maybe travel up to MCM with too (It's pretty boring on the train there and back). Is it alright to join?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 20 11:50:20 2013 No.6708945 >>6708934 >>6708927 I'm from West Sussex too. Email is in the email field so feel free to drop me one!

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 20 12:22:51 2013 No.6708980 >>6708945 Just out of interest about the AFB...is there a girl in there called Danielle?

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 20 12:30:21 2013 No.6708986 >>6708980 Nope

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 20 12:36:51 2013 No.6708991 >>6708980 Turns out they've actually changed their name to BAF - Brighton Anime Fans. It's an open group on facebook so feel free to search and join.

>>	Anonymous Wed Mar 20 19:38:53 2013 No.6709830 >>6706866 Is that the event with the cash prize for cosplay? hopefully will get to see some awesome cosplay.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 20:22:25 2013 No.6712337 Guys, just me or does the Gemucon timetable look like shite?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 21:37:25 2013 No.6712561 >>6712337 Got a link?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 08:59:58 2013 No.6713826 >>6712561 http://gemucon.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=612.0

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 10:43:00 2013 No.6713892 >>6713826 That looks terrible. The "COSPLAY PANEL" part made me giggle. I wonder what the'll even talk about.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 13:20:30 2013 No.6714053 >>6713826 Does anyone know if any of the usual anime convention suspects are turning up? Don't want to risk wasting my time at the masquerade or talent show if I don't know they'll be something good to look forward to.

>>	OP Fri Mar 22 14:18:00 2013 No.6714144 >>6708991 Oh dear, I'm in this group (was bulk added a couple of years ago). I warn you; here be weebs. That said, the most that ever happens in the group is someone posts "watching hetalia lol xDDDDD" or similar. I think they have meet-ups sometimes, too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 14:19:31 2013 No.6714145 >>6714144 Oops, forgot to delete the name field.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 15:22:00 2013 No.6714274 Anyone else excited for Sunnycon tomorrow? If you see me there, I will be Killua from Hunter X Hunter. Also I heard the Cosplay Comp may be rigged, but I hope not

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 15:53:30 2013 No.6714308 >>6714274 A convention the size of sunnycon with £3,500 worth of cash cosplay prizes. Of course it's fucking fixed.

Anonymous Fri Mar 22 17:04:02 2013 No.6714442

>>6714053
Depends who you consider the usual lot are?
I don't think the masq is going to be worth it - with 700 guests they only had 20 spaces for the masq which were given on first come first serve so I bet theres a lot of crap in it

I'm beginning to wonder if it's even worth cosplaying to, now.

Anonymous Fri Mar 22 17:52:19 2013 No.6714496

>>6714308
It's not even cash prizes. All the entrants got some shitty e-mail saying 'It is imperative that all contestants are present at the time of announcing failure to show for an award without a good enough reason is bad manners and would lead to disqualification from the contest. A lot of hard work has been put in to the organization of this and all we ask if that you stay unti the end and not just turn up for the contest and expect us to send out a prize in the mail.'

While also saying the 'cash prize' will be sent by bank transfer. Honestly it just seems like a stunt to get cosplayers to the event and to stay there. I know several people who thought about entering but because the prize giving was on Sunday, and they basically said if you don't stay for the closing ceremony we'll disqualify you, that they couldn't travel back in time.

Besides where do they get £3500 for a cosplay competition? I've seen better conventions with not nearly so much to spare.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 17:53:20 2013 No.6714498 >>6714053 Personally I'd be all for seeing some new faces. The usual crowd gets boring.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 18:31:49 2013 No.6714549 >>6714496 I do find the cash prize thing a bit fishy. Not sure where they are getting it from. I'm not going so I won't be able to see if they are actually cash prizes.

Anonymous Fri Mar 22 19:47:19 2013 No.6714670

>>6714496
>Besides where do they get £3500 for a cosplay competition? I've seen better conventions with not nearly so much to spare.
According to a "friend of a friend" the con's funded almost 100% via ticket sales and the con organisers anime merch website (which apparently made fuck all money last year).

If the cosplay comp's rigged, I bet it's a tax scam. The guy running the con is supposed to be a bit dodgy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 20:23:19 2013 No.6714728 >>6714498 They not be exciting but at least they always do something worth watching. Half the newbs on the con circuit now are just attention seeking whores.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 22:09:19 2013 No.6714914 >>6714728 I feel this as well. As yet I haven't found a newb cosplayer who has the impact that some of the older cosplayers had.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 09:08:08 2013 No.6716142 >>6714670 Did you friend of a friend know its council funded?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 09:16:20 2013 No.6716149 >>6716142 You're thinking of Nemacon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 11:07:50 2013 No.6716275 >>6716142 No idea, but second hand info does have a habit of not being quite right.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 12:08:20 2013 No.6716338 >>6712337 I wish I could un-book my hotel, I really can't be bothered to go anymore. It's supposed to be my first "real con" (apparently fushicon didn't count) and it just looks like it's going to be a huge waste of money.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 13:05:50 2013 No.6716428 >>6716338 The con may be shit but the people will make it worth while.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 16:26:51 2013 No.6716757 So did anyone go to sunny con I want to see some cosplay photos

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 17:49:16 2013 No.6716886 >>6716338 >Gemucon >Huge waste of money I remember when people were so psyched for it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 18:11:20 2013 No.6716903 See Gemucon timetable, ok this makes fushicons timetable look full.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 18:18:50 2013 No.6716913 >>6716903 I wonder if half the events will even run - like fushi

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 18:40:20 2013 No.6716950 >>6716903 Its amazing. There are hardly any events and even when they are they clash with others! Someone must have hit their head before writing this.

Anonymous Sat Mar 23 18:46:20 2013 No.6716966

>>6716950
or are craszy early in the morning - whos going to be up at 10 after a party 'til 2?
Also, why is cosplay repair on sunday? Surely by then no one gives a fuck about their costumes as they're going home the next day - should be on the friday IMO

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 18:46:50 2013 No.6716969 >>6716966 *crazy Get out of here S

Anonymous Sat Mar 23 19:07:50 2013 No.6717011

>>6716966
The only people who would benefit from cosplay repair on the Sunday would be masquerade entrants who have last-minute costume drama after pre-judging.
I'm irked that the masquerade is on the Sunday as I now have to replan my costumes and shoots. And wake up stupidly early on the Sunday for pre-judging.

Anonymous Sat Mar 23 19:15:20 2013 No.6717022

>>6717011
I'd like to think people entering the masquerade would make costumes of a high enough quality to not need 4 hours worth of repair time, though.
It just seems like a waste of an event slot - it's like they're just trying to fill the time with anything they can.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 19:30:50 2013 No.6717059 >>6717022 I thought that just as I was hitting 'submit', 6 hours of travel and less than 3 of sleep is getting to me (excuses excuses). None of the cosplay event arrangements make much sense.

Anonymous Sat Mar 23 19:58:20 2013 No.6717108

>>6717059
It's cool, bro! I didn't meant it as a put down on anything you have made - just to put that out there (I don't even know who you are! Good luck in the masq, by the way)

They really don't - why do we need 3 cosplay panels? What can they talk about for that long? I don't even know/care for the guest cosplayers

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 20:13:51 2013 No.6717140 Speaking of Gemucon - who the fuck are Team Neko and why do they act like I should know them?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 20:19:50 2013 No.6717152 >>6717140 It's some fat scottish girl and her creeper boyfriend with a video camera. Nothing special but the bitch seems to think she's press. Every fucking con whines for a press pass.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 20:22:20 2013 No.6717157 >>6717140 Googled it. A youtube show came up of Zelly and XtremeCaffeine. They describe themselves as "two scottish geeks" yeahhh I don't care either. WTF is the Geekshow?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 20:22:20 2013 No.6717158 >>6717108 I didn't take it as a put down, don't worry! And thank you! I wish one of the cosplay panels was a dedicated wig panel. Just because I really like wig panels. Okay I think I really should just go to bed

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 20:27:21 2013 No.6717167 >>6717158 Oh, good! Just covering myself in case you did Goodnight! See you at Gemu, Anon!

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 20:53:21 2013 No.6717219 File: 81 KB, 960x640, 544190_606061312756495_379367004_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] People of cgl the sunny con photos are now up but 4chan is not letting me link to them so I just post them

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 20:56:20 2013 No.6717231 File: 67 KB, 640x960, 486383_606061919423101_3562654_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 4 and most likely the best of the lot

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:00:51 2013 No.6717243 8 WTF

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:01:50 2013 No.6717248 File: 62 KB, 640x960, 544157_606062302756396_859493604_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 8 dint post photo

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:03:51 2013 No.6717257 File: 57 KB, 640x960, 562639_606062586089701_782225159_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 10 would of been nice if someone had not drew all over it

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:18:20 2013 No.6717290 >>6717286 barefeet on a convention floor? nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:18:51 2013 No.6717292 File: 57 KB, 640x960, 554528_606064932756133_1593330785_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 26 oh look its zonic

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:20:50 2013 No.6717301 >>6717292 those are certainly some granny panties

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>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:28:50 2013 No.6717321 File: 6 KB, 251x229, 1342523532025.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6717309 Holy fucking god why did they think this was a good idea. WTF dude taking a pic of dat ass.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:28:50 2013 No.6717323 37 and last photo, so cgl who do you think will win?

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:29:50 2013 No.6717325 File: 74 KB, 640x960, 562201_606067176089242_1884968484_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 37 last photo

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:30:20 2013 No.6717327 >>6717323 Whoever wins... We lose But I like number 4.

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:32:20 2013 No.6717331 >>6717327 14 looks a bit washed out(?) but I like it too.

Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:43:51 2013 No.6717357

>>6717248
was she being serious omfg

>>6717269
I don't understand why you would put all that time and effort into making a costume then not bother with your wig and makeup?

>>6717311
This would have been nice if it didn't have such shiny fabric

>>6717323
4 is definitely the best of a bad lot

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:55:20 2013 No.6717385 File: 146 KB, 960x720, 31441_518957401484107_623468950_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] think i have found 2 photos of the worst cosplayer ever

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 21:55:20 2013 No.6717387 File: 94 KB, 960x720, 269253_518957548150759_16050389_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] THEM EYESSSS

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 22:08:50 2013 No.6717423 >>6717323 I'd say #34 But they're all horrible in retrospective

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 22:09:20 2013 No.6717428 >>6717423 Oh yeah, or #4. #4 has a great chance.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 01:06:50 2013 No.6717837 >>6717321 >WTF dude taking a pic of dat ass. It's a girl.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 11:20:50 2013 No.6718394 so did anyone go to sunnycon?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 13:12:21 2013 No.6718505 >>6717157 >WTF is the Geekshow? Generic "we so geeky" podcast type stuff. Used to broadcast on the radio in the north east iirc, no idea whether pirate radio or not.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 14:33:50 2013 No.6718606 >>6717313 so this has just won £2,000 how dose that make you feel CGL

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 14:45:50 2013 No.6718632 apparently no prejudging either

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 14:46:21 2013 No.6718637

>>6718606
not a furry fan. But to be honest it is probably the best out of the lot - it's cleanly made, no awful hair showing through wig (lolobviously) it just looks clean and well made..
I don't understand why something as shitty as sunnycon would offer such a good prize, though

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 15:15:20 2013 No.6718701

sunnycon's prize is because sunderland council funds the event, and rather than spending the cash on the event, they've given it to people as a prize.

I'm also certain that wolf has been in other competitions, totally breaking the rules. well done sunnycon for not vetting your competitors properly.

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 15:48:21 2013 No.6718748

I called it back when it was announced. Big cash prize would bring all cheaters out. Rules clearly state that the costume must not have been entered in any other comps, and that wolf link was entered into manchester expo a couple of years back.

It's a shame, she seemed lovely. never expected her to cheat.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 15:50:51 2013 No.6718754 Just to confirm it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmRj97f_92k

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 15:54:20 2013 No.6718767 >>6718701 your thinking of the wrong con nemacon is council funded

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 15:55:50 2013 No.6718773 >>6718754 So not only did they enter it elsewhere, it won something? Someone flag this up to sunnycon

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 16:23:51 2013 No.6718825 9. You may not enter into the contest with costumes previously worn at any other contest or that you have entered into a competition with. http://www.sunnycon.co.uk/cosplay.php The rules are pretty clear on that one.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 17:23:50 2013 No.6718938 won at failcon too apparently http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/costume/view/50211

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 17:32:50 2013 No.6718959

>>6718825
>http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/costume/view/50211

While breaking the rules is a bad thing indeed, how many entrants actually read the rules before signing up for a Masq, prize or not?

I never did for Ame, Aya or MCM and tbh I feel something like this rests in the hands of the organisers as they need to check any entrants beforehand which is kind of impossible to do.

Plus it says "You may not enter into the contest with costumes previously worn at any other contest or that you have entered into a competition with." Maybe she's worn it at other events and not competed with it?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 17:37:20 2013 No.6718969 >>6718959 >>6718754 She wins third place at 3:40.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 17:56:20 2013 No.6719000 She didn't make the costume it was bought off an American and it has been entered before. Who came second?

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 18:18:50 2013 No.6719045 >>6719000 oh this just keep getting better and better, So any evidence?

>>	ai-honey !eEQ3LJoZmM Sun Mar 24 18:23:20 2013 No.6719060 >>6719000 You have any proof on that anon? She'll probably be disqualified anyway, but for all we know it was a genuine mistake.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 19:58:21 2013 No.6719303 >>6719060 I thought it was common knowledge that you couldnt re-enter costumes

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:00:20 2013 No.6719306

>>6718959
If I enter a competition I make sure to read the rules very carefully
If the competition has a big or important prize I will study that shit so I can recite it backwards

I can see how people might not bother for a masquerade with no reward or w/e but for £2000 surely you would spare 10 minutes to make sure your planned costume is eligible? There could be any amount of restriction e.g No western characters, must be made yourself etcetera and I can't believe that someone wouldn't check before they wasted 2-3 months on an ineligible costume

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:05:50 2013 No.6719318

>>6719306
>I can see how people might not bother for a masquerade with no reward or w/e but for £2000 surely you would spare 10 minutes to make sure your planned costume is eligible?
This. And some part also needs to fall on the organisers. The masq entries were all signed up before the con right? They should have asked each contestant for enough info to be able to check their stuff met the rules - there's no point having rules if they're not enforced, you just end up looking stupid and annoying people who stuck to the rules.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:19:50 2013 No.6719363 Maybe that's the point - if she gets disqualified - the cash price can be taken back and remain sunnycons property no? =/

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:24:51 2013 No.6719377 >>6719363 IT HAS ALL BEEN AN ELABORATE SCAM nah they'd have to re-award it and I would need to be paid a lot of money to be marked a cheat and have my reputation discredited so publicly

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:24:51 2013 No.6719378 Donate the cash to charity. I'd be happy with that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:32:20 2013 No.6719401 >>6719377 Or they just don't do it publicly? They just say "Nope, you broke the rules. No money for you" and then sit on the cash hoping that the recipient doesn't kick up any fuss because they don't want to make it public that they cheated.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:33:20 2013 No.6719405 >>6719060 Was it originally by Beastcub/Lilleah West? It looks like her work possibly, plus she's infamous in California for sandbagging masqs in mascot suits and entered variants of Wolf Link over and over.

>>	Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:34:50 2013 No.6719413 Apparently there was no proper pre-judging. all the judges got was the couple of minutes of the competitors on stage and one of the judges "disappeared". So you could look like total shit hotglued together, as long as you looked ok from a distance

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 20:58:20 2013 No.6719512

>>6719413
I heard there was a "pre-judging" of sorts but thanks to the organisation being nonexistent it ended up basically being post-judging.

People had to bring their costumes back in again on the Sunday for the judges to have a proper look at stuff and their scrapbooks.

Anonymous Sun Mar 24 21:30:50 2013 No.6719685

>>6718959
I think it is up to the contestants to read the rules. The organisers then need to enforce it otherwise what's the point in making rules public. It takes no time at all to check through rules. Organisers don't have the time to check through 40+ contestants. Certainly not at bigger events. I certainly would check the rules myself.

I do think for a cash prize rules needed to be enforced and pre-judging should have happened.

Especially if a winning costume then goes on to break those rules.

ai-honey !eEQ3LJoZmM Sun Mar 24 21:40:50 2013 No.6719722

>>6719303
Nope, not at all cons is this the case.

>>6719306
>>6719318
The rules were changed. They may have very carefully read the old rules.

>>6719685
It was up to the organisers to tell the judges about the rules at least. If they did then there's the possibility the contestant lied, but honestly their wins are very public. They'd have to be pretty dumb to lie even for a cash prize.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 00:00:20 2013 No.6720179

>>6719722
I have seen some examples of contestants lying about their costumes even when it is very possible to see evidence against them. Some people do try to see what they can get away with.

I hope that the winner in question wasn't lying as she struck me as a nice person.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 00:52:27 2013 No.6720319 >>6719722 I want you to leave forever. I hate you so much

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 05:00:20 2013 No.6720720

>>6719512
Nope

I was a contestant. There was no pre judging because the organisers didn't arrange one. I asked if there would be a post-judging and was told there would be, on the Sunday, and to come to the cosplay coordinator to arrange a time. This was then CANCELLED because they LOST A JUDGE. As in they just couldn't work out where she was, and by the time she turned up it was too late. So there was also no post judging either. The only time the full panel of judges got to see the costumes at all was the 5-10 seconds they were on stage in front of them, or if they happened to be hanging around the queue (which at least one was, because she ended up actually organising the masquerade for them). We certainly didn't get to sit down with the judges and go through our scrapbooks or talk over the costumes with them, we were never even officially introduced to them. We were told the judges might "ask to see stuff" on the sunday, but a) they didn't and b) trying to just randomly find a specific person at a 1000 person open event if just silly, you have to arrange appointments and actually organise things.

We didn't get our music because the organisers messed up again, they had told contestants to either bring their own music or request stuff they would then "try to find", and when they didn't find the music for everyone, they didn't use ANY of the music, even the stuff that people had brought themselves. Some of this was possibly also down to the poor organisation, they may have wanted to use our music then not had time to arrange it. I know at least one girl had a specific performance planned out to her song as she was in a costume from a music game, and she never got to do that, either on stage or in front of the judges in private.

There was also at least one pair who turned up to the pre masquerade gathering (which was 30 minutes before the masq was due to start), and somehow got the impression that the masquerade wasn't on, and didn't get to participate at all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 05:16:20 2013 No.6720729 File: 279 KB, 288x162, 1359933313562.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6720720 I have a feeling that this £2000 will never see the light of day.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 05:35:20 2013 No.6720740 I know guy with the swords on his back came 3rd, who came second?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 05:37:50 2013 No.6720742 >>6720740 He should ask the event where his other £500 is for actually coming 2nd.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 06:30:50 2013 No.6720774

>>6720720
That is appauling, i'm actually really angry about this as it's a big cash prize so you would think that some degree of organising should have gone into the masq. If not why not just throw a wad of cash up in the air and get them to fight over it.
Fuck's sake

>>6716950

The Eroge panel looks like it could funny at least. But why is it on at 4 in the afternoon? And i agree, so much empty space especially in the evenings
I guess they want everyone to go to the parties

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 07:25:21 2013 No.6720787 >>6717311 2nd place winner. I thought it was well deserved, definately stood out as a potential winner, and the fabric wasn't as shiny irl

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 07:25:21 2013 No.6720788 >>6717387 there was a stall doing these eyes. They were like £3 per person. A disturbing amount of people had them painted on....

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 07:32:51 2013 No.6720795

It's a shame SunnyCon has gone down so badly. The whole event was badly organised, and the cosplay comp was a shambles. The judges did a great job with what little help they must've had. The organisers behind the event were appalling, and as far as I could see there was no planning at all. There were multiple shoutouts (mostly wrong, then corrected later) regarding cosplay entries, giving wrong times, locations, information etc. No wonder people were confused. I could barely piece it together and I wasn't even entering, and there were so few staff and volunteers around you couldn't even ASK for any help.

There was meant to be a prejudging but no time slot was allocated, and when they "organised" one last minute (via email I believe) nobody was told WHERE to meet so it fell through. Because of this the judges had next to nothing to work off aside from on-stage presence and what little time they had to speak to the entrants in their own time as far as I could tell.

It's a shame the winner will be disqualified but I do worry it's a genuine mistake since the "no other competitions" rule is VERY low on the list of rules on SunnyCon's website. For being such an important rule, you'd think it'd have been advertised more predominantly, not second from the bottom. All in all the event was an absolute joke, considering it was meant to be an esteemed cosplay award.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 07:42:51 2013 No.6720805

>>6720795

The list was only ten rules long, if you can't cope with 10 bullet points you probably shouldn't be allowed out on your own. I don't know how long that rule was there but it was certainly a decent amount of time, we were planning our costumes for several months based on that rule. If I'd have known it would just be ignored I'd have dug out one of my old heavy hitters, as would a ton of my friends, so I sincerely hope the £500 third prize goes to a new competitor and the current second and third are bumped accordingly.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 07:52:51 2013 No.6720821

>>6720805
the rule was always there as far as I remember. Me and some friends were looking to enter the competition mid-last year but were put off as some of us had entered competitions with the costumes we were basing the group on, which would've had all of us disqualified (as far as we could tell, anyway)

It's amazing how people can make fabulous costumes but not count to 10

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 07:54:21 2013 No.6720825 what the fuck is Sunnycon, I've never even heard of this?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 08:03:21 2013 No.6720834 >>6720825 It's a con in Sunderland run by Tuckys Anime. This year was its second year. By all accounts it seems to have been a worse event than even some of the AL clusterfucks. Does anyone who went know if there was any drama with Vic?

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 11:08:23 2013 No.6720975

"Given that the costume that placed first was ineligible to compete, having been entered in/won at least one cosplay contest previously, could you let me know where you will be announcing the new placings for the contest? I presume second and third will be bumped to first and second, so where should I check to see the new third place?"

Verbatim, and email I sent to Sunnycon. Snarky, but eh. At this point I've gotten over myself and don't expect to get third, but SOMEONE deserves it damnit.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 11:24:23 2013 No.6720981

>>6720975
Was that the whole thing or did you include any info on where the winner had previously competed/won? Because without that they might just take it as you whinging.

Hopefully they'll give you a good response and sort their shit out. This whole debacle isn't doing the cons rep any favours.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 11:32:52 2013 No.6720988 File: 237 KB, 633x758, Brendan Rodgers comes home for Christmas.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who /tiocfaidh ar la/ here?

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 11:36:53 2013 No.6720996

>>6720981

That was the whole thing, they say in the briefing we were sent "prize money will be given in the form of a bank transfer within 7 working days after the convention. This is to allow for due diligence just to make sure everything is in order and the cosplay followed the rules and we research into things like has the cosplay been entered in any other competitions etc. If you have not been honest with us we will find out so please bear in mind that we do check everything!", so I'm not throwing them any bones, they have pre-promised due diligence and that's what I'm expecting

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 11:43:52 2013 No.6721002 File: 84 KB, 150x276, my unionist gunman can't be this cute.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6720988 >/tiocfaidh ar la/ This is a britfag thread. Fenians go home and take your potato starved bog language with you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 12:10:53 2013 No.6721043 >>6720774 >I guess they want everyone to go to the parties 1) Probably one of the only thing I will definitely be doing is going to the parties 2) Then why did they clash a TGS Panel with the Saturday party?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 12:27:52 2013 No.6721063 Any of you Britfags have cosplay facebook pages?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 12:42:23 2013 No.6721079 >>6721043 they did? i don't know, i just glanced at the timetable this morning. there is still shit all on so it makes no sense why everything is crammed together at the same time

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 12:47:22 2013 No.6721083 >>6721079 And crammed together mainly in the mornings, too

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 13:00:22 2013 No.6721099

>>6721079
>there is still shit all on so it makes no sense why everything is crammed together at the same time
I believe a lot of the unallocated space is due to be used for screenings. But it still reeks of bad planning and bad organisation - maybe they had more events planned and people pulled out late or something?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 13:03:23 2013 No.6721105 Did anyone go to see Gilgamesh arms' panel on prop making? I want to know more about the fine art of cutting a shape out of MDF and slapping gloss house paint on it!

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 13:11:52 2013 No.6721120
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>>6721105
>Using MDF
>Not using superior styrofoam boards
Prop making panels are just ways for prop dealers to try and get a discount on tables. It's kind of pointless for them to tell people how to make anything other than generic crap otherwise noone would buy shit from them.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 13:15:52 2013 No.6721130 >>6721120 No, that's what they sell too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 13:19:23 2013 No.6721139 Comment on Sunnycons facebook: >Infact leaving a guest who lost their luggage at the airport without a change of clothes or even bothering to find them food is horrid, always take care of your guests Please say it was Vic, please please please

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 13:22:23 2013 No.6721143 >>6721139 Not Vic. He made them give him a better hotel though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 13:27:25 2013 No.6721158 >>6721120 He literally makes badly shaped crap badly cut out of MDF, and literally paints them with cheapo house paint. Look him up on facebook and laugh your pants off. I was making better stuff at highschool.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 14:04:07 2013 No.6721301 >>6721139 more on this please

ai-honey !eEQ3LJoZmM Mon Mar 25 14:07:07 2013 No.6721317

Well, the more I read the more it seems like miscommunication due to organisation. Dunno about anyone else but I'm glad if it was just a genuine mistake. Shit happens. It seems like it was a shambles but at least they can fix it.

>>6721139
Pretty sure that was Ginny. One of my friends was one of the judges and she was offering to help with make up and stuff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:13:09 2013 No.6721518 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hf2ITALw68 I just found zonic skit... HELPPPPPP

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:20:11 2013 No.6721537 >>6721139 Ginny lost her luggage >>6721143 Vic complained about the hotel and got moved. Not surprised though, from what I heard it was a pokey freezing cold hotel on the sea front.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:30:12 2013 No.6721563

Sunnycon was a mess.

No security, EVEN in the morning for dealers to set up. Noone at the door checking badges on both days.

Their frontmen on both days were cringeworthy. On saturday it was a guy preaching to under 16s about 4chan, bronies (this is a like looking at least about 30-40 y/o), and internet references that are so fucking old you can only sit back and cringe.

For a convention advertising japenese culture ('Come a long and immerse yourself in fascinating Japanese tradition.') their DJ was something you would expect from a wedding, or a cheap birthday party at a community centre. Playing shit like gangham style, harlem shake, pitbull and carameldansen REPEATEDLY was horrid. Additionally, due to the sound levels, the actual speakers during the event were subject to be drowned out by this horrible shit. The ones that actually knew what they were talking about and that people were genuinely finding interesting.

The cosplay competetion was changed at last minute I heard. They announced the competition on the sunday, then didn't tell anyone that it was changed to the saturday. There was a supposed pre-judging to take place, in the form of a HALF HOUR slot before the contest. The judges complained that it was not nearly long enough, so they decided to change it to a post judging on sunday, where the contestants could go in wearing or just presenting their cosplay in a room with the panel.

The contest itself was bullshit. I'm only going to cover the admin side of it, but the announcer was awkward as fuck, and they clearly didn't have a set routine for the contestants until about 3 or 4 people in. Every so often, the announcer would consistently break immersion by jumping in during "performances" and get the cosplayers to speak about their costume. Not to mention that the guy couldn't pronounce the majority of cosplays/cosplayers and even read out some of them completely and embarassingly wrong.

Ctd.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:45:15 2013 No.6721584

>>6721563
Ctd.

There was a point where one of the contestents corrected him on what she was cosplaying, and they guy retorted with "Well it says this on the sheet" twice as if it was her fault their admin was piss poor.

At the end of the performances, the announcer even told the audience that the results would be done today. All the judges shook their heads at him to signal that he should redact that, but he was as fucking oblivious as a rock. They never announced when they were actally going to give the results to non contestants.

The events were bullshit. Once again, openly advertising yaoi and yuri events in a convention full of underaged kids was such a fucking smart move.

On sunday, the raffle was appauling. it just seemed like a way to give second hand cosplay gear to the masses, claiming them as awesome prizes. Nope. Shite.

It's clear that their target audience is the younger generation, but they're basically bringing them up to turn them into shitty weebs. This may be their second convention, but they've had a year to prepare. Even their website is shit. I find it a joke that they use tucky's payment gateway to purchase the tickets. He may be the top guy but holy fuck show some professionalism. This was definately not worth £25. The only thing going for them were their special guests and, even then, their shitty con booklet didn't actually give credit to all the guests who attended.

Honestly I feel dirty for attending, and I feel sorry for the people at that con who actually put hard work into preparing, because the overall structure of it was non-existent.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:48:15 2013 No.6721593

>>6721537
Yes. Vic complained and was moved to a better hotel.

The rest were still left to suffer in the freezing cold. The staff who did the meet and greet for the guests p much just took them to their room for the day and left them. No meet & greets, no guest meal or anything. Kinda treated like they were only paying for them because they felt they had to.

Also, correct. Ginny did lose her luggage. She had to buy new clothes for the convention.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:53:17 2013 No.6721617

With all the shit that was messed up behind the scenes, it is nice to see that the majority of those that did go enjoyed it as a convention. The younger ones did seem to have a significantly better time than everyone else, minus the creepers. Hopefully they'll do better next year.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:55:17 2013 No.6721619 >>6721563 I was a contestant and I had no idea there was a post judging on Sunday.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 15:55:17 2013 No.6721621

>>6721563
>>6721584
ALL OF THIS. Did you attend the cosplay panel? The second half was impossible to be heard because of the shitty DJ blasting music all day.

Also just to add the highly professional moment when the announcer told two of the entrants to "turn around and get off the stage" without realising the mic was still in range so it would be heard. The whole thing was cringeworthy and terribly put together, he needs to be fucking sacked.

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 16:26:11 2013 No.6721696

>>6721584
>I find it a joke that they use tucky's payment gateway to purchase the tickets. He may be the top guy but holy fuck show some professionalism.
Tucky and professionalism do not go together. His whole business aim and purpose for running his store and con seems to be to pimp himself up as some sort of UK anime industry player. He's a joke as far as anime dealers go and it's not surprising his con's fucked up in its second year.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 17:04:07 2013 No.6721786 >>6721619 It's OK, there wasn't. Some of us asked for one and were told there would be one, but it never happened.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 19:19:10 2013 No.6722122 File: 1.14 MB, 996x950, Fuckingfetlife.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'll just leave this here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 19:45:15 2013 No.6722211 >>6722122 Context?

Anonymous Mon Mar 25 19:56:17 2013 No.6722236

>>6722211
fetlife is a fetish website and non suprisingly you aren't allowed to upload photos of people who have not given their consent for you to do so
adding captions like "I wanted to violate this girl so bad" to photos of strangers is a whole new level of autism that we won't get into here

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 20:58:06 2013 No.6722366 >>6722211 >>6722236 Think of it as a watch list for creepers. Here's the UK anime group. I know I've seen a fair few of the people in it at cons before. https://fetlife.com/groups/21312

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 22:38:13 2013 No.6722649 Every skit at Sunnycon made me die a little more inside.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 23:31:14 2013 No.6722783 >>6722649 Every con skit I've seen has made me die a little inside.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 25 23:36:15 2013 No.6722793 >>6722783 Can't argue with that.

Anonymous Tue Mar 26 07:31:28 2013 No.6723451

>SunnyCon is proof that anime events don’t have to take place in the likes of London and Manchester to be a success. People are genuinely interested in seeing what the city has to offer and this event will do a great deal to enhance the city’s reputation as a leading place for software and technology.
What has software and technology got to do with people running around in cosplay and listening to VAs?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 26 08:17:10 2013 No.6723471 >>6723451 Probably because it got some funding off the council under the guise of promoting Sunderland for tourism.

Anonymous Tue Mar 26 08:55:19 2013 No.6723495

>>6722366
Just having a profile stalk of the group members and one of them claims to have DID and her 'alter' is called Shadow sureeeeeee

>>6723471
I've never heard of Sunderland in my life other than Sunnycon so I guess it's working

Also we are in auto sage

Anonymous Tue Mar 26 15:46:20 2013 No.6724071

The actual con was so and so. It was aimed more towards the youngsters and relied a lot on the guests to make or break the time.

The DJ they had was horrendous as was the PA, the organisation of the contests was poor but all in all at the end of the day it wasn't too bad at all.

The whole top and bottom of it was just meeting up with some friends, having a laugh and trying not to freeze to death. for £25 though? Well it was a bit much but it wasn't the absolute worst.

Anonymous Tue Mar 26 15:52:22 2013 No.6724086 [DELETED]

>>6721593
Fuck off, as a member of staff I can tell you we took the guests out for at least 2 evening meals and paid for all their food. Ginnys luggage was lost on the first day and we reimbursed her on the two outfits she bought saturday morning. Also vic was only moved because the hotel room he was in had broken heating and we werent made aware of this till just as he arrived.

Lrn2askstaff

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 26 16:00:06 2013 No.6724103 >>6724086 Responding to someone who's being critical by telling them to fuck off is a really good way to represent your convention.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 26 16:03:07 2013 No.6724107 File: 66 KB, 1870x366, drghtydrg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6724106 Have a screen cap of it <3

Anonymous Tue Mar 26 16:06:07 2013 No.6724114

>>6724107
Noice. Didn't see the bit about the prize sponsor. Anyone know which company it was out of interest?

Haha, oh fuck I managed to delete my own post - meant to do that on a /co/ thread.

I'm repeat it:
>>6724103
And for the record:

>>6724086 was this
>Fuck off, as a member of staff I can tell you we took the guests out for at least 2 evening meals and paid for all their food. Ginnys luggage was lost on the first day and we reimbursed her on the two outfits she bought saturday morning. Also vic was only moved because the hotel room he was in had broken heating and we werent made aware of this till just as he arrived.

>Lrn2askstaff

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 26 16:21:11 2013 No.6724142 New thread >>6724141

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