Middle Tennessee Anime Convention

[Anonymous No.7469371]

So who's going to MTAC this year? It'll be my first time going and I'll be with a group of friends. Discuss what you're cosplaying, panels you'll be going to, potential meetups, stories, etc.

[Anonymous No.7469702]

Not much in here, so I'll give you a bump.
I went to it last year, and it was a lot of fun. This year, however, the hotel complex that hosted last year, and many years before, isn't hosting this year. In short, new area.
Also, don't take everything I say for fact, this is all from my friend's mouth.
As for this year, I don't know what I'm cosplaying as yet. My friend has a cosplay for me. As for panels, probably some yuri panels and whatever I get dragged into.
No meetups currently.

A word of advice:
>Some boys do really, really good girl cosplays.
Don't be fooled.
Unless you like traps, which is cool too.

[Anonymous No.7470186]

They just posted the schedule, so I'm excited

[Anonymous No.7470443]

>>7469702
sorry to burst your bubble, but I didn't see any Yuri panel. I do believe there is a yaoi panel though. Its basically the same thing. You should check it out.

I'm almost finished with my costume. Its mostly just a few details and painting them 3D printing the last major part on thursday. Hopefully this new venue will work out ok and won't be to crowded. Last year was a little crowded but I blame the line waiting to meet Norman Reedus at the Horror con. Defiantly going to the cosplay contest, might compete if they will allow my costume (i'm not sure I meet the rules)

[Anonymous No.7470724]

was there drama with the staff? why the change in venue

also, I'm dissapointed that they didn't do a fedora themed ball as a followup to their MLP ball last year.
It would of been amazing
"no formalwear needed, just a classy hat"

and they're shoving vic micdingdong down our throats as well.

[Anonymous No.7470831]

>>7470724
In the last thread somebody who knows some MTAC staff said that it was probably because of damage to the hotel (broken rotating door/broken elevator/and several rooms had to be steam cleaned)

[Anonymous No.7470989]

I'm happy to see that there are no general random panels in the schedule this year.
Females ages 18-24, I can't tell you what stormtrooper it is once he's in costume, but if he tries to give you his phone to add him on facebook, decline and say you'll do it later. He's not fedora creep, but nice guy, disguised date creep.

[Anonymous No.7471044]

Ugh, I have a feeling this year will be crazy crowded with this smaller hotel. Not looking forward to that part, especially since this year my costumes are all heavy/hot. I also miss the para panels. I liked watching people wave their arms around like idiots.

[Anonymous No.7471602]

>>7470831
well, its new management too. but at least easter (I hope) will be easier.

>every food place closed

[Anonymous No.7474145]

bump

[Anonymous No.7478601]

bumping. Less than 13 days left before Mtac

How is everybodys cosplay coming? Will you be ready?

[Anonymous No.7480113]

>>7478601
Luckily I'm just recycling my Katsucon cosplay so I don't have to worry about that. Doubt anyone will recognize it at a con like MTAC though.

>>7471044
The crowd is the thing that scares me. As far as just people hanging out goes, it should work itself out since they're capping attendance, but that won't stop popular events/areas from being even bigger clusterfucks than usual. Fortunately for me I usually only go to smaller events.

Anyone know what they're going to do about parking? If you're staying at the main hotel, you're good to go, but where exactly is everyone supposed to park? Just as I was typing this someone on Facebook said this:
>Here is an MTAC Truth I beg everyone to spread:
Do NOT park at The Avenue, the shopping center next to the con hotel! You will be towed! This is The Avenue's policy not MTAC. There will be shuttle service from the overflow hotels and overflow parking lots available. More information coming very soon!

[Anonymous No.7481518]

I'm skipping out on my larger cosplay props just because I don't wan the small space/large crowd to mess with it.

[Anonymous No.7484511]

Thinking of playing in the Smash Bros. tournament they'll be holding.

[Anonymous No.7484711]

>>7484511
I hope this time they don't fuck everyone over by making it paid entry and not even telling us the rosters aren't complete until the first round starts. That was 2 years ago though, maybe they fixed it last year. Didn't happen in previous years.

[Anonymous No.7485432]

>>7478601
My leather paint dries streaky on my boots. Only have two coats so far and I changed brushes and technique, but still. Bumming me out.

So MTAC has been hinting that try are going to run out of tickets, any feels?

[Anonymous No.7485536]

>>7485432
they've already "ran out" of group pre-orders. I was super pissed since we had a group and everything

[Anonymous No.7487899]

I hope that guy who was the host last year is there again. His costumes were shit but he made me laugh.

[Anonymous No.7488745]

Hey guys, somehow I managed to get a hold of a room the the Embassy and I'm looking for roommates to split the fees with. Anyone still need a place to stay?

[Anonymous No.7489545]

I've got a room one mile from the con. It's just me, so there's an extra bed and couch open, if anyone needs somewhere to crash for free. I'm heading down on Thursday, and leaving Sunday.
Anyways, I plan on going as Hunter S. Thompson. Nothing fancy, but it's still a costume. This will be my first year going alone, so if anyone wants to hang out, lemme know.

I also don't mind giving rides to anyone who wants to crash in my room. You get to ride in this thing, which hopefully won't get stolen.

[Anonymous No.7489552]

>>7469702
I think I know who you're talking about. Was he wearing a blonde wig?If so, that was my friend.

[Anonymous No.7489784]

>>7489545
>640x480
>dat shitty resolution
also how is Hunter S. Thompson a cosplay? Am I missing an anime character with the same name or something?

[Anonymous No.7490940]

>>7489545
contact details?

I got somewhere to stay but you seem pretty chill to just let random internet strangers stay with you

[Anonymous No.7491129]

>>7490940
Shitty phone photo. Oh well. I'm dressing as he was portrayed in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (the movie, of course)

>>7489784
Skype would be preferred.
xanaxwithlemonade

[Anonymous No.7491135]

>>7489784
Eh, shitty phone photo. Oh well. I'm dressing as he was portrayed in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

>>7490940
Skype is preferred.
xanaxwithlemonade

[Anonymous No.7492096]

Any decent halo players wanna team up for the tournament? If I can find 3 other people who can hold their own we can make this an easy win.

I'll be cosplaying as Spike on Saturday. So pumped for Little Kuriboh.

It just needs to be the 18th already.

[Anonymous No.7492465]

Went last year, the year before and am gonna go again. Sad their is no lolita fashion show this year

[Anonymous No.7497173]

Just a few more days. Even though it's already been said, just gonna help out some fellow seagulls:
>reminder that you can't park at the main hotel unless you have a room under your name
>reminder that if you park at The Avenue as an MTAC attendee you will get towed because The Avenue folks are greedy jews.
>reminder that the Chamber of Commerce right across the street from the hotel will have a lot open for the weekend starting thursday at 5pm (spots are limited, get one while you can)
>reminder that if you're at an overflow hotel they'll shuttle you for free as per MTAC's own funding, so no need to worry there

Also, I hear a lot of the shit staff members have been purged since last year (though a few of them still linger). Hopefully that's true.

Anyway, I'm excited. Cosplay's ready, I'm not broke, and I got crash space in the main hotel. Sucks that I'll probably pass by some of you without realizing it; it's hard to find cool people at cons in these parts. Hope you all have a good time.

[Anonymous No.7497478]

>>7469371

I've been going since 2007. Prepare your fucking anus for the place to be crowded as all fucking hell.

It's gunna be like the sheraton all over again. Cramped. Smelly. With no room to do much.

And to make matters worse, they don't even have good musical acts this year. Fucking blows.

[Anonymous No.7498585]

>>7497173
How will the avenue know which cars to tow? I've been wondering about that, for all that I already have parking at an overflow hotel.

[Anonymous No.7498621]

>>7498585
they will be checking for anime bumper stickers.

>"you sure this is the right car to tow boss?"
>"no doubt about it. this here's a geniune weebshit sticker right here"
>"I had no Idea."
>"look at the souless giant 'ol eyes and cat ears fella, and thats how you know. alright, load her up"

[Anonymous No.7498697]

Anyone seen any coords of this dress?

[Anonymous No.7498719]

Something I saw on the website that I'll have tattooed on my arm the day of the con so I know what to plug into the GPS

"Convention Parking Lots

>"We have two lots dedicated to Attendee Parking for those not staying at any of the convention hotels: the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, and the Old Fort Pkwy Walmart Supercenter parking lot. Both locations are regular stops for the shuttle service."

[Anonymous No.7498985]

i'm going for the my third year in a row, look for Quote on friday and White Mage on friday

i get to wear this shit every single workday and it makes me crazy happy

[Anonymous No.7499027]

>>7469371
I'll be there, primarily just on friday as winter kaito and i'll be with a cherry miku. May do Gray from fairy tail if I go on saturday.

We normally stay at the hotel, but work and money got in the way so MTAC, being the local con, got dropped from the list :/

[Anonymous No.7499038]

>>7469702
Yeah, they were told that they can't come to the new nashville convention centre unless they put down a ridiculously huge deposit. Apparently they were concerned over how much we damaged the old con centre in 2013 O.o

Heard from two people who are working staff that they asked for a $5 million deposit to use the new con centre, which is obviously why they had to move. Don't know if that number is real, but it's crazy nonetheless.
Then again... they did say we broke an escalator, their revolving glass entrance door, some chandeliers, possibly the ballroom floor, and a bunch of other things...

[Anonymous No.7499068]

>>7489552
Yeah was he at AWA? If so that guy is awesome.

[Anonymous No.7499148]

I'll Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho
I hope you have fun!

[Anonymous No.7502585]

I've never been to a con before. Just stumbled on this by accident. I wanna go to this on saturday.

I looked at the website and it says ``Pre-Reg closed, walk-ins limited''. Is that for people that want to ``compete'' in contests? Are walk-ins limited for people wanting to attend as viewers, like myself?

[Anonymous No.7502659]

>>7502585
Walk in is limited for people who just want to go to the con. It is a new venue and they don't have enough space to be as big as last year.

[Anonymous No.7502781]

TOMORROW

[Anonymous No.7502829]

Here a day early. I suppose I could take some pictures of the interior for you all once I get settled in.

[Anonymous No.7502901]

>>7502829
I'm way too excited for this con, so I am so down for pictures.

[Anonymous No.7503095]

>>7502901
Sure thing. I'll see if I can post a bunch more soon.

By the way, everyone, 500 walk-ins.
Five. Hundred.

[Anonymous No.7503178]

>>7503095

[Anonymous No.7503180]

>>7503178

[Anonymous No.7503183]

>>7503180

[Anonymous No.7503444]

>>7503095
shit more people were saved from Titanic than that

[Anonymous No.7503949]

>>7503444
yeah hope you pre-regd. Walk ins are likely done by now.

[Anonymous No.7504017]

>>7497478
i liked sheraton honestly. last year was way too fucking crowded even with like 3 floors. i'm about to go in a minute. my friend says its crowded already :(

[Anonymous No.7504047]

>>7504017
Someday, anon, someday maybe we'll be in the massive Music City Center. Well, assuming mtac doesn't go down the shitter.

[Anonymous No.7504090]

>>7504047
>Well, assuming mtac doesn't go down the shitter.
There's always the myriad of other cons that go on in Nashville.

[Anonymous No.7504240]

>>7504090
Other cons?
Like GMX? That's the only other large con in nashville I know of.

[Anonymous No.7504242]

>>7504047
I really hope so, the word is still that they wont let us in because we wrecked the renaissance

[Anonymous No.7504479]

>>7504240
AkaiCon just started and seems to be growing pretty fast. In a couple years it'll probably have a few thousand.

[Anonymous No.7504636]

First time attendee here. Disappointed with this con overall. The venue is just too small, and there seems to be some problems with them cancelling things last minute, like the Halo tournament, or opening late "because some of the dealers seem to still be sleeping!". I also wasn't allowed to walk in the gaming room because I had a tiny purse on that wouldn't even fit a controller. I wouldn't leave it unattended so I turned around and walked out. It was impossible to even look for a couple of minutes at anything in the AA because there was a huge clusterfuck of people and staff constantly yelled at people to keep traffic moving. Once the Dealer Room opened, you had to stand in long lines that they kept shifting everywhere causing you to wait longer because of confusion.

[Anonymous No.7504638]

First time attendee here. Disappointed with this con overall.

The venue is just too small, and there seems to be some problems with them cancelling things last minute, like the Halo tournament, or opening late "because some of the dealers seem to still be sleeping!". I also wasn't allowed to walk in the gaming room because I had a tiny purse on that wouldn't even fit a controller. I wouldn't leave it unattended so I turned around and walked out.

It was impossible to even look for a couple of minutes at anything in the AA because there was a huge clusterfuck of people and staff constantly yelled at people to keep traffic moving. Once the Dealer Room opened, you had to stand in long lines that they kept shifting everywhere causing you to wait longer because of confusion.

[Anonymous No.7504652]

>>7504479
Akaicon is great. The con heads are really great people who legitimately just want to make the best convention they can. Would recommend.

Anyways, my Friday here's been uneventful. Had to go back to my hotel (not the Embassy) cuz the bf started feeling bad. We'll be coming back later tonight though.

Thursday was great though. While standing in line to grab our tickets, a few people ahead of us - one dude, a few ladies - were having a conversation about corsets. I joked with my boyfriend to try one on, which he was TOTALLY against (one of those hurr me macho no dress no makeup ever types) and the dude overheard. It turns out he works for Timeless Trends, and not only did he let me and a friend try on a few corsets they had on hand, but he also somehow convinced my boyfriend and his buddy to try one on too. Long story short, they now love wearing corsets. So my Thursday was basically great. Hope tonight's fun too!

[Anonymous No.7504671]

>>7504638
Yeah, MTAC isn't that great. Past couple of years it was next to a horror and tattoo con that Norman Reedus went to though. The Pyramid Head from 2 years ago rode on a elevator with the man.

Otherwise, it is basically just another small con.
2 years ago the location was great though, and wasn't overcrowded.

[Anonymous No.7504721]

>>7504240
As far as animu cons? Akaicon is the only one I know of. There's plenty of comic and sci-fi cons, though. (Names escape me, unfortunately.)

[Anonymous No.7504724]

>>7504652
Akaicon has a shitty head of programming, though. I submitted a few panels to them, but didn't hear from as to whether they were accepted or rejected. It wasn't until I asked that I learned they had turned me down.

To add insult to injury, they even lost my applications.

Akaicon a shit.

[Anonymous No.7504726]

Holy fuck the lines were atrocious. If they keep doing ot at that ome they need to work that out. I heard that people that didn't prereg had to wait for hours to get in. Some pretty good cosplay this year though, the Danganronpa fans went all out on their costumes.

Too much Homestuck, though.

[Anonymous No.7504815]

>>7504726
>too much Homestuck
Welcome to MTAC

[Anonymous No.7504836]

I waited 4 hours in line and they ran out of walk in tickets before I got in. Wish I pre registered but I wasn't sure if I could make it until they closed that. Hopefully I can get in tomorrow, this is crazy

[Anonymous No.7504858]

Why the fuck is Chii so cute.

Also, did anyone see any light novels? It was a little hard to search thoroughly with the hell death of the dealer rooms, but I didn't see any at all. Got some sweet figures though so that was nice. The lines for everything were awful though, and like the other anon, I hated the idea of leaving my unattended bags outside the game room. Dude straight up told me they weren't liable if they get stolen either. Fuck that.

[Anonymous No.7504904]

>>7504815

I didn't feel like it was this bad last year, but maybe that was just because it was a bigger place. Definitely less bronies, though I imagine that's because there wasn't a pony themed ball this year.

[Anonymous No.7505141]

MTAC in line

Surprised fire Marshall didn't shut them down over some if the cluster fuck I saw today.

[Anonymous No.7505388]

>>7505141
deets

[Anonymous No.7505592]

Is it any better today? I'm honestly wanting to just sleep in. I have a photoshoot today but I'm feeling super unmotivated because of yesterday...

[Anonymous No.7505610]

>>7505592
Well, all of the events I actually care about are happening today. Yesterday was just kinda my wander-and-socialize day.

I guess you could say the crowds are a little less chaotic, since everyone's sorta getting used to this tiny place (not that anyone likes it). Hard to say if it's more or less crowded though.

[Anonymous No.7505650]

Does anyone know when and where the Jfashion show is happening I can't find it on the schedule

[Anonymous No.7505713]

the staff is being a bunch of dicks about the lines for the dealer rooms tried to go into west and they turned us away saying the line was outside. there was no line inside.

my costume was extremely uncomfortable so i minimized it. im now tony stark in a suit with a repulsor glove. had the helmet and other glove but couldnt even go to the bathroom by myself.

[Anonymous No.7505850]

>>7505713
Do you have the glowing arc reactor under your shirt? I think I saw you

[Anonymous No.7505871]

>>7505850
no i was going to 3d print it but my printer hasent arrived yet

black suit with red shirt and the repulsor is on the right hand.im typing with my left hand because i have no range of motion with the right

im just chilling in my room until the next panel. this venue sucks

[Anonymous No.7505954]

>>7505871
yeah the venue is pretty small
I'm going as Sterling Archer, give me a shoutout if you see me

[Anonymous No.7505964]

>>7505954
>Sterling Archer
if i see you ill say hi, probably heading back down in a min

[Anonymous No.7505971]

if anyone needs a place to stay at the host hotel tonight, hit me up a 256584028. Only like $30 or so

[Anonymous No.7506101]

anybody down to meetup and watch some Hentai?
I just got a new DVD. It sucks they cut out the Hentai and Yuri viewing panels this year.

[Anonymous No.7506169]

If you saw either solid snake on friday or solaire today then that was me.
This con is horrible, honestly don't know why I made the drive.
At least I'll be getting drunk as shit tonight to make up for this awful venue and terrible staff.
Also has anyone noticed the number of police at the convention? They seem somewhat nice but there's way more here then I'm used to.

[Anonymous No.7506171]

>>7471602
Not that many people know this, but the former pedophile con-chair who was booted off staff for money laundering

But you didn't hear it from me

[Anonymous No.7506282]

>>7506169
I saw you. I forgot to praise it until you past each time.

[Anonymous No.7506476]

>>7506101
>watching hentai with people from 4chan
>>/d/

[Anonymous No.7506482]

>>7506171
I heard it from a mysterious internet whisper.
pedophile? did I miss something?

[Anonymous No.7506522]

>>7504638
Yeah i've gone since 2011 and my fiance has gone since 2007, and we both went friday and then decided we werent going back unless they changed venues or otherwise really got their shit together.
I really wanted it to be great, but MTAC this year sucked hard.
Anyway we were the winter kaito append and the cherry(sakura) miku. Recycled a couple cosplays from AWA just to check out the new venue.

[Anonymous No.7506743]

Well, the rave was closed by police an hour early (was told by a random person that they has to send multiple people to the hospital from drug overdose) and we were told by security that we couldn't have more than 4 people to a hotel room after we got into the room.

[Anonymous No.7507076]

TOP LEL

[Anonymous No.7507169]

>>7506482
Oh, nothing much; just that the old Con-Chair, Lucas Levertt was well known for fucking teenage con goers (even though he's married and has a kid), to the point to where he'd actually book himself several "fuck rooms" around whatever con hotel MTAC was at, so he could have more freedom in pounding little girls.

Which, of course, would cause problems when staff ACTUALLY needed him, because they never know which room to call.

MTAC staff has some fucking bonkers stories. But, then again, it was founded by a group of BDSM swingers, so stuff like this is bound to happen.

[Anonymous No.7507182]

Long time MTAC goer and native of Murfreesboro here:

To me the con wasn't as good as it could have been because staff didn't really put much thought into the venue aside from "yep; it can hold a bunch of people" and didn't think of how to make the panel rooms and the hallways work. If you'll notice, there was ZERO con security there; as in: The guys who would yell at you for just standing in the middle of the hallways and kept the lines and hall traffic sane at every other MTAC.

Honestly, if they actually got their shit together and really tried to work with their space, they could make the Murfreesboro venue work.

And they has better, because MTAC has basically been booted out of the Nashville from everywhere big enough to hold it but Opryland Hotel, which would end up being "MTAC Gold Member Edition" due to us probably having to pay Opryland prices for EVERYTHING.

[Anonymous No.7507492]

>>7506743
Apparently the water had been spiked with ecstasy

[Anonymous No.7507791]

I lost my Medusa ;~;

[Anonymous No.7508034]

2 teens had OD'd. No water spikes or anything insane like that. Just the usual BS where all the TN EDM kids show up for one night and ruin everything.

[Anonymous No.7508041]

so the security staff had a great time sat night walking or forcing their way into people's hotel rooms. Which is illegal. It happened to my friends room while I was there, they just walked in, wtf

everyone on facebook is saying shit like, "venues don't black list big money makers like this!"
looks like no one understands that the amount of money it takes to replace broken shit at venues every year outweighs the amount of money they get from the con.

[Anonymous No.7508117]

Can they beg the convention center and Renaissance for forgiveness? Because this shit was overcrowded.
The only thing I enjoyed was the hotel's nightly free drinks.

[Anonymous No.7508172]

just got home from mtac. it was SO overcrowded. i honestly had a godawful time. hot, long lines, boring panels you name it. i only got into the dealer room once and i didn't get into the rave at all. i've been going since 2007 but i dont even know if i want to go next year it just gets worse every time.

[Anonymous No.7508195]

Did anyone happen to catch a picture of the Im@s girl?

[Anonymous No.7508196]

>>7508034
What the fuck did they OD on?

By the time me and my group left, and went back to hang around, I was monitoring the FB page and saw that it was already over-crowded and pretty much past capacity. We decided not to go back last night. We did go this morning to hit up a few of the dealers though. Got some fun tshirts and stuff.

[Anonymous No.7508201]

>>7508196
btw, we were the Templar, Afro-samurai, John Wayne, and Ash.

[Anonymous No.7508223]

...not sure, but they got the word that officials were done with BS. The announcement of "circumstances beyond our control" hit, lights go up, game over.

[Anonymous No.7508233]

>>7508223
Fucking teens always ruin shit for everyone. There should be a stipulation on age past a certain time. 9am-10pm. All ages. Past 10pm, only those 18 or 21 and up. That'd solve some of the shit.

[Anonymous No.7508269]

>>7505713

I saw you in the costume competition.

Lines were fucking terrible, fyi. They said the same thing to us about the line to get into the contest.

[Anonymous No.7508276]

I'm glad the Vash won the part of the contest. The Sephiroth should've won. The chick-pony-whatever didn't deserve 1st place. Like, at all. No one applauded her at first, then did it out of courtesy. The Garridos was pretty cool, and the Isaac was also really good. Also, surprised the twins didn't win something, but the couple as madhatter and his woman deservedly won. Their costumes were gorgeous.

[Anonymous No.7508292]

>>7507076
The lines this year were unfookin believable, switching to a smaller venue when they anticipate more people to come makes no sense.

[Anonymous No.7508307]

>>7508276

the rose of Versailles people looked great

[Anonymous No.7508322]

anyone have pics?

[Anonymous No.7508330]

>>7508322
I do, but they are too large to upload. =[

[Anonymous No.7508381]

God, what a waste of my time and money.

[Vekter No.7508433]

http://imgur.com/a/gJRxb

Someone ask for pics?

[Anonymous No.7508453]

>>7508433
chadwic?

[Anonymous No.7508461]

Anybody get a picture of The Ox King?

[Vekter No.7508470]

>>7508453
Shit, meant to remove that pic. Fixed.

>>7508461
Done.

[Anonymous No.7508481]

>>7508470
YES

He is the only cosplayer I've ever wanted a photo of.

[Anonymous No.7508485]

So what was the cosplay competition like?

Who won?

[Vekter No.7508486]

>>7508481
I'll let him know.

[Anonymous No.7508504]

>>7508433
Glad to see so far I haven't ended up in any pictures. My shoulder was a star last year.

[Anonymous No.7508561]

>>7508481

Thanks!

I look forward to doing Uncle Iroh next year.

[Anonymous No.7508827]

If you're reading this, shout-out to the Kanbaru from Bakemonogatari cosplayer.

[Anonymous No.7508907]

How'd this convention go? All the reviews on the website say it was shit.

[Vekter No.7508916]

>>7508907
Honestly, I enjoyed myself. There's a lot of people saying it sucked, but compared to last year's con, I had a lot more fun. It was more intimate again, less cliquey (and less homestucks/bronies).

[Anonymous No.7508939]

>>7508907
Most of those are from butthurt Nashvillians who were mad that they had to drive for 20 minutes to go to a convention.

People whined about the lines being long, but they've ALWAYS been long. Same thing with the dealer room. Had to wait in line for the dealer room on Saturday? HOLY SHIT, WHO'D HAVE FUCKING THUNK IT'D BE FULL ON THE BUSIEST DAY?

Shit going down at the rave? That's an every year occurance, my friend.
The only thing to be upset about is the small hallways. There were a small amount of panels because they were short on panel room space, and JESUS FUCK, WE DON'T NEED 17 SnK, 13 HETALIA, AND 70 HOMESTUCK PANELS AT AN ANIME CONVENTION WHEN THE SAME PEOPLE HOST A GENERAL NERD CONVENTION; GET THE FUCK OVER YOURSELVES.

tl;dr The con was just like it is every year, but we were spoiled by the Nashville Convention Centre and then took it out on Murfreesboro because con staff fucked up our reputation in Nashville.

[Anonymous No.7508947]

>>7508916
>>7508939

hello holly

[Vekter No.7508956]

>>7508947

[Anonymous No.7509006]

>>7508947
>>7508947
>implying I'm Holly
That cunt is the one who always ok'd non-anime shit at MTAC. You do realize that SHE'S the one who pushed for all the MLP, Homestuck, and Yaoi-shipping Flavour of the year shit, right?

At the same time, I don't blame them; GMX is only good for going to get drunk at anyway.

[Anonymous No.7509012]

Anyone got pictures of Meira? aka obscure samurai pc-98 touhou that resembles gakupo?

>>7508907
I actually had a pretty decent time since I got my pass thursday night and inadvertently only went places with little to no lines except the dealer room. Had a much more fun time socializing this year, too. Venue was a god awful idea though and most of the events/panels were just lame.

>>7508939
I can literally feel your ass exploding through my screen.

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>>7509012
That's probably because anyone who knows staff would rather be mistaken for Hitler than them.

[Anonymous No.7509069]

Thought the staff was extremely rude this year; it seems like everybody on the facebook page agrees with me.

Costume contest was bullshit too. And they got rid of all the catagories? And only one cash prize?

[Anonymous No.7509140]

What was with the human pony winning first place?

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>>7508939
Where are you getting all of this? If you're not just assblasting, you're misinformed.

Nobody's mad about having to drive; the catastrophe was parking/shuttling when you got there.

It was less so the lines' lengths and more so the horrifyingly disorganized management of them. I shouldn't have to explain why.

Everyone and their dog expected the rave to be shut down, that's not a big deal anymore. People just whine about it because they can.

Few panels is fine, but only a couple of them weren't lame as shit. You're not wrong but you're retarded if you think those are the only possible panels that could have existed.

And people are clearly upset with MTAC, not Murfreesboro.

Stop shitposting.

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>>7509140
>>7509069

She was probably fucking one or more of the judges. That's the only way I see how she won. She was ok, but nowhere near good enough for first place.

[Anonymous No.7509398]

Hey I was FF7 Cloud on fridat and Marth on Saturday!

I skipped out on the contest because of the lines, I didn't want to waste my Saturday ditching out on my friends just to compete.
That being said, Yu-Gi-Oh panels were cool and I fanboyed right the fuck out.
Venue was super pretty even if it was crowded.
Dealers actually had cool stuff and everyone seemed to be having a good time.

Did anyone else encounter that douche in a Servbot hat at the rave? Dude put hands on me 8 times to actually physically move me so he could get through. Where was he going that he had to go in and out of the crowd so much? I only asked because everyone I asked afterwards knew who I was talking about haha.
Also the YuGiOh duel panel was super anticlimatic, but whatever, I'll be back next year, had tons of fun and everyone I talked to was so nice! Did anything cool happen Sunday?

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>>7508269
I didn't go to the competition, I has having problems with my helmet closing correctly so I didn't make it to prejudging. I wanted to enter.
It worked pretty well for a first attempt at cosplay. I've already thought up several ways to make it much more comfortable, and might modify it for GMX and general halloween fun. I'm not sure I'll be going back to MTAC espcially if they are still stuck at the same place next year.

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>>7509493

Oh, there was another half-Iron Man in the contest.

>>7509140
Yeah, that was bullshit. Sephiroth was way better. And that Rose of Versailles group? I'm not sure what the judges were thinking.

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>>7509140
>>7509661

So who actually won the contest? Anybody have photos?

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>>7504652
That was their first year shit happens. Are you sure your panels didn't just suck?

Mtac's risque was cool at least.

[Anonymous No.7510183]

This was probably the worst con I've ever been to.

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>>7510183

First one I went to. Only caught the last day, too.

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>>7510183
Seriously, if you guys have real complaints or issues with the con, post it on the forums or go do that survey they post every year. They're not gonna get any better if no one tells them what's wrong.

The only real consistently awful thing I remember after 7 years was the long-ass lines. The only reason things were so pants-on-head retarded this year was that we were in a newer and smaller venue. I was sick of the getting moved around bullshit too, and made sure to tell staffers that shit wasn't acceptable. At least they had their heads on straight by Saturday night.

As far as panels go, I went to quite a few and enjoyed them all. If you ever go to a panel where the guy's just sitting there being boring and reading a slideshow off verbatim, let a staffer know so they can talk to him, or better yet, say something to him (nicely). There's a real concern with people just hosting panels to get in for free, and they're trying to cut down on that shit.

Personally, I had a damn blast, and though it wasn't perfect I'm hoping they've learned a lot about the venue and will fix the problems next year.

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>>7509742
Missed this. Some brony chick dressed as Chaos won it. Admittedly, her costume was pretty fucking good, and she supposedly made it 100% by hand, which is always a big bonus to judges.

That being said, the winner is almost NEVER really the best costume there, and the judges usually fuck something up, so it's not surprising to see a lot of "why the fuck did they win". REALLY sad they did away with the categories, it was a good opportunity for newer cosplayers to win amongst the pros.

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>>7510309

So there was only one catagory? That's insane. I remember in past years they had a whole bunch.

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>>7510312

Theyre talking about the Apprentice-Journeyman-Master thing.

There were multiple winners though- there was a prop one, a group, and a couple I think?

[Anonymous No.7510340]

All in all it wasn’t the worst convention I’ve been to, but for a con that has been running over 15 years it was a major setback. Things were missing and felt rushed or forgotten.
Let me put the con in perspective of last year.
There were about 9,500 attendees in 2013, so reasonably you’d expect around 10,000 at the next year, right?
MTAC ’13 had 71,180 sq. ft. of function space.
MTAC ’14 had 43,000 sq. ft. of function space.
That’s 40% smaller.

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>>7510309

Got any photos of the winners?

[Anonymous No.7510577]

I only bought one thing from the dealer's room, and it was a dress from the h. Naoto booth. After driving home and unpacking, I notice the black bag is still in my car... but no dress inside. I could have sworn that it was in the bag when I put it in my car, so I'm really hoping one of my passengers took it out by accident without realizing and it'll turn up. God I hope it wasn't stolen :(

Anyways. Same complaints as everyone else I guess. Weird lines. Super crowded. I had fun overall, but yeah. I loved the guests, and there were plenty of panels I enjoyed.

[Anonymous No.7510812]

That Rilakuma mascot though.
The little guy seriously made me smile like a goob and everything negative about that convention went away.

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>>7509012
No but Apparently the guy invited me to his Skype group. I think all in all there were 6 touhou cosplayers.

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>>7511047
That's me asking for pics of myself lol. Yeah, I invited three or four people to the group I think.

Six or seven sounds right though. I know the guy from Midwest cosplayed several 2hus. Supposedly there was a Remi but I never saw her.

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>>7510812
I still wonder what it's like in there, or how it fits the person unless they are some midget. I imagine they are taller and elbows are just around the shoulders...

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>>7510484
Didn't go to Cosplay. Generally I skip cosplay to catch a nap or dinner, mainly because everyone goes to it and it gives me time to myself. Also I end up seeing 90% of whoever's in the contest around the con, and the winner's almost always a disappointment.

>>7510340
See like, honestly? I feel like the smaller venue was better for the con. At Devil's Dozen, I felt like things were really impersonal. Everyone was sticking to their own groups. There wasn't a lot of social interaction, everyone was kinda... cold. Cliquey, is the way my friends put it, especially compared to GMX the year before.

I got a lot more of the close, social feel from In Love. Even though we had to dial back to a smaller venue, I feel like it was overall beneficial to the feel of the con.

Didn't help the whole "Waiting in line" bullshit. 14 years and we still can't start a cosplay panel on time?

>>7510812
I don't care who you are, that Rilakuma was fucking adorable. Best part was when this Tidus started cheesin' and dancing right next to him, he saw it and played along. Fucking great.

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>>7509398
the yugioh duel panel was complete shit. "oh were you expecting one of those con duels we do all the time? TOO BAD we're gonna do a shitty cosplay skit involving 0 actual anime characters. what's that? you like cosplay? sucks to be you, this room is where the cosplay contest is and seeing as you're here, you can't be in line for it enjoy trying to get in even though the line already exceeds this rooms capacity." had fun staying up all night saturday watching video room stuff, and reading the rules to Go.

shame i never asked the cosplayer (a touhou i think) sitting at the go board to play a game, but approaching strangers at 3:30 when they are probably going to bed isn't really my thing.

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>>7510812
THAT RILAKUMA MADE MY NIGHT! My face is the face of pure joy.

>overfiltered instagram pic is overfiltered

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>>7511681
Fuck, were you the Garen?

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>>7511609

We got into that stupid duel thing because we were trying to get in for the contest, but instead they told everyone to leave and go line up for the contest.

Not knowing the line was outside the fucking hotel (wtf?), we lined up outside the door. Because that's generally where lines begin. The staff member at the door started flipping out and saying that there's a line somewhere and he didn't know where it is, as more and more people asked where the line was and we told them that the staff didn't know. Eventually so many people were lined up with us and pissed off that the guy started crying and let us in.

>>7510484
I didn't get any photos of the winners, but there were some Alice in Wonderland people, Adventure Time people, a pony, Vash, and a cool Gyarados thing.

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>>7508827
I talked to her while waiting in line for the dealer room. She was pretty cool.

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>>7511898
I got mistaken for him a lot haha. I'm Marth from the new Super Smash Brothers game. In everyone's defense I spent two hours in line hanging with some league cosplayers and Marth's new costume does look very Garen-ish.

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bump, unless it's past bump limit

[Anonymous No.7515831]

I was this Dandy. I was also the Reimu who ran the Touhou panel on Saturday night. Thanks again to all who came!

>>7509012
Especially you, thanks for the kind words, I still need to get on and join the Skype group.

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I have some pics from here
I had fun fun HOLY SHIT I HATE RAVES

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>>7515831
Now that was a cosplay I could get behind

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Short story:
Silent Bob was in the Risque Cosplay contest.
I was a cameraguy. When Bob's underwear slides down and shows enough buttcrack to warrant the chick running the event to yell at me to cut the cameras (didn't, it would have messed up the stream I was connected to, I think...I'm volunteer).
Apparently, she expects to show off video of the risque contest to Playboy of all things in hope of sponsorship next year and Dr. Cheeks would have ruined the already microchance of that occurring.

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3rd con.
I had fun. I guess I'm just happy to go somewhere where a woman will dress up as Captain America.
Dan Green vs. Eric Stuart in a card/cosplay duel was really all I wanted.

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>>7517222
I literally just let out the ugliest donkey bray laughter at that story.

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>>7517174
My roomie was the Ox King guy. He still thinks it's funny as hell that everyone loved him. His costume rocked tho.

>>7517222
So THAT'S why they rushed him off stage. Bare tits with pasties? A-OK! Tiny bit of coinslot on a dude? Fuck that, run him off! God forbid she just tell him to pull his whiteys up.

>>7517226
The guy dressed as Aperture staff is at every MTAC/GMX, either in that costume or as a Wasteland Wanderer. He needs to do more stuff, but he's a total bro so idgaf.

>>7517249
I really did have fun this year. Too bad the Yugi vs. Kaiba thing was criminally short because >Cosplay contest. Were you cosplaying this year? I wonder if I didn't run into you at some point.

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>>7517147
I miss when this guys used to cosplay as Nappa with his friend as Vegeta.

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>>7515831
No problem, it really was a great panel. Your Dandy was really awesome, too. Looking forward to having you in the group.

>>7517485
Haha, this is kind of irrelevant, but I remember your trip from the Devil's Dozen thread. I think you said you'd buy me a drink this year for my Operator Flandre last year. Could've used that drink, man! Ah well, my roomies brought too much anyway.

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>>7517743
Shiiiiiiit, if I'd known you were there I would've gotten you some fuckin' Jaeger. Oh well! :(

[Anonymous No.7518055]

still looking for photos of the costume contest winners?

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>>7518055
ye

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>>7517485
I didn't cosplay as anything.
I was a guy that was supposed to record some con footage and dick around. I was on stage with the camera on my shoulder for the main stuff in the main big room.

I want to cosplay as Jushin Liger eventually but that's probably a ways away

[Anonymous No.7518548]

The place was way too crowded and I kept getting sick from the heat. There weren't a ton of panels I was into, so I just mostly chilled with friends over the weekend. If I'd booked a room, I probably would've been pissed at how much the weekend cost me, but since I live in Murfreesboro, I was only out the price of a badge, so not too bad?

Parking was a mess, but we lucked out and managed to park at the Commerce Center every day. Almost got towed for double parking on Saturday, though. Hentai Olympics Saturday night and Pokechurch Sunday morning were the hardest I laughed in a long time.

>>7517485
I heard that Murfreesboro/Rutherford county is weird about public indecency. Like sideboob and everything is fine (not in Nashville), but heaven forbid you show just a little cheek.

>>7517693
YES. I still remember them messing with some kid in the hallway before their Anime SUCKS panel back in 2012. He got SO pissed because he clearly couldn't tell that it was an act.

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>>7518548
Since you had a local plate, They probably looked right over your car and went for KY/Georgia/etc plates. I lucked out on friday as we were going around the lot a mom and daugther were leaving and we got their spot.

Also Hentai Olympics was hilarious but it got a little to loud during the fanfic mad lib portion. I almost walked out (glad I didin't). To bad some neckbeard crawled in front of everybody during the 100 meter fap to record the girl.

>I heard that Murfreesboro/Rutherford county is weird about public indecency.

They had to lock the door during the shibari panel because of public indecency rules. Not that you could see anything, the model stayed clothed but I guess it was classified as a "fetish show" or something.

I'm seriously debating going back to mtac or just going to Akaicon and GMX.

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>>7518055
yes, why haven't you delivered OP

I remember last years mtac, took them FOREVER to fucking upload pictures of the lolita teaparty. I asked them about it on facebook and they said "oh, we'll do it soon!" and then uploaded them months later.

months later isn't exactly "soon"

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>>7519113
No, the only reason we didn't get towed is because we lucked out. A friend was at his car and saw them coming with the trucks, so he called us and we were able to run back and move the car before they got to it.

GMX isn't really my thing. Went a couple of years ago and thought it was the biggest waste of money I'd ever spent. And I know some of the guys who run Akaicon and think they're a bunch of asshats. Was it actually any good last year? I assumed it would be full of a bunch of high school weebs, knowing some of the people associated with it.

I'll keep going to MTAC, because it's the local con all my friends go to, but I'm not going to expect much from it. For a good con, I'll go to AWA and Momo.

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>>7518548

I parked at the commerce center the first day, and left my car there the whole time. Rode with some friends instead.

[Anonymous No.7519813]

I just parked at the Best Buy across from it and walked there.

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>>7517166
I can't be the only person getting sick of this TV head shit. Is it from a manga or game or is it a stupid tumblr thing?

[Anonymous No.7519878]

Did anyone get towed at this con? because I've had awesome parking the whole weekend and live 10 min away. There was always a spot right in front of the main entrance I parked at everyday and whenever I left for food. I got really wasted Saturday and had to spend the night at a friend's room, but I found a parking pass on the floor randomly that night.

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>>7519878
we parked in the grass all 3 days, surrounded by others.. I remember them announcing that they were going to tow untagged vehicles
>good luck

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>>7519878
We saw a ton of cars getting towed. Like Friday, we saw them towing cars parked at the bank in front of the convention center. Then Saturday, they were towing cars that were double parked at the Commerce Center lot because the bus couldn't get through.

I don't know for sure beyond that, though.

[Anonymous No.7521023]

All the costume contest winners costumes were shiiiiit

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>>7521023
someone fucking deliver goddamn it

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>>7521442

this. bump

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>>7521707
this x2
>>7518055
YES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FUCKING DELIVER GODDAMN

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>>7519680
Akai-con...a lot of people have mixed opinions about it. I've got a bit of a bone to pick with them, but I already posted that in this thread. (Found here >>7504724)

I'm feeling a little more reasonable right now, so I say only go to Akaicon if you've got a free weekend and you live close enough to make a commute.

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>>7519820
My guess is stupid tumblr shit; they have a bunch of pictures of TV-head people, and none of the tags gave any context.

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>>7521909
I'm going to say it,

I don't want to go to Akai-con because of the dude that runs it. I know he doesn't represent the con, but the idea of feeding his ego is... yeah I don't like it.

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>>7517222
I was in the risque too. They warned people not to show ass, and made the other girls put duct over the bottoms of their ass? They didn't tell us about covering your entire ass until everyone showed up for the risque.

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>>7515831
>Hi Sarah

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>>7519820
yeah it's just some tumblr thing.
Came from nothing.

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>>7521946
Anything you can tell us 'bout the guy running Akaicon?

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>>7523279
not that anon, but I don't have anything against him. He's a really nice, chill dude. At mtac he visited the hotel room I was staying in several times and we just had legitimately nice conversations that didn't revolve around anyone in particular. Whenever the subject was Akaicon they really only talked about how they could make it better and fix what needs fixing.

I get why one would see him as egotistic since he's so outgoing, but he doesn't come off as conceited or anything. I dunno. I feel like that anon has bad impressions of him, if not a weird relationship or something. Personally I think he's just trying to create a con that's as not-shit as possible, and have fun while doing it. There's literally only been one Akaicon, too, so it's not like they don't have room for improvement.

For what it's worth, I promise I'm not being a shill. I just happen to be around him a lot since my friends know him well and help run cons.

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>>7523403
>I promise I'm not being a shill
Sure you're not.

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>>7523540
Yeah, yeah. I still hate most of the department heads working under him. Seems like Akai has potential to be something more than an excuse to get drunk with friends and they're just holding it back.

Also, what the fuck, I'd help deliver but I still can't find any photos from the contest. Found an extremely shit video and that's it.

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>>7524855
I know him pretty well and he's been a cool guy to us. We're gonna give akaicon a shot this year.

[Anonymous No.7525104]

>mfw waiting for the contest winners

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>>7525104

It aint gonna happen.

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>>7527424
of course not. just like the damned lolita tea party.

[Anonymous No.7528437]

To prevent this just take a camera yourself next time and document everything. Then upload it here, of course.

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>>7527424

Apparently nobody could get through the line

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>>7528437
that would work if I actually went

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It's funny. I saw all the pictures for the costume contest in the tech room on Photoshop Bridge.
What are they waiting on?
Watermarks?

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>>7525104
https://www.flickr.com/search?sort=date-posted-desc&text=mtac
80% of em are on flickr
you gotta scroll real hard though

[Anonymous No.7538872]

I need an TL;DR on this thread now!

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>>7538872
this.... so many times

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>>7538872
>>7540021
There's not that much. People mad about the venue being so damn small, and people anxiously waiting for cosplay pics. That's about it.