A-Kon 26; The Aftermath

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A-Kon 26; The Aftermath Anonymous Mon Jun 8 14:32:27 2015 No.8387485 [Reply] [Original]

What happened? Tell me the good, the bad, and the ugly.
>How fucked up was the scheduling?
>Any good stories from this con?
>Any notable cosplays?
>Will you ever attend this con again?

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 14:54:41 2015 No.8387528

>>8387485
>so many obviously popular panels stuffed into tiny rooms, standing room only or turning people away within 5 minutes of the panel starting
I only got to see about half the panels I wanted to. But I'm sure all the steampunk events got more room than they could ever use...

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 15:05:37 2015 No.8387549

>How fucked up was the scheduling?
Aniplex thought their panel only went until 9:45, as that was what they were told and what they had requested. In the middle of set-up, they were told it was actually until 10:15. Both their A/V and the A/V of Funimation and Crunchyroll was messed up, and the reps for all three companies were obviously frustrated due to having to yell loud enough for large groups of people to hear. This is how industry guests were treated. I'm sure you can imagine how regular panelists were treated.

>Any good stories from this con?
Someone took a photo at the Funimation Peep Show, was asked to delete it (side note- they repeated the no photos rule probably about 100 times before the incident so it wasn't a surprise to this guy), didn't delete it, and con security had to get involved. Hilarious to watch, great to see that five or so people waiting outside got to get a seat.

>Any notable cosplays?
Lots, actually! I was pleasantly surprised that not only were there a lot of Tharjas, but the ones I saw at least all looked great.

>Will you ever attend this con again?
Sure, if they have a complete overhaul of the retards in charge of programming, I'll consider it. I will never PAY for this con, again, though. I'm not saying I'll ghost, but I'm not saying I won't pretend I work for an anime news website for the third year in a row.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 16:23:23 2015 No.8387684

>highlights
7!!! concert was a blast. Met a QT lesbian cosplayer, did some flirting, and wouldn't y'know it, we have a date set for tomorrow. Ran into an old friend and smoked hookah in the patio area. Watching Kitchen Discotheque on Laser Disc. There was a vendor with AMAZING cels for sale, and I got a super cute one of Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo looking bashful and blushing. The Cosplay Competition was fun.

>lows
Parking on Saturday, After being stuck at an intersection for about 20 minutes I had to park all the way at the Children's hospital and walk to and from in the dirt and grass slanting towards a busy highway access road. Not fun and sure as fuck not safe, especially walking it alone at like 2:00AM in weeaboo attire. Not cool A-Kon. This is seriously a safety hazard and shuttles should be provided, or arrangements should be made with neighboring parking lots to allow us to park closer. Also, the A-Kon lots were $20 a day.

Scheduling and panels were totally fucked as we all know. Was loving watching Macross Pluss on the big screen, then when part 3 ended children started poring in, and con staff informed us that we're not going to watch part 4 (the climax) because there is some gay ass Sword Art Online thing coming up next and they wanted those faggots to get settled early. I wanted to see the Hilarious Hentai Dubs, but there was an ungodly line for it, even when it was half way through. I wanted to see the Q&A with Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, but it was on Friday and I got stuck helping some vendor friends who needed me.

>>8387485
>How fucked up was the scheduling?
Incredibly, Very little I wanted to see, even less that I actually got to attend.

>Any good stories from this con?
Nothing wild or crazy.

>Any notable cosplays?
Nothing that was just totes amaze-balls, but I enjoyed a lot of them.

>Will you ever attend this con again?
If it is a week or two after Memorial Day weekend then yes, why not?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 18:52:22 2015 No.8388036 File: 125 KB, 437x408, ineedthisforintelpurposesandnothingelse.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] pillars pls go also foreveralone little mac was really good even though i didnt understand some of it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 20:09:28 2015 No.8388221 This was the least crazy A-Kon since 2011 in terms of overall shit that happened. But all my friends brought their gf and ex-gf drama so I had kind of a shitty time

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 20:10:40 2015 No.8388222 Idk, seemed pretty cool. Heard they were planning to supply Africa with solar energy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 20:12:13 2015 No.8388226 >>8388222 >they >not based him

>>	PantsuNugeruMon !Pantsu/J9g Mon Jun 8 20:46:30 2015 No.8388282 >>8388036 We tried to get in on the fun during the contest lol. I thought the LM skit was okay, but it took me a while to realize he was doing like a Death Parade crossover kinda thing.

>>	PantsuNugeruMon !Pantsu/J9g Mon Jun 8 20:47:43 2015 No.8388285 File: 90 KB, 960x960, pillars.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388282 GODAMMIT THIS THING DROPPING PICS

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 20:48:37 2015 No.8388286 >>8388282 tfw couldnt even download instagram (what do you think i am a normalfag?) because no signal at all in the con that pic about free wifi at the next con is a good fucking idea

>>	PantsuNugeruMon !Pantsu/J9g Mon Jun 8 20:50:09 2015 No.8388292 >>8388286 Yeah, I had no signal whatsoever inside the cosplay show room. I had to use Masao's phone that's on another carrier in order to even make an insta for that. They really do need wifi ffs

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 20:50:59 2015 No.8388294 Did I miss a thread? Or have pics not started going up on here?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 20:51:22 2015 No.8388295 >>8388292 >tfw i wanted to tease the plebs with my center end seat.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 20:54:58 2015 No.8388304

>>8388292
No place in the hotel good enough for router coverage, unless you want to pay the hotel for access to theirs. We'd tried to set up an A-Kon-only router last time and it got coverage through the main atrium and nowhere else. That building was built by the same guy that built Dana's building in Ghostbusters for all the signal-sucking weirdness that happens there. Probably some spectral erg eating all the wireless on top of the place being just too massive for a single rented router to hope to handle.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 21:03:17 2015 No.8388316

All in all, I think everyone in my group enjoyed themselves, though we did spend ridiculous amounts on alcohol. Far more than we really intended.
We had some gulls in on the festivities. It was a good time until Sunday morning when one of our new acquaintances discovered someone had nabbed her money during the party.
I'm not personally intending to return to AKon. I'll stick to less populous cons. It was too much of a pain to see anything I was interested in.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 21:04:59 2015 No.8388317 Tell me all the cosplay contest stuff. What won what.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 21:14:31 2015 No.8388325

>>8388294
No one has posted pics, don't worry. The con sucked in advance this year, so a lot of /cgl/ didn't go. I do believe the overall attendance increased a bunch this year though? It was stuffy even at odd hours of the night. You're probably going to have to head to the a-kon 26 tag on tumblr for photos, or for better luck and less text posts, the Facebook albums (bless those folks that take a photo of literally every cosplayer they cross paths with).

Slutcliff !!oApGYJz0ghp Mon Jun 8 21:26:33 2015 No.8388356
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Long lines and small rooms prevented me from seeing most panels I wanted to see, but I had a good time singing during the halftime show and seeing friends.
Really dislike the hotel layout, but the convention can't really help that, I guess.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 21:59:29 2015 No.8388435

>>8388292

It's really difficult as a panelist if I need wifi because then I have to use my own data to turn my phone into a wifi spot, just so I can run a gd ppt with youtube videos. Next year I guess I'll just download the videos and try to format the ppt to not go all crazy when I download it off google drive.

I think I attended more FANS panels than actual panels this year, too. I had a good time at lolita events but wished the lolita on a budget panel had a ppt and they weren't just talking without visual aides.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 22:09:13 2015 No.8388459

>>8388356
>Really dislike the hotel layout, but the convention can't really help that, I guess.
I mean, they picked the venue. They definitely could have. How many years are left on the contract? It's about time the con moves to an actual convention center.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 22:16:30 2015 No.8388472 >>8388459 And a place that has some actual godamn parking.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 22:36:45 2015 No.8388523
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Saw this Senketsu Ryuko there and probably one of the best I've seen at a Texas con by far.

As for the convention itself, it seemed pretty empty compared to previous years.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 22:42:23 2015 No.8388532 >>8388523 Those obviously fake boobs...

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 22:43:54 2015 No.8388538

Friendly Reminder:

You could literally just skip the line and get your pass as well as not have your pass out at all and still get into things (non-18+ things)

My friend didn't even wear his and I folded mine in on itself so it was just a blank card.

You could have saved $60.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 22:46:32 2015 No.8388544 >>8388538 Or just not go.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:03:49 2015 No.8388582 >>8388523 Underage b&

Slutcliff !!oApGYJz0ghp Mon Jun 8 23:08:29 2015 No.8388593
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>>8388538
Yeah I had a business card slipped in front of my pass (on the back) and got into panels and rooms without turning it to face front. They weren't paying too much attention, really.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:12:45 2015 No.8388606 File: 39 KB, 540x540, 11403459_10155575019825234_8183696696929024877_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] These 2 were undoubtedly the best cosplays all weekend

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:34:57 2015 No.8388654 >>8388532 I honestly thought it was a really neat trick considering every time I've seen it done with real boobs there's always a goddamn nip-slip or the person's boobs are really gross/saggy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:38:15 2015 No.8388667 >>8388654 It is when done right. You can see the puckering on these and they look like shit. If you use the right undergarments / tape / are careful there shouldn't be any nip slips.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:38:54 2015 No.8388671 >>8388667 They look fine Vendetta-chan

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:46:45 2015 No.8388694 >>8388671 >boobs are obviously shit >get called vendetta-chan for pointing it out Okay.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:51:38 2015 No.8388707 Had my money stolen overnight, crashed my car- flipped it over and hit a tree, and now I'm bruised as fuck and stranded in Abilene. Fuck Texas, fuck A-kon. Seagulls that I hung out with were chill tho.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:54:57 2015 No.8388721 >>8388707 Sorry you are shit at driving - texas

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:58:19 2015 No.8388729 File: 21 KB, 250x243, 1430040034746.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388707 >women

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:58:39 2015 No.8388731 >>8388707 Sounds like all of this was your own retarded fault.

Anonymous Mon Jun 8 23:58:52 2015 No.8388733

Met some cool people, got some cool shit. Some plushies and a vidya I got slightly discounted since the poor dealer guy had a limp and clearly didn't want to go back and forth to get changed.

Sister ended up inviting some chick she met up to our room who asked to spend the night and then got bitchy when we said she couldn't sleep on one of the two beds. (four people in the room already.) Then ended up saying she'd sleep in her car, got caught by the cops, then called at 4am asking to stay again and once again, whining that she wouldn't sleep on the floor.

Luckily that was my only bad experience-- aside from having to wait half a fucking hour in the heat for food from a food truck that we had paid for.

>>8388606
Oh lawd, I saw the jnig guy. He was up there with the Dashcon guy in keks received.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:01:32 2015 No.8388737 >>8388733 >not going to denny's >not asking for a table so you instantly skip the waitlist of retards wanting a booth

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:02:15 2015 No.8388739 >>8388459 There isn't anywhere larger in Dallas. This place is it for the next five years at the minimum. Deal with it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:03:22 2015 No.8388743 >>8388707 That tree jumped right out at your carpetbagger ass, did it?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:05:27 2015 No.8388748 >>8388721 >>8388743 >>8388731 Never said it wasn't my fault. Doesn't mean I can't hate the state I'm stranded in the middle of, independant of that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:06:12 2015 No.8388751 File: 63 KB, 434x618, 1401322570508.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388748 yes, it's clearly the state's fault

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:06:39 2015 No.8388753 >>8388751 >independant of that pls

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:12:16 2015 No.8388768

>>8388737
I didn't want to go to denny's for breakfast because I'm a lazy asshole and didn't want to walk all the way across the Anatole parking lot after waking up.

We just ordered food from that steak place that delivered nearby after getting back to our room. It was pretty good, ngl. Worth the understandable 90min wait time.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:15:29 2015 No.8388773

Apparently Rooms at the Anatole and Hilton Garden Inn are completely booked for next year. Like, absolutely no room a year in advance. Looks like I'll probably not be going to a-kon next year. Can't be fucked to deal with walking along the feeder road or paying for Uber

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:19:05 2015 No.8388780 >>8388739 There's the convention center, which has perfect access from a train station. BUT not close to hotels. I'm willing to walk if they move it though.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:23:09 2015 No.8388787 >>8388773 How'd you find this out?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:24:13 2015 No.8388791 >>8388780 That gets bantered about every other year as a possibility, but it not being anywhere near enough hotel space for the population is a huge turnoff for Phoenix Entertainment.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:25:35 2015 No.8388795 >>8388748 >I fucked up, so I'm going to hate the environment irrationally Next time you get attacked by a tree here, let it kill you. Spare us your existence.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:25:55 2015 No.8388796

>>8388787
Started looking at booking prices/availability on Sunday and it was all booked up. Apparently it has something to do with Dallas Comic-Con being on the same weekend(I think?) next year. Not 100% sure, but some of the people I talked to said it was completely booked up.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:26:10 2015 No.8388798

>>8388773

Did A-Kon announce that you could book this far in advance? According to last year's blog post, the A-Kon rates for the Anatole rooms were revealed in October.

I worked in hotel for a few years and for events, they would block them out so nobody could reserve rooms until a certain date had passed.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:27:23 2015 No.8388802 >>8388798 I think so, again I'm not 100% sure, but some reliable sources were pretty upset and frantic about finding a room next year since they're vendors,etc.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:27:31 2015 No.8388803 >>8388773 Not booked. They lock reservations until A-Kon has them open again. Happened this year too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:37:34 2015 No.8388820 Anyone happen to be at the Avatar photoshoot? I forgot to bring my camera and it was the only day I was cosplaying avatar

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 00:41:10 2015 No.8388827 >>8388523 16 year old

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:45:29 2015 No.8388835 >>8388733 >complains when she can't get a bed >when you and your sis offered a place for her to stay for free What the fuck? Should've told her not to bitch

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:48:10 2015 No.8388844 >>8388773 Me and a buddy are gonna order a hotel, y'all are welcome to stay. All you need to do is -no sexual acts -at least bring a movie or $10 -not bitch when you end up on he floor

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:50:19 2015 No.8388853 >>8388835 Yeah, she didn't end up sleeping in there, but instead left her shit in there, and then spilled makeup all over the couch in the hotel room. 0/10 wouldn't recommend. She acted like a child when she was supposedly 23.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:53:19 2015 No.8388862 >>8388853 I would tell her to get the fuck out of the room and take her shit the first sign she became a problem

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 00:53:26 2015 No.8388863 >>8388844 I'll bring redline everyone should see that

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:03:02 2015 No.8388879 >>8388523 >best Pretty good for a trap alright.

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:04:55 2015 No.8388883 >>8388879 not a trap lel

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:07:52 2015 No.8388885 >>8388773 >Uber >in Texas Fucker what are you doing? Use Lyft line faggot; it's cheap as fuck and the drivers are way nicer. No one uses Uber in Texas.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:09:28 2015 No.8388889 >>8388883 Bro look at that fucking jaw and shoulder to hip ratio. There's a reason his neck is completely covered. I mean fuck man, the face alone just screams, "I'm transexual."

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:10:15 2015 No.8388890 >>8388889 I know her IRL That is a real girl who is 16 and is dating a 25 year old

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:12:06 2015 No.8388894 File: 25 KB, 333x347, 1397176746464.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388890 >dating a 25 year old And you haven't called the police why?

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:12:54 2015 No.8388897 >>8388894 Who says I haven't?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:13:46 2015 No.8388899 >>8388897 You haven't. You probably the weirdo who's dating him.

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:14:29 2015 No.8388900 File: 41 KB, 602x960, 10801932_1038973032795843_4154077015160528192_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388899 Top kek son top kek

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:19:36 2015 No.8388911 [DELETED]

>>8388827
>>8388883
>>8388890
>>8388897
>>8388900
Get the fuck out Michael Aaron Carter. You don't even know her actual age so quit lying like you do with your own age. 30 year old freak.
It's also not against the law to date someone. As long as you don't have sex with someone underage, the law could care less.

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:20:56 2015 No.8388914 File: 35 KB, 500x364, 1414140472834.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388911 Hi Casey so volitale tonight eh?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:22:43 2015 No.8388924 >>8388914 Lol. Wrong person motherfucker.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:25:50 2015 No.8388930 >>8388911 >dating someone at 25 >not having sex Either you a lying lil cunt or you're dating someone with literal down syndrome. Either way, you're fucked.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:27:41 2015 No.8388937 >>8388523 Nice self post, Gilbertson.

zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:31:44 2015 No.8388946 [DELETED]

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>>8388924
Eh I know it's you cause you had Ashely just message me on facebook 5 mins ago. I know you are on skype with her right now pulling the strings top kek man top fucking kek

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:32:45 2015 No.8388948 [DELETED]

>>8388914
>>8388900
Hello Michael.

At least he's not a fatass like you. I'm sorry, but who the fuck would date you if you're a fucking crybaby? Crying every time something doesn't go your way. Not to mention, you can't take criticism, and any time you need to vent about something you fucked up, you pin it on someone else.

Try to grow up. This is 2015, you fuckin' dumbass. Get off his back. You're pathetic. I can't believe I met you.

zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:37:07 2015 No.8388955 [DELETED]

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>>8388948
Oh snap that one really hurt Like really it did I will take your advice and go kill myself right now. Man you really got me with that original comment about me whoever you are.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:42:05 2015 No.8388963 [DELETED]

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>ITT: pedo and pedo enabler getting buttmad and calling out a trip on /cgl/

Hey, something good came from A-Kon after all. Also, I don't give a fuck if zerg is fat and old as fuck; a 25 year old dating a 16 year old is still 100x more degenerate.

Seriously I don't know which is worse; I 25 year old who's so pathetic he has to prowel around after children because no one past the age of 18 will date his ass, or a fucking teenager who's so trashy that'd she'd date some loser neckbeard who is 10 years her senior. top kek

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:43:01 2015 No.8388965 >>8388606 is that Lorde?

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:45:47 2015 No.8388967 Can we go back to talking about the pillar now, and more important things like why they sprung a service fee out of fucking nowhere on the badges

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:48:10 2015 No.8388971 File: 74 KB, 720x720, 10455700_10206183830143114_7155403988763850764_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388955 damn dude, are you a femboi now? so stupid, and fat! Who the fuck would want to be with you? Such a stupid little "child" ;^)

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 01:51:07 2015 No.8388978 File: 53 KB, 500x255, 1430002058702.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388971 Old news son. Already been blasted for the crossplaying ./yawn still more fabulous than you anon

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:55:50 2015 No.8388987 >>8388978 ITS OK UR NOW OFFICIALLY A FEMBOI WOO. ™

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:56:50 2015 No.8388988 File: 150 KB, 1280x720, 1406597705179.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >trying to hear about quality of a convention >literally only see people talking about themselves and their pedo-gree

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:58:17 2015 No.8388989 >>8388978 Lets not forget your constant pursuing of a girl that repeatedly told you that she was a lesbian, and you still kept trying to get with her. Because obviously 50 no's means yes.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:59:07 2015 No.8388992 >>8388990 8/10, needs more thighs

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 01:59:39 2015 No.8388994 >>8388990 Did you ever find your hat?

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 02:02:14 2015 No.8388999 >>8388997 10/10 「BUSINESS FISH」

PantsuNugeruMon !Pantsu/J9g Tue Jun 9 02:03:08 2015 No.8389000
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>>8388963
I love popcorn gifs.

Also did I miss the Stephen Universe memo? I swear to God, there were so many of them this year. I think I probably counted more of them than Homestucks. Unsealed smudgy purple body paint from those cosplaying Amethyst was everywhere and hard to avoid.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 02:03:45 2015 No.8389001 >>8389000 New Adventure Time confirmed

>>	PantsuNugeruMon !Pantsu/J9g Tue Jun 9 02:04:13 2015 No.8389004 >>8389000 Steven* my bad, I'm on my phone and it autocorrected.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 02:08:36 2015 No.8389010 >>8388997 best cosplay of the con

>>	smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Tue Jun 9 02:14:30 2015 No.8389018 File: 1.19 MB, 2448x3264, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388994 Nope.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 02:19:07 2015 No.8389025 >>8389018 i would fuck the shit out of that Marceline

>>	Jebus of /a/ !01jMxbeXFY Tue Jun 9 02:20:04 2015 No.8389027 >>8389000 >I swear to God, there were so many of them this year. Welcome to the newest trend. Please watch your step as you exit the trend train.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 07:31:11 2015 No.8389401 >>8388930 Completely unrelated but I know plenty of folks in their 20s not having sex and it's not that strange anymore.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 07:35:27 2015 No.8389408

>>8388791
The Omni is right across the street, but it's 500 rooms smaller. But given the fact that the Anatole had an entire floor for renovations and was down some rooms, that might not be as big of a dent. The rest of the hotels are a 2-5 block walk. I had no problem doing this at the cons up north, but they also don't have an active nightlife like the southern cons do. If we outgrow the Anatole, we might just be fucked. But given how much a-kon keeps messing up, I don't know how much growth the con will really get.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 11:37:28 2015 No.8389664 >>8388995 no no no I cant believe I fucking missed this

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 11:56:12 2015 No.8389734 Does anybody have a picture of the sweet-ass Dragonslayer Ornstein cosplay? I didn't manage to get one, and can't find one online yet.

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Anonymous Tue Jun 9 12:16:26 2015 No.8389779

>How fucked up was the scheduling?
The smaller panels I went to were fine, but anything remotely "relevant" was overcrowded. The fact that you had to show up over an hour prior to the start of a large panel just to get in because the room it was hosted in was tiny as fuck is ridiculous

>Any good stories from this con?
At the Cross Ange screening, all the fedoras cheering every time a girl died was comedy gold

>Any notable cosplays?
I can count on one hand how many cosplays actually impressed me. There were a lot of people going that didn't even look like they were there for the con tbh.

>Will you ever attend this con again?
Won't ever attend Linecon again unless they change venues, this year was stupid. The worst part is, A-Fest isn't gonna be any better since they're broke this year, I guess this is just a bad year for the big two DFW cons.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 12:20:14 2015 No.8389790 >>8389753 >>8389763 >the crowds in the background >less than 10% cosplaying Did very few people cosplay this time or what? I know the plain clothes people usually outnumber the cosplayers but this seem extreme.

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Anonymous Tue Jun 9 12:22:33 2015 No.8389801
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>>8388459
>It's about time the con moves to an actual convention center.
But I love having cons at nice hotels because they are so much prettier. Also, hotels have bars and nice restaurants in them. I love being able to walk up and grab an adult beverage and people watch at bar/lounge area, as well as take a break and have a grown up meal in a fancy setting. Convention centers feel cold and empty.

>And a place that has some actual godamn parking.
I couldn't agree more. It would be nice if A-Kon made arrangements with neighboring business and hotels to allow for parking, as well as offer shuttle busses to the various lots. I saw a parking garage between lot D and the Renaissance hotel (I presume off limits to A-Kon attendees), and the Children's Hospital had a big lot and a garage (I parked in the lot on Saturday, but my god the walk all uneven dirt and grass next to a busy road, and was sketchy at night). Shuttles to satellite lots would have been nice, but considering how late the con runs, they would have to run 24/7, something very unlikely to happen...

>>8388990
Who is the character? My guess was Raiden from Metal Gear.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 12:24:23 2015 No.8389806 File: 3.29 MB, 4128x2322, 20150605_095238.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8389790 There seemed to be a lot less than even last year. Most "cosplays" were normie stuff like steven universe or superhero.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 12:26:18 2015 No.8389810 File: 3.00 MB, 4128x2322, 20150605_122600.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8389806 Damnit phone

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 12:28:26 2015 No.8389814 >>8389810 Not just the iPhone. Mine uploaded sideways even though I took it on a Galaxy S4, uploaded it to my laptop, and posted the file from there (and it appears upright on my laptop). Fucking 4chan.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 13:11:38 2015 No.8389950 File: 90 KB, 720x960, ProJared.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] That ProJared tho. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Dat cosplay.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 14:17:18 2015 No.8390100 Did anyone get a picture of the chris chan cosplayer? I had my eye out all week for him

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 14:33:56 2015 No.8390147 File: 65 KB, 540x540, IMG065894.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I honestly thought these two looked amazing, I'm looking forward to more of their work. I honestly wish more people took pictures of them because their work was top notch...

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 14:51:20 2015 No.8390181 File: 3.71 MB, 4128x2322, 20150606_181817.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8390100 I saw him but didn't get a pic. Didn't notice it was him because he wasn't wearing his sonichu pendant. The sign should have given it away though...

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Tue Jun 9 14:56:47 2015 No.8390195 >>8390100 he wasn't allowed to have a sign and it was a guy i was rooming with. He ran up to a sonic boom cutout in the dealers room and started yelling "SONICS ARMS ARE NOT BLUE"

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 15:09:00 2015 No.8390224 >>8390181 was it the guy that had the sign that said stop hating on sonic?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 15:27:41 2015 No.8390262 A-kon is at the Anatole until 2019. Confirmed by staff. Fucking deal with it. If you hate going then go to Dallas Comic Con.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 16:46:02 2015 No.8390451 >>8390262 Will do, definitely not staff.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 16:50:28 2015 No.8390467 >>8390262 Don't worry, I will most certainly be skipping next year. This con is no longer worth the price of the hotel and badge combined with how ass parking is (when you can even find it).

Tina Tue Jun 9 17:06:52 2015 No.8390507

So this year was great. I managed to not get sick until after the con! Last year I got a 102.5 degree fever on the second half of day 2. The year before I got a sinus infection and man moded through it, and this year I got another fever right after I got home, but it was not at the con! For some reason no matter what I get sick at AKON or after it every year.

So other than the above bull crap happening every year, this con was fun. It did seem smaller, I did make it to 1 panel I wanted, and the dealers room seemed better than last year. I did also get to meet some people from here. I was the one who had the room party in 425 at the garden inn across the street. It was really fun and the random gulls from here actually were all really cool people who I would party with normally.

Oh and the food trucks were pretty decent and a fun experience to have.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 17:41:06 2015 No.8390634 >>8390507 I got sick the day after the con. I am in bed now being all sick with a soar throat and such.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 17:48:29 2015 No.8390660 >>8390507 >>8390634 Still better than me. I got...wait for it...LICE!

>>	Slutcliff !!oApGYJz0ghp Tue Jun 9 17:54:20 2015 No.8390673 File: 30 KB, 166x181, whut.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8390660 Oh sweet jesus.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 18:02:23 2015 No.8390698 >>8390660 Ewwwwww, do you have any idea how that happened? Also, I'm definitely going to use copious amounts of hand sanitizer next year.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 18:11:04 2015 No.8390714 >>8390507 I was doing pretty good until, all the food I ate the entire weekend hit me like a brick on Sunday

>>	Tina Tue Jun 9 19:14:08 2015 No.8390837 >>8390698 I used so much and still got sick. I also bring extra tiny bottles for people and spray on DO for the ham beasts in the game room (the ones who actually know they smell and ask if they can use it).

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 19:39:36 2015 No.8390881 >>8389801 http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Samuel_Rodrigues It's Sam from Metal Gear Rising, so you're close.

>>	Jebus of /a/ !01jMxbeXFY Tue Jun 9 19:55:06 2015 No.8390920 >>8390262 I fucking will. DCC got so many good anime guests this year that A-Kon should've been embarrassed.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:14:15 2015 No.8390964 When do ya motherfuckas start making these threads so I can lurk moar next year after Afest?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:17:42 2015 No.8390972 >>8389763 What is this guy cosplaying? He was really pretty

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:23:10 2015 No.8390982 File: 93 KB, 720x960, 11406994_1020375767973585_223633191079310299_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How does Overbeck take such godly pics with a phone camera?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:26:49 2015 No.8390993 >>8390972 Gijinka Gnar from League.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:40:52 2015 No.8391024 >>8389782 I think this guy was in the History of Hentai booth at the start, working the projector. I'm sad that one of the rows in there broke a lamp.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:46:56 2015 No.8391037 >>8390467 >>8390920 Literally no one will miss you. Enjoy being raped at DCC.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:48:08 2015 No.8391042 >>8391024 Did that panel actually get interesting? I left early cause all they did was read an essay from a notebook. > all I wanted to do was ask "why tentacles?" ;_;

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 20:50:59 2015 No.8391043 >>8390972 maybe everything but his shoes, it may be a nit pick but it made me go from "yeah this is great" to "no god no"

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:23:37 2015 No.8391109

>>8388435
They ended up having a mishap with the late panelist and didn't get the powerpoint to the con. They explained it at the very beginning, idk if you missed it.

But speaking of the lolita events, did anyone attend that godforsaken Neko Neko tea party? I heard it was awful, but I want to know how awful.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:24:18 2015 No.8391110 >>8391043 yea he would have been better off with sandals but it's really good other than that

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:32:35 2015 No.8391140 >>8391109 I did miss that part and it explains so much! My apologies for the misinterpretation of the panel then.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:37:35 2015 No.8391168 >>8391140 That's okay, just thought I should clarify. It was at least informative, I'm glad the dfw girls know what they're talking about.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:39:06 2015 No.8391174
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>>8387485
>How fucked up was the scheduling?
IDK and IDC. I was there to party, didn't even buy a badge.

>Any good stories from this con?
I got so smashed Friday night that I started apologizing to random people because I somehow convinced myself that they were all as drunk as me because I made them drink.

>Any notable cosplays?
Pic related came back again. Thought he was an attention whore last year but he actually turned out to be pretty bro once you talked to him.
The CIA, Chin Chin, and Old Greg were also fantastic stand outs in a wave of Steven Universe shit.

>Will you ever attend this con again?
Probably? I just come to get wasted

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:44:20 2015 No.8391191

>>How fucked up was the scheduling?
Didn't have any issues with scheduling, just popular panels being placed in tiny ass rooms. Couldn't get into half of the ones I was interested in.
>>Any good stories from this con?
Friend sang a Love Live song at Ani Idol and and some girls cosplaying from the show came over and danced with her while she sang so that was really cute.
Also not really a story, but I got to meet and chat with Overbeck and Carl Martin and they were both really friendly.
>>Will you ever attend this con again?
Probably not next year but maybe the one after.

The hentai on the instagram feed at the rave was pretty funny. Too bad they cut it

>>	Jebus of /a/ !01jMxbeXFY Tue Jun 9 21:47:45 2015 No.8391208 >>8391191 >Friend sang a Love Live song at Ani Idol and and some girls cosplaying from the show came over and danced with her while she sang so that was really cute. I know who you're talking about. She's amazing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:53:24 2015 No.8391249 >>8390982 Holy shit how did I miss this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 21:59:39 2015 No.8391277 >>8391037 >implying Im going to shitty DCC either Stay assraped, Akon staffer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 22:01:05 2015 No.8391279 >>8391174 >>8391174 Did you get a pic of CIA unmasking Bane? I know a ton of people were taking pics when it happened but I can't find any online

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 22:08:25 2015 No.8391303
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I went up there on Saturday with a buddy of mine. Neither of us had ever been to anything like this and went up to practice portrait photography more than anything else. I had no idea so many people would be there or so many would be in full costume, it totally blew me away. Are these events usually this packed? We ended up spending most of the day there just taking pictures.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 22:11:55 2015 No.8391312

>>8391042
I dunno if you're serious or not, but there are historical/political reasons related to censorship. Check out Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown" episode about Tokyo from season 2 for some info you can watch without worrying about people walking in on you and going "WHAT ARE YOU DOING???"

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 22:15:09 2015 No.8391321

>>8391109
Re Teaparty: the word on the street is that two lolitas attended, total. The maid cafe had to reach out to the Steampunk and cosplay peeps just to fill the room. Who plans a tea party that early anyway? It takes time to get up and get fancy. Besides that, most of the DFW girls were "over it" after the shitty treatment they received when trying to plan an *actual* lolita tea, so I know they weren't dying to go to this event... and word gets around, so the out of towners weren't keen either.

Anonymous Tue Jun 9 22:45:00 2015 No.8391395

>>8387485
> cosplay as Beowulf
> only Skullgirls cosplayer
Also, I think I'm going to stick to Afest from now on. I don't want to spend $60 plus hotel to wait in lines and be turned away from panels. I only ended up going to the speedrun and that improv group (not four star, the other one). Also, where the fuck was iron artist?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 23:02:26 2015 No.8391453 >>8388863 Best ever

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 23:05:51 2015 No.8391458 >>8388979 Best Cosplay 10/10

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 23:10:25 2015 No.8391473 >>8390634 Same. Feels bad mang feels bad.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 23:16:56 2015 No.8391491 >>8391321 One thing about the neko neko thing. The tall one with the long hair in pony tails. She looks depressed. Does anyone notice that? I remember telling her if she was ok last year but she quickly changed the subject

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 9 23:50:32 2015 No.8391584 >>8391321 That is the saddest thing I have ever heard.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 00:39:31 2015 No.8391699 >>8389401 Yeah hun, keep telling yourself that. top kek

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 00:42:17 2015 No.8391705 >>8387485 the djs suck ass

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 00:52:28 2015 No.8391731 >>8387485 wish a had a larger group, had a quiet first timer and a loud horny friend, fml

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>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 01:23:56 2015 No.8391800 >>8391751 John?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 01:35:33 2015 No.8391820 >>8391277 >implying I'm staff >implying you're not going to A-Kon or DCC >implying you're not in your basement right now Stay pleb, son

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Wed Jun 10 01:40:55 2015 No.8391832 >>8391800 no that is our lord god and aspie christian westland chandler cosplayed by Dai Atlas Cosplay

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 01:45:49 2015 No.8391844 File: 69 KB, 480x853, 11390022_10204265040287670_4929939031239269222_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anyone get any pictures of the Shrek running around?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 01:46:39 2015 No.8391848 >>8391832 >Dai Atlas Cosplay So it is John.

>>	zergling !!+H702KOLoqi Wed Jun 10 01:47:20 2015 No.8391851 >>8391848 yes, yes it is in disguise

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 01:51:32 2015 No.8391861 >>8391820 not anon youre talking to but >all those implyings >pleb >being this overly defensive I dont know what your problem is or if youre a staffer or not but you sure have a stick up your butt about something

>>	BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Wed Jun 10 02:23:09 2015 No.8391922 File: 404 KB, 2000x1333, 11418902_10200692513031123_8066643931609532930_o.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hey dudes, any of you or your friends get a pic of our faerie group?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 02:25:30 2015 No.8391926 >>8391922 NEOPETS LOVE. Those are all fucking great.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 02:32:48 2015 No.8391944 >>8391922 dat illusen tho wow

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 02:36:57 2015 No.8391953 >>8391922 Genderbent space faerie.. Well thats a first for me.

BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Wed Jun 10 02:37:15 2015 No.8391954

>>8391926
Thank you! We all still kinda play and we're all like 24-27. Haha, sad right?

>>8391944
I actually made the Illusen (That's my best friend) and my Space. It was a lot of fun getting to do both but I had such limited time to make it happen!

>>	BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Wed Jun 10 02:38:30 2015 No.8391960 >>8391953 I felt that Space was the best option for a genderbent faerie due to the outfit translating very well. I also really wanted to create clear wings!

>>	BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Wed Jun 10 02:45:53 2015 No.8391971 File: 85 KB, 720x960, 11393122_10153040422788031_1845549746045246784_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The atrium lighting was very nice.

Anonymous Wed Jun 10 03:00:05 2015 No.8392003

>>8391861
It's the same shit after every A-Kon: people go, whine about things not going in some sort of Disney-esque perfect way, they come here and bitch about it and make the claim that they won't go to the next one, and what do they do? Go to the next one. I'm through wasting my time with liars and crybaby bitches with no strength of conviction, who use the after-con threads to attention whore announce their life-altering decisions when everyone knows they won't hold up to it. Fuck them, and fuck you for defending them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 03:03:59 2015 No.8392008 >>8392003 calm your tits dude, I wasnt defending them but you sure are coming off like a bitter cunt at this point I dont see why you even come to these threads anymore if it riles you so

Anonymous Wed Jun 10 03:04:21 2015 No.8392009

>>8391705
Of course they do. Do actually think A-Kon spends money on real producers? Fuck no man, that shit is all volunteer, which translates too any autist with a fucking iTunes account who thinks his shit taste in happycore MLP remixes make him a fucking DJ.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 03:06:54 2015 No.8392015 >>8391922 I like how the twink in the back is trying so hard to make his chest look bigger lol

>>	BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Wed Jun 10 04:20:27 2015 No.8392137 >>8392015 Uh, if you mean me, I actually was not doing anything of the sort. My wings were incredibly uncomfortable with the straps digging into my shoulders so my posture was fucking wrecked from the 3-4 hours we were in those costumes.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 04:34:40 2015 No.8392155 >>8391954 god yes, A+ job man she was a great pick for that faeire though too, it suits her

>>	BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Wed Jun 10 04:55:54 2015 No.8392192 >>8392155 Thank you so much!

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 04:56:42 2015 No.8392194 >>8392192 Any time! Stay rad mang

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 10:54:29 2015 No.8392610 >>8391174 >I got so smashed Friday night that I started apologizing to random people because I somehow convinced myself that they were all as drunk as me because I made them drink. > I just come to get wasted That's pathetic. Also, not a good story.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 11:04:06 2015 No.8392629 >>8391303 >Are these events usually this packed? A-Kon is the biggest anime con in the area, and this was a pretty typical turn out. If your curious about the sizes of other cons then google them.

smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Wed Jun 10 13:36:37 2015 No.8392912
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Epicmemers.jpg

If anyone has a friend who's going to San japan that's cosplaying a good bane, let me know.

I'll respond to the majority of the thread later. Nobody gives a shit how my akon went. What am I talking about.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 14:16:44 2015 No.8393019 >>8392912 smoker tell us how your akon went

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 16:24:17 2015 No.8393263 >>8393019 He got pretty plastered with us, and judging by his time in our room it went pretty well until his boss hat vanished.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 16:56:31 2015 No.8393354 File: 55 KB, 526x701, jessicanigricosplay.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Can't believe Jessica Nigri was at the kon!

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 17:29:21 2015 No.8393446 File: 529 KB, 600x526, 1418877889831.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388795 Not that anon but

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Anonymous Wed Jun 10 19:30:53 2015 No.8393769

Just curious, since I might be considering ditching A-kon for San Japan next year as everyone suggests, how does San Japan compare? I'm talking specifics. Size of the con, what's the venue like, etc. I'm pretty much only going to A-kon for the size at this point and there weren't even that many people compared to last year it feels like.

Anonymous Wed Jun 10 20:09:14 2015 No.8393861

>>8393769
San Japan is half the size, but 10k people is nothing to downplay. SJ usually has better programming. The venue is on the river walk so there are a ton more options for food and stuff. They've started trying to cater to JFashion, but nothing compared to Anime Matsuri. Their dealers room is about the same as AKon. Same shit.

Anonymous Wed Jun 10 21:28:37 2015 No.8394031

>>8393769

Along the same lines, how is A-Fest? I don't attend very many panels, I mainly hang out with other people all day and shop the vendors. This was my 4th time at A-Kon and some folks I met this go round invited me to some photoshoots at A-Fest but I've never been and I'm wondering how it stacks up.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 21:29:55 2015 No.8394036 >>8390982 >tfw Overbeck posts you

Anonymous Wed Jun 10 21:48:35 2015 No.8394076

>>8394031
animefest is great, somehow i almost always enjoy it more than a-kon despite it being smaller. everyone there is really friendly, and in my personal opinion, people tend to run more creative and well thought out panels, and overall it's a nice place to meet people and have a good time.

sidenote: i'm not sure how many cons do this but they actually have it where you get to vote on panels you want to see. while that might not be great in the case of flavor of the month related panels being more likely to get votes, it does keep totally uninteresting/disorganized panels out of the running.

...usually, i mean. but this is just one opinion.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 10 22:46:08 2015 No.8394195 File: 29 KB, 642x474, 16384_113788722286928_755833921684694018_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388990 >TFW you will never ever get a Mistral for your Desperado group Very nice Sam, sad that I missed it

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>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 00:11:23 2015 No.8394402 My favorite part of the con was the Saturday night rave instagram feed being taken over by Pepe, Shrek, and porn.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 00:17:19 2015 No.8394415 >>8394402 I heard about that but how bad did it get before they finally shut it down?

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 00:21:34 2015 No.8394428

>>8394415
It started off slow, but over the course of like 30 minutes it took over almost completely as other people joined.

Pepe was like every other picture, with Shrek sprinkled in. The only explicit stuff I saw was a baboon dick, a dildo with Obama's head as the head with the name "Head of the State", and straight up hentai with a girl covered and filled with cum.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 00:27:20 2015 No.8394445 >>8394428 Nice, sorry I missed all of that, I bet staff was pissed when they finally noticed.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 00:33:20 2015 No.8394458 >>8394428 Anyone know who that guy with the fucktall display in the AA was? His stuff looks so mass produced...

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 00:37:54 2015 No.8394468 >>8391168 The late panelist twisted her ankle trying to get to the con. That is why she was late.

smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Thu Jun 11 00:39:18 2015 No.8394471
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How was my akon?

Overall it was pretty good. It was spectacular, and it doesn't have the same sense of wonder and hatred that cons past have given, but it was still fun.

I got in late on Friday, I had to get out of work and hit Costco before leaving town. It was a surreal experience making the drive alone. All my other friends took the day off work, but I'm still on my 90 days at the firm so I don't get any pto. Anyway, I finally arive around 10p, and get all my shit into the room. What was great is that we actually planned this time. The only rule was no tumors. We got two rooms early across the street and split the cost between six people. Or so we thought. Bigbossu's car broke down out of Austin so we were then but s group of 5. That night we then proceeded to drink the whole case of beer I got from Costco, hut up the bar, and still have room to dig in deep to the Jim we had. Suddenly it was 6 am and everyone was asleep.

When I woke up it was one of the rare times I've had a hang over, but a few shots of the hair of the dog and a shower cleared that right up and into CIA. THE HUNT FOR BANE BEGAIN. I spent most of my sober state on Saturday hunting down a bane. Hours and hours of running into people I know and making new friends and chain smoking cigarettes and all I find is that one bane. It was worth it. That was it for my master plan. At some point my friend bought all of the maid deck building game and another brought mahjong, so the end of my sober Saturday state was spent having a bunch of creepy Chinese kids coming up to the table in shock and cumming in their pants because someone was playing mahjong.

And then the drinking started. First in the seagulls room on the 14th floor. Then back to the bar. Then in my room. Then with all you wonderful seagulls. There was lots of roaming and smoke breaks at at some point it ended up being 4 am and I'm crashed near the pond listening to weeaboos while my friend is running around blackout drunk...

smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Thu Jun 11 00:54:29 2015 No.8394507
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My iPad just deleted my entire second post.

Anyway. We didn't get arrested but we almost did.

I had a good time but the venue itself is just so bad. The entire flow was off. And The convention itself needs some better quality content beyond "What Latina Hitalia couple is your OTP" kind of shit. It's like, you'd think after doing it for so long they would be better at it.

This was the convention I learned my anger and rage is gone. I'm just disappointed in all of it, not to say I didn't have a good time. I'd just rather be in the center of down town near the interesting dives and venues and see what Dallas is really like. I don't need to know what the freeway and a Denny's looks like. And that's why I love San Japan. I hate it because it's in my home town, but they do things so damn well, and there's so much shit near it.

I met a bunch of rad people, but I think we just need to go to dragon con.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 02:01:37 2015 No.8394652 File: 80 KB, 960x720, dv nsx nsxn.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8388995 My friend worked on that hunter suit for 18 months

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 02:35:16 2015 No.8394700 >>8394652 Is that made of latex?

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 03:09:35 2015 No.8394749

my Akon was pretty good. 2nd year and did more than I ever did last year. Went and enjoyed some panels, had Denny's, danced with girls, recommended people true detective, and even played magic with some kool kats. Will definitely go next year. But I hope they seriously fix the problems they had this year

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 03:20:46 2015 No.8394775

>>8393769
>Size of con
San Japan had 14,686 attendees last year according to their wikipedia entry. Last year A-Kon was a little over 26K. San Japan is not small, by any stretch of the imagination, and the attendance has been steadily rising in its 8 years of existing. To put in perspective how quickly it grew, A-Kon took 18 years to get that big.

>Venue
Unlike A-Kon, San Japan is in a legit convention center (the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center), contracted through 2018. The convention center has plenty of room for them to grow into, and is conveniently loctated. There are half a dozen or more large hotels within easy walking distance (the Grand Hyatt, the host hotel, is quite literally all of 50ft from the convention center), the center is literally smack dab in the middle of San Antonio's downtown. It's on the Riverwalk, meaning there are a range of restaurants super close by, including a mall food court and a Denny's for the finanically disadvantaged, and a fancy Brazilian steakhouse for those with cash to blow.

>etc
The main difference I find between San Japan and A-Kon is the upper level staff's attitude toward their attendees. A-Kon has become notorious for how out of touch they are with fans. San Japan tries their very hardest to give people what they want, and actually implements changes when people have a legit complaint.

San Japan gets fairly good guests, and has a little bit of variety to who they invite as opposed to A-Kon.

San Japan has a lot of good and varied programming. And their cosplay show is arguably the best in the state.

Overall, I would really recommend giving it a try. I have always really, really enjoyed it. Like any con though, there are a fair amount of detractors who say "BLAH THIS CON IS SHIT ALL CONS ARE SHIT," and they will get more vocal as SJ gets closer and we have a thread, but don't let them deter you. Go, and form your own opinion! I think you'll find that it was a solid decision.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 03:22:02 2015 No.8394776 >>8394775 Also holy shit I sound like I'm advertising, I'm sorry. That wasn't my intent, I swear. lol

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 06:51:49 2015 No.8394988

>>8394428
dammit i KNEW i shouldve wen to the rave

but im just too socially awkward for it unless im drunk and with friends. Going alone is just wierd.

BTW i know there are tons of questins compairing a kon to a fest, but as a guy who went to a couple of a kons and a couple of a fests, how would san japan feel? I sortof like a kon and a fest, but this year i'll be going to dragon-con with friends so a fest is out of my schedule. I was thinking about going to san japan to make up for a fest being out of the loop for dfw cons. Only thing that sucks is I really don't like going to cons alone and I doubt my friends will want to drive all the way down to san antonio for an anime con( they prefer western stuff).

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 07:18:23 2015 No.8395009 >>8394507 speaking of arrested, I heard from some guys outside that there were room raids by dpd. Is this shit true or was I being trolled?

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 10:25:06 2015 No.8395242

>>8394076

Not really. A-fest in the past 2 years has done multiple rounds of picking the panels they want. Usually they pick exactly what they want and leave the rest up for voting, but even so almost 75% or more of what's submitted gets in. I disagree that there are more creative and well thought panels. Last year there was a proliferation of Q&A (now banned, yes), and multiple panels with the exact same fandom and concept (6+ Hetalia panels anyone?). Panels with 10+ votes won't get in, and panels with 2 votes will.

It is my personal experience that the votes don't matter at all and are just a facade. Maybe they do, maybe they really don't, but for me, the votes never made a difference for my panels getting accepted.

I think the difference is that A-fest has way less industry / con guest panels. A-kon attracts people who go around to cons putting on panels. A-fest is much more local and has a greater ratio of fan panels. A-fest gets a lot of the same fan panels from A-kon, and I'm sure a lot of what A-fest accepts was submitted to A-kon, but maybe just didn't make it in. This year was a total crapshoot for Akon, but it's much, much harder to get a panel in there even if for the simple reason that, in a normal year, they have less fan programming spots (because the guests have more spots / there are more guests to fill spots for).

That said, A-fest still does have some good programming. I don't mean to shit on it. Just keep in mind that it's much more of a local or Texas-only cast of presenters than A-kon which might get people from across the states coming in for the con. You really can't compare a top 5 con with a mid-size local. But this is all my personal experience and opinions. Just something to consider!

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:01:06 2015 No.8395564

>>8394775
You've clearly done your research, kudos to you. I do have to interject and say that regarding the "it took 18 years for A-kon to gain those numbers" comment... the entire anime scene was different back then. It was this tiny little subculture. No live streams. No anime on TV (unless you were up at 6 am and got lucky). No walking into a bookstore and buying translated manga. San Japan started when anime/Japanese pop culture were already big, so of course the numbers would have increased much more readily.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:22:43 2015 No.8395605 >>8394775 Some of SJ staff are huge a-holes anon, I wouldn't say their intentions are any better that akons.

>>	smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Thu Jun 11 13:29:21 2015 No.8395610 >>8394652 Your friend is a big guy.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:35:21 2015 No.8395617 I wore Ging Freecss and totally missed an opportunity to take a picture with Overbeck in Gendo with his "World's Greatest Dad" mug. Ugh my life is over. Other than that My A-Kon was great :^)

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:40:41 2015 No.8395621
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>>8395242
It's obvious that you're butthurt about having your shitty panel rejected from A-Fest, but you are lying through your teeth if you want to tell people that A-Kon has better guests than A-Fest.

Here are the Japanese industry guests that A-Kon attracted this year:
>Mitsuhisa Ishikawa

Herer are the Japanese industry guests that A-Fest has attracted this year:
>Shingo Natsume
>Hiroyuki Aoyama
>Hiroshi Shimizu
>Kazuhiro Furuhashi
>Dai Sato
>Kimiko Ueno

Fuck, I wish I lived in Texas so I could go to A-Fest this year. It clearly looks like the better Texas con to go to but, I already spent my time and money on A-Kon.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:41:46 2015 No.8395623 >>8395242 Hello again, A-Kon staff.

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:45:33 2015 No.8395633

Went to A-Kon, saw like 3 panels but had fun doing the get drunk with friends thing.

They really need bigger conference rooms. Lots of the popular ones had full lines an hour before they started.

There's one picture I'm looking for, taken by one guy who may not have posted it anywhere. It's of a young dude dressed up as Dr. Scott from Rocky Horror (was taken after the RHPS showing) carrying his wheelchair over his shoulder.

Specifically, wearing glasses, suit jacket, tie, panties, fishnets, garter belt and heels, holding a folded wheelchair on his shoulder at the top of the 2nd floor escalator. Maybe a guy hanging on to his teddy bear in the shot.

Anyone seen this one anywhere?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:46:11 2015 No.8395639 >>8395610 4u

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:46:53 2015 No.8395641
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Friday I cosplayed for the first time as Kira Yoshikage/Kosaku Kawajiri.
Got my picture taken for the first time by a girl with red hair who said I was cute, I kinda walked away shyly saying thanks.
Went to the JoJo photo shoot that I just happened to be that day and that was my first photo shoot.
overall Friday was a great day of firsts and I was nervous but I enjoyed it.
Saturday I just plainclothed, bought doujins, went to panels (who else went to the great "Otakus and their crazy fettishes." panel?)
Sunday I felt like I was done and didn't go.
sorry for blogpost

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 13:49:49 2015 No.8395644 >>8395564 yeah, it's amazing how it's changed. My first A-Kon was in 2001 (when I lived in Dallas for a year), didn't go back till 2012 or so and it blew my damn mind how big it had become.

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 14:06:00 2015 No.8395674

>>8395641
My biggest motivation to get back in shape is so I'd be able to cosplay Battle Tendency Joseph Joestar.

Lost 30 pounds so far this year and gotten back a lot of the muscle definition I've lost since my mid 20s, just need to keep up the /fit/ till I shed the love handles and I'll be good to go.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 14:10:40 2015 No.8395685 >>8395674 good luck.

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 15:06:43 2015 No.8395799

>>8395621
>>8395623

Neither. I've done panels at A-kon and A-fest for several years and just don't think that A-fest's panels are fully worthy of all the praise you're throwing at them. They're not bad panels but neither con has intensely great ones. A-fest seems to get more fandom panels because of the local communities.

And if you think the voting really matters then you're deluding yourself.

Tina Thu Jun 11 15:43:23 2015 No.8395888

>>8395799
No con has had 100% amazing or unique to them panels for me. I have been going since 2009, so I am still new at this, but nothing for me has really stood out.
>>8395605
Do not even DREAM about doing a Frankie cosplay, or anything swim wear related, or having male chest showing without your male nipples covered. SJP staff will bite your ear off every chance they get. SJP is the best con for me personally in Texas, but the staff are trying really hard to get me to stop renting a room, taking multiple people with me, and spending money there with how hard they scream about the rules. No convention staff has power tripped that hard since ikki two years ago.
>>8395009
nah I saw that shit, there were tons of police cars at like 3 A.M.

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 16:18:25 2015 No.8395959

>>8395799
>ignoring the fact that A-Kon had literlly just one single industry guest from Japan while A-Fest is geting six

Good point anon. I could totally believe you if I also ignore the fact that A-Fest has 6 times as many Japanese industry guest compared to what A-Kon had. If I possition my head firmly up my asshole like you do then I can I finally see the light too.

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 16:47:20 2015 No.8396012

>>8391042
I understood why they had to do it that way. It's because A-kon want to test the waters for hentai panels, and because it was a part of FANS it had to have at least an hour of academia, and then the rest could be hentai. So, yeah, eventually they showed Brandish, Pigeon Blood, and some tentacle one.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 17:14:06 2015 No.8396059 >>8395605 At least they're assholes who care about anime and not steampunk bullshit

>>	Rakkaus Thu Jun 11 17:14:16 2015 No.8396060 >>8387485 Hall Cosplay Contest was rigged and altered to reflect a staff member's interests instead of the judges' choices

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 17:15:26 2015 No.8396064 >>8395888 the no shirt thing is a venue rule they have no power over it

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 17:17:15 2015 No.8396068 >>8391922 WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE DR PEPPER SUPER HEROES, BRIAN. WHEN.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 17:44:31 2015 No.8396123 >>8396060 Don't drop a bomb like that and then not give us more details!

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 18:06:33 2015 No.8396164 File: 456 KB, 1024x768, Kamikaze-Kaitou-Jeanne-arina-tanemura-2332142-1024-768.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8395621 You forgot Arina Tanemura too

>>	BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Thu Jun 11 18:07:23 2015 No.8396166 File: 41 KB, 599x428, b58a303ae3cde28a56573eac31c3c5f5.600x.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8396068

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 18:45:23 2015 No.8396226 >>8395959 Regardless of industry panels, their other panels are shit. Both A-kon and A-fest.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 18:47:11 2015 No.8396228 >>8396059 They don't care about Anime. Anyone running an anime con had stopped caring about Anime.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 19:06:14 2015 No.8396271 >>8395621 Don't forget Reuben Langdon was also at Afest

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 20:03:32 2015 No.8396382 >>8396060 I heard it wasn't the judges it was someone in con staff that forced the judges to announce some bullshit award

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 20:49:48 2015 No.8396479 >>8396060 But there's no way to even know who exactly entered the hall contest as an outsider, so unless you're a staff member that sounds a little bs

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 21:51:07 2015 No.8396626 File: 95 KB, 720x960, 11401315_1072311122797473_6461075793041900348_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8396479 Well when this wins a hall contest, does that not set off any alarms?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 22:32:23 2015 No.8396724 >>8396626 What exactly is wrong with that construction wise?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 22:44:39 2015 No.8396744 >>8396626 It only won the Most Creative award....? Which from my understanding is the lowest award in the Hall Cosplay contest. Like fourth place. Why so butthurt?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 22:50:56 2015 No.8396759 File: 107 KB, 720x960, akon22015.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Victorian Leafeon took First Place/Best Craftmanship in the Hall Cosplay contest. Hand embroidery everywhere hnnnngggghhhh

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:09:33 2015 No.8396794 >>8396626 That's REALLY well crafted though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:10:24 2015 No.8396795 >>8396794 >>8396724 Ding ding ding, you guys are close to the problem!

Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:15:00 2015 No.8396809

>>8396795
Clean that sand fuckboy
I'm fucking TIRED of HQ shit but that costume is on point.
The only thing wrong with is all the jelly stains you're getting on it.

The armor is really well designed with the color scheme correlating to the Bruce Timm design.

The wig could have been done better or more eloquently bu that's about it.

smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Thu Jun 11 23:16:31 2015 No.8396813

>>8396759
Dude I met that guy. He was pretty fucking swell.

One of those two minute conversations with a pretty alright dude that you'll never meet again. I don't remember what he does or what he said or even his name, but he's pretty mildly rad.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:49:41 2015 No.8396892 >>8396809 She was essentially disqualified in judging for being professional level/trained and a more deserving entrant got knocked out last minute when another staff member threw a fit due to personal connections to her.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:51:07 2015 No.8396898 >>8396809 >fuckboy summerfags plz go.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:59:35 2015 No.8396916 >>8396892 There aren't any tiers in the Hall Cosplay contest though. They only have them in the main contest. It's not the Olympics, you don't get DQ'd for being pro-level.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 00:03:57 2015 No.8396926 >>8396892 So what you are saying is, you were a judge or involved in judging. That'd be the only way you could have this information. Either that or you are just butthurt and full of shit. So give some details.

>>	smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Fri Jun 12 00:08:07 2015 No.8396932 >>8396892 >>8396926 I don't understand how silly costumes can be such serous business. Like do I get extra points if I grow the cotton my costume is made of?

>>	BlakeRyan !!4E1IEjI9c+/ Fri Jun 12 00:11:02 2015 No.8396934 >>8396932 Smoker, pls. Let these ladies bitch about the rigging that anyone with a brain could figure out happened.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 00:11:34 2015 No.8396935 >>8396932 Oh fuck off this board then. You're just another annoying trip.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 00:25:01 2015 No.8396954 >>8396932 Looks like you hit a nerve >>8396935

Anonymous Fri Jun 12 00:59:52 2015 No.8397014

>>8395799
just to clarify, that anon isn't the same anon you replied to first, being me.

shit like, even ANT had better panels than A-kon this year, I really believe that. And other cons have panels you can actually get into if you wait an hour before they start, instead of capping the room capacity at a tiny fucking number and putting huge panels in little fucking rooms.

...still salty about missing LK's panel last year actually.

>>	Jebus of /a/ !01jMxbeXFY Fri Jun 12 01:43:56 2015 No.8397093 File: 62 KB, 1280x720, 1431581530148.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8394775 >>8394776 No no, you hit everything right on the money. If I could, I would buy you a drink, sir/ma'am.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 01:59:26 2015 No.8397113 >>8396892 See, THIS makes sense now.

Anonymous Fri Jun 12 08:19:38 2015 No.8397456

>>8396892

Did you even read the rules? There's nothing in them about being disqualified for being pro level. Otherwise that Leafeon couldn't have won either. http://www.a-kon.com/?p=7527&

If you are bitching this much, you must be one of the no-name judges they got for this contest. I entered Hall and thought I would get judged by the main cosplay judges, not some team of nobodies I'd never heard of. Only the one in the green shorts seemed to know anything about craftsmanship or had any real skill.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 09:11:18 2015 No.8397499 >>8397456 Furthermore, she's like 16 years old. She's not a professional. She just has a lot of daddy's money to spend on worbla, so she practices a lot.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 10:13:34 2015 No.8397580 Wow. I had though about entering hall but ultimately didn't because of the time. It sounds like that was the right call. Who were there judges if it wasn't the cosplay guests?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 10:49:54 2015 No.8397629 Alright butthurt folks, post some pics of your hall contest costumes that didn't win so that we can tell you why they didn't win

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 11:49:56 2015 No.8397698 Who gives a fuck about hall cosplay? Did anything interesting happen at the con? Like peper spraying ravers or fish fucking like last year?

>>	smoker !HOZlQYR1MY Fri Jun 12 13:22:57 2015 No.8397793 File: 628 KB, 1915x2807, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8397629 B-but s-senpai, I should have w-won the contest! I was the b-biggest guy there!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 17:30:53 2015 No.8398121 >>8397580 It was Titanesque Cosplay. I think they were asked to attend because of their big win at Anime Matsuri.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 17:46:27 2015 No.8398150 >>8397698 >>8395009 It was pretty tame this year. I heard that someone, probably drunk, fell through the wall and started ripping down wallpaper. There were room raids by the popo? Any more news on that?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 17:51:13 2015 No.8398161 >>8398121 I don't see an issue with this. They've won awards and they're good cosplayers. Better than having some Facebook famous idiot who is only judging because of likes and not any actual craftsmanship skills.

Anonymous Fri Jun 12 18:39:48 2015 No.8398262

>>8398150

The wallpaper thing was confirmed to be water damage during the weeks of rain. Nothing super exciting unfortunately.

>>8398161
I'm not familiar with Titanesque so I don't know their skills, but I think you're referring to Carl Martin? I'm not the best crafter myself, but he definitely has skills in certain areas.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 19:18:09 2015 No.8398351 >>8398262 nooope. pretty sure titanesque is a lady.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 19:41:56 2015 No.8398375 >>8398351 No. Titanesque is a group of cosplayers. It's not just one person. They had a skit at opening ceremonies where they did some sort of engagement thing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 21:28:07 2015 No.8398582 >>8398262 I think they were just referring to the trend of inviting Facebook "famous" cosplay guests with no real talent in general, not anything to do with Carl Martin.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 22:12:06 2015 No.8398699 >>8398582 OP here. That is correct.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 12 22:15:41 2015 No.8398706 my favorites were the bad DJ sonas too lazy to make the etwahl so they just used a table they set up.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 00:44:57 2015 No.8398949 >>8390147 Lolno

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 02:20:21 2015 No.8399179

>>8398150
My group I was with heard about the party and headed up there so check it out. When we got there, it must have just been busted because tons of people were leaving, cops were all over, and it reeked of weed. Heard they had a room DJ and they just blasted music, which is not particularly smart when you're in a hotel.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 03:00:44 2015 No.8399242 The A-kon tumblr keeps getting questions of volunteers and con staff being "rude and cruel" to disabled attendees. Anyone got any deets on this or are people exaggerating?

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 03:24:55 2015 No.8399291

>>8399242
Why would you need proof of this? It happens every year. It's shitty, but I'm glad it's being recognized as an issue for once. It's ye olde "You don't look disabled" and "Sorry, we can't do anything for you!" even though legally (and morally) the con IS obligated to help disabled attendees. If someone really wanted to, they could probably get the con shut down for a year or so because the con flat out didn't know and didn't care about these legal obligations.

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 03:30:37 2015 No.8399304

>>8399291
Not so much that I wanted "proof" as much as I wasn't aware of it and know better than to look to tumblr for details on stuff like this. Like, I can imagine that a lot of A-kon's volunteers/staff probably need to be trained or better informed on how to accommodate disabled attendees but when I see people saying that they were "cruel" it makes it sound that they were being purposely rude or intentionally hurtful to disabled attendees.

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 03:38:35 2015 No.8399322

>>8399304
Oh sorry, I misunderstood then. I'm sure there was probably one or two rude volunteers, but that's how it is with every large con. Much of the cruelty was probably just ignorance, which obviously doesn't make the situation any better but yeah. I have no idea how A-Kon hasn't got in trouble for this after 26 years. I want to say it's flat out illegal to not have this basic training/accomodations, but I'll need to double check that. You cannot just give people a volunteer badge, a list of shit to do, and send them off. A-Kon is incredibly unprofessional about a lot of things, but this is an actually serious matter.

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 04:33:45 2015 No.8399385

>>8399322
>>8399291

I think it mostly has to do with lack of education on the subject. I believe most volunteers would be more than happy to accommodate, but they just don't have the knowledge on what to do.

Tumblr-chan seems to be taking it seriously at least. Whether anyone on staff does anything about it is another story.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 05:30:28 2015 No.8399454 >>8391321 i was wondering about this, was there tickets they had to buy? Or was it free? I kinda wanted to go but it was so damn early

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 05:31:31 2015 No.8399457 >>8391705 and that tripple speaker pop

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 07:13:54 2015 No.8399535

Despite staff being utter shit, my time there wasn't bad overall. Came with my sister cause I am overprotective and not liking the idea of her going alone with what might be the most disgusting virgin weebs running around. Wore kirito jacket cause why the fuck not it's anime related, took a pic with a qt Sinon cosplayer (kinda wished I hit her up without having the thought of coming off as a creepy fuck)

My only regret was not staying behind while sis gets picked up and check out the rave to try to get it on with a qt cosplayer. I was under the impression that cgl/cosplayers are really horny and are easier to fuck than a japanese wanting a outsider.. Weather or not that is true or my friends are screwing with me, I'll never find out.

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 07:24:10 2015 No.8399542

>>8399535
Oh and might I add, grabbed myself a waifu pillow, never slept so comfy til I bought that so I think I can stop caring about getting laid now that I stood low to buy one. I am glad I was able to maintain my cool when this annoying LOLDEADPOOLXD cosplayer was messing with my sister and I, was SO close to coming off the ground and make a caramelldancing punch edition.

People loved sister's mini cosplay, got her pictures taken so she had fun and that's all that mattered to me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 11:36:48 2015 No.8399780 >>8399322 >flat out illegal You have no idea what you are talking about. If you don't have to have training specifically about handling the disabled in a work environment why would you be lawfully required to do it as a volunteer?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 16:52:02 2015 No.8400237 >>8399454 iirc they had tickets and they were $30-40. It was posted a while before the con started so I can't be certain the price but they did cost.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 16:53:38 2015 No.8400245 >>8399454 http://nekosquared.com/?product_cat=akon Here's the page for them with prices for everything they offered.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 13 17:10:15 2015 No.8400277 >>8399780 ADA is a thing. A legal thing.

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 17:15:29 2015 No.8400282

>>8399242
You are the one exaggerating. They got one ask that I saw even use that language. Also consider the fact I heard a volunteer telling someone they weren't disabled since they weren't in a wheel chair? I would complete believe a few volunteers were being awful shits This is why you don't run your con on the backs of 18 year old boys in it for free tickets.

Anonymous Sat Jun 13 19:47:25 2015 No.8400525

>>8400277
http://www.ada.gov/t3hilght.htm
>Private clubs are not covered, except to the extent that the facilities of the private club are made available to customers or patrons of a place of public accommodation.

Conventions are private clubs since they sell -memberships- and not -tickets-. Legitimate ADA complaints would be directed at the Anatole and not the convention.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 14 02:02:38 2015 No.8401293 >>8400525 That isn't the way it works and you think ADA just means ramps don't you dumb ass. I guess all the other big cons around the country and world just do all that disability shit for the funnies right?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 14 02:08:59 2015 No.8401304 >>8401293 >and world It's called the AMERICANS with Disabilities Act, dumb ass.

Anonymous Sun Jun 14 04:52:48 2015 No.8401492

>>8396626
>>8396892
>>8398161

Honestly that girl deserved more than most creative, I saw her shit up close and it was really well done. Probably didnt place because it was an 'original' take on HQ.

As for titnesque, I wouldnt say they are fit for judging craftsmanship, since they are perfomance based and they were probably only invited to fill space. They were very unqualified in my opinion to judge any contest and idk if you saw that Matsuri "skit" but it was honestly a glorified walk-on with nothing overly impressive about it, and the costumes themselves weren't anything special.

I ran into one of their members while they were drunk, and I think you're confusing the HQ with another contestant, who was wrongfully disqualified for being "professionally" trained even though there are no rules against that anyways.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 14 10:55:37 2015 No.8401817 >>8401293 What cons have disabilities services besides dragon con? I can't think of any. I know no one in Texas does. Why are you so hung up on this?

Anonymous Sun Jun 14 14:34:01 2015 No.8402105

>>8400282
Yeah, only one ask used those specific words, but there was more than one ask that made it sound like volunteers were generally purposely rude to disabled attendees when it's more likely they just need to be better trained to work with them.

>>8401817
LBR, more cons should have disabilities services. With the big crowds and long lines, it's already hard enough for disabled people at cons. Being disabled shouldn't exclude someone from being able to enjoy a convention and it's the con staff's job to help make it easier for them.

>>	Beanie-kun !!haFBv+kEAYe Sun Jun 14 14:38:03 2015 No.8402110 I hear there was a cute Asian boy seagull, can anyone confirm or deny?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 14 16:51:41 2015 No.8402331 >>8402105 Nice dodge of the question friend.

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