I'm a near-complete beginner to con culture and the "scene" due to zero exposure to it until recently and I have too many questions swimming around in my head that I need to ask. I've only been to a couple of small ones in my mostly-desolate area and I want to step up to traveling to bigger ones but I'm overwhelmed. Please bear with me.>Do a majority of congoers cosplay? I know it's common, but is it seen as a faux pas to not cosplay?>Likewise, is it seen as a faux pas to wear the same cosplay more than once in a multi-day event, or to not wear it some days?>I've read a lot on this board about "after hours" events and parties that aren't scheduled by the con staff. Do you have to get invited to things like that, or how do people find out about them?>Do cons that don't have a stated sub-demographic (ones that use terms like "fandom" or "pop culture" instead of specifically "fantasy" or "otaku" or something) tend to accept all demographics? Would you be looked at weird for going to something more "western" like SDCC in an anime cosplay, or would you expect to see a lot of them? >Why do some huge cons like Colossal and Dragon seem to place such significance on getting a hotel room onsite as opposed to just being nearby? Surely not just traffic, right?>What's a "gull"? >How do you not get sick every time you go to one? >How do you keep track of scheduling for multiple cons across multiple years? Do you get notified about them? When is "con season"?>If you're partying, how do you deal with inevitable hangovers or crashes?And some more personal questions>If you cosplay, what's normally your budget? Both in terms of time and money. >How do you make friends at a con if you're not going with a group?>How many cons do you go to yearly or on a recurring basis? There are a fuckton I want to see but I'm not sure if my expectations are unreasonable.Thank you for your time.
>>10972093>>10972094>now let's turn the light off
How hard is it to socialize as a masked character? The cosplay I have in mind will probably muffle my voice a lot too. Should I make it so I can remove it fast, walk around with it of and put it on for pictures or just hope that the other person can hear me?
>>10974013Which character? You have a few options, you can speak louder, use a microphone/speaker, or just use motions like nodding (can be very suitable for silent characters)
Is this why i sometimes get a weird look when i ask to take a photo of them instead of with them?
>>10907403>deoderantWhat is this shit, written by whoever handles the Ramencon website?
Anyone going to Otakuthon in a month?
anyone else went to the EN "guess that video game song" panel? with the fucking drag queen hosting it? holy shit, I walked in there as a clueless man just wanting to vibe to vidya OST and I left as a homophobe. maybe I'm just a suburb retard but this shit was so fucking cringe, I can't believe the audience was cheering him on.
>>10974679faggotry has invaded all aspects of nerd culture
>>10974682I couldn't believe it bro, I kept double checking the panel and its description and this shit didn't even have an age restriction. The dude kept twerking and making sexual innuendos every 10 seconds. I'm not a prude but it was just so much. I hate the fuckin' big city man
>>10974692Need a rural anime con where the men are not allowed to wear dresses "ironically".
>>10974525Way too late, as it just ended, but if you go near the metro exit and continue through the underground (Or exit through the back garden and enter the mall right in front) and then continue through the mall, you enter another mall with a huge food court, more choices, much more seats and usually much less people and waiting than the few restaurants around the Palais
Because why notConnichi is around the corner - September 5 to 7 in Wiesbaden. Anyone going?Tell us about your con visits, your plans for the next months, cosplay struggles and everything else!Not sure where to go next? Consult this handy site which also lists smaller local cons:https://www.jam-cons.net/con-kalender
>>10972549I'll be going to YuniCon
I won't go as Gregor Eisenhorn next AniniteHopefully, I start to become productive so that I can cosplay as Eisenhorn next Vienna ComicCon
>>10974047oh sure, ill be there too.Aninite and Yunicon are my only 2 regulars so to speak.
I'm at Aninite nowThis year in the basementAgain
>>10973000>>10973036Heard about it on social media and found it very weird how everyone was suuuper concerned and worried. Like, Dokomi has some 200k visitors nowadays and one (1) person anheroed weeks later, how are you affected?And not to hwnbaw post, but everyone was very sure to call that person she in every tweet even when there was zero information out, very telling. Afaik even the police record said man which rules out that it could have been a tranny. It's just silly at this point
This is for the older con goers. How does it feel to go to cons? Do you feel out of place? What is the average age at cons do you feel, and when do you feel like you've aged out of the con scene? I'm early 30s myself and I'm starting to notice the age difference, and have been interacting with people a lot less at cons
>>10970295You might have forgotten drinking, staffing, drinking while staffing and staffing while drinking. Or maybe I've just been doing this too long, who knows?
>>10970019What's in an insult that doesn't land? Whether it's trying to blend in or real misanthropy, a good chunk of the whole site's userbase (especially on a place like /r9k/) would say that pissing off normalfags is a badge of honor to them. For the few people we have left on this board, their flavor is "X is what I feel you must do with your life path and you'll earn my eternal IRE if you don't hold to that", as worthless as that is. QRD: It's all autism, ignore sticks in the mud, ???, profit
>>10959877you shouldn't be at an event for kids and young adults. you know how old is too old.
>>10970822look up, zoomershit. you blind?
>>10970836Yes I am blind, in fact.
Any good Latex / Vinil / Tight and shiny cosplays?
I like gooning to this, don't know it is cosplay tho
>>10973071Anyone know who she is?
>>10973071shiiieeeet
>>10973071Who is that?
>>10973108>>10973349lolyomie on ig
Previous thread: >>10850236Instead or recapping a 2 year long slow thread, allow me to recap 2 years of Dutch conventions and they're current state:>Animecon lost half their visitors, is slowly falling to irrelevancy and going through severe financial problems (again)>Tomo started to ficus more on the fairs, is now rebranding to Japanfest and already went on a "ruined reputation" speed run>Viencon has grown a lot, learned drugs are bad m'okay, and it wont be long until they can rent out the entire Center Parcs location>Abunai! is somehow still standing tall and winning by not doing anything>Nishicon is a decline, had maybe 50 visitors this year and pulled the plug>Ibaricon came onto the scene but proven itself problematic to work with>Elfia is no longer welcome at Castle De Haar>Castlefest remained comfy to this very day>Heroes Dutch Comic Con and Made In Asia are going stronger than ever>Comic Con Holland came onto the scene and is growing fast despite some backlash>Aniway, a Dutch anime magazine, ended their run after 24 years.>Nintendo is tired of there being 9001 Poké-cons using their IP and took actionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
I also enjoyed Animecon this year.Glad they improved the outside space. In the past years it felt like some lost tents and benches on a parking lot but with the addition of the big parasols and the bar and food court it felt nice to hang out.Also liked how they are giving more space to experimental stuff on the pop up stage. I think some new ideas for new audiences are important to keep Animecon alive right now.The broodfabriek will never be the world forum and we will never go back but I'm starting to come to terms with it now.
>>10961852Any updates? I used to follow them and visited a few times, so I’m curious to know what happened. They seem to be doing fine on social media and actually cleaned up their marketing a bit, so good for them. Still, would love to hear the tea
abunai is in a week anons, are we ready to party?
>>10974165first time having a weekend pass, looking forward to it
any afters?
We are having a costume party and my coworker is dressing as Starlight.
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>>10974646You want to f*ck her?
Just wanted to share the cosplays I completed last year
>>10969751I will trust everyhting this person says
She was very sweet, she gave me a hug after we met
>>10969751same, she is absolutely so rude. maybe it's because i met her when she wasn't working at a booth and I'm another cosplayer but it's been years since I met such a stuck-up person.
God I wish they didn't remove IP count
>>10973493boner status?
I saw this amazing Zelda cosplayer on Instagram but I noticed she doesnt seem to be wearing any underwear or anything and she's at a con. Is she secretly wearing something underneath?
>>10968710she actually just fucks him. the guy is practically a victim
>>10970844>I feel like it would be completely understandable, but would people look at me weird?Just bend your dick downwards and keep it tucked in so it's not obivous.
>>10969116Anon you might be retarded You would not say this if she was a fat fucking whale
>>10968620>visible tattoosthis is just a brother worker in a zelda outfit
>>10968620Obviously promoting her OF
Using Summer Byleth is probably cheating.
>>10969570If her boyfriend isn't railing her every night, I swear to God...
>>10966697Is the nipslip here in the room with us?
>>10965621Good question...Some Naruto sexy jutsu cosplays I have seen at conventions are at the top
It feels pointless going to cons alone. I just went to Otakuthon yesterday and I saw tons of people, I went to panels, I had tons of nice conversations, interactions and pictures, but it hurts knowing I'll probably never see any of these people again. The only real long interaction I had was with a guy playing Go with me and some other people, but beyond that, it never moved outside of small talk and compliments.I'm still happy that I probably talked to over a 100 strangers in one day, something most people who are lonely fail to do, but being alone in a crowd truly hurts.
>>10972046You could've fooled me Every girl I talk to is apparently in a relationship, even the ones who are alone, even the ones who are apparently at the entire CONVENTION alone instead of just separated I don't use conventions as a dating pool, I go for the convention, so I just talk with whoever catches my eye in the momentI'm not going around talking to girls alone buying things without makeup on, cause I see them when I'm in the middle of doing my own shit and don't have an easy icebreaker even if I went out of my way to try Even the fat perverts at 18+ panels have orbiters and there's never an opportunity to actually TALK to them, you know, that thing human beings are supposed to do in person to get to know each otherEveryone at the con is just alone doing their own thing instead of trying to be social and meet new people or do fun things, the amount of people just sitting around staring at their phones while they were at an event or in a panel or something was depressing Everyone already has their own friends, their own routine, or more like their own social media page they're trying to masturbate above all else
>>10931985>go out to wander late at night at AN>first person I meet trauma dumps on me for 20 minutes>decide to go to sleepIt was an interesting conversation, at least.
old man here, i'm 38. When I was in my 20s I was a lot shinier, I'd go to cons alone and end up in room parties and make new fair weather friends. I'm not shining as brightly as I used to but I'm still going to arcades, making new friends, grabbing contact info from people, getting invited to house shows etc. Recently chatting up a bartender ended up getting me into a house show and getting enveloped into a friend group. I'm just going to rattle off some what I do & my mindset.1) Making new friends is a rollercoaster of painMost ephemeral connections will turn to nothing and you have to just accept that. I've chatted up plenty of people for like an hour and they seemed super interested, no follow up after. One night I was able to play dance rush with this girl for an extra hour or two and it was really nice. I loved talking to her and she seemed to like talking to me. no responses after exchanging info. You have to be able to withstand this and keep it together without either blowing up someone's phone or wanting to blow a hole through your head. You can't have expectations. If you feel like there's stakes to social interactions ("THIS WILL BECOME MY GF") it's going to be ruined. If you don't have restraint for either your actions or your thoughts put aside trying to socialize with strangers until you do.2) Numbers game is the worst possible advice you can getPUA nonsense. It's humiliating. I saw a guy doing this at a show. Alone, went to everyone in the bar and said his bit. People are always looking for something new to talk about and you don't want it to be You. Talk to someone because something about them interests you and the genuine curiosity will color your vibe. You'll probably have a natural jumping off point from there.3) be ensouledif your hobby is going home and passively consuming something like a video game or streaming content. with 0 thoughts about it. idk. die. talking to you sucks.
>>10973999It's always a shock to me when I'm reminded that society has deteriorated so much that making friends is now something very many people struggle with. It's wild for me to see terms like "numbers game" appearing in advice for how to make friends. But I'm also one of those people who got lucky in college with an extrovert "adopting" me, so I know how fragile it all is for the people that are able to make friends.Nice trips btw
This thread has survived two subsequent otakuthons, very impressive.
Ok I'm going to start off by saying I'm awkward and lonely. I'm doing stuffs to try and grow. (BTW yes the pic is of me.)I started a tiktok where I cosplay and dance. I would like to grow to make friends with some content creators I see on the platform. They are a group of ppl that cosplay and go on adventures. I tried to use reddit to promote my dances and cosplays but I've been banned and all I was told is because of disruptive behavior, though no one will tell me what I did wrong with my posts.Are there other platforms I can use to grow my audience?
Thats sussy. But ok ill try again tomorrow after work. What other unwritten rules are there?
>>10974579>What other unwritten rules are there?remember to bump your thread for years
If you're shilling an e-thot OF with tiktok dances in cheap Leg Avenue tier store bought cosplay I can see you getting banned. Like if you're putting a dumb tiktok dance on the forum for cosplay craftsmanship, where people want to see the details of a cosplay's construction that you made yourself, you're gonna' get banned
>>10974581
>>10974554just cosplay and dance. remember to whore yourself out, thats the only way to get big numbers
What are our thoughts on cosplayers who hope to clone Belle Delphine to gain an audience?In countless pieces of media where authors, music writers, artists etc. attempt to not just sample someone else’s work/image, there are some who want to gain fans fast think the only way to do so is to imitate the OG as closely as possible. I think it’s kinda sad to see because everyone should be able to shine on their own without the need to blatantly copy another person’s work.
Belle Delphine is old hatThats what you get when you base your career on looking like jailbait and then age out of it
>>10974529When People try to clone another's image they have to be prepared for the backlash. Mj's, Ariana Grande's clones all face so much backlash and don't even earn a pinch of what the OG can make. Clone fame has to be one of the worst.
>>10974508Lots of girls do it. It's to the point where normies associate cosplay with gooners and sexually charged images. I'm not a fan of it but it's just the way things go. New cosplayers see what's working and imitate the skimpy costumes and make up style. Extra sad seeing these 15 year olds running around in bunny suits because it's so normalized. But that's just one of the consequences. If only men weren't so lustful and willing to give money to these influencers. Even if there was no monetary incentive for them attention is also a currency
There was an 18+ area to the local con, it was a pretty big con/venue. Me and BF went there to see if there was hentai manga or yaoi doujinshi etc, and it was just gooner streamers shilling their cosplay OnlyFans. It was really disappointing.
>>10974508Costhottery was already a thing before Belle Delphine blew up, the only major thing people copied off of her was her makeup. And by this point, it's less that people are copying specifically her look and more that it's the e-girl ouroboros recycling what by now has deviated from Belle Delphine's style from back in the day somewhat. You and me remember Belle Delphine because we were on this site during her heyday, but she's largely forgotten now despite how huge she once was, and most costhots are now copying each other without even knowing who she is/was.>>10974550>Even if there was no monetary incentive for them attention is also a currencyBelle Delphine herself is living proof of this. She made what is basically all the money in the world before her hiatus (instead of blowing all her massive earnings she had her boyfriend/manager invest them, so it actually is infinite money assuming everything was done correctly), and it was without posting a single nude. She never had to do pinups ever again after her hiatus, but the craving for attention as other e-girls began to dethrone her was so much that she came back not only posting nudes but doing hardcore to gain attention.
ramona closet cosplay lolzz
>>10928233She actually looks amazing in Ramona cosplay. Too bad you decided to pic this one picture so you’ll be attracting the incels
why the fuck is this thread still here oml
>>10969463She took the pic to promote her OFYou reap what you sow
What do you think of kids at cons? Good? Bad?Should more cons ban them, I've noticed actual porn stars at Comic Con dressed very revealing and selling their stuff there so maybe that should go 18+
>>10968045It makes sense: “I'll let you go to the convention half-naked if you let me fuck you.”
>>10968220It's just that those stupid parents who don't pay attention to what their kids are probably seeing online—those kids are surely already watching some porn online, and when they saw you, they simply felt desire. How sad.
Lets kids be at cons but only with the parents' understanding they may see some adult stuff, don't make it anyone else's problem.People should be most concerned about what kids are seeing on their phones or tablets, a little T&A at a con won't hurt them.
I hope kids are always allowed at cons because seeing cute young girls in cosplay is like half the reason I go. If kids stop coming to cons, how else am I gonna beat off in my hotel room while thinking about come sexy little Nezuko or Kanna that I saw on the con floor?
>>10947633yes
