New era, new faces. Fresh look, still at the same time and same place. Runs from October 30th to November 1st at Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Hall) in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.Music guests:>NateWantsToBattle>Cybertronic Spree>Genwunner>DJ Fluff 313>Cam Steady>Similar Outskirts>Find The RabbitCelebrity guests:>AmaLee>Adam McArthur>Cedric WilliamsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Oh and here's the website: https://youmacon.com/
>>10976185I'm going to give this con another year or so to get itself back on track before going. I hear the drama is done and they just need to rebuild, and I hope they can.
I never went to these as I wasn't old enough but I've heard that conventions used to be more fun. Actual nerds going there having a good time.No social media attention whores trying to get cloutNot overly woke and annoying bullshit shoved down your throatJust nerds nerdin' out
Something people don't talk about as much is the shift from "meeting people who live near you that share the same hobbies" to "an excuse for people who know each other online to travel and meetup"That to me has changed conventions more than anime getting popular.
>>10976042On one hand, you’re absolutely right. On the other, there’s an undeniable tier list of convention goers. For my area at least, the locals are all dorky, autistic college kids, not in a good way. In a sense the local ones I go to our meet ups for online friends, but I also met them at conventions before adding them
>>10926153Tell me you were born in 2008 without telling me you were born in 2008.Fat glompers were the very stereotype of the con-goer. For good reason.
>>10926783Moreso than size, I think it's more to do with cons turning into sales spaces first and events becoming a matter of big panels and shows rather than ground floor fun.Japan Expo is likely the best example. Circa 2007-8 IIRC, going there you had a bunch of groups/associations setting up their oen event booths with that one group wheeling in some rare arcade cabinets, PNPRPG and board game devs showing off their games and having trial plays, gunpla, BJD and lego MOC displays. You had sales points but a lot of them at this point were specialized bookstores beinging in their second-hand sections and exotics catalog, vintage game stores and importers making weebs drool with imported clothes.It changed a lot at the turn of 2010 I'd say. That's when most booths were sales point, prices for booths increased due to high-profile panels à la San Diego Comic Con where huge movies were now announced making the event "more valuable" and making it a lot harded for a group that runs a gaming room in Paris or a guy with twenty copies of his self-published rulebook to be here.Then there's also a certain shift from cosplay as a ground floor activity to competitions on stage but that's a different story.
>>10931683>no worry about being posted as cringeAn artist drew some bad art comic about me and my cousin because we awkwardly answered a question about the hats we were wearing (cousin made them). I'll never forget randomly coming across that in deviantart. Too bad I didn't have the balls to make an account and start shit talking them.
Just wanted to share the cosplays I completed last year
>>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?
Any stories people have on her and her friends?
is this the oldest thread on the board?
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+
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
most kids dont read comics anyway
>>10976217Fucking moron
suzupoii thread
>>10969211don't talk about my sister that way. thank you.
Does anyone know if her Discord server is still up?
>>10926061any new pics?
Conventions in Florida thread.Last thread was nuked for no reason and someone needs to take their meds. Previous: >>10946506>Brick City Anime Festival - January 10-11>SSA+S Toracon - January 31 - Sarasota>PokeKon Fest - February 7 - Sarasota>Ocala Anime-Fest - February 14 - Ocala>Pensacon - February 20-22 - Pensacola>Collect-A-Con Miami-Fort Lauderdale - February 21-22 - Fort Lauderdale>SwampCon - February 28 - March 1 - Gainesville>ACEcon - March 7-8 - Palm Harbor>SWFL Anime-Fest - March 8 - Fort Myers>MegaCon Orlando - March 19-22 - Orlando>Collective Con - March 27-29 - JacksonvilleComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
The con that shall not be named on this board was good enough and really put things in perspective. People flying over 9000 miles to be there and I'm just a 3 hour drive. Still, booking a Disney venue was a huge mistake anyone with a half functioning single cell brain could see
This year's metrocon was my first con EVER, and although I only went on the last day, I honestly feel like it captured the "pre-2020s" energy of anime cons I've been searching for!! (I'm only 18 so obviously I don't HAVE the experience of a pre-covid convention, but I've watched old con vlogs religiously and it was closer to those than say, modern AnimeExpo, if that makes sense). Anyways, I'm currently saving up for my next cosplay, and want to go to my next con in December--is Holiday Matsuri still any good? Or has it been taken over by tourists??
>>10976132Mostly taken over by tourists and clout chasers; the soul is completely gone and some could argue the soul was gone a few years before it left the Marriott. Holmat last year was fine, still had a lot of Christmas themed cosplays but Orange County Convention center will never beat having it in that Marriott. I had more fun at it than Metro tbdesu. Metro is a decent enough con but I think Holmat had more things to do. I'd potentially travel for Holmat if I didn't live in Florida but I don't think I'd ever travel for Metrocon.
>>10976132>I honestly feel like it captured the "pre-2020s" energy of anime cons I've been searching for!!It's much harder to discern when you're brand new, but being a green is an advantage here. By which I mean: throw away everything the whining doomgloomers tell you. They were saying just a few years ago that cons were literally over forever and you were going in a FEMA deathcamp for noncomplianceyeah check out HolMat, it's alright
>>10974722No need to be so mean anon. We can be frens.
>girl cosplayer>tattoo that ruins the lookSo many tattoo'd women at conventions.
>>10976108you can find millenial autists and troops kek
>>10976095>tfw found cute girl with no tattoosit's like jumping on the last helicopter out of saigon
>>10976110Of course they exists, but in a much lesser number, reminder that it was still around the time when a lot of girls weren't into nerdy shit and you were some level of pariah if you were a little bit too much into these stuff, so the amount of women that are that are-Still into nerdy shit-Won't have the option of "Eww, you're still hard into that stuff at your age?" Are probably continually dwindling and the ones that are actually cool about it probably got hitched forever ago
>>10976095u literally like men
>>10976096>Tell me you're over 35 without telling me etc, etc
>bf says he’ll take me to a lolita fashion store >ask if it is a sweet lolita, classic lolita or gothic lolita fashion store>he laughs and says it’s a nice store>go with bf>it’s kawaii fashion
>ultra stale b8 thread bumped well past its grave timetop keks, still manages to b8 newfags thoudh
>>10969615Weak bait here's your (you) moid.
This thread is my first introduction to /cgl/
>>10976128it's nothing but b8 OP and b8 bumps mixed in with the retard awards winners in it
>>10976128Don't worry anon, it only gets worse from here.
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.
abunai is in a week anons, are we ready to party?
>>10974165first time having a weekend pass, looking forward to it
any afters?
>Viencon 2027 is announced to not be happeningWtf, they announced the ticket sale date at the ending ceremony.
>>10976140I guess after the ending ceremony Vien started having second thoughts. At least he cancelled it before the start of ticket sales.RIP Viencon. I'm surprised they managed to last this long after shit like OD-chan.
The signups have finally opened, for this year's /cgl/ Secret Santa event!>Rules, Hints, FAQ and More:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Od4uaaOZpm276bd2Sp9xDBL3ZK363eQ1V_4oHZ_l-xQ/>Sign-up Form:https://forms.gle/Wqn7aDGaGNgUdinX7Please don't hesitate to ask if you got any questions! You may use the thread, or the following email:secretseagullsanta@gmail.comSome important dates:>Signup deadline:October 22ndComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>10970368I agree, but even if only 2 people remain who want to exchange gifts, I'd help them connect. Even if it ends up being done in a way that doesn't resemble past events at all, maybe it'd all be done by email. And I don't think any new thread will be created, but if there's any desire to share things with /cgl/ this thread could stay up.But from the looks of it, the event seems to not have much of a future. I was thinking if anything could be done for people to go back and look at old memories, when new threads will no longer be made for the event each year. There probably would not be much interest even in that though to be quite honest.
Is this the last thread
>>10970377>I was thinking if anything could be done for people to go back and look at old memoriesFor what it's worth I for one would really love that, I've fallen out of J-Fash over the years so I haven't been participating or coming to this site much but curling up with a hot cocoa or a peppermint latte to read this thread every year and see all the excited posts is still a big part of how I get into the holiday spirit. It's crazy to think that it's been a decade since Uncle Travis, but if nothing else I'm really grateful for the work all the organizers have put in over the years to make this possible.
>>10973666Probably. But in all honesty, it isn't really my decision to make to end the event. I can say that I won't organize it anymore, but I can't say that no one will organize it. And if someone would want to organize it, I'd be willing to stay in an organzing role too. The issue is that there really doesnt seem to be much interest anymore.>>10973736I'm thinking there should be a centralized place for people to find the threads, at least. But I don't think people would be able to find it. So I'm not sure exactly how it should be done.On another note, the album still hasn't been updated with the images from this or last year, so that's something I'll need to do.
Guess we could keep the thread alive until Christmas
Years ago, when cosplay started getting popular, but also sexual, I remember being a big fan of a certain cosplayer. They turned out to be quite rude to their fans, and I was left being disappointed by it. Later as the years went by, I came upon information that her cosplay hype died down, her twitch and vtuber arc couldn't lift off the ground, and she lost her twitter verification, and just isn't popular anymore. Basically what I'm trying to say in this thread is; fuck that whore. But also how has the cosplay community/scene been? Has it gotten more slutty? Worse? Better? Are people chill, or rude? Tell me your experiences from before (5-10 years ago) v.s now.
>>10970669Yes
>>10902106OP's cosplay is insane, imagine the BRAPs
>>10970669>>10970673The millennials in "the geek crowd" as you put it will be like that, but zoomers onward won't be as much. Zoomers will just say shit because it feels good, so as long as you're not going out of your way to misgender someone who is clearly female-presenting they won't care what you say.
>>10970774Yeah I'm not a dick, I can get along with you if you act normal it's the people that make it their entire personality that I can't really vibe with
>>10902106The cosplay thing should be fun and doesn't need to be sexual but some normies decided to ruin it by making a porn with cosplaying an anime character. I somehow thinking to those who cosplay and do onlyfans vids by making porn vids while they cosplay anime character. I feel you sir
DragonCon 202640th AnniversaryAtlanta, GA USA4 Weeks to go. Let’s see those cosplays.
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>>10976182And…….end of dump. Next big con is Magfest.
>MAGfest is sold outI'm going to kill myself
>>10976052>If anon wants a room, he can buy 5 tickets, on 5 different cards, with slightly different namesThis makes more sense than the scalping scenario I thought of earlier ITT. I went in 2025 and remember the hotel lottery having major problems, so if there's a way to game the system by abusing refunds like this I can see it becoming an informal mandatory thing if you want to stay at the Gaylord.
>>10976141>>10976052I thought it was a badge swap, not a refund?
>>10976142After the lottery, theres a small window in which losers are allowed to refund their badge. No real commitment so it's easy to see why badges sold out so fast.
>>10976143then why are they talking about a big official MAG sanctioned page for reselling your ticket to someone else on their site if you can just refund it? Is there like a time window for the refunds?
>>10976147Because once the window is over. The only "proper" way to get your money back from buying a badge is through their reselling system. Trying to cut down on scalping/scams.
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.
>>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.
>>10931985I kind of feel you...> Introverted, but for some reason wants to meet new people or see new stuff. The conventions I pick are usually not showing the people who I am fan of so I avoid meet and greets so far. >I started trying to get into cosplay due to me thinking stupid that if I'll do that I get some friends. Well...if they recognize the franchise and character that is popular then congrats I get small talk with people or questions if they can take picture with ugly me (since I'm too nervous to do it myself)>The rest of the day I just spend on some random ass buying stuff, eating or trying to spend some time before going back home.But I never get anything out of it. Most of the people who wanted me to follow their Instas were some people who later forget who I even was. My old friends are either busy, spending time with someone or not interested so I carry this all alone. I'm planning to maybe try again and cosplay in December before I'll just stop for some time because it's more sounding like a chore than something I wanted to enjoy. My only plan if it will be possible though is to find again the guy who cosplayed Psycho Warrior in same convention I was last year since I saw him this year early too, but I doubt I become friends with him.
have you ever found the pics of you cosplaying that you posted online or that somebody else took posted on a pornographic site?
>>10968292I'm always reluctant to ask for pictures because I don't want them to think I'll jerk off to it. Which I don't intend to do.
>>10969322seek professional help
>>10974800why?
>>10973935/a/ tourist here, this shit is great im laughing my ass off anon>what am I doing wrong guys?dont give up yet anon, you gotta use romcom logic use reverse psychology and say that you never wanted it in the first place, then he will be all over you
>>10968292no, but after some conversations from some people from different board I think I wouldn't even be considered to be put in second thing anywhere kek. Even if I'm gonna try one last time for someone to talk with me as Homura cosplayer this year
