Didn't see a thread for CCE yet, so I'm biting the bullet. Who're you cosplaying? What're you most excited for? How much alcohol are you going to consume cuz we all know what we're here for?I've been going for a few years but never hit the waterpark (usually too busy partying elsewhere), looking to rectify that this time. Also need to see Kazha again, they're great every year.
>>10975147I will be swimming here. I also need to be more social and meet east coast colossal goers so I can stop struggling to get roomies for this!
>>10975147Drinking, water slides, and more drinking
>>10975159My room is usually accounted for by the time I book it but I'm always down for new con friends. You cosplaying, Anon?
Only went once till now, mainly cuz it's a logistical nightmare. But I'm ready to give it another chance. Remember it being about as open as Ohio, with a much smaller attendee cap. Have to wonder how that plays out this year, since Prime was noticeably sparse too
>>10975229>Have to wonder how that plays out this year, since Prime was noticeably sparse tooI think there miiiiight be a dip starting this year thanks to CCV's inaugural con in May? Might be more noticeable next year but I imagine it'll siphon a good chunk of southeast/lower mid-atlantic traffic away from East. Can't complain when I'm close enough to both and they're spread far enough apart date-wise I can attend both pretty easily, plus dividing the traffic means less stressful F5ing for room block drops (I hope, though I did nab a CCV room like 30 minutes after they shadowdropped them so signs might be promising).Also re:Prime, I've heard rumblings for a while of people being sick of the overcrowding and bailing on it which ironically solves the issue.
>>10975250A bit of CC Virginia, a bit of recession. I put it more on the latter, either way the smoking gun that it was below capacity: the first time seeing families since 21. I'm interested enough to see how it goes, if ambivalent too.t. went to CC Texas year 1 and it was a borderline ghost town
>>10975147Older /a/non here. I am considering going to this con. I would like to do the whole party at night with the indoor waterpark. I've never had the chance to experience that. I'd be by myself with no hotel if I went. I could attempt to sleep in my car but sadly for me I have sleep apnea and need to be hooked up to a C-pap machine with power just to sleep, so that will be difficult. In a perfect world i'd like to hang out with people at night, drink a bit, then take a 2.5 hour drive home, however i'm not chancing drinking and driving. I'm currently going over my options to see if it will be possible to overcome my logistical problems, show up to the con and have fun.
Never been, some friends convinced me to go, what can I expect? I imagine I want to be light/casual on cosplans
>>10975276The party con of party cons. What specifically do you want to know, Anon?>I imagine I want to be light/casual on cosplansYou can go that route, but there's still a ton of people who go all-out.
>>10975267Here againSo its more likely I'll be going to this con, I took off from work. My main goal is to experience the after hours waterpark. I am looking through the website for details, but is there anything else I need to know from people that have had experience with it? Can you pay for storage lockers? Is there a changing room / shower? Other small details, I saw there is some bar in there. How can we pay for drinks if we're in bathing suits? do people bring their wallets and mobile phones into the water park?
>>10975287I'm guessin what kinda vibe to expect, but from what I've been hearing, it's katsu vibes
>>10975292Nobody wants to talk to you at Katsu for anything, everybody wants to talk to you at CC for everything
>>10975292East has so far been the most social and most welcoming con I've ever been to as well as being an amazing party con. I'm a forever alone male for reference, and never before did I have so many people coming up to me to chat. For example at the night swim in the hot tub, a guy casually asking how my con is going and we stay there for 30 mins. In the lobby party, someone else doing the same thing but offering me drinks as well as we chat. I don't get it but I've always had a great time and felt so included every time.(Personal experiences may vary)Make sure to take some time Saturday night to go up and down the room hallways to look at all the custom made door signs everyone makes. No other con does this kind of thing like colossals do
>>10975292Pretty much what >>10975293 said. I can't speak heavily to Katsu since I only went once (this year), but while the similarities are there (massive party con, pretty much self-contained unless you want to leave the facility for something, praying to God during the room block drop), CCE does feel a lot more freespirited with hella chill vibes. It probably helps that while you still have the heavy photographer presence for stuff like waterpark shoots, CCE is nowhere near the influencer-saturated level of Katsu. Plus you really don't need to know a guy who knows a guy to get into room parties, just walk long enough and someone will invite you into one.
OP here, didn't realize how many gulls were going. We wanna do a meetup? I'm bad at organizing shit but it doesnt take much to do that at CCE. I'll have booze ofc.
>>10975289Hey UncSo yeah the water park has various storage lockers you gotta pay for. I think there is a changing room? Bro you must have an imagination. You can drink in a bathing suit. They have a literal partially underwater swim-up jacuzzi bar you can order drinks from in a Jacuzzi style warm water area. A lot of people congregate there to talk and drink. Shit is expensive though.Yes of course people bring their wallets and phones. You can put em in your locker or bring a waterproof lanyard or fanny pack for your valuables.
>>10975351Thanks for the info. I'm trying to make this con. Its a bit 50/50 now. I'll look into waterproof items for this. I don't mind spending a bit of money to have some fun at the waterpark.
>>10975352The lockers were a bit pricey and the drinks too. If you order a large drink in the indoor water park you can get a cheaper refill on it but thats up to how much liquor you handle and if you wanna spend the price of a meal on it.
me leaving my phone back in the hotel room so I can enjoy the water park without a worry
im bringing several bottles of shit from my europe trip, what's everyone bringing
>>10975361Going on my booze run today. Definitely Jager and rum, gonna see if I can find Rumple Minze too though that shit's elusive around here. Plus a case each of Natty Daddy and Yuengling.
>>10975334Never take a doompiller's opinion on anything, we're everywhere>>10975355zbh. Keeps you from getting distracted to boot
>>10975431It was less doomerism and more surprise desu, just used to only seeing like one other gull in-person at a con. Offer is also still on the table.
>>10975437just post a time and place and we will naturally congregate
If the meetup is before 2pm i aint goin im still sleeping
>>10975437Well I'm down for sure. Say the word. My whole crew is made of nonnies too
>>10975437>>10975464Are y'all EGL wearers? Just curious. And where are you meeting up? My partner and I are on the fence about attending because we're mid-thirties old people but I could be convinced if I have other gulls to chat up with.
>>10975465>because we're mid-thirties old peopleYou'd fit right in at a colossalcon
>>10975465>>10975467Most millennial con in the game. I don't do EGL but am always in cosplay from con start to finish. Have to leave the meeting spot to someone else as I forgot wh
>>10975478...ere anything is
Aight so I looked over both the official stuff and unofficial stuff I'm interested in, and I'm thinking around 7 PM on Friday? As for location, I usually hang out at the lobby when I have nothing better to do so maybe that area by the fireplace with the couches and shit. Could also do that sitting area at the corner of the River Patio, or that outside area adjacent to the arcade.
>Bottle of Rumple Minze>Bottle of Jager>Three bottles of Soju>Party bucket of Fireball shots>Case of Yuengling>Case of GrogPrepped. Still angling for 7 PM Friday in that fireplace lobby area. See y'all there.
>>10975492>>109756817pm Friday fireplace lobby sounds good to me. However will anybody have an object everybody can gather around or a person? Or some phrase like "seagulls?" or "cee gee el?"
>>10975736Look for the Fireball bucket. I'll also likely be in Touhou cos.
Thread on page 2 so close to the actual con? I guess not too many people from here are showing up. I'm doing a challenge for myself this con, I want to see how little money I can spend and still manage to enjoy myself.
Where are seagulls im here and im queer
Surprisingly not full parking lot, will compare to other fays as it goes
>>10975821*daysgod DAMNIT
>>10975821I imagine it will start filling in. This will be my first real Colossalcon. One time 5 years ago a friend and I were there for about 3 hours on a random Saturday because we were in the area. I didn't get much of a chance to do anything. I'm mostly looking forward to the after hours waterpark.
>>10975298found him in 5 minutes
>>10975147How horny is the con?
>>10975821Friday morning, the lots have filled and people have begun parking along the street
>>10975492Do any of you plan on doing anything on Saturday? It would nice to meet people from this board, but I can only go to the convention on Saturday.
I’ll come by the meetup 7pm by the lobby fireplace. It was a bit hard to find but I checked it out. It’s the one right by the windows into the indoor waterpark right?
I’m going to head over now, look for a bald guy with this color shirt.
>>10975863stop being bald
Kept my promise, see y'all here.
>>10975147where's the racist cos player i need her 8n my l8f3 befor3 she gets k8cked out. i can be her chud and l3ave my leftoid friends
>>10975835insanely. Definitely more than CC Prime
>>10975863HereI just got home (fuck that 2 hour drive home at 12am in the morning)To the gulls I met and wandered around with I really want to say thank you, I was at that con alone and having you guys to walk around with really made the day much better. After we separated I wound up doing the after hours waterpark for an hour and a half. I would have stayed longer but I was already tired and had the long drive back. It was short but it was fun. Thank you all again one more time.
>>10975878No problem man, glad you had a great time! Sorry for dipping from the meetup early-ish but I was more exhausted than I thought. I'll be around as Meiling again for a good chunk of the day, here's to Day 3.
>>10975882That’s cool and I get it. Frankly I pushed myself beyond exhaustion to hang for as long as I did > still hit the waterpark > drive home. I had to do some psycho mental gymnastics to stay awake and not crash. Got home at around 2:15am (left at 12am) and I just now woke up.I really need to bring people I know next time and get a hotel if only for one night.
Damn I missed the meetup. I'll be around with friends at the night swim tho! One more late night meet in the lobby at 2am+?
This is basically Katsu but with a water park and laxer rules than the Gaylord. The African theme of the resort is pretty cringe. Mandela's face everywhere? How tasteless. Either way, will probably go to the Virginia one since it's closer next year. Hopefully the hospitality isn't just a result of the a spiritual difference between DC commuters and Pennsylvanians.Also, way less trannies than Katsu.
>>10975887Could swing that. Around as Kikuri from Bocchi the Rock tonight, hitting my second wind.
>>10975889wtf I found you. with tenshi right?
>>10975890Yep, who tf were you?
bald anon here from home.How is Saturday compared to yesterday? Please share your stories. I'm legit still recovering from just Friday night.
>>10975891water park. you?
>>10975891wait I'm blind. I was Karen araragi
>>10975892I went to Big 5 and they were hella gay. tripping all this food in front of people and saying nope you can't touch that. like go fuck yourself
>>10975896I was told the Goth party was invite only because someone brought a gun last year.
>>10975888I stand corrected, lots of ftm trannies compared to mtf ones. kind of unusual.
>>10975895Oh shit yeah I remember you lol, you were cool. Glad we met up.Anyways, as expected for CCE Sunday, I feel like death. Going to check out, lap Dealers and AA ons more time, and then go home and sleep for the next 20 hours. Great time as always, hope to see some of yall at CCV.
The final day, the exodus begins. I wish we could've got a group picture at the 4chan meetup!
>>10975907I had fun the Friday I was there. I actually just did all the math to find out how much I spent including gas, food, badges, snacks, events, etc. I managed to do it all under $200 which is pretty damn good. Hope you all had fun Saturday night as well. One more time, very cool hanging out with you all Friday night. Also why did they kick out that racist girl who was cosplaying with her dad, she seemed cool.
>>10975905hey if you're still around I'm still around. my whole crew left
>>10975909Just got home, sorry man. Rain check for next year tho.>>10975907I can host for CCV if we want to run it back, just need to commit.
i was supposed to run a panel on Friday but i got diverted on a last minute work trip to japan, sorry gulls. i will see u all at CCV
What did you get from the [spoiler] adult market?[/spoiler]
>>10975915In real time I overheard someone get porn commissioned of his friend's OC and then realize that he called the wrong person named Arthur
>>10975888It's an East Coast Anime Con bro we are ALL trannies, it's just less obvious cause PA is country bumpkin hell, so almost everyone is stealth or boy/girlmoding.
>>10975928Absolutely hilarious. I spent time chuckling with the doujin dealer and his increasingly lazy tags for boobs.>Big mommy milkies>Fat bazoonka donkies>giga bazooka boobaIt was awesome that he had the mindset to provide tags for his stuff in a very booru way, the two bearded guys did not do the same so I feel bad for those who accidentally got an NTR doujin.I ended up picking up some interesting Doujins.Kind of regret not getting an Onahole, there is always a stigma over straight men getting toys but I feel like picking one up as an incredibly uncommon con experience souvenir would have been the most dignified way to do it.
I had fun but none of my crew wanted to party. ;( had to get most of my fill of it in the hallways
Bumping I wanna know if there was an orgy
>>10976020There was, it was nice
