I'm tired of being a 27 year old kissless virgin loser. I've decided that I'm going to go to a gaming/cosplay convention next month with the sole intention of trying to pick up random women.The con is hundreds of miles away in another state, and the total cost of my flight, tickets, and hotel was over a grand. My idea is that by putting myself in a position where everyone around me is a stranger, combined with the motivation of wanting to make the most out of my financial investment, I will be forced to break out of my shell and try my best to meet women without the fear of rejection or social ostracization to hold me back.Any tips? Have you ever done this before in your country?
There was the first anime con in india in December 2014 My high school friends from two different groups who had now graduated uni invited me... I didn't go out of laziness. Haven't met them sinceI graduated six years later
>>220821706alcohol is a social lubricant, make sure to drink at least 1 beer before attending
>>220821706I really doubt any of the girls will interact with you except very briefly
>>220821834I can't even imagine how bad a con in India must smell. Jesus Christ.
>>220821706>trying to pick up women>at gaming/cosplay conventionanon the few attractive woman there will be the girls doing naughty cosplay and you won't even have a chance of talking to these girls. But go for it, better than just stay here shitposting
>>220821874I will definitely be doing this. I've been told by my friends and their girlfriends that I'm a really likable person once I've had a drink. Normally I'm extremely quiet and stiff. I don't want to rely on alcohol, but if it helps in this scenario I'm going to take advantage of it. >>220822004Even just brief interaction is enough. I need to learn how to talk to women or else I'm going to die alone. I'm not even that unattractive and I'm fairly tall, it's just my complete lack of personality and social autism that's been holding me back.In the Marines they do something called "Hell Week" which is basically a week long extreme intensive training exercise. This con is going to be my hell weekend. I'm going to speedrun learning all of the social queues and shit I should have learned when I was in college. I want to come out the other end metamorphosed into a social butterfly.
please reply to my threadSincerely, anon
>>220821706I use to go to them all the time when I was younger. The anime ones would show hentai in large convention rooms and people would wear raincoats so they didn't get skeeted on. It was the first time I saw furries and beautiful traps irl. They had video game tournaments and scantily clad women doing cosplay that you could vote on. Get a room for the duration, and let your freak flag fly. You wont regret it.
>>220821706It sounds like a bad idea, but at least you're trying to step outside your comfort zone. I hope you have a good trip. My only advice is to try not be too desperate. Showing interest in girls is fine, but don't go jeet lvls of lust.
>>220824252Gracias amigo. I don't think I'll come off as desperate. My whole problem is that my social inhibitions are too strong and I'm already too worried about seeing weird or desperate, and I want to try and push through that and get to a comfortable level of friendly. If that makes sense.
>>220824499>get to a comfortable level of friendlyRemember that, also not too long ago I was an incel too. As I mentioned before, showing interest is fine, but don't try to reach the summit of Mount Everest in one go, treat your trip as an adventure where you'll learn.>I'm already too worried about seeing weird or desperateThere are a lot of normalfags in cons now, but I still think most of the people who make the effort to go to a con are weirdos, I'd say about 60% are weirdos, just relax and you might even make some new friends.
>>220824823>I'm already too worried about seeing weird or desperateMy bad, that was supposed to be I'm already NOT worried about seeming weird or desperate. What I mean is that I'm normally very conscious about how much actions are perceived by others, maybe a bit too conscious to the point that it makes me aloof and offputting. I hope I can at least make friends. Tbh I don't really expect to get laid, I just want to experience what it's like to talk to women I don't know.
>>220821706No i've been around the circles that would and i have this fear/trauma of women who pretend to be quirky and nerdy + attractive guys turning the thing into a weird social darwinism experiment, i would if they were male-only or restricted in numbers
>>220825161Life is social Darwinism. Get over it.
>>220825017>I just want to experience what it's like to talk to womenI mean, there is billions of them, how hard can that be?
>>220826094I mean it's probably going to be a lot easier to talk to random women when we're in an environment where we likely share common interests. I could go up to random women in public and try the same thing, but it would be a lot riskier.
>>220826612I get it, I hope you have the best of luck, oh and remember that at anime cons people love cheap pizza, that's a good way to break the ice.
