Thread 10951906

Raleigh, NC May 23rd, who's goin

Didn't this con use to have at least somewhat active threads here?
What happened?

>>10952176
People don't care enough to talk about it here.

>>10952284
Well I do, I hate facebook
What's the deal with the lockers? Is there no bag room this year?

Whats the over under on a grade A good time?

>>10952344
The one guest I really want an autograph from isn't signing personal stuff so I'm already kind of bummed
I got fucked over by the funko scalpers and shit scheduling for autographs last year so it stings more

anyone down to meetup here? im going solo but will be in the arcade

>>10952370
it's my job to gatekeep the cabinets every year

>>10952379
i didn't see a single gatekeeper. I mainly just played rockband this time. I want to play mai mai but its two player and only cliques of 5+ play it

>>10951906 (OP)
More people going to momocon plus economic struggles I suppose.

>>10951906 (OP)
LMAO THIS SHIT IS DEAD
i'm even in raleigh right now for something else and can't be asked to go

Another day, another con spent by myself in the game room awkwardly playing games and standing behind people waiting for them to get off the cab I want to try, and another not having any friends to play on said cabs with. (slay)

>>10952799
have you tried talking to cosplayers who get your penis hard?

Where was the cute girl I saw driving into Raleigh with the Teto Itasha on her car? If you see this marry me please.

>>10952799
what games were you playing? I did the exact same thing

308 in the sheraton

>>10952799
>>10952807
you gotta call next on the cabinets you fags

why can't I get a gf or get laid at this con after 10+ years of going

>>10952814
>followed practice that is universal with literally all arcade cabs
>LOL JUST SAY IM NEXT!
Retard. You do that game tables or at the orgy.
>>10952815
this was a question you needed to ask at the latest 7 years ago. Now its too late for you..
I already got a handy from a girl in a cirno cosplay just because I danced with her in the rave room.

>>10952802
Don't hav one.
>>10952807
Just rhythm games. I was excited going in since I had never played but heard good things about a lot of the ones there and it consumed me.
>>10952820
This.

>>10952820
>>10952835
how do you progress from rave dance to handjob exactly

>>10952835
>Girl
boobers?

>>10952176
The con is a forgettable and boring one. Plus it is schedule when other better organized cons happen


Most locals have put more focus on Galaxycon instead of Animazement n

>>10952835
if you played beatmania or the touch slider games I probably seen you around

>>10952846
galaxycon is for normalfags
I don't care about paying 100+ dollars for a washed up comic celebrity autograph

I liked it and had fun.

>>10952894
I did too
but now I don't know what to do anymore
but they keep scheduling shit with overlap that shouldn't have overlap
like why are two international anime guests having panels at the same time two days in a row

did anyone make any friends here
The taiko drumming workshop was fun and I met some cool people

>>10952942
some, mostly at the marriott bar

>>10952942
I try but I either get ghosted or cockblocked by someone much uglier than whoever I was talking to if I try to get any kind of contact

>>10952853
>he thinks anime VAs aren't any less washed-up

>>10952176
Guests used to be way better, and then Momocon ate its lunch. I still remember when Studio Trigger showed up.

>>10953000
the events in general suck at Animazement. It would be still worth going if the parties were good like Colossal or even Ichibancon but that’s not the case. The parties and vibe are okay I guess. Some cons have far worse but Animazement stills feels bleh

>>10953000
I literally stood in line with the cofounder of madhouse and watched an animation director who started at his studio draw him a portrait and talk shit about how old he was
and then I watched him draw the coolest fucking thing ever across an entire page of one of my favorite series he directed
if you care about japanese industry guests (aka if you aren't a dub watching luddite) animazement is fucking great

>>10953022
the director of the shitty uzumaki adaptation spent a whole panel showing off his action figure collection and it was awesome

>>10953026
god damn I'm mad I missed that, of course it was an l at the exact same time as something else with an international guest
why can't they ever get the scheduling to not be an overlapping clusterfuck
look at this shit this is the most amazing autograph I'll probably ever get in my entire life

>>10952901
Crowd management, lol. Even though that's not really a problem at this convention. Same things happen at festivals.
>>10952942
For sure, it was nice to see more goers being conversational.
>>10952894
I did too. I like small conventions because I fucking hate shit being packed and I like how things feel more intimate. I pop an edible and get lost in the sauce, I don't get the gripe about small cons.

>>10953000
Had decent guests I went to last year and studio orange.
Honestly people gassed uppmo and after going to it this year I kinda see an appeal for people wanting eng va autographs and aome game directors or people who stay in games rooms +dealer/artist alleys. Panels at Momo were significantly worse cordinated and handles, I didn't even think it was possible to have so many technical difficulties especially compared to AZ panels who have a fraction of the staff.

>>10953022
I can agree with this I got a lot of nicer industry panels that aren't just producers or aging voice actors from shounen series. But then again younger people seem to just never go to panels anymore, even the bl and yuri ones are empty for the last few years at different cons.

>>10953064
I was on gummies the whole weekend
just being immersed in the atmosphere was really fucking fun
playing on cabinets in the game room with people playing rockband and ddr all around and fucking daicon 4 playing on the wall was the coolest shit ever

>>10953026
For my my favorite memory was asking the director of fruits baskets anout his time directing nurse angel ririka after his panel where he dorked out over ninjas. That was a long time ago now though. The panel was like named i love ninja or something, there was like 8 people there and we got to ask him literally anything.

>>10953071
I've learned a lot of panels are really not worth going to, most people are not funny or charismatic enough to make a panel fun, and there's THAT type of faggot who makes panels even shittier than just mediocre
I literally went to one panel that was set up to basically have the hosts do improv responses to questions and every time I asked something funny the fat whale host literally just said "no" or didn't understand the references to joke videos with millions of views about the panel subject and shut down the bit instantly
like nigga how can you be so fucking unfunny holy shit no wonder there are so many gays

>>10953074
nagahama this year said he'd love to come back to AZ just to keep talking about industry shit he never could say to any fans in japan, he also said he's really appreciative of anyone who actually cares about production and the actual industry and he drew a full fucking illustration of whatever you wanted for an entire line of people for 3 hours straight

you just can't get this kind of thing anywhere else, not even if you went to japan to see them where everything is way more strict and formal between fans and seiyuu or otherwise

>>10953075
Thats why I move between them all. Problems is that I feel like younger people see one bad panel then give up on them. I really miss the hetalia and homestuck era of cons since people were more involved even when the panels were shit.
I feel like I'm getting to old for cons now though since I'm nearly 30.

>>10953078
Yeah I basically got the same response even from VAs, unprompted Noriko Hidaka just started talking about seta soujiro since I was cosplaying them that year and went to her panel last year.
Friends all want to go to momo for dealers room, arcade and vrubers but the vibes there kinda sucked in comparison. I only really had people to talk to like I do at AZ at one ribbon manga panel and the arcade very early in the morning.

>>10953081
noriko hidaka last year was amazing, hearing her answer my question about anno saying that he acted out all the gunbuster attacks while directing her is just the coolest shit ever
I love being able to hear stories from people who are directly involved at the source, and it seems like everyone else in those panels was the same because the quality of the questions were actually incredibly high by basically everyone who asked something
maruyama said he strongly prefers making something for a small but very passionate audience, and going to all these panels and seeing them maybe half full or not even that but you know every single person in there loves that thing to death and it's really awesome
that's the kind of thing that made cons great and was everywhere decades ago before anime was more mainstream

>>10953080
the 30+ year olds are the most interesting people at conventions, you're thinking backwards
AZ still has some amazing fan panels, the waifu wars guys are so fucking funny and they actually put effort into making the panels they do as fun as possible

>>10953086
Hey, I enjoy those panels but theres less people showing up to these kinda things unless the dealers room or game rooms are closed or closing.
>>10953084
Yeah these smaller cons actually have a feeling of somewhere to just gather around and hang out.

>>10953078
He spent a long time talking about his influences from superheroes and American comics so it was awesome to see that kind of reverse weebery in person too.

>>10953159
that's the case with everyone from that generation, look at daicon 4, it's full of star wars and 80s hollywood references
anime originally was inspired by disney, it all comes full circle
it's not even just in anime, look at someone like kojima who's one of the most well regarded nip creatives in the industry, huge fucking westaboo
i think it's just that the cultures are so different the really high quality stuff is even more interesting when it's so different from everything else your country makes, westaboo otaku amd weeaboo otaku are two sides of the same coin

>>10953086
Thx for the compliments anon, we try to make Waifu Wars a great experience every year.

>>10953185
>they lurk
[spoiler]unironic suggestion to give a 10 second explanation of yes and/improv so even the most unfunny bastard that comes up will know what to do[/spoiler]
if everyone that came up was even half of ugly bastard or milkman it would be legendary

>>10953186
>no spoilers on cgl
well, time to hang myself

>>10953186
Yeah, dealing with socially awkward people has always been interesting when running that panel. I am so sad that Milkman and Cindy were not there this year. Ugly Bastard was a god send.

>>10953190
when he picked up the fucking stairs I lost my shit
for the record I recognized chaika but literally everyone else was dead silent
you should offer drinks at the door
also please spare me from dub clips unless they're from before the year 2009

the sticker I got from the bag this year was zero two, milkman will live forever

>>10953192
yeeeah, I don't handle the bulk of our editing, otherwise there would be no dubs. Thank god someone recognizes Chaika, every year I get silence for my quality picks.

>>10953193
I promise next year that if I recognize anything I will yell as loud as possible even if no one else does
chaika's show isn't even that old what the FUCK is wrong with AZ

>>10953192
What a legendary screencap.

>>10953192
I should go next year if you still do it. I haven't ever been able to cause friends would always rely on me for all their rides. Thats different now that I seem to be the only one with a job and the only one that wants to still go now though lol.
How the hell does no one recognize chaika now though... I feel old.

>>10953197
As long as AZ still accepts us we plan to keep this train going.

>>10953198
if you are really based pick a xenoblade girl next year

>>10953202
More like Midblade.

Why did this thread get so popular after it already happened?

>>10953205
FAG

>>10953208
I was busy having fun instead of being on my computer :(

>>10953086
>AZ still has some amazing fan panels
where are they? I went last there and attended a bunch of panels and only saw 1 that was good

what am I supposed to do now

>>10953480
we start working on our cosplay for next year

>>10952815
Because you're a fucking creep you skeezebag
>>10952820
What this anon said, if you're asking this after a decade you need to address the problems with yourself in your life at the age you're now at and be a better human being overall.
If this is the mentality you're going with every time you go to a convention or just being around women in general you have serious problems overall as a person.

>>10953655
you can feel the weight behind every key press of this post