do you attend conventions?

Imagine the smell

it's basically just a shopping mall nowadays, and for the amount you pay on hotel, tickets, and doing anything at the con you might as well go on a real vacation

I wanted to when I was younger and it all seemed more magical. Nowadays I really don't have much interest in going since it's just a place to buy overpriced merchandise. If I weren't ugly I'd at least try to get some tail.

I live in San Diego and have never gone to comic con. Buying overpriced merch or waiting hours in line to watch an advertisement for capeshit doesn't seem appealing at all.

>>149123494 (OP)
My dick does, I'm along for the ride.

went years ago to one. Was nice to meet writers and authors to get some stuff signed. Mark Waid was super nice

ive been to two conventions and im angry because people swear they are easy to pick up chicks at/attend orgies . neither has happened to me

All the time. Self posting my fugly reddit ass. I love the Aquabats, it's been my main cosplay since idk when.

Before they were overcrowded.

>>149123590
>don't ask anyone to go do something with you
>never get laid
that's completely volcel bro. You gotta get out there and actually invite people out for drinks or to go to one of the shows. Even ugly people get laid and the sole difference is them wanting to be with other people and you not even trying

>>149123600
>Aquabats
Based.

>>149123494 (OP)
If I wasn’t autistic I’d go to meet my favorite VAs and artists. I worry I’d sperg out in front of them.

>>149123600
Neat costume

Why are speculators so nuts?

This isn't the first time Deadpool gets a symbiote.
It's not the first cover appearance of a Venompool.
Its a reprint of a back story of a few issues. Why is it more expensive than Deadpool's first appearance? Its literally just a Skottie Young cover and not even a super one.

Speculators are nuts.

>>149123494 (OP)
Just went to one last weekend. It was pretty gud. Found an original print of Superman #2 going for $4000. Cosplays were solid and highly varied. Artist stalls were doing a roaring business and included people I actually knew.
Also, two words: Voltron Maids.

>>149123673
Don't worry, go on their Twitter profile and you'll realize they're closet spergs.

>>149123494 (OP)
Not since Covid

>>149123614
Seems like projection bro.

>>149123494 (OP)
Man, I miss when SDCC had carpet...

>>149124178
either too ugly to score, or too autistic. Considering you're on 4chan it's not far fetched to assume it's the latter

>>149124702
So which are you anon?

>>149123494 (OP)
sometimes

>>149123614
Wait, couldn't you just do that very thing outside of conventions then? Why even bother with the convention in the first place?

Used to. Anime conventions are overpriced flea markets and car conventions have been gutted.

>>149123590
The trick is you actually have to talk to girls.

Real talk, not even picking up girls. Just how do you even cold approach people at cons to hang out with. Everyone seems so cliquey.

>>149125215
I know, right?

Just once.

>>149123511
After doing multiple cons each year for over a decade, this is sadly true. Cons used to be a gathering for fans and were fan driven.
"Nerd culture" became popular and the corpos moved in and took over, turning each con into a weekend of ads, sales, gouging , etc.
Influencers swarmed the cosplay scene with expensive sponsored thirst trap costumes for properties they barely even like but are guaranteed to net them OF subs. The competitive scene has had all the fun sucked out.
Fan panels are almost all shit now, basically rehashing forum discussions IRL, putting on a poorly edited clip show, or some dumbass panel like "What is an anime???". The fan panels that aren't like this are all scheduled at the same time on the same day, so you can't attend them all.

I could go on, but this rant is long enough. tl;dr modern cons suck, even the small ones

>>149125155
>you actually have to talk to girls.
why the hell would i do that ?

>>149123494 (OP)
It's a carboot sale for nerd shit and sex workers dressed up as characters

>>149125215
just talk to them, lol. introduce yourself.
if you get ignored just move on. if you get told to fuck off or whatever just apologize and move on.

I've been to a few, gotten a couple things from em
But yeah, at this point, they mostly exist for celeb worship and cosplay thottery(endearing)

>>149125215
I thought the whole point of socialising at cons was that it's easy for nerds who are bad at social interactions to find their clique based on the costumes or merch they're wearing or what booth they're congregating around, signalling what subject to bring up when striking up a conversation? Like if you're at a Firefly cast Q&A then you discuss your favourite episodes and characters.

Note: I've never been to a con. The closest thing would be a huge car show where the car nerds definitely approached each other based on what cars they like the most and were hanging around.

>>149125573
Seems kinda weird, do people actually do that?

>>149123494 (OP)
I've only ever been two two small local cons, the last one I was at was boring.

>>149125674
Yes. If you're in line for a panel, you can pretty easily talk to anyone in line about the subject of that panel. Or if they're wearing a costume from comic or whatever. Socializing is very easy at cons.

>>149125566
Cars don't wear shoes. They have tires.

>>149123494 (OP)
Yep. I like to go to the booths of the cosplay girls and ask if I can get a pic, then when they ask for the money I go "Wait, you're CHARGING? AHAHAHAHA" and walk away.

>>149125073
because it's a gathering of people with similar interests? If you go to a random bar I'm sure you'll eventually meet someone into the same stuff but it's easier with conventions/meetups for finding people into that stuff
>>149125018
autistic

>>149125769
These guys would go to a sports bar revolving around a particular team and then wonder how to spark a conversation, or show up in a rival team's shirt and wondering why people are giving them shit.

>>149125736

I had sex with prostitutes there

>>149125289
What were they like before they sucked?

>>149126310
Funny, I dressed up as Amy Rose at a con and let him fuck my ass for 50 bucks. I wonder if we've met.

>>149126522
>*let a guy
Of course I don't know if you're him.

>>149123494 (OP)
I used to go. I live in a small town of 68000 people, and there are comic 2 conventions in my town per year. I don't go to the bigger conventions in neighboring cities.

I skipped the last two in May 2025 and September 2024. There really isn't much to see there. I may go through bins to find a few back issues to complete a set or a few key issues. But that's really it. There isn't even manga for sale most of the time, and most of the bins have nothing but crappy dollar comics- throwaway issues of West Coast Avengers and Alpha Flight.

I do wear a costume there. I was Superman the last 2 times I went But it's been less and less fun each year as I get older (I'm 38.) There are wrestlers who do autograph signings and I got to meet Kurt Angle, Orange Cassidy, and Booker T. But wrestlers are kind of boring- it really isn't fun meeting them when you are simultaneously getting their kayfabe persona while in a convention setting.

I'm probably going to skip the next on in September or October too. As the entire time I'm there I'm mostly just looking for key issues and back issues at this point. I don't really have fun taking pictures with cosplayers anymore.

>>149125546
Do you want to fuck them or not?

>>149124159
My favorite VA is known mostly for his live action stuff and attracts a non-sperg crowd. He’s a normie, and I say that in the kindest way. I just don’t have the balls.

All the talk about the place stinking and getting "con flu" every year has always made me hesitant to go. Call me paranoid but I think if there's any place a super-ebola outbreak would happen in the US it's at a con because some autistic fuck insisted to go see their favourite VA or actress to get a photo despite feeling like they're dying.

>>149123494 (OP)
I used to be a convention freak. Big and small, make at least four different cosplays every single year, go to afterparties, managed to attend some abroad too. That's how I met my husband, got him into cosplay and all that fun stuff.
Covid ruined it for me and many others.

>>149125289
>Influencers swarmed the cosplay scene with expensive sponsored thirst trap costumes for properties they barely even like but are guaranteed to net them OF subs. The competitive scene has had all the fun sucked out.
According to /cgl/ it was full of escorts also back in the day, looking for new patrons.

>>149127068
It would happen at a gay circuit party like it did with monkey poz. Conventions, even furry conventions, are nothing compared to those

I keep letting the opportunity slip, but I will make sure to attend at least one before turning 30.

>>149123494 (OP)
Nope and I never will. Dont like the crowd and the potential BO is already a turn off. Any potential previews that they plan to show at the conventions is eventually going to be upload to youtube a few hours later.

>>149123494 (OP)
Yes. Harley and Joker cosplays are endangered now, fewer goths, current anime is way up obviously.

>>149123494 (OP)
I want to my first one a couple weeks ago. Not really impressed overall.
The arcade was pathetic
I don’t ‘get’ cosplay so it was just weird thinking about being so obsessed with a product that you dress up like it. Nothing and no-one there even made my dick slightly twitch.
The conferences really had that “college kids phoning in a presentation” feel
It was funny in a dark kind of was how AI art could completely nuke the vendor fair.
I did like the board game space, however, and wished I spent more time trying the games they had available to borrow in their library.

>>149127108
>500 to possible 2000+ people all wearing 5 layers of clothes, packed like sardines and partying nonstop for 3 days.
>Why does this place stink!

Seriously, why does this stigma only apply to cons? I've been going to cons for my whole life the first thing most people do when they get to their hotel rooms is fucking shower.

>>149123494 (OP)
I did once- I was 18 and dressed in a pretty cheap Spider-Man costume, entertained some young kids outside of the con with some skateboard tricks, got a few autographs from some Voice actors, and bought a few vintage comics, I was actually having a good time despite the reputation cons get, even met my current best mate/gaming buddy at a con….it all went well until some faggot dressed as Deadpool grabbed at my dick after asking for a pic. Then I never went back.

>>149127461
I don't either, and I go to Dragon*Con which is Atlanta in the summer. Yeah, there are some people who stink and no one is smelling that fresh by the end of the day but it's no worse than any large gathering. I'm beginning to think that the main distinction is whether or not the con is attached to a hotel or an event venue, with event venue cons being worse because no one is going to head up to their rooms to refresh themselves.

>>149125289
you ever get pussy at a con?

>>149127388
>Nothing there made my dick twitch
Ahah! There's the problem

Still remember the Dragon Con ad I found on CL about fucking a group of guys, also maybe a Hitler cosplayer. Best thing i ever posted on the site.

ive gone to three. one i went to like a decade ago, alone mostly to meet artists/writers and get them to sign stuff. i got francis manapul to sign some stuff from new 52 flash. he was chill. also got david finch to sign a new avengers #1 pretty cool. aside from that its not that exciting honestly. like others in this thread have said its a shopping mall, cosplay hub, and for panels. I usually dont have a lot of money to spend at cons nor do i really want to, i dont cosplay so thats not a big draw either. sure its nice to see cosplay sluts and take pictures of them but i dont talk to anyone much and i usually dont end up doing anything with the pictures really. i have never and dont ever plan to wait in line for any panel. just seems like a waste of time imo

>>149128068
From my girlfriend and now wife, yes

I go to Baltimore Comic Con every year now. Although you do see some weird regular vendors you wish would go away. Like that guy with the furry tiger mascot costume trying to push for an anti-bullying money making scam, or that other guy who tried to make an edgier Cards Against Humanity game that's ham themed

>>149123494 (OP)
As a vendor
We usually hire a (male, fully-dressed) cosplayer to help us for a few hours and draw in people

>>149128333

I can't believe I've never been to that one despite living in MD.

>>149128333
I've seen that weird fucking tiger guy. I don't think I've ever seen anyone visit his booth.

>>149128570
I heard they have some at Frederick and Hagerstown

>>149123494 (OP)
I feel like I am too old to attend

I don't have it but I took a pic of a wonder woman kissing a kid batman. It was cute.

>>149123494 (OP)
Am I the only one who saw the Kool-Aid man in the top right?

Haven't been to one in years because the vibe changed from "nerds gather together to share their niche interests and meet their favorite creators" to "overpriced shopping mall for cheap plastic junk." Being "a nerd" is mainstream now and normies have sucked all of the soul and enjoyment out of it.

>>149128601
My cousin and I were polite enough to listen to his pitch when he stopped us. I don't want to be pessimistic but I question if its coming from a genuine place. I would think anyone with sense would know that the 90s mascot kid friendly character thing is long over. So I have to wonder if its a closeted furry thing, or if he's just trying to scam schools for easy cash

>>149125738
>then when they ask for the money
This is a thing now?

man I havent attended a convention since I was like 7. I remember attending comic con where i dressed up as superman. I think I was the only kid there too so it felt kinda awkward.

>>149123494 (OP)
How do you get laid at a convention? Seems like every girl who goes there is going with their boyfriend or husband

>>149123494 (OP)
I'm kinda glad the only con I went was a free one at a Jewish museum, con part was boring and lame but the museum part was cool also got to see wWll Eisner's art there.

>>149129517
I thought most people on here believed in /pol/ stuff about ww2

>>149130327
Not all of them.

Honestly the /co/mblr reputation keeps a lot of that away

I got to small conventions because:
>There aren't cosplayers.
>You get to talk to creators.
>You get to comission art/sketches.
>You get to see small indie publishers/creators.
>Less crowds, fairer prices.
Generally a better vibe.

I think the reason I hate big cons isn't even the commercialisation (although that is a factor) but just the excessive autism:
>Theatre kiddies, super spergs and "heckin' super important" people cosplaying
>Being stuck up, arrogant and rude.
>Or cringe and spouting internet memes.
>I've seen creators with no queue whilst people twirl around near by as characters they created with not an ounce of recognition for the creator of something they have liked.
>I've gotten into conversations with people playing these weird hierarchical games with their basic bitch fan knowledge.
>People sat around in costumes on their phones eating cheap lunches choking everywhere you want to walk.
I can't even blame the tat tables and merchandise. I know people blame the commercialisation for destroying fans but I sometimes see it the other way round: these sort of fans who don't care about stuff aside from a superficial level (a literal and metaphorical costume or cosplay) have dominated the attention and people geared stuff towards them.

(Oh and I was in a hotel in a room next to a group of Power Rangers cosplayers fucking and Go Go Power Rangers song was playing on repeat from about 3:30 am to about 6:45 am. I knocked on their door and they opened it and I saw shit was going on: drugs, booze and sex. After that I banged on the wall a few times and rang the hotel concierge who spoke to them 3 times before they were threatened with the police.)

And for all the people like "you can bang a hot cosplayer" like, the degree of mental illness, poor hygiene and other competing factors does not make it worth it. I sincerly mean it, getting a normal non nerd gf to cosplay for you is better than banging some con slut. I made that mistake a few times.

>>149130712

Heh...did they yell "Its morphin' time" when they came?

>>149123600
sometimes I forget I’m talking to real people here and calling them faggots all the time. Cool costume man

I did 4 cons. Loved every minute, loved the hotels, I pampered myself.

>>149123600
Actually based and unafraid. You do you.

>>149123494 (OP)
Harley Quinn cosplayers give me PTSD because I was in a hotel room socialising with a few different groups and we were planing on going out drinking after. Some cosplayers were getting changed. My friend had made a joke about eating pussy and this obese Harley Quinn cosplayer who had just taken off her costume, walked over to us and bent over, telling him to go ahead and the smell, a mixture of obese all day walking sweat trapped in PVC as well as a yeast infection nearly made the three of us pass out. One of my friends almost threw up.

Used to. They used to be fun where all the outcasts could gather and meet one another and in the earlier days where you could get to talk one on one with people who actually worked for Marvel or DC.
Now it's a place where normies go to buy Funko Pops and pay $70 to get their picture taken with Chris Hemsworth so they can brag about it on Facebook.

I went to AwesomeCon like 2 years ago in DC, really disappointed for the most part. Sure there's celebrities but you'll be waiting in line for HOURS. Plus the vendors aren't that great

Some of the really old conventions I went to I met literal comics legends like Jack Kirby and got to see them work. I got to see sci-fi authors likes Harlan Ellison have these proper in-depth intellectual talks and debates with others.

What I find funny is people are talking about them being too commercial nowadays but I was hearing complaints about that in the 80s/90s. Dealers sections and tables got bigger and bigger, the quality of talks or debates got really fucking decimated. Many of the cons you all went to as kids were already pretty fucked up because it was increasingly being about just big movies or adaptations and less about books and comics.

>>149123494 (OP)
theres a litmus test

>the convention has panels
the convention is worth going to and may have some kind of actual social scene going on

>the convention has no panels
its just people wanting to sell shit, cosplayers still come but nobody gives a fuck, you either get to buy mass produced alibaba reseller garbage OR purchase actual media memorabilia for more expensive prices than ordering it online

i still avidly attend conventions and have for the past few years, big and small, and that is the sole differentiator between a convention being worth or not worth attending at least from my experience

every single 'vendor hall' is fucking worthless trite, doubly so with how accessible just ordering shit off the internet is now. the only times i've stepped into a vendors space is when it's those weird half-convention garage sale half flea market deals where instead of actual vendors people are just pawning off their garbage. you can actually find cool stuff there for cheap

>>149123494 (OP)
Not in over a decade. I used to go to all the big ones on the West Coast. But now it's too commercialized to the point they're all just giant commercials we pay to see. In the early days of the net, they were the go to place to get weird shit and odd merch. But now that's not even the case anymore so there's literally no point.

>>149125613
>>149125215
>I thought the whole point of socialising at cons was that it's easy for nerds who are bad at social interactions to find their clique

unfortunately social media and newer generations getting into 'nerd shit' and nerd shit both being massively more mainstream means that the old addage of nerds making friends with nerds has turned into a twisted, fucked up version of itself, where now all the losers with no social skills don't even bother talking to eachother unless they're trying to play their own little version of the social ladder game

nobody knows how to make friends anymore, the adults are all typically burnt out and like 1 out of 3 people are only there to post about it on instagram, gone are the days of cons being a place for hyperfixated mega-autists being overtly willing to befriend one another for the sake of having a friend alone

it's not impossible i've still made some good connections but it's overtly normie infested

>>149123494 (OP)
I live in a relatively overlooked state so the con we have every year here has big city con panels but small con vibes and lines.
Celebrity guests vary in relevance but on the occasion we'll get an A-lister or some iconic actor from back in the day (mostly actors from Lord of the rings, or William Shatner)

I really only go to visit artist alley and meet up with other artists.

>>149123494 (OP)
I go just to shop for old comics and chat with the other people interested in backlog and longbox collections, its great to meet fellow collector chads. Its not all doom and gloom if you specifically go for this.

>>149125215
I really dont think thats true, if you see two or three girls going and theyre dressed up they are probably looking to mingle and meet people. If you see a group of men and women then yea theyre probably not looking to meet or mingle with new frens. But if you wear any nerd gear at all people take it as a signal to talk to you. For example one time I bought some sword from a video game and while I was (sadly) walking to leave some random cutie said "heyyyyy~ nice sword!" and she looked at me like she wanted me to talk to her more. Regrettably I was leaving in a hurry at that moment but this is just a small single example.

>>149123494 (OP)
Did SXSW with a group of coworkers about 15 years ago, but that's all. Work conferences are so expensive these days I can't afford to waste money (or time) going to a convention.

>>149123494 (OP)
Does E3 count? That was cool

>>149133127
I enjoyed the hell out of E3 the only time I went. Better times...

>>149126426
Fun and unserious. Kinda cringe in retrospect, but it was thousands of us being cringe together and having a great time.

The dealer hall often had some great bootleg merch like scrolls and posters that weren't covered in logos and legal bs.

Cosplay was mostly just for fun and not so competitive or full of attention whores.

Panels had interesting and unique content that wasn't just "101 for newbies". An example was a panel on which a language teacher (from the uni hosting the con) gave a survival Japanese lesson with insights into the language beyond just the phrases.

Also, there wasn't a mile long line to get into anything nor was the con space overcrowded.

I went to one about a decade ago and enjoyed it but it was a smaller local deal with few if any c listen actors in 1 movie you've heard of trying to get money so that probably helped
Meet some writers and artist's I liked saw some cool stuff bought too much comic's
Pretty good time imo

>>149128222
I can save her

>>149123600
Soul

>>149127246
>instantly thinks of gayfaggotry
It's quite easy to not go and fuck every ass at a gay orgy, anon. It's harder to keep from rubbing against the wrong person in line or breathing the wrong air when at a con visited by thousands of autists who often don't even wash properly, all for the sake of hearing some celebrity Q&A or eat some exotic homegrown chiles.

>>149130712
>I know people blame the commercialisation for destroying fans but I sometimes see it the other way round: these sort of fans who don't care about stuff aside from a superficial level (a literal and metaphorical costume or cosplay) have dominated the attention and people geared stuff towards them.
https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths
>Mops also dilute the culture. The New Thing, although attractive, is more intense and weird and complicated than mops would prefer. Their favorite songs are the ones that are least the New Thing, and more like other, popular things. Some creators oblige with less radical, friendlier, simpler creations.
>Mops relate to each other in “normal” ways, like people do on TV, which the fanatics find repellent. During intermission, geeks want to talk about the New Thing, but mops blather about sportsball and celebrities. Also, the mops also seem increasingly entitled, treating the fanatics as service workers.
>Fanatics may be generous, but they signed up to support geeks, not mops. At this point, they may all quit, and the subculture collapses.
>Unless sociopaths show up. A subculture at this stage is ripe for exploitation. The creators generate cultural capital, i.e. cool. The fanatics generate social capital: a network of relationships—strong ones among the geeks, and weaker but numerous ones with mops. The mops, when properly squeezed, produce liquid capital, i.e. money. None of those groups have any clue about how to extract and manipulate any of those forms of capital.
>The sociopaths quickly become best friends with selected creators. They dress just like the creators—only better. They talk just like the creators—only smoother. They may even do some creating—competently, if not creatively. Geeks may not be completely fooled, but they also are clueless about what the sociopaths are up to.

>>149125215
Don't go to cons for the purpose of meeting strangers? You are supposed to bring a friend/family group if socializing is needed, you're there to get celebrity autographs, take pictures with cosplayers, buy limited edition merch and shit

>>149125215
If you can't approach people in normal life you won't magically grow a spine at a con.

I've never been to a con, but what's alluring to me is knowing there would be people there just as socially retarded as I am.

>>149130764
That won't be the case in the far future, once we're all AI.

>>149123590
You have to go to the after parties at the hotel.

Isn't the whole point of comic conventions so that a bunch of nerds can get together in the hotel room afterward and get drunk/high and have freaky nerd sex? Like the actual event is just set dressing

While weird sex stuff does happen at cons and I have participated in such, I feel like people overhype it to act like that is all there is. It really is no different to people getting drunk and horny on a Saturday night only this has more cringe, worse hygiene and more mental illness.

Most people will just shuffle around in their dumb costumes and buy crap. And a lot of the sex is degenerate and disgusting people, a bit pic related.

>>149135590
I think it's similar to how people believe the old stories about Carrie Fisher having sex with Star Wars fans at cons. Wishful thinking about how it could happen to them if they just went to one.

>>149135603
>it could happen to them if they just went to one.
Pretty much on the money there.

>>149133954
Damn, sounds cozy

>>149130327
Even if they did what would stop them to going to a free museum? there's nazi shit there too.

I've only gone to Japanese focused cons/ gaming related cons, which are pretty prevalent in Spain. I don't think there's any mayor comic book con.

I'll also be attending the Málaga Comic Con this September, I'm a little scared that it won't probably live up to the hype.

>>149128869
Yep. Obviously the cosplayers just walking around don't care, but the "famous" internet "celebrities" (skanks who do slut cosplay and get millions of views) that go will actually set up booths and charge people to take pics with them, all the while promoting their online content.

I go to SDCC ever year and always have fun, mostly just talking shop with random people in the exhibit hall
>Talk about toys and collectibles with smaller dealers selling them
>Meet smaller celebs with their own booths who don't charge just to talk, like various Power Rangers
>Haggle over CCG cards while we complain about how the games used to be better

It's a fun social experience if you're willing to just try starting a conversation with people, and most people are happy to talk.

>you will never have sex with con sluts

>>149136888
.....and even if you get what you want, it won't even be satisfying by the end. You think with all of the porn your faggot ass masturbates to here it will be any different? You think con pussy is going to somehow magically change things for you?

>>149136922
>You think con pussy is going to somehow magically change things for you?
gods I hope so

>>149123600
>Aquabats
Real nigga right here.

>>149136922
I've had some thoughts about this. My theory is if you get some at an earlier age, mid teens for example, you really don't care about it that much as you get older.
It's the lack of it as you age that turns it into a fixation, then an obsession. Before long your entire life revolves around it, and even if you get it at that point, it's not going to 'fix' you.
In summary, women precluding men from sex is doing lifelong irreparable mental damage.

>Dashcon 2 is going to happen soon
What a world

Any con that isn't one of the big 4 or is outside a major metro area is destined to be tiny and forgettable with limited exception.

>>149123494 (OP)
>no Dobson on the pic

Missed joke.

>going to a /tg/ con every year, sometimes two days
>removed the incel sections so cosplayer scum stopped showing up
>mostly parents with kids, business people and "boring nerds with boring hobbies" so its crowded but relatively quiet and noones doing social media shit. Hell, influencers don't show up.
>test any game you see, buy stuff for cheaper, paint Warhammer 40k models for free if you got the time.
>the only idiots going there stand in line for Lorcana for 8 hours in a seperate hall and then leave.
>identify AI slob all day or ogle at ovesexed furry art meant to hook you in.

Best fucking /con/ EVER.

>>149137325
I can't believe I'm so cooked, my brain turned /co/ and con into /con/.

I saw a guy take some drugs at a con, it took 2 hours to hit him and he wasn't ready for it. The last time I saw the guy was him crying on the floor about anime and carton characters talking to him. I never saw that guy again.

>>149137325
>going to a /tg/ con every year
>the only idiots going there stand in line for Lorcana for 8 hours in a seperate hall and then leave.
You can just say it's Gen Con, it's not like you're going to get in trouble for name dropping it.

>>149137225
You seriously need to move on, anon. We all had fun laughing at him but it was over a decade ago.

>>149137427
>see guy having a bad time, crying and sweating on the floor
>walk over to him to ask if he's okay
>completely forget I'm dressed like a demon from hell
ooops

>>149132043
>Some of the really old conventions I went to I met literal comics legends like Jack Kirby and got to see them work.
Got any memories of Kirby you'd be willing to share?

Went to Baltimore Comic Con once. I had a volunteer gig as security where I could go in free after my 4 hour shift was done.
They had me at the entrance where me and the other volunteers had to put colored zip ties on anything that a cosplayer brought in that resembled a weapon. People would always bitch that we were ruining their customer but we just had to remind them that were in Baltimore and they understood.
After my shift I wandered around with some of the other volunteers and bought some comics, snuck into some panels since we still had our security stuff on.
Once it was over we went to the parking garage to find someone had gone around and smashed in the windows of a good amount of the cars. Didn't steal anything just smashed the windows.

>>149137455
The last, long and funny Dobson thread was like 2 months ago anon. And we had like 3 since then (no I didnt start them).

>>149137815
>rehashing the same shit from a decade ago
>funny
you have very low expectations

>>149137451
Nope its NOT Gen Con, and I'm not gonna mention the name because the more people know, the worse it gets. its not in the US.

>be me at cons
>let a Japanese singer sign my wallet since I had nothing else at hand.
>let a good comic book artist, forgot who, sketch in a really cheap and shitty notebook, which is now covered in dust in some shelf somewhere

Anything that happened in my life when I was younger than 27 was fucking cringe.

>>149137076
>It's the lack of it as you age that turns it into a fixation, then an obsession. Before long your entire life revolves around it, and even if you get it at that point, it's not going to 'fix' you.
I can definitely speak from experience that this is true, every single guy I know in my life has scored before or has had many past girlfriends. It's an awful feeling feeling like I've never done this one thing normal guys can do without trying too hard, like there's something wrong with me. I've been told many times I'm not ugly and that I can definitely find a girlfriend if I keep looking. But recently all I can really think about is getting a girlfriend, and losing my virginity. Very recently it's even negatively affected my friendships, I told a long distance friend I had a crush on I didn't want to voice call since they were doing hookups on dating apps, it would be too awkward for me to keep hanging out with them if I knew that was going on. If I ever pull it off I do genuinely believe my life will improve, solely for the fact that I'll stop obsessing over it all the time and I can focus on my other goals.
>tl;dr anon's theory is right not getting laid back in high school fucks with your brain

>>149137899
Sex feels good but its not what you think it is anon. I know that means nothing atm.

>>149137979
Yeah. That's the catch. You have to finally do it to realize it's just sex. People who haven't done it think the world is divided into 'before' and 'after'... but after is exactly the same as before. It's just as hard, it's just as boring, it's just as lonely.
Sex ain't shit. Finding someone to share life with is the real sex. That's what really splits life into before and after.

>>149137899
Its overrated. Its especially overrated if it means nothing. BJs are fucking awesome though. But honestly, I take my smut collection over getting laid any day, since I can turn my brain off. Being an overthinker makes fucking even worse.

>>149134620
>It's quite easy to not go and fuck every ass at a gay orgy, anon.
And yet gays get fucking livid if you so much as suggest it. Hey, remember how the whole monkey pox business just evaporated from the media when cases affecting children and animals began to surface shortly after it was confirmed to be an STD?

>>149123494 (OP)
Nah, only nerds, weirdos and "nerdy"sluts go to that shit now, trying to prove something to someone.

>>149138035
I consider the 'after' worse because the idiotic peer pressure is gone and you're immune to a variation of insults afterwards. However, if you want it again but it was a one-time thing, it's a worse feeling than before.

Also ain't it funny that bitches constantly cry about being talked down and shit while you're considered a worthless piece of shit in society as a male if you dont fuck at least once? Thankfully the times changed and going solo has officially become a "choice".

>happen across a complete stranger out at the bank/grocery store
>doesn't matter what they look like, age, sex, race, none of it
>can easily strike up a conversation and be friendly and open
>introduce a SINGLE other person
>retract into my shell, man the AA, prepare the boiling oil to dump over the walls

Just looking at the greasy, smelly mob of people at cons gives me agita.

>>149138076
>remember how the whole monkey pox business just evaporated from the media when cases affecting children and animals began to surface shortly after it was confirmed to be an STD?

Remember when Covid declined and media panicked because they ran out of shit to talk about and gain attention? So, being the ruthless assholes they are, they looked for the next potential pandemic to scare the audience with, hoping they'd be the "heroes" to predict and warn the public of the next big thing. Nothing happened. Pandemics constantly threaten mankind, are permanently researched, vaccines are prepared for the craziest shit, and usually noone talks about it - but at the "end" of Covid, they suddenly brought up monkey pox, several rare Covid subtypes and whatever animal plague they could find. When it turned out that someone probably fucked a monkey, it got too embarassing to keep talking about it. Meanwhile all disgusting ass dog owners on social media french kiss their dogs, share their foods with cats and shit like that, and brew the next epic zoonosis. TL;DR fuck people.

>>149123494 (OP)
I've been to six.

>>149138173
I dont know what greasy, smelly mob you belong to, but whenever I see the greasy, smelly mob, I'm like "HOLY SHIT I don't have the best life, sure, but I'm not looking and smelling like THESE people, or I'd be completely fucked."

>>149138079
>nerds and weirdos go to conventions
what a shocker. kill yourself larping faggot zoomer

>>149138208
Can we talk about that? Why are there SO MANY videos of young white girls french kissing dogs on socials? How did this get normalized, who do we need to fight?

>>149138313
>>149138079
When I was younger I found nerds and weirdos to be the most cringe people on the planet. Now its "trendy" people who constantly take pictures of other people without consent, or themselves, don't turn their fucking phones silent when they watch anything in public from porn to war footage, attempt to make a living by making embarassing videos while their lifestyle is paid by their parents, lost too many braincells to keep real meme culture alive, and think shit like adding filters or AI generating are actual work.

OH you made a fucking selfie with your GF at the dirty ass subway train station. WOW you did a model walk at the bus stop with 30 old people around you, at 9 PM without light. We're so proud of you, child of unassumed gender.

>>149138374
What effect would it have on human society at large if all telecommunications were taken down for about five years or so?

>>149138374
I'll just say that what is now called "attention deficiency syndrome" used to be simply called being stupid.

>>149138361
Its not just girls, its like all boomers with dogs are fucking disgusting people who can't interact with other people, and humanize their dog. I've never met a dog owner thats not an asshole, and thats not exaggarated. The last example I encountered was at a waiting hall for a trip by ship, and I was shouted at for putting my luggage down, since the fucking dog of that fat bitch sits there and would return any moment.

>>149138361
That's just how dog owners are. Had a cousin who'd have a tongue war with his German Shepard then kiss her girlfriend a second later. It was crazy he used to buy the dog it's own Quarter Pounder when they went through the drive through.

>>149138406
A complete breakdown of communication would probably lead to mass suicide and family disputes. It would be epic. 3 weeks ago, the entire street I live in had a blackout. It was really strange, I instantly had no idea what to do, and my first instinct was trying to find a light source for the night (I had absolutely nothing at home). People left their houses, sat outside, or roamed around since there was nothing to do. Sure, I had a power bank, but didnt want to waste the energy, and I was offline, and had no phone connection.

So I started drawing, for as long as I had light. I kinda noticed how addicted I am to just sitting around doing nonsense online.

>>149137204
Tiny conventions aren't forgettable. I talked to a bunch of creators and had a bunch of sketches done, bought original art work and cheap comics. I actually had fun. Big cons are a mess.

>>149138505

I met Steve Blum at one.

>>149137519
He was tiny but exuded a lot of warmth and presence. He talked to this guy ahead of me about art and the guy was very self deprecating about his own art and Kirby hit that right balance between telling him to sternly snap out of it whilst also being genuinely nice/supportive. I shook his hand and he had quite a firm handshake which surprised me, he was quite old at this point. Talked about the FF a bit and Sue Storm. Mentioned how he missed some of the old styles of haircuts.

>>149123494 (OP)
Only once a year

>>149138538
I stood 2 feet away from Hideo Kojima backstage, is that worth anything?

>>149138538
I met Alan Moore and got all my shit signed, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, LoEG.

>>149129197
Mingle. Play your cards right and you might get invited back to a hotel party or a afterparty at a nearby bar. Alot of it's luck.

>>149129197
You want to get laid AT a convention? Now thats a crazy goal. At the dirty ass toilets or what?

>>149138748
I got fucked in a con bathroom once. But it was a very large, clean, nice Hyatt bathroom.

>>149138818
Anon furries dont have a particularly hard time to get fucked.

only been to new york comic con which is somewhat convenient because i live in Brooklyn. i didnt "mingle" so to speak just went and took pictures

>>149138825
It was an anime convention and I was dressed as Cardcaptor Sakura, thank you very much.

>>149138848
Hot.
>no girls on the internet
Oh wait, no.

>>149123494 (OP)
Not since the third time I got sick after attending a convention.

Also for some reason I often forget how cringe inducing some questions from the audience at panels can be—that I'm 'tistic and anxious but nowhere near as 'tistic and anxious as those guys/gals and yet still enough to really empathize.

>>149125215
I remember friend making events specifically at some cons.

>>149138848

Which outfit?

>>149138882
>Not since the third time I got sick after attending a convention.

Went to a con during covid, was the saddest shit I ever witnessed. It was a very chill time in general, but that was the moment where I thought to myself, okay fuck, that shouldnt be permanent. Downsized to one hall. Maybe 40 people in total. Everyone working there sat there alone, waiting.

>>149138913
The classic iconic one. We grinded for a bit at the rave at like 2 am, he reached out and found out I wasn't a girl, didn't give a shit, so we found a side bathroom.

>>149138848
>Cardcaptor Sakura
Based

>>149138979
Cardfagtor Sakura

>>149123494 (OP)
Not comic-cons. I used to go to PAX Prime but I haven't since covid. I did go to Sakura-con a couple times, but it wasn't really for me.

>>149138722
That only works if you're attractive and have charisma. Otherwise you'll be ignored like the plague.

>>149138966

Meh, I like the school uniform more.

>>149139035
Well you're a retard shithead fuckface tripfag so who gives a shit what you think?

>>149139035
>tripfag
>not even making content

Haha pathetic..............

>>149123494 (OP)
I went to Momocon this year and it sucked ass
>half the elevators were broken
>drink machines were empty by Friday night so nothing to mix my alcohol with
>some kid had a racist tirade meltdown and tried to dive off the balcony
>tried to mingle in the courtyard but everyone was either passing out or joining the basketball Americans' chant circle
>only good panels were past midnight
It sucks because I got a room at a host hotel so I wouldn't have to walk across the railroad and back. I wanted to socialize and felt iced out at every juncture.

>>149139122
>>some kid had a racist tirade meltdown

I once showed empathy to a refugee but she reacted like I was insulting her. Then she made me feel like an asshole for being empathic.
Then I had a drunk meltdown why I can't be a racist, ruthless, not holding back asshole who doesn't give a shit without consequence, like everyone else. So I would stop giving a shit about people, since my empathy is worth shit, while assholes get rewarded.

It was the most embarassing thing. But I was right.

>>149139122
Sounds like a skill issue. And based on the image you posted it does not surprise me.

Anybody ever go to the porn midnight sale at the cons? Anime cons have a XXX panel after midnight, it gets stinky and sexual pretty fucking quick, the bad side is a good portion of them are not attractive.

>>149139412

Didn't know that was a thing. Sounds horrifying.

>>149139412
I have at the My Little Pony conventions. I'd enjoy it more if it wasn't 95% faggots.

>>149139122
This sounds based if all cons were like this and not just "gimme money gimme money" shit I would pay to go there.

>>149127842
Lel

>>149139423
Theres a ton of shit for sale at these places, too bad its all cheap shit for 10x the worth. Sometimes you do get to see some cool costumes and see shit you'll never see again.

>>149139412
I was once at an anime con with friends and they had a 18+ viewing of classic hentais in a room that looked like a tiny cinema. My friends wanted to go there and I went along. I think they showed Stepmother's Sin.

I wanted to fucking die. Not only for sitting in a room with mouth breathing weebs watching a terrible hentai, but I had so many questions. Like, what kind of day has the poor idiot who's showing the movies all day? How do you achieve the self esteem to not question yourself doing a job such as this? And while I'm at it, how do you not question yourself sitting there watching the movie?

>>149139428
Never attended, what kinda shit have you seen?

>>149139458
It really breaks down to shady people doing weird things for porn mongers, they do not have any shame, they have no ties to anyone. They are there for the market and hope to make at least enough to cover expenses. These days though its way harder to justify, I think most times they do it because its all they have left.

>>149129197
Bring your partner and fuck in the hotel room?

Most (female) attendees aren't trying to get laid with a stranger, much less in costume/character. Unless you're just absolutely breathtaking and charming, it ain't happening and you probably wouldn't want it. The good news is that you already have something in common to talk about, which leads to dating. You should be evaluating carefully whatever you plan to stick your one and only dick into. Don't fuck filthy people with no standards.

Exemptions apply: see fetish/adult cons

>>149127842
honestly unfortunate, especially cause it sounded pretty cool beforehand
shit I know I’d love to see some cosplayer skateboarding

>>149127842
You don't deserve being harassed, nobody does. Im sorry you went through that anon, don't let it dissuade you from having a good time though. Try another con and experience new things.

>>149139471
The typical stuff you would except like art and prints, dakimakuras, key chains and plastic standees, etc. Also often sex adjacent shit like bondage ropes, branded condoms, and the like.

Unfortunately most of the art and stuff leans heavy into the fetish side. Instead of getting tasteful nudes you're getting massive fucking ponut assholes and stuff like that.

>>149139594
What's the difference, to you. In-between a tasteful pinup and shadman?

>>149123494 (OP)
Went to AnimeCon recently. Some of the cosplays were excellent but fuck me what a disappointment.

>Giant shopping mall
>Half of the con was TGC stalls
>4 original comic stalls max
>There was a japanese cookware stall
>There were around 5 japanese snack stalls
>5 VAs showed up
>So much LGBT shit absolutely everywhere. Fuck off, can't you give it a rest for one day? This isn't about you. This isn't FaggotCon. Is it too much to ask to not see your agenda plastered over unlicensed Shadow the Hedgehog merch?
>Most of what little events they had were meh.
>Afterparty was weirdly fucking wild though, I can't count how many instagram reels I ended up in.

I work out a ton and went as Lloyd from Spy Family and my wife went as Yor. So many kids wanted a picture with us that it's given my wife baby fever. Mission accepted.

>>149139494
I accidently read "it really breasts down".
Thing is, you can literally download that shit EVERYWHERE. Why watch it with an audience? There's so much weird shit that's normalized now, I got bullied all my life for the most harmless crap and now everyone is openly degenerate. Hell, pedos have been normalized. They sold fucking pedobear merch at Gamescom and young kids bought it. You can walk around with half naked loli content and noone cares or dares to say something. And here I am, shivering in fear, thinking that posting SFW fanart of kid characters will destroy my life.

I have seen such shit at cons, where I asked myself, why weren't my classmates such sluts when I was 14, getting pulled around on dog leashes? Why did they hate on me but now suck the dicks of some fat creeps?

>>149123494 (OP)
Try to attent when they are around, there's a few expo's or "con's" in my country that doesn't announce their stuff exclusively through facebook, they are all pretty small compared to US standards.
First is the Oslo Comic expo that is pretty much a wedding tent outside of the Deichman library in Grünerløkka, it's in September and the tent is usually extremly humid or hot pending on the weather, booth's are usually filled with local comic book artists, one comic book store and usually one folk school handing out flyers. No one really cosplays and the after party inside the library is usually cramped and frustrateing to navigate cause they all mob infront of the bar and never move around.
There are big named guests sometimes but they usually seem either bored or hungover on their table if they bother to show up.
Entry is free though.

Next is The Game Expo (SpillExpo) in Lillestrøm (20 minutes East of Oslo) which rents a proper convention centre, booths aren't just picnic tables like in the comic expo but proper booths where they sell merch, retro games, comic books, indie studio's showing their games and a store selling all things weeb related. The Electronic's stores and Army have the biggest booths and stores in the expo. Many cosplayers can get really cramped.
Entry is fifty or sixty bucks though.

The last proper Con we had here was DesuCon which ceased to be after 2018, it was really empty sad and shitty when I last attended there so I see why.

>>149139645
>spoiler
Based, godspeed anon.

>>149136888
>>149136922
Hey fuck off. I managed to absolutely destroy a girl in a Belldandy cosplay when I was 19. By far the most magical night of my life. Bitch stole my kamina glasses though, not very heavenly. But her pussy was divine.

>>149139645
At the con I went to, the waiters and waitresses at the cafe had their own fictional lore on the website including their sexual preferences. Was kinda weird. I made a joke out of the situation and searched for the bottom-catboy waiter. And then I realized the point of it: You could like... hire them to have a snack with you, like at a maid cafe. But instead of small talk, some pathetic losers sat there with the guys and girls and talked about their stupid problems and showed them their Pokemon card collections. Holy shit get therapy.

>>149139708
> the most magical night of my life

Literally.

>be 38
>thats it, I'll never fuck a cosplayer in my entire life

Its kinda horrible, I missed out on everything I wanted to do in my life. Doing anything on that list in my age would be a crime.

>>149139771
Oh shit there was a maid cafe, and it was chock full of weird fuckers. My wife and I stood and people watched for a while and there was the odd couple in there, 1 table with a group of teens, and the rest was a sea of tubby, timid early 20 somethings with 1 mid 30s something for variety. The staff seemed obligated to make some small talk with you because there was a cover charge but holy shit I just couldn't imagine feeling comfortable in there. You seriously want to pay a £12 cover charge, then buy a £4 cup of tea and a £3 japanese bread bun snack just so some poor girl can be nice to you for 3 minutes? You could've just used that money to pay 2 months into a gym membership or buy food that isn't carb rich sugar slop.

>>149139805
uhh never say never. I'm 36 and managed to pull a Rei Ayanami cosplayer with daddy issues. Do you think the vast majority of the girls who go to those things are normies? The only one standing between you and your disgustingly based dreams is yourself. Perfect your Gendo Ikari cosplay and you will (not) fail.

I used to go to NYCC in the early years.
The movies and TV shows and video games and anime and attention whore cosplay turned it to shit pretty quick.

>>149139645
>spoiler
You're a white guy with an asian wife aren't you.

Anime cafe food and drinks suck ass, its the absolute worse service I've ever had. Fuck these weebs.

>>149139868
>just so some poor girl can be nice to you for 3 minutes?

Yeah man thats not even sad, so little self reflection is worrysome. I know its a thing in Japan where you order a maid at a cafe and tell her of your issues, but thats a very different culture and mentality, in a very toxic environment where you cant talk openly about problems. But when someone does it here, holy shit... talk to your fucking mom or something. Its so disturbing.

>>149139930
You're half right. I'm White British with green eyes but my wife is half Italian, half swiss so she can dress up as Yor pretty convincingly.

>>149139945
>your service isn't Konata

>>149139961
Damn you sure pwned me for making assumptions.

I spent the last few months planning to go to the big local anime con for the first time ever, stepping out of my comfort zone, cosplaying and trying to make friends.
I chickened out and have not attempted new plans in the month since

>>149127842
>it all went well until some faggot dressed as Deadpool grabbed at my dick after asking for a pic.
It's always the faggots cosplaying that specific character.

>>149128068
I've gotten digits but never really followed up.

>>149140087
Buddy, really, they're just a bit of fun.
Nobody judges anyone, there's a vague understanding amongst all participants that if you're there, you're no better than anyone else wearing the pass around their neck.

>>149139868
>Pay $20 to silently mad dog some poor cosplay girl for 3 minutes.
Why the hell not.

>cosplayed once in my life
>went to a fighting game tournament
>boo'd at a participant for always using the same move until he reached second place, some thin, nerdy asshole during a Naruto jutsu pose to himself whenever he won.
>got in trouble with the security for it, I explained him the situation, so it was fine.
>realized I was there, in my 20s, in a fucking costume, talking to a chad probably 2 years older than me.

Never cosplayed again, fucking embarassing.

>>149139677 Remaking this cause it was a bad read

I usually attend two Con's or "Expo's" close to my place
Oslo Comic Expo
>Usually around September and is just a cramped wedding tent outside a library in the middle of town
>Pending on the weather it's either too humid, wet or hot
>Booth's are just wobbly picnic tables
>Usually one comic book store and a Folk school handing out flyers
>Most of the table's are staffed by local comic book artists and merch crafters
>There is sometimes a guest of honor who always arrives late and is usually either bored or hungover
>After party in the library is always ass
>Usually mobbed around the bar where all spacial awereness goes out the fucking window despite there being ample space and table's available
>No Cosplayers, practically shunned
Entry is free though so there is that

SpillExpo (Oslo Game expo)
>In a proper convention centre outside of Oslo small by US con standards
>Proper booth's where you can talk to indie game dev's, buy comic books, retro games or just weeb shit
>Many cosplayers, an ungodly amount
>Actually pretty chill atmosphere around town as there are proper resturants and places to check out with your group
Entry is fifty bucks though.

There also used to be a proper Con called DesuCon that took place in the same convention centre as the Gaming Expo but it ceased to be in 2018.

>cosplayed once in my life
>went to a fighting game tournament
>boo'd at a participant for always using the same move until he reached second place, some thin, nerdy asshole doing a Naruto jutsu pose to himself whenever he won.
>got in trouble with the security for it, I explained him the situation, so it was fine.
>realized I was there, in my 20s, in a fucking costume, talking to a chad probably 2 years older than me.

Never cosplayed again, fucking embarassing.

>spelling error fixed

>>149138408
Brown hands typed this post

>>149140406
You are such a faggot

>>149140179
Seems like a lot of anons con stories involve judgement one way or another. But you're right, I've gotta nut up at some point.

>>149139024
Yes? And? If you're so ugly AND uncharismatic that you stand out at a con then you shouldn't be allowed to have sex anyway.

>>149140428
I think deciding to never cosplay again made me the opposite of a faggot.

>>149123600
Either all these replies are you same fagging or they all have extremely horrendous taste.
Wait this is /co/ of course everyone here are fags into shitty ska.

>>149140578
It's gay you made an entirely new post to correct a spelling mistake on fucking 4chan.

>>149140668
Wait this is /co/ everyone here is a fa-
How did you misspell coomer this poorly?

For me? Its Piccolo.

>>149140773
It was a spelling error making an entire sentence impossible to read though by using the wrong word.

>>149139645
I still have no idea trans rights means

>>149141823
Well it certainly doesn't mean trans lefts, that's for sure.

>>149139645
Kek

>>149139645
>spoiler
This is why I stopped going to cons a little after high school. Used to love them as a chubby middle schooler, liked them less as a high schooler, and by college the idea of being surrounded by screeching 12 year olds makes me recoil.
I wish there were more 18+ ones that didn’t devolve into ‘Porn Con’.

>>149123494 (OP)
It's fun to go with some friends. I barely ever buy anything though.
You really can't get "great deals" on back issues anymore. Id go to the comic cons in the 90s when I was a kid and I remember that it would smell awful. Comic nerds had awful personal hygiene (real Dorito odor). But you could buy stacks of comics for 25 cents.
If you want to hook up with someone you'd have to go the after party at the hotel I guess.(I've never stayed at a hotel for a comic con but I know people who have and they say its fairly easy to hook up if you wanted)

>>149139708
>Bitch stole my kamina glasses though, not very heavenly
row row she fought the POWA

whatever happened to inspector redwood ?

>>149139805
im 31. is it too late for me ?

>>149141296
Looks like Shrek to me.

>>149133954
so like marefair?

>>149139645
post body

>>149143098
Never seen a Deadpool cosplayer that wasn't an obnoxious tool.

>>149144677
Can't say I'm familiar. It's not a fandom I've ever been part of, so I haven't been.

>>149138622
Very awesome anon, thank you so much. I would have loved to meet him.

>>149123494 (OP)
no

>>149123494 (OP)
Yes, I love them. I've been to a local convention 3 times, Megacon 3 times, and numismatic/currency conventions twice. Megacon 2021 was awesome, because the covid scare thinned out the crowd a lot. I only had to wait about 20-30 minutes to meet Charles Martinet, and 15-25 to meet Rodger Bumpass (Squidward's voice actor). The Megacons after weren't as good but still fun. The local convention has been getting too crowded lately, every celeb had lines at least an hour long. The creators had much smaller lines which was great though, it was fun to talk about the creative process for stuff.

>>149133954

>>149123494 (OP)
Only local ones, can be fucking arsed to travel unless it is for work or a concert.

Massive cons like SD or NY aren't worth it, right?

>>149123494 (OP)
>do you attend conventions?

>>149123494 (OP)
I'm hoping to go to a certain one in the future but as of this moment I have no clue on how to get a hotel room or how to even access the convention to begin with. I think you need to buy an event badge for that?

>>149141823
"Make taxpayers pay for our dick-flaying and tit-chopping surgeries and let us groom children unimpeded," basically

>>149140668
And what are you into that’s so much better your highness?

I haven't been to one in a few years. Last time I went I was astounded at how the vibe was completely different. It was basically a big shopping mall where a bunch of slimy looking assholes were peddling overpriced Chinese junk while people desperately avoided making eye contact with each other and there was almost zero sense of community or camaraderie like I remember in years past. The most effort I saw in any cosplays was cheap aliexpress bodysuits and Spirit Halloween-tier shit and the worst part about that was the stuck up "professional" cosplayers with their entourage of orbiters and chink photographers blocking entire pathways and getting mad at people for getting too close, demanding they buy photos. I guess I'm old too because I barely recognized anything that was trending/popular aside from eternal mainstays like Pokemon and all of the guests were literal whos.

>>149123494 (OP)
>crowd of brownoids and boomers
No thanks.

>>149123600
Sovl
>>149140668
Sovlless

lol

>>149149229
I loathe the funko pops that fill booths. Absolute poison. When I went to megacon, I couldn't even find a single booth that sold hardcover comics, and I only found one booth that sold vintage video games. And now for some reason a lot of booths at conventions are just selling random 3D printed shit like dragons and cats. The fuck does that have to do with comics, cartoons, anime etc?

>>149123614
NORMIES GET OUT REEEEEE

>>149150220
Geez. The only living autograph I'd pay $500 to get is from Kim Jong Un, and that'd be more for the experience of saying "Holy shit, I met the leader of North Korea as a westerner and made it out okay, here's proof". It's not like he'd go around selling them anyway.

>>149150239
>I only found one booth that sold vintage video games
I imagine that shit was massively overvalued. Corona killed buying old games.

Was expecting this thread to be full of con slut pics. I'm disappointed

>>149150733
Those type of whores realized they could get the attention/money without having to smell nerds by attention whoring on OF/Twitch instead.

>>149150733
same

>>149139645
what is it with gay people and Shadow the Hedgehog

>>149150338
Actually this guy managed to be not awful. I agree Covid irreperably fucked over the hobby, but I did get a pretty decent condition japanese copy of F-zero for $10. The japanese loophole for cheap games isn't as good as it used to be though, I used to get fantastic condition CIB stuff for $20-$35, forget it now.

>>149150220
screw those prices

>>149123494 (OP)
Rarely. They're full of freaks. It's only worth going to them to meet actors, VAs, & getting memorabilia if you can afford it. Any other reason is degenerate. Bronies, furries, cosplay whores, & now blueys stink up the place. But the worst thing you can do is on accidentally stumble into a furrycon. Furrycons are full of literal faggot degenerates of the worst kind. I'm predicting blueys will be the next bronies very soon.

>>149154038
>I'm predicting blueys will be the next bronies very soon.
He says for the sixth year in a row...

>>149150220
Ebay autograph scalpers can get that shit for free by bugging him at the airport or when he's scrolling through the streets of LA.

>>149123494 (OP)
Too expensive

>>149123600
based

>>149123494 (OP)
why would I do that

>>149123494 (OP)
i attended once.
with my parents.
it wasn't as awkward as you think it is, there was like, only one kind-of porn scroll thing which was obvious.
the same year they got me an ahegao hoodie for christmas so yeah, unless it's right in their face, they're not going to notice.

>>149137076
>>149137899
Damn. It kinda makes sense why im so fucking depressed and think about girls from my past. On top of that, i am pretty fucked in the head thanks to not getting laid in high school or hardly having any luck in my twenties. Guess thats why mass shooting are a thing huh? Or why so many dudes are killing themselves or going gay/trooning out. You think women ever think about their actions towards guys like us or do they secretly want us to suffer?

>>149123494 (OP)
Been to around 15 cons now. Used to attend full 3-4 days, but the novelty has worn off. Would rather stick around for one overnight, browse first day/mingle, than events next day + consoom.

Cons aren't really worth sticking around the whole time unless you're doing all the events, but most of them blow unless you're cosplaying.

It's cool to meet new people and whatnot, but I've personally never gotten any pussy at a con. However, it's still con season, so that might change.

Also, I've never been to a con that stunk. Mind you, the convention halls I've been too are a lot more modern so, idk.

Best reason to go to cons though is to get commissions from artists + pick up whatever other crap you might be interested in from them, imo.

>>149155356
To buy useless shit.

>>149150220
Amazing how my general opinion of Mark Hamill as a person has gone so sour over the past few years. Who knew he'd turn into such a shitbag.

>>149156996

I did twice, it was fun. I'd like to go to more in the future, but maybe cosplaying. The only problem with cosplaying is the heat

>>149154212
But are you really going to be walking around with a big Luke Skywalker toy in its box, out in public? In LA, where anything that isn't bolted to the ground gets stolen or pooped on? And what if he says "no"?

>>149157774
I go to conventions in Florida, I seriously have no clue how people don't get heatstroke more often from cosplay. Even though the convention halls are air-conditioned, the sheer amount of people inside makes them pretty toasty even when you're just wearing shorts and a t-shirt.

i still live with my parents so no

>>149157958
So do I, and I go to cons. At least they'll make a simple pattern connection for you being a failure, "Ohhh he's a nerd, that's why he hasn't left home"

There's just too many people at the ones I've been to to enjoy them. Can't stop and chat with people when there's a sea of people constantly moving around you.
I think if you go with a friend group or for a specific event at one its probably fine, but other than that they kinda suck.
I guess you can find some interesting merch at em though

>>149157930
It's the only thing I have against cosplaying at conventions, outside maybe having 5+ bottles of water on you at all times.

>>149156996
>>149157735
>>149150220
Hard disagree - a lot of celebs who will give you an autograph if you bump into them, and Hamill is one, will ask for a higher rate if they are famous enough. The reasoning is that they are sitting there for two hours signing shit, so it's work they could be doing something better with their time in.

I mean I've been to cons where people on his level such as John de Lancie signed my hat for like $50.

Still, $100, $150 maaaybe at the highest end; FIVE HUNDRED SMACKERS is just going to price people out.

>>149150274
holy kek imagine if it was.

>>149150239
3D printed dragons is fine in small doses as a fan artist selling your merch with that as part of it. I suppose it's less of a problem vis 'identity' if it's a con with a very definite one like Trek, or Transformers, or, er, its sister franchise.

>>149128184
Forty Cakes

>>149158199

>>149158158
>>149156996
>>149157735

addendum - i should add that these prices are probably set by the event are they not?

>>149157735
...Is he okay?

>>149125289
I went to Anime Boston this year after seven years absent expecting it to completely lift my spirits and cleanse my soul after the bullshit and abuse that drove me into hiding became too much for me to deal with, but it was legitimately fucking depressing. The selection in the vendor’s hall is greater than ever, they got huge guests like Steve Blum and Charlie from Hazbin Hotel, but something about it just feels fucking wrong. There was a guy gag-cosplaying Shadman there in 2018 and a guy dressed like Mister Basement wearing an embarrassing ‘ask me about hypnosis’ sign and that kind of shit would NEVER happen at whatever was going on this year. That one anon on /v/ or whatever was completely correct in pinpointing that 2015-2018 was the last hurrah of real nerd culture at conventions, and speaking personally, at that point, my family were already waging all-out torture on me (I remember one year I had to attend there knowing I was going to get thrown into a psych ward a few days after it wrapped), so there’s no way it’s ever going to be the same for me, at least. Anyone who tells you life doesn’t suck hates you.

>>149158212
Why would it never happen now?
I hope your life gets better Anon.

>>149158231
Thanks, anon. If it’s any consolation, it seems like my family has mostly gotten bored of torturing me and I might be about to inherit a condominium in Cambridge to do whatever I want with. I was targeted because I’m talented; I never really had a chance to avoid what they did to me, but if I get better, I can still do SOMEthing that will get me recognition. Until then, I’m just reading and playing video games. I haven’t drawn in four years or so and I really miss it.

>>149139594
Bronies are degen but they have discretion.

What cons did they sell bondage ropes and so on? I can assure you it's probably like four total. Out of about 20 a year.

>>149138979
>>149138966
I like it when shit like that happens. I went to a small horse event in Austria, which barely even qualified as a con; they tried their best but there were issues that should've been foreseen desu.

Anyway, left, got drunk with some fellow autists, found a fucking anime rave in an underground bar, had fun til like 2 am, got some tail from a Katara cosplayer.

>>149158210
For signing booths I assume that prices are set by the celeb since doing the con circuit is another source of revenue for them. Depending on how big they are they might be paid by the con management to show up to attract ticket sales but I doubt any of the celebs are getting a slice of the ticket revenue.

>>149150220
I bet William Shatner doesn't even charge for his.

>>149125289
what are actually good fan panels like, what are some examples
>>149158312
thats good, hang in there anon

>>149135590
how weird have you participated anon

>>149123494 (OP)
Can you normalfags fuck off? Just fuck off. There are other places to talk about 3DPD, so why do you have to shit up this one?

I've been to a couple small comic shows looking for non-sports cards. Those are difficult to find in concentration anywhere so you have to ask everyone and make friends with dealers so they remember to bring the stuff they have.

Otherwise I like digging through dollar boxes looking for weird indie stuff.

I've never been to a "con" with big name autograph guests though.

>>149158908
There's more people like us than you. Sorry your life is suck and you have crippling autism.

>>149158473
He does, when he was at Megacon 2021 he wanted something like $90 for an autograph. I almost got one for my parents but couldn't justify the cost.

>>149158677
One of the more memorable ones was a deep dive into the early history of Japanese animation(1920s-modern era) and the historical context/significance of the example animations and the people behind them. It was a good bit more researched and polished than the standard Wikipedia page read panel

>>149159413
That sounds awesome. What'd you learn from it?

Unironically there are too many normies now. What used to be considered niche or "nerd shit" is now mainstream and like always they shit up everything they touch and turn it into consoomer slop.

>>149158231
You remember how a few months back, all the crazier autistic fandom wikias got destroyed? That's your clue.
It's all gotta be cleaned up for branding these days. Back then, the general sentiment was "we are a bunch of fucking weirdos, lets have fun with it" and some crazy fun shit could happen, everyone hammed it up in their cosplays and did impressions of whatever they were cosplaying, there were more in-jokes and shit.
It's still there but it's not nearly as present. There's a big market place and a bunch of social media involved now. Way less of a subculture of the kinds of genuine "I browse niche internet forums based on this shit" vibes

I got drunk in a hotel bar with a bunch of minor celebrities from Stargate shows and other stuff. Chatted about the con scene and vibe of cons changing. Was fun.

>>149143098
Deadpool, Joker and Harley Quinn are the trifecta of cunty cosplayers who do shitty things and justify it.

>>149150220
He's getting old, wants to make a buck before he croaks and also it's to stop the crazy amount of resellers nowadays. That and man probably doesn't want to sign a thousand things. It's shitty, definitely, but he could: personalise stuff or just sell limited tickets to get his autograph.

The comic conventions I go to usually have creators doing signatures for free and it's only art or stuff they're selling that's paid. Paying for signatures or photos has always felt weird to me.

>>149156996
Mark Hamill and his wife pressured his son's girlfriend to get an abortion. They're not great people.

>>149160282
People keep saying there is too many normies but half the time I think the opposite is the problem. There is too many freaks at cons. At old cons I'd meet people who were clearly on the spectrum but they just liked Star Trek or Star Wars or whatever and knew everything about it.

Now these people have been conditioned via the Internet to sperg and act out for attention. Spouting Internet memes or running around like children.

>>149160516
Fan knowledge is cheap when anyone can just Google something and pretend.

>>149160282
I'm tired of this opinion because you're just wrong. So many big nerd franchises were consumerist slop from the get go. Star Wars was a cultural phenomenon and filled with merchandises. Star Trek worked it's way into pop culture and steadily the products built up. Both of these had massive amounts of consumer merchandises and people who would buy everything, every magazine or annual or comic book, regardless of quality.

I'm old. I used to go to conventions and hear clever sci-fi authors have debates about intellectual stuff. But even then the commercialisation was present because it was a battle between people trying to elevate genres vs consumption. People really did look down on sci-fi, fantasy, comics, all this stuff. And you'd try and elevate things and be laughed at. But so much stuff was absolute shit and hasn't changed at all.

The stuff you thought of as niche wasn't niche and the actual niche stuff has always fought for relevance because people are plebs.

>>149125215
Everyone is there to indulge in their interests, so talk to them about that. Acknowledge their cosplays, especially if they're lesser-seen ones that you recognise, vocally appreciate the work they've put into it, fucks sake I'm an autistic introvert and I still managed this.

>>149160774
It's not the fan knowledge. It's the companies who make the media and the companies who host the conventions themselves.
And it's also social media. Current social media has made everything feel faker in general.
That said, I did not know the Mark Hamill story there and ngl, that was a doozy to google. It sucks that people tried to weaponize her story for their own purposes but the story honestly makes sense to me. There was always a sense of "brand" with him.

>>149161083
>It's the companies who make the media and the companies who host the conventions themselves.
Chicken and the egg. It's not the companies in many ways, it is society in general. People adapt to situations, it's why we are the dominant species on Earth. People are very fluid and adaptable now because they don't see a point in specialising. It's not that people are trying to be fake it's that people don't see value in investing time and effort in, especially when knowledge is so easily attainable via the Internet and perceptions via social media matter more than objective fact.

A lot of people assume companies ruined nerd culture but at lot of it is just how people are now and how they ruined nerd culture. And that plays into everything. Think about that fluidity, people don't have careers anymore and float between jobs in the gig economy as apps and big companies erode rights. The normal milestones of life are pushed back because people can't afford things so they are infantile. Then people jump into comfort zones constantly. And all this surface level of aesthetics is how most people are their media.

Big companies pivot in weird ways because they don't understand what people want and people are really bad at telling companies what they want, especially fans, who are often angry regardless of quality or whether or not something actually sold. (Seriously apathy kills things more than anger.)

Fans, commercialisation, consumerism hasn't changed as much as people think. But society has definitely shifted because of technology and the economic issues caused by poor wealth distribution.

And anyway having obscure knowledge didn't really matter as much as people think. All these nerd hobbies are mostly just attempts at connecting with others. And fans have always found it easy to connect over anger.

>>149160516
I still miss the /dbs/ wiki

I have but not in forever. I've been thinking about it but they are so incredibly over-priced and there feels like little to make it feel that is an equivalent value, especially as I'm older now and all that waiting around, standing in line, and walking will be more annoying than anything else.

>>149123494 (OP)
>never been to a single con in my life
Am I missing anything?

>>149161903
Celebrity and creator meet and greets can be a lot of fun, especially if it's a more niche figure and get longer to chat with them. Cosplay you're either into or you aren't. Merch booths haven't been good at Anime/Comic/Gaming cons for a long time, but for any other type of subject they're still pretty good.
For me it's really the meet and greets, getting to talk with creatives and actors and knowing the inner workings of how something was made is really cool. Anybody going to one to hook up is a fool, go for what the CONVENTION offers. Not what random attendees might offer. I've been to six so far and liked them, looking forward to my seventh in a few months.

>>149123600
Awesome

>>149162071
Nice, thanks

>>149128184
Mystake

>>149150239
I know Ohayocon has a bad rap now, but I've always loved their rules for the dealers room. They always had good sellers and never had shit like this that now plauges cons.

Yeah but it's feeling more and more pointless, with artists alleys being like 90% coomer (80% of that being AI), dealer rooms selling nothing but juiced shit you can find at Walmart and cheap Japanese crane game prizes sold for 4x what they go for online, and panels becoming more and more general to the point where there's less of a chance to really find common ground with other attendees for meaningful discussion.
The board game rooms are pretty much the only thing keeping me going. Outside of those rooms, cons now are largerly just a collection of small predetermined groupings of friends who arrived together, looking for things to spend money on, with no real intent to intermingle or learn about pop culture they weren't already aware of.

>>149164137
Yeah but who wants to go to fucking Ohio?

>>149125215
Anyone telling you to just try to talk to people hasn't been to a con in ages.
You're absolutely right, no one goes to cons without a fully occupied friend circle anymore. No one is looking to be approached by strangers.

>>149150239
Jesus Christ I hate the 3D printed trinkets so much, and this is as someone with a 3D printer.
It's like selling paper airplanes, the whole fun of that shit is making it yourself.

I went with a female friend who was in love with me and constantly cockblocked me in every con we went to.

I want to but as soon as i get there i regret it because i can't stand to be around 99% of the people that share my hobbies and interests

>>149123600
Fuck yeah been meaning to do the same thing also charge is their best album

>>149139771
Modern therapy is essentially the same thing except you're paying people who don't share interests with you more money to tolerate your presence.

I went to Awesomecon in DC in like 2016 and I had fun. I saw this one really hot girl with a Bulma cosplay and I wish I got her number.

>>149123494 (OP)
No. I'm a shut in and hate people. Tried to get out of my shell and went to a couple but given I don't have friends I went alone which for the first smwall one was ok. But I went to dragon con alone once and I got so stressed and overwhelemed be alone but surrounded by people that by the night of day two I had to fight the intense urge to kill myself via jumping over the railing of the top floor of one of the hotels and face planting into the dance floor of the lobby they had going. I skipped the last day to recover in my hotel room.

>>149164319
How come?

>>149164899
Because he's a self-hating faggot.

>>149161903
There is good art and industry pros to meet.

>>149132211
I'm socially anxious but not socially awkward. Cons just went from one kind of hell to another for me.

>>149137076
Anon, I've been having regular sex since my teens and I'm still distressingly horny all the time. I'll rub one or two out even if I've already gotten laid that day. it's tiresome, desu.

>>149164242
Ohio has 3 of the best cons in the US which is insane to me.

>>149166413
It has none of the best cons, what the fuck are you talking about?

>>149166316
I think anon was talking more about "no gf" type depressives who devolve their whole personality into a lack of pussy since High School and think the key to happiness would've been some fantasy that would fix them/could've saved them. Not being horny in general.

>>149166537
ah, my mistake.

>>149123494 (OP)

I go to small or medium size ones. The really large ones are in big cities and that's not something I want to mess with.

>>149164309
kek what happened with her?

>>149128222
Cute

>>149135590
>While weird sex stuff does happen at cons
I only heard about this for furries and a certain fandom.

>>149164309
Was your friend hot?

>>149123494 (OP)
Never, not once.

>>149163963
kek

>>149164137
Just glancing at it and it looks a billion times better than what I see at cons. I fucking hate Funko pops, 3D printed shit, and the dime-a-dozen TTRPG accessories.

>>149166460
Colossal Prime is always a fucking blast. Ohayocon was good and Masuricon is good too.

>>149171712
>Discount Dragon Con
>Weeb shit
Yeah Ohio still holding the L

>>149123494 (OP)
Not anymore but they were based in the 2010s. As were music festivals.

>>149171938
>but they were based in the 2010s
Before Avengers 2012, right?

>>149164899
>>149165040
Unironically this is pretty much the reason

needs a bump

>>149174057
I know.

>>149174057
I agree!

>>149150220
fan expo is fucking garbage, their vendor halls usually have no vetting and you will see faggots selling 10$ aliexpress plushies for 40$ each and other bootlegs. the only good part of fan expo is seeing the other people and the cosplay contest im glad when i worked at a con center i got in for free because fuck fan expo im not giving those faggots money ever again
t. worked at a con center that hosted fan expo

>>149171916
come to trotcon then ;>)

>>149123494 (OP)
I am a pervert.

Don't ask questions like this again, please.