Going to anime expo has been the biggest blackpill of my life and I hate it
The posting on /vg/ and big streamers like Asmon playing it at launch had actually made me believe Genshin and WuWa would be the one to break through in the west and finally put gachas on the map, but when I went to the stalls and booths it was as if I was the only white guy in the building. Probably 96% of the other people I met at the wuwa section were either transfer students or asian americans and unsurprisingly almost everyone was also chubby or fat. Even had some kid ask me if I was a content creator because he said I stood out
Now I just can't shake off the feeling that /vg/ is the exact same and I hate it because surely it's not true

>>714604608 (OP)
>>>/a/

>>714604608 (OP)
As a white guy who briefly played gacha I relate to this OP on a primal level.

>>714604708
But those are vidya?

White people go play your white games, it's simple.

>>714604608 (OP)
we posting 3DPD?
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https://x.com/shorty18045/status/1940838698050048174?s=46&t=088ymdEC0KOteP65RGpHRg
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https://x.com/chancocopuffs/status/1940915425841422515?s=46&t=088ymdEC0KOteP65RGpHRg
https://x.com/bladewild_/status/1940869466080137564?s=46&t=088ymdEC0KOteP65RGpHRg

>>714604608 (OP)
Asians love to gamble. You wouldn't get it, it's a DNA thing

>>714604608 (OP)
Relatable remide

>>714604608 (OP)
gacha fatigue.

>>714604608 (OP)
I had this experience last year at anime expo. I would've gone this year but I was too busy. Maybe next year.

Animu is mental illness.
Asians are mentally ill. They can only look at cartoons. Even their porn is cartoons.
They're sick drug addicted gambling tyranny loving cowardly freaks.

>>714608632
But anime is great

idk it's the huwhite teenage girls in Genshin cosplay where I live

>>714604608 (OP)
>going to an anime convention for news on a video game
This is on you, dude. I went there last year and I had a ton of fun, even if I wasn't looking for anything in particular.

>>714604608 (OP)
This is neo-/v/, seething that there aren't enough normies who are a fan of A FUCKING PHONE GAME THAT EXISTS TO TAKE YOUR MONEY WITH MICROTRANSACTIONS

>>714610161
Micro transactions are le bad

>>714604608 (OP)
Who's skirk

>>714610732
NTA but yes
Why would you shill your dollary-doos on a FREE GAME

>>714604608 (OP)
Wuwa is only played by SEA

>>714604608 (OP)
Anime Expo is primarily a tourist trap type convention that normalfags only go to for the major event halls (stuff like debuts or places that'll have big reveals), like with SDCC or NYCC.
Here's a breakdown for anime cons basically
>Normalfag (TOURIST TRAP)
Anime North
Anime Expo
>Normalfag (Normalfag)
Otakon
Anime Boston

>>714612960
They've all been normalfag traps for years, increasingly so since covid. AX just happens to be the biggest one.

>>714613395
Again, the difference is being for normalfags and being a tourist trap type event.
Pretty much all conventions by their very nature have to be normalfag, since they need to rent out likely expensive space and get a variety of artists, all while maintaining enough appeal to possibly even get guests (even the smallest local conventions will find some cheap guest to drop by, Alyson Court is a staple of Canadian conventions for a reason).
There is no "anti-normalfag convention". Anti-normalfag elements can EXIST at conventions, though considering how puritan /v/ is, I don't think drinking parties and bathroom orgies are that appealing for the typical userbase here.

did you get to meet her tho

>>714608632
That's me, I am a chink, and also a NEET on top.

>>714613683
I met her in bed and had sex

>>714613683
I want to go to the captain Kirk irl birthplace and replace it with a large cutout or statue of Skirk. Maybe vandalize it to say captain Skirk.

>>714604608 (OP)
lmao you thought we were joking when we said only browns/SEAfags play gachaslop?

>>714615206
Genshin is huge in Japan. I showed my Japanese coworker a picture of genshin and he said it was famous in Japan. I showed him a picture of usada pekora and he didn't recognize her.

>>714604608 (OP)
I don't know what I expected going into one of these conventions but I was particularly shocked by the rampant consumerism and faggotry. I'm retarded but I thought events like this would allow more fan interactions and cool shit instead of just being an open market full of slop figurines and sweaty old men. It's a shame there's no real life equivalent of 4chan semi general threads where you could meet up with a small community of like-minded people and discuss your interests. Like a book club or what feminists used to do in the past with tea parties. The modern web sucks with all the jeet botfarms and AI content, there's no genuineness anymore. Those conventions feel like that as well. Just a dance for consooming manchildren and cosplay whores who don't even know the material they're branding onto themselves. Thankfully I didn't go to it alone so shooting the shit with friends was fun but those events are soulless

>>714615206
NTA but yes

>>714604608 (OP)
On one hand, I believe this could be quite true. On this other, Anime Expo is in LA, obesity is rising rapidly there and the only reason some aren't as fat is because they're skinny from the drug crisis. Also, yeah, LA is pretty ethnically diverse.

>>714616584
>I went to a convention dedicated to products
>wtf why am I surrounded by products being shilled at me
what the fuck

>>714610852
>why does a FREE game have microtransactions
Because it's the only way for it to make money? Are you fucking retarded

>>714608632
You are right, Animu is bad.
Anime is good.
Animo is even better.

>>714604608 (OP)
>gacha
>big streamers

>>714604608 (OP)
>watching streamers
>playing gachaslop
So this is the power of neo-/v/. Not bad. Not bad at all.

>>714604608 (OP)
The vast majority of the revue for gacha games comes from SEA people. Just because Tectone is a weeb doesn’t mean gacha games are in the public conscious in the western world.