The one thing about body odor is that it'll soak into you, even if you bathe. SO if you're around stinky people, by the end of the day, you'll smell just like them. That would explain how the smell was spreading. It was probably on you, too.

Also, my pet peeve are fangirls. A bunch of dumbass twits making ALL female fans look bad. Plus they are seriously annoying, in a real irritating way, and half the time they're really arrogant, too.

their existance

>>15123771

I think it's a testament to the kind of debauchery that goes on in these conventions.

Never been to a anime convention or anything. So I don't know about the hygiene of otakus.
I shower 2 times day, sometimes 3 times a day. And I wear clean clothes everyday.

It's not exactly a yeast infection, more like a yeast imbalance. An actually infection is MUCH nastier. But actually, an imbalance can be caused by TOO much hygiene. Pussies are supposed to smell a little for a reason. Regularly douching is a very bad idea. It's only good on rare occasions. Hell, to be honest, they really serve no good purpose at all.

This lesson brought to you by an actual girl on the internet.

Anyway, the worst thing I've experienced at a con was having to gaze upon the site of a gigantic whale of a guy, he was at least 300 pounds if not more, wearing a shit that said tentacle sex

yeah i actually work out and regularly shower so that fat-unclean-sweaty smell does not happen to me

i do fap to lolis on a regular basis though.

never been to a convention, so far i have not seen a reason why i should.

Anonymous. More specificly newfag anonymous.
Great. You know 4chan, just like half of everyone on the internet. It doesn't mean you can get a V mask and think "Tee-hee-hee. Only the members of my secret internet club will recognise me!"
Two years ago it was pretty cool to see a V mask when the guy only attempted to be EFG but now it's just sad.

I would have said the smell too but my sense of smell is shit.

I hate it when two cosplayers make either a yaoi or yuri scene, it's just fucking annoying and a billion foaming fangirls crowd around them and insta-cum all over themselves.

>>15124078
this.

>>15123858
That's bordering on OCD.

>>15123858

Showering too much is bad for you.

>>15124122
especially when those two are pimply, greasy ugly ass teenagers.

>>15124077
>>15123817
these

I go to conventions to rage, getting assaulted by the smell of bad hygiene is all part of the experience

>>15124306
so its an exercise to gain endurance and stamina?

Best product is those anime figurines in the center of bars of soap.

Conventions like Otakon are especially bad with smell because it's summer in Baltimore and many people are wearing heavy costumes. Most of the smell comes from the gamer room, though. Those guys NEVER shower.

oh god the smell~ luckily I've only been to one convention in my entire life... but seriously... even the people working the booths need to shower every once in a while. you think people won't buy your overpriced merchandise if you take a half hour break to shower? jeez, I was trying to buy some manga from this one booth and the chick smelled like rain (as in, a wet dog that had been in the rain, not fresh~). bitch didn't even have what I was looking for

My Pet peeve is that there is TOO MUCH Funimation advertising. Everywhere you look you can't help but see the Funimation logo somewhere in your vision. I wouldn't mind it too much if Bandai, Geneon, ADV, VIZ, and Media Blasters has some advertising too, but there is just WAY too much Funimation.

Another peeve is that why it is cons can only get voice actors from Funimation. don't they realize that there are other Companies out there. And why is it the same voice actors every single year!!!! I can only get so many Chris Sabot autographs people!!!

Fat chicks trying to dress-up as Miko Mido. I just was to rip my eyes out after seeing one.

>>15124414

Why the fuck would you want Chis Sabat's autograph?

I mean, I can understand Chuck Hubert, Monica Rial, or Laura Bailey, but Chris Sabat? And don't even mention Vic Mignogna.

out of ever 10 cosplayers, at least 3 of them are a Narutard.

I hate seeing seeing so many people dressed up as Naruto.

Shitty overpriced con food and drinks.

That, and people who take the time to make eleborate costumes and refuse to stand still for a picture.

I've never been to a con, and this thread makes me glad of that fact.

Also, optimal showering is either once a day or once every other day, depending on how much you sweat.

This topic has made me realize that if a Final Solution was implemented on nerd fandom, I would gladly support it.

people who like anime and manga.

fuck you losers, i'm just there for the underaged gullible girls

When I'm looking through a booth to find some cool merchandise and I see a yaoi fanbook of Kamina x Simon or any two other badass main characters being gay for each other.

That and I saw a faggot walking back to my hotel with his hands in his pockets and he said "I think next year I will dress up as L because I feel like I'm walking like him right now." when the mother fucker only had his hands in his pockets. Rage so hard at that.

People CONSTANTLY breaking down the fucking escalators. One year at A-kon some kid actually shoved their shoe into the gears somehow. I was working security, we got to see it, the way that it was in there you could tell it was on-purpose.

That, and yeah, newfag Anons.

hey gaiz... where's waldo, i cant find him /sadface

Blue circle is Waldo.

Red circle is Jotaro. Fuck yes.

>>15125384
man how'd i miss that
thanks anon

>>15125384
or could it be someone cosplaying as waldo...

I only go to Megacon.

What do I hate most about Megacon? There's no good panels. Just a huge dealer room.

Oh, you want RAGE? Okay, I'll just repeat what everyone else in the thread has said: overpriced food and drinks (goddamn convention centers), fat people, bad cosplay, too much cosplay, cosplay period, the smell, the price and difficulty of finding just about anything worth buying at a convention, not being allowed to take too weapons, specifically airsoft guns, into the convention center without having shitty goddamn orange tips on them and a goddamn tag somewhere proving you're allowed to carry it, etc., etc..

Also, I'm the only person to ever have attempted to dress up as the Ghostrider and wasn't allowed to set his head on fire. Fucking securityfags.

>>15125647
>not being allowed to take weapons
Don't know where the "too" came from. Fix'd.

>>15125647
how would the mechanics of that work?

Middle of the hall dance parties. I'm fuckin' walkin' HERE!!!

I actually haven't had that much of a problem with smelly people. I tend to stay out of condensed areas, but I even managed to avoid nasty smells in the dealer's room at Otakon.

con-waldo where he be?

>>15125384
See if you can find:

ZOMG REI
Robot from FLCL
Big O robot I forget her name
Narutard
Luffy
Jet (Bebop)
Sakura (CCS)
Chi (Chobits)
Kats (ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US)
The vespa lady from FLCL

I don't go. Waste of money. Don't want figurines, can get DVD's on Amazon, doujinshi can suck horrendously (I've never been to a con, do they sell them?), can't stand pungent body odor, and they don't come to Wiscompton anyway. You have to pay to get in, right? So no.

Though this negative attitude of mine did save an online chap from going to what could only be described as "Kawaii Con '07". I'd LOVE to hear the story behind that.

>>15123676
>where is waldo
I remember at a con I've went someone was dressed as Waldo..
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF---

>>15125647
>Also, I'm the only person to ever have attempted to dress up as the Ghostrider and wasn't allowed to set his head on fire. Fucking securityfags.

I think Fire Marshals have nightmares about anime cons. So many people, so many paper-mache costumes, so little space. (That fucker would only let them fill the Masquerade hall half full.)

>>15123676
You must be female.

I've been told males can't actually smell yeast infections and periods.

The kinds of people that tend to go to these things. I last went many moons ago. Every obese sweaty faggot had to give me their opinions on things, ask for mine and then tell me why I was wrong.

I don't care what you think and some mobile acne covered lard isn't going to change my mind.

>>15126045
I've never met a guy who could. They usually just mistake the smell as something else.

>>15126079
Doesn't smell like fish to them either though, usually doesn't smell like anything.

My sense of smell is shot to hell and back, smell don't bother me none (lol double negative)

I have to say that the Fanboys and Fangirls piss me off the most. They come in droves to conventions, and make the rest of us look like a bunch of creepy fagots. I come to the cons for the panels, the screenings, AMV conventions, and I browse the dealers room a bit. I like anime/manga enough to warent a visit. But because of these moronic douches, people see my badge and dodge out of my path on the way back to the hotel. The salivating fanboys make people think I'm a some pedo rapist, and the fangirls make them think I'm insane.

>anime convention
>pet peeves

you just answered the question for me

>>15126079
I really didn't need to know that ANYBODY can do that.

Vic Mignogna fans that go on about Christianity and attack you if you don't like Vic and join his Power Rangers, or whatever the hell they call themselves.

>>15125647
>not being allowed to take too weapons
Think about it, if it went unchecked, every single con would become a slaughter as someone eventually breaks down and decides to erase so much trash from the world.

It's been a while since I've been at a con, but the thing I hate the most is the backstabbing, backstage politic games. It's always one group against the other, and always being so secretive about it. I remember seeing people being sent out as scouts to check the other stands to try to upstage them.
And the inevitable karate/random martial arts showing. But I think that's more of a thing down here.

So many people cosplaying as naruto, so many people...

I don't have any, because I'm not a raging fagget and don't go to conventions of any kind.

I like anime conventions.

I don't usually go to anime conventions because I'm not a faggot.

jokes
like some joke about Ed being short and everyone laughs and then someone says that ed would beat the crap out of whoever and everyone laughs

oh hell I just reminded myself of envy cosplay

>>15126122
I usually just try my best to ignore people like that. Just hang out with my own friends and such.

The only time they ever really get on my nerves is when they insist on doing stupid shit like forming bondage trains, or sitting in front of the fire exits in the dealer rooms.

>>15125691
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMb45LZTb1A

>>15126160
/thread

>>15126206
With shitty skull mask on, of couse. And a bald head.

My pet peeve is voice actors who cruise for underage groupies.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2007-10-11
>* [B], [A], and [S] among others, are known for attempting to sleep with their fans at conventions. This is a common practice at most cons, anime or not, to be sure, but the aggressiveness of some of these people is legendary (and particularly embarassing). One was even known for specifically sleeping with a fan cosplaying as a character they played. Think about the psychological implications of that.

>>15126122
Badge?

the sign people (will huggle for pockey, hug me, spank me, etc); yaoi/yuri paddles; /b/-tards running through the halls shouting memes; people dressed as pirates of the carribean/ghostbusters/storm troopers/willy wonka/etc

>>15126280

Vic Mignogna does that.

Also:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1217145

My biggest anime convention pet peeve is anime conventions.

More cancer than Chernobyl.

>>15126357
What's wrong with Stormtroopers?

>>15126280
and who can blame them?

IT FUCKING PISSES ME OFF WHEN TIFA COSPLAYERS HAVE SMALL TITS

WHAT THE FUCK

I'm sure this must have already been mentioned, but if so, I believe it deserves more than one mention. The fact that most of the items and fans will always be focused in Naruto, Bleach, etc. I wouldn't mind seeing one in day to day life, but conventions have much more potential than that.

>>15126359
new vic fan here

I've never been to a convention, but just reading about them here makes me want to dress up as Ultimate Warrior and clothesline the people mentioned in this thread.

>>15125956
I saw those and many more. If you don't recognize at least a dozen characters, your power level is weak.
I recognized...
Jotaro
R. Dorothy Wayneright
Rei Ayanami
Sakura Kinomoto
Cats
Jet
Jigen
Cloud Strife
Lupin III
Akuma from Street Fighter
Haruko Haruhara
The robot from FLCL
Chi
Ultraman
Auron
Belldandy
Solid Snake
Cyborg Ninja
Naruto
Edward Elric
Mai from Fatal Fury
Spike
Ryu from Street Fighter
Master Asia
And of course, Waldo.

My latest pet peeve developed at Supanova Brisbane. It may as well been called Bondage Sunday, because there were just heaps of fangirls running around in crossplay with leashes on.

NOT SAFE. You could hardly move around the convention from the amount of people, and the morons were barging their way through without a care that people might get hit (or wind up strangled). Many had metal chains as well. Worst of all was that the convention didn't even have a first aid center.

I wish I was Louis Theroux because then I'd get paid to go to conventions and take the piss. Right now I'd love to see what happens inside one of these things but I'm never going to pay for what would probably turn out to be a long and mostly unrewarding experience. I mean, I've showed up at events in the name of fun before, but those were free.

>>15127139
That guy is awesome. It'd really depend on the con he went to though, since some focus on different aspects and attract slightly different audiences (ie. cosplayers, yaoi fans, /b/tards)

>>15126280
I'd dress up as Haruko if it'd get Kari Wahlgren to hook up with me.

>>15123915
yo me too....
Im going to my first ANIME convention on the 10th....wish me luck

>>15127393
Same here, i'm going to Anime USA the 11th.

>>15123676
COngratulations, you just kept me from ever stepping foot in a convection.

Remember back when seeing a 4chan reference cosplay was cool. And now it just makes you burst a blood vessel with rage?

Douching is actually bad for you.

Just wash properly and you won't ever have to worry about it.

>>15128037
Just fucking douche.

eh, ive went to Anime Central for the past 2 years and its been fun, no real RAGE other than a lot of naruto and bleach cosplayers. oh and the fat ugly chicks cosplaying as final fantasy characters. ew.

>>15128001
If you've been doing 4chan correctly, it should have never been cool to you.

>>15127937
Ditto.

Bad hygiene, screaming fangirls, underage faggotry, and that crazy person who likes my costume and decides to follow me around the convention and make strange posts about me on /cgl/.

2-time acen attendee here. What I've mostly found disappointing about cons is that every time, I go expecting to find some rare treasure from an obscure series that I like, something to come back and post pictures of and brag about.
Silly me. Dealers want to make money, and they aren't going to do that by stocking shit from a show that only a few thousand Anonymous outside of Moonland have ever even heard of.

On the whole, I like cons because I can, for once, stop suppressing my power level... because even then, all these other fuckers around me are so much worse that no one even notices.

Pic related. Tea from this mug is particularly delicious.

>>15128787

No, anon! You must surpress your powerlevel even more during con-time. You don't actually want to look like one of the fanboys/fangirls do you? God help me if they think I'm one of them and start talking to me, FUCK!

Con veteran here. Let me tell you my nipple-tweaks.

First off, it's a pain being a fan of less-popular series when you're looking for cosplay photos. Makes you feel lonely.

Second, lines up the yin-yang. When you're tired, you don't quite have the patience you normally have.

Third, not having a nice venue to return to next year. This year's Kumoricon was nice, a grocery store was nearby, and across the street was a nice park for group pictures. Sadly, the tards trashed the ballroom, so no return.

Finally: Schedule, what's that? Practically NOTHING starts on time. Thank gods for portable /b/ (aka my DS).

>First off, it's a pain being a fan of less-popular series when you're looking for cosplay photos. Makes you feel lonely.

Conversely, though, it's a thrill when you DO find some well-done cosplay from a more obscure series. I saw one or two Aria cosplayers at acen last year - really made my day.

Heh... exhibiting. Try exhibiting and dealing with extortionist monopolistic bitches who don't understand that without the fans and customers lining the walls, they wouldn't be able to line their pockets with gold. In previous years at AX and at other cons, my company made it a habit of offering ice cold ramune's with any purchase of our products. They didn't add a whole lot of cost, made our customers incredibly happy since everyone seems to know the inside of the convention hall gets stuffy as all hell, and the fact that it came with the purchase often clenched the deal since they cost $3+ at any of the sanctified stands of the con. If people wanted to purchase them, we offered them for $2 each, more than enough to cover our costs and a fair market price over the previously mentioned sanctified stands of the con. This last year we got a call from the head honcho herself with a cease and desist and I honestly believe it hurt our sales considerably, may she rot in hell and be replaced.

I don't think it matters too much tho... as with most cons, AX is growing out of proportion and is sure to reach critical mass... and commercialism will push either the consumer or the exhibitors over the edge and eventually say "forget this". And a new con will start and it'll be small, and uncorrupt, and the cycle will repeat itself...