BAD = ALL

/thread

fAil-kon. But that's a given.

A-kon
It is always fail.


Had a blast at A-fest, Oni, and AX tho

Oh you and your anime cons.

NYCC was fucking awesome.

didn't anime boston have like a 16 hour registration line this year?

Kumoricon was fuckwin epic.

AX in L.A. was actually pretty good. Hardcore FMA fans still scare the shit out of me though...

AX this year was fun.

Mikomicon sucked ass.

Otakon 08 wasn't bad.

Katsucon 08 was something to do in the middle of the winter.

AX was awesome. So was Sakura-Con. Kumoricon was mall-con (that is, awesome if you didn't actually hang out at the con). Anime North would've been up there too if I wasn't half blind and in pain the entire last day. :[

>>1520534
>really crappy stereotyping

AkiCon was pretty fun. SakuraCon was kick ass too.

Will there be any upcoming cons in Atlanta?

>>1520578
MomoCon & AWA. Pick your fail.

This year FUCKING SUCKED. I snuck out of the house to get to A&G Ohio for 12 hours, only to end my night with the GOD DAMN PROTOMEN (a fire, they should die in one).

After turning 18 in May I declared freedom and went to ColossalCon with 3 of my friends.

FFFFFF.

THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I'VE DONE THIS YEAR.

I haven't even been in the convention circuit for the past 2 years. When I was 14 and 15 BAM, every con within 4 states of Ohio. Now? Damnit. Starting in '09 I'm throwing myself back into the fire. Ohayo, Tekko, Colossal, Field, and ACen at the very least.
I'm hoping to get to those AND to Tsubasa, Youma, and Matsuri. I miss having cosplay friends outside people I've known since I was 5. I miss everything about being active in my area.

Is Colossal still shit like it was the first few years it started?

I was 13/14 when I went to Colossal last (second or third colossal). It was kind of a lulzy hallway con filled with yaoi fans. I remember it being maybe four convention center rooms in a hotel and it pulled around 500 people tops the second year I went.

Youma was the only con I went to this year. First con in several years (since ACen 05) and wow it was different. Wasn't a bad con, per se, it was just a bunch of little kids with HUG ME signs and some slut dressed as Nurse Joker with tits asking for FREE KISSIES.

AX was cool

San Diego Comic-Con was also pretty nice.

>>1520578
dragon*con

Dragon Con. Ugh.

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY, FATTIES/CHUNKIES + SKIMPY COSTUMES = BARF-A-THON!!!

ACen and Ohayo were good, but I'm excited for a new Ohayo very soon here. :3

Went to a few smaller cons this year that weren't fail surprisingly.

Oh and new con KakkoiCon? Very...well, I don't know how to explain it. I had fun, but it was DEFINITELY a first year con.

I had never been so bored at AWA my whole life. Where were all the great panels? 08 was the first time I ever had more fun in the dealer room than anywhere else at a con. I may not go this year.

Fanime was so much fun!
Plus, got a free hotel room for part of the weekend :D
Overall goodtimes, good times.

>>1521027
acen was a trainwreck, can we say line-con? if you used a claw hammer ona baby's head you'd prolly get the reg head for acen this year.

>>1521134

Euro-fag here. Out of interest what's the usual waiting time in line for american cons?

>>1521146
if it is is not acen and it's 10 hour or so wait due to idiocy running the registration dept. a few hours is common, this usually starts early in the morning too.

>>1521157

>10 hour or so wait due to anonymous crashing the system

Fix'd that for ya.

>>1521202
they wouldn't have gotten to crash the system if they had better planning. who seriously thinks it is a great idea to use the internet for at con registration?

GOOD TIMES: AX, Fanime, Anime Oasis
OK TIMES: KumoriCon, Tomodachi fest
ARGH WHAT THE HELL?! times: KumoriCon, Tomodachi Fest

I hate some of the people I know (smelly weeaboo aggravating people with no common decency) , but without the good ones (great friends who encourage me to get out of my house once in a while and have fun), some of those cons (kumoricon, tomodachi fest) would have been utter hell.

last years regrets? ripping the top of my Slowbro costume, I felt so bad because my partner REALLY wanted to do it for a con but I just didn't have the time to fix it.

Great times, First year since I was about ten years old to pull camera agro. never felt so good about myself.

new years goal, make something that is beyond my current ability level, improve my skills a little bit!
first task, making a long fully lined coat that is well tailored and fits me JUST RIGHT!

and now that I have mentioned it, what does /cgl/ think a good fabric for Grell's coat (from Kuro Shitsuji) would be? I am at a loss...

>>1520874
don't be such an asshat. i went this year and i didn't see that many skimpy outfits till late at night when i got the eff out of there. but seriously, i didn't go for raging at bad cosplay. i went to see the guests, go to panels.
you are an elitist fag! :3

>>1521282
do you know what board you're on?

>>1520725

It was pretty fucking awful this year.
The 'main attraction' of the damn thing was ZOMG VIC!!!!<3<3<3 Which should be saying enough.

The schedules were completely wrong and I have the distinct feeling that none of the panels were pre-screened. I went to one on webcomics that ended up being two girls with a broken internet connection sitting and staring at the three of us who actually wandered in.

I guess next year they're having it at a water park or some shit like that.

>>1521134
Sounds about right. Unfortunately, according to some friends of mine on ACen staff, they're bringing the same registration guy back because it soooo wasn't his fault! He "did everything he could, no one could've foreseen the problems they had.". Yeah... get your badge mailed or have your DS ready since ACen won't be decent enough to provide line entertainment for you.

>>1520388
This. Anime conventions all suck.

ANext was pretty lame. Same voice actors as last year, only no J-guest. WTF was with the Artist Alley being in a basement garage?!

>>1520676

Anyone who doesn't like The Protomen is a faggot.

You sir, are a faggot.

this year i went to
Liberations (jan)
ASR (feb)
ADD(feb)
Megacon(march)
Narutotrek(march)
florida supercon(may)
metrocon(july)
yasumicon(augest)
super anime day(september)
chibi-pa(september)
anime supercon (october)
tri-county-janicon(november)
mizucon (december)
i think that was all of them i went to this year :D and i had a good tim at every single one of them :D

>>1521440
time*

>>1521376
sounds like they are just asking for more antics, anyone with half a brain would have done a server NOT ONLINE. but hey, it is acen...very few people there have a brain in their heads there.

ACen was a good con for me, but thats because I Preregister and had my badge mailed to me ahead of time.
My friends sat through a 8 hour line behind master chief

London MCM expo in England wasn't too bad...what made it terrible was that it had to be on the same day as 'the best of nigeria 2008' so there were turban wearing terrorists everywhere. in fact, it was complete and utter shit.

>>1521453
MCM was moneygrabbing fail as ever, which is why they didn't get a single penny of my money.

>>1521453
International Faith Day. Which unsurprisingly, consisted of Muslims. Some were not very accomodating at all, yet some were really nice and wanted a picture of my group.

Afterwards, there was a stabbing. Between rival gangs however, not involving a con goer.

>>1521453

October London Expo was horrible. It was at that one that I swore I would never go to another one, unless I was being paid to go. And since I'm leaving my job in a few months' time, it seems like I won't have to subject myself to it ever again.

Anime Boston was pretty fun, I think I saw more nice costumes at that con more than any other, even though 80% of them were seen in the Line-con (me and my gang were on line for 6 hours). NYCC rocked, it was a nice change from anime cons, and close enough to take the train to for the day, Anime Next was 'meh' but that was mostly due to my companions fighting with each other all weekend, and having to listen to one of them whine about the other all weekend. Otakon was fun, I was with awesome people all weekend, and me and my friend made a buttload of cash in AA. Manga Next was again awesome, because my whole family was with me, and we won best of weekend.

The only thing AnimeNext is good for is getting drunk.

2008 seemed like the year of Linecon with AB and ACEN both having issues...

Honestly, best con I was at this year was Providence Anime Conference. All attendees 21+, small con overall, very few costumes, but no screaming glomping smelly teenagers either.

>>1521282

I am jealous you never got to see the "Bellydancing" show. Fuck, I really wanted to go ALLAH ACKBAR!! on them and go Suicide Bomb on them.

>>1521453
>>1521470
>>1521533
I've only ever been to one Expo and it was shit. From other people's reports I have no problem believing it's always shit and I wonder why anyone goes back a second time.


AmeCon was good this year. Better than 2007 though the experience was ruined a bit for me by personal blarghensplarghen why must people assume so much and talk bullshit about their assumptions as if it's known fact? Bleh. Oh yeah and the shit with the it's-not-a-masquerade-we-swear-but-here's-some-skits-and-costumes-anyway thing not kicking off right and the staff getting up in a bitch about that sucked. Oh shit and those retarded fire death trap bars they put up blocking a critical exit of the main bar just because the bastard doormen couldn't be bothered to cover two doors. And both bars running out of cranberry juice. Okay so actually it wasn't all that great. At least I finally got around to cosplaying something though.

Minami was pretty awesome as per usual. Going to have to Losercon it this year (as will about half of all people attending it seems) but that's okay since who goes to Minami for the convention anyway? So I suppose really that wasn't so special either. At least I got in some reporter-like live flashgun practise though.

Okay so really 2008 was a bit of an average/slightly shit year for cons.

A-kon blew some major ass even for A-kon I think. I don't understand why people really even go nowadays unless it's

1. To get drunk, because nobody gives a fuck regardless of where you're working.
2. Some random photoshoot you don't even need a badge for.
3. You don't have good standards for cons and think it's still okay.
4. You live right next to it.

The only con I've been to this year is Fanime and I had a pretty good time! I dedicated myself to doing whatever the fuck I wanted, and that helped. Sometimes I get stuck in a "OMGLASTMINUTESEWFEST" and it makes me want to kill babies.

This year I'm more prepared than ever so it should be tons of fun.

>>1521788
Expo = to meet friends.

Also wat r u on? They had a seperate Masquerade and Omake, what're you talking about?

>>1521804
this is very true. After giving it 3 years I've decided it's not worth the time and money to drive to dallas for. I can get drunk with friends for much cheaper |:

International Cosplay Ball was the best event all year.

>>1521804
i only still go to a-kon to oogle at cute girls

>>1521818
That was it, the Omake. I just forgot the name of it, that was all.

And hey they are kind of the same thing basically.

>>1521804
Because the people in Texas and surrounding states are retards. Every year I hear, "I'm never going back again!" then just before the con they still go back because "all my friends are there that I only see ONCE A YEAR."

CON FRIENDS =/= REAL FRIENDS.

>>1521818

It wasn't that long ago that Expo wasn't so dangerously overcrowded that you *could* meet and hang out with friends at it. Now you spend most of your day in the queue and the rest of your day shuffling about inside the hall, desperately trying to find some free floor space so you can look at lots of stalls full of overpriced tat you have no intention of buying (or wandering aimlessly up and down the corridor outside trying to find somewhere to sit down). They barely even have any guests anymore.

Hell, Collectormania is less nightmarish and it's held in a bloody shopping centre (I know it's moving, but that has less to do with needing more space and more to do with the shopping centre freaking out about health and safety insurance).

Anyway, Minamicon was the con of the year for me. There was something a bit... off about Amecon that I can't quite put my finger on. Cosplay Ball was nice but ruined somewhat by twattish behaviour on the part of certain other attendees.

Twenty-something long-time Atlanta congoer here.
AWA has never really been all that entertaining IMO; dull panels, lukewarm cosplay, and a lot of underage fuckery and security guard wankery. Saturday is usually the only day worth going for.
Momocon is OK if you go with low expectations; it is a FREE con run by a college anime club on a low budget, after all. Momocon is fun if you plan to socialize and people-watch.
Dragon*Con is the best and was the best ATL con of 2008. Less underage shenannigans, more mature crowd, WAAAY more to do and see, awesome room parties and live shows, and, for the most part, good costuming. To the Anon who was all "Ew, gross, fat cosplayers at D*C!": don't waste your fuckin' money, then. If you SERIOUSLY could not find ANYTHING to do at D*C except get all worked up over the minute percentage of fatties that crawled out after dark, then I'm feeling pretty sad for you. Did we even attend the same con?

Kumori con was the worst convention i've ever been to. It had horrible cosplays, retarded guests of honors and dumb ass portland hobos who tried to rape all of the girls in the park.

kumori con = rape.

>>1522362
Ha Ha What.

>>1521580
>>The only thing AnimeNext is good for is getting drunk.
QFT.

Only went to two cons this year. Sakura Con was awesome, as usual.

Anime Evolution was pretty boring, as usual. Especially bad this year because of the last minute venue change.

Looking forward to Aki-Con next year.

<---- Katsucon 08

NanDesuKan-rock
AX-rock
Anime Wasabi- 1st year con, fail

>>1522448
Was there any first year cons that wasn't fail? Or is all first year cons doomed to fail?

Anime Boston wasn't that bad for me, but that's because I only had to wait a bit over an hour for my badge since I went Thursday evening. Also, I drowned within everything I had to do.

ACen was great. Unless it was Friday, in which case it blew chunks. I am never wearing my least comfortable costume to a reg line EVER again. EVER. 10 hours, what the fucking fucking hell.

AUSA and Otakon were my favorites. ConnectiCon I don't even remember, so I guess it was the worst?

You went to CTcon too?

It was a good con by what they offered but people tend to suck there.

>>1522949
Friday has made me decide never to attend Acen again. If I'm going to spend money I'd rather go to a well-organized non-idiots-as-security con. Besides the attendees are 60% assholes.

AX was fabulous.

>>1522416
AE was pretty bad.
There was so much walking because everything was spread out in the village and because of the small size of the rooms I couldn't get into half the crap I wanted to.

>>1521146
varies per con. 2008's Anime Expo had a 5-10 min wait in line because they received a fuckload of complaints for the 4-6 hour lines in 2007. On the flip side you have Anime Boston, which had 10 hour lines because the staff were fucking stupid.

>>1522997
On the plus side, I'm pretty excited for this years AE since they've moved to the Vancouver convention centre.

It'll force them to get their act together, and hopefully will be much more successful than the last few years. =3

>>1523076
Don't get your hopes up too high. AE has a way funny way to constantly disappoint.

I mean it's nice to know that a lot of the younger generation will be barred from coming because they will still be in school and hopefully that means shit like the glomp game will not continue for another year...

Also happy about the fact that they have decided to stop beating the dead horse that is the walk off.

AkiCon definately won out, which should be kind of ridiculous considering the manga library belonged to ONE person and it was first!year run by a dojo basically, but somehow....

*is actually thinking about volunteering for next year's, somehow*

Fuck Yeah Akicon!! That and Kumoricon were my favs of the year.

D*C was shit and that's all I managed to get to last year :(

I'll guess that Ani-Magic was shit this year, as I didn't go. I did, however, enjoy the drama with Anime Con Carne. It was all very amusing.

Janicon=FAIL

>>1523150
I considering volunteering too...I live so close, there's practically no reason NOT to.
But wait. The manga library belonged to ONE PERSON?

>>1521433
Are you serious? Protomen is just a bunch of ugly nerds trying to be a hardcore version of Daft Punk.

My friends and I sat there and laughed at them for a half hour, then I got bored and made out with my boyfriend.

Oh, and they must be good if they had a whopping 20 people there shaking their fists in the air to the music.

Don't forget about the fat guy with the blonde ponytail who wouldn't shut up about how awesome they were before they started playing and head banged next to us the whole time.

2008 cons...

Katsucon was okay, but I still hate it. Fuck the Omni. Except for their bar. Their bar is cool.
AMA was boring, but I still had a good time with friends.
Otakon was a PILE OF FUCKING FAIL.
DragonCon was even more epic than usual.
AnimeUSA was way too crowded but the weather was nice and people were nice. Bar sucked ass.

>>1522448

Kakkoi|Con in Minnesota wasn't fail at all.

It was funded by some big names and went over great!

ax08 was fun
but srsly the death note gathering got too hot
random cosplayers started makin out with each other

>>1524584
this interests me........unless they were uggos...then it sickens me

Oni-con. I bought a 3 day pass. It was the first time I couldn't stand to go all 3 days. Most boring/disorganized con ever. I remember the first Oni-Con in that hot, cramped hotel and how much fun it was.

Cons seem to have lost their spark. I miss that; maybe it's because I'm a lot older that it's not as magical.

sage for selfpost.

>>1523146

oh god the glomp game. Which dumbass gave incestuous birth to that retarded idea?

Sadly, Vancouver Otakus get together for picnics and still do the glomp game on their spare time. This is sad. Why the fuck would they want to be glomped/jumped by fatties (or at all for that matter)?

Anime Boston: Linecon. I've never had to wait more than three hours in line for a con and then this crap. In all honestly, I got off light, only 5 or 6 hours (I stopped keeping track, really), but my friends who didn't prereg missed my Friday night event because they were in line for upwards of 10 hours. Also, my (now) ex-boyfriend spent the weekend fucking his ex-girlfriend on MY hotel bed.

Connecticon: Pretty decent. I met some really nice people, had a lot of fun, really, and over all enjoyed myself... but I KNOW I didn't go into any panels. It was all walking around, hotel room, masquerade, dealers room for me.

Otakon: Kill me. Just... ffffffff. Besides the masquerade, fucking fail.

AAC: Great little con with a lot of nice people, no shitty guests, but some annoying ass attendees (Ginger Anne's a regular). Overall nice.


I'm gonna lean on good year this time, but I hope it gets better in 09.

>>1524183
>Katsucon was okay, but I still hate it. Fuck the Omni.
Well then Good News! Katsucon 09 is going to be in the Hyatt.
>Their bar is cool.
Why do you blow your money on drinking at the hotel bar?

Colossalcon was the biggest pile of shit and fail I have ever been to. NOTHING about it was good.

Tekkoschocon wasn't too great this year because the location sucked ass.

AnimeUSA was quite enjoyable.

Anime Boston is usually a blast, but this year it was really depressing what with all the lines and the waiting
Anime usa was alright, and Otakon is Otakon ~(depends on what you do there)

>>1520737
SDCC was great this year.

Anime Boston - couldn't go (heard it was alright)
Otakon - didn't go (Heard it was worse than 07 -.-)
AX - agian didn't go (probably was bad ass)
PAC - forgot about it (figured it was 1st year fail)

did anyone here actually go to the rhode island one?

>>1525100
I don't know if there has been a really terrible Comic-Con. They tend to generally treat their con-goers pretty well.

>>1524800
I'm a cheap date, so I can get completely trashed on two or three strong drinks. So it's not a huge waste to drink at the bar. Besides, I also eat and hang out with friends. All us 25+ kids like to be away from the Narutards for a bit.

AX is one of those cons you definitely don't go for the convention -- you go for PARTY HARD

>>1525115 see >>1521580.

PAC was fucking WIN.
I personally loved the fact that it was tiny (which is why I think it kind of flew under the radar. That and the 21+ factor automatically prevented 98% of /cgl/'s population from attending.)

Academic panels. No stench. No crowds. No glomping. No screaming. Guests being able to mingle with attendees. A video track that showed obscure and rare titles (ie: "a video track worth seeing." Penguin Memories. 'nuff said.)

Biggest downfall? Venue was TOO big for a con that was planned to be small.

A++ Would Buy Again.

Sakura con was meh.
Anime Expo was awesome.
Kumori con was epic, aside from the registration fiasco.

I have a big gut, so I've considered liposuction or something like that, but at the same time, I know that it would ultimately be better to actually get into eating and exercising better. So, despite being tempted, I probably won't. I don't have anything against those who do, though.

>>1525782
So true. So goddamn true

>>1525843

Get lost on your way to the plastic surgery thread, Anon?

The only con I could get to this year was Anime Evolution. While they lose major points for fucking around so much in the weeks before it happened, I actually enjoyed myself when I was there.

Well, waiting an hour for gross potato pizza sucked. It sucked hard.

(Lose the venue last minute then almost screw over the artist alley? Oi.)

>>1525821
Penguin Memories was even better at the after-con staff party, helllll yeaaaaaah. Did you go to Titanic? Because that was also incredible.

PAC was honestly just a great experience overall for me, because- again- 21+ means a whole lot less retards. There was a lot more time to be spent having intelligent discussions with panelists there than I've found at other cons.

AB was fine for me, wasn't Linecon because I got there at like 7 AM on Friday and the whole thing was just a great time.

Otakon was superfab but I also did almost nothing con-related, just cosplayed and hung out with people, so. :V

Anime Expo 08 was kick ass
except for that douchebag who kept yelling out
"I JUST LOST THE GAME"

Heard the weirdest damn convo while in line for pizza there. There was this girl and her boyfriend. He was pissed at her because she kept lying to him. She said she was an assassin. He said "no you're not wtf is wrong with you? You've been saying weird shit all day."

She went on and on about how she was raised by a cult and that's why her parents hated her. She kept staring at him trying to look serious and saying he didn't love her if he didn't believe her blah blah while he got more and more irritated.

Then she said "lol I was lying" and got super bitchy that he had accused her of lying. She said that it hurt her when he said he couldn't trust her if she made up stupid lies all the time. It hurt her deep in her heart. How dare he challenge what she says to him!

I waited for my pizza and hoped he dumped the crazy bitch.

>>1525905
Shit, number never came up. It was at Anime Evolution.

>>1525911
Ah pizza, staple of con going.

>>1520389
>>1521546
>>1522949
>>1523075
>>1524764
>>1525061
LOL at all of you, I waited in line for like an hour. Got there on thursday morning, got my badge, had fun at con. Especially enjoyed the masquerade and amv contest.

ALA - nothing to do, rainy, nice costumes, semi fun.
Fanime - surprisingly awesome, probably best con of the year.
AX - too hot, epic, no sleep, somehow fun.
Comic Con - crazy, crowded, somehow I bought nothing, love it anyway.
PMX - LOL fail. How can they even have a con next year? Worthless.

Acen '08 was my first con experience, and I rather enjoyed it once our group was past the obvious hassles. Yes Line-Con almost killed it for a lotta people due to....whatever the problem was (I heard everything from 'the system froze' to '420 hacked into the system'), idk idc. Also Yaoi paddles....JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!!!


definitely goin back this year though. lol

Sakura-con: Had the greatest time i've ever had at a con there. (The jack Sparrow-Turk battle was amazing)
AX-Very hot but met so many awesome people!

the all seeing crap fest of metrocon in 08 was just so fail...the worst was the stupid flutaug red bull crap was the same weekend.

Ohayocon = It was decent. It could of been better. Masquerade was probably the most I had.

Anime Central = I had drama there, but it turned out great in the end winning the Judges Choice for skit in the masquerade. Con wise, the badge line taking 8 hours. I'm glad I didn't take part in that. Though, it was funny seeing people playing beach ball in the line.

Anime Expo: I like the new location even though it sucked taking shuttles, but it was probably the best choice. I got to see Shokotan and watched AX Idol and Masquerade. My only complaint is the props going into the Nokia theatre. They should of placed a checkin closer rather than going across the con to do it.

Otakon: Worst Masquerade experience coming from a big con. There were probably a few good skits but the rest was way to boring. I almost fell asleep during the halftime.

Youmacon: Probably my best con experience next to Anime Expo. Organized, alot of fun, new hotel was epic.

>>1527236 PMX - LOL fail. How can they even have a con next year? Worthless.
If you can't have fun at PMX, then you need to stick to event heavy cons. PMX is the HARD MODE of all California cons.

Acen is the only con I go to, Mostly because I'm poor and lazy. It was good for me the masquerade was fun and I didn't have to wait in line for my badge..I'm pretty sure it was my 7th year.

It will be even better this year though, I'll be 21. I'm also hoping to break my 1 con a year rule this year by dragging my ass to DragonCon.

Sakura-con was pretty kick-ass. Can't wait for it this year.

Youmacon was fucking awful.

Animethon was awesome.

Anime Evolution was a let down this year, all except for one thing; putting the Artists Alley in the MIDDLE of the convention. You couldn't get anywhere without walking right through it. I wasn't all that well prepared, and I'm no amazing artist, and I made $600 in the three days I was there (well, two and a half). It was sweet.

It all came down to planning, though; because nothing was planned, and what was planned was shitty. The dealers room was shitty. The venue, while it was better than no con at all, was shitty. The events weren't so great, either. All of it was just shitty. And hopefully, since they're apparently getting much bigger this coming year, they'll have their shit together for this one.

Fingers crossed, though. Hosting an event, this year, and cheering that the walk off isn't on anymore.

Arizona continued its fine tradition of fail cons with Saboten-Con. And 2009 promises to be extra failicious since AniZona is trying to get running again.

>>1520874
You obviously didn't drink enough Cap'n at Drunken*Con

>>1529087
Youmacon was great. ;P

>>1529354
Oh Stephanie, it will be fun to watch AniZona become the con that burns in a fierily blaze of fail.

>>1529379
At least they wised up and are holding it at a small hotel again. Still cracks me up that they managed to get motherfucking Yoshitaka Amano the first year but the staff was saner and somehow more compitent back then. I heard free trips to Sedona and the Grand Canyon is what sweetened the deal for Amano.

Linecon at Acen was the only real complaint I had, other than some 13 year old faggot in a Narutard headband and "I <3 Sasuke" Tshirt calling me Ness when I cosplayed as a TF2 red scout....Wizard World Chicago was quite good in my opinion

>>1522329
i had a lot of fun at dragon*con. everyone was super friendly and jeremy bulloch liked my earrings.

JACON was shit in 2008. It was so bad, and the hotel sucked so many balls that I hear quite a few people that went every year aren't going in 2009. Sort of like a silent boycott lol

Bampu

>>1529781
>other than some 13 year old faggot in a Narutard headband and "I <3 Sasuke" Tshirt calling me Ness when I cosplayed as a TF2 red scout

oh fuck, I lol'd. Sorry.

I only got to 2 cons this year, and both were pretty good.

First AB-I got my badge on Thursday evening real early so I didn't have to fight the huge lines (which I saw were just horrible), and the Pillow's concert rocked hard.

2nd was Portcon. They had it at a new place this year, but it was still alot of fun. Its a small con, and 95% of /cgl/ doesn't know about, but its right here in my hometown so ALL my friends can afford to go and have a good time. Rave was awesome, it was the first con rave I've been to where they actually had all the lights off, none of this "dim light" bullshit I usually seem to find.

AX was awesome because of, well... DAVID FUCKING HAYTER

Manganext.

>>1521453

There were several conventions going on at the same time.

The Annual Best of Nigerian Expo, which was small, had people dressed mainly in business suits and which has been on at the same time as the MCM Expo before. The Global Peace and Unity event organized by the Islam Channel which took up most of the hall space at Excel and the MCM London Expo.

I suggest that you move to one of those American red states where you may be happier.

Oh, and the October London Expo was rubbish.

>>1534096

All UK cons are shite, no?

I've beet to NYCC only, but it ROCKED. So effing much *___*

>>1534109

I hope you're not speaking from experience here. I've yet to go to a proper UK con but I will do this year.

>>1534109
>>1534202
They are certainly all a bit of a gamble. It really comes down to how many other people there you know. If you're not in the bars sharing bollocks with other people then there's not much point going to any of them. Minami is fine but entirely about the social aspect, even cosplaying is something of an afterthought and you can forget about any 'events'. Ame has some decent nights but pretty much up until 9pm you've got nothing. I can't comment on Aya since the last time that ran was a few years ago and I wasn't going to cons then, and though I'm definitely going to go this year now it's back up, who knows whether it will actually be good or not after such a long absence.
And Expo's something you go to once just to say you did then never bother with again because seriously, what's the point? You can do everything there worth doing in twenty minutes and it's not even good to just meet up with people since there's fuck-all seating in the ExCel centre itself and the two bars closest charge £6+ for one pint.

>>1534275

Thanks for this.

I won't get my hopes up.

>>1524154

Yeah, that girl. The con-head? It's all hers. (I know. Srsly. WTF)

>>1534275
There are plenty of events at Ame/Aya (I know since my friends run most of them) just you (and the Baka's) don't bother going to half of them. 'sides there's stuff like the games room and stuff that are always on and good to have fun in. Still there could be ten times as many events and people would still probably opt for the bar anyway. Minamicon has less events since it officially ends Sunday afternoon due to it being a tiny con, though the Omake/Masquerade is always very good and again it's great for Karaoke/Games room. I wouldn't say either were a gamble for having a good time at. A few of the others (auchinawa etc) I've heard good things about too.

London Expo is only really good for another excuse to cosplay (for me an excuse to cosplay non anime things) and a chance to meet people. The masquerade /can/ be good but there's usually some awful KH Yaoi/Caramel Dansen thrown in there as well. So honestly I wouldn't bother going if I lived up the other end of the country/didn't have so many friends going I liked to meet up with.

>>1534433
I'm well aware there are events going on throughout the day at each con. Doesn't change anything. Thanks to the wonderful combination of import sites or the good ol' internet, there isn't going to be anything shown at a con that you couldn't have already watched six months previously; the quality of panels relies entirely on the quality of guests, and let's face it, our cons get at best one decent voice actor and that's of limited appeal. Dealer's room is much the same as showings, you can get it all earlier yourself elsewhere for much less. The things like Japanese food tasting or calligraphy are fine the first time you go but who's going to go for a repeat?
Ultimately you only have to look at the queues; the masquerades/omake get packed out, the Ame nights get full, and that's it. For every other event, even the games room, you'll find more people sitting in the bars than the event rooms.

I'm not saying con organisers should stop bothering or that everyone should just stay locked in their basements; but let's face it, all our cons would suck royally if you were by yourself and if you're expecting a weekend of non-stop Japanese-themed frolics then you're in for a bit of a disappointment.

P.S. you can cosplay non-anime characters at regular cons. If you took out the narutards I'd put hard money on most cosplay at Ame being non-anime.

>>1534275
> I can't comment on Aya since the last time that ran was a few years ago and I wasn't going to cons then, and though I'm definitely going to go this year now it's back up, who knows whether it will actually be good or not after such a long absence.

P-Chan's the chairman, somehow. We're all doomed.

Fanime would have been a lot more fun if the staff wasn't retarded. I had fun, but that was because of my friends. Not the con itself.

AX was pretty fun.

Anime Evolution was pretty fail, especially after my friend who dragged me hyped it up so much. There was the whole venue change thing which everyone blames for the shitiness but still, the whole thing just reeked of bad planning, none of the events were interesting at all. Next year is supposedly going to be bigger and better but no walkoff and downtown hotel prices are going to have me saying otherwise until I see it for myself.

>>1534841
I don't remember mentioning showings at all, still there are plenty of other events and rooms other than the Omake/Masquerade that are worth going to, dependant on whether you're interested in them and can be bothered to go to them. The karaoke has also been far more packed than the bar a lot of the time, the ball has always been popular as are the parties.

If you were particularly interested in more aspects then you would find more to do, obviously. If you wanted to be going to an event/room for every hour the con was going you could do that, but uh no one ever wants to do that. Most people /want/ to chill at the bar. I certainly don't think there's a lack of anything in most cases (I'd like Minami to run later into the evening.. but that's unlikely). Anyway I know of a few cool things in the work for Aya so I'm looking forward to it.

And I am aware I can wear what I want to anywhere, you dolt, but non anime things are better recieved at Expo and /someone/ has to uphold the comic/film/Sci-fi side of Expo since that's what it used to be till animu invaded.

>>1534850
wat. p-chan is a pretty cool guy. eh organises cons and doesn't afraid of anything.

>>1520385
what makes A-kon such fail?

I was planning on going there this summer

sakura con was epic win
kumori con was okay, last year was better

>>1535112
Most staffers not only ignore the attendees' suggestions and complaints, but they often lash out in response. And they consistently get worse and worse about this each year. A-kon 2000 vs A-kon 2008 is like night and day.

A big chunk of security is made up of power-hungry teenage assholes who treat you like dirt.

Big con with the money for awesome guests but typically your JP guests will be insignificant or musical guests while we have the same legion of ridiculous NA voice actors yet again.

A big room full of so many Texas cosplayers is going to equal fail. The majority of congoers these days are underage dumbfucks.

Shit rarely starts on time, especially masquerade. Masquerade judges are often lawl-worthy.

Nothing fun to do at all.

Anime Oasis - usually good, was horrible to where I'll never return. Con-chairman slit his own throat on that one and compared every big con to Hell.

Nan Desu Kan - Meh, but became better. Happy to see it continually improve. Wish it was held in a ifferent hotel without a broken set of elevators every 5 seconds.

you go for PARTY HARD
>>1525782
this is true...
i normally volunteer for AX, and have done so for the last 5 years, but seeing that the vol staff decided to be bitches and banned me on mistaken identity, i'm not sure it's worth the trouble to get that ban lifted, seeing as to most of what i did there is party hard after the main events are over and hang in the video game room for half of con other wise...

so this year's AX sucked for me, but anime la wasn't so bad; aside from personal drama in our group, it was pretty chill... lot of underage cancer-tards running free though...

>>1535299
Anime Oasis - Jeremy needs to be SHOT before we return to that con. And they need a better venue (if that's possible in Boise). Good for a first con, for narutards, retards in general, and locals. Otherwise try to avoid this one unless you have money burning through your pocket.

NanDesuKan - Agreed, getting better and better. Their staffing and judges need to bump up a few levels, but otherwise a solid medium-sized con. I was surprised to see even CA people going there this last year.

Kumoricon- STAFF. THEY NEED IT. Or at least better security. Anime Hunters always put on some of the best opening/closing ceremonies I've seen, but a con needs to be more than just them.

Anime Evolution - New venue and hotels sucked balls, as well as the management, but I'm withholding any discrimination for this year's since they somehow landed the con center in downtown Vancouver. Could be less disastrous maybe..?

>>1534332
Geezus christ. I wouldn't have guessed, really. I assumed the library had been a collection of different people's, or belonged to the con itself. (Idk.) Surprising someone owned them all...Makes my own collection look shitty.

>>1522448
I'm sure animewasabi is going to continue to fail as well.

I went to...

Anime Wasabi - tiny first-year con in Colorado (where we're all itching for another con). Was suprisingly fun and laid-back, I was expecting a big mess. I was glad to see the staffers taking all suggestions to heart. I heard some nasty rumors about some of the con founders though, I hope we get a second year?

Fanime - I really enjoyed this, my first CA con. The venue was nice. It had a lot of impressive and friendly cosplayers, and the dealer's room was delicious. I missed the masq., though, but I hear I'm better off.

AX - this is the only con where I'm actually interested in any of the panels. I especially liked how efficient the badge-pickup was. I just wish it wasn't so HOT, and that there were more (and better) foodplaces in the vicinity. LA sun + costumes + walking distance = nightmare.

Nan Desu Kan - my hometown con. Staff seemed uptight this year, and some were especially rude regarding the hall cosplay rules. It's nice to see the NDK attendance go up, but with that we have crowd issues and lots of obnoxious kids. I hope the con can afford to move into a bigger hotel soon.

>>1521428
VERY true.

ANext: Usually I have a good time. This year was pretty shitty. I'm glad they're moving it elsewhere. Hopefully it's bigger so they can be more organized.

NYAF: For a newer con, only having finished its second year, I like it a lot. It's not #1, but I always have a good time. I have complaints, of course, but I think the pros weigh out the cons. For me, at least.

Sitacon: For a very small college con, it wasn't that bad. I actually had more fun here than ANext-- which is the con I usually have the most fun at. The people were very personable. The cosplay was all around shitty, but that was okay. They were very nice, at the very least.