When I do go alone I know that others that I have met in the past are going to be there, so I'm never really alone.

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I'v considered going to London Expo purposefully on my own so I can spend a solid day checking out the industry stuff (since Expo isn't a convention really) and snapping a thousand photos. Even that would just be half a day. Other than that, I can't think of much more pathetic than going to a convention by yourself.

question for me:
how do you make friends at cons without seeming like you're interrupting them? I've always been afraid of this but I'm afraid I'm not really wanted and I feel rude trying to bump into conversations. And That I would be a nuisance... This is my last year of highschool and I won't be seeing anyone again. It was my only year at this school so I didn't make any close bonds. Should I try and focus on new friends in college? In my old highschool, none of my friends were anime fans so yeah... but yeah no, I'm not gonna make friends just for cosplay, but I hope you know what I mean.

Usually, I travel with a group from my hometown to said convention. However, as conventions are the only times I get to see certain friends, I go off and do my own thing with distant friends.

If you don't know anyone going to whatever convention you're going to, try frequenting their forums months in advance, and make some friends to meet up with.

I go for the pussy

My usual convention buddies are my siblings. However, I now live about five hours from them. We meet for the larger cons, but the smaller local ones, I'm on my own.

I was going to go to one alone, but I was worried I wouldn't have a good time or be completely awkward. I called a friend and told her I'd treat her to the entrance fee and lunch if she came. She ended up loving it. She's now a con buddy. Together we've met plenty of cool con going people now and we wouldn't be lonely even if we didn't go together anymore.

The only person I know who has gone to a con alone went to a furry con.

I`ve never been to a con or cosplayed before. I do want to go to one though, preferably by myself so I can make new friends easier. The only reason I`m on cgl is to offer prop help. I`d rather be a cosplay photographer then a cosplayer. Less stress, more freedom.

well, I moved around alot so what I learned to do was check who's in the anime club and then make friends with them if I could, so that way I could 'run into them' there.

I absolutely LOVE going to cons alone. I love it.

Its mainly because the other anime fuckers are, well, fuckers and i don't want to hang out with them.

I've been to about 5 "group" cons but I just leave the group.

I usually hang amongst the other fellow cosplayers and become "friends for a day" and we extange contacts and stuff if we want to.

Its really fun to go to a con alone. you can experience it in a new way where new things are /guarenteed/ to happen.

Our anime club at school sucks ass. I just go to it so my list of joined clubs is one club longer.

I go to cons alone and enjoy them very much. I usually meet new people and just hang out with them. Its a different feeling and I like it

pic related: its embarassing when its at the fucking top of the list

I went to the con in my city alone last year.
I did meet people, but they were really younger than me.
But its not creepy because I'm female.

all the time. I usually make temp friends in line. at sakuracon while waiting for the garoogamesh concert, I had a little remote control pikachu car I was playing with that I bought in the dealers room. great conversation starter. also, DS's= the best in line.

I went to my very first con to meet up with a group from a forum and amongst the group, immediately bonded with the only other cosplayer. We had an amazing time, and we planned out the next cons we could go to together- I flew to where she lived for one and she flew near-ish me for another. Then, for the next con we planned together, she flaked out on me and I was alone, so even though I made friends with the girl ahead of me in the line for the costume contest, I spent most of the con alone and kinda sad. I realized then that having a "con buddy" who's halfway across the world is a bad idea, especially when they're flaky. So I ended up establishing a much closer bond with a different cosplayer whom I had way more in common with and is closer to me, but I still sometimes feel lonely when she has to pull out of a con.

Luckily, even when my best friend isn't at a con, by this point, I've made enough friends to always have someone to hang with. I'm not very good at making random friends at cons, but I don't find I need to anymore, luckily. @_@

I always find friends to go with me but then I usually ditch them at some point to hang out with new people or with con friends from the past. It's kinda mean but they need a ride and I don't like driving alone so yeah...

Eh. I go to cons with people, but the first con-buddies I had here were teenage flakes. (Though I love them) whilst I was in college. And completely new to the town.

But I ended up meeting a bunch of awesome people, including a sweet cosplayer who kept coming and giving me random hugs at this year's con because she remembered me and was alone as well.
(She rocks.)

Though cons here are like, TINY. So it;s hard to NOT see people I recognized after last year. Sadly, despite the self-bragging it may imply, sitting down somewhere semi-public but out-of-the-way with a sketchpad attracts the INTERESTING people. I met a bunch of cool people that way, and they weren't creeps; they were genuinely interested in drawing or something.

And having ANY pokemon game brings...well, pokenerds. Which are also fun. So I don't find it hard to find people to talk to.

>>2050811
it's in alphabetical order, why wouldn't it be

I used to go to cons by myself and made plenty of weekend-friends. Mostly talking to people while in line or cosplayers. Sometimes in the dealer's room fangasming over something.

The cons I go to now I'm either travelling / rooming there with friends or they are close to home where I find people I know from the area or school.

>>2049859
This sounds a lot like me, except I'm now a good decade older than the average anime con goer. You're an aspie, right? Try cosplaying someone popular or at least wearing an interesting shirt to a con so people come up and talk to you, so that way there's no chance you're being a bother to them.

>>2051817
>You're an aspie, right?

Used to go alone, made some friends at the cons, now head with friends when I can.

>>2048892
Not sure if I understand you correctly. Please explain.
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Every convention I've been to so far has been either local, and every time I turn around someone I know is calling to me, or has been an organized trip with friends to cut down on travel/room costs.

I don't mind wandering around alone, but when I do that I tend to get stopped more for pictures... which means getting from point A to point B takes 3-5 times as long.