Convention held the same weekend as someone's prom. Felt perfect, man. Some of the ladies at the prom came out to get pictures taken. Some of the men eye fucked some of the female cosplayers.

Is that Jesus high fiveing Freakazoid?

>>2590703
yes.

>>2590702

Sounds like Acen. Acen seems to always be booked with a prom like its mandatory. I think back in 2007, I recall of a bunch of prom attendees got lost and headed towards the pool. They got scared when this awesome Kenpachi cosplayer came walking in front of them with a Yachiru on his shoulders. You could hear the screams from across the the hotel.

>>2590703
yes.

My first year at Anime North (about 5 years ago).

Since the con is held at a motel and a con center on opposite sides of the street, there are always cosplayer crossing/j-walking across the street. I love seeing people's faces in cars when they're stopped at a red. (It also helps that the con is a few minutes away from Toronto's main airport :3 )

I overheard one person ask once "Excuse me, is this some sort of giant Halloween party?" and the reply from someone dressed as Ichigo said "Naw, it's an anime convention, google it."

>>2590702
AB was held in the same hotel as one of those "talent search" photography things, so all these catty beauty queen bitches were walking around the con and making fun of all the "Freaks".

I was riding in the elevators with a group and took a line from a comedian (Can't remember which one), but was like "Wow, this beauty search thing is popular! There's so many of you, I don't think the hotel can hold em... next year they might have to have it in a mother's self emptiness."

The mom's in the elevator looked at me like I had just slapped them across the face.

Felt good, man.

On a 29-floor ride from the top floor of a hotel to the lobby I explained cosplay to an older gentleman in a very nice suit, probably a very wealthy lawyer or something. He was honestly curious as to what the people in costume were all about.

I ended the conversation with saying that we were all normal people in costume and that nothing too strange comes out of conventions like the one across the street, and then the elevator doors opened and Godzilla was trying to get in the elevator.

He gave me the funniest goddamn look I have ever seen. It was like confused apprehension combined with exasperation.

>>2590720
That sounds awesome.

>>2590726
>I overheard one person ask once "Excuse me, is this some sort of giant Halloween party?" and the reply from someone dressed as Ichigo said "Naw, it's an anime convention, google it."
This probably made me laugh more than it should have. |D

>>2590698
I remember back in 2007 when i went to AX some guy in borders asked me and my friends what was going on, so we told him "It's an anime convention." He looks at his friend with the most puzzled look on his face and says "What's an anime convention?" we chuckle and explain it, afterwards he asks "so where's it at?" my friend points to the LB convention center across the street at the Giant AX 07 banner and the guy goes "ooohhhhhh so THAT's what that is."

>>2590720

I kinda wanna see that Kenpachi, if he made a bunch of highschoolers scream. Was the Yachiru an actual shoulder-loli, or just a smallish teenager?

Was talking to a friend about other attendees at Katsucon. On an elevator, someone asked what he was supposed to be... his response: "Nicely dressed."

One time I went to con that had military ball and a Celtic dance competition booked on the same weekend. It was a very odd weekend.

>>2590753
Katsucon was pretty strange in itself. A christian near divorce couples convention and a Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation all booked that same weekend..

>>2590752
A smallish teenager. I think she was the Kenpachi's girlfriend, I don't know if I photos of them but I do recall them going to the Bleach shoot. Gonna backtrack and see if I can find them.

>>2590755

That sounds like the time I went to a convention that was double-booked with a motorcycle convention.

>>2590762
I'm sure they must've loved the ATF outside on Saturday night, lol.

>>2590762
Drug and alcohol convention booked at the same time as an anime convention. That should have been a recipe for disaster. People trying to kick it, then all of a sudden see a drunk Yoko...

>>2590762

Don't forget the Joint Chief's Meeting, oh I'm sure the top brass of the Military loved Katsucon.

>>2590807
I would love to be there just to see some military dudes swear out loud and threaten to give an asskicking.

....
Sugoicon 2004. The con was across the river from the Steelers-Bengals game. After the game ended, a bunch of men were at the hotel, drunk off their asses.
I was in a costume, hopping around like a faggot because I was 14 and it was my second con.
A drunk steelers fan came up to me and said, "You're almost as sexy as my daughter! What the hell is going on here!?"

One year at AAC people where taking wedding photos down in the lobby, and since they keep getting cosplayers in the background they started to invite all of them to be in the pictures.

At one convention that I went to in a really small hotel had a "normal" wedding. The bride was furious. I mean, a couple thousand weeaboos were crowding the halls and yelling. The usual stuff. I thought it was pretty ridiculous.

I still wonder if they booked the wedding knowing the convention was gonna be there, or if the hotel just neglected to tell them.

>>2590831
My guessing is that the hotel didn't tell them because they wanted their money and thought "hey, lets not tell them and try to coordinate it so that both stay separate from each other". That's what my deduction is.

>>2590831
I hope the hotel makes enough money from you weeaboos because it seems like pretty bad PR to host anime conventions.

>>2590852
Lol, actually the hotel closed and is about to be demolished.

some guy and his daughter came up to me at mecha-con in LA and asked whats going on, so i explained it to him. finds out his daughter was a huge monkey d luffy fan and she wanted her dad to ask me specifically because i cosplayed as him. she was one happy little girl after that.

>>2590893
Why? Did you stick it in her pooper?

>>2590813
I imagine that might happen if they saw a Nazi cosplayer.

There was an old (probably retired) Marine on the elevator with us late Saturday night. The people I was with were being loud and drunk and dancing. I felt a bit bad for him, but then I took a peek at him out of the corner of my eye. He was smiling to himself.

Rude as we may have been, I think he understood that this was the chance for us to have fun and enjoy our life and liberty. The things he had probably fought for and maybe even laid down his life for. Maybe I was reading too much into it, but I think he was proud of himself there for a moment, and for good reason.

Sir, whoever you are, I salute you.

>>2590904
e.g. Hetaliafags?

>>2590921
I have mixed feelings about this post.

>>2590904
didn't that happen at Anahelm where it the hellsing gathering was held right near a christian con?

>>2590774
Nothing beats the Anime Expo that was cross-booked with the Gay Square Dancing Cowboy Convention.

>>2590961
>Gay Square Dancing Cowboy Convention
>Convention

lulwut?

>>2590961
what year was that?

>>2590961
Oh fuck yes. I have never seen a group that liked sharing space with freaky cosplayers as much as them. They were awesome.

>>2590939

I rode the elevator with a couple (mid 40-ish) who were vacationing at the gaylord for their anniversary, and they asked me if this was like the 'anime party thing' in Baltimore. I said yeah, and they asked me about the series I was cosplaying from, because they had vacationed in Baltimore the year before during Otakon, and had watched and enjoyed Guren Laagen after talking to a cosplayer there. They were really friendly and nice, they said it must be their fate to watch anime, because they seemed to be following conventions around.

>>2590921

I'm in the military and also a cosplayer. My opinion is, he was probably laughing at all the faggots.

Seriously, soldiers aren't all "I LOVE AMERICA PATRIOT PRIDE HURR HURR". We like to drink, party, etc just like you guys. And you'd be surprised how many soldiers are otaku/anime nerds.

Shit, I went to basic with 3 /b/tards.

>>2590985
Thank you, this makes me feel better about our army.

>>2590985
An older man is going to be a lot different from the younger people in the army.
My dad is a retired vet and he isn't like, "BUWAHAHA STUPID KIDS!"

>>2590976
Just out of curiosity, what were you cosplaying from at the time?

>>2591001
Tsubasa.

Last year's Animazement was crossbooked with an Indian wedding. A huge weeaboo wearing one of those cat-ear hats corners these two girls wearing formal saris because she wants to take a picture of their "costumes".
I'm getting rage goosebumps just thinking about it.

>>2590994

I wish we had some kind of statistic on how many people got their baptism into D&D and pen and paper RPGs during their stint in the military.

>>2591015
Indians are too polite to knock a bitch out anyway. But I would. I totally would.

>>2591023
Obviously, you don't know any Indian people. All the ones I've met, known, and at one time worked for were horrible cunts that did not have an inner monologue at all.

Old grannies at the bookfair who loved my RCO-uniform and the old guy in the metro who told me, my Germany-cosplay reminded him of his youth were by far the scariest experiences.
And the drunken skinhead in the metro who stormed right towards me and screamed "HITLER!!!"

Funny was when a whole family from India saw us at Frankfurt main station and asked us, where they can see our show and if this was a tradition in our country.

Another funny experience where two guys who worked at McDonalds and really took a stake, if my friends and my silver hair was real (cosplaying as Kadaj and Yazoo).
And we were sometimes asked if we were sisters, when we cosplayed this. Of course the answer was "No, brothers."


>>2590985

I know a girl who's in the German army and cosplaying. She's supercool.

>>2591029
I'm a female, working in a male-heavy field, with quite a few Indian/Pakistani. I've worked with the spectrum, from the guys who won't even acknowledge me (since I'm not only a stupid woman, but a heathen white stupid woman), to my current boss, who pretty much can't wipe his ass without me, and lets everyone know he can't function without me.

>>2591029
I know plenty of Indians. Some are annoying but none of them would fight you.

>>2591040
>And the drunken skinhead in the metro who stormed right towards me and screamed "HITLER!!!"

AWESOME!

>>2590985
What would they think of Naked Snake cosplay?

I guess this comic is the best example of all food court employees that work during conventions.

>>2591110
Actually I had a very nice conversation with a Woman who worked at the in-hotel Starbucks at Anime FEST last year. She thought it was amazing that everybody made their own costumes, and that it was probably one of the most interesting days that she'd had working there.

>>2590858
Youmacon?

at AX one year there was some christian convention booked and I was dressed as a wizard from Ragnarok and these little kids kept crying at me about how I was going to hell. Then again do christfags count as normies?

Katsucon was insane. Marine Ball type thing, "Family Life" conference, whatever the fuck that was. There was a pretty wide range of reactions to the cosplayers. I passed several people discussing just what anime, or this "Japanese cartoon thing" was. Had some bitch practically slam the door on my guitar, insead of politely holding it open as I'm struggling to get to my car with all my luggage. A lot of normies were taking pictures though, and seemed like they were thoroughly enjoying themselves. Best moment was when I ended up walking through a wedding reception in Fai Flourite cosplay.

>>2591140
Well, we ARE on 4chan, we're probably going to hell anyway.

>>2591142
Some of the drunk marines (and some of the people from whatever black-people con was going on) ABSOLUTELY LOVED the cosplayers.

during anime st. louis 09, there was also a gun convention being held at the same time.
somehow, me and my friends ended up in that half of the convention center. the people stared at us like we were giant fruit (well... maybe because I was dressed as a giant banana?).
and when i was at a cafe, a random guy (who could most likely snap me in to without even trying) approached me and asked what the hell we were all doing. thankfully, two girls in lolita stepped in and explained as i scurried away to my friends. they had, obviously, explained this to people more than once.
it was crazy. but a lot of fun.

One year at AWA there was a wedding and a lot of the guests and brides maids were asking what was going on. The year after that there was a Lumber jack convention going on in the room next to a dealers room.

>>2591110

This reminds me of the cashier in Buso Renkin.

>>2591071

I work with a few Indians. The younger one, completely chill. The older one reeks to holy hell(I have to hold my breath because he smells so bad) and I get the "I'm older and been here longer then you" kind of attitude. He's not a bad guy.

My mom doesn't care for them because her work is by an area known as Little India. Several of the Indian customers reek of curry(it's so bad that she hates it if I cook curry at home now), and she gets the local shop owners that come in, buy a pack of gum, and pay with a $100 bill, at 7AM. FFFFFFFF, there's a bank or two right nearby and a grocery store right across the street. Go to them and get your god damn change.

>>2591158
Why were you dressed up as a banana, silly anon?!

>>2591158
Since you whent to a con in the Midwest, You wouldn't happen to be going to Naka-Kon this weekend? In Kansas City?

>>2591168
>she gets the local shop owners that come in, buy a pack of gum, and pay with a $100 bill, at 7AM

FFFFFUUUU- I haaaaaate that! Is it really so hard to ask the bank teller to break it into 20s for you?

>>2591166
I go in trouble with AWA staff that year for blocking the lumber convention's entrance because a member of the lumber convention's staff stopped me for a photo. It was one of those lolwut moments.

The baby convention thing the year before was annoying, though.

>>2591205

Don't forget the idiots that come in with a can of quarters and nickels to pay for a $30+ item. We're right next door to a bank, ffs. Is it that hard to go get your money changed?

>>2591194
it's something me and my friend came up with, haha. i only wore it to two cons, but it was actually pretty popular. because, you know, fruit is ~*RANDOM*~ and funny. idk, i had fun.
>>2591170
you bet!! (: i'm going as russia from APH.

Anime North 09'. I was snapping some pic when I saw this guy. He looked like he was in his 40's or so. I think he was picking up his kids because it was the last day.

>>2591090

They would probably recognize and love it. A lot of soldiers are into FPS games.

>>2591194
Who said NAKA KON. Going there this weekend.

>>2591286
Heh, good thing I didn't go last year. Bunch of bleachfags and a /b/tard humping a parking sign. TORONTO!

>>2591305
oooh who are you going as? or... are you going as gene starwind? :U

>>2591286
Wait, which guy?

>>2591306

I'm surprised that White Anime fans would do such things when they associate themselves with said media. I get a smile every time I see them.

>>2591251

I sometimes pay for things in quarters. But within reason. Like when I stopped for gas and paid in quarters. It was for a couple gallons.

I was low on cash and grabbed a roll at home. Some places can always use some change, liquor stores, gas station, etc.... A few bucks I can understand, but not 30+, that's just ridiculous.

>>2591314
I would go as Gene if I had the money to do it... ;_;

Nope, this year I'll be GAR!lock Simon from Gurren Lagann and 0th Squad Captain from Bleach.

Pic is me from last year.

Now, my con story is when I was... 15 I think me and my dad drove to Anime Iowa, which was my first con. He's a mechanic, cool-type dad but still it was kind of a culture shock to see everyone like it was. He was joking with me about my experience all the way home.

>>2591319

>>2591333
>0th Squad Captain
...what?

>>2591336
There's also a dude knocking back a brewski near the side edge.

>>2591333
>OC shit

There was a wedding held once in the same hotel as the convention. I heard a lot of old people cursing and a lot of little kids trying to explore the convention. I thought it was pretty funny.

There was also Metrocon 08 where they had this redbull thing going on and a bunch of drunk guys in their 20's kept on taking pictures of girls. There was a Yuffie cosplayer there who fell asleep and some guy was trying to touch her I think? A friend of mine stopped them before he could.

>>2591333
ohmygosh! i love ttgl! (: i'll make sure to look out for you.

>>2591345
Yeah yeah yeah I know the whole spiel, I just wanted to do something different.

>>2591348
Are you going as anyone this year? Just to be on the lookout on my end, as well.

I know there's a Snake cosplayer here was well that I'll be looking for.

>>2591367
going as russia from axis powers hetalia. (: and i'll be with an america, too.
inb4 hetalia fags.

>>2591346

I wasn't at Metrocon 08, but I know a lot of people that were.

I have friends that taught drunk middle-aged women Caramelldansen.

2 years ago at Acen, there was a wedding reception being held at the Embassy Suites on Saturday night.

My older brother was dressed as Iron Man, and a good chunk of the men from the party came running outside to get pictures taken with him, while the women stood inside looking very visibly pissed off.


it was awesome.

>>2591376
I'm going to Naka as Naked Snake, Kyon, Light, Vassili Zaitzev, and Schrodinger, to name a few.

Katsucon on saturday was at the same time as a Marine ball

I saw two marines taking pictures with a tiger furry

an old lady in a black dress took a picture at a bar with these tingle looking dudes.

Fun was had by all

Megacon 2008? There was some college-eqsue volleyball convention by us.

Think the scrawny blonde bitches would be stuck-up? Hell NO they were hanging out throughout the entire convention, getting their pictures taken with cosplayers, doing random stupid shit with us, sitting and talking about vidya with random people. Shit was cash.

Ohayocon last year, there was the con, a Christian youth group convention, and a bunch of cheerleading teams were staying at the hotel the con was held at. The cheerleaders kind of gave the cosplayers a lot of dirty looks. I met a guy and his sons who were there for the youth group thing. They were pretty nice folks, asked what the con was about and why everyone was dressed up, asked to see my props (I was cosplaying Alucard at the time).

Then there was AWA two years ago where they had some carpenters/woodworking convention and some sort of baby care convention. Lots of odd looks from the mothers with their strollers.

>>2591155
Oh, yeah. At Katsu, a group of Marines asked to get their pictures with me and my friends. This guy was trying to cop a feel, but good thing he couldn't find my ass under all those flowers.

I also talked with an older gentleman who was politely intrigued by the whole thing. I kind of apologized for the con; this was some annual event that's VERY well-to-do, and was Katsu was causing a big headache for them. And he said that he was glad to see us all there, because it reminded him and the other vets of the liberty that they had fought for. I hnnghed into next week.

>>2591450
what are you cosplaying? it's adorable!

The Sunday Brunch that happens during AWA at the Waverly. God that pisses me off. They block off the entire lobby, and make it difficult to go around it.

>>2591467

Doll from Kuroshitsuji.

Funny thing at Katsu I overheard: Two Gaylord employees were kinda standing around surveying the 2nd floor area, and a lady comes up to them and asks if they worked there, and the one says "Yeah, see? They think we're in costume!"

At animeNEXT two years ago, a wedding party showed up to take reception pictures near the lake.
When they came in and saw the lobby full of cosplayers, the groom looked horrified, but the bride threw up her arms and yelled, 'This is my costume!'
All of the cosplayers laughed and applauded them. It was cool, man.

>>2591501

Hahaha, that's pretty fucking cute.

>>2591501
That's absolutely adorable. I would've high-fived her.

>>2591483
so cute!

>>2591501
also pretty darn cute.

>>2591346
OH GOD THE FLUGTAG. RUINED SATURDAY FOR ME. I got so tired of drunk people asking me why everyone was dressed up

>>2591346
Fucking Flugtag RAGE. Not only was I called a weird Princess Leia (dressed as Charlotte from Berserk) but my Griffith and I both got groped buy some drunk idiot who wouldn't leave us alone until he got a picture with us.

this is what /cgl/ is supposed to be about, keep it up guys

A (presumably) business-man staying at the hotel saw me in my Mia Fey outfit and asked what I did. I explained that I was actually cosplaying for an anime convention. He chuckled and went his own way.

Guess I looked the part huh?

this thread deserves an archive. No drama, no hate. :)

>>2591491
To be fair, some of them were wearing fur hats.

>>2591346
FUCKING CHRIST FLUGTAG HATE.

Was dressed as Bishamon....called "freak" to my face by a redneck parent with 3 kids in tow after the kids kept staring.

Still mad that they were allowed to invade our space, yet we were blocked from watching the fucking flugtag.

AE last year.

I was waiting in the lobby for my brother. As I wandered around and took pictures, I noticed some very confused people dressed like they were going to a gala or wedding or something. A staff member was directed them towards the other side of the convention centre as quickly as possible, but they were all pretty shocked at the costumes.

Then, in comes a perfect Master Chief and 300 Spartan.

These two guys in suits and ties just stop, look at them, and started yelling, "MASTER CHIEF!" It was pretty funny to see them sprint across the lobby and fanboy for a good ten minutes.

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Archive this shit.
I lol'd at almost most.
Can't wait to have an experience like this.

forget which sugoicon this was, but one year they had a bengals game the same weekend and hotel i was staying in. as my friends (at the time) and i came out in digi charat costumes the large crowd of football fans with their case of beer per hand noticed us. the one goes and asks "are you here for the bengals game too?". we ignored them and walked away from them as the boarded the shuttle bus to the stadium. the whole time i was thinking "yes, by all means i feel like throwing on short skirts with petticoats to watch a football game and drink.".

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Feels good man.

But yeah, first day of a convention I went to a Subway a few streets away. It was pretty hole-in-the-wall sized for a Subway, so it was fucking packed. However, it was the least packed out of every place within five blocks, so I went in.

The girl behind the counter was dressed up like one of the shinigami from Bleach, but with enough of her uniform on as well that she was appeasing her manager's wishes. She was pretty cool.

>On my way to con dressed as Colonel Volgin
>Stop on the way in some podunk town to pee
>Walk into convenience store
>My face when everyone looked at me

>>2591827
>ignored
Someone's a little a stuck up

>>2591883
He should've said "Nah brah, I'm cosplayin'!" or something.

From what I've heard. ALA this year. Sports fans are at the hotel at the same time.

Somebody chucked an unopened can of beer(not sure) from a balcony window and hit a security guard on the head. At first hotel thought it was some congoers who did it. Then they got it sorted out and found out it was the sports guys. Heard they escorted them away after that.

I remember passing by some people in a hallway during a con and they asked me "What's going on here? Some kind of Disney thing?"

Yeah, Katsucon this year was pretty crazy with normal people, but they were all kind of cool about it.

The best thing probably was at the Umineko shoot at midnight on Saturday, one of the old army guys came over and wanted pictures with all the Beatrices, so we put him into a picture and had him pose as Kinzo a few times. He was pretty cool. Drunk, but cool.

Then at the same shoot these younger drunk guys came over and posed with the stakes. He kept saying stuff like I... I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU GUYS ARE BUT YOU ARE AWESOOMMEEE. It was a little hilarious.

The worse was when this Miku came over to hug the Len I was with and almost ran into this christian guy who started yelling at her. We came across her later that day and apparently he came back later to yell at her again.

Other than that everyone else there seemed okay with it. I had a bunch of people ask me what was going on and where we were from and stuff and when we posed for pictures a bunch of normal people would join in and take pictures too. It was fun.

The con I went to some time back had a wedding and a gay pride convention booked the same weekend. Strange looks were to be found.

>>2591883
it is more a disrespect for stupid questions from people who are stupid like he was.
>>2591889
he? last i checked i was a girl, unless i missed some memo about gender?

I remember another funny moment. I was in my Major from Hellsing cosplay at last year's Otakon, I was stopped by some black husband and wife normies as I heading from the PF Changs to where I was to meet my photographer for my private shoot. They asked me what was going on and I told them an anime convention. They asked who I was and informed "I'm the Major of the Nazi Vampired Letztes Bataillon". They kept asking me for more and more questions to their delight.

It all ended with me posing with them...giving a Seig Heil...I don't know if that's awesome or just...akward. Especially when we're right near a major crossroads in Baltimore, where everyone can see you.

>>2591939
>short skirts
my bad. a gurl then.

>>2591939
you expect an average football fan to NOT be stupid? you should've humored him for at least a moment -- would've made for a better story at least. geez.

>>2591969
np, i just like skimpy outfits at cons...even if it says slutty sometimes.

>>2591988
bitchesandwhores

>>2591990

not really at a con, but one night my friend and I stopped by fast food drive thru in cosplay on a con night...we weren't staying in the hotel, but wanted to grab some chow (two girls, not skimpy outfits but i guess flashy-ish)

the employee at the window was like woah why are you dressed up?
me: uh...we're coming from ...a party. (college town hah)
employee (while other males start gathering around the window): a party?? why weren't we invited?
me: it's just really for freaks, you probably wouldn't like it
employees: of course we'll like it, you going right now?
me: uh no, we're heading home...it's a 3 day party, gotta rest up
employees: give us your numbers and and we'll call you and you can bring us!
me: (lolz), you wouldn't want to go...bye(drives off with food)
employee: (calling in the distance) you're sexy!!!!~

wtf awesome.

At Katsucon, I was watching a photoshoot at the fountain while in costume when someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around to see a family that I'm guessing was Filipino and they asked me politely if they could have a picture. When I said yes, the whole lot of them (I'm guessing 5 or so) swarmed me and snapped a photo.

>>2591929
Funny thing is that the army dude's badges and clothes kinda match the cosplayers. If you didn't know anything about the series you'd think he was a character in the photoshoot

Katsucon this year, I was asked by two middle-aged black women on two separate occasions what was happening.

Also, apparently these two men in business suits walked into the Gaylord, instantly spotted a guy with a Captain Falcon helmet, and said "Oh, not again." Which means this had happened to them before.

>>2592011
you should have made them go as characters from boku no pico (without telling them)

>>2591582
this, and being shallow to other cosplayers

>>2592060
>Also, apparently these two men in business suits walked into the Gaylord, instantly spotted a guy with a Captain Falcon helmet, and said "Oh, not again." Which means this had happened to them before.

Oh god. Hilarity.

>>2592060
>"Oh, not again."

I did lol heartily.

>>2592060
Some how that's the best reaction.

>>2591336

Fuck, that's my dad.

At AX 06 we shared a hotel with a gay squaredancing convention. Two of those guys were dressed in fringed miniskirts, cowboy hats, and tied off tops. They called my friends who were dressed as Luigi and Daisy freaks.

After the SoCal Gathering, a lot of us headed to Islands to eat. The restaurant didn't know what the hell was going on, and one of them finally asked "Are you guys from the drama class at the nearby college?"

We rolled with that so hard, it was beautiful. We spent most of the night talking about what each one of us did in the drama final that never took place.

08' London expo double booked with a muslim festival.

The Muslims were rude assholes, no exceptions.

>>2592173
did you ask where they packed the fudge?

My favorite interaction with the "normies" happened at AFO 09, at the Fridays across the street. I was in a group of at least 15 cosplayers, and we booked a table at Fridays to eat. Besides being asked for a group photo with a vacationing family and having our wigs admired by the waitstaff, the truly shining moment was when we left the restaurant. As we were leaving, a party of drunk black people were entering. Some memorable quotes:

"You guys into bondage?"
"I'm gonna smoke a blunt and think about it" (in response to our attempt to explain what was going on)
and, the best
"Y'ALL ARE SOME KUHRAAAZY ASS MOTHA FUCKAS"

shit was awesome.

>>2592195
oh god, i wish more people cosplayed as mohammed rather than jesus.

>>2592213
>"I'm gonna smoke a blunt and think about it" (in response to our attempt to explain what was going on)

Lol'd more than I probably should have at that one.

>>2591501
Love it.

>>2591305
Also going. Not dressing up though. Just wearing a Korilakkuma hat.

A local con of mine is next to a pretty popular bus stop, and my friend and I were getting to the con pretty early, so we were one of the first few cosplayers there. Needless to say we got a few stares and a few fanboys and girls who weren't part of the convention going "Oh my god it's Bulma and Videl! Why are they dressed like that?!" And one or two even asked us to take a picture with them. We explained there was a convention in the building and they got excited and we saw them there the next day, hahaha.

Again at AX, a woman and her two young boys from the Christian con came up to me (dressed as Mario) and my friend (dressed as Daisy). She asked where we had gotten our Yoshi plushes since her boys were big fans. They were disappointed when they learned you needed admission to buy stuff in the Dealer's Room. My friend took pity on her and went inside to get two Yoshis with money provided by the woman. She was so grateful she gave my friend a "tip" of ten dollars. Then the kids took a picture with us.

>>2592173
Fucking lol'd. I had people in walmart saying I looked like a clown in cosplay. 270 lbs fanny pack wearing women who looked like they got their shit at a thrift store (no offense to thrift stores).

>>2592218
Except images of Muhammed are forbidden so there's nothing to base it off of, silly.

>>2592173
> At AX 06 we shared a hotel with a gay squaredancing convention

This sounds like the best.

>>2592280

That's why you dress up as a big black box.

>>2591448
>Ohayocon last year, there was the con, a Christian youth group convention,
FINALLY someone mentions this! There must've been a good 3 year run where Ohayo was booked alongside Jesuscon. Made for some pretty hilarious moments like Ohayo '06, IIRC, where I spotted a Wolfwood cosplayer who trolled the Jesuscon attendees by carrying his Punisher upside-down all weekend. There was also last year when I was with some friends who were going on about crashing Jesuscon... within earshot of some of their attendees who seemed only too happy to have us there.

Thread is pretty interesting and stuff, but holy shit, that's the Freakazoid high-fiving Jesus in the OP

>>2592286

Seeing six guys all dressed in identical pink speedos at the pool certainly was interesting.

The first day of Dragoncon an airline pilot about 40 yrs old was checking out of the hotel and Chewbacca walked by him.

He whipped out his cell phone and I heard him exclaim,
"I can't wait to show my kids this, they'll never believe it!"

I smiled and thought what fun this has to be for non-uptight people.

>>2592235
I'll keep an eye for everyone, lol.

I just gotta get some hotel plans set with my group and I'm set. Not to mention getting that fucking wig to work...

Also these stories are making for some good lulz.

>>2591155 whatever black-people con

I'm black and I loled.

>>2591438 Megacon 2008? There was some college-eqsue volleyball convention by us.

They were high school and some of them were bitches while others were genuinely nice.
I heard one bitch repeating under her breath "freaks freaks freaks" I wanted to find her chaperone to give her a stern talking to about respect and to explain to her I was a volleyball player too and I'm sure she didn't think of that as she didn't seem to realize there are people under these costumes likely more talented than her.
Other girls ran up and asked questions and asked for pics, and then came back with friends to sit and talk. Like they sent a scouting party to see if we were friendly and upon seeing that we were around the same age couldn't help but come over and talk about school and crap.

>>2592192
At Connecticon last year I was cosplaying Ashura from RG Veda and staying at a hotel a bit from the con. At one point I'm the only one in costume while we're waiting for the elevator and this group of drunk 20-somethings shows up behind us and starts laughing and going, "Oh my god!" I figure it'll be a 'what a freak' conversation, but I smile at them anyway. They asked what was going on, I explained and their faces just lit up. One girl got all wide-eyed and excited, gasping, "Are you in a play?" I said no, just that I liked to dress up. She got this delighted smile, not at all condescending, and clasped my hands, going, "That's GREAT. That is so great." They held the elevator to keep talking to me and take a picture. They were drunk out of their minds, but their enthusiasm was totally adorable.

-Another story about the military guys at Katsu...I was riding a pretty full elevator down when it stopped on a floor with a guy dressed as a maid and a bunch of military guys. The guy in front was older and bald and as soon as the doors opened he said, "I want to get in THAT elevator!" but it was a little too full for anyone else to fit in comfortably.

-At Ichibancon, there were a ton of normal people around since the con was so small. The best though was a french woman that wanted pictures of her kids with my friend, but one of the kids was afraid because she was in a creepy costume.

-The other most memorable was AZ 08, a bunch of us went out to IHOP after the masq, most of us still half in costume. Our waitress asked us if we had come from a basketball game.

>>2590985
Dude my brother went to SakuraCon and he's in the Army, plus a total /b/tard. Shit I work for the gov and I fucking cosplay. I mean look at ft. jackson one of the unit's the god damned Punishers. It's kinda awesome in a way.

>>2592294

Thank you for sending me into a fit of laughter.

>>2592478

You're welcome.

Dat male ass

this thread is great! the only encounter i've had in an anime con was when I went to Anime North two years ago. I was approached by a man when he asked me about my cosplay. Engineer from tf2. It turns out that he was a steel worker from Oshawa who came here for the D&D gaming session. It was pretty cool when he talked about how he works in manufactoring and stuff.

To add on to all the stories about the military personnel on site at Katsucon:

On the last night of the con my buddies pulled me up to the rooftop bar at the Gaylord. Mind you, I'm still dressed as Sweet Snake. We get up there and I walk by one of the many military guys after I get my drink. The guy looks at me and gives me a smile, a thumbs up, and says he loves it.

Made my day

>>2590702
Anime Evolution? Lots of people got their picture taken with the mudkip.

>>2592587
And then you gave it up on the night before he had to ship out. The end.

>>2592603
Lul what? The guy was retired and old enough to be my dad.

Seriously though, is there a female equivalent for blue balls? I did nothing this past weekend.

>>2592457

oh hi, i know you. : ) i'm gonna guess... Crazula, because there are no real names on the internet...

i was at that IHOP...

ALA being booked in hotels every year draws some interesting people. Like, a few years back, there was some incident with a Christian convention. Then again, this may not be ALA, because so many people tell it...

The guy gets into the elevator, dressed in, like, the most gothic clothes. In comes an old lady, dressed in Sunday best with a bible. She just kept STARING at the guy. So, in an attempt to get her back, as he's getting off the elevator, in a satanic voice, he says "Going...DOWN?"
Sounds like something that could have happened at one of the cons out here, christians seem to like booking conventions at places that have anime cons that same weekend.

>>2592638
Blue ovaries?

Broken Marriage Con was pretty cool.

>>2592641

and since that had shit-all to do with anything: we went to a different IHOP at AWA, and pretty much the entire group was in Kuroshitsuji. out Undertaker had massive sunglasses on, was referring to herself as Lady Gaga, and was doing a very entertaining impression of a black lady who worked at the sub shop near her school.

the ACTUAL black ladies sitting at the table behind us were GODDAMN ENCHANTED by the whole thing, they thought we were all just precious but she was the crowd-pleaser there...

>>2592650
Classic story, though he was dressed as DevilMan in most versions

>>2592663
We just have to find a bridal expo to crash, and it'll be almost as good. Could you imagine TTGL at one of those?

>>2592691
Ahh, I knew I messed up a few things. Either way, that's a gem of con stories.

This thread is why I love conventions.

I went to Dragoncon 2008 dressed as Michael Phelps (yeah I know kinda stupid), while I was waiting for Marta, some guy walked past me and said "Nice work in Beijing Michael" and instinctively I said, "thank you"

>>2592641
OH HAY. Yeah you were. :D

>>2592664
I saw video of that. It was amazing.

>>2592593
mudkip was osom

>>2592788
That kind of reminds me of how, when my father and brothers went to go see the Olympics, this Italian guy came up to them in a restaurant/bar and asked them if they played any sports. And since they speak Italian too, they said that they played hockey. He got all excited and asked my dad if he was the coach, and he laughed and said he was, as a joke. But after having a meal with the guy he patted my brothers on the backs and told them to 'win the gold', and only then did they realize that he actually thought they were on the Olympic team.

SakuraCon2009 I was dressed as Peach and these adorable asian girls came scampering up to me. They were just darling, couldn't speak a lick of English, but sweet as can be. They pointed to their camera, then me, then each other and we took possibly 10 pictures of them in different poses with me. I thought they were Japanese tourists or locals--I caught maybe three words of Japanese as they spoke to each other--and were at the con because they were familiar with anime. Not so. They asked in broken English why I was dressed up ("Dress up? Why?") and didn't seem to understand my attempts at explaining. They also shrugged when I mentioned anime. In the end, they just smiled and said, "Princess. Princess."

>>2592664
VIDEO TIME ON THIS ONE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmFz6LsWOkU

Me and a bunch of other random cosplayers had walked down the street from Nan Desu Kan to the nearby Wendy's for food. Most of the cosplayers were ninjas of some form (Naruto or otherwise). While I was waiting in line to place my order, some normie looks around at the cosplayers and asks "Is there a ninja convention in town?"

One time I went to FanimeCon when the SJCC was double-booked with a WWII veterans event. AWWWWKWARRRRRRRRD!

>>2593053
*watches video*
Nice video. But my God...someone was about to bust out of their get up. Just saying.

This past summer, some of my friends and I spent a day going around the city in Sith robes and doing lightsaber fights and generally being goofs. We had almost every security guard we ran into harass us like jerks. Every cop we met thought we were awesome.

While I was walking down the street to meet the group, I saw this one kid who was wearing a tshirt with a stormtrooper on it looking at me with glee. To humour him, I clicked my lightsaber on as I passed him. The kid just about died with glee, it was adorable. :3

Our group past this one busker on a street corner who was playing the bagpipes, and when he saw us, without missing a beat, he started playing the Star Wars theme. We all ran back and gave him all the loose change we had with us.

We had tourists from San Francisco, China, Holland, France, and England ask for our photos through out the day, too. :3 Felt good man!

Although I think part of why we got so much positive attention was because we did this during Pride Week.

>>2591450
Completely off-topic, but do you have a Coscom or something?
I'd love to see more shots of your Doll.

Otakon this past summer, I was in my Rumi (perfect blue) costume, all covered in fake blood. I went to walk into the convention center and the big black con center security lady did a double-take and said "GURL I THOUGHT U WAS BLEEDIN FUR REALZ"

i lold. Not the only story of someone freaking out over all the blood. The drunk trio that wandered by during a super-late-night photoshoot were even funnier.

PMX 2008. The Glamour Con (Showgirl, strip club etc) Con was in the same hotel. You can imagine some of the reactions from both parties, but the girls from the other convention were really polite and enthusiastic about the cosplayers there, and got pictures with a few of them.

Megacon 2009 I was dressed as pregnant Padme Amidala from SW Ep 3 (with a fake pregnancy belly). On my way over to the convention center from the hotel had a good number of people (congoers and non congoers) ask me when I was due or just congratulating me! I loled heartily.

>>2593099

The character she was dressed as was busting out as well.

>>2593220

You should've started punching yourself in front of them.
That would've freaked some people out.

>>2593245
Later in the day I actually did this....scared the crap out of a couple people lol. Also got my Obi-wan to Falcon Punch me for a photo...surprise abortion!

>>2592664

This gave me the greatest mental image of all time. It was pretty much >>2593053, actually.

I remember a few conventions back I actually had to explain to a park full of old ladies why I was holding a giant throwing star and what the big circle of people hugging was all about. It was pretty cool, really.

>>2593194
Oooh, will you post of pic of you in that costume, please?

I fucking love this thread, but nothing to contribute :(

We always have a volleyball tournament happening the same weekend as our local con. (anyone that attends knows what I'm talking about.) We only ever see them in the food court, but it's always interesting to see the different reactions. I've never had anyone approach me, but you can always tell which of them has been to that tournament before. They're the ones that just aren't phased at all by it.

It didn't occur to me but a few buddies of mine scared basically everyone watching ABC 7 Chicago once during their cosplay outings....soycon I think. I think they made a tradition of it.

My friend Soulcrash got video of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXXirDla52U

Lordy.

"Who has the weed?"

-Exhausted security guard, Fan Expo 2009.

with conventions i haven't really met anyone who didn't know what was going on, but if we went out to eat or something that was a little different haha some would ask the usual questions and they where always very nice about it, to me at least. though not everyone is so nice. in one of the malls close to where i live a anime store would have a kind of 'event' every so often. you could go in cosplay, you could do a little kind of skit so to say, play games to win prices plus the anime would be on sale. at first it was rather nice, a decent group would show up and it was nice to spend a day at the mall with friends. some people who didn't know what was going on where very sweet and just curious about it. we would even find some people who liked anime but never knew about cosplay or of the conventions, so it was nice to be able to give them information about it.
the bad side of this, allot of the stores didn't like it at all. a smaller group of us decided to go into a store and the manager plus another worker followed us. she almost forced us out because she blamed us for taking pictures in the store when it was another costumer close to us who she ignored. that was before things got really bad. the other stores complained about us so much, simply because we where in costume, that the next time i went they forced everyone who was participating to stay within the food court or the center of the mall where it was being held. they had security watch us and if we attempted to go anywhere else to go shopping they would stop us and tell us to take parts of our costumes off, or sometimes ask us to change before allowing us to go throughout the mall. i haven't gone to one since, and i honestly never want to step foot in that mall again.

>>2593636
tl;dr

>>2592453
I demand a photo of your ashura...please?

>>2592299
Ohaycon 08 me and my friends were walking around and some guy was begging for food or money. We gave him some and talked with him for a bit to see if he needed help or something. Found out he was a pastor for the jesus con that was trying a little bit of a social experiment to see who would help him, he told us so far that day about a dozen con goers offered him food/money/help and no one from the jesus thing he was in did. He told us he was going to give them a stern talking to later.

>>2590926
or a Hellsing cosplayer.

>>2591123
At Anime Iowa 2008, there was a Japanese women working in the restaurant, and she thought it was awesome how many people were so interested in her culture.

she obviously hadn't seen the retarded cat ear wearing yaoi fangirls yet. I am sure her opinion on the whole matter would have changed drastically.

There was a hetalia photoshoot going on at one of the UK conventions. This old guy wanders past, then he stops, looks daggers at the germany cosplayer and tells him "I used to shoot buggers like you!" Then just wanders off.

>a Wolfwood cosplayer who trolled the Jesuscon attendees by carrying his Punisher upside-down all weekend

AHAHAHA

I can't believe no one's mentioned the jesus-freak protesters that have shown up to Fanime for the past two years yet.

>>2594021
Have they done anything? They're pretty boring, I've never even heard them speak.

>>2594021
>you get one or two normal people
>jesus-freak protesters
>normal
Oh those whacky protesters. I think OP means unintentional encounters. But yeah, they're pretty much suited for this topic anyway.

At PMX last year when I was in the Pedo Bear suit, I had a girl strip to her underwear for me in front of the elevators, and a large group of european tourists lol.

Also, after seeing a few of my (very arousing) photoshoots, two (annoying as fuck) guys who were travelling went up to me and asked me how to get laid and why I had so many girls all over me. I explained that it was because I was a bear but they didn't understand. Man I hated those guys.

Also, the usual, "Oh that bear is so cute. Honey go take a picture with it" *hands me a small child* lol

Pic related, it's me after my exploits.

>>2594032

Is that a shitty Hunter in the background or just a guy in a blue hoodie?

>>2594030
I love raptor jesus staring up serenely behind them. Those guys will never learn.

During MMC '09 (Germany), most of the Hellsing cosplayers and a couple of people dressed as Trinity Blood were meeting outside of the building - plus me and another guy as the Captain.

As we walked past an old lady, she said "ohh, another Landser!". Then she looked at the black Trinity Blood uniforms, gave them a big smile and said "you look just like the young SS men back in my youth!".

I didn't know whether to be angry or laugh my ass off :V

>>2594057
Most Germans weren't cruel people- actually most of them were good. But they went along with orders from higher-ups. There was a study back in the day that proved most people went along with what an authoritative figure told them to. I'd take it as a good thing. I don't take old ladies who grew up in the racist 50s complimenting me when I dress up in lolita as a bad thing.

I think my favorite was day zero at ALA. Me being a dumbass showed up without a room to stay in that night. Once again being a dumbass, I decided to stay up all night and wander the streets of Los Angeles in a Pedo Bear suit. Freaked out a bunch of bums, got a few honks from cars, and had a photo-op with the bell boy at the hotel connected to the Denny's. Bonus points for having a warm bearsuit in the fog.

-------con 08

I was in street clothes and one of the con guests got on after me. Some drunk Bros got on and stated talking about all the fat, ugly nerd etc. So me and the guest start messing with the guys talking about how sad the nerds where. The guest says "Oh yeah, you know anyone into those japanimation cartoons is a virgin." The drunks agreed and chuckled.

I smiled and laughed because I knew what was coming. The doors opened on the bottom floor to a crowd of con-goers. Then all the fangirls rushed forward and squeed "SCOTT McNEIL!!! They tackled him and he looked right at the dudes and mouthed "Oh yeah." while enjoying his group hug.

>>2592650
>>2592691
Dubya. Tee. Eff. Is this like... some kind of con urban legend? I've heard the EXACT same story, word for word, told about an attendee at Ohayocon. The only differing detail is that the cosplayer was dressed as (pre-acid bath) Raziel from Soul Reaver.

>>2593802
I think I may have ran into that guy.

At Anime North last year I had a random guy in business attire stop me and say "You look normal- do you know what's happening here!?"

I told him I was just picking up the rubbish from the concert, brother.

This once I was in half-cosplay going to a shoot and passed by a very touristic part of the city. Amongst all the people that stopped me for pictures this old Indian couple was especially kind and made lots of questions. Then they took a picture with me and asked my e-mail to send me the picture later. I gave them my college address, because it's easier to write than my regular name. They looked at it and the man gave me his card and told me to send him an e-mail about any project.

I look at his card and it comes that the gentleman was actually a professor at a German University, on my field.

Cosplay: giving you job oportunities when you less expect it.

I love this thread so much.

>>2594066

I know, I'm German myself. It just felt.. Awkward?

At ALA '10, this couple stops my friends and I and ask, in a rather rude manner, why everyone was dressed up so weirdly. Immediately, one of my friends responds, "We were just wondering the same thing."

Mind you, we were in full blown Kuroshitsuji cosplay.

At one con [doesn't exist anymore], it was always booked on the same day as a Buddist monk thingy and an electronic fair. It was kinda funny to see how all the saffron-clad monks would just stare at the cosplayers and turn their hands up and pray. The electronic fair guys just ignored us. >__>

At Ohayocon this year at like 4am, some dumb skank from the rave went and grabbed change from in front of the counter to pay for her stuff with. The thing is, this wasn't a give a penny take a penny jar, it was a charity thing.

I asked the cashier if she was sick of all of the nerds and she said "It's not so bad, but that last girl took some change from the child cancer fund jar" so I threw all the change I had on me (which at this point in the con I'd accummulated, what, something like 5 dollars in loose change?) to replace the 7 cents she stole, and the cashier got damn excited and complimented me on my costume (which I wasn't wearing at the time, just a fancy shirt).

Not a worthwhile donation by any means, but christ, people, treat those poor unfortunate souls that have to deal with our kind during cons with a little respect.

>>2592638
peach crumble

I was dressed as bobble head nurse from Silent Hill. I got in the lift to go downstairs to get some food and visit an ATM. Some "normal" people were already in the lift. I walked in, smiled. Went to push the button, but saw it was already pushed, and said "I guess we'll be going down together!" with a gore/blood-covered grin. I then giggled. They were horrified - apparently a whole group of christians were staying in that hotel for another convention that was on elsewhere, some religious thing.

Felt good, man.

>>2594299
/:

>>2594299

>>2593268

nah, got gonna selfpost, but you can find pics on coscom.

Somewhat related, my mom went on a vacation to California and she found these two people dressed up. She said she found a lolita and a pikachu. This is the picture she showed me :p

Once there was a wedding held at the uni where Amecon was being held. I remember the guests and bride and groom looking very confused, and then being invited to play DDR in the games room. It could have been disasterous, but I think they really enjoyed it!

A couple years back AnimeFest in Dallas, Texas coincided with a Singles for Jesus convention.

Bible and lube, all I'm sayin'.

>>2594359

I need to find a way to work "And then I found a lolita and a Pikachu!" into casual conversation.

"Hey, what are you guys doing?" I heard from beside me. As I looked, I realized I was in an elevator with Marines.
"You guys are marines? You stationed at Pendleton?" They confirmed. "So, like, you ever play Metal Gear Solid? Gears of War? Ok, Gears of War. You know those bitching armors they have? Well, have you ever wanted to make them? So did we. so we did. And we show them off. And it's not just games like that, it's series of fictional characters."
The Marines looked confused. "Why would you make it in the first place?"
"Why did you join the Marines. Like, seriously."
"To get bitches."
"Exactly."

>>2594437
wat.

>>2594075
I dunno if this is where it started, but it's certainly where I first heard it, and it was there the very first time I visited bash...

#12431 +(7887)- [X]
<Hiroe> he was dressed as a big fuckin devil
<Hiroe> like, HUGE costume
<Hiroe> 8-foot lizard wings, giant horns on the head
<Hiroe> at some anime con in california
<Hiroe> they were double booked with a southern Baptist group in the same hotel
<Hiroe> he's riding the elevator down to the con space
<Hiroe> doors open, little old baptist woman standing there
<Hiroe> he just says "Going Down" in his best evil voice

>>2594437
okay, that's actually clever and awesome

Katsucon 16 was the best example of what I call "Peaceful Con-existence". Meaning that people either don't mind the larger more dominant con, or enjoy the the dominant con. I saw people from the christian troubled marriage con either minding their own business, or talking or taking photos of the con attendees. Even the people from the military ball were actually going to the Saturday dance with the ravers.

I even recorded a few videos of me talking to the normals regarding the hotel and the convention.

Katsucon 16 was truly a major and rare example of peaceful con-existence in a major convention center and resort.

>>2594459
Ahh, the classic. Supposedly true story from AX one year; the sad part is the followup, the lady supposedly had a heart attack and died.

>>2594566
I don't believe that for a second

Oh I just remembered one more from Katsu.
Thursday evening I was chilling on a couch in the lobby waiting for the rest of my crew to show up.
Eventually, a /very/ southern family seated themselves around me, and their conversation turned to figuring out why there were so many younger folk and people dressed up. (I was on my laptop with earbuds in, but was no longer listening to anything; rather good eavesdropping-without-being-obliged-to-say-anything method)
Eventually the lady of the group concludes, "I'll bet any amount of money they're here for a Harry Potter convention!" A bit off the mark, but not a bad guess!

>>2594566
Then I guess she really...

Went down.

YEAHHH

>>2594739

>>2590694
Good Lord. Thank God you're not at AɳoɳTalk.com.

2009. San Japan.

A man/wife couple walked through the hotel, and the wife muttered, "we came HERE to get away from the kids?!"