I hate neckbeards in general.

People who use the game room the whole con. Why the fuck would you pay 65 bucks to play games the whole time?!

I've seen gamers do that too.
Pop by a con, 3-day-badge, then just sit in the game room all con. Unless they leave when I don't notice. Doesn't seem like that, though.

I hate the derptards that take my picture with flash.
I have a hard enough time finding my pictures online post-con, can the few I do find look decent?
Apparently not.

Also, the people who cosplay OCs then whine when they don't get their picture taken.
Do you expect anyone to recognize you...?

Weeaboos that glomp/tackle people, or people that ask for hugs where you CAN'T refuse them. It's like, whoa. Personal space here?

Also, the people who don't fucking shower or smell like shit. Especially in areas like the Dealer's Hall.

Yeah I don't really get that either. They also tend to talk trash loudly towards just about anyone walking by.

It's like, you're not interacting with other human beings and you're just sitting here getting pissed and looking for excuses to whine, why the fuck did you come in the first place?

Anyway, what I hate most is just people who don't take the time to even try to familiarize themselves with a source material and just cosplay for attention.
It really blows when I try to talk to someone about the game/series they're from and they stare at me like I've got three heads.

I always found that weird too OP.

I hate the all the obvious stuff: meme yelling, people who take random pictures without asking, caramelldansen etc
But even that stuff doesn't bother me that much, its fun to laugh at if nothing else. I like people watching.

When I ask a cosplayer if its ok to take a photo in a better area and get a small following of con-goers who are 'totally going to get in on this private photoshoot'

its silly but it bothers me sometimes

The glomping at cons. I HATE how it seems socially acceptable to tackle a complete stranger.

Also, I hate how cosplay can turn your friends into back stabbing petty bitches who feel like they have to talk trash about you to make themselves feel better.

If you read this, and you know who you are, fuck you. Thanks for ruining a good friendship over something so silly as dressing up as cartoon characters.

>>4863236
>Also, I hate how cosplay can turn your friends into back stabbing petty bitches who feel like they have to talk trash about you to make themselves feel better.

I hate paying for mediocre panels and game rooms. When you talk up your events and game rooms then they suck I feel ripped off. I just skip the badge next year and hall surf/ chill. Really more of a being disappointed consumer thing if anything.

Also meme's being screamed every 5 mins everywhere in the convention. It was embaressing to bring a friend to a convention for the first time cause once one person shouts out "BUTTSCRATCHER" all the other annoying kids follow.

>>4863170

Maybe they're into the gaming scene more than anything else? They came for the games and to meet others who game? They like the tournament scene/ playing irl with others (it is way different to play irl with another person when the crowd is getting hyped and you can hear the others button presses and them yours).

Why do you hate people who chill in the game room anyway? Because they spent their own money to enjoy parts of the con best match their interests? How does staying in the game room hurt you (other than armpit/BO and let's be real here, that is smelt in others parts of the con too).

For me the most fun of the cons has been the game room. Meet cool people with the same interests as me, and play games. I do other events but the game room (when it's good) is always the most fun for me, and is where I spend a large chunk of my time.

>>4863153

Maybe they like to people watch/see costumes as well as sit on their laptop? Just cause they're on their laptops all day doesn't mean they aren't also glancing around and enjoying the costumes. Maybe they hit up the room parties later?

Though personally I'd never bring a laptop to a con.

>>4863236
But, dressing up as chinese cartoons is serious business yo.

>>4863244
>maybe they hit the room parties later

About that...

I guess I had just never really noticed those people before, or assumed they were just taking a break from actually doing something. But then last year at Dragon*Con a friend and I were sitting outside of the room where the first few episodes of HSotD would be screening in about five minutes. And we were talking about how much we had liked the first episode or something when this older (like, early 40's) guy chimed in and said "yeah, it's great! I have the whole series so far on my laptop here. Hey, you two want to watch it with me? We could watch it right now! Out here in the hallway!"

It was just...My friend is male, so it wasn't a "WOULD YOU LOVELY LADIES LIKE TO JOIN ME" kind of thing. But if you're so enthusiastic about getting other people to watch the show with you, why don't you just go into the screening room and, you know, do that?

>>4863196
Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis. This. This. This.
I realize the cosplayer I'm taking a picture of is not mine to control, but it still irks me when I ask, escort them somewhere, set them up in a pose, try moving them around to get the best possible shot and get dirty looks because I'm trying to do my best and sometimes step in front of others taking pics.

A billion bonus points when it's someone else with a good camera and should know better.

>>4863270
>I'm 16
Reported, called the cops, alerted the police.

>>4863276
>called the cops, alerted the police

Isn't that the same thing?

>>4863281
No, I pressed on my report a button at the same time I dialled the cops.

So is the life of batman.

>>4863270

I don't like that the best thing their mind can mentally understand is wearing different clothes. I'll stick to logical challenges that push my mental abilities further than most people in the world could even imagine.

>>4863306
What the hell are you talking about.

I hate the meme yelling as well. Was really annoyed at AX '11 when I kept hearing "WHAT TIME IS IT?" and EVERYONE screams "ADVENTURE TIME". Nothing against Adventure Time. Just don't want high school kids yelling next to my ears all the time.

Alpha males.

Seriously, you're going to go to a Con, then be amazed at all the nerds you see? Are you fucking serious?

My friend/handler/personal assistant told me of a couple times about people talking shit about me, and I overheard some kids mocking my Steampunk Flash get up.

I don't really care since haters gonna hate but it's still....stupid that people will pay money to go mock people at a gathering like SDCC.

I hate that every time I go to a room party or talk with college aged kids in general that 95% of them are art/animation/graphic design/fashion design/photography/film/music majors.

>>4863332

Why?

Awesome costume on day 1 = Awesome
Still wearing same awesome costume that now stinks on day 3 = What in the fuck is wrong with you?!

>>4863339
I don't want to sound like a dick and not him, but have you ever talked to those people?

My friend went to art school and ALL her friends I've met are...such....douchebags. They HAVE to fit into EVERY "weird alternative" stereotype since they're "artists."

I could rant about those guys but I won't. Some were cool and they got into some stuff at SDCC09 so I can't hate all of them.

Or maybe this guy just doesn't like sell outs.

>>4863331
Alpha males go to cons to pick girls.

>>4863359
I guess I just meet cool ones. Sounds more like you hate hipsters, and hipsters just happen to flock to those fields.

Or I'm just lucky.

I hate cons.
I hate the people.
I hate the place.
I hate the hotels.
I hate the dealers rooms.
I hate the people who run the dealers rooms
I hate the people that spend money of little fucking figurines.
I hate the people that watch anime in the dark with 40 other people.
I hate the people that think trivia and other shittly run panels are fun.
I hate the people that work at the hotels.
I hate the shitty service.
I hate the people who dress up as shitty anime.
I hate the people who dress up as shitty anime and do a shitty job.
I hate the furfags.
I hate the narutards.
I hate the hobos that bum off the smokers.
I hate the large amount of jailbait.
I hate the people that run the cons.
I hate the people who volunteer.

>>4863372
I hate the people that they pay money to go to cons and perform their shitty acts.
I hate the people that run around and say butt scratcher.
I hate the people who yell out the game.
I hate all the moe bullshit that people eat up.
I hate all the shitty food around cons.
I hate all the people that slow me down when I'm at a con.
I hate the people that act like cosplay is their life.
I hate the people that act like a lot of work in a costume means people should bow down to them.
I hate the people that are ugly and act like creepers.
I hate the people that are pretty and know it so they call everyone creepers.
I hate the hitalia fags.
I hate their shitty little flags they buy.
I hate all the pokemon cosplayers that arent gen 1.
I hate all the final fantasy bull shit.
I hate all the old memes people go as.
I hate that fucking companion cube.
I hate that fucking nyan cat, IF I SEE THAT FUCKING CAT ONE MORE TIME.
I hate all the artists who make profit off fan art.
I hate all the people that buy the fan art.
I hate the artists ally.
I hate the people that that smell when I cross their path in the hallway.
I hate the people that block the hallways
I hate the people that expect pictures to be taken of them.
I hate all this bullshit.
I hate cons.

I hate the shitty music they play in the dances. You gather a bunch of video game-playing, anime-watching, japanophile nerds, and they don't play video game music, anime music, or jock or jpop. Every once in a while they'll throw in Tetris trance, and I get all excited, and then it goes back to undanceable, uninteresting doom-doom-doom-doom-doom. Awesome.

What don't I hate?

>Girls crossplaying and wearing a fuck ton of eyeliner.
>People screaming when they are right next to each other.
>Meme yelling.
>Only food you can buy is fried noodles/rice and pocky.
>People yelling 'yaoi/yuri' when people are doing a skit.
>That one fucking know-it-all who thinks s/he can do everything better than you.
>Skimpy outfits at family cons.

>>4863369
So they can have nothing in common?
>>4863371
Nah, this was before the Hipster movement.
Think....think of the goth kids you saw in high school who never grew out of it.
Not the goth kids who actually liked what they liked but the goth kids who liked shit to stand out more and get attention while knowing nothing of what they're into.

>>4863391

I don't think you understand what motivates an Alpha male, it's all about another notch on your belt.

>>4863386

Yeah I don't get that too. I hear alot of top 40s at con dances/raves. I found that really stupid at Fanime's Black and White Ball. They would put on a projector what type of "dance" you should do. I remember Waltz came up when they were playing Britney Spear's new song.

>>4863409
>I remember Waltz came up when they were playing Britney Spear's new song.

>>4863391
Why do you need to have anything in common with one night stands?

The underage girls that always try to go to me and my buddies room parties.

15 minutes with a 15yo ain't worth 15 years. So fuck off you underage annoyances. And nobody believes you girls are 18-19...

Drunk kids annoy the fuck outta me anyway.

>>4863386

I'm surprised no one who does fan remixes has stepped up and become a regular dj on the con circuit.

>>4863158
I'm gonna shave my neck, right now.

>>4863445
>15 minutes with a 15yo ain't worth 15 years.
I don't want kids around me either, but...you know you don't HAVE to have sex with them, right?

>>4863386
I still wonder about that. I walked into an AX dance years ago and was so confused when they didn't play any of that shit, it was all standard remixes. Are there any con DJs that do play those things? Do cons specifically request non-anime music?

>>4863331

I rage when people point and giggle and snicker at cons. I rage 10/10 when they're clearly con attendees (seriously, wtf is wrong with you?)

But what honestly irritates me in when unrelated to con people end up at the con (there's always a wedding and a prom at Acen) and they walk through the hallways rolling their eyes and pointing and giggling. I firmly believe people act like so other people approve of them and then they are normal. But when there are 200 of you and 23,000 of us... you just seem really sad and fake.

Best time ever, though, some con I went to had an Indian wedding, and after the bride left all the groomsmen hung around drinking fucked up Indian liquor and shooting the shit with the congers. We talked for about 2 hours and they decided we were all bros, because we all "Got dressed up like fucking idiots and danced around today". Good men, every one.

>>4863465
SAAAAAAY WHAAAAAAAAAAAT

>>4863474
I KNOW, RIGHT?! IT'S CRAZY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT YOUR DICK IN EVERYTHING BUT YOU ACTUALLY DON'T!!!!!

>>4863276

Goody two goody two goody goody two shoes
Goody two goody two goody goody two shoes

Don't drink don't smoke - what do you do?

>>4863470
At SDCC this year, there was a carrier that got tickets through MWR, so I saw a shitload of people in Dress Whites and shit.

Some were cool, some were downright assholes - which made me wonder why they went in the first place....and.....creeped ME out.

It's pretty fucking hard to phase me but at the seagull meet up some walked by and this one dude kept flirting with one of the girls...openly smelling her hair.

I couldn't tell if he was drunk or just REALLY open or what but....it was kind of odd.

.....and he yelled at me for taking my helmet off. Fuck you, I was sweating.

>>4863480
Oh Anon, you so crazy!

>>4863332
Yeah, don't you just *hate* creative people?

' THE GAME! '
' MARCOOOOO '

>>4863491
I don't always get songs stuck in my head.

But when I do, it's that song.

>>4863372
>I hate the large amount of jailbait.

gtfo 4chan

>>4863465

There the ones coming on to us at these cons. My homeboy almost got caught up in that nonsense because she was coming on to him pretty strong.

>>4863518
Ohhh my god it must have been so difficult for him to simply not respond to her misguided advances

Go have sex with your boo Tuna Melt-Chan, dude.

>>4863236
This. Fucking. This.
It started by us wanting to have fun wearing silly costumes. Then we had fun making the costumes and props. Then acting out random shit.
Why did you have to go and ruin that shit by suddenly taking it all too serious and making backstabbing comments and shit?

I seldom cosplay with other people now, just my brother so we can do twin looking cosplays. He's the only guy who doesn't give a shit about the drama, he just uses it as an excuse to have fun.

ITT : HE HATES IT
>I HATE IT
HE HATES IT!
>I HATE IT!

Only some people will get it. People with taste.

Also memes don't have their place in shit like that. Say that among you guys, yelling this shit is stupid. Also, FUCKING CARAMELDANSEN AND HARUHI DANCE.

>2011
>Still doing the Hare Hare Yukai

No seriously, I would rather see assholes para para with EUROBEAT by this point in time than deal with OO OO OO AA AA or Hare Hare yukai. Despite Caramelldansen being my guilty pleasure. I mean if you're going to dance in a hallway, at least be like... Ranka Lee or something and so Sekai Hikou.

Oh yeah , and K-Pop, K-pop in my Anime Convention makes no fucking sense.

>>4863529

I bet you if this was a guy pressing on a girl at a con in the exact same way ya'll would be crying CREEPER! GET THE MACE! Though he did pull his badge out and told them to fuck off. Perhaps you should do the same?

Double standards are a bitch ain't it?

>Go have sex with your boo Tuna Melt-Chan, dude.

Lets see what you look like and maybe I'll put some love in your life.

>>4863578
IT'S ASIAN BRO!

>>4863529

Doubt a girl like that is "misguided" in her advances. Bitch knows what she wants.

Or are you one of those morons who think teenagers "don't understand what they're doing"?

I hate the underage kids
I hate the people that won't watch anime made before 1999 because "it looks old"
I hate that barely anyone is familiar with osamu tezuka
I hate the MLP fans
I hate the hetalia fans

>>4863586
If it was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy? I would ignore him. That's what you do.

>Lets see what you look like and maybe I'll put some love in your life.
I'm not sure you would appreciate my dick.

>>4863243
If those aren't Johnny's boys, I will...I don't even know.

EVERYTHING e_e

Ah, no, I try to enjoy myself at cons and it's always a plus when it's in a city I haven't been in before and when I'm friends. Things like people still doing caramell dansen when it's 2011 and people who travel so far just to play video games all weekend do annoy me, but I don't usually let it bother me because it's something I've gotten used to - I mean, it happens at most anime cons and I can't expect too much from the fans and staff (unless those video gamers don't share the console/platform at lease once >.>).

All of the insecure people that take it out on others.

>>4863377
>>4863372

>ITT Smoker hates everything.

One thing that really annoys me at cons is being followed around. I was just talking to some friends before going off and getting some lunch when this girl comes up and starts talking to me. I think alright, that's fine and talk to her back for a while. So I order my food and whatnot and say I'm going to meet up with my friends I'll see you around. Instantly, Oh wait! I'll come with you! I didn't want to be rude so I just endured it. She was one of those annoying weeaboo girls too. Going off how great her cosplay was (she wasn't even wearing a wig, you honestly could not tell who she was at all) and all that. I was honestly thankful when she left.
I have had the same thing happen with a lot of guys too. I meet them once and then suddenly it's ohmigosh your mah new best friend I love you yadda yadda be mah gurlfriend i luv u sooo much and the will follow me around the con all day. It really annoys me to no end.

>>4863620

with friends* (derp)

As for the cosplay scene itself, I'm not totally involved with it. Hell, I'm too lazy to go through deviant art when I can just come here to see gems posted by others (it's kind of easier than sifting through the search engine and I can miss out on a lot of bad/mediocre cosplays). I'm a little bit more involved with the lolita community. Both have their pros and cons, and close similaries, but since I'm not totally involved (such as putting my face up on daily lolita - the last thing I want is a photo of myself here and it happened once from someone else's source), I'm not totally worried about drama. While the hobbies come with some strings attached, they're all optional.

>>4863604

So you're going to ignore some drunk ass kid trying to pull your pants down to get at your dick because she wants a taste of some guy's "Chocolate Popsicle?

Let a 15yo boy do that shit to a 23yo girl and see what happens.

>I'm not sure you would appreciate my dick.

I wouldn't but I could hook you up with a few of my gay coworkers...

>>4863636
>meet hot girl at con
>want to keep talking to her
>don't and go my own way
>because I don't want to be one of these guys
Siiiiiiiiigh

>>4863620
>>4863171

Gamer here.
Playing online with little to no nearby opponents sucks donkey. There is a craving for some social interaction and hopefully make some friends that like the same type of games and hang out, y'know.

Seeing as how there's no LAN centers or any sort of arcade within a reasonable distance, it's worth paying a hotel room and a badge to be able to do that and enjoy the other parts of the con.

I just fucking wish they put air cleaners/scrubbers in those rooms. Those things are fucking MAGICAL

I hate when people let the things other people do annoy them. Really, guys, learn to ignore other people and just have fun.

Glomping is an exception though, that shit needs to stop.

>>4863652
Don't get me wrong there are some guys that I don't mind hanging out and talking with, if they will actually talk and stuff and not be so "ohmigosh I love you forever and ever". Desperation is not attractive in the least. :(

I hate Vocaloid cosplayers.
I hate Hetalia cosplayers.
I hate people under the age of 17.
I hate moe.
I hate most of artist alley.

>>4863578
>Oh yeah , and K-Pop, K-pop in my Anime Convention makes no fucking sense.

YOU SHUT UP I love k-pop at my anime cons. :(

>>4863372
Smoker, what happened to you mang?
I haven't seen you enjoy a thread in a long time.
Did you quit smoking or something>

I'm glad that I go to conventions mainly for friends because then I'm having too much fun to really get annoyed with people. These though, these piss me off so bad.
> The yaoi fangirls/fanboys that do fanservice that's totally inappropriate for public viewing.
> Ravers that walk around nearly nude. Goes for both men and women.
> Shouting memes.
> Anyone that looks and smells like they haven't showered in a week.
> THOSE kinds. The teens and even adults that act like it's their first time being in public without adult supervision and have no idea how to act. Loud, obnoxious, rude, etc. Makes me want to lock them all up in some room for the whole weekend where they can't embarrass and annoy everyone else.

>>4863544
Did someone say haruhi?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utnb5Mru_zo

>>4863652
I'll be acting pretty chill with a good looking cosplayer and seemingly both be having a good time when suddenly I get crippled with anxiety that I don't get anywhere but cons.

It goes:
>Am I being creepy?
>Is she actually very subtly trying to leave?
>Oh god, she probably thinks I'm trying to pick her up.
>Fuck, lost my groove, time to just leave.

>>4863578
K-pop and K-pop cosplay at conventions actually don't bother me. Most of them are debuting in Japan anyway and it's not like there are any Korean conventions available to go to. I just view them the same way I view anyone cosplaying anything non-Japanese related. It's whatever.

>>4863332
Same here bro... just because they never really know what the fuck they're doing.
It's like they chose their major out of a hat, and to stay cool they had to stick with it.
Just..don't go to college yet if you can't figure it out. And where are the science freaks? I don't want to see your shitty 3:00 animation you did for class.

Becoming a Vendor kinda ruined Con going for me.
Instead of coming to a con and enjoy walking around looking at all the sights and getting to see everyone's costumes n stuff. I got myself trapped behind a desk of Manga&Figures.

The underage girls that hit on people significantly older than them bug the shit out of me. I was one once, not at cons but on the intarwebs. And it was stupid and creepy and dangerous.

So now, when I see underage girls hitting on my friends, I'm somewhere between "Oh sweetheart, save yourself" and "you're a fucking idiot, go away."

>>4863578
Kpop is the new Jrock man. Most of the old Jrock/VK fans I know switched over to Kpop after the VK scene got shitty.

>>4863706
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD THAT FEEL.
>maybe I should leave
>oh god what if she tells a story about me to her friends?
>WHAT IF I END UP IN A WEEABOO HORROR STORY
>I HAVE TO LEAVE NOW!!!!
Next time I'm going to drink just enough to push that thought from my mind and then go.

>>4863372
I like how you get so specific. Normally my reasons include:

>I hate people
and
>I hate being associated with what the anime fanbase has become

I saw so much cellulitey wrinkly ass at my last convention. If you're going to wear a fucking tutu, wear fucking panties, or at least a thong under it. I don't want to see your ass while I'm trying to eat.

>>4863718
You poor thing. I was considering on putting up an artist table for a local con, but decided against it for various reasons. Maybe sticking with running panels is a better idea (in spite of the weird times when the technology refuses to work).

I'm neither a cosplayer nor a lolita, yet every fucking con someone asks to take my picture. Then they get offended when I politely reject them.

>hates glomping
>hates Caramelldansen
>hates Hare Hare Yukai
>hates "cosplayers" who are ignorant of their body type
>hates that guy selling yaoi paddles
>hates hetalia-tards
>hates narutards/bleachtards
>hates any/every 'tard(s) in general
>hates taking photos then having said cosplayer ask for some steamy yaoi shots with another cosplayer that are OOC.
>hate that superiority complex some congoers have
>hates the attitude that comes with cosplaying


Finally, having or doing a degree/cert/diploma/MArts in art-related subjects doesn't make you any more knowledgeable or superior to anyone else.

I don't go around proclaiming I can turn off the Internet with the push of a switch just because I have a degree in network engineering so neither should you say you're extremely knowledgeable and/or superior in knowledge about Japanese culture or art just because you have a degree in it.

I hate when people try to get me in on one night stands.

Here's kind of a specific one, has this ever happened to anyone else?

Con photographers who take you to a remote location outside the con for a shoot and hold you for HOURS when you're dying to get away and back to the con so you can actually experience it.

It sucks because I appreciate the gesture but I'm at the con TO BE AT THE CON, not to be a block away missing it all just to get a photo taken. :(

>at drinking fountain or water cooler
>taking prescription pills
>Raver type sees me
>thinks I'm popping some E
>tries to buy some off me
This keeps fucking happening
Diazepam isn't a good party drug
worse they ask me while con staff or security is RIGHT FUCKING THERE

>>4863813
Con photographer here, please, please just say no or even impose a time limit for us.
We're not going to get mad, disappointed maybe, but not mad. We're just trying to get a bitching shot for you, but don't ruin the con for yourself!

>Large-ass groups of insane fandoms
(I had to fucking spend my entire last con with the Hetalia group because my party was cosplaying Hetalia and didn't give a fuck that I was in Panty and Stocking)
>Snarks walking around and glaring at everyone
>Bitchy Camwhores
(this one group yelled at us because they wanted to take pictures of their shitty cosplays in the fountain)
>Elitists
>Weaboos
>People that only go for the rave
>People that only go to watch anime
>Shitty cosplayers
>Glompers
>Carmelldansen

Cosplayers that just stare at me or get upset when I ask them to pose together and they're not from the same series.

I do this all the time and I get more negative reactions from it than positive but when three of you are obviously friends and chatting and walking together, and I want pictures of all of you, I'd rather take one photo of all three of you together than waste more of your time getting three separate photos.

I mean, you'd think they get more upset if I just went "Hey, can I get a picture? Oh, not you two, just this one."

>>4863869
>People that only go for the rave

THIS FOR ETERNITY. I go to a family convention where staff won't even let you call the rave a rave, you have to call it a dance. Yet the worst people show up and buy badges just to come in and grind up on each other and sneak booze in. Then they complain about the shitty music or how they weren't allowed to walk around with tape on their nipples or wear this or that and how they got asked to leave.

For fucks sake, if you want a rave, go find an actual one.

>>4863819
I remember something like this happened to me. I'm sitting down eating fucking tictacs but I don't have them in a tictac container caus I was sharing with a friend. So they're in an unlabeled plastic bottle, I'm eating some, and I guess they look like drugs from afar or something? Some chick walks up to me and asks if she can have some. It's not because she's a girl, but at a con most people are friendly, so I gave her a few. It takes her a second before she realizes they're not fucking drugs. She laughs and tells me it was a misunderstanding, but eats some anyway and gives me what I assume to be her number telling me to call her if she finds anyone selling drugs at the con because her usual provider didn't attend and she's been looking everywhere.

And then shortly after that someone else came to me and asked what drugs I was taking. Con staff was right there too, but they didn't say a word.

Not something I particularly hate, it's only happened once and it makes a funny story.

>>4863153

Pay $200-300 for a friend who's poor as shit to go. Doesn't pay even offer gas money even though he managed to scourge up almost $100 the week before con, but somehow has to ask for money for food.

That, and having gone to Acen 11, I thought I was going to throttle the next person who went herp derp "Trololol". Fucking cancer being dumbasses thinking that they're the greatest fucking thing on the Earth because "derp we're trollin". You paid $60 and drove to a con to try and piss people off. Yes, you out of 23,000 other people. Fucking losers. I tolerate weeaboos more than cancer.

>>4863874
>no face because its schedule I so I am full of shit

>>4863855
Aw I understand. I should have specified this has only happened maybe two or three times ever. And it usually happens with someone whos just socially awkward and doesn't get I want to leave even if I flat out tell them.

But that's a very select few out of a ton of awesome, nice and understanding photographers who make shooting really fun.

>>4863819
rofl what a noob.

why would you buy E if molly is better and more available?

weeaboos man.

>>4863911
No problem! I guess my advice might just be to say "I'm leaving in 5 minutes, sorry, I have XXXXXX to get to." and at 5 minutes be like "Sorry, told you." and leave if it's someone like that.
>>4863879
A con in the north east?

Well, I don't -hate- this, but...those guys who want to start a conversation with you but really have no clue how. They're probably really socially awkward and isolated in normal life and at a con, they want to break out of their shell and be social and make friends....and god, I feel for them so much. But they really don't know what they're doing. Like they just launch right into it, almost like they were in the middle of a conversation and you just stumbled into it. Then they mumble and talk too fast and too much and about really random things. And I smile and nod politely, and usually can't extricate myself from their ramblings because I'm waiting in line for a panel or something.

I know they're trying. Good for them for wanting to be friendly. It's just....a shame that they never learned the proper way to do so.

>>4864015
Starts with an A? Just enforced stricter dance rules this year? Yep.

>>4863949
>molly
>better than E

>>4864095
Not who you were replying to, but I think I know what con you are referring to. You can't use the word 'rave' in the forums anymore either. It automatically changes to 'dance'.

Yelling. Yelling and running. Just stop, that shit is unacceptable, even if you're 12.

Also, a specific complaint:
>sell hand-made vinyl figures
>someone comes by to check out my AA booth
>"OMG YOU CAN'T SELL MERCH AT THE AA IT ALL HAS TO BE HANDMADE I'M GOING TO REPORT YOU"
>half the time the stupid fucking security takes their side and hassles me
>to the point where I've started carrying around molds to prove that I made my shit
>or "LOLOL STUPID VENDOR, THOSE ARE OBVIOUSLY BOOTLEGS"
>fuck off, bitch, I'm not advertising them as official figmas, the fucking sign on my fucking booth says CUSTOM ORIGINAL FIGURES right fucking on it

God, and don't get me started on the people who think they can haggle... I don't mind giving you a deal if you buy more stuff, but as soon as I hear "HURR THIS IS TOO EXPENSIVE, YOU'LL NEVER SELL IT AT $X, I'LL BUY IT FOR $Y", I start getting really, really pissed.

>>4863718
That is why I stopped doing Artist Alley.

>can't enjoy con
>have to pay through the nose to NOT enjoy con

I would probably put up with it more if it was actually profitable, but nobody cares about my artwork and I don't really have time or desire to learn how to make plushies.

>>4864037
This is me. I dunno how to talk to people. Cons are the easiest place to try, but in the end I think I still bother people and it's probably better to just stop trying so I stop being a burden. Either way I guess I'm a burden though, but less so when I'm not giving someone an awkward time when they would otherwise be fine. I thought I'd get used t it after a while, but I haven't really.

I grew up with no siblings. My father was really social, but my parents split up when I was very young. My mother doesn't exactly neglect talking to me, but she's not very talkative with anyone but her friends. So in the end I guess it was mostly my family upbringing. No eating at a dinner table with people to talk with, nor any real role model to see how people converse. The little friends I had usually just came over and played video games with me, and we'd do commentary on maybe TV shows or something as well. But actual conversation wasn't something that I experienced much.

I don't think I'm making excuses. I just was fairly isolated from social interaction when growing up. It's funny actually, because my parents are proud that I'm not like all the other kids that their friends had around the time I was born (who dropped out, or got into drugs, or went out partying every night at the age of like 15, and getting pregnant before being 18, etc.) But they feel it's almost as if I was TOO GOOD of a kid. They expected to run into troubles, but never did. And my father was a little annoyed that I never got into liking alcohol and I turned down his offer to take me to a strip club at my 21st birthday. That stuff just isn't appealing at all to me.

I strayed off topic, didn't I? I didn't think I was awkward online, but maybe I am even here.

>>4864124
Really? I haven't used their forum in a long time and the only wank I've heard about this year is the lady in charge of the panels taking forever to post who got accepted and at what times. Something about her even postponing sending out stuff or working on it because she was watching Hetalia in order to have something to talk to the guests about.

>>4863153

lol i know ppl like that but those weirdos arent just like that at cons, they r everywhere

>People who ask for money or badges.

>when roommates have someone stay the night without asking you, when you paid for the room.

>when someone takes my picture without my permission

>Wanna play the pocky gaem??/1!!?1

>>4864262
Pocky game?

I've never heard of such a thing, do tell.

Also, I hate con drama.

>>4863706

As a girl--

Are there long pauses where's she's looking away? Is she checking her phone/watch? Does she half edge-off like she's going to leave? Is she holding YOU there with conversation? Is she smiling and looking at the ground/your face (good)? Is she kind of pinch-smiling and rolling her eyes a bit and looking away (bad). Is she talking, or making listening noises (uh-huh, mm, ooh, hmm)?

You can also always disengage. If she spots you again and flags YOU down, introduces you to her friends, she likes you. If you walk up to her and she's like, "heyyy. This is Anon. Anon, these are my friends," and doesn't introduce her friends by name, then she's not interested.

Most girls understand Anon might be awkward and doesn't want to hurt Anon's feelings. That's why we're not more forward in being GO AWAY, because we know Anon is usually a nice guy and we don't want to scare him off chicks altogether.

>>4864170
Your post made me sad. Seriously, if you think about it, you find yourself to be a burden on others because you assume they have better social skills than you. People with good social skills tend not to feel overly awkward or don't care of something is little awkward, that's what being social is about.

You feel a burden because you assign your own sense of displacement onto other people when really, they're probably perfectly happy talking to you.

Just try really hard to strike up x number of casual conversations at the next con or big social gathering you go to and eventually it'll be second nature to you. Like with anything else, all you need is practice.

Sorry if this was a really shitty post, but I just got my results and I'm mad giddy right now.

/cgl/ I'm glad we hate so much in common.
<3

i only go for the raves

what now? are you frustrated?

Two people eat a piece of pocky; Lady and the Tramp style, who ever pulls away first loses.

Basically a ploy to get you to kiss them.

This is my first time coming to this board. I didn't know everyone that went to cons were such whores, wow. I'm losing more and more faith in humanity every day.

Pretty much everything, OP. It brings out the fags, the gluttons, the japanophiles, the attention seeking cam whores, the furries, the fangirls, and the neckbeards. Not to mention this whole board. Maybe if it had some fucking standards, and started getting rid of these people, I'd actually be able to respect it enough to call it a decent hobby.

>>4864351
I dont see that ever happening.

>>4864284
I know, but at cons it's far easier for said chicks to get distracted, she's with her friends, there's cons and shoots to get to, etc. So signs become a lot more muddled and hard to spot and there's such a stigmata in this fandom for being awkward.

So yeah, usually part ways and hope to see the girl again.

>>4864369
Yeah, you're right. I could never respect it as a legitimate hobby.

Them people who hit on your boyfriend (cosplaying zero) infront of you.

>>4864382
Its as much a hobby as those people that say smoking is bad for you! Can you believe it Carry? Smoking? Bad? Why, I would never of heard of such a thing!

>>4864351
>L-look at me! I'm trolling on 4chan! H-h-here I go! Am I making you mad yet? Guys? Guys? Are you looking at me?

:3c You're the cutest tripfag, Carry. I always picture you as Troll-tan in a suit and fedora.

>>4864393
It's because people are now so afraid to die, they forget to live.

>>4864395
Except he's usually right in a weird way

saging because this thread is about to turn into another carry thread

>>4864402
Gosh, it makes me sad some times when I don't see people living up to what they coulda' been doing!

>>4864408
I think you missed a little bit.

>>4864405
I know right?! It's almost like the human race is made out of attention whores, sexual perverts, awkward people, the alphas, etc, etc and then he used those terms specific to the fandom to make it sound bad!

Ahaha, man, he's so right. I mean, look at actors and the industry around them, they're not all sorts of fucked up.

tl;dr You're retarded.

"Professional" photographers.

I'm talking about that guy with some secondhand photography gear and no business cards that focuses solely on photographing women in the skimpiest clothing from as many angles as possible, so that they can do God-knows-what with them later.

What I hate? Con staffing politics. I have seen so many good, hard working people be let go and bashed over the years, just because they weren't in the inner friend zone with higher management. If they genuinely fucked up, they own up to it. More oftenly not, the people are given a bullshit reason, just so people from that friend zone can move in. Fuck you all and your rumor drama starting. Your convention will fall if you piss off too many people.

Dammit carry. Every. Fucking. Time.

For all you newfags this is what happens in case you don't know who carry is:

>carry troll post
>someone responds
>carry post again
>more people respond
>carry begins derailing thread
>anons begin fighting each other
>thread is destroyed


WHAT YOU SHOULD DO
>carry post
>don't respond
>thread continues uninterrupted

>>4864405
Haha, only if you think a ten-year old spouting off to get attention is "usually right, in a weird way".

:3 I keep all of Carry's posts saved in a special folder, and I have cute girls read them to me when they're drunk. It's great! I want to record them and put them on Youtube, but that would be a little weird.

You know fella's, I was actually on topic to this thread. It's not my problem you people didn't like my answer. The only people derailing this thread now is you lot.....and me now, because I'm furthering the derailment by making this post, bringing the attention to how I'm not the one derailing this thread.

>>4864491
Yes, operator, can you get me Carry Grant on the phone, uhhuhh, I need to tell him that people are gonna think he derailed the thread! I gotta warn em'. Yes mam, I'll hold.

>Weapon policies
This goes especially for AX's "50% or more safety colors" policy. What the fuck do you mean I can't bring my replica of the [insert real life weapon here] in?
>Dance flash mobs
Don't get me wrong. I don't hate flash mobs, but appearing out of nowhere and dancing to something non-convention related like "Cha-Cha-Slide" is not only annoying but also unfitting and uncalled for. Speaking of flash mobs, I feel like organizing one for Morning Rescue now.
>Meme overexposure
Seeing/hearing shit like "You have lost the game" and "Nyan nyan nyan nyan nyan etc." at a convention is frankly a nuisance. Some things are better left confined to the Internet.

>Taking photo of group

> People back out of picture as they think im doing it for the person with the BEST OUTFIT

>tell them to get the fuck back in the picture

>>4863372
>>4863377
>I hate the whole world and all its sights and sounds~ Boomdeyada boomdeyada♪

I hate the people who run photoshoots like they're writing a fanfic or something. People are there to get their pictures taken, not act out your otp. Save that for after everyone's character/group has been called.

I hate some of the gamers that go there. I was talking to this guy last year while we were setting up a Pokemon battle and he asked if I ev train. I said no because I just play as something to do. It's not serious for me. Dude gives one of those long sighs and says something like I guess I'll do then. It's like this with other games too. Especially the rhythm games. Sorry I can't play on expert backwards. Sorry I just play to play. I don't really anticipate being in a tournament or trying to impress.

>>4864511
Hello?! Hello?! What?! Who is this?

>>4864529
Carry I got some bad news...

I think... you might be derailing this thread. I overheard some people outside, and they uh, they were talking about you. Talkin bad yah hear! You need to do something about this!

>>4864528
>>4864528
God, the Touhou fandom is the absolute worst about that.

>HURR YOU CAN'T 1CC EXTRA STAGE?! GET THE FUCK OUT TOUWHORE

Fuck you, I can beat the games on normal, and that's good enough for me. Some of us don't have the time to sit around memorizing danmaku patterns.

>>4864540
You don't say, you don't say....Well I don't really see what much I can do about it. I answered the OP's question after all...I mean what more could they want?

>>4863688
This very much so.
The underage part is fine I guess. As long as they aren't crazy psycho fangirls/boys/

>>4864552
Every "normal" person I tried to get to play Touhou so far can't even play through Easy difficulty without ragequitting. I don't blame them since I don't see Touhou as a game for casual gamers anyway. Hell, it took me several weeks of playing to get used to the gameplay mechanics. Still, you've got to give props to those who can actually play through whole games on Lunatic difficulty without getting hit once. It takes true dedication to do that. But then again, there's no need to show off the results of such work at a convention and make less experienced players feel bad. It's nice to see that conventions are trying to appeal to wider audiences by having gaming rooms and competitions, but people just take it too far sometimes.

>>4864562
You know, I can really tell your trying your darnd'est ta not derail this thread! But you gotta try harder!

>>4864581
>like I actually give a fuck

Aaaaaand with that I'm off to bed. Goodnight everybody.

>>4864334
I love it when guys try to play with with me.

They put the Pocky stick in their mouth first, and I break off the majority of it and walk away laughing.

Free pocky for me!

>>4863879
first "rave" experience = bad con experience.
>fanime.
>aside from the shitty beginning to the weekend and the many people having sex in the stank chamber they called a rave, i continued dancing like an idiot because i didn't care and it was my alternative to getting drunk.
>2 random black dudes that didn't look like they should be anywhere near an anime convention walk in.
>i mean, they look like they just rolled in from a house part in east oakland. they stank like weed and alcohol and i'm not sure how they even got in.
>i watch as they molest/tag team molest various unsuspecting small white chicks and mentally rage/facepalm because i'm one of the only other black people anywhere around and feel personally responsible for their stupidity [like when you have that one obnoxious weaboo friend that makes the whole group look bad].
>guys saunter over to my friend circle, hit on everyone there.
>one guy swipes his hand between my leg from front to back.
>almost got arrested if my friends hadn't dragged me away.

Oh god I thought of another one

That -one person- at panels. You all know who I'm talking about. The person who will speak out of turn interrupting the entire panel just to put their two cents in on every fucking comment.

I was at a panel with some friends at the last con I went to and there was that -one guy- who sat right in front of me and kept on saying stupid shit and interrupting the host to say things totally unrelated to the panel. Yes we all want to talk about it and have fun, but at least wait till you are called on and don't just talk about totally unrelated stuff. I really wanted to tell him to shut the fuck up but I didn't want to be that person who everyone would treat as rude, even though everyone else was thinking it.

>>4864632
>black people cant party with us sheltered white folk

>>4863153
Older people that seem completely ok with bullying younger ones because their in groups. The first time I went to a con with my friend, these older girls followed us around for awhile on both days being mean to us because they didn't approve of our cosplays. We were 12 and 11 and those girls were at least old enough to drive, and maybe even colledge age.

>>4864645

>didn't see the part where she was black too.

>>4864659
I [>>4864632] am also black.

The number one thing that pisses me off and that I've had happen to me and friends.

> Cosplayers or even non-cosplayers that come up to you and bluntly tell you every single thing they think is bad about your cosplay.

Attended a summer convention when YuYu Hakusho was big, wore that yellow outfit of Kurama's but specifically asked my commissioner for a breathable fabric and to base the color off of an official artwork where the yellow was OMGBLINDING like everyone else has theirs. Since it was hot, I ditched the white undershirt as well to avoid two layers. Had someone come up and ask me for a photo and once they took it, proceeded to go "You're Kurama right? I didn't think it was you because the outfit looks nothing like his. This is wrong, this is wrong, the color isn't even right..." I was pretty shocked and then spent the rest of the day raging.

>>4864679
> the yellow wasn't OMGBLINDING

>>4864671

That's what I was pointing out to RedDickies up there.

Unless you misquoted.

>>4864689
possibly >_> lets pretend it never happened <_<

>when people think its okay to gab you.not glomp, grab
>dressed as a Green Lantern
>Went to a DC shoot
>talked to a Power Girl about boobies
>She wanted to know where i got mine. I was wearing fake boobs because spandex smooshes my boobs down too much. So, she was asking me if her boobs look smooshed, and oh god..they looked great, no fake boobs needed
anyway
>we are off to the side, talking and BAM! Next thing i know, someone at the shoot is groping my "tits" saying "FAKE BOOBS! FAKE BOOBS!"
I ran away from the shoot in tears, went back to the hotel room and changed. I didn't cosplay for the rest of the con

>>4864711
Who the fuck does that? I would have told the girl off. And if it was a guy, I would have hit him. (guy here)
It really pisses me off when other people at cons think its ok to go up to someone and grab them like that.

>>4864738
Im a girl, and..yes it was a guy. Even if it were a girl i would have still been just as upset. Later that con, my friend ran in to him, and gathered a "group" or 3-5 guys and told him if they found out that he went near me again, that they would kick his ass. Didn't see him rest of the con thankully, but i still see him at other cons.

>>4864711
Really? You fucking cried over that? Are you fucking ten? Grow some lady balls. Holy shit.

>>4864654
I feel the same goes for the exact opposite. It's pretty damn tiring to see high schoolers tell adults between the ages of 25 and 35 that they're too old to do this hobby. I know there's a thread here >>4851732, so I would rather not have it take over this thread. Damn whippersnappers ruining everyone's fun.

>>4864791
>>4864791
You better be trolling.

The negativity.

Holy shit calm down you're playing dressup.

in b4 why are you even here, you don't even go to this school

I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS OKAY

>>4864832
Not even. He didn't even grab her real breast, just some fucking pillow she had stuffed in there. It's a convention, girls where fake tits. She wasn't some special little snowflake who stuffed her bra. If she cried over something like that, then she deserved to get grabbed.

>>4864711
Have to agree with that.
Stand up for yourself, have a fake-boob sized amount of dignity, at least, and tell him he can't do that or SOMETHING.
Geez, you let him get away with it. Doesn't matter if your friends did something, you still were a total cry baby.
Lady-balls, STAT. This girl needs 'em.

>>4864835
Nobody is forcing you to come on this board you know...

>>4864832
someone grabbed her prosthetic boobs.
is it rude and an invasion of personal space? yes
is it a life shattering experience? lolno

>>4864738
>>4864832

White knight faggots detected.

>>4864842
>>4864836
Fake or real. The guy clearly had no right to grab her like that. Even if he didn't actually grab her boobs it was still extremely rude.
And girls take that differently. It varies. Id like you to go around grabbing girls boobs. Watch her or her friends stomp you in the nuts. (assuming youre guys)

>>4864842
>fake boob sized
It wasnt anyting bigger than what i alrady have
>spandex smooshes me
And i do have "lady-balls", insetad of causing a scene at the shoot/middle of the con, i went back to my room, yes i cried but thats because i felt violated. Safe to say im not going to wear a skin tight suit anymore.
>>4864836
>grabbed her real tits
Yeah..he kinda did. He grabbed me from behind, cupping my whole chest, not just the "tips" of the fake tits.
Im all for "if you dress slutty, dont complain about people creeping on you" but someone TOUCHING you is out of line. What if i was an underage girl(im over 18), and i cried, would i still have been a baby?

>>4864867
Sounds like you still are a baby. Also you were dressed as green lantern; you basically were dressing like a slut. I bet you even whined about it the entire convention and played the pity game with your "friends" in order to gain more attention. Girls like you make me sick.

>>4864881
Nope, took off the costume. Had my rant in the hotel room, moved on. I had better things to do.
Spending a WHOLE con ranting about one thing, or getting butt hurt over one thing, is pointless and ruins not just your tie at a con, but everyone around you.

>>4864867

Hun stop responding, despite what they're saying, they're obviously trolling because it gets to you.

What he did was fucked up and let's leave it at that. Don't let him, or fuckers like these, ruin your fun. cosplay what you want and carry some pepper spray. Next time someone grabs you yell "That's my purse, I don't know you" and pepper spray his ass. Or kick him in the nuts. Whatever's appropriate.

>>4864889
see
>>4864853

>Cosplaying as garnet from final fantasy.
>In an area thats crowded as fuck
>Feel a guy grinding against my ass
> Turn round snap his dick in half

Just like my japanese animu

I love how all of you are suggesting that its okay to touch and possibly assualt a cosplayer like its normal at a con. Taking pervy under shots and close up boob pics, and making rude comments to a slutty cosplayer is one thing.. touching them is another.
never change /cgl

>>4864835

Dress up is srs business yah know.

>>4864711
had it coming to you. i bet you liked it, gave you a reason to bitch like a cunt at a con
>slut

>>4864888
Bitch, you just said that you got your "friends" to form a posse and attempt to "intimidate" this guy who honestly probably didn't even give a fuck. You obviously didn't just have a little rant in the hotel room. And you STILL let the fucker get away with it. You and girls like you are the fucking reason guys like these even exist. You fucking contribute to the problem.

What I hate the most from my point of view are the fricken lolitas that just go to these things just to show off but don't even like anime or comics and and just sit there and bitch and complain about all the nerds and get pissed when people don't take pictures of them. Saw it so much during AX and Sakuracon it blew my mind. There's so much petty jealousy... And I hate petty jealousy within the cosplayers as well.

I also don't like that funky smell most people have about them, like they don't wash.

>>4864898
>See girl with DAT ass cosplaying as garnet
>In an area thats crowded as fuck
>Start dry humping her ass
> She reacts by grabbing my dick

Best boner ever

>I also don't like that funky smell most people have about them, like they don't wash.
THIS TIMES INFINITY

>>4864916
Sir, read
>>4864780
> Later that con, my friend ran in to him,
Im sure this anon didn't get her friends to do anything. Anyway,
Anon, if you are still here stop responding to the trolls, like >>4864889 said

>>4864926
>See girl with DAT ass cosplaying as garnet
>In an area thats pretty empty
>watching some guy dry humping her ass
>Proceed to record event
>Fap at footage when i'm at home

Foreveralone.png

>>4864941
The fuck she didn't.

>>4864946
>con-goer video on youtube of
>DAT ass cosplaying as garnet
>shares on 4chan
>faps, faps everywhere

>>4864925

Haha. I wasn't sure if anyone would get that.

>>4864956
oh look, same troll still trolling
let get more tales, damn it

>>4864925
>>4864889

>>4864957
>Be parent
>Watching son masturbate to video of girl dressed as a Chinese cartoon character
>tell him to stop watching porn
>Take away his internets
Ignorance forever

>>4864467
If that's legit I would love for you to share. :3

I hate buzzkills and retards who always shout out shit like "OMG YOU'RE FUCKED UP ON E?" or "OMG YOU SMELL LIKE WEED!".
And people who give me shit about doing drugs. Fuck those people.

I hate the women there, [spoiler]seriously cons would be so much more fun without having to worry about women[/spoiler]

I'm going to sound incredibly hypocritical for this, but I hate the drama.

Fuck, you're all a bunch of neckbeard nerds or their girlfriends, so why are you creating so much drama? If someone wants to suck 40 cocks for cocaine in one convention, that's their thing, unless it's your boyfriend they're sucking off. In that case, the drama should be about your boyfriend, not the cock sucker.

As for horrible costumes, who gives a crap? Not everyone's a seamstress, not everyone cares about walking around like they are the reincarnation of Kamina, if they look bad, congratulations, they're nerds so no one outside of cosplay is going to give a fuck. If anything, it's the ones that spend thousands on gold leaflets for a stupid costume that're going to look like retards to the general public, not the ones with a costume worth 30 dollars.

Shitty Masquerade skits that ruin what could of been a decent overall Masquerade
Masquerade dance skits
People who cosplay as their own OC or "casual" variation of cosplay (see Hetalia and Vocaloid) that make no fucking sense

>>4865163
sausagefest cons sound like fun to you? really?

>>4865195

Maybe he is gay. You don't know that.

>>4865195
Yeah, i can truly be myself without them around.
Men are true bros

>>4865215
I would be very happy to know other mens FEELS that arent the fake attentionwhoring female version of FEELS.

When people take my picture without me knowing it. God damn it, if you want a picture all you have to do is ask. No problem.

>>4865169
Also this. So fucking much. Jesus we're all nerds and awkward in real society. Why do you wanna cause hate in the small group of people that is willing to accept you?

>>4865216
you're a fucking retard. if you can't be yourself around women, i've got news for you, that's YOUR problem.

When things dont go exactly like in my japanese animes; no special power, no life/death situations to prove my awesomeness, no stalker harem, no fall in love at first sight, no girl trying to hunt me down, most of the girls are landwhales/ugly, pretty/average girls are taken/with friends/busy, girls that text (RAGE), no one comes to sit at my table when im alone.
fuck cons and fuck the anime media for giving people the self esteem that a main character should deserve.

>>4865246
looks like you don't know that feel bro
>>>/soc/

>>4865254
I can't say that I do, bro, because I don't feel the need to transform into an entirely different person just because members of the opposite gender happen to be around.

>>4865263
2 palabras:
Sexual Harassment

Them older men that ask you for a picture then proceed to hang around and show you their binder filled with hentai they've drawn of Pokemon girls. I really did not want to see Misty doing that with a Tentacruel, thank you very much.

>>4865285

Better than the guy around her who takes pictures of girls and then carries THOSE pictures around in a binder just in case he runs into them at other cons.

Dude recognized a friend of mine and asked him about me and then SHOWED HER A PICTURE OF ME he just so happened to be carrying with him.

I wasn't even at that con.

>>4865290
my god being a woman is just so hard, men lusting over me is such a draggggg, i hate my life, my life is so hard....

>>4865295

When they're 40 year old greasy creepers carrying my photo around at cons I'm not even at, yeah. That is just too much.

This same guy asked to take pictures of my friend from all different angles for his "reference" collection so he's just a bit off.

>>4865299
Would it be alright if they were attractive 20 year olds?

Emos and visuals. Fucking everywhere, and most of them don't even like anime. They may like Naruto or Bleach, but they go there and just stand with "free hugs & kisses" signs.

>>4865299
I know i know having such high standards can be SUCH a bother i dont even know where these people get the AUDACITY to even admire me. Being admired sucks, i mean why should i even have to wear a sign that says i hate 40 yr old creepers people should just give up trying to find love they need to just go kill themselves, yeah totally you gettem girl girls are OPPRESSED.

>>4865295
It's worse if you're a trap.

>>4865312
>2011
>being a trap

>>4865301

Not really. I mean the idea of some guy carrying around a binder full of chicks pictures he's snapped just so he has a conversation starter with them is just inherently creepy. That type of thing just doesn't come with age.

>>4865314
Is it just me or do women use the word "creepy" with a negative connotation WAY too much these days?

>>4865317

Yeah how dare women find stalkerish behavior creepy! They should be flattered. Damn those uptight women.

>Cosplaying as yoko from gurren lagann
>In an area thats crowded as fuck
>Feel a kamina cosplayer grabbing my ass
> Turn round and see erection
> He screams (its time for my giga drill BREAK)

Everything went better than expected

>>4865252
I dont like ugly awkward make nerds either, so yeah.

>>4863386
>they don't play video game music, anime music, or jock or jpop
'cause some people at cons don't listen to that. I see where you're coming from though, you pay for a con, you deserve music you won't hear elsewhere.

>>4863447
>I'm surprised no one who does fan remixes has stepped up and become a regular dj on the con circuit.
Ok, I understand you probably won't care about ANY of this, but if I may offer:


There's actually a surprising disconnect between people who make electronic music and people who DJ. I'm dead serious; DJing has more in common with video games than making music.

Legend has it that back when Skrillex was touring around, before his album was released and he was trying to gain notoriety, he was an abysmal DJ (he'd play songs off-rhythm and make it really hard to dance, among other things). He plays live now with a program called Ableton Live, which automates everything, and there's a reason for that, because he's incapable of using other software/equipment.

>>4865317
Seriously! Back in my day.. "creepy" was a good thing to be called. I'll tell you what.

>>4865323
You tellem bro
>>4865334
Sup landwhale

>>4864843
I come here for the threads that I actually find useful and then hide the rest. It's the only way I can find the board tolerable anymore.

I hate how I got into anime to be around like-minded nerds and escape from the absurdity of high school politics, only to go to a con and find out I'm right back in it.

I hate having to walk on eggshells around oversensitive female cosplayers. I hate how one minute social faux pas around anyone female brands me as a "fat ugly creeper".

I hate how you gotta have something to offer and contribute to have any fun in the scene. You gotta cosplay, draw, do ANYTHING beyond just being joe schmoe face-in-the-crowd.

I hate how Con Security all acts like a bunch of wannabe cops or soldiers or mafiosos.

I hate how drunk with power con staffers get.

I hate how reputation is everything.

I hate how conventions try to come across as a place to meet people, yet everyone is in their insular, tight-knit cliques that are resistant to getting to know any new friends unless they have something to offer.

I hate how popular people get away with the same things lesser attendees get banned for.

I hate how I just don't enjoy cons anymore, because I'm full of regret from the mistakes I made in the past and how I can never relive my former glory because my rep is bad and otaku and cosplayers on the Internet have a nasty habit of spreading information quickly.

I fucking hate people who realise you're female and get creepy.

I went to SDCC a few years back as a Spartan from Halo. I'd had to rush the helmet, and as a downside if I tried to speak it was super quiet and muffled.
I'd just finished doing some photos with people when a guy comes up and asks me how long the armor took to make.

I figure he wont be able to hear me with the helmet on so I pop it off to answer. Instantly 'Whoah, youre a chick?'. Just shrug it off and answer his question and think nothing off it.

As Im putting the helmet back on he comes up and asks what my gamertag is and if I want to play halo with him. I just kind of shrug and shake my head because like fuck am I taking the helmet off and putting it back on again.
He then spends the entire rest of the con following me around offering to buy me shit and trying to get my gamertag.

Then on the last day he grabbed my ass when I was doing some photos and I almost punched him the fuck out. Boundaries jesus christ

>>4865461
Buddy, it sounds like you don't enjoy anything about cons or the community anymore, and it just makes you sound butthurt no matter how justified any of your points are. You have two choices:

1. Change your attitude (unlikely)
2. Stop going to cons.

>>4865461

>I hate how I just don't enjoy cons anymore, because I'm full of regret from the mistakes I made in the past and how I can never relive my former glory because my rep is bad and otaku and cosplayers on the Internet have a nasty habit of spreading information quickly.

THIS. I did a bunch of stupid shit when was 15 / 16. Now I'm in my mid-20s and it still follows me around. As much as I want to "grow up" and try not to let the past bother me, it's really hard to when it keeps getting in the way. (Example: I try to make a friend and it eventually dissolves into, "oh you're THAT anon" followed by being exiled.)

Even when I try to look at those situations as, "hm. If they want to take the word of others' instead of getting to know me and form their own opinion, maybe they're not the best person to be a friend with anyway..." it still hurts and sucks.

>>4865481

>2. Stop going to cons.

The sad thing is I think that's all anyone ever wanted of me. When they said "take responsibility for your actions" and "move on", they were really saying "stop going to cons". It's not that I never enjoyed them in the first place; I used to have lots of fun in the scene and a lot of people knew me for some awesome things I've done. Still, I had a lot of hard lessons to learn, and the price I paid was not being able to enjoy cons anymore.

Maybe one day, I can enjoy them and stop being so negative? It's all on me, though. And I know responsibility is all the rage with the cool kids in the con scene.

>>4865484

There's still the chance that you could find people who can look past all that and see how much of a bro you are. I guess it's all in how you come across, and how bad the mistakes you made in the past are?

>>4865461
>I hate how conventions try to come across as a place to meet people, yet everyone is in their insular, tight-knit cliques that are resistant to getting to know any new friends unless they have something to offer.

This is so wrong. A few years ago I was lurking the Dealer's Room of a local con, and started talking to a guy there who was selling Megaman Energy Tank drinks and various /m/ stuff. I bought a few E Tanks, and we got started talking about the Megaman games, which led to talking about the Protomen, and now we play TF2 with each other on weekends.

All I'm saying is, watch people, and find out what their interests are. Once you know, talk to them about it, that'll get your foot in the door, and you'll be on your way to making friends.

>>4865461
>>4865484
>>4865489
Anons, if it's worth anything, I'll be your friend.

>>4865496

Even if all the cool kids tell you that I'm a child molesting Neo-Nazi with a white van full of candy and pictures of Hitler?

>>4865490

The mistakes were pretty bad. I'm really weary of being too detailed, but I'd give them an 8.5 on a scale of 1 (least) to 10 (worst.)

I've made friends here and there, but only if they've managed to turn a blind eye to the cosplay scene. (I'm not even a cosplayer. I've just managed to irritate a ton of people who now happen to be.)

In retrospect I'm glad that my mistakes were made early on. Had I remained good friends with any of them, I probably would have attempted to cosplay too. At least I don't have to worry about being outcast in that specific area of interest?

Thanks for being optimistic. It means a lot to me.

I'm typically ok with all the stuff that goes on at a convention because I've just come to expect it. The thing I can't stand most is the people working at the convention center (i.e. security and concession people) that have the worst kind attitude and are unbelievably rude.

Seriously, I know your life hasn't turned out the way you wanted and I know you don't care if that cosplayer is proposing to his girlfriend... but can you have the common decency to NOT walk in between them during the proposal. Your momma taught you better than that.

>>4865502

My mistakes were pretty bad too. I, for one, want to live past them, let the haters hate and the lovers love. But I'd also like to get in my head that cons are not the jungle I've made them out to be. That cosplayers and others in the scene are people, too; that I can't help how or who they are. That making peace with the system means I can have fun like everyone else can. That everyone's open to new friends and experiences, and that you can still have fun as a face in the crowd.

I've a lot of demons to slay.

>>4865501
You're cognizant of what you did so we'll be cool; email in the field
>>4865509
You too if you like

>>4865484

>I hate how I just don't enjoy cons anymore, because I'm full of regret from the mistakes I made in the past and how I can never relive my former glory because my rep is bad and otaku and cosplayers on the Internet have a nasty habit of spreading information quickly.

I know that feel. Even if you're better off without them, being given shit over something you're trying to leave behind and still suffering the repercussions of it suck. It makes it harder to move on.

The best you can do is just be a better person then everything thinks you are. And I'd be be your friend. I never judge people until I actually meet them.

>>4865489
I'm with the other anons on this one. I know I've made mistakes in the past and treated people badly. One of the biggest parts of growing up is taking the time to look at yourself right now, and the person you were before, and determining what kind of person you want to be. With time and experience interacting with brand new people, you'll start to figure out what you're really like.

It may be tough when you're around the same people all the time at cons, and they've already got this idea of you being a certain way, but mature people realize that people can change. You don't have to go out of your way to prove it to them, but I think that just by reflecting on this stuff here, you've shown us that you're a changed person, and you should be proud of that.

Brofist, buddy.

>>4865509
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>>4865502

You've all given sound advice. Thank you. (:

I hate the kids.

Kids, oversexualized kids everywhere, hysterical kids, dumb kids, immature kids, kids.

The worst is that the cosplay scene in my country is so filled with them that all the contests are organized by them and, thus, when an adult like me comes to the scene and requests logical stuff to be done... Well, you can imagine.

>>4865534
>when an adult like me comes to the scene and requests logical stuff to be done
But this attitude is the inverse (as in, just as bad for different reasons) of the "kids" mindset.

If you're that old maybe you should be the person organizing; people won't hate you for it or make you feel unwelcome if you're the one in charge

>>4865540
I should clarify, I'm sorry, I meant your mindset is like the adult, "damn kids, don't know what they want/I know better/I'm so above this"

You're the adult, no-one should be too immature for you. If somebody younger than you gets on your nerves, guess what, you're bigger and/or older, you have the authority to set them straight. If you're not a dick about it they might even embrace you.

I hate ravers, and people who wear the fucking neon rainbow colors and cyber dreads. It all looks so stupid, it's these people that give conventions a bad name, they're rude and yell memes, they all need to learn self control.

I'll echo all the people saying innapropriate touching.
Theres far too much unwanted groping/hugging/tackling going on at conventions.

>>4865540
>If you're that old maybe you should be the person organizing; people won't hate you for it or make you feel unwelcome if you're the one in charge
I'm not that old, I'm in my 20s. And I tried to be in charge, they immediatly cut my wings. So nowadays I just sigh and let things roll they way they want. Then when things go bad I just use the "I said so" tactic.

Still, it's annoying to have no conditions to perform. I wish everything was more American-like, with dedicated people that actually know what they are doing in charge.

people taking pictures without asking. this happened to me a LOT at AN.

it wasnt even like.. i'd pose for one person and more would come over, it's that i'd be standing around talking with frieds or even just walking somewhere and out of the corner of my eye i'd see someone taking a picture. so many of these types of me ended up online, none that i was posing in. shit sucks.

also, maybe this only happens at AN, but we have an "outdoor rave" that is fenced off.. but people ALWAYS end up forming a circle and "dancing" (usually just thrusting) in it, and its massive and takes up the whole walkway.

i also hate people who stop to take pictures in the dealers room. its crowded and dark, wait till you see them again outside.

>>4865584
>touching without permission
FUCK, THIS TOO. ugh. especially if its people touching part of my costume. i had a lot of people touching my tail without asking, and it was rigged up with fishing line. people broke it so many times, it could have been avoided if they just ASKED. ffs.

When people put themselves down during conversation. One cosplayer was commenting on how overweight she was (and... she was...) and then looked at me expectantly. Um... what am I supposed to say? No... you're not fat? Oh, it's okay, I'm an anorexic whorebag?

>>4865629
Nah man, it was like, straight up touching my wig, or flipping my skirt. Yes, it's short, doesn't mean you can touch it.

Also, fuck, sorry about you tail man. What was the costume?

Also also, tenleid, a lot of people don't like you, but I wanted to say that I do. Don't let the haters stop you girl.

>>4865584
ndlkasfsankldnvl This.

Cosplaying a character from Hetalia with one of those haircurls. People think it's okay to touch it.
Mine's not one of those braided-ones with bendable wire, my curl is made of thick wire and gelled-wefts, so if you fuck it up, I'll have to make a new one.
People taller than me play with it all the time and it pisses me off.

People who get beyond wasted at cons, now don't get me wrong seeing my favorite character happily drunk is ok with me, but when i hear about someone getting hauled off to the hospital to get their stomach pumped or get treated some injury they got while drunk during a con it's a bit sad. I mean what is it about conventions that make people go overboard with the drinking.

Also the drama that comes out of the cosplay scene is unreal. The lies, backstabbing, the insults that get tossed around, I'm like really? calm that shit down & realize you're dressing up as fictional characters. I would've never guess cosplaying would bring out the worst in some people.

>>4865584
>I flip a bitch if someone touches my contacts.

Ewwwww....I wear contact lens on a daily basis and so I know this feel, brah. Why do people want to touch something that personal?

- I hate furries. I get nauseous every time I see those godawful fursuits at a convention.
- I also hate how western cosplay has become more and more popular. I really don't enjoy watching disney princesses at anime conventions. They piss me off. Everyone's always bitching of anime kids at their ADULT SERIOUS BUSINESS COMIC CONS but jesus it's like every other congoer is dressed up as that slut from tangled or fucking ponies.
- I get furious when these western cosplays come up to the anime cosplayers to bitch HURRRR STUPID WEEABOOS GTFO even if they're well-behaved.
- I also hate people who come to an anime-themed con's AA to sell their non-anime crap and then complain how all the WEEABOOS ARE TAKING OUR CUSTOMERS BAWW
- Also people who take the WORST FUCKING PHOTOS EVER AND PLASTER THEM IN THE INTERNET oh yeah I totally love this picture you took of me with flash on in this dark as shit crowded hallway! I only look like shit and the angle just makes me look 40 pounds fatter but that's allright! I LOVE IT!

>>4865666
IDK man. I came home and saw my roommate wearing my black circle lens. I was just like... you can have them. His younger sister stole my hanabi yellows.

I know this sounds weird. I don't mind people drinking or using drugs. It's when they're so out of they can't control themselves, and are walking around the con pestering everyone they can. It bothers me when they're underage. I don't know why.

I also don't like it when people think being at a con means no rules or consequences, and they can act anyway they can.

>>4865668
e_e

Noooo. Well, if they get some kind of eye damage from that, it's their fault for being careless.

>>4865667
>that slut from tangled

There's a slut in Tangled? I missed that scene!

>>4865635
Nothing makes me more awkward than when someone does this! It kills the conversation. It's even worse when they're complementing you and put themselves down.

I know everyone has moments of low self esteem (and cosplay can really bring that out in some people), but talk to your friends or family about it. Some chick/dude you just met is gonna not want to be your friend if you pull that shit.

>>4865675
I do too. I miss those yellow contacts. I have an obsession with heterochromia and they were soft enough to make one of my eyes green.

btw the black ones were hanabi. The yellow ones were fresheye.

>>4865665

I am guilty of this. I went to a bar on the last night with friends all still in costume (minus helmets) and ended up staggering back to my hotel room singing 'Show Me the Way to Go Home'

Admittedly it would have been funnier if we had our helmets, seeing a group of spartans staggering around drunkenly slurring their way through a song.

I knew a guy who had a booth with his girlfriend and they'd take 1-2 hour long shifts and then swap over and if they saw anyone who's costume they enjoyed they would take a picture..

hate of cons.. people who annoy you when you're obviously having a rest (was wearing a costume which was very heavy and kept me in a strange position for long periods of time was a nightmare to sit down then be asked to pose)

People who take photo's without asking

people who take horrible photos of oyu then post them everywhere

Pushy people who nudge in to a space to small for them at stalls or while walking

after the second day the amount of fake swords floating around is horrible cause people try to do an ichigo pose or something and almost take out peoples eyes

assholes who run into you and then tell you to watch it

>>4864967
>>4864925

People who sit on the FLOOR in hallways with some kind of soundboard and make their own 8-bit music for all to hear. You're not hardcore or nostalgic, and no one gives a shit.

>>4865667
I cosplay from live-action western media at conventions.

U mad, bro?

I hate when I go to cons, I'm too afraid to ask for someone's picture because in my mind its still a total stranger that I don't know.

Also hate that the dealer room is crowded, and people who stand in the middle of the aisles and talk and shit.

Like, I thought we learned in Highschool that was a bad idea?

>>4865667
>that slut from tangled
You sure you want to start this?

I hate the people who think they can do whatever at a con because it's a con. For instance, a few of my friends first con was last year. I was giving one of them some tips and just sharing the excitement when he tells me he can't wait to be himself around people like him. I agree, but remind him to use common sense. He tells me he doesn't care about the laws of the con city because it's an anime world. I had to refrain from facepalming in front of him. I roomed with a different group so I have no idea how he acted. I can't stand the people who think the same way and I do see it.

I hate the group of people always camped out in front of the doors with hookah. I can't stand walking outside and a cloud of smoke just hovers there in the doorway. The cigarette smokers don't do it. I don't understand why these hookah people can't just move to the smoking section with the others.

I dislike people who cosplay from things they know nothing about who act like snobs when you want to talk about the character.

I hate people who go to Anime Conventions just for the rave. This has become a big problem at A-kon which is at this point just a party con. They're not even good raves but the only thing these douches care about is that there's going to be a lot of people there.

>>4865667
I'm going to find out what con's you go to, and I'm going to get my brothers to cosplay as the cast of threat Level midnight from the office just to piss you off!

I hate the cosplayers that think they're too good to take a picture with another cosplayer they think is "beneath them." I used to be friends with this crazy ass girl who was also my former cosplay partner some years back. She was cosplaying as Namine and this not-so-good Roxas cosplayer was talking to her. Roxas was a pretty nice girl and I wanted to get a picture of her with my friend, and said friend goes, "NO!!!!!"

Fucking conceited bitch, man. When we bid good-bye to Roxas, she then tells me she didn't want a picture next to her because she said her cosplay sucked. Her Namine wasn't exactly amazing, either.

There are probably loads of people who will disagree with me, but I wish american Cons had a cosplay system similar to what Japanese cons have.

1. Cordoned off cosplay areas
2. Can't come to con/leave con in costume, have to change on-site

Although, given the veritable HERDS of same-series cosplayers that show up to cons, this would probably be untenable. Still, I can dream, can't I?

>>4864919
Fucking this. I fucking hate lolitas that do that shit. "HUR DHUR, I'M BETTER THAN COSPLAYERS ALTHOUGH I'M AT AN ANIME CONVENTION AND I HATE COSPLAYERS. I DON'T LIKE ANIME, MANGA, OR VIDEO GAMES, BUT I JUST CAME HERE FOR THE ATTENTION."

>>4866480

In their defense, chiptune music is something alot of people enjoy, and it's actually not easy at all to make. It could be taken in the same vein as all the caramelldansen BS, i suppose, but it's something that people put alot of time into. It's pretty much equal to playing an actual instrument, as far as effort and reward goes.

>>4863314
Just being a pompous asshole.

>>4867989
That sounds rigid and joyless.

>>4863391
There was never a hipster movement though. It's just another name and outfit for THOSE people.

If you're wearing a skirt/short cosplay and you can just sense those creepers taking pictures of your ass/back while you pose for pictures.

Also, the lack of cheap food at cons. Seriously, $3 for a candy bar? And I can't stand how a majority of the ones I go to are in areas where the nearest fast food/grocery shop/general store is like, a 30 minute walk.

>>4868771
Tell me about it. $3 for Arizona tea? Fuck you, LACC, fuck you.

>>4868771
That's how they make extra money. Charging your ass for food. This is why I bring a pack with whatever food I'm going to eat in ziploc or tupperware plus bottled drinks.

People that sing insanely bad going to the karaoke. PLEASE STOP THAT.

What I hate most about the convention scene is the elevators. People using elevators as their mini-rave rooms, people entering elevators and then pressing every button just to annoy people who actually have to use elevators. People using elevators while they could take the stairs to where they need to go.

Seriously, if it's a lot faster to use the stairs than to use the elevator, please do. I use the stairs every chance I get except when checking in or checking out.