I like going with people but taking a few hours to stroll around on my own.

I never realy 'go' with people. I have friends I room with, and people I hang out with, but it's generally I do what I want.

Also, it sucks dick when you find out, day of the con, that the person you're rooming with is somehow $150 short on the room. How the fuck he didn't know until then still baffles me to this day.

I did that this weekend.

I've never gone with a big group, usually just with my best friend. I'd like to try the big group thing sometime, especially if we were in a group cosplay.

Each has ups and downs, I'm more likely to talk to and get to know new people when I'm on my own, so that's good (as it was this weekend) but it still sucks not getting to hang out at a con with my best bro.

Uhhhh Yeah. Connecticon this year. Both of my friends that were supposed to room with me ditched the day of the con. I work at a booth at cons though, so it wasn't 'that' bad.

Plenty of times until AUSA 2010. Because it was financially less expensive.

I learned my lesson on going with friends. They cool but they split off and do their own things.


>Go alone
>meet up with 4ch /toy/ or /cgl/ people
>have long lasting bros to dick around with.

True story for Ohayo-con and Matsuri.

I always go to cons alone. That led me to meet virtually everyone in my city's cons. I only went with friends twice. One of the times, the guy I was with spent the whole thing saying "omg, is this just kids? Where are the adults? Where can I smoke? Wanna smoke a joint? Let's leave!" The other time it was fun, but since I'm so used to stay behind to chat with people I've met before I lost my friends a lot of times.

I always go with friends. It's more fun that way. I mean, if we want to go to panels and stuff, of course we split off and do our own things, but for the most part, we go everywhere together.

Sit down somewhere, people watch and make snarky comments on the costumes as they go by.

Well for me it's not that my friends have bailed on me, it's the fact that there is always some little argument/disagreement that snowballs throughout the con & leaves someone upset or crying, is why I planning on to going to cons by myself from now on.

My first convention was almost ruined by stupid drama but my second con when I went by myself was fun, I had a great time and met new people, which is something my friends don't do they pretty much stay to themselves and don't talk to others.

I always go alone, and because of the way I looks. Everyone assumes I'm just there to make fun of them if not in cosplay.

no friends at cons :[

I've always gone to cons alone. But for NYCC I'll be going with some associates on Friday and a different group on Saturday, and I'll be doing meetups on both those days with other boards. Should be fun!

I don't like to go to cons with people. I take my fiance for one day and sometimes meet up with friends for lunch or a panel, but I don't like not having complete freedom to go where I want, do what I want, buy what I want, or conform to anyone else's schedules. Besides, chances are I'll be too wrapped up in the panel/booth/event/photoshoot/shop to talk or interact with the people I'm with anyway.

I'm not allowed to go to cons without my boyfriend. I don't even understand why, he's a shrimp. But whatever. it kinda sucks, because I have to worry and make sure we're not broken up by the time I go. Uhg. We're one those couples. It sucks. I would have gone with my friend friend this year and her group of friends, but it's probably better I'm sticking to my usual group, no worries about getting seperated, dramu, etc.

I feel like if I went alone I'd be able to make friends and be able to look at panels and more fun stuff like that.

When my cousin and I used to go to cons back in high school, we'd split up.
I'm a social creature so I got bored pretty quickly on my own.
But more often than not these days I go in groups.
I just have a better time that way, personally.

I go to most of my cons alone. Don't have friends into anime. At most I have con acquaintances. I go as press too so I kind of have to "work" while I'm there so the few times I do go with friends we usually split up because I have to cover something and they want to go somewhere else.

i've never been to a con but i'd like to in the future. none of my friends would be interested in going but i wouldn't really want them to. they'd be bored and confused

i also never use the internet so i don't have any internet friends to recognize and chill with. gonna be alone as fuck

at prior cons have any of you seen people playing magic the gathering or munchkin or anything like that?

>>5055058
Most of the conventions I've been to have traditional game rooms set up, including tournaments for stuff like MtG

>>5055084
oh shit. how do i find out where those are/if a con's going to have one? i'm completely clueless

I always go to cons alone. Any of my friends like to cosplay/cons, neither my boyfriend.

Sometimes, a friend comes with me but only for a few hours, so she can take pics of every cosplayer she liked.

I would like to go with a group someday, but first I need to make con friends xP

>>5055098
I'm not sure where to check, actually. I guess ask on their forums. AX, SDCC, and others always have it though. Hell, they give you free starter decks at AX

Initially cons were something I would do with a friend or 2. We would split the big room and have a wonderful time being weabs.
Then my boyfriend and I decided to room with strangers to cut costs - which was usually quite amusing.
Rooming with strangers led to us meeting another group of kids with similar tastes and sense of since humor.
Since then most con involve over crowded rooms with the bestest of friends and entirely too much booze.
Cons are more about friends. I couldn't imagine going alone.

I go and will follow my sister around to look at the con because I don't want to be alone.
I've had people I know and my close friends be at the con and I will also stick to them because I'd rather be in company or else I would be walking around the whole convention center 10 times in 20 minutes.

I've gone to like the first day of a con alone, but not the whole weekend. I wanna hang out with people

i always go with people. i've yet to go to a con alone, but i really don't like going to things like that by myself. i enjoy being with other people.

and being alone (at big events like cons or something) makes me feel like a loser, haha.

All of my friends think anime is lame, they don't even know I like anime.

>How many of you have gone to a con alone?
ME. As of late, this is how it's pretty much been.

>Do you prefer it to a giant group?
I prefer my usual cosplay group of about four other girls to go with me, since we usually do a group cosplay, and it's nice to split the cost of everything.

Jesus. These girls of mine in my group have been bailing out last minute before a con so much. I'm so sick and tired of it because then I'm stuck with paying off all the con expenses on my own, without anyone pitching in. It's not even like a week before the con that they do this, oh no, it's like the day BEFORE we were scheduled to leave
It makes me so angry.

I've always gone with friends, except until a recent con where my friends left early and I was stuck waiting alone to meetup with someone I knew. While I killed time walking or sitting, I've had some cool strangers come up to me to chat and chill. Congoers are some of the nicest beings and it was really great meeting people. It was my first time being alone, but that evening also lead into a series of events which became my most memorable day at a con.

OP here! Any suggestions for having the most fun alone at a con? I'm still a bit of a con noob, and my friend bailed on me for this weekend.

I've never been to a con alone, I always go with friends. I did go to a cosplay picnic/gathering once by myself without knowing anybody there. It was awkward at first, but I just started talking to this random girl and she introduced me to her friends. But it was a pretty small setting.

i don't think i could ever go to a con alone, but i have social anxiety so crowds/people/anythingoutsideofmyhouse freak me out. i can't imagine introducing myself to someone and carrying on a conversation. makes me feel panicky just imagining it.

>>5055430

>>5055434
what bro, wanna fight?

the only way i was able to meet you at san japan was because i was drunk. i act like a normal person when i'm drunk.

I've never gone to a con alone, but for Otakon I was alone for an hour while waiting to meet up with my friends. It was nice because I could run around snapping photos without feeling bad about stopping anyone, but I got bored pretty quickly. I think going with friends or at least meeting up with them makes it worth it.

>>5055442

All my friends are hipster musicians.

No one I know is interested.

I never have anyone to go with :[

>>5055454

>>5055462
Did I even talk to you?

>>5055486
who are you again?

>>5055505
Wow I like that get.
But seriously, didn't I just say hello to you and nothing more? You had to be drunk to say 'hi'?

>>5055511
yup. it's pretty dumb, but i'd usually be having a panic attack and i never would have come. like i did at akon.

small improvements. i'm hoping i'll be sober next meetup. small steps.

>>5055532
>>5055505
>>5055462
>>5055442
>>5055430

its people like you that make me want to beat you to death with a 2 inch stick.

Depends on the con... Small/local con, i go alone. Bigger cons i go in groups.

I like going with a group sometimes, but so many friends of mine cause so much drama, so unless I'm going with my drama-less tourneyfags, or someone offered me something for free, I'd rather go on my own.

>>5055532
Cheering for you. I know you can do it!

>>5055538
i'd rather you didn't touch me with your small genitalia.

I've been going to all of the local cons alone. Mind you, the last few I've been to have had people I know, so I sometimes hang out with them, but I really just go alone.

And it's REALLY fucking hard to do too. I used to have a phobia of crowds and strangers. Hell, the reason I used to convince myself to go to my first con was to use it to work on it.


BTW, what's up with the Texas crowd being in here? :p
I totally need to go to other cons, but I can only really manage to get to the DFW ones. :/

>>5055562
thank you! you're always so sweet. i know i'll get there eventually, just have to learn to cope with this shit.

I always go to cons with a hugeee group of friends. It's fun, but theres this one girl whos kinda... augh.

It's hard to spend 5 days straight with her. Hanging out with her on occasion is fine, but living with her for a few days? Do not want.

Kcon 2011 was my first con and I went alone.
I'm really anti-social, but I roomed with random people to cut cost. They were okay, but staffed the video game area the whole time, so I only saw them when we were all about to go to sleep.

Spent all 3 days going to panels that interested me, took pictures of interesting cosplays and generally did what I wanted. Just wish I had some company or people to talk to.
I was in one of those cosplays no one recognizes unless I have someone else from the same anime with me, so I only got 3 pictures taken of my costume. D:

Like going alone
Dont like to deal with people and their drama
Usually I go to at least one local con alone I try to keep it quiet but people always manage to find out that im going and then they want to come along, then it turns into a 'will they bail on me or not?' thing, I have terrible social anxiety, but I usually function better alone, because then I don't to have to spend time worrying about others and what they want

I went to AX alone as my first convention, but it was a lot of fun since I got to meet Matt and Soleman and they showed me around and what was up. I will probably go by myself to ALA too but I plan on meeting up with Masao Matt God Claudia b-o-y and Don.

>>5055746
>I usually function better alone, because then I don't to have to spend time worrying about others and what they want

Exactly.

Last two fanimes lots of drama. Gonna try and go this year alone. Saving up to get hotel room for myself or maybe some cool girl i meet there...

>>5057491
>cool girl
>anime con

I usually go by myself and expect to stay by myself, but I always end up meeting and hanging out with my out of state friends while I'm there.

I've brought my boyfriend to three conventions, but he follows me around like a lost puppy and gets annoyed when I want to go to panels because he just wants to stay in the dealer's rooms all day. And he'll ask obvious questions aloud, like, "IS THAT SASUKE? IS THAT A SASUKE COSPLAY? HEYY, SASUKE." "Is that Rorschach? THAT'S RORSCHACH! Are you Rorschach? You're Rorschach, right?"

I love him to death but YES, THAT IS RORSCHACH-- I'M WORKING ON YOUR COSPLAY FOR HIM.

tldr; I prefer to go alone or in a big group where I can break off and spend time by myself.

Only went to one convention alone.

>First con
>Parents wanted to go shopping in the area anyway
>Drop me off on Saturday
>Tell them I'll be fine, my friends are there for the weekend anyway.
>Try to call them, no answer.
>Have no idea what they're cosplaying but I could identify them anyway if I saw them.
>Completely overwhelmed by everything, have no idea what to do/what to say/nothing.
>End up spending most of my afternoon constantly moving to avoid speaking to anyone, the only pictures I take are ones from photoshoots or ones I got maxing out the zoom button to sneak from across the room because I have no idea how to ask someone for a photo because what if there's a certain way you have to ask?
>End up calling parents to get me early, actually GLAD to get out of there.
>Find out later friends bailed on the convention Saturday morning because the mother they went with was being a bitch, didn't even bother to tell me when they knew I was coming up there to find them and hang out for the day.

Usually the only time I'm ever alone is when I'm traveling to a convention. I travel alone and meet up with maybe 3-4 roomies/friends and we hang out for the weekend. Wandering around in a group is fun but I have a much better time when it's just me and a good friend. I have one friend that I absolutely love going to conventions with. I cosplay, she photographs and also likes to refer to herself as my packmule since if we get stopped for photos, she holds my bag though she shouldn't mind too much since my bag holds both of our stuff.

I don't think I could ever have much fun with a large group even though I go to conventions mostly for friends.

>>5057522 I have no idea how to ask someone for a photo because what if there's a certain way you have to ask?

autism detected

>>5057612

>Walk up
>Smile, ask if you can get a photo
>Say thank you afterwards

However, I personally don't like to stop people if they look like they're doing something or like they're trying to get somewhere, or if someone else had JUST stopped them and they're about to walk I tell myself I'll see them later and I sometimes I don't, I just don't want to hold them up and let them enjoy the con instead of getting stopped every two seconds.

I fucking hate going with people.
They always nag me to go to here or there with them and sop me talking to new people due to 'It's not socially acceptable to talk to random people.'

They just don't get it...

I like going with friends, but only with good, trusted friends. The ones I go to cons with are good friends and also easy-going. So it's fun to hang out together and travelling to the con but once there we are cool with splitting up and each of us does whatever we like. And then we always grab dinner together when we are ready to leave the con and then hang out for drinks. I think it's good to be with people that are reliable enough, you enjoy their company, but without anyone being clingy or bossy or a dramawhore

Always with my best friend and my older brother, sometimes with some more friends where I live. We usually have a group that we room with and everyone does their own thing, but we go back to our hotel room and all get drunk together.

I usually go with my best friend who I refer to as my "Cosplay Partner". We often do or plan matching costumes, for example this year we are doing Panty and Stocking together. It gets a bit awkward when we make new friends as a random she met totally ignored me and I was just stuck there standing. We're both friends now with said person, but it ticked me off. We each have our own friends who both cosplay too, so I guess if we were matching with them we would go our separate ways.
I'm reluctant to do matching cosplays again with her though, as she is a right pain in the ass when things need done. Takes her months to decide on wigs etc.

I say both going alone and going in a group can be fun.

Going alone means less people to chat with while you're on your way to the event, or share your excitement with, when you come across things you like.

But I've also gone to events with a large groups of friends, where several of them started complaining of sore feet and being tired 2 hours in. They sat down and didn't get up anymore for the rest of the day.
Needless to say I eventually ventured off on my own and had a better they then I'd have had sitting there listening to people complain.

I still much enjoy going with a group of people.
But I've learned to go with people who I know won't mind if we split up for a while.
Good chance you want to go see one thing and someone else in the group wants to go see something else. That shouldn't be a problem.

I room with close out of state friends I know, but I usually wander around the con by myself until I run out of things to do. I got a bit overwhelmed and clingy at AWA, though, after I couldn't get in contact with my ride for most of the day, the shuttles stopped running, and my phone was almost dead.

I just wanted to hold hands forever once I found one of my friends. PLEASE DON'T LOSE ME!

>>5057612
Er, no. I'm perfectly fine, I just had never been in a convention before, never even been to a non-cosplay anime meet-up. Aside from my four friends, I had never even met into anyone interested in Japan in general. They were the ones that got me into it in the first place so it wasn't like I had prior knowledge. I was actually thinking that stopping people for photos when they weren't in a big group already posing would be seen as rude and you'd make the cosplayer irritated by doing so.

I've never gone to a con totally alone, but I have been at a con for an extended period of time by myself.
I find it was easier when I was younger. I was a weeb, but I was also a really nice kid who suddenly cracked out of their shell at cons so I talked to people all the time. Just in lines for shit, if they were wearing a great cosplay, if they talked to me I'd just be like "imma hang with you is that cool".
Now I've become more shy. I still talk to people at random every now and then when relevant, but I'm scared of them finding me socially retarded/clingy that I can't bear to hang out with them for more than a few minutes unless they explicitly ask me to or act really excited about my company.
Part of me wishes I could go back to when I was young and not almost completely jaded. I was a weeb, but god damn I had fun at cons.

I've been going to cons alone for a while, but as I can't talk to strangers I haven't had the best times.

The best conventions I've had were when I ran into an old friend and we spent the day catching up/hanging out, and recently when one of my friends (not an anime fan) decided he wanted to come. That hasn't happened very often though.

>>5060288
>Now I've become more shy
>I'm scared of them finding me socially retarded/clingy that I can't bear to hang out with them for more than a few minutes unless they explicitly ask me to or act really excited about my company.

I know that feel, anon. It doesn't help that I have no idea how to hold a conversation and no-one can understand me when I try to say something. I feel guilty when I spend time with people I don't know because I make things so awkward.

I usually go with friends, because I generally enjoy the lulz and retarded inside jokes we all have together while walking around. Sometimes they notice shit that id like to buy for me too and vice versa