>at Sam Goody buying DVD's
>see notice for an anime con
>oh shit I should check this ou-
>three weeaboo hambeasts in casual narutard cosplay come in
>see the notice and start flipping out over it
>decide not to go

Fuck Reno.

>>5225982
oooooo

Dats nice

>>5225982

Hold up a shit, I go to that university. When the fuck did this happen?

>live in conservative hick's ville
>only have two local comic book cons that ate more like vending shows with no events and about 2 no-name guests.
>always be in the AA, which consists of ) tables total.

>have a ar style that is Anime between cartoon and anime elements
>anime elements
>anime

>always get talked down to and openly made fun of behind my partner and mine backs (yet loud enough for us to hear it). For having "shit anime art", "not real art", and "being scum bags for bring that shit to a comic book con."

>more than half the time the attendees walk right last our table without a glance. Only come out if the cons with about $80

>feelsbadman, but poor as fuck, so even a small amount of extra money helps, thus returning to the cons every
time.

>[typed from iPod, pardon typos or autos]

>>5226036
So many bad typos, I'm sorry...but to correct some:

-only 6 tables total in aa
-have a style Is both anime and cartoon
- attendees walk right PAST our table
-walk out OF con with about $80

http://youtu.be/vL7abJrV1UU

One of those small con's 20 min away from me. Start at 9:50. That's where the fun starts.

>>5225982

That fat thing in the black with the shitty, stringy wig and the cardboard pokeballs on its head that's in every shot... 'sat supposed to be Chi?

>>5225982
I feel bad for asking this, but what game is that guy playing at in the first 30 secs?

>>5226163
I mean within the first 30 secs, before the DDR.

Cosplay dodgeball from my local con. See how empty it is? Its like that the rest of the con too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc9DK7QZlTQ&feature=related

I have never been to the (two tiny) cons around my area, but after attending a distant one, I have become... curious. But I judge a con very seriously by their website and neither Tsukino-con nor Anime Revolution are impressing me, tbh. This year, I think I might save my money and go to PAX

I have one in my area coming up soon. It's called Wonder Northwest, and I actually kinda like it. Vendor's hall is packed tight as fuck with just about anything you could want, and the management lets shit slide most of the time. Very relaxed, kind of a nice con to not get hustled around in. Nice little cosplay contest, too.

It gets kinda boring around the four hour mark, though. I just started last year, so there aren't that many events or guests yet.

It's actually run by a few guys who make this webcomic:
http://sassycreed.tumblr.com/

>Live in a state with nothing but small anime cons.
>Biggest con here is a comic-con

It's not so bad. Generally I have a lot of fun at the smaller conventions, and you get to know a lot of people. They're not terribly small, but certainly not like the big name ones. The comic-con that's pretty big here is anime/lolita friendly, so it's fun as well.

I did have the opportunity to attend a big con in CA and I was completely underwhelmed.

>>5225982

I go here. I saw this. The building they used was the university union right in the fucking center of campus where everyone goes to eat.

>A-kon
>Anime Fest
>Yulecon

A-kon is huge, but it sucks. Afest is good, but they're moving this year so I'm apprehensive about it. I kind of want to ditch it for D*C if I can afford it. Yulecon is a joke, I'm amazed its still around.

>>5225982
WELP.

I no longer have the desire to habitate this planet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYIgqCm5tA
Old video, but that's the con.
Same thing every year, almost always same people.

>>5226175
That looks like my biggest nightmare.

>>5225982
fuck i lol'ed

I guess Boston is local for me but it's hardly a podunk little convention. Not an Otakon or anything but still quite large.

I always think about how the world would probably be a much less nerdy place if some terrorist or whatever decided to bomb a convention center.

And with that, i became a terrible human being.

Setsucon is my only local con. Same area that Otakon originated in, but Setsu is growing at a pretty slow rate compared to what Otakon did. Pretty good con though, plenty of good panels and they usually get some awesome guests.

>comic convention
>over 500 people showed up over the course of the day
>a dozen or so guests and a few vendors as well
not bad for a first year

my only issue, aside from it being a little cramped in general
>video gaming consisted solely of a Marvel vs Capcom 3 setup
>TV is located on a vendors table in the corner of a high traffic area
>great for attracting an audience, bad for people who want to get through

on the other hand ...
>whole room for tabletop gaming
>half empty the whole con

Minor gripes aside, it was pretty good for a first year con, largely due to the sponsors and volunteers. And I can't really bitch much since it was free.

But, I plan on getting in touch with the organizers for next year and trying to run a game room myself, since the Marvel 3 setup was kind of an afterthought, and I have an assload of consoles and a few TVs lying around.

oh my god so much secondhand embarassment

My friends go to our local convention and they say they love it, so it can't be all bad, though.

>>5226469
Looks like you need to just skip the convention fun and go to a room party then lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-OfP7cqdc