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Can we talk cosplay this time maybe?
I'm curious what everyone's working on and what the new most common cosplay will be, guessing alot of Overwatch at the moment.

How is everyone's Comicpalooza going?

>>9059523
pretty good
played some free arcades on 3rd floor

working on venom (finishing up) costume
though the heat, and possible parking problems (parking 2 or 4 blocks away) is making me think twice.

>>9059536
Why are you parking so far away anon? There is underground parking right across from the GRB and it is only $12 a day.

>>9059568
Can confirm, its great.

Next con for me is Anime Overload. Was going to try out Anime Austin, discovered I was going to be out of state during it was though, so I'll be watching from the sidelines I guess. Never been to Anime Overload, had some friends tell me it's shit, not expecting much, but I live nearby, so I might as well. Working on some new cosplays, this way I can test run them before San Japan.

im working on a giffany cosplay for san japan
its gonna be my second cosplay which my first one was years ago and complete shit so im hoping for the best

Gonna be at comicpalooza. Im War Machine. If you see me, say hi.

I'm planning to start cosplaying this year at San Japan. I haven't been to any cons in years so I'm excited to break back into them again.

>>9059568
i park next to grb (to the side) sometimes its 10, but i'm betting on sat it'll be like 15

who game room all day here

Can anybody tell me what color the wristbands for Comicpalooza are today, Saturday?

>>9060107
Get a job. Use the earnings from that job to buy a wristband instead of duplicating it.

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>>9060107

lots of 'hot topic' harleys (white tshirt and tiny red/blue shorts)

a hot bombshell harley was there too.

the Halloween section was pretty cool.
couldn't find or missed commander mark and joe grisaffi.

Anyone going to the tea party?

>>9060629
Nah man it's Father's day. My friends and I also planned to save our money for San Japan anyways.

>>9059523
So far generally well. Fashion show was fun to watch and wasn't hours late. The lolita panels have all been done on time and nicely, although they're a bit small. The booths at the con look pretty great too, can't wait to go back to check out the last pieces of stock left.

One hilarious thing that happened though was some dumbfuck goth nazi tried to show the BTSSB designers the ironing board story. He brought a folder and tried to go up there to see their reaction, but got told off by staff because it would be really rude to show them that. Everyone in the crowd got worked up once they realized what he was trying to show them.

>>9061250
What the actual fuck? Thank god the staff intervened. What a loser.

>>9061250
>ironing board story
The what?

>>9061292
Were you even on cgl earlier, it was pretty recent.
https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/cgl/thread/S9052944

>>9061342
Nope. Thanks for the link though!

Aparrently James Karsten, the guy who did the International Sailor Moon Day at Ooples last year, is banned from hosting another ISMD related to the original. He also is banned from volunteering at SJ now and has been trying to smear Ninetails, Justin's, SJ's and Dave's name by pulling out the victim card when his actions caused him to get in trouble.

>>9061366
He has made vague threats too.

>>9061366
What did he do?

>>9061250
Yeah I would of went but tickets went up Friday and I could literally find no information when anything was being held. Oh well. Maybe next year.

Can anyone confirm whether or not you need a pass to enter the game room? Was thinking of showing up today just to play.

>>9061366
>>9061396
Seconding this, what happened and what did he do?

>>9061679
You don't need one.

San Japan panels for this year are up.

>>9061698

https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/cgl/thread/S8499868
https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/cgl/thread/S8745263

>>9061758
YYEESS

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>>9061366
Wow

>>9062281
didnt finish typing but I still dont get how he gets the idea that Justin ""stole"" their idea for ISMD when Ninetails and the SATX Lolitas have been doing one unrelated to the official ISMD for 3 years.

>>9062281
I've seen this guy. Holy shit this is hilarious.

>>9062291
He is a severely delusional person.

>>9059512
con was pretty fun
didn't cosplay first 2 days (1s day is usually for autographs/pictures. also carrying around a backpack).
2nd day was going to wear venom costume, but got there at 940am and parking/construction was a nightmare. had to park 4 blocks away and as i was putting on costume i was drenched in sweat. so i ditched the costume (lucky i had another tshirt) and walked.
3rd day wore my kylo 'in da hood' ren costume.

only got michael biehn autograph/picture.

>>9062285
lol what a loon

On that note, anyone going to ISMD in Houston this year?

>>9061366
>>9061389
>>9061396
>>9061698
What did he do to get banned from so many things?

>>9062948
Read the replies

>>9061698
>>9062948
James was banned for being a crazy bastard and for trying to claim ISMD as "his" event in San Antonio which it isn't

>>9061758
They all sound like shit haha

>>9062996
Wasn't there some other delusional underage girl claiming that it was her event too? And that Nine-Tails should help HER with her event?

>>9062677
>only got michael biehn autograph/picture
I wanted to get a photo too but money.
Got a photo with bill paxton tho.

>>9063309
All I know about a girl being involved was one of them knew about ninetails sailor moon day event happening (she attended the one prior) and wanted to combine the two events in the beginning to avoid confusion and possibly drama. James was ok with it at first but then that's when all the drama started because James couldn't take control of the event. Thus leading to James saying Ninetails stole the idea, despite Ninetails holding this event since a year prior. She ended up getting booted from James's event since she wasn't on his side of the conflict and defended Ninetails. She even made a comment when he called out Otaku Cafe about holding a charity event on the same day his event was that ninetails was open about their ideas and willing to come to an compromise for both paries to be happy just as long as Justin and Ninetails can run the event. James didn't like it and basically this drama unfolded.

>>9059826
Dude I saw you with iron man awesome costume lol. How did you make that btw?

>>9063679
Thanks, I made it with EVA and craft foam. Both suits are made out of them with different materials like thin wood or metal washer used for a function, like joints.

Anyone doing Anime Austin? Debating making a day trip since I'm off that weekend, but don't feel like paying for a hotel.

If I come in a couple cosplay of tsubasa reservoir chronicle would anyone recognize me?

>>9065915
It's Anime Overload 2.0. Same hotel. Expecting the same crowds.

>>9065997
Pretty much everyone knows CLAMP.

>>9065915
I live like 40 minutes away so yeah I'll be going. Wondering how big an even it's supposed to be though.

>>9066573
The hotel can't even hold 1500 people at once as its quite small.

>>9067810
What the fuck

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>>9067827
There's so much going on I can't cap it all. Nobody will name drop though.

>>9067849
What con is this at?

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>>9067849
Everyone is convinced they're gonna go to jail for seeing it lmao. Who has the pic?

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>>9067855
It's not at a con, someone posted an FB picture holding a vibrator and aparently they're underage so everyone's flipping their shit

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>>9067864
I can't believe

>>9067867
I dont see the problem with her owning one other than that she took a picture of herself holding it. Is that really what theyre so upset about?

>>9067849
I'm really confused as to what this has to do with Texas cosplay and cons? Like am I supposed to care?

>>9067849
1. Not sure who Yaribu is
2. They're holding a vibrator as a joke, chill your ass out
3. Elaborate what this has to do with Texas cons

>Con going on this weekend
>Won't go because it's run by bitches and backstabbers
Welp.

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>>9067924
Different anon but I know of someone in Texas who posted a picture of what they're referring to, I don't know if they're 16 or not

anybody going to deltahcon?

>>9068193
Disgusting. Let me guess, He/him or they/them pronouns only plz?

>>9068214
looks like just another average kid doing a stupid cosplay, calm your tits

>>9068213
I heard it's pretty meh. I've never been before but might end up ghosting.

>RTX really fucking soon
>cosplay isn't done yet
I don't have much left at all, but fuuuck, still in maximum overdrive right now.

>>9067870
I don't care much about the situation, but can't the person who held up the vibrator get in trouble for not being over 18? I thought you had to be 18 to purchase those types of things.

>>9068682
I'm going to RTX, what cosplay are you doing?

>>9070845
Best girl Kimball. I'm almost done with it, just need to edit the visor some and do little details, but uuuugh.

>>9061250
How was the Tea Party?

I finditi funny that we have RTX this weekend but everyone is flying out to AX instead.

>>9077668
Are TX cons dead?

>>9077677
No, it's just no one gives a shit about RTX except for rwbyfags.

>>9077682
this. was gonna go just to see a guest but they backed out.
Stopped watching roosterteeth stuff around 2012, tried their new stuff, totally pandering to a whole different crowd.
I dont want to go to a con thats gonna be filled with minecraft autists.

If you're hyped about the guests at RTX you're probably not into /a/ or /cgl/

>>9077682
I know a ton of people going for SGC, so. Not sure what to tell you.

But RTX putting it on the same weekend as AX was a huge mistake on their part.

Any fun shit going on?

>>9073136
There was lots of food and the designers invited the attendees to their table for Q&A. It was very nice. I really liked that I got to talk to them.

>>9078353
Almost two different crowds. It is RTfags and Gamerfags who fly in all over the world for this show. It is pretty much Let's Play Con . AX is weeb central.

So ready for AFest already

>>9079466
Emphasis on "Fags". RT's fanbase is mainly catered to Tumblr amd the LGBT community. It's where they get most of thier money even though RT is slowly falling to pieces.

>>9077682
Sad but true. But ya know, if you wanna just go see shit, just look in your toilet. That sums up RWBY. Hanging on the coattails of a dead man.

>>9081886
there is a creepy lolita in the community who is running his own tea party at a fest and people actually are willing to spend money. but you can tell he has no experience with anything and a-kon was his first event, and he's an old maid-obsessed ita. is there anything the moderators can do about that?

>>9081886
ready in spirit, not ready cosplaywise.

That and I want to get a room but all my friends are into scifi/comics shit now so they never come to anime cons

>>9082090
*anime cons anymore

>>9082090
>all my friends are into scifi/comics shit now so they never come to anime cons
I know this feeling all too well and it sucks. I dont enjoy conic and scifi cons as much myself because it seems like anything you want to see or do costs money on top of the already expensive badge.

Delta H Con anyone? me and a friend are gonna make the 40 minute drive to Houston, is it a pretty good crowd?

>>9082543
>40 minute drive to Houston
So basically you're in Houston?

>>9082549
well yeah lol, but it's still a bit of a trip, it's not at the GRB convention center.
is that all you responded for?

>>9082568
>tfw it's an 8 hour drive for me to get to Houston and I'm still in Texas
Anon I s2g if you don't check your privilege

>>9082543
It's decent if you have a friend. I wouldn't really go for the panels or guests.

>>9081886
I've been ready for weeks. The guest keep calling my name.

So, Akon's pre reg tickets are starting at $50. Wtf

>>9083289
Do they include water park access?

>>9083289
>people will still pay that

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>>9083289
These people clearly have never been to PAX or Dragon*Con.

>>9067860
Yaribu = Yarichin Bitch Club, some yaoi

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>>9084092
>130 bucks for a weekend

>>9084092
pax and dragoncon have a lot more stuff and bigger venues

>>9084441
Yes on D*C. PAX, if you're not the type who eat breathe and shits games then loses it over new games you'll do everything in a day. PAX South is mildly interesting for casuals like me.

Is the Hilton the biggest venue Akon can get in Dallas?

>>9086246
Dallas convention center + the hotel might be bigger if events were held in both

Or they could move stuff like huge panels and the AA dealers room to the marketplace across the street, but im sure that'd cost a shit ton more

>>9086325

Convention center would be larger, but I think they don't allow for late night/overnight events. That would be an issue I would guess.

>>9086334
yea and thats why fuck dcc lol

>>9086246
The main hold up is that there's not jack shit for hotels near the dcc. The Omni is the largest hotel they got nearby but it can't fit A-Kon.

>>9082010
wait whaaat? I missed this at A-Kon. You can contact AFest directly and see if the management can do anything about it. Unless you plan on putting on the same event but better they probably wont do anything.

>>9082090
>>9082533
Same. I cannot stand DCC/Fan Days cons...too crowded and terrible programming. Equally terrible cosplays. Not to mention incredibly overpriced .

Almost done with my AFest cosplays....the hype is real. A-Kon and AFest are my favorites.

>>9087950
This. I went to it for the first time recently. Never going again.

>>9087950
Fan Expo Dallas has the best guests though. Alot better than A-Kock can get.

What's this whole drama with Stella So going on on FB?

>>9088865
A slut being a slut

If anyone's entering the San Japan cosplay contest the signups are tonight. They won't have on-site registration.

>>9088724
A-Kon doesn't want to pay up. They are well known to be cheap as fuck.

>>9082010

Wait, is this that old guy who came to the New Year's tea? I couldn't tell if a sissy man or just a really old hag had gotten into the fashion. I don't think the mods will do much though since it's not like Metroplex as a group is running it for the con itself.

>>9081886

Not at all. Starting panel prep this weekend and god I hope we finish it all because there's only 2 weeks in between that and San Japan.

>>9079466
How does it compare to a PAX-type event? I've been to East once and South every year, and while I definitely get the feeling I've become very divorced from mainstream gaming culture, I usually find something interesting to see (the XCOM 2 panel this year made my weekend).

A handful of my friends have stopped going to anime cons and now only do RTX since they're big into RWBY and the RT crew (whom they ship together, which I find...weird at best). They said RTX blew all the anime cons away as far as pure fun goes. I've been saying "eh maybe" to RTX every year it's been here, and I've yet to hear what's there other than RT stuff I stopped caring about in RvB Season 3 and YouTubers I don't follow, so I don't know if it's worth $45 for a day pass just to find out what it's about.

>>9061366
Whoever owns Ooples in Austin was trying to swipe it from ATX too. My friend is running it and they keep harrassing them to put it in Ooples. There's no way they're fitting that many people in a shitty stripmall store.

>>9089674
If you're not deep into RT or Screwattack you're going to be bored. There were some gaming culture but not much in terms of mainstream. There were some of the same booths I saw at PAX South but they weren't pushing hard onto people. Except for Twitch there weren't any giant booths going on. None of the big 3 were there.

The tournaments were light. There wasn't as many people as in comparison PAX so there wasn't lines upon lines to demo games. There were plenty of lines for anything involving RT or their panels.

I didn't stick around after a day as I am also not big into RWBY or YouTubers.

>>9089120
Signed up and rearin to go

>>9089120
>>9092922
Signed up and shitting my pants because no one in my group is ready.

>>9089674
>>9090022
Eh, not worth the hassle and the idiocy. You should find better friendswho aren't into that godawful excuse for a show. Again, RT caters to tumblr and the evergrowing lgbtqwhatever the fuck they are crowd because they know they'll get money from them.

Do yourself a favor and go to Anime Expo instead. RTX gets a fuckton of con drama from the "cosfamous" RWBY cosplayers and none of them go to Anime Expo.

Examples: xwhiterussia, J-Jo Cosplay, and a new upstart called Bowling for Cosplay are already making waves in the Fandom.

>>9093407
what did xwhiterussia do this time?

>>9093524
Other than cosplay Cinder; nothing AFAIK.

>>9088865
Lied to everyone about not cheating. Dude she cheated with also lied about not cheating. Both were cheating all along. Both got called out. Stella went berserk on everything and everyone. Tl;dr: slut got caught and backpedaled.

>>9089209
No old men came to the new year's tea. The oldest there was someone's grandmother/aunt.

>>9086246
>>9086325
>>9086334
That's exactly why they won't do it. The only other hotel large enough is the Omni.

I'm ready for Anime Fest in about a month.

yyyooo tea party tickets up for sj go grab em

>>9095943
Fucking called it in that there wouldn't be any music guests at AFest this.

>>9095976
I can't pay til the end of the month, I hope they still have some left.

>>9095992
It's still a month. Afest has announced a guest literally a week before the con before.

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>>9097265
They already made an official statement about it ya dumbshit.

>>9097349
>No music guest
>Cosplay contest still on Sunday

Dammit anime fest

>>9097654
They don't really give a fuck.

>>9095247

Okay, that explains it. Because there was an old person there but I guess they weren't this other person.

>>9097349

A-fest is a really good small con, but I always wonder how they afford what they do. They always have so many Japanese guests.

>>9097349
I don't read the posts on their page ya dumbshit. Though maybe this is a good thing since it means no disappointment.

Anyone going to Anime Austin this weekend?

>>9098380
I wouldn't call AFest small. It just isn't massive like A-Kon, Matsuri or SJ.

Texas has been quiet lately for once

>>9099593
Shh, don't jinx it.

>>9098479
I'd rather waste my $40 on booze.

>>9099593
>>9099655
Or the drama hasn't come out yet. There is actually plenty going on off social media

>>9100398
Sounds like you know more about something we dont? Care to share?

>>9100398
Come on anon, we're board, tell us what's going on; you don't even have to tell us who, just what's happening.

>>9082568
>>9082615
13 hours for me.
>West Texas is suffering.

>>9100532
Hi El Paso, sorry you suck

Anime Austin anyone?

>>9101089
Fuck no.

>>9100575
Thanks Austin, sorry you're such a tryhard.

>>9101089
My guess is it will be anime overload 2.0. No one over the age of 16 and dead by 9 pm

>>9102234
What? I also live in West Texas, just not as far as El Paso...and anon was admitting that living out here is the worst regarding drives to cons...what were you even trying to accomplish?

>>9102484
I'm checking it out tomorrow. I'm the oldest in my group of friends (26 in a group running 19-26).

rip me

>>9103459
Please report back anon!

>>9101089
I helped a friend out with a booth and eh. This hotel is really awful as far as space. Not that they had anything to put in it. Mostly teenagers running around. I felt like I was the only one in lolita.

>>9103043
What were YOU trying to accomplish? How does "sorry you suck" imply you sympathize?

Running a few panels and doing the cosplay contest at AA. It feel like Anime Overload, but it's a bit more lively, which is nice. Ikkicon's first year was way smaller than this, though, so I'm hoping AA can afford to move to a bigger venue next year. I'd love to have a decently-sized Austin con during the summer.

>>9104130
Unless they miraculously have 3000 people there no it's not. Ikkicon's first year was insane. You couldn't walk the halls because there were over 2000 people in a venue suited for 800 at best.

>>9104195
I meant size of the hotel. AA has more open areas than what I remember Ikkicon had.

>>9103755
I actually ended up there for about 30 minutes. Didn't even buy a badge. Seems like it'll be ok in the future, but the venue is just super cramped, or at least felt that way.

I honestly think that if the con went to a bigger venue, it'd benefit immensely. It doesn't even have to be a 4-star hotel or anything, just big enough that I don't have to make 5 laps around the parking lot to find a spot like I did today.

ANIME AUSTIN CONVENTION REVIEW:

3/10,

1 point for anime.
1 point for being in Austin,
1 point for being a convention.

Glad I didn't pay for that turd. You can't be a good con in the old Anime Overload hotel. Shit is still shit no matter how it's packaged.

>>9095992
I'm really in it for the merch since the hotel is down the street from my house, but last year it's not like the music was the best it was okay for my taste.

>>9106795
Who did they even get last year?

>>9107156
Akai SKY who is your generic anime cover band. Animefest stop giving a shit about music guests after the 2014 disaster concert with Flow.

>>9106489
Preach.
Everything about it was shit. The dealers. The contest. The meido cafe. The floor. What was I even expecting?

>>9107692
>not expecting a first year con to be good
Have people not learned not to expect so much out of a first year con??

>>9107808
Anime Austin can not use that excuse even if it is a new con. It was run by some long time vets who use to work with Ikkicon. It is not run by new weebs putting on a new convention. It is a total shit location but they're too cheap to go somewhere else.

>>9107808
http://www.animeaustin.com/
http://www.louisianime.com/
http://www.omnicononline.com/
http://www.lag-fest.com/

Notice how all 4 use the same style? It isn't by coincidence.

>>9107586
>Disaster concert
I don't know what show you were watching because that was one of the best shows I've ever been to, even with that one asshole pulling the fire alarm.

>>9108211
I couldn't even get in because the room was way too small then the fire alarm bullshit happened. I said fuck it. Ruined my weekend for me.

>>9108370

I'm not sure what you're talking about. You could have gotten in. There was standing room up front, but the back had rows and rows of chairs. People were able to go in and out the entire time. I doubt you even tried.

>>9107860
The Louisianime one is different, but the other 3 together look so sad.

And honestly annoying to navigate.

>>9108370
You literally could've gotten to the front after the fire alarm went off. Everyone ran back in.

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someone please give feedback about Delta H Con, it's my only 'trip' for this summer because I had to cancel going to RTX.

>>9109617
It's better than nothing.

>>9109617
you're gonna be quickly bored. only a few thousand show up.

>>9108370
They continued the concert too. My friends and I went back in and then went to dinner. Anon, you're kind of stupid.