Anime Los Angeles 2017 Aftermath

>>9336186
Which one are you?

I am trying to remember the discord of the guy who hosted the party.

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>>9336352
Bakkun

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>made a last minute cosplay day before the con because first cosplay plans fell through
>worried about how I look as the character the whole ride over
>get greeted by a good amount of people,and asked for selfies/and pics with them
>didn't get any ribbons but did get a pokemon card from a girl and jelly beans from another Guzma cosplayer

My cosplay wasn't the best but still had a good time

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Thanks again /o/ guy who bought all that pizza, and all the cool dudes I chatted with during the weekend.

See you next year, Senpais!

>Be drunk
>Do a couple of shoots with photographers
>Review photos
>Posing and facial expressions look better

Why does this always happen?

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Buyfags, where we at?

Missed seeing Freeman around. Hope he's doing well.

>>9336541
You probably won't see him for a long time. He's not i. The best state atm.

>>9336544
He wasn't there? I thought I saw him leaving today.

In other news, I ended up spending my entire Saturday night with a rolling Asian boy for the second year in a row, and I regret not going to parties just as much as I did last year!

I spent too much money on prints and they're all 13x19 so framing is a bitch. fml

>>9336455
>>9336023
Aaa! Thank you! you look so good!! I had to leave on Sunday but it was super good to see you again!
Maybe we can be uncle death duo for Wondercon!

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Small pic dump incoming

>>9336590
I hope so! Looking into it as we speak!

Does anyone know if Kenneth Juarez or Jebron Mc Kinley still attend ALA and if they still cosplay?

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Had a great time hanging out with everyone who showed up. Hope to meet you guys again at future cons. Planning on Fanime

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That seagull circle chat in the party was great and chill. I hope I got all of your guy's discords.

Also pic related is what I hope to be cosplaying as next meet.

How would you rated this year con? Did you enjoy the party? Did you make and or lose any friends? Got yourself wet?

As always drive/fly/walk/float/cry safely home. Til fanime.

>>9336673
Mostly shit panels
Feels like less people than average on Friday.
Nice meet up and Tabletop were fun though.

>>9336541
>>9336544
he's going through some heavy shit
feels bad man

>>9336568
if he was he didn't announce it at all

Shoutout to everyone who stayed up late playing Werewolf

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>>9336673
All of my favorite panels were missing, but the ribboneers were out in force, so that kept me busy all con. I should really make a ribbon archive for people to easily navigate through and find all the ribbons they need.

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>>9336731

>>9336415
I lost where I wrote it down (Since you need both name and number). Can do you mind just giving it over the thread?

Kinda regretting missing out on a bunch of parties

Anarchy karaoke was a good time tho, glad I got to be around for that.

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Group shot from the Madoka gathering

>>9336642
I saw Kenneth Juarez's name on my FB feed, so I know he was there at ALA but idk about the other guy. Why do you want to know?

Any more cosplay pics?

>>9336762
explain further

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>Tfw was only able to go one day only due to work and the Rumble
Well, that was kinda fun, kinda new at this con game so what is the next important con in California that is coming?

>>9336762
I think I know who is posting as well as who is being talked about thanks to similar posts on facebook

>>9336770
King Lin

>>9336780
the op of >>9336762 isn't the op of the post on facebook, if that's what you're thinking

>>9336753
Besides Mami, these are all really bad

>>9336741
Bakkun 4334

>>9336753
Mami's face is saying "end me"

>>9336707
Please tell me more. That sounds funner than going to parties this year.

>>9336750
DADDY ISSUES

>>9336713
Please do, I only get a very small selection everyyear. I'd love to go ribbon hunting this year

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The birthday girl had a good con

No crazy lobby party but the rest of the con was good

8/10

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ALA was fantastic. Didn't get to see many of you newgulls as the party was done by the time I rallied ppl to swing by, but the old school crew was well represented. I got the only ribbon that matters, so I count this year as a success.

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>>9336502
Mostly got stuff for my nieces (the Jibanyan plush and the Asuna figure, so I didn't get much for myself.

But it was still a fun con regardless, and yes, that's a Bill Cipher daki, all the Love Live dakis they have at the dealers room were cancer and Nozomi was taken already, so I pretty much went "fuck it" at that point

Also, where the ribbonfags at?

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>>9336673
It was my first year
Better than the shitty Vegas cons,
but it's also not something i'd probably pay to go to again.

Didn't do panels. Live events were really lacking. I usually enjoy cons musical guests, and it was really meh.

As for parties, we legit got really hyped to go to one of the parties, and by the time we walked in, the music that was playing was undancable and there were like a total of 3 people in the room. Needless to say, didn't party.

Also, the masquerade needs to fire their sound crew. During their "half time" that we left through because it took ages, we had to deal with the earbleeding volume.

Weather was good, met some good people.

5/10

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What's the discord channel?

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One of the most enjoyable cons I ever went to (even though my Day 3 panel was a disaster due to numerous tech issues)

Not as good as last year, but what is? The bar for this year has been set unreasonably high. Hope to see some of you at Titancon.

Didn't get many photos but have this Plain Doll

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>>9337300
>Also, where the ribbonfags at?

First year I managed to get a floor length chain. This doesn't include ones I donated to the ribbon station or gave to my s/o to finish his set. He has fun giving away his ribbon.

I have ideas for ones I'd like to make for next year.

I saw some prints I really liked in the AA and one of the tables gave me a free book.

>>9336707
C o r e y

I got so many ribbons for wandering around drunk.
>Floored
>Maxed Out
>Party Animal
>I partied at the X, Y, Z

>>9337316
The hall they use for main events has horrificly tinny speakers that make everything sound like that. The only way to fix it is to not use the fixtured speakers and bring in some from outside like they do for other rooms.

They'd have to be especially large ones considering the space but maybe they'll spring for it if enough people complain.

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Shoutouts to everyone who got fucked up with me again this year.
I was all over the place trying to meet up with everyone so I'm sorry if we didn't get to kick it.

I ended up bringing a bunch of people to my room on Sat at Motel 6 (206) cause we had gotten kicked out from a room at the Folk inn lmao
The guy who provided all the alcohol was cool enough to leave all the booze there for the night too. Pretty good shit

Pretty good con this year
Even though I didn't go to any actual panels haha

>>9336541
Same
I need to head over and surprise him with pizza and anime again

>>9336568
That Asian dick comes at a price lmao

>>9337257
Thanks for having me over man
Those White Russians and Adios were oishii af man

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So apparently dude got busted taking upskirt shots of underage girls and there was enough evidence on his camera that he got hauled off by the cops.

>>9337503
>Fanny pack
Should have been arrested for that alone.

>>9337341
thanks for the photo fampai, I was glad people recognized my cosplay!

It was hype meeting you guys.

Shout outs to the werewolf crew I ended up rolling with the entire time and the guy who donated some "gatorade" to us all

>>9337503
dude looks like he wants to show his VHS collection

>>9337510
I had a single wish, and that was giving a Plain Doll my ribbon. I'm so glad your cosplay was so on point. Please bring it to other conventions.

>>9337576
Do you want to see my VHS collection?

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WHERE WAS AJ STYLES GUY REEEEEEEEEEEE
I NEVER FOUND HIM

>>9336777
Wish I knew my con scene better, but I think it's Fanime?
There's a small free one-day con at Cal State Fullerton in March though. Titancon. Planning on going to that, hopefully with my Jaune actually looking not like crap and having my armor fall off every 5 seconds

>>9336777
Wondercon is at the end of March

Fanime is at the end of May

>>9336178
Thanks. It was both me and my friend sending info. Parties are the main reason to go to ALA.
Hope to see you guys again in AX.

Post pics of that Haruhi trap

>>9337335
We better talk on discord you meme loving fuck!

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>>9336502
Didn't really get to see the majority of Dealer's Hall 'till day 3, thought I was gonna get away with wallet intact but KONO DIO DA

>>9337716
I always end up walking around alone drinking vodka from a sprite bottle since I'm autistic ;_;

>>9336755
I wanna know if these young minded fools have grown the fuck up. Kenneth Juarez should be about 30 years old by now. When I met him he was 24 or so and he dated 2 under age girls. One of 14 years of age and another of 16 years old.

Jebron is a skinny black guy 5 feet tall whose probably in his 40's by now who always used to cosplay as Luffy from Wan Piss. He was known for drama, got his ass beat and almost shot because of his own drama. He never reveals his real name but because of unknown resources I obtained a lot of information on him.

>>9337790
sounds like you're upset that women prefer older guys

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>>9337335
>mfw about as many people took photos of me in a meme outfit and my actual cosplay

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>>9337300
>Bill Cipher dakimakura
>Nozomi not cancer
Dat Jibanyan plush looks adorable tho

>>9337335
Better add me on discord as well.

>>9337797
I'm married you stupid idiot.

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>>9336455
My pleasure getting everyone fed while I munched on my cucksalad. I leeched enough alcohol to make up for it.

Anyone who I talked to about it - will link /o/ and /k/ meets here once the threads go up.

Small pic dump starting. I really didn't take enough pics.

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>>9337510
Some people and I are planning a Bloodborne gathering/group for AX. You should join! Slowly working on my Micolash.

Anyone going to Wondercon in Anaheim?

Never been to Wondercon. What's the con atmosphere like there?

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Some Rin cosplayers borrowed my lighter for some last minute repairs, never did get it back despite subtle hints like this.

>>9337951
It's pretty meh from my experience. They racked up the prices and it's impossible to ghost since they scan badges.

>>9337954
I'm gonna assume it's also not as party friendly as ALA?

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Con goes killed Ontario's most popular pizza joints website.

>>9337951
wondercon is a total normiecon thanks to SDCC's popularity
think the exact opposite of ALA

>>9336753
O fuck Andrew Ma is still at it? He was very adamant that I call him "onii-chan" and I... Tried to never speak to him again. He has to be at least 35 now
>>9337790 ah yes I remember Kenneth. What a creep. He tried to tell the ice cream man at AX I was his girlfriend and buy my popsicle.

>>9337947
This was probably the first good robotnik i've seen

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What was the deal with that big lady in the gold bikini anyway
Was that actually a cosplay or just someone walking around trying to blend in while satisfying their fetish

She was a panelist and a staffer i think

>>9337958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvnz4unwMN8

Ayooooo. Hope peeps had a good weekend! Comin' through to do some resident follow-ups!

If you guys had any serious thoughts, comments, concerns or suggestions for the con (both positive and negative) Please reply to this post and lemme know!

Beyond that. WHOOOO what a weekend! Billions of Ribbons, some sick ass cosplays. Skullgrunts everywhere. Good times~

>>9338448
Are you part of staff or do
you just mean feedback for
the parties and stuff?

>>9338677
I'm on staff. PR is essentially my job? And mixed in with the swill, last year I got some really good feedback that was applied to the convention this year so it matters a lot to hear it from all outlets.

>>9336648
>>9336673
>Fanime
Ayyyyeee bros me too. Cosplay plans?

>>9338696
Is ALA really actually trying to go the "family friendly" route as time goes on? This is the major concern I have with how it feels like the con wants the culture to change, even though there are already plenty of "family friendly" cons and that's not why we attend ALA.

>>9338702
ALA has been trying to offer some more adult content in the after hours but there is still going to be an attitude that it's available for all ages. We're less so "pushing" the idea that ALA is labeled a family friendly convention but I'd also ask if you feel that the reason you attend ALA is for the partying and nightlife that takes place in the hotel vs the content that the convention provides.

if it's the former, we really can't step in to control what people choose to do in their rooms/hotels. We can only control convention regulated content and set aside safety nets and other circumstances for things that truly end up being out of our hands.

If it's the latter, ALA has opened itself to allowing 18+ content for older fans/attendees. We know that it's something requested and it so far has not caused MAJOR concerns in any regards. We label and mark said panels/events accordingly and have essentially a time frame where such programming can only exist.

tl;dr - Con's gonna be for everyone young and old. What attendees choose to do with their own time outside of convention activities isn't something we can effectively step into.

I hope that makes sense.

>>9338735
Is there anything that can be done during the daytime family friendly hours to cut down on the skimpy cosplays and noticeable drunks? Like let those people come out around 6 or 9pm?

>>9338736
Our cosplay/costume policy is if you can wear it to the beach you can wear it to ALA. There have definitely been some questionable things in the past and we address them as best we can. For people who are noticeably drunk, please report them to con ops, noted by the yellow vests, or report them to a nearby staffer who can follow up the chain of command/protocol.

I didn't go to ALA, just saw the last few replies. I have to commend your con staff on actively seeking feedback, even from a den of scum and salt such as this.

>>9338770
Like I said. I've gotten some real good strong feedback in the past, it definitely doesn't hurt~

>>9338448
It seemed like a lot of panels, especially in the Radisson, had sound/tech issues. The concert Friday night did as well. Getting that more straightened out with the volunteers if that's possible would be good.

>>9338770
There's so many people from cgl over the years at ala it isn't even funny

>>9338879
A lot of old tripfags are from the area. Even though most don't trip or post anymore, they still go to the con. You have some that come from out of state because they have friends in the area do it's a part and socializing con for them.

Also you have ones that are staffers, volunteers, or former staff/volunteers.

>>9338697
Going as Cirno, but I'm open to whatever

>>9338448
Was there some sort of lolita programming I didn't hear about? There were so many cute lolitas at the con. I know SoCal's comms are pretty active. It'd be nice to have some lolita programming, although I'd understand if that was under the jurisdiction of the comms and not necessarily the con.

>>9338771
dare desuka? anata wa? im in conops have ui met? :P

>>9338910
There was nothing organized by ALA for lolita. There is the Fashion show but I'm not versed well in what content clothing wise that will showcase. If peeps are interested in Lolita events or content, suggestions or panel submissions are the best answer!

If you got photos taken at the photo booths at the con in that room, where can you get them?

>>9338910
From what I could tell. It was mostly just girls wanting to wear lolita. I threw together a quick sailor coord for Sunday since I hadn't had a chance to wear the dress yet. I lost my hat though after the con. Thankfully it was just a cheap white boater hat from daiso.

>>9338923
1st year staffer here. fix the communication between departments problems and get some more volunteers. Would staff again.

That it all

>>9338937
They will be uploaded to an album and shared on our social media after all the processing has completed. Hopefully there will be a timeline during our post mortem meeting.

>>9338952
Definitely been on the top of my priority lis in both casest.Here's to getting that addressed and get more folks on board!

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Had a great year and helped start up Anarchy Karaoke at the Raddison pool deck Saturday with friends.
Ribbon game was excellent this year and was glad to see people bringing more with new access to tutorials and printing.
Pic dump inc

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>>9338981
Debuted my Dressrosa Franky. Hung out at Blue Rose cafe a bit

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>>9338983
One of the coolest builds I saw there. I think Lionel built this from what I heard. Damn impressive

>>9338448
Can we have more events dealing with ALA's theme next year? Panels, games, the usual business. Being labeled the "Pirate" theme this year and doing almost nothing that had to do with pirates was a bit disappointing. If we're gonna do "Sports" next year, could we get more areas for cosplay sports? Maybe some short-game cosplay soccer or athletic events?

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>>9338986
Pokémon gathering was fun or rather the Sun and Moon with Skull gathering. Lotta people gave away Sun and Moon ribbons there.

>>9338987
That's definitely something to consider. We have some athletic access inside the radisson with the Racket Ball courts and the Tennis courts outside.

I had some plans for events in regards to the theme but sadly it wasn't able to come to fruition. I'll take note and see if we can stir the pot on pushing the theme more.

>>9339002
What's your salary for working at ALA?

>>9336502
Where the FUCK are those Madoka patches from, I need them

>>9339007
Volunteer. No salary.

>>9339013
Weapons Grade Waifus. They had a booth in the dealer's room and I didn't even come across them until Sunday, which ended up working out because they had all their patches on sale for a reduced Sunday price.

Got the Madoka set of 6 for $30 and the Ryuko and GuP patches for $6 each.

>>9338014
"rocky horror picture show" she claims
barf

>>9338989
She said cute sad I missed the meetup
>>9338986
Damn I dawn that thing at night with someone other excellent overwatch cosplayers- truly impressive build.
>>9336768
There is literally only one decent costume in that entire picture... was this the wholeness overwatch meetup??

>>9338989
do you have anymore pics from the gathering?

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>>9338983
Have a slightly better version from my phone.
It was a really cool cosplay to see in person!

>>9338989
What a cute mallow I don't think I saw her at the gathering though.

>>9338923
I missed Con Suite. The One Piece cafe was okay but the limited operating hours made it difficult to enjoy. What happened to that? Just not enough room in the budget or what?

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>>9339057
Awesome! Ty for sharing and saved.

Here's other Pokemon related shots I took over The weekend

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>>9339098
Team Skull trying to get dat Nebby

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>>9339099
saw some good Gladions and Guzmas over the weekend

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>>9339101
Team Skull knows how to party in Po Town!

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>>>/o/16589506

For whoever I promised to link the /o/ Norcal meet to. It's devolved into shitposting after only a few posts, I'm impressed.

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>>9339102
Wasn't able to grabs many shots myself from the gathering but we did fill the Guzma a few times!

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>>9339105
Here's a couple shots I did grab from the gathering of some rad gijinkas. Slowpoke girl was P cute

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>>9339106
Cool idea for an Empoleon. Would like do something like this eventually in a Monster Hunter Style.

>>9339085
It was one thing to manage at the 4000 attendee level (and still struggling). at 8000+ it become a much tougher logistical issue. Also much to do with contracts/business/etc. It was just not feasible anymore, so we put that money towards expanding the cafe and trying to make room.

>>9339111
Hey Maguma, this is probably above your position, but what is the official attendance for 2017?

2016 had 8,098 attendees, Friday felt less crowded, but Saturday felt way busier than 2016.

>>9339106
Yessssss I loved her outfit/coord!

>>9339021
Genderbend Rocky? Ok, now I need a picture.

>>9338882
That's basically what I was getting at. It's cgl the convention.

>>9338968
Have you considered doing a livestream with a static camera somewhere in the con like niconico and crunchyroll used to do?

>>9339161
We don't have the numbers officially out yet but once we do I can definitely share. I was told by an attendee he saw a badge that was in the 12,000. I dunno the validity to that statement, but that'd be crazy!

>>9339280
I don't believe it's ever come up but if people were interested in that sort of thing, that'd be something to consider. Something like that would probably require a bit more interest from other attendees before it would be something heavily debated on.

>>9338448
The panels sucked this year besides a select few.
I feel like I would have been fine just not buying a ticket and walking around.

>>9339409
Got any preference as to what content you would have liked to see? Do you attend Main Event programming???

>>9338986
If only they hadn't used shitty metallic paper/foil to cover it...

>>9339409
>The panels sucked this year besides a select few.

Also would be a good idea to say what panels you did enjoy. I thought the variety was pretty good and much more interesting than your typical 101 panels

>>9339409
>>9339442
I'm not >>9339409 , but Richard Niel and A to J Connections both had solid programming throughout. Victor Frost, Love and Justice, and Mochi Maid Cafe were also pretty good although I admittedly did not catch much of their respective panels.

This was also the first time I managed to catch the Cosplay Wrestling Federation but it was a riot. Erica Lindbeck's thing where she read creepypasta was a nice surprise, I would certainly go to both again.

I generally didn't go to events in the main stage room since the speakers are so tinny. They're acceptable for speeches and conferences but terrible for anything involving music. The AMVs and Masquerade especially suffered because of this.

>>9339099
That Guzma's wig is trash

>>9339407
Thanks Maguma! So the con at least went past 5 digits. When the official number is out, shout it from the hills because that is a very huge milestone.

>>9336753
Yeesh, did those three on the right ever actually watch the show or just kind of hear about it at one point

>>9338448
Is there going to be more disabled access next time?

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>>9339407
>>9339700
Is that what that little number on the badge means?

>>9339797
Whoa!!! Doesn't this mean that the con sold at least 13,081 badges??? Oh my!

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>>9339584
The Aria panel was gr8. Having panels hosted by people that know what they're talking about is awesome. (Re: teachers or professionals or smart people idk)

>>9339584
>>9339442
I went to con stories on day zero. It was kinda awful. One of the hosts was super drunk and slurring his words, all of his stories went on way too long and were not interesting or funny. When they invited people up to tell their stories they talked over them and didn't listen. I get that it was a casual 18+ panel, but oh my god it was both boring and annoying. The host swinging his flask around and proclaiming to be a drunk not an alcoholic several times was a lovely touch...

Also, I thought the overall treatment of Hiroaki Inoue's Tenchi Muyo panel was crappy. He was placed next to the dance which was extremely loud, there is only so much to do about that admittedly, but then when he went to play a special viewing of the new show, specifically for showing off the fact that they got a bunch of the same voice actors, the sound didn't work! Then the people in the back, in the middle of his panel, started adjusting the lights and sound testing for the next panel WHILE HE WAS TALKING. I would not be surprised if he had no interest in ever coming back. He seemed pretty upset imo.

>>9339106
>>9339175
Oh thanks! I felt really cute that day, glad to know other people thought so too!

>>9338448
>>9339968
whups, replied to the wrong thing.

>>9339638
Thanks for the heads up! I personally had issues with Main event tech but I'll bring this up too.

>>9339797
>>9339700
That's correct!!! your membership number is related to when you registered. So having a 13081 says something! Once those numbers are out, we shoutin' em for sure!

>>9339968
That's a serious issue, will bring that up for certain.

>>9340226
Can you tell me how much steel is in the venue? I am very allergic to steel and would like to attend but I need to know how much steel is present

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>>9340244
what in the hell are even talking about?
do we need to place you in a plastic bubble or something

Ribbons exploded this year, a lot because of those tutorials. They've gone from a side thing to do at the con during down time to a large part of the con. Not sure how I feel about it yet.

>>9340333
The ribbon Crash of 2017 lol.

>>9340333
Marcos and Ribbonsgalore on suicide watch cause of that tutorial

>>9340244
I feel ya, I am allergic to at water and a convention with too much water will get me sick.

Last year the e-gaming room was constantly deserted, not sure if people couldn't find it or what. Saw a good amount of people there this year so that was great to see. Are the ALA days of pachinko machines over? Glad to see a picture of Whiskey being remembered up there.

Here's an idea. Movie the video rooms to the Radisson and the karaoke and gaming rooms to the convention center.

>>9340333
what tutorial?

>>9340518
A diy tutorial for making your own cosplay. It was posted in the ALA ribbon group on facebook.

>>9336753
Dude on the left looks like Dwight from The Office

>>9340510
Nah, leave that shit at the raddison where its comfy and warm

>>9336502
My nigga.

>>9340226
Does ALA share its attendee ban list with other cons staff?

Would ALA be interested in having a shared list of banned attendees from the other cons?

>>9339202
If you follow the Anime LA Facebook group, I recall her putting up her lineup there with her Rocky cosplays. I'm sort of relieved that I didn't run into her.

I really had no complaints with the overall convention except that the tech rehearsals from masquerades were extremely behind than other years, and not really due to sound problems, but because certain contestant groups did spend more time figuring our their skits and lighting at that moment as opposed to jotting down notes and being a little more prepared beforehand. It bumped everything to an hour that by the time I went up to rehearse our skit, we had a certain prop and would have liked a fair chance to run through it. We've rehearsed prior, but getting to be on stage for a dry run is helpful.

I really appreciate the masq staff all the time, but I feel like they should enforce the a limit to how long they can do tech rehearsal per 1 group. Like, no more than ten minutes or something, and if they're that unprepared, they should wait until the end of everyone's turns and then see if they can add more stuff to their skit. I know people can forget to be considerate that other people are in line, so I feel like it'd be under the tech to tell them that they have to be okay with what they have if they've come unprepared.

>>9340601
Another benefit is that the rooms can be open super late as the Raddison doesn't close like the con center

>>9339968
>sound issues
I was at Epcar's panel - same thing happened there, took the tech guys a minute to actually get us the ever-crucial sound for those legendary bloopers

>>9340678
I 100% agree with you about the tech rehearsals... I dunno if you attended the wrap up meeting on sunday but it was addressed. Tech rehearsals really should just be to make sure you have the lights you need, the audio sounds right, and to go through the skit once if needed and that's it. Too many groups were green with this idea sadly and took advantage.

>>9340382
I didn't get to stop into the gaming room this year so I can't address the pachinko offhand. Glad to hear it picked up though~

>>9340382
Pachinko are handled by the family who had a child last year. They are welcomed to return when they want to. Unsure the exact reason why no pachinko this year, but that was from the last I heard.

Last year was the first year so didn't expect much attendees to find gaming or even karaoke which were outside from the convention center. This year was more than expected especially for Saturday.

Whisky will always be remembered. I believe it'll be officially be renamed to Warren e-gaming.

>>9337976
Andrew is stalking me. I try avoiding him and he somehow always finds me. Plus he's dating someone 17 years younger than him.

Tfw post con blues

>>9341009
It took me like 3 years to shake him. Be strong, anon

>>9341009
>he's dating someone 17 years younger than him.

I am not defending the man on other things he's done, but as long as she's not underage, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this outside of an aging seagull worried her looks are spoiling like milk.

>>9340962
I'm glad to hear that it was mentioned. They put on a good show yearly, and it was more apparent this year than ever that a number of groups, whether they were new to masq or not, took advantage of it. The staff's really nice at trying to handle things, so I hope that they can go forward and be able to have a great show without people taking over too much like that.

3+ hours of waiting for tech and judging combined, only to not have a chance to do a run through at all and then have the costume seen for 2 minutes in the green room was a little disappointing. It sounds like things might be better next year though!

Where the hell are the pics of the AJ Styles cosplayer
I didn't get to meet you at all
You have failed the gay community

>>9342629
I assume there was only one guy dressed as AJ styles, saw him Saturday before the masquerade. Much respect haha

How have things been since they moved locations? I haven't gone to ALA since 2015, right before they moved.

All I remember was feeling horrendously old when I went to check out the Dangan Ronpa meet. I was surrounded by 14 year olds.

>>9342666
It doesn't matter how old you are at a con if you aren't trying to have sex with other attendees or give them mind altering substances.

>>9342629
I don't really feel like sharing my images because my AJ cosplay got messed up the day before and I had to improvise.

>>9342812
Aww
I was looking forward to it too

till next year

>>9342666
This was my first year at the convention center. It feels like a mini-AX, which is pretty cool in its own right. The overall experience is pretty solid. There's con stuff to do if you want it, the food truck area is awesome for just hanging out and socializing, and you get party stuff at the individual hotels.

That being said, I do feel like it's lost the intimacy that I liked about ALA. It feels like a proper con, not a hangout con, and while you can find the hangouts if you look, it's not as embedded into the overall con experience. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, just different.

Age-wise it's pretty mixed. I felt like the overall age was actually on the older side, especially in the outside areas. The dealer's hall/AA felt young, but not to the point where I felt like the oldest person in the room constantly.

>>9344069
ALA is definitely a large convention now, and people need to adjust expectations accordingly. Those who do will have fun, those who don't get left behind.

>>9338879
>theres a bunch of trips at the con known for being tripfag con

Senpai what

>>9344259
I need another small con down here
Too bad Anime California died
I guess there's TitanCon but it being free...

>>9345462
Let's start our own in a motel room!

>>9345465
Heh...
If only it were that easy, and we didn't have to worry about silly things like people blaming their sleep-groping on medication they were taking at the time and similar stories from the horror threads.
If only.

Who's planning to make ribbons for ALA 2018?

>>9349486
I am. They already started up the new facebook ribbon group for next year.