Ever been banned from a convention/meetup? Know anyone banned?
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I just found out that there's a handful of indie lolita designers that are banned from selling at Anime Matsuri.
>>8901982
why??
>>8901989
'cause the owners of AM are assholes.
here's the full read. >http://animematsuriexpose.tumblr.com/post/122545222799/indie-lolita-designer-annika-from-pop-princess
One of my hotel-mates was banned for getting in a fight with a furry.
>>8901934
>con holds hentai panel in glass-walled room without any curtains
>point it out on facebook page
>banned from con
>mfw i was never going to go to that con ever anyway, i heard about the hentai from a friend
Story time
>2 people I'm acquainted with are staffing for a con
>flaunt alcohol in front of other staffers
>con has rules on open containers
>one staffer reports them
>everyone in their division gets called out to higher ranking people
>the two people in question get booted
>mfw they get banned from working for a year
>mfw the rumors trickled down that it was (insert random accusations here)
>mfw the staffer who reported it told me
>and mfw the staffer that reported them got banned for sexually harassing girls/touching members of the maid cafe after being told no
Pretty good run for one convention.
>>8902001
wtf? what con? thats nuts
Nobody was really banned, but I know a few people who I used to be friend with who tried reporting someone I know as a "pedophile" to con staff just to get her kicked out of the convention, even though she's not. They just hate her.
Photographer banned from all cons and can't leave the state without notifying the police
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-cosplay-photographer-timothy-scott-marshall-faces-jail-for-sexually-abusing-underage-girl/news-story/c573395e6b6966fd024d23ce5adb960d
>be mod of fan community consisting mainly of teens, with quite a few of the active members being tweens
>theres this guy posting in it like he barely know the source material
>get bad/cringey vibes, but yanno
>eventually:
>"hey so I was wondering if it's allowed to host meetups if you're not a mod?"
>There's Something About This Guy
Flashback:
>be at con two years prior
>guy shows up at meetup
>knows nothing of source material but pretend he does
>is super cringey
>is like thirty
>bad vibes.gif
>later hear that he's a known name in the con scene
>because he's a creeper taking upskirt photos of people and hitting on fourteen year olds
>also accused of rape
>and molestation
>known for hopping on bandwagons where he can hopefully blend in
>fuck no.jpg
>rumour spreads like wildfire
>guy is shunned and then mod removes him from the fb group
Flashforward:
>it's that guy
>but with a different name
>because he know he's not welcome
>and he want to host a private meetup
>in a community where the majority who would attend is below eighteen
>nope
>talk to other mods and decide to permaban
>talk to guy
>whinefest ensue
>apparently I'm super unfair to judge him on "a measley rape accusation that happened YEARS ago!"
>ok but you were actively encouraging fourteen year olds to meet up with you privately
>also [literally everything else this guy has been doing]
>"SO UNFAIR"
>contacts me for days to tell me how unreasonable and awful and judgemental I am
He was, admittedly, never convicted. But the fact that he's still not banned from local cons baffle me when he's SO well known.
I just saw a couple being banned because the con's cleaner cathed them fucking in the bathroom.
There was this one old man on cons around 2010-something.
He did many things, but one time things went like this (Just read of it.)
>Chii cosplayer resting on sofa at con
>Slightly creepy guy seats down beside her
>Suddenly starts stroking her leg, going up her tigh
>''I like Chii.. You're a cute Chii..''
>She leaves
He was banned the year after for doing a lot of things like this.
Anyone from Momocon 2015 remember Goku getting arrested?
>>8903150
Refresh my memory? I remember seeing it happen but I forgot why he was arrested in the first place.
>>8903125
Well, you can sort of see the logic there. Getting caught fucking in public is grounds for being booted out in most places.
>>8902000
Top kek
>>8903150
I thought this happened at Metrocon last year?
Or did more than one Goku get arrested in 2015?
I've been banned from joining a Sm4sh tournament of a con because I broke this stupid ass "No 'Spam' Rule".
Does that count?
>>8903201
All I remember is him being creepy or something, and a Snapchat (?) of him getting arrested.
>>8903248
2015 was a tough year for goku, he is in rehab now though and things are looking up
>>8901999
But they're not banned, they just can't take up a bunch of space? That's not an unreasonable request considering it Lolita dresses do take up more room. Is the suggestion of a catalog bad? Just pull out the dress if someone wants to see it. It would help to reduce damage to the articles from less people touching them.
>>8903346
They aren't really allowed there because Deneice does not want any "competition", also.
>>8903251
no it doesn't you're a faggot
>>8902893
Yup and I'm quite glad the person was made as an example. The fact that he took advantage of those he shot who were underage at the time. Let that be a lesson to those who do shoots with anyone especially those who are younger then you. Draw the line especially you have a career in photography. Of course there's always scumbags who do not care
>>8901999
The way the designer writes makes me cringe.
>>8901934
Not me, but there's a girl in my comm who likes to tell everyone about how she got banned from the next comm south. She said something about a "vindictive female" who didn't like her but someone on /cgl/ who had heard of her said she was trouble so now I'm a little worried for my comm. She seems sweet and dresses nicely so I don't wanna jump to any conclusions
>>8901999
If you buy a table and expect a booth, that's on you. No one was banned, no one isn't getting what they're paid for and a full (minus $5) refund was offered. That tumblr is so dumb if that's all they've got, it just shows how reasonable AM are and how obnoxious the person contacting them is.
>>8903386
Yeah, it's utterly unprofessional to hit on models during a shoot. If you fancy them, ask them out afterwards, not during.
Years ago, but apparently this bitch still attends cons regularly, so watch out if your in AZ or Alaska
>friend at the time flirting with random guy at con
>we all go hang out in his room as a group
>they start making out
>Clearly she's super into it
>awkward.jpeg
>we all leave
>next day she accuses the guy of rape
>they never had sex
>"uh friend? You seemed totally into it"
>no anon! I was struggling the whole time!
>all her friends literally stalking this guy and yelling he's a rapist all around the con
>cops are called
>she suddenly decides to drop charges once they tell her they have a rape kit they can test both of them with
>guy banned from con anyway
>>8903642
please tell me you're not friends with this person anymore.
Not dramatic but
>Know a guy from high school volunteering at a con one year
>Heard he got banned for selling copied badges
>Badge checkers start asking to see the front and back, and sometimes take a closer look
>Next year, badges get holographic stickers
>>8902086
Mizucon in SoFlo. Under new management tho, so they've probably wisened up x100.
>>8903420
Listen to your gut feeling anon! We had one of those in my comm and all she ended up doing was bringing us trouble. You cant do anything without proof but keep your eyes peeled
Is Kiwi banned from San Japan altogether or just hosting panels?
>>8903642
>AZ or Alaska
j-just how big is this woman?
>>8903697
>mizucon
holy shit what an unfortunate name
I mean I see why they chose it but wow
>>8903420
Take everything you read on cgl with a grain of salt. Maybe talk to the mods from that other comm?
>>8903213
>get caught fucking or fapping in a bathroom
"You can't do that in public anon!"
>get caught trying to take photos in a bathroom
"That's a private area anon!"
WHICH IS IT?
IT CAN'T BE BOTH
>>8903817
I'm pretty sure bathrooms are a private area, but they aren't your private area, they're the establishment's private area. It's like going into someone else's house and fucking? You wouldn't be surprised when they kick you out.
I cosplayed Ryuko (transform version) and got kicked out for my under boob because it wasn't "kid friendly" even though I had pasties n everything just in case... I guess I can understand though. It was a local small con after all.
>>8903865
U can cum to my con bb.
>>8903865
I had the same situation, except I immediately got out the closest convention book, and pointed out the "costumes can't be any more revealing than a swimsuit" rule when security claimed that the dress codes for men and women were different.
Sorry that had to happen to you. Stand your ground when security tries making bullshit up on the spot. Escalate as high as possible. Usually the higher-ups have better heads on their shoulders.
>>8903642
>Alaska
There's exactly one convention in Alaska. This is need to know information.
>>8903766
Wait what kiwi? Deets
>>8903572
Even if the model is well underage? Yeah that's gonna lead to more shit.
>Anyway I'm glad glomping can lead to being booted out of events.
>When it was mentioned those who glomp other people got quite whiny about it stating it's not harmful and playing around.
>People like me got injured coz of random glompers. > scored a dislocated shoulder coz of that and the person who did it didn't admit blame.
>This same person then complaining about glomping being banned in all cons.
>i however had to cough up a few thousand to get my shoulder back
>few try and flout the rules and continue to do so making sure volunteers or staff arnt watching.
>I now dodge all of them
Hell even one had a land whale trying to do so. ==
>>8901999
How are they assholes? I don't see where the "competition" thing came from.
>anime north 2009
>night dances, tons of hot people making out and doing drugs and black weeaboos grinding against white girls
>anime north 2014
>police are on scene and give you a pat down
>no kissing allowed otherwise you're warned by SJW volunteers
Fuck anime north.
>>8903945
Go to the ghetto if you want to get ground by a black guy so badly.
>Newcon 2? Must have been 2, it was at the first hotel, not the Doubletree
>We've been dealing with a dude getting a LOT of complaints off an on all day
>Sexual harassment, stalking (though it's hard to prove stalking when you're in a hotel with a meeting space half the size of a car dealership)
>He finally gets in an all-out fight with a staffer, police are called
>as he's being made to collect his things by the officers that showed up to evict him and bring him up on assault/battery charges, he continues to be lewd to the various women he walks past
>guess he figured that he was already fucked, he may as well go out with a bang
>Officers get him to get all his shit together, shove him in the elevator
>Myself and a friend happen to be in said elevator
>He gives us both the once-over, does a gross little smirk and winks and says "Hey, how are you ladies this evening?"
>Older cop, big dude that looks like a gray-haired Tom Selleck complete with mustache, puts a hand on his shoulder and physically turns him away from us
>"They don't want to talk to you"
>he was banned from the con and the hotel
>charges were pressed
>nothing of value was lost
I know there's some guy named Chris Cruz who's banned from Anime Matsuri but was at the hentaifest panel anyway.
Apparently.
I got in a fistfight and didn't get banned so its weird hearing things like >>8902001
>>8903949
holy shit, i was there for this con. back at the crowne plaza, or whatever? I don't remember this dude.
A friend of mine headbutted another friend at an MLP convention, requiring both to see first aiders and the victim chipping a tooth. The one that did the headbutting got banned but they unbanned him and now he has a booth there every year.
Don't socialise with bronies is the moral of the story.
>>8903983
It was hushed up, you basically had to have witnessed part of the incedent or had to have been staffing that year to know deets.
>>8903695
Unless you live in Sweden, it's not really relevant (and if you do live in Sweden and don't know who Dennis is, you're not paying attention).
>>8904195
Oh man shit. Is he still at it? I don't get why he is still going to Swedish cons. I guess most organizers forgot his old shit, and a lot of the old events are not running anymore.
Get your shit together Sweden. With how big conventions are getting it's more a question of when we get a big incident.
>>8902634
>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-cosplay-photographer-timothy-scott-marshall-faces-jail-for-sexually-abusing-underage-girl/news-story/c573395e6b6966fd024d23ce5adb960d
>Timothy Scott Marshall, who attends the District Court wearing a silver suit and fake goatee he uses to mimic Robert Downey Jr’s performance
>>8903120
Might be worth contacting those local cons. There's a chance that they know him as a bit of a weirdo, but not as a creeper.
>>8903642
Assholes like her are why real rape claims aren't taken seriously any more.
>>8903905
Damn, getting glomped by tiny 80 lbs girls going full speed can hurt enough, getting glomped by a whale could permanently injure you.
>chilling with dealer friend in artist alley
>see obese neckbeard approach a group of catgirls
>"Ooh. You pwetty widdle kitties. Can I petchoo, pwetty kitties? Eheehee. Ooohie, wook what I has!"
>He shines a laser pointer on the floor, expecting them to go crazy over it
>everyone just stares
He later got kicked out for taking his widdle kitty stuff too far.
>>8903865
Was this at anime California?
>>8904529
This sounds like something Chris Chan would do back in the day. I actually heard his voice when I read it.
Ex-boyfriend got banned from Anime Next for setting off the fire alarm while smoking weed. LMAO
I also know Black Luigi has started getting himself banned from a number of conventions as well.
>>8903865
LOL, I know you. First year at Anime California, right?
>>8903865
Reminds me of Momocon when another girl dressed as Ryuko (final transformation) and her ass was completely out for the world to see and she got kicked out for it.
>>8904529
Sounds like a guy I met at my first convention; He called me a kitty and asked me if I was wet (not in English so not like that) when I was cosplaying a maid character.
>>8904207
I haven't seen him since we banned him, but chances are he's just keeping a low profile. He seems pretty damn aware that he's not really welcome.
>>8901934
I had a friend who was banned from the con dance for the day because when the security at the door asked if he had been drinking that night, he said he had a beer with dinner.
It was a stupid reason, but who the fuck admits to drinking?
>>8904546
>Black Luigi
Is he friends with BlackNess? I see him at cons in the GA area.
Anime Expo 2014
>Guy finds out his girlfriend is cheating at on him and that she's at AX Dance
>Is obviously drunk and angry, tries to enter the AX Dance room but is stopped by door bro
>Door bro isn't having any of it and won't let him in, drunk guy starts getting flustered
>Door bro radios for help when drunk guy gets even rowdier
>Big black guy shows up, drunk guy takes a swing at him
>Big black guy slams drunk guy down and knocks him the fuck out clean
>Drunk guy gets banned from AX
>Pickles the Drummer cosplayer at ConnectiCon
>really good cosplay, does a good impression of the character
>too good
>is actually drunk
>becomes a nuisance over the course of the day
>does something dangerous, tries to parkour off the escalator or something
>escorted out
>RIP in pieces brutal Pickles cosplayer
>>8904668
>asked me if I was wet (not in English so not like that)
What did he mean, then? I can't figure out what an innocent connotation would be.
>>8903766
im assuming the one who recently got married, and now him and his wife work with AM
>>8904292
Yup. A few times I wasn't expecting it and someone does so resulting in my back giving out. That got me into the hospital a day after. She was sorry and all at least
As for a land whale who tried to, I remember witnessing one trying to do it to her tiny friend. She dodged it and the whale landed face first. Whale argues with her little friend bout not standing still and making people look at the whale. Better to not risk injury and dodge it for sheer amusement
>>8904808
Wet from the rain. Different languages
have different connotations, in my language 'are you wet' doesn't sound remotely sexual but 'moistened' (not 'moist', however) does.
>>8904869
Oh, it wasn't clear you were in the rain. It sounded like he called you wet because of something to do with your maid costume.
It's the same in English. If you're wet from the rain, people won't assume you're talking about sex.
>>8904810
I know that much, I just never heard a clear story about what happened with San Japan.
>>8904796
There was two incidents I remembered. One involves just walking through the con and watch as security openly passed around a banlist. Learned from them that if you get involved with the law and end up in an investigation for sex offender registry you cannot participate in anime cons during the background check.
Second one was more business related, this guy who basically held a monopoly on maid cafes decided to go another con to teach them how to operate a maid cafe. Only to learn they had hired their own staff and no longer needs his help. He gets into an argument and was no longer welcome. Despite that he still lurks around outside for photos.
>>8904900
Dude he was smoking in the stairwell according to various people i've heard the story from which makes it even funnier.
>>8904582
Momocon has stricter dress codes
>>8905212
Dumbass. It wasn't the pot that got him kicked out, he would have been in big trouble with a cig too.
>>8903905
Reminds me of that comic someone made about how they become a permanent cripple because a landwhale glomped them.
I can't find it on my HDD at the moment though. :\
>>8903120
>guilty until proven innocent
/cgl/ really is /tumblr/
>>8905365
This isn't a court of law. If you don't want somebody at your event, then they don't get to come to your event. Doesn't matter if they have creep vibes, put their shoes on before their pants, or you don't like their face.
Furthermore, why would you even want to go to an event where nobody likes you?
>Bring a little clutch bag into Fanime rave, didn't feel like checking it in
>Forget it and leave it there
>Go out to eat with friends
>Time to pay for food
>Shit, where's my bag
>Con badge is in there too
>Borrow my male friend's con badge to go back into the rave
>Attendee: Your name isn't Chris, is it?
>Apologize and explain that I just need to pop in to get my bag
>We'll have to take this badge because you're essentially impersonating a con-goer
>Have to buy new badges for me and my friend
>>8905418
Should have just told him that he was misgendering you and that white male cisscum should burn with their ignorance or something.
>>8905422
It was a lady. And even so, I'd rather pay the money than put on an act like that.
>>8904735
>It was a stupid reason, but who the fuck admits to drinking?
Someone of legal age?
>>8904546
>setting off the fire alarm while smoking weed
This doesn't really happen. Never in my experience has weed smoke set off any kind of public alarm.
Either someone slipped a cig or they rolled up blunt paper too thick.
>>8905448
Protip: If an authority asks if you've been drinking, always say "No".
>>8904292
I've gotten more than a few concussions from chubby girls glomping me when I wasn't ready, I'd probably die if it was a landwhale.
Goddamn weebs that think they're small kawaii animu charas, you're not made of air and marshmallows.
>>8904529
I don't find this too bad, as long as he didn't touch them or bothered them persistently after a polite "no".
I might be biased with the type of crowd I choose to hang out with, but I can think of a few girls who'd go on board with that joke.
Am I in danger of also becoming a " that guy"?
Or is that something only attractive people can get away with?
>>8905736
it's probably
>obese neckbeard
>approaches group of small young women
>baby talk/lisp??
>convenient laser pointer
remove baby talk and one other issue of choice and you'll be ok
>>8905736
Would like to point out:
>approaching a group of complete strangers
>their first and only impression is weeby spergyness and infantile speech
>did you expect this to go well
At least start with some normal conversation to prove you're actually sane and not a total nutjob. Scope the girls out and make sure they are indeed the kind of girls who would be on board before you unleash your weeb. Don't make this your fucking intro, of course you're going to be "that guy who can't interact like a normal human being" if this is the only impression they get of you.
The story only says he was kicked out for taking things to far, never says this is the exact scene that caused it, so I'm going to guess he did some other worse stuff after that, this doesn't seem bad enough to get someone kicked out.
>>8904796
fucking perfection
>>8904529
Tbh I might have chased the laser pointer around a little bit, just to make the guy's day. He probably doesn't get much happiness
>>8905736
Tbh a lot of people, girls especially, get overly cautious and start being dicks to completely innocent people for no reason other than their 'looking weird'. Pisses me off
>Myself (F) and a few other friends (one other girl, three guys) having a drink in the con lobby
>Male school friend, slightly autistic and awkward looking but a swell guy overall, walks past us and sees me, waves at me, I didn't see it
>Female friend thinks he's waving at her, looks dumbfounded before making an angry/disgusted face
>I see him and smile and wave back, friend goes on to do what he was doing and leaves
>Girl says 'who was THAT' and looks at me like I just sprouted a cock from my forehead
It's not like he told you to blow him, relax like
>>8905365
>waaaa won't someone please think of the poor pedophiles?!
fuck. off.
>>8903642
This is why you stay away from con girls
>>8906151
stop. posting. like. this. you. retard.
Holy shit, I close the thread for a couple days and end up with 7 replies.
>>8903685
No, we aren't fronds anymore for obvious reasons
>>8903695
Initials are MB
>>8903775
She had a weird thing where she was moving back and fourth for a couple years. I never really understood but she made like 3 or 4 moves in the time I knew her. No idea where she is now
>>8903886
I've never been to alaska, so I'm not sure. Her initials are MB
>>8906123
as a dude, if some total stranger came up to me and started talking to me like I was a cat, I would tell him to fuck off. Your female friend sounds like she's just a mean person.
>>8906173
>as a dude
as a dude, this adds nothing of value to your post.
>watching a group of lolitas play spanking machine
>weird guy in steampunk shit comes up to me
>whispers "I bet they ain't wearin' any pettis under thar. Them lolita chicks are freeeeeeaky."
>later saw him freaking out on con security in the dealer room
>I think he tried to steal something? or scared a child?
>don't know if he was actually banned, but it sure looked like it
>>8906387
>"I bet they ain't wearin' any pettis under thar. Them lolita chicks are freeeeeaky."
>>8906123
Let's be real though, if you honestly think a person going up to a group of people, talking to them in baby talk, and expecting them start jumping around when they whip out a laser pointer is completely normal behaviour, it's really no surprise that only crazy chicks are willing to be your friend.
>>8904290
Like they ever were to begin with lol
>>8906387
>watching a group of lolitas play spanking machine
Is this a thing?
>>8906453
https://youtu.be/FcxwnGh7GIU?t=6s
>>8903945
>no kissing allowed
kek
that's so... middleschool dance-y
>>8906504
That's even hotter than I imagined.
>>8903865
Yukicon?
>>8906387
>lolita spanking machine at cons
I've never been to a con meet before. Is this a thing there?
>New to the fashion
>Try joining a Lolita community
>Get banned from several Lolita communities
>No one tells me why
>Message a mod, they tell m e that they're worried about me starting shit or others harassing me
>Confused so I press further
Apparently I looked like a former mischief maker or something. Kind of turned me off from the fashion that so many communities instead of talking to me banned me first.
I could always ask to be unbanned by mods but after that I really don't want to be a part of the Lolita community anymore.
>>8906810
That really sucks, man. I'm sorry that happened.
>>8906669
Lol, no. These must have just been some weird lolis.
>>8906810
maybe you look like a weeb ita
My dad went with me to a con once.
He teaches in a youth incarceration facility, and he saw one of his former inmates at that con...they were a sex offender.
There was also a time when one of his students wrote mlp hentai for a writing assignment.
>>8907650
Nah there's no way they'd be banned from multiple comms just for being an ita
>>8906669
Google informs me that it's an arcade game. Apparently. You spank the machine and get points kind of like the punching bag games.
I'm going to just assume it's something that was brought to the game room in the spirit of "lol Japan so wacky" or some shit.
>>8904735
>banned for mentioning he had a beer with dinner
what the fuck is wrong with those people?
>>8906514
That's what cons have devolved into in this SJW era.
>>8903688
Anime North?
>>8908390
Yup. We called another friend who went in and picked it up.
>>8906151
Calling someone a pedophile does not make them one.
>>8907781
lmao, that's awesome. People should practice
>one time gf says to spank her
>do it
>"harder!"
>do it harder
>she calls me a pussy
>wind the fuck up
>accidentally hit with the heel of my palm
whoops
![Boonga-Boonga_ARCADE[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/VULGCzx.jpg "Boonga-Boonga_ARCADE[1].jpg")
>>8906387
oh my god i thought you were joking i need to play this
http://www.ign.com/games/boong-ga-boong-ga/arcade-733397
>>8905418
You could have said it was short for Christine or something.
>>8905758
It's not any one thing he did, it's the combination of several eyebrow raising red flags that did him in.
Personally if an identical looking guy had approached my group and politely introduced himself like a normal person, and established a conversation, I might have laughed at the joke when the laser pointer was brought out but not played with it.
>>8906652
The devil has enough advocates, fuck off.
>>8903781
I know this is a really old post but what's wrong with the name Mizucon?
Not quite a con, but...
>At Pokemon VGC UK
>Big international vidya tournament, winner gets to go to Japan
>Guy named Foodking regularly shows up
>He's an absolute landwhale
>Once saw him fall over then be unable to get back up
>It was like a turtle rolling around on its back
>Last year
>He literally shits his pants
>Doesn't change or clean up, wanders back into gaming hall with trousers full of shit
>Gets banned for being a health hazard
>Turns out he's autistic or has some kind of mental disorder
>His friends start a petition to get him unbanned
>"It's discriminating against disabled people!"
>mfw
As far as I know, he's still banned.
>>8914709
Oh lordy, just remembered ANOTHER shit-related Pokemon VGC story. Brace yourselves, this caused a big drama when it happened.
>VGC UK tends to get invaded by Spaniards ever year
>These guys are dicks, are cocky winners/bad losers, nobody likes them
>Final is between spaniard named Ruben and Gary Oak cosplayer named Ben
>Ruben wins
>Few days later on official sites it says Ben was the champion
>wtf
>The story comes out
>Ruben and other spaniards trashed their hotel afterwards
>Shitting in the corridor and throwing it about
>Nintendo strips Ruben of title and bans him
>Ruben makes loud public begging letter in broken English
>tl;dr IT WASN'T ME POKEMON IS MY LIFE DON'T DO THIS TO ME
>Still banned
He was an arrogant twat anyway. But man, I don't know what it is with people shitting at the UK VGC, seems to be a trend.
>>8914709
>foodkingis still around
Oh boy
>>8914709
Looks like he got unbanned, lost something, threw a tantrum and is quitting (again) according to his facebook. Dude sounds like a lmaocow.
>>8914716
How dead is the UK scene?
I have not played competitive since 2010 and kinda want to get back into it
>>8914709
oh. my. god.
That's absolutely horrifying. Do you have a link to the petition? I know you probably shouldn't post it here, but can you C&P their so-called defense for their actions?
>>8914735
The VGC is huge. Last year the Masters division (the oldfags) had 500+ people take part. I'm going to the regionals in Sutton Coldfield next month, last year there must have been 100 people, was good fun.
It's a pretty social event, people cosplay and it's easy to make friends. Gordian Knot, who run it, couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery, so expect delays and bonding over how shit it's being run.
It's fun though, if you come along come say hi to a fellow seagull.
>>8914753
Just google 'foodking petition', it's the first result. Their open letter is long and glorious.
>>8914753
http://nuggetbridge.com/forums/topic/12591-introduce-measures-to-safeguard-vulnerable-persons-in-play-pok%C3%A9mon-events/
>>8914762
>>8914765
Thank you! I had no idea if Foodking was his actual handle or whether it was just a pseudo the op used to protect his identity, hence why I didn't google it myself.
But jeeez...
>"Deeming a disabled person as a potential health hazard is dehumanising! Un-ban him!"
HE SHAT ALL OVER HIMSELF AND NEITHER HE, NOR HIS CARERS MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO CLEAN HIM UP
OF COURSE HE IS A POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD YOU IDIOTS
there are KIDS and people with weak immune systems at the VGC for crying out loud. Why on earth should it be PCi's responsibility to make sure he has a carer with him who knows what they're doing. How can they even judge that?
>baby weeb's second year at sj
>leaving artist's alley when i spot a cute mami
>get her pic and talking costume construction when some guy calls out to her
>he comes over to us and starts talking to her and is all up in her personal space like i was nonexistent
>ok.jpeg
>appears to be a bf of some sort so i excuse myself before i spaghetti everywhere
>later i am playing a card game with some other cosplayers
>mami shows up
>apparently a friend of one of the people sitting with us
>we get to playing with her when her friend starts whispering to her
>i look up
>there's creepy bf watching from, i shit you not, behind a pillar
>what the fuck
>mami gets real scared
>i realize this is not her bf
>he starts saying shit to her, still behind hovering around said pillar, like how she'd be a perfect wife and is the perfect mami etc etc
>friend gets up and exchanges words with the guy
>security shows up
>he gets con-arrested or something
>apparently he has been e-stalking her and showed up here to follow her around and had been telling her sexual things earlier
don't know if he was banned but at least she didn't get hurt
>>8914778
>HE SHAT ALL OVER HIMSELF AND NEITHER HE, NOR HIS CARERS MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO CLEAN HIM UP
He didn't have his carers with him, that was the problem. So the petition tried to make the Pokemon Company force everyone who attends to declare if they have physical/mental problems, so they could police if you had a handler with you or not. Absolute bullshit.
Two girls (one Fiona, the other Princess Bubblegum) got banned from a con for holding up a homeless-style sign that said "No boyfriends. Please give us the dick! God bless."
They were like 14.
>>8914778
Jesus Christ
I work in a psych ward and we had a dude who had a baby/scat fetish.
>rubs shit all over himself and masturbates
>often would walk out into the milleau covered in shit.
>"YOU CANT CONFINE ME TO MY ROOM THATS ILLEGAL. I HAVE RIGHTS"
Bruh your rights end when you become an infection control issue. Same reason you wouldn't let someone with active cdif walk all over a hospital.
If his caretakers can't do their job then yeah he doesn't need to come back.
>>8916230
>I'm literally retarded
>>8916230
>Follow your own advice, manchild
Wow that flew over your head.
>>8914716
>convention dicks him over
>takes his anger out on the hotel that had nothing to do with the mistake
What a little bastard. That bugs me.
>>8916207
Signs would go great with a PSG cosplay.
>>8916347
You got it the other way around.
He WON, then trashed the hotel, then got his title stripped and got banned.
>>8916414
Somebody should cosplay this with nude-colored underwear.
>>8916440
Not sure what actually happened chronologically but the greentext specifically says
>Ruben won
>a couple days later on the site it says Ben won
>the story got out
>Ruben and co. trash the hotel
So I mean, if he trashed the hotel before he knew he didn't actually win, that's not made clear there. Might want to clarify.
>>8916473
I think I misunderstood it, then.
I read it like this:
>it says on the site that Ben won
>it's because Ruben and co. trashed the hotel prior
>>8916477
Ohhhh. Now that you say it that way, it makes sense. I thought "the story coming out" was referring to the con flip-flopping the winner and then Ruben went apeshit.
>>8916347
>>8916473
>>8916477
>>8916481
OP here. Timeline was Ruben wins -> Flings shit in hotel -> Gets stripped of title -> Ben is announced as winner -> People find out why
Nobody knew this at first, we just saw that he was no longer the champion. It was later we found out WHY he got stripped of his title. Sorry for the confusion.
So I'm at a con this weekend, and a lot of people are talking about a photographer way out in the MidWest US named Ron Ladao who got summarily expelled from a convention after a fallout with a cosplayer friend who then took revenge by going to all the local cons and telling them about something horrible he did 13(!) years ago and using that as grounds to strip him of his position, his title, and kick him out of the con.
People seem especially angry about this because the photographer dug up an old video of the incident, and while he acts damn creepy in it, it's a lot closer to his version of events than to hers.
I don't know what to make of this, it's far away from me and I know nothing about the photogapher, the cosplayer, or to cons to make an educated judgement.
So what do you think, /cgl/? Should someone be summarily banned, without even the chance to offer a defense, when someone else brings up actions of a decade ago?
Should his post the video exonerating himself be disallowed and removed from the internet, as many people have claimed, would be harassing the victim again by questioning her feelings and making live the awful moment all over again?
Link to the original article: https://web.archive
.org/web/20160208081956/http://www.chicagonow.com/geek-girl-chicago/2016/02/cosplay-harassment/
Link to the defense: https://www.face
book.com/rladaophotos/posts/1011573122250266
Link to the video of what happened: https://www.you
tube.com/watch?v=gY3LHACdDQM
Comments by people who attend MidWest conventions would be especially useful, I wonder what the atmosphere and con goer attitudes are like.
Can someone shed light on this? Asshole photog who need to be removed from circulation or salty cosplayer getting revenge?
>>8920535
so your thread got deleted and you decided to revive this one?
good luck, once mods delete something they tend to stick to their guns.
>>8920537
pls be true about the feet threads, pls be true
>>8920537
There was a thread on this? I utterly missed it, being on con schedule all week. I checked the catalog before posting, and this seemed to be the right thread to ask about it.
big evn
Why would this be deleted? This is a serious issue here at the con, and no doubt at many cons to follow, especially in the area. Drama will come, as this board feels in
>>8920535
Trying to go in the room was creepy and weird as fuck. The girl is obviously a little unhinged too. >literally only approving comments that say, "so strong and brave!"
I would vote for banning both of them.
>>8920565
>I would vote for banning both of them.
I think this might be fair.
He's been banned for 10yrs already. That's long enough to mature. Now it's her turn for a decade long ban. That should be fair enough.
>>8920552
> Why would this be deleted?
Because of the 'no singling out a certain person' rule. I think it's dumb too in this case but if the mods don't want it here, they'll delete it.
>>8920645
Well mainly because the mods have her on their friends list. Go look them up and check it.
>>8920544
footfags ruin everything
>>8920565
>I would vote for banning both of them.
One did something creepy 13 years ago, the other did something criminal last month. Hardly equivalent?
>>8920594
>He's been banned for 10yrs already.
He has? I though this whole thing was new.
>>8920663
Bullshit. The mods are anonymous, just like everyone else.
>>8916207
This is what happens when the "Free hugs" sign gets boring.
>>8920952
LOL, you must be new here if you think the new attention whore mods are "anonymous".
Those two dumb bitches spilled the beans the second they gained mod status.
>>8909365
RIP your gf's ass
>>8903251
Maybe you should have better taste in meat, shitlord
>>8920565
He seems like a typical d-bag--spraying half a can of Axe on himself was proof enough of that. But that's hardly "creepy as fuck" or a crime.
The video makes clear that this was just a group of teenagers goofing around. The way she wrote it I visualized some 20+ years older neckbear kicking in the door and taking nudes while they screamed. Her story is utter bullshit, and all her language is straight from goddamn Tumblr (including refusing to link to the video because it "might be triggering").
I think the video speaks for itself. Again, despite what Tumblr or the US Department of Education believes, being a dbag is not a crime, and acting like one is not molestation, harrasment, or rape.
There is this guy called Spider in the TN scene landed on a bunch of ban lists. Susposed mtac security who raped some mental girl at another con.
>>8906155
Underrated post.
>>8906422
Source?
>>>8914709 It was like a turtle rolling around on its back
Turtles actually have an /extremely/ easy time getting off their back.
Their legs usually don't quite have the dexterity to flip themselves over,
but they press their head against the floor use the strength of their necks.
It takes all of a fraction of a second to do.
The matter is helped by turtle shells being (nearly) gömböc shapes.
Which is a fancy name for any shape that,
regardless of what orientation you set it down at,
will always (and only) come to rest at a single point.
>>>8903251 I broke this stupid ass "No 'Spam' Rule"
Spam is a terrible choice from a gameplay perspective.
* If you spam your highly predictable, which makes it easier to punish misplays.
* The game literally weakens your attacks when you overuse them.
That tournament rule is silly and ought to be unnecessary, but you deserved what you got.
>>8925570
Surprisingly turned on by that wielding of turtle knowledge. Wow.
>at SJ 2015
>friends decide to go to the rave
>on our way up to rave, cops pull over a girl dressed in rave clothing
>cops good off about how in their day, girls did dress like that
>one cop joins in and yells out about how he arrest girls like that for prostitution
>girl starts to cry
>cops back off a bit but escorts her out of con
>one cop stops and glares at a shirtless guy who's high-fiving people going into the rave and pulls him to the side
>poor guy puts his shirt back on a holds back tears until friends come to his rescue
>cops escort guy and friends out of con as well
> come back from lunch to find guy in hallway busted out his boom box and a dance circle broke out
>talking like 80-100+ People here
> Qt in attack on Titan female suit takes over the floor and the guys go wild. She must have been quintuple jointed with the way she moved
> This eventually brings in some cosplayers that start bumping and grinding
> Dj boom box gets a request for some song I've never heard of but all the sudden it's an orgy of grinding
> still being a big con that it was, there are 2-4 kids under 10 attracted to the crowd
> security rolls up and shuts the whole thing down
>Dj boom box gets expelled
> still see him later that night at the rave though cause fuck security
>>8921359
>not liking spam
fucking haole bitch.
>>8925724
Not trying to agree with the PD. But proustition and trafficking have an increasing issue as if recent. Bad shit has been happening in sj for years.
>>8926107
Yeah. The cops had some points but I'm pretty sure you don't have to bring someone to tears just to get them stop. Then again that was only my second year going. A guy was also harassing one of my friends but I only knew about it because she told me. Rather or not it's true is another story
>>8905736
>>8905826
Personally I think a lot of context could change the situation one way or another. If they guy looked like a shit, awkward, or just weird, yeah that shit wouldn't work no matter how hard he tried with random strangers.
Now, if someone does it in an obviously joking manner, his face and body expresses that, you'd be surprised what random strangers will jump along with, or at the very least get a chuckle from the group.
>>8926107
But when you're at an event where a good chunk of the attendees are wearing some kind of weird shit, it's not really appropriate to accuse someone of being a prostitute based on what she's wearing.
Did they really escort those people out of an anime convention based on what they were wearing?
That one Otakon where everyone was getting banned when they found out there was something like 200 fake badges floating around.
>>8920535
Rereading this post a week later reminds me to never post to /cgl/ while drunk at 4AM at a con. All those typos...
>>8926988
Speaking of posting while drunk and in costume, happy Purim /cgl/!
>>8905426
You're a good person. I like you.
>>8905456
Vapor will set off smoke detectors. Are you fucking retarded?
>>8905580
It begins.
>>8929172
>>8929175
No one asked for this. No one ever asks for this.
>>8929176
>>8929178
>>8929179
Semi-cosplay related, but there's a girl I know who was banned from one of my country's biggest LARP systems/groups for offering massages, sometimes "intimate" massages, and lap dances in return for in character gold.
>>8920535
Based on the youtube video I can tell that the group he was with really didn't fucking like him, particularly the girl. However, she sounds like a bitch who wanted her cake and to eat it too. She undresses in a room of someone whom she doesn't like and gets pissed off when he stops acting beta for a minute and attempts to reenter his room? Uh huh.
Sounds like this group of "friends" had something against the guy and were looking for any kind of straw to break their backs over.
I personally blame both parties. The group may be vindictive, but the guy clearly has something wrong with him as well and cannot take social cues.
how strict are conventions on the nudity thing? I plan to wear only a thong and an apron for an up coming cosplay
But that being said my ass cheeks would be bare
>pic related
I know girls get away with it all the time but I feel the convention would have some sort of prejudice against a guy doing it
>>8925919
i dont think that was a ban worthy..
if everyone's having a good time itshouldnt be much of an issue
a simple stop would of sufficed
>>8930165
I knew a meek girl named Charlie. Some parents just give odd names.
>>8930129
Dude, he obviously wasn't planning on breaking the lock, he probably just wanted to make them squeal or something, a funny 'prank'.
They're a bunch of teens, she was being edgy 'go away - _ -' basically. There was no fear, and he obviously wasn't looking at her for very long. He seems a bit weeby, but she seems 5edgy3me, and it looks like he grew out of it whereas she just got worse.
That video is tame. I'm sure the girls in the room were shocked when the lock broke, but not any more than they would have been if it held, considering they kept the door pulled closed.
If he apologised, then there's nbd and this girl is causing a shitstorm over nothing. I hope he sues. He can actually claim defamation since this is harming his business.
>>8930267
>he obviously wasn't planning on breaking the lock
I didn't talk about breaking the lock, but with that said, maybe it's not such a good idea to knock open a door when there's no idea of what or who may be on the other side. And desu I'm already annoyed with big babies who should know better than to muck up hotel rooms for others with hourly wages to clean up after.
Frankly, he was acting strange and he handled that situation poorly.
Anyway, I hope you didn't take it to mean because I don't think he's an innocent lamb that I was defending what the crazy 'geek' bitch has done, because I think she's wrong. She's the type of bitch who makes it harder and invalidates people who have experienced actual sexual traumas to speak up. This is why women are stereotyped as liars and sensationalists.
>>8930293
They kicked him out of his own room and he waited a few seconds before unlocking the door (after announcing he had a key). There's nothing wrong with that because there's a reasonable expectation that she wouldn't have had a chance to undress.
Plus, he's obviously pissed off. He was checking the bathroom for them and offering them the bathroom, not his entire hotel room.
I know it was a dumb prank but they must be, what, sixteen-eighteen in the video? He certainly isn't very old. When I was cruising with my weeb crowd, this sort of mock invasion of privacy was really common. Hell, it was common at sleepovers with my normie friends. I was younger than they appear to be at the time, but my weeb friends were generally older and there were all sorts of 'ahh! I'm gonna rape you!' fujoshit jokes. Since it seems like he barely knows them (explaining to them where his room is and such in another video), it could have just been an issue of him acting like that around his friends and being too socially dumb to realise that weebs aren't all batshit.
In the video, she was super rude. She came into his hotel room, told him to go away after he offered her the bathroom to change, and then locked him out. She had no reasonable expectation of privacy considering that what she did was hostile toward him and, in the end, laughed at the broken lock. I don't see what he did wrong besides get rightfully pissed off that he'd been kicked out of his room, with his personal effects, after trying to do a good deed.
Sure, the door thing was douchey but it wasn't necessarily wrong of him.
(cont)
>>8930370
Plus, this girl is totally crazy. A lot of people bring up the fact that he didn't tell the truth (about having a camera) but having a camera that is constantly recording (also noted in the other video) and isn't recording at eye-level means that he probably had it on him, recording or shooting, all day and desu it probably took someone saying 'yeah but didn't you compulsively record all of your con experiences?' for him to say 'oh yeah, that's right. Which means I did have my camera'.
He'd have posted the video much sooner if he actually remembered having a camera, considering a 13 year-old accusation wasn't going to go away without evidence that it didn't happen.
The fact that this girl hasn't even amended her article even after sharing the videos on her fb page is really fucking slimey too. It's the definition of vendetta.
Sorry, this ended up being just a general rant about this.
I fucking hate people who cry wolf.
>>8930370
>>8930372
Why are you going off on me when I've already told you I don't condone what psycho geek bitch is doing? You seem upset that I'm criticizing the dude, but honestly, that's because his behavior is strange and unusual. There was nothing "reasonable" about kicking in the door, or lurking about when he was clearly not wanted in that group. It's not excusable just because some weebs like acting immature.
>>8930403
>lurking about when he was clearly not wanted in that group
Girl that was his hotel room, he wasn't lurking you dipshit.
>>8930405
>his hotel room
I know that you buttblasted faggot. She didn't invite herself in, though. Whose fault was it to lead her and the fuckbois up into his room and offer to let her change in it? He wanted to be a faggot and kick the door in to be "funny," but it obviously backfired.
It's not sexual harassment, but it's also not mature and reasonable behavior. From the very start of the video the girl's face and body language says she doesn't like him.
>>8930407
You know, no matter how hard you try, she will never fuck you.
>>8930416
I'm a girl you buffoon. Not sorry I'm pointing out behavioral flaws with your new MRA idol.
>>8930416
WOW. I love how anon is not defending anything she's doing but you seriously go there. Yeah, because anyone who thinks the cam guy was an idiot for busting down the door wants to fuck the girl. Wtf is wrong with you?
I never been banned from a con, but I had cops called on my room. Someone reported we were doing drugs which wasn't true. The cops were cool after they walked into our disaster of a room.
>>8906173
>dress up like a cat
>dude talks to you like you are a cat
>what a creeper!
>>8925724
Woe is me, I am forced to dress like a decent human being!
>>8906440
>turmbr says after the crux of story was that the man got banned from the con even though there was no proof AND she dropped the charge
Yeah not seriously at all.
When will society just start executing men on the spot the instant a woman points her finger at him? Is that what tumblr wants? Will that finally be "taking them seriously" to you?
>>8930155
Depends on the con. Definitely wouldn't try this on a family friendly con. Your best bet would be contacting the convention and asking if they'd be okay with it. And even then I would bring along a spare costume or underwear in case the staff changes their mind.
But if I were you, I'd wear skin colored boxer briefs. Even girls who bare their buts at cons usually wear thights to at least have some kind of cover-up.
>>8930752
It's painfully unfunny. It's one of those situations that just didn't happen on top of the underlying layer being that the OP of this story never has gotten attention from someone attractive or otherwise from a con, at all.
>>8930155
>jpeg.gif
>>8930799
got any links to things related to this guy on the internet? The fact that he was the narrator in that brilliantly drawn comic piques me direly, I want to see his works but more importantly discover more about this person and his backstory if he is on the internet
>>8931004
I think someone else drew the comic after he posted the story here.
>>8930666
>Dress up like a cat
>Clearly still a human and not an actual cat
>Random stranger talks to you and expects you to behave like you are a cat
Yeah, no, that's still weird.
>>8901934
A Snape cosplayer was banned from a local con because he grabbed every fucking girl.
Shit was nasty.
>>8931151
We have really good draw anons here that regularly do that sort of thing.
>pic related
>>8930794
You stupid faggot.
>point out how both sides behaved poorly
>HURR U MUST BE A MALE WANTING TO FUCK DAT PUSSAYYY
>>8931116
>posted his story in a horror story thread
In other words, bullshit.
>>8903136
Either the cosplayer was super retarded and didndt report him, or there was something seriously wrong with con staff.
I see a little bit of dirt on Momo con in this thread.
I need more GA drama.
On that note, I know the guy who forced AWA to change their alcohol policy.
Only time I've seen someone get banned is when these two older teenage guys with skateboards were obviously drunk at a con. They were just checking it out, and they talked to me and my friends about a few adult swim tier animes. They were actually really nice. However, they got a little wild and tried to ride their skateboards in the con. Security smealt the booze and kicked them out.
>>8914709
Fucking Foodking. Luckily I've never met him, but I see him various StreetPass UK groups. He was brought to my attention after one of the group admins posted a petition to get Foodking unbanned, as it's not his fault he's a "health and safety hazard". Around that time his whole Facebook feed was spamming the link to the petition, and saying shit like "i no longer have anything to live for" and "without pokemon my life is nothing" and his friends trying to put things in perspective and not really getting through.
He's now officially a Pokken Tournament competitor.
>>8931603
Until he shits himself again.
>>8904796
I don't remember seeing that happen but I do remember that cosplayer. Do you happen to know what year that was?
>>8931269
>On that note, I know the guy who forced AWA to change their alcohol policy.
Story?
I got banned, but it was from a bjd collector meetup group. My ex is in it and he thinks I'm stalking him. His proof is that I tried to join the FB group, which is the only one in the area, and which I didn't know he was already in. I could share more of the story (he is into jfash/lolita still I think) but like I said its doll drama so I dunno how interested yall would be.
>>8933315
He got you banned for trying to join the same group?
>>8933337
He apparently claimed I was trying to follow him to meets and keep tabs on his online activity, and that I was "emotionally manipulative and abusive". This is a very SJW heavy area so I guess he pulled out the LGBT abuse card (he's bi, even though this was a straight relationship) and they all went for it. Like I said I didn't even know he was in that group... and I'm the one that broke up with him and have been actively avoiding him, so... I don't know. Its been mostly just funny to watch and mildly annoying since I need to go a few towns away instead.
>>8904290
Rape is serious. Who the hell says it's not treated seriously anymore. When claims come out, they're just claims. The police will launch an investigation, collect and gather evidence/dna and will do all they can.
Assholes like her abuse the power of labels and "her words over his" to undermine and garner attention/sympathy.
Whenever rape claims are making headlines, just remember that any woman worth her salt to seek justice will do so promptly and not delay out of fear and shame.
>>8932358
Dude is a raging alcoholic, not just at cons, who tends to get really rowdy and obnoxious. He drank so much he was wreaking havoc while giving himself alcohol poisoning.
An ambulance eventually had to be called and the policies changed.
>>8931269
My ex is banned from the Atlanta com and has to drop off his ten years younger wife at events. He was abusive towards another member of the comm, and has a reputation as being a wee bit of a serial rapist.
If you mention to anyone "that creepy guy with the pedostache who's always trying to sound edgy", they'll know who you're talking about.
>>8935816
>his ten years younger wife
>wee bit of a serial rapist
This guy sounds sketchy as fuck, why is he your ex anon? Why did you go out with such a sketchy guy and any stories about him?
>>8935816
>shitthattotallyhappenednoguiszrly.txt
>>8935936
Fuck you
>>8935911
I met him off OkCupid and he seemed totally normal at first. I had low self-esteem at the time, and I know that doesn't excuse staying with him.
Within a month, he was joking about killing an ex of mine that he knew I cared about (and calling me crazy when I took him seriously). He had me diet until I got below 100 lbs "to prove I wouldn't get lazy when I got older." He guilt-tripped me for using a safeword, and the girl after me (the member of the comm who got him banned) was told she wasn't allowed to have a safeword because me using mine "made him feel bad." He had child porn on his computer in a folder that wasn't even password-protected. He raped me anally while shoving my face into a pillow and binding my hands so I couldn't safeword. He was a textbook narcissist, and at least 6 of his exes I'm certain he was abusive towards or had consent violations with. One left the Lolita comm, another is still active and reached out for me post breakup to see if what he said about me was true (spoiler alert: it wasn't). He used to troll /b/ looking for the casual underage nude or teen thread. He was actually doxxed by them in late December 2014. Google "Daddychan" "4chanarchive" if you want to have a laugh.
The only redeeming thing about him, was that he was incredibly affectionate towards his cats and very polite to his mom.
>>8936129
Ugh, ugh, ugh. Is this the same guy that made his lolly wiafu change her name to match his ex's, even though they're in the same comm? She got posted on BtB a few weeks back and the story was straight from a Lifetime movie script.
>>8936129
>The only redeeming thing about him, was that he was incredibly affectionate towards his cats and very polite to his mom.
"redeeming"
but I'm sorry to hear that, anon. That guy sounds like a load of hot garbage.
