>con is in 2 months
>only 2 guests announced
>one literally who songstress and one VA literally who
>$70 weekend ticket prices
Goddammit, El Ken. ACEN thread? ACEN thread. What hotel are you staying at? Are your cosplays ready? Seagull meetup?
After 7 years of acen I'm not going back this year. They don't even try. It's not worth the hassle anymore.
I'm still prepping for Anime Milwaukee which is in like 2 weeks. I'll probably just recycle cosplays from that. I'm staying at the Hyatt but hopefully I get the main building and not the one off to the side.
I'm prepping for C2E2 first, but ACen is definitely on my mind. Still waiting to hear on a panel, but I'm guessing I didn't get in at this point. Staying in the Embassy. I'm not optimistic about programming or guests, but it is always good to see friends, I guess.
>>8886217
>$70 weekend ticket prices
they don't go up to $70 until april 2
right now it's only $58
So what big ticket event is the fire alarm going to be pulled at this time?
>>8886488
Which is still an insane spike over last year.
>>8886505
so just buy your ticket early like a smart person????
>>8886513
stop being a dumb ass, they mean that's an insane spike from previous early bird 'specials'
Acen must had been amazing back in the day. Sad how so many veteran ACEN attendees have been saying that the con has been going downhill in quality.
Anyway, I'm going to be I'm the Hyatt this year for the first time. Trying to get a second room for my friends. Long story short thought I booked two ones but it was only one. Ugh.
Here's hoping either somebody cancel their room at the Hyatt or Double Tree or Hilton open up some new rooms so I can use my employee discount and get two rooms for 80% off.
Eir Aoi has done a bunch of anison including KLK and SAO II
guess those are more niche than I thought
>still waiting for Synergy announcements
>>8886513
I haven't purchased a ticket yet because I've yet to see a guest worth purchasing an early ticket that's the same price as last year's at the door price.
>con is in two months
>reading that immediately makes me fucking nauseous
100% not ready. Still looking at hotels, which is difficult because I have to picky due to my low budget. I still haven't figured out my cosplay plans either.
>>8886217
>$70 weekend ticket prices
Jesus fucking christ this con is making it harder and harder for me to go back every year. We have our hotel booked (I don't remember the exact one, but it's like a five minute walk to the center) and I've barely done anything for my costumes yet.
This is my 2nd year going to ACEN, I live in Joliet so its close not to bad. But I've heard from people it's been going down in fun and everything.
Least free weed and booze
Anyone wanna meet up per-haps? I know its still 2 months away.
Kik Zelek1 (Sorry if this isn't allowed)
>$70
My friends and I said screw it to going this year. We live in MN and its too much of a hassle anyway. We plan on going to Anime Detour in April as a make up for it.
Didn't think twice about going this year,
spent all my money on Miku Expo tickets. Shit's going to be so much more hype than whatever than can pull together in 2 months.
I don't think I'm going to bother this year. I might go for a day to help a friend with her booth, but I'm not getting a hotel room or planning to go for the whole weekend. My primary interest is in lolita/j-fashion and they don't have anything related to that anymore.
It's not an insane spike at all. Just compare the pricing of ACEN to Anime Expo and East Coast cons...the price is actually very good compared to them. Plus, the cost of airline tickets go up to bring in guests, rental costs of convention center go up every year....there is no way they or any con can keep a low price for years. The price of a badge is still very affordable and worth it. Cosplayers already drop several hundreds of dollars on cosplay and booze...cut back a little on that and a badge isn't that much.
>>8889844
>Just compare the pricing of ACEN to AX
But AX has so much more to offer than ACEN it's not even funny. And seeing as your post reeks of someone who volunteers for ACEN, I definitely wouldn't advertise that AX and ACEN are the same price this year if I were you. People are gonna stop falling for that "m-m-muh guests" shit one of these days.
>>8889844
I spend a lot on cosplay to look good and have fun not look good while sitting in a hotel lobby for 2 hours while waiting for a good panel to finally start.
The highlight of my Acen last year was being drunk the whole time. If I had to cut back on the booze the won would not have been worth it. I'm not going this year.
>>8889844
But if you compare Acen to other cons in the midwest, they're almost all cheaper than Acen is at this point. I'll be honest, Midewst is smaller and I don't like the guy who runs it, but I had a much better time at Midwest last year because they actually know how to manage a lot of their events and get good guests. Acen has just been one dissapointment after another recently.
May just do a day trip to Chicago on the Saturday for ACEN. It is not improved in just about anything within the last few years. Only good thing about ACEN last year was meeting the creator of the Higurashi series and getting his autograph.
I like the people I've meet at ACEN aND I like visiting Chicago but I rather go up to Chicago for something fun or to explore the city then just go up there for one weekend out of the year for an anime con and be bored for hours on end until a panel comes up or to partt
Glad I'm skipping ACEN totally next year for Anime Expo.
Pic more unrelated than a brother from another mother.
I've been lurking the forums and it seems to me it may not be el kens doing this time, only because he's not on staff. He doesn't post the announcements or anything.
I'm also under the impression the hardcore synergy already had djs ready but acen wouldn't let them announce it because woe is them they didn't get a Japanese guest until a week ago. Then they suddenly announce two djs on the coat tails of the jpop singer ? Seems fishy as Fuck.
>>8890239
That's ACEN for ya. Was talking to an older staff member that been around since 1999 and he told me how unprofessional and chaotic planning shit for ACEN is since all the mature and older staff member basically all left.
He basically told me that I should not be shocked if shit seems crazy this year due to poor planning and people just being stupid.
Going with a group all weekend. Got the hard armor pieces of my scout trooper all done still need to work on the boots and cummerbund. Any other star wars people going?
>>8890633
My BF is gonna be doing Kylo one day, but we're not sure when
>>8890902
Any idea if there is gonna be a meet up for star wars?
a whole lot of complaining
Gonna re-do Joel this year. I'll actually use a bit of make-up and make myself look older. Get some better accessories and I'll be golden.
>>8886576
I miss old acen
>>8891856
What day? I'm going as Ellie again this year.
Are the military prices new? That definitely just helped sway my decision to go.
>>8896740
Werent we talking about this last year?
I'll be Joel on Saturday.
>>8897266
Oh hey, guess so!
Any word on meet up/photo shoots/panels? The anticipation for the schedules is killing me
>>8899686
I haven't heard anything about Naughty Dog meet ups, but if there isn't an official one, I'm sure an un official one will be scheduled.
I am wondering why ACEN Is dragging their heels with all the panels.
The Oregon Trail panel hasn't been approved yet and that's a huge crowd pleaser.
wtf am i supposed to wear desu nothing is planned
How stringent is ACen in enforcing the 6-inch costume extension rule?
I remember seeing a giant Big Daddy and Guilmon costume walking around one year, so I assumed they weren't too strict about it, but does anyone know?
First-timer here. What is their policy on gun props? I'm used cons like AX (half has to be taped a bright color, no airsoft period, etc.). I'm not seeing much at all on their site besides the blatantly obvious (not a real firearm, orange tip...).
I'm going and I'm so FUCKED cause I'm so far behind on my costume. I'm attempting to be a male worlock from destiny. I've got my helmet (hood of ex while) 80% complete. My jacket (void fang vestimets) is 30% but on the bright side my vex my tho coast is complete, my band is complete, and I've got boots lined up. Worst case I don't complete helmet and focus on jacket and go w/out helmet.
>>8901838
I swear it feels like it changes every year. I once came with a couple air-soft guns, holstered and no mag. Was told no. Put them away enjoyed con. Next year came with a single air soft pistol. No complaints at all.
Year after that, nerf guns painted tan and black. They said they needed an orange tip, went outside sprayed painted them. Good to go.
Bring it what ever you want to bring and have a back up just in case.
>>8901838
That's pretty much it, desu. Just don't be a dipshit and your prop won't get taken. It also helps if you're doing a semi-known cosplay. I remember when Persona 3 first came out, some friends of mine caught tons of shit because people assumed that they were a bunch of well-dressed jackasses with guns.
>tfw I really want to go
>tfw all my friends always bail on me for this con and I have no one to room/hang with
>>8901620
They can be if it's at the con center. However all the hotels and the grounds outside seem to be fair game ( except that guy that made a 15 foot optimus prime in the lobby a few years ago )
>>8902071
Will they literally walk up to me if I'm around the Artist's Alley and I have a tail / wing stretching out about a foot from my body, and say "yo, you've got to leave, now."?
I don't want to put a lot of effort into a costume then not be able to wear it.
>>8902289
whats the costume?
>>8902289
>tail / wing stretching out about a foot from my body
>about a foot from my body
>>8901620
>How stringent is ACen in enforcing the 6-inch costume extension rule?
>6 inch rule
>about a foot from my body
Literally go fuck yourself. It's one thing to try to fudge the rule by an inch or so (and even then some IRT jagoff might still tell you off if they're having a bad day), but a foot? You would deserve to get thrown out at that point.
>>8902317
Whoa, what's eating you, mate? You seem pretty fired up over this.
>>8902458
Because there's always that one person who completely disregards a convention's rules for whatever reason, and then the rest of us have to suffer.
>>8902071
>>8902289
>>8902305
>>8902317
>>8902614
Wait, what?
I saw pic related and other similar-sized costumes walking around the con center plenty of times. I wasn't even aware that there was a rule like that.
>>8903458
That's also a public area. It's more so the dealers room where rules are enforced due to the crazy crowding
>>8903466
What's the point of going to a con in a costume that won't let you visit any panels?
Or do the restrictions only apply to the market area?
>>8903468
The rule is that it can't extend 6 inches past the body . Something like a train is fine if it can be picked up. It's mainly meant to keep people from blocking the high traffic con areas or getting snagged on people. Again as long as the person isn't being a dumb ass like guy that thought it would be a good idea to put together a 15 foot mech suit in the Hyatt lobby it's usually ok.
If you break the 6 inch rule it doesn't matter as long as you stay the fuck off that sidewalk that goes from the hyatt to the fountain entrance of the convention center.
>>8903475
Oh, so if you have say, wings, keeping your arms folded inward, and just extending them back out only during photographs, should be fine, then?
>>8903475
seconding this. They don't care if you're outside or something, but if you're in high traffic areas or areas with limited space (panel rooms cuz of the seats, artist's alley because it's packed), then don't be that one asshole. It's as much for your safety as others, because there's no way that if you have something trailing out a foot behind you in the dealer's room that someone WON'T step on it.
>>8887466
This person is a douche.
>>8906255
Any context/personal stories? Or was that just a thinly-veiled thread bump?
What are your cosplay lineups, /cgl/?
>>8907658
Going as Kakyoin all 3 days. Hopefully we have another ACen meetup
>>8907658
Probably gonna do Kanji again as well as Johnny Joestar, but I'm struggling on how I'm going to do his pants.
>>8907658
love live hell and some noragami on saturday. wanted to do Erica from Catherine but I don't think I'll be able to fit her in
>>8907950
I might be. I was the one that brought the chair around with me. I actually thought about doing a Hanayo crossplay in a worst case scenario with Johnny. And by that I mean a "Fuck it Johnny is too difficult and with Nayo I can buy a wig, outfit, and makeup and I won't even have to shave my legs and I'm zany" scenario.
Oh joy it's about that time of the year again.
>>8886217
>What hotel are you staying at?
Aloft as usual.
>Are your cosplays ready?
Not even 1% and it's worrying me to death. The cosplays I had in mind were really complicated and would take a month at minimum to do. And I haven't even bought the wig. I may have to settle for really, really simple stuff or find the cosplayers at my campus and see if I can commission what I had planned.
A real shame because it'd have carried me 2 years easily if I got it perfected. Sewing is hard.
>>8887063
>this con is making it harder and harder for me to go back every year.
I honestly only go for Artist Alley (so many prints and I really adore 2 of the artists) and being able to walk around freely. The panels almost never interest me and I spend most of my time talking, taking pictures and sitting in the Hyatt lobby. Wish there were tier access badges or something. I can do without so much I hate how much I'm paying for it.
>>8890056
>Glad I'm skipping ACEN totally next year for Anime Expo.
I want to do both because I love the massive crowds, but budget wise I'm not rich. A friend of mine did both and I want to be with her. But she has a higher paying job than I do.
Ideally, I'd swap Midwest for Acen, but Midwest is the same time as Expo. Not to mention Expo is longer. Considering that one in Ohio that's held at a waterpark for bikini/swim suit cosplays, instead of Acen as well. It's simply too much money just to do so little. I meet a ton of new people, but I'd rather meet new people after going to a fun panel of something we both enjoy.
>>8901838
Depends on the staff you encounter. Orange tip is obvious, but I had an airsoft sniper rifle and no one said anything for the 2 years I wore it. Pic related. Except 1 staff member who got all in my face about the magazine needing to be taken off.
I just did as asked and immediately put it back when they walked away and no one said anything the rest of that day.
>>8907658
My intent was Alex from Gangsta Thursday/ Eliza from Skullgirls Friday-Sat/ and Quiet Sunday. But as I am now, it's simply not gonna happen.
I simply lacked the space for proper storage so a lot of my older cosplay props are in poor condition and my wigs no longer any good. What's really throwing me off is having to re-buy a ton of things because the old ones are no good for a 2nd round.
>>8908057
>Eliza
Damn that would be awesome to see
>>8908100
I wanted to make the best and most accurate since I've only seen 2 attempts at her ankh and neither perfectly replicate the shape. Unfortunately I can't consult NASA on how I could make it defy gravity so it looks like I'll have to just aim for Expo next year.
>>8907658
Ellie from tlou and Nico from LL. Was gonna do a cosplay from School live but due to budget restraints, I gotta put it off... Again.
![d2d[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/dFl7tvw.png "d2d[1].png")
>Had 4 friends interested in going to ACEN
>One of them says he can't make it
>other one is saying he's not sure now (so basically no)
>3rd friend told me about some of his money troubles but will save up as much as he can for the con
>I may be left paying $650 for a hotel room ACEN weekend
On a side note in case I do get 3 or 4 people to room and help pay for it, how strict is Aloft on room occupancy? I accidentally reserved it for 2 people and I'm wondering if asking to change it to 3 or 4 will up the price to an already ridiculous amount.
>>8908233
You could not tell them about the other people joining you.
>>8908289
We're riding together so that may not be possible
>>8908350
All the hotels in rosemont have to know multiple people are sharing rooms.
>>8908233
aloft will not give extra keys under any circumstances, but I had a 4-room with 6 people two years ago with no problem at all. Just don't all walk in at the same time; check in with the appropriate amount, then bring the other people & their stuff up later. (And honestly that's probably not necessary, we just did it to be careful.)
>>8908550
>aloft will not give extra keys under any circumstances
Since when? I get 1 extra in case I lose one.
>>8908233
>$650
How old are you? If you're over 21 then I highly recommend swapping the Acen rate for the Birth year rate. You take the last 2 digits of your birth year and swap your remaining nights with that number but you still have to pay full price for the first night.
I arrive on Thursday, so it's 399+93+93= $585 not including tax. I just have to show my ID so I can't pay in advance which is a major downside.
>>8908711
Sorry for late reply, but I have the room from Thursday to Sunday. Even if I did the birth year rate it'll still be more than what I'm currently paying.
>>8907992
Yep, you were the Kanji I saw/hung with for a bit. I was the mediocre Yukako. If you do Hanayo though I'd love to meet up again!
Good news. The Oregon Trail panel was accepted.
>>8909433
I think I remember you, but I also met one other Yukako cosplayer. Do you have a picture of you in cosplay? Also if I have any spare money I may just do Nayo anyway. Would just need to know what wig to get and how to style it
>>8909457
Last year's OT was pretty fun. Too bad me and the team I was on choked at QWOP so we couldn't make it on.
>>8907658
Lots of YGO shit for me and my friends. Getting anxious since Jack and Yusei still need a lot of work for our 5D's group.
>>8909484
I only have a couple pictures from the shoot, but I got the best one I could. I'm definitely planning to do more extravagant stuff this year since I actually have a steady job now.
>>8909499
Oh Yukako from Jojo. I thought you were talking about Yukiko from Persona. Derp my bad. But yeah I remember you. I'll let you know if I for sure do the Nayo
>>8906255
Pls dont bully
>>8908057
>A friend of mine did both
You should have asked to go with anyway if you wanted to be with her. Two big cons in the same summer with good company would have been the shit. I wish I had good friends to do that kinda stuff with.
Does anyone know if any good cosplayers go to ACen? Every year I just see a new batch of teenagers with their closet cosplays and blunt cut bangs for literally any wig they wear. Doesn't even have to be someone extravagant, just knowing some cute girls will be there will ease my mind.
>>8909457
I hope the girl in the Haruko cosplay doesn't show up again
>>8910526
Story?
>>8910526
Same. Isn't she trans, by the way?
Anyone remember that one girl that cosplayed Yuno that brought a real axe to the con? She seriously looked like she was gonna swing that a couple people. Why the fuck are Yuno cosplayers either overweight or actually insane?
>>8909457
El Cunto making a comeback when?
>>8910784
Because who else would like a shit yandere?
>>8910526
pics plz
>>8910998
All yanderes are shit
Shitposting aside she's not even the worst Yandere in anime
>>8910784
Was it last year or when?
>>8910784
I heard about her, but Anime Midwest was a weapon fest. I met a guy with a real, though blunted, sword. In fact quite a few cosplayers had legit weaponry. There was no prop checking at all. I wasn't worried, but it's still dangerous.
kek
Anyone going to Kawa-con? I'll be regularly dressed but I'm hoping to make friends or something. Anyone notice how hard it is to make friendships at cons anymore, everyone just wants to hang under their fucking boyfriend now.
>con is in 2 months
Reading that made me super worried, but I know I'm on track so I shouldn't be.
I'm excited because this is the first year my boyfriend will be attending with me. As much as I love my friends it's hard to always find a friend to take to panels or just walk around with.
>>8907658
Yozakura from Senran Kagura
>>8912790
>Yozakura
Can't wait to see it. I never find any Senran cosplays.
Please tell me you got Estival Versus today as well
>>8912541
Lol never imagine that small ass con being posted on /cgl/ no less an ACEN thread. You from St. Louis as well or from another city?
I'm going only to see friends and body noobs in Street Fighter 5 and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in the game room.
Also it's not hard to make friends at cons, we'll for me at least. Some chicks wanna hang around their boyfriends and some dudes wanna be around their chicks at cons. It be like that.
I'll be in plain clothes for most of the weekend of Kawa expect for Saturday night where I'll be Garterbelt.
>>8912928
I hate to disappoint, but I haven't played any of the games myself. I can't wait for the PC release of Shinovi Versus so I can actually play it. I just really, really like Yozakura's design. I know it's a touchy subject for people to cosplay from things they haven't played or watched.
>>8913089
>It be like that.
>want to talk to cute guy
>afraid his equally beautiful gf wil appear from the ether
>likely gay anyway
>can't attend ACen for first time in 9 years due to wife's coworker's wedding the same weekend
>been running panel for 5 straight years
>leaving panel in hands of yaoi fangirls who can't stop posting pictures of Kylo Ren on their tumblrs
I want to believe they've got it. I'm going to micromanage the living shit out of them until a few days before the con.
Can't believe I'm missing Hentarmageddon and ACen in general for a stranger's wedding. This marriage thing is overrated.
>>8886576
God, the first ACen at the Hyatt Regency (2000? 2001?) was amazing. Massive consuite/karaoke room (fucking Mary McGlynn stole my karaoke song), Tiffany Grant running around dressed as Chocolate Misu, people openly advertising room parties on a huge billboard in the lobby...SWEK...
It's so different now. Still feels more personal than, say, PAX (the only other sizable con I've ever gone to), but just louder and more obnoxious and harder to find cool new people at.
I'll go until I have children and never get to socialize again, but damn, it used to be so different.
>>8890317
huh, you'd think losing El Ken could only improve things, he was such a petulant lazyass
>>8912541
I didn't even know Kawa-con was a thing, let alone a thing happening this weekend, but I'll probably end up going now since it's not too far from me
>>8912541
>Anyone notice how hard it is to make friendships at cons anymore,
Well, I'm a 32 year old dude with a beer gut, if I try to make friends with anyone at this point I'll probably get arrested.
There should be an Old People Consuite.
>>8913329
People being open with their room parties and the hotel and staff not being butthurt about it.
Someone must had fucked that up for everyone.
>>8913332
As someone who has seen the rise and fall of Kawa, it's not worth going. It's basically tumblr the convention. If you got friends going I'll would go but it's not worth paying $50 for a badge to that crappy con.
I'm tempted to make a Kawa-Kon thread because I didn't expect people to know about that convention.
>>8913333
Eh, I'm almost 27 and I feel I'm getting too old for this shit. I'm mostly hanging out with older folks and my friends at acen this year
An older acen memebrs con suite would be dope.
>>8907658
Yuuka, Sakuya Izayoi, and Clownpiece.
>>8913382
>Someone must had fucked that up for everyone.
Oh, absolutely had to be something like that. I think they stopped allowing openly advertised parties after like 03, 04. Weebs can't keep drinking on the DL.
>>8913382
>it's not worth going
Even if I have literally nothing else to do this weekend? I'd probably only go on Saturday anyway, and I've only been to one other con so far so it's not like I have standards yet
>>8913574
IF you do go as Clownpiece PLEASE get some hamburgers since
>America
>Hamburgers
If you're 21 I'll even buy you a drink.
>>8913658
Fucking rookies probably did something stupid like that. Folks can't have nice shit anymore without somebody ruining it.
>>8913714
I would go in that situation. I'm going just because I don't have anything better to do that day either. :V. Plus I know about two room parties going down that night
>>8907658
Marisa Kirisame, Tenshi, 2huvania Sakuya
To the trash weebs who are going to the idol meet up on Friday, who are you cosplaying as?
>>8913831
Eh, at least they didn't used to pull fire alarms or anything. I can't remember the first time it happened but it was baffling to everyone: who did this? Why? Now it's just routine.
There's always been a problem with people leaving their shit around, though, I will say that. Empty bottles, wrappers, etc, and it drives the staff crazy. Also dickheads throwing stuff onto the roof from their balconies.
I understand why standards slip, a bit...it's Nerd Vegas for a lot of these people. They get to let loose in a way some of them never usually do or never even have. But the larger we got the more often the hotel would threaten to cancel the con, and as fun as it was seeing a couple anime fans get married the first time I ever went to a convention (free cake!), I don't ever want it to move back to Arlington Heights.
>>8914504
If I end up going through with my Hanayo crossplay, probably that.
>>8914504
Posted earlier in the thread, but I'll be Hanayo
>>8913382
Make a Kawa-kon thread bro
Is this an ok method of making decorative armor spikes?
> use polyurethane/upholstery foam.
> cut out shape of spikes
> fine tune using sandpaper
> coat in pva glue two-four times
> paint with acrylic to desired color
I found this method while searching but having never done this before, I'm a bit doubtful as to how durable PVA glue actually is. Will it hold up?
>>8914593
Cause dumb asses drink to much and fucking puke EVERYWHERE. I remember when I went to ACEN 2 years ago the sky bridge? Connecting the Hyatt and the convention center? Someone blew chunks in it, Lots of throw up.
I don't know if I should get a three day badge or not. I'm really only going to go for Taku Takahashi and Pa's Lam System.
>>8914504
going as pic related! it's a little simple but we have almost the full group so that will be nice
>>8915076
I gotcha!
>>8915258
>>8906975
Contacted them they acted like a douche not much else to say
>>8909758
Pls lick my balls
>>8913333
Shit this is how I always feel.
>>8913330
Losing? He's still head of GR.
>>8915355
I'll be 27 at the time of Acen, and while people are generally friendly, for the last 2 years of con-going I feel like I'm doing something illegal when I'm hanging out with people that are easily 8-10 years younger than me.
>>8915355
>>8915499
I actually have a friend who's not going because of the crowd age. I don't blame them since, well, if I were 26+ and were sitting in a room practically full of high schoolers I'd feel weird too. In fact, just being around 12-16 year olds makes be feel 50. But at 18+ panels I feel like I'm still in a room of middle schoolers who just learned what "pfft boobies" are.
>>8915527
The only reason I go is, well,
>A. I find it fun
>B. I still see a decent number of people older than me as well
I think it's just my own paranoia, it does still feel strange though.
>>8915121
>the sky bridge
>the hot, crowded narrow sky bridge
my god
>>8915527
Sounds like your friend has a personal problem.
>>8915121
Guhhhhh.
Never take the sky bridge.
>>8916288
It's worse when someone asks to take someone's picture in there and it blocks everything.
>>8916523
thats true for any hallway
>>8915499
I am 27 too I know those feels
All us old heads need to meetup at a bar Saturday of ACEN.
>>8916755
No thanks. Not because of you or your age (26 myself) but because ACEN meet ups are always fuck awful. It's always a bunch of people who already know each other verbally jerking each other off.
>>8916780
The /cgl/ meetup last year was pretty fun, even though I didn't know anyone there OR cosplay. /cgl/ seems to be the nicest people face to face, really.
>>8916787
You talking about the meetup that was on Friday or Saturday?
>con is 2 months away
>still just only have wig
I really need to get started on this tomorrow
>>8916904
I -believe- it was Saturday, it was the one where we wanted to meet up at the bar, but we all discovered they close it to under 21s after a certain time.
>>8916523
>first Acen
>don't know where anything is or what's going on
>shiny pretty cosplay everywhere
>too shy to converse with anyone
>end up clogging hallway for "quick" picture
I'm so sorry. At the time I couldn't bring myself to ask to join their party temporarily to get a photo or something.
But I know now when I get bombarded with cosplay photos I simply ask them to walk with me so we're not in the way.
>>8916910
I believe in you.
Can't go to ACen, bought tickets to Anime Midwest instead...
>no discounts for running panels
>you have to run four fucking panels to get a free badge
Have I made a horrible mistake? And what is with cons and panels in general? Don't "the more panels you run, the deeper your discount" rules just encourage people to break one good panel into three or four shitty panels?
>>8917793
What kinda fucking bullshit is that?
Man, I'm glad I'm only going to ACEN for one day now. This con is getting retarded .
>>8917930
ACen at least cuts your badge fee in half if you run an hour long panel and gives it to you free if you run two hour long panels. Midwest changed their wording on their events submission page recently but last time I checked they seemed kind of indignant about the very idea of free or reduced price badges.
Since I already bought my badge, I'm still considering running an hour-long panel at Midwest, Hentarmageddon Roadshow or something. But it might be nice to be able to go to a con and just get drunk and wander without tearing my hair out over panel prep.
If there was one thing I didn't like about ACEN last year it's the way they handled the gaming room. It was such a small and crowded area and felt a bit claustrophobic. You also have to give them your badge in order to get a controller (or enter i don't remember too well). I thought it was bullshit but still did it. After I was done and wanted to leave they couldn't find my badge. After about 10 minutes they found it. Turns out the guy who took my badge just carried it with him and had to step out for something. That pissed me off. I get you're trying to stop people from stealing your shit, but there are other cons that have done it so much better.
>>8917961
Ehhh...I thought it was cool they bothered doing one at all, but yeah, that sounds annoying.
I wish they'd bring karaoke back, but every time someone asks they say "well a panelist would have to run it," and nobody wants to put up with running a panel just so they can watch other people sing for three hours.
>>8917961
I really don't like the gaming room. Unless you're staying at the Hyatt it's really inconvenient to not be allowed bags. Again, theft- I get it. But like, have a proper badge/bag check area like those little cubby hole things at amusement parts for shoes. Even a few laundry baskets with panels for separation would be better.
>>8917793
Midwest is notorious for having panelists get their badges and not show up to panels, so really you can blame those fucknuggets. They get away with it because there's always one autist who does like 10 panels over the course of the weekend too.
>>8917967
>>8918040
In their defense, niggas steal. There really isn't anything the game room people can do about it because there are way too many people at ACEN for a proper bag check, and trading in your badge for a controller is basically the only guarantee that they're going to get their controllers back. The con didn't pay for any of those consoles. Those are 90% out of 3 or 4 guys gaming collection.
As a man with long blonde hair and blue eyes, who the hell can i cosplay as?
>>8918076
Literally anyone, fuccboi.
>>8918076
My nigga Ky
Anyone know a website to order color contacts from? Preferably from a place I can use my prescription
>>8918076
Plenty of choices.
>>8918094
And of course I forgot pic
>>8918076
really depends on your figure. If you're lithe and like medieval shit you could do Allen Schezar.
As a fat man with no sewing skill, what can I cosplay as?
On a more serious note, though, the game room last year was pitiful. A small room with not al ot of stuff in it and the arcade machines werent' even on free play? Almost not worth even having one at all, outside of stuff needed for tournaments.
On the other hand, my home con is Youma so maybe my standards have been skewed.
>>8918192
You can also take a DVD/game case and print out Romance Academy 7's cover art and carry it around.
>>8918192
Have the arcade machines EVER been on Free Play? Only place I've ever seen that was PAX East.
Depending on how fat you are and how shameless, you could do King Hippo or go the body paint route and be Fat Buu.
Crap, I just asked for time of for the entire week before acen and my supervisor is telling me that for sure I can get the 16th-19th off but maybe not the 20th. I'm panicking that I won't get that day off as well. I live out of state and it's not like I can work that day then come back to the convention.
>>8918264
>the entire week off
...why not just...take a shift on the 16th or something and then take the 20th off?
>>8918332
Because it's me and one other person that do the print work for this one client and the other girl asked for time off on the 20th first unbeknownst to me.
>decide to go to C2E2 last minute
>try on cosplay
>gained entire inch and a half of stomach
>mfw
Oh boy looks like it's time to hit that gym for spring break. I refuse to go to Acen with such a gut.
>>8907869
Who are you cosplaying from Noragami? A friend is doing Yukine and I'm contemplating joining him
>>8918241
I know the ones at Youma are free-play. Are they not at most conventions? I've only ever gone to Acen and Youma, so I honestly don't know.
And as much as I'd LOVE to do King Hippo, I'd probably be arrested if I went topless. Same reason I'll never do E. Honda, even though it'd probably be pretty funny.
>>8918223
Not a bad idea, though I've never seen much of Gravity Falls. Is it good?
>>8916780
Last year was my friend and I's first time meeting them and they were pretty friendly. Got drinks and shot the shit. Good times
>>8918085
If you don't mind circle lenses, there'sa couple sites you can use that have prescription. Pinkyparadise is pretty big but they're not accepting PayPal anymore so a lot of people switched to Honeycolor, and I have a friend who orders from uniqso.
>>8918192
You could always do Wario? The basic components are pretty simple so if you can afford some fabric dye and overalls you could probably make it work. Also, I know Anime Midwest is free play besides pachinko, but Acen hasn't had free play for as long as I can remember.
>>8918241
I've never seen the ACen arcade in Free Play mode. The one at Anime Midwest is set to Free Play, excluding the pachinko games (which is understandable since they have a prize set up). The downside is that the AMW games are limited to Japanese rhythm games and of course, consoles; ACen has a bigger variety of arcade platforms.
>>8918655
>Is it good?
I ignored it because of the fanbase for the entire airing. After marathoning I must say it's indeed incredibly enjoyable. There are some hiccups in the animation and story, but it's still a good series.
>>8907992
Hey! I should be Nanako again, if you remember me.
>>8919097
Yeah I do. You were awesome to hang out with.
I've already got my plans going and set but still thinking on cosplay. Looks like with this little time left I'm settling on Arata Sanada from DS:CS
Staying the Double Tree, the only reason I'm going is because both my panels were approved and I'm going for free. These ticket prices are terrible, and I agree the quality of the con has seriously declined.
>>8907658
Nadia (Secret of the Blue Water), Noriko (Gunbuster), and Yamuraiha. Maybe Jyushimatsu, depends on what my friends decide. I've already made pretty good progress on my cosplays, but I'm trying to get them done earlier this year since I'm moving the week before ACen.
Well shit I just ran into a problem with my Johnny cosplay. I don't know how I'm going to do his gauntlets. Actually if Billy Kane dude is here can you give me any tips for when I do Johnny?
Holy shit, the game room is going to be amazing this year.
>>8920471
Why do you say that?
>>8920478
Oops. I didn't realize it wasn't publicly announced yet.
>>8920484
But now it is. Probably the best possible case for a game room lineup.
>>8920855
Kancolle and project diva arcades there?
>>8920855
>Taiko Drum Master
Neat always wanted to try that
>>8920878
No Kancolle or Project Diva
The list comes from the Tokyo Attack facebook page
SOUND VOLTEX (2 Cabinets)
pop'n music (2 Cabinets)
jubeat (4 Cabinets)
DanceDanceRevolution
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Initial D Arcade Stage 7 AAX (4 Cabinets)
Taiko no Tatsujin (2 Cabinets)
Pump it Up PRIME
Dance Evolution
GROOVE COASTER
Cho Chabudai Gaeshi! (Super Table-Flip!)
Future Tom Tom
Music GunGun! 2
HD Fighting Cabinets (Dual cabinet)
World 9 also has a decent variety of arcade games if what they brought to Anime Milwaukee is any indication.
>>8921021
I don't think it's really right to call them out for their 'faggotry.' They only had pay-to-play because ACen wouldn't pay them a flat rate to bring in their games.
>>8921575
Dang
Oh well
So, can we just assume there's no concert this year? Or can we expect a last minute announcement as everyone kicks and shoves to get a ticket?
I'm sick of also looking at the number of DJs outnumbering actual guests- of which we somehow only have one goddamn voice actor.
God with this ticket prices this year, I don't know if I'm going back next year if they don't manage to pull some amazing shit out of their ass at the last minute.
>>8921575
On one hand, SDVX. On the other hand, no DDR post Extreme.
I'm so fucking conflicted.
>>8921715
I think the DanceDanceRevolution cabinet may be the 2013/2014 release as opposed to the original but I'm not too sure
>>8921715
DanceDanceRevolution is the newest version, not 1stMIX like the name would imply.
Konami rebooted the series back in 2013 and simply called it DanceDanceRevolution.
>>8921617
What part of Eor Aoi don't you get?
>>8921783
The part where she's ONLY listed as a guest of honor, and there's been absolutely no sign of them mentioning a concert.
Look at last year, when they announced scandal- they announced a concert with them as well. Here? Absolute silence.
>>8921792
The management of the website and facebook has been a mess.
El Ken did say in a comment that the concert was in the Hyatt ballroom though and that no additional tickets are needed for it. But this hasn't been stated anywhere else.
>>8921021
Don't worry Tokyo attacks are just as much as a bunch of faggots as credits remaining. Just a lot better at sucking dick and begging to be invited.
>>8921792
There's a concert.
>ask on FB
>send email
>check forums
>still no solution to not having a badge confirmation
I swear if the payment outright didn't go through or flopped or something I'm just gonna linger in the Hyatt the entire weekend because I'm not paying what they're asking.
>>8923278
Well now you have me worried. My payment went through, but I never got an email
>>8923361
Phew, I literally just got an email about it. They re-sent it and it auto landed in my Junk folder. Maybe they're just now addressing the problem.
>>8923381
I never got a confirm, But I HOPE I get a badge, They wont ship till April IIRC.
>can't go to ACen this year
>still get ACen mailing list updates
>love ACen too much to cancel the updates
Is it just me, or are the forums not sending account verification emails?
>>8920855
The one year I can't go, this happens. I want to play Taiko so bad.
Where's the news?
>>8924419
Check your spam inbox.
Debating if I wanna spend $60 for a weekend pass despite I won't be at ACEN until Saturday afternoon. The biggest pro would that I could have my badge shipped to my house so I don't have to wait in line for my badge as soon as I arrive in Rosemont cuz I would have it on me and I can just roam the con center after I get settle in my hotel room.
I'm looking for a roommate, what is the best place to ask for that?
>>8926299
The forms are a bit dead but let me hook you up with the roommate thread.
https://www.acen.org/forums/index.php/forum/54-the-meeting-room/
You can also try the offical ACEN Facebook group (Anime Central) as they can help you find folks. The unofficial acen group (simply named "ACEN") might help but they would most likely be assholes and troll you.
>>8926303
where do attendees even talk anymore? Are we cursed to navigate the shitshows that are the ACen and Anime Central groups on Facebook?
>>8886518
It's exactly the same price as it as in 1998, according to the ad posted in this thread. $40 in 1998 is $58 in 2016 with inflation.
>>8926307
Yes.
Yes we are.
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Got the spandex for Johnny's outfit ordered and fabric paint. Hoping absolutely nothing goes wrong, but at this point I don't care if the outfit turns out shit. I just want to get it done. Worst case scenario I just don't do Johnny.
>>8917793
>going to anime midwest
>in 2016
how many ryan kopf conversations do we have to have before you idiots stop buying his badges
dude is a shitstain
>>8927005
You think we give a fuck about how much of a faggot he is?
I don't give a shit who runs it. The fact is Anime Midwest is much better run than ACEN has been since the early 2000s,
>>8926309
If we're taking inflation into consideration, why hasn't the con improved at all in the past decade.
>>8927005
Man, I just want to do some closet cosplay, hang out with some anime fans, shop for overpriced merch, and get baked/drunk then giggle at panels/bad anime. I don't get to do that at ACen this year (fucking weddings), so hopefully I can at least kind of enjoy doing it at Midwest.
Plus, Midwest has a consuite. A consuite! With ramen, rice, soda, the works! In 2016!
>>8927860
A con suite us easy to pull off if youre a 1/4 the size of your competition
>>8927321
Do you honestly believe a 20k + con is going to move like clock work? As cons grow staff normally doesnt because they are just volunteers. Hold your horses a little and you'll have a good time.
>>8927923
Well, PAX does, but they pay their staff and have a ton of big vidya companies helping shoulder the costs.
>>8886217
why is it so expensive. I went one year and all I did was get drunk and yell funny shit. Cons not even fun unless you like guessing whose a trap.
>>8927967
>not enjoying trap or not a trap
I enjoyed that last year
>>8927967
I will never understand the fascination with getting intoxicated or high then drunkenly yell around minors. Maybe being 12 and seeing people drunkenly stumble around and be loud is cool or something.
Also I hope to god you weren't one of those people screaming JUST DO IT for 72 hours.
>>8927953
Good for them. They are an industry con. Most like 99% of anime cons are by fans for fans and depend on unpaid volunteers. It's just how things work. So either make the best of it or volunteer your time to make it a better place. Back seat driving doesnt help anyone.
>>8927005
I know a lot of lolitas would only be going for the lolita guest (since ACEN doesn't seem interested in bringing over any more lolita brands).
>>8928038
Aside from running my panel last year, my favorite memories are of getting pleasantly stoned, checking out new anime, wandering around, laughing at Anime Hell, and chatting with strangers in the lobby. A nice buzz can improve things.
Getting intoxicated can be fun. Drunken yelling can be fun. But if literally all you do is act like a drunken asshole all weekend, you're just a drunken asshole.
>>8928121
Agreed. That's where cosplay comes in. Like dont let it fill up your day but doing cosplay activities like rolling with your crew in a group cosplay or doing photoshoots and meet ups and such breaks up the day really nicely i find. Being buzzed is a bonus.
>>8927923
20k+? thought it was 30k+? What's going on?
>>8928115
Has Midwest even announced a lolita guest?
>>8928171
I enjoy a good buzz. Problem for me is that I don't know when to stop. If I'm not feeling any effects within minutes I assume I haven't drank enough. 7 shots of beam and 6 beers later I can hardly stand and am hugging a toilet seat the rest of the not
anyone have room space for 2?
over 18 but we don't really drink or anything
>>8928172
20-30+ whatever. You get what i mean. It's big.
Finally finished the big school project that I was working on, so I'm planning to do a good amount of work this weekend on Plague Knight, especially the mask.
>>8919097
I remember you too, anon! You were a blast to hang with!
>>8926755
Good luck, anon! I hope things go well for you!
>>8927005
I know Ryan Kopf is a dickwad, but honestly Midwest is just so much more pleasant than Acen at this point. The past years there's always been dumb shit to happen and make the con less fun, like the fact that the goddamn fire alarm is pulled every year
>>8928038
The "Just Do It" crowd left me scarred desu.
What the fuck was up with how they handled the hotel blocks this year? Don't they usually release them all at once? I couldn't get the hotel I wanted because they randomly announced the blocks with as little notification as possible.
>>8928092
Or we can choose to go to a better run, more intimate con. Even if the organizer is a dickweed
>>8928627
It's usually in stages but not to this extent. annoucements were pretty much only a day or so prior.I find it funny how two large walking distance hotels refuse to host blocks anymore.
>>8928038
This is why you do it at night when all the 18+ panels are going on. We had a blast drunkenly yelling at Oregon Trail last year.
>>8928171
It can have its downsides.
>have first hit in a long time at start of night before I'm meeting two friends at their room in the Aloft
>get absolutely destroyed because my tolerance is shit...the ten minute walk takes me twenty because I keep spacing out
>it'll be fine, I'm just hanging out in those two peoples' hotel room for a while, we can wait until I calm down a little
>knock on door
>complete stranger answers, stares at me
>too high to say more than "hi"
>friend eventually notices, pulls me into room filled with eleven Evil Within cosplayers, none of whom I know
>people yelling, laughing, memes being spouted, jello shots, stimulation everywhere
>Within ten minutes I panic and tell friends I'll meet them later, hurry back to con, hide in one of the emptiest video rooms and watch AMV Hell
Not a good time. I was pretty embarrassed, I'm usually fine at keeping it together...now I, at least a little bit, understand the mindset of the sobbing drunk cosplayers you inevitably see huddled in corners towards the end of Friday night.
>>8928564
>the goddamn fire alarm is pulled every year
It's like a ritual at this point.
>con is 2 months away
>have a massively complex prop to make
>have to make a petticoat
>have to get wig and style
>mfw have to go to china for 10 days
gahhhhh i cant afford to waste 10 days...
>>8928783
Some on screaming "JUST DO IT" at a con because they think they are being funny is a dickweed. Kopf is an accused rapist and known con artist. I'll respect your decision to go to a more boring "intimate" con but i dont like my money supporting someone like that. Given their size, i think quite a few people actually hussle and bussle of ACEN
>>8929569
>accused
When the accusations are Matress-girl tier they don't mean shit anon.
Though it's clear from your tone and defensiveness that you're involved with the organization so what's the point?
>>8928038
It's call "no home training" and not knowing how to act in public while Hugh and drunk.
If being an annoying stoner or drunkard is view as fucking stupid in non pop culture events or functions is annoying then it's annoying at an convention.
(Granted it took me a good while to realized I was pissing people off with my drunken acts of stupidity to wake me up when I woke up in a bath tub in my friend's hotel. Plus me drunkenly shouting racist slurs towards evert race. Blacks, whites, Latinos, etc. )
>>8929507
Players are decided by challenges (last year, it was decided by QWOP), who then take turns telling the panel-runners what to do. The crowd yells names for the players and suggestions, but the player roughly has the final say, if i remember right. There's also challenges mind-game for the players as well.
>>8929507
Everytime there is a choice of what to do (stop at a town, hunt, cross a river) it goes to a roll of the dice where there are many different challenges. Some of the challenges have been, read this fanfic with out laughing/smirking/smiling, beat someone in a video game, double dare inspired physical challenges, name that anime. If the contestants win they choose what to do(stop and rest, hunt, how to cross the river.) if the contestants lose its usually determined by the audience, (no, no, and FORD THAT SHIT)
Try and make it Oregon. You won't.
and if the first set of contestants lose early, they'll pick another set to try again. usually a lot quicker this time around because a lack of time.
>>8930427
Interesting, it sounds like it might be fun? Do I have to line up for the panel or can we just walk in?
>>8931014
The more popular panels (Oregon Trail for example) will have a line. Usually best to arrive 30 minutes before to get a decent seat.
>>8929593
>Matress-girl tier
Nigga, stop. Anybody with half a brain knows that dude is a rapist and a skeez. That's not disputable, and if you feel otherwise then you're just uninformed and shouldn't be speaking on the subject.
I still have had more fun at Anime Midwest than ACEN for the last 3 or so years though.
