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>terrible hours-long free-for-all lineups because what is a pre-reg pickup system
>people lacking literally ANY spatial awareness of their surroundings in line and in the con halls
>staff who have barely any clue what the fuck was supposed to be going on
>staff who did have a clue wound up getting shit on for actually trying to help people make the best of it
>garbage internet service to the point where many vendors couldn't take card payments
>venue are cunts about outside food
>fistfights outside Subway
Is it time to throw in the towel on this horribly disorganized and downright dangerous joke of a convention that GCR has become?
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>Chance to dunk on Mike Broder noticed
>Chance taken
This fat fag used to run the biggest con in my area and sold it off to an even worse owner, who immediately killed off the two smaller, much etter cons that came with the deal. Now it spinoff con is poised to overtake it this year. Good riddance

Also fun game: look up anyone involved from a niche voice actor to a huge celebrity on Wikipedia. There's a VERY high chance the picture used in their profile was taken at a Broder con
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>>10906477
So...see you there next year then?
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>>10906479
I haven’t seen Broder since he fucked up Florida Supercon. Crazy.
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>>10906551
And that's of course what I'm referring to
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>>10906542
After this year? lolno, not a chance in hell

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What does it say about a con when it pays for advertising on a Bavarian knitting forum?
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>>10906590
The bouncing boobs certainly makes me want to go.
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4chan advertising is cheap and the website has a lot of weebs who like cons and anime. Seems pretty smart.

>the year is 2017
>everyone at the con is checking their streetpasses every 30 minutes
we'll never get this back, and it hurts so much
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>>10899898
went to a japanese airport and my streetpassed got bukkake'd
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I'll be taking my 3DS to the next con I go to :D
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>Jailbroke a japanese 3DS last year
>Took it to a medium con
>Biggest in the area at the time
>3 street passes
>Only one of note was a Leon cosplayer
Should've taken one to AnimeNYC or NYCC to see, but there's no good video game cons outside of PAX on the east coast.
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>>10899898
Well, we can only hope something like Streetpass makes a return to the next Nintendo console...
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>>10901000
>Chuggaaconroy
He got cancelled???

post hideous dresses
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>>10905953
the PlayStation 1 Houndstooth dress
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>>10905953
that pattern actually hurts my eyes to look at
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>>10905146
No idea how anybody could realistically make this look good but I think it's really adorable in a "too-much" way
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Looks way too much like an Amazon lace monster to me
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>>10906600
the lace looks so cheap

>sfw board
>four lewd threads with over 300+ replies
kindly fuck off back to your designated porn boards saars
Also, hellsing thread
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>>10906547
is this what you're talking about?
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Porn is illegal in Texas now so I have to come here.
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>>10906553
The porn you look at better be good or else you just played yourself friend.
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>>10906553
dang another reason why California land of the free is better than big dumb o’ Texas
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>>10906544
God this is amazing. Who is she?

The Librarian Poses a Question:
When did you start cosplaying, why and how? What led you to this fantastical world?
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Wanted to be hot
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I believe it was that I started going to cons, and I wanted to join that.
Another thing that happened around the same time was that I was queueing for the last Harry Potter movie, and a lot of people there were wearing things like Hogwarts scarves and cloaks, so I wanted to have something similar for the movie premiere.
Actually, I'd been wanting to cosplay for longer than that I think, but I don't remember how. But I used to think about cosplaying Garchomp way back in the day. I actually bought some stuff for that before the Harry Potter queue, I never made anything from it though.

And I think part of it may just wanting to belong.
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I feel like this thread already exists, but hell with it. Might as well give this slowass board some engagement while I'm here
>When did you start cosplaying
2016
>why
I wanted to do funny meme costumes, and still am today
>how?
Not sure what that means desu
>What led you to this fantastical world?
I met somebody from a One Piece forum, he told me there was a convention in town not long after that. I went to several from there, eventually decided I needed a costume. Simple as, really
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>>10905523
Back before anime cons were a thing I would dress up as my favorite characters for halloween every year, I think I was 9 when I first cosplayed Sailor Moon in the 90s.

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Im looking to do a few jackets for my group cosplay.
We're going to do off duty Zaku pilots for an upcoming anime convention and we all agreed to do a custom version of the jacket below, but the issue is none of us really know what type of jacket it is (or what type it would be called) so we can order them. One of my friends said Parka, the other said it kinda looks like a Field jacket.

Any help or ideas on what type these jackets fall under would be appreciated. I *know* there is an offical name for this type of oversized jacket, I just need a point in the right direction

199 days to go

36 days to go until the 2024 Anime Expo Hotel Block Hunger Games

Thread theme (slightly dated)
https://youtu.be/v3lwLZ1jKZM?si=_WSNp1qWlbOtYUU7
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>>10905373
WE NEED MORE NIGGER HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES YOU DONT UNDERSTAND
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>>10905414
you don't get it, we NEED Shaq back
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>>10905373
"MORE VTUBER STUFF, WE NEEEEED MORE VTUBER STUFF YOU DONT GET IT, I KNOW ITS CALLED ANIME EXPO BUT WE NEED MORE VTUBA STUFF MAYNE." -AX staff probably idk
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>>10905711
Don't forget all the literally who tiktok celebs.
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>the Shrine Auditorium
Lol, lmao even

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I fucked up the title of the last thread and put Anime Weekend Atlanta.

Anyone going to Momocon? Dates are Friday, May 24th through Monday, May 27th at the Georgia World Congress Center. Have any cosplay plans? Doing any interesting panels? Selling anything?
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I'll be running a couple of panels this time around. Hoping to see some of the AWA boys there (especially Gendo). Was a lot of fun meeting /cgl/ folks last time so hopefully more of the same is in store for this one.
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I'm hoping that I'll run into Neco-Arc this year (assuming they're here again) - I didn't run into her last year but saw a few pictures from afterwards.
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>>10906575
i missed the AWA meetups since i couldn't get service and didn't see the times posted until it was too late, so hopefully i can meet some of you gulls at momo
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>>10906572

I’m doing Hell Divers & Gotchard this year. I was going to bring Limbus company this year but I don’t think I got the space for it. Last year was pretty fun, so I’m excited for this years road trip.
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>>10906575
I wonder who's behind this post. Pretty narrow list of options. Also, Momo 22 had the biggest gull meetup (organized on the actual board) I've ever seen, so that's a promising sign

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Heiter meets the criteria but I am looking for more (cooler) options. anime characters preferably.
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>>10902730
Dont have a character to give but ways to find some yourself if you're interested.
I'd recommend using booru sites such as danbooru or gelbooru. They're great for finding anime characters be it for games or anime and manga. You just type in the things you want your character to look like for example in this case "1boy short_hair glasses" and look at the resulsts. Each artwork has tags on the side showing ya wich Series/Franchise they're from. In addition I'd recommend changing the settings to sfw and or using the tag "official_art" to filter for more high quality content
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>>10903159
noice thankyou!
>>10902837
always wanted to do a state alchemist.
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bump
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>>10902730
Wash your hair fatty
>>10906127
Fuck off
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>>10906163
>pic rel

https://wingman.live/blog/how-to-get-laid-at-an-anime-convention
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Props to the author for even having the willpower to write all this. Maybe it's easier when you're not addressing someone directly. Doing that all but guarantees an exercise in frustration, with the only takeaway being "This faggot doesn't wanna try. If he does try, he can't get mad about everything anymore"
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>>10905824
If you like Asian women that might be your thing.
Don't know how many of them are actually single but there are a lot of them here.
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>>10903279
Im making a blog and giving out sex advice too commie. We live in a free market and you can’t just post your blog here and not expect competition. Im smarter, stronger and more soupy so my advice will work better
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>>10906576
the problem is that you have not had sex
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>>10906588
that’s why I would give out better advice because I don’t ‘get high on my own supply’

Last thread went sage >>10849072

Guides:
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Taobao Dictionary:
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Not sure if this is the right place to ask but does anyone here have any info on what is going on with surface spell? I noticed they took down a ton of their gothic lolita/aristo stuff of their taobao shop including some semi-new designs I was planning on ordering. Is there something happening or are they just retiring those designs?
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Has anyone here had any experience with freight forwarders?
I'm not willing to pay for these dumb agent shipping fees anymore
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>>10906348
shopping services ARE freight forwarders, just for personal noncommercial purchases. most freight forwarders require at minimum 1 pallet in an LCL shipment and you'll be charged out the ass. unless you are shipping furniture it's not worth it at all. i worked with a furniture importer who used freight forwarding sometimes and the packages are like warehouse big.
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>>10906387
I think Anon probably means the ones where you order/ pay yourself and send to their Warehouse and they just forward the parcels to you.

>>10906348
Where are you based? Probably unhelpful but I am from New Zealand and used N&C for a bit. Suuuper cheap as they shipped on their line. Air freight had a 5kg minimum and sea freight had a 10kg minimum. No fees at all outside of shipping fee and if you needsd special clearancs for food, they even bypassed NZs GST on import which was surprising. Only thing they were fully WeChat based and only Chinese so had to do a fair bit of translation. Not sure how it works elsewhere but you also could only pay bank deposit or AliPay which I didn't mind. Would recommend a freight forwarder for sure if you can find a local one, I saved sooooo much as opposed to using PayPal with a regular SS.
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>>10906203
If the Weibo of their Weibo is anything to go by they are fully switching to Pink House style because gothic stuff doesn't sell anymore.

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FAQ & Beginners Guide:
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUQ5ZQoH1A9vCR2OcdvhrWNv6JChsy-5z21rNugX2jc/edit?usp=sharing

Buyf/a/g Guide:
>buyfag.moe
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>>10906124
Safely is the keyword. I've seen a couple but they're just clipped on there, I suspect it's just for the photo. Koreans seem to do more repeat bags than anyone else, the tag is 이타백 so you can try checking it out.
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>>10905938
Lots of baggers use clear files, flowers, lights, background paper, or relevant decor. I've seen playing cards, photo cards, stickers, and ribbons. Honestly, just look at this thread for some inpso

Ex:
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>>10893365
>>10893364
>>10893363
>>10893362
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I want to make a double decker bag. Seeking tips because I can't imagine just a needle and thread is gonna cut it.
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Where do you guys offload all your extra merch? I have a ton of badges and a few rare pieces of merch I’m looking to sell, but it isn’t for a series that’s super popular at the moment, so I’m not sure if I could just drop it all on eBay and call it a day.
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>>10906543
I sell stuff on Mercari.

How was Holmat? Anything interesting happen?

Anyone keeping an eye on the cosplayblackbook IG for the latest drama?

Any future plans?
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>>10897327
>>10897330
Outta state myself, but will be traveling down to Tampa for MetroCon on July.
Always enjoyed that one. Heard last year was a bit lacking though
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how much of a meme is this
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>>10904245
KYS already, faggot. Not like the Florida thread has been that active in a while anyway, but I have no doubt this has been so slow in part because the retard OP didn't even bother to include "Florida" anywhere in the title. Basically none of the threads you necrobump ever revive either
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So there's nothing until May then?
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>>10906483
Unless you're including Kirbiicon in there, not really, no

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>>10905680
those are lolita brands though. axes femme's kawaii line puts out some lolita pieces, but that dress is literally just normie girly fashion
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>>10905547
this isn't that different from modern IW, and it looks like it would fit a longer a line petti. you could definitely style this as toned down classic or casual
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>>10905636
I feel you anon, right down to being mistaken for a sissy once. It’s the backup insult if you’re too thin to be called fat. If you decide to keep wearing lolita, make sure you have a haircut and makeup style that don’t harden or masculinize your face. it took me forever to find the right haircut but it helped me feel more suited to sweet and classic.
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>>10905547

https://lolibrary.org/items/af-kawaii-romantic-frill-jsk

I plan to pin the bottom tier on this one up and wear it as lolita, but anon I think the problem with your photo is the skirt isn't full/gathered enough to get real big under a petticoat. It's very otome, which is still cute!
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>>10905636
I did the opposite, I'm very tall with broad shoulders but a feminine cute face. I started out with western goth and punk styles but later switched to lolita because I looked like a very tall child playing dress up. Do whatever works for you I guess


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