/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>first con ever (more like a big games festival or whatever, but technically still a con, and there were cosplayers and cosplay contests)
>excited as fuck
>as soon as i enter
>fucking overcrowded as balls choking in a thong
>extremely overheated (it was raining outside and kind of cold but it was unbearable inside)
>fortnite cwinge kids EVERYWHERE without parents around
>drunk, high people
>people pushing and stepping on eachother
>people smelling awful who think bathing in pungent Axe deodorant is a shower
>overpriced shit I can immediately tell is stuff from aliexpress i can get myself for 50 times less
>longass lines for everything, 1-2hrs standing just to try a simple game with no moderation (or when there were moderators, they could be bought out or if you knew them you'd pretty much get whatever you want)
>people cutting lines
>walking around full of dread and stress, suffocating, trying to find an exit, about to have a sperg attack
>then it happens
>right before my eyes
>the absolute embodiment of the lone sweaty smelly obese neckbeard fedora-trenchcoat-wearing weeaboo
>wearing a sign that says "COSPLAY IS AWSOME, CHANGE MY MIND" (misspelled like that)
>never believed the myths until now
>but it's right before my eyes
>run out of there in a panic, go home and cry myself to sleep

never again.

I'm thinking of going to an actual anime con with a bud next year, but now I'm just downright reluctant and scared.

>never went to a con in my life (live in rural area)
>realise a local con this october might actually be affordable
>get super excited
>what should i cosplay

>tfw remember too uggo, disfigured, and poor to even cosplay
>tfw completely lose all hope and excitement even if con isn't only about cosplay