/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I really hope IFF takes over the dying blunder that is anime north forever

There's also Toronto Comiccon in March, which sucks as a whole, but good to go lobbycon in cosplay and shoot.

And ConBravo in July. There early bird ticket sold out in like a day was rather surprised

CCEE (Calgary Comic + Entertainment Expo) is at the end of April.

>>10099801
Conbravo is literally a waste of time.
Someone told me its the con where everyones ex's goes to and I find that very true

>>10100815
What is that even supposed to mean? That you'll know lots of people there? Wow, how terrible.

>>10100815
>>10099801

Seconding this, conbravo was one of the most boring cons I've ever gone to, but I guess I can't complain given it's size.

>>10099801
con bravo hasn't grown in 4 years. Old staff have said off the record that the con should have ended 3 years ago.
Current staff did fire someone for asking when their dates were and why there was a lack of meetings to discuss the 2019 con.
Cons going to be fucken great!

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>>10101762
Enjoyed it in 2017, was very lackluster in 2018. Doubt I'll return this year.

Breakoutcon March 15–17
Board games, card games and DnD all weekend long

>someone bothers to include ai-kon
Holy shit.

>>10104764
how is it, should I go ?

>>10104764
holy shit i missed that

>>10104019
>Breakoutcon March 15–17
heard it was okay but nothing special

>>10102135
Agree, was one half of the Martian YipYips from Sesame Street walking around in Saturday - much more to offer than Hamilton CC but not really much going on either.

A return there is unlikely.

>>10107499
It's a bunch of big rooms with gaming going on constantly. No cosplay or panels or parties that I can remember. You can sign up for pen and paper roleplay sessions, LARP, board game tournamets/teaching sessions or just let the staff fit you in a drop-in game or get demos from local game designers for new products. So very much a topic-focused con.

Anyone know if there are any forums or groups for IFF like there are for AN? Not sure how else panels and the like are supposed to be discussed.

>>10108265
There's no official forums on the site but they have a facebook page where you can ask questions.
https://www.facebook com/torontofanfest
Panel registration seems to be handled privately.

Some people also made an unofficial discord:
https://discord.gg/HRc2Ce6

>>10101762
>fire someone for asking when their dates were

This is not true. They fired someone earlier in the year, who then kept demanding to know their dates and yelling about no meetings. That person was dismissed for pretty good reason (not doing their job last year).

Whatever you do, if you're in SW Ontario, AVOID Kitchener ComicCon. The founder is a sociopathic liar and grifter who keeps doing awful shit including sexually harassing people who ask legit questions. Has an equally sociopathic liar that acts as a media rep and sends fake legal threats when people complain.

Pic related, one of number of companies that found out their intellectual property was taken and used without permission and falsely claimed to be a sponsor - for example Image Comics.

just going to otakuthon this year because with the rising hotel prices anime north just was not worth it last year. hope to see you all and have fun during august!

on a side note, might also try out some local small cons in my city (ottawa), not to blog post but I think it'll be a good place for me to start meeting people in my community. Why are all the cons in toronto or montreal, never in between? ;~;

>>10099822

Dates help. Throwing in some other western Canada cons here too:

CCEE - April 25-28
FanExpo Vancouver - March 1-3
Saskatoon Expo - September 14-15
Edmonton Expo - September 20-22

Also worth mentioning that Otafest is hosting the C4 Canadian Qualifiers again. Can some of y'all come enter so it's not just mediocre Alberta cosplayers we're sending to the Netherlands? P l e a s e.

>>10109605
Vendor here, can confirm show not worth waste of time even if "free" was mediocre at best Saturday and we packed up and didn't do our table Sunday.

What cons are worth going to in Saskatchewan and Alberta? I live in Saskatoon but I'm not sure there is much nearby

>>10109605
They recently posted this gem

>>10109605
My girlfriend is one of the cosplay guests and has been warned by many about this, after the recent allegations from a volunteer she has decided to step back from attending.

I think we made the right choice, messed up people in the con crowd. I was never into cosplay before I met her and its sad to see how degenerate it can be at its worse.

>>10109605
>>10114613

For those who didn't see it, here are more complaints about Ron and his shitshow as an added bonus a business owner said a few words about the slimeball.

redditcom/r/kitchener/comments/aur9f1/a_warning_about_the_upcoming_kitchener_comic_con/

>>10113073
CCEE and ECEE.
Otafest is okay.
Animethon isn't worth the trip unless you're a weeb.

CCEE and ECEE have gone downhill a bit with the owner change, guest announcements are obnoxiously late and accessibility tanked, but the community quality (cosplay, artist's ally, vendors) are far superior even if you care more about anime.

Sask has nothing. Just go if it's not obnoxiously far away.

>>10113073
As previous anon said, CCEE is pretty great in terms of vendors and artists, and cosplay quality is great. If the weather's shit it's a miserable time though because the venue has absolutely nowhere to sit down inside. Otafest is a bit better for that, but being downtown there's always going to be obnoxious creeps and the quality of artists/booths is a lot lesser. Animethon has a pretty good AA but doesn't offer much else unless you're also into j-fash, there's a lot more j-fashion in Edmonton than in Calgary.

>>10108265
dont think so as of yet but theres a >discord group for canadian cons and other meetups if you want to join in on plans with people. we got a little bit of everything
https://discord.gg/GmZbMVh

>>10109605
avoiding that like the dumpster fire it is

>>10109605
Even featured guest posted that he is not attending Ron Hoppe's shitshow but will still be close by.

>>10115543
>'s a lot more j-fashion in Edmonton than in Calgary.
Too bad the entire scene hasn't gone a single year without reforming levels of drama. I swear to god.

It's better to just avoid it all.

>>10104779
Ai-Kon is really close knit and there are usually some pretty good panels, but its homely. If you're going, one of the big factors is the idol scene. Lots of local dance groups.

>>10118559
100% this, the idol dance groups are sweet.

>>10118608
Im a really big fan of Nonettes and Voca Sensation, Nonette's You is so expressive and happy all the time, you can tell she really takes pride in what she's doing.

>>10114365
Ow, right in the memes

Anyway. I hate that Ron pops his stats this way. He learned how to do dirty turnstile long ago and basically uses it to count his attendance. That means he stands a dude at the door with a clicker and clicks every time someone goes in or out.

Which means, AT BEST, KCC had 5,010 people at it, or significantly less since there's no food inside the venue, and people naturally go in and out.

Let's assume for a moment that the average con-goer will leave 3 times during their stay. That's in 2 times, out 3 times.

That gives us a variable average of 2002 attendees over the day. Let's assume 50% of attendees mark the average, with families, photographers, and cosplayers leaving more often due to their kids' needs, photoshoots, and changing.

That generously leaves 1,001 people who did the average of 2 ins, 3 outs. Cool.

The remainder, for simplicity, will be broken down into thirds. 334 families (counting 1 parent per number), 334 cosplayers, and 334 photographers or photography-adjacent attendees (assistants, friends, helpers, etc). I'm rounding up to 334 just to be generous.

Let's assume that the family member has to leave 2 more times than average because their kid was crying, needed a snack, a diaper change, etc. So that means they go to 9. 74 parents attended.

Let's assume the average cosplayer brings 2 costumes and leaves/enters one extra time to get changed or go to a shoot. 3 entries, 4 leaves. That gives us 7. 96 cosplayers, rounding up, attended.

Let's finally assume that the photographer and co had to leave an average of 3 times for shoots, assuming a morning, afternoon, and late afternoon shoot. We'll go with 10 as their number. 66 photographers attended.

I should note, I'm not good at math, so someone can feel free to correct my numbers, but I think the point is fairly good here.

An average of 1236 people attended KCC.

Animethon X-Passes being 80% sold out despite no guest announcements, am I missing something?

>>10120875
Nah, X-Passes just sell like hotcakes for whatever reason. I assume it's the same people who buy 'em every year because they like to feel special.

>>10117829
>tfw you can choose between an overdramatic comm full of troon mods or an inactive comm on life support

>>10121031
>tfw there's no-one worth going to a meet to see in either city anymore

So how about this shitstorm brewing on almost all Anime North-related FB groups + Twitter

>>10121106
Don’t care for her, or any English VA for that matter, but are people really buying the conspiracy that the VAs banded together to steal Vic’s job? That would imply that 1. she had any chance of getting any of Vic’s potential roles to begin with, and 2. Vic has been getting good offers recently.

>>10099237
I heard there will be no lolita guest at Anime North this year. Anyone hear anything to the contrary?

>>10122218
I heard there will be unless someone fucked up negotiations between then and now.

Will anyone be booking a hotel room for IFF? Everyone I know appears to be using transport instead.

>>10121074
>tfw when that probably includes you, anon

>>10121106
Really the only person crying boo is that AJ Smerdon dingus who was cringe enough to be a Gamergater, sooooo

http://MyWorkingHour.com/?userid=841876

Was there something on in Victoria yesterday? A bunch of weebs and cosplayers were gathered in the marketplace

>>10122781
>tfw an anon is right, i've become boring to the point of obscurity from being less involved in the hobby and community as I age

Comms are hell. The newbies never stop.

>>10123606
You mean the same guy who thinks Bill Cosby is completely innocent? Colour me surprised.

>>10121646
Yes, anon. Youtube has the truth. It's not like the people on there have bias, are making money, or have heard of Vic before this thing started or anything.

>no Hal-con

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>>10122420
From Lor's Insta:
>Unfortunately, there will not be an overseas lolita brand in attendance this year, I'm honestly devastated. I wanted to take a chance to talk about it because I don't want anyone to think that I'm replacing a lolita brand, I agreed to be a guest because otherwise there would not be a lolita guest. Their budget was severely cut due to staff changes and I can come because I am local. I know staff tried really hard to try to fight to bring a brand and wanted to crowd fund but they were not given enough time. I personally tried to get them in connection with some brands I've met through other events and I'm hoping they can work something out for 2020.

Anime North continuing to be a dumpster fire

What BC cons are with going to?

>>10124771
Let's not forget Eileen McEvoys contributions to that dumpster fire.

facebookcom/story.php?story_fbid=10157203443624742&id=514284741&anchor_composer=false

Is it worth trying to make friends at anime north? That's probably a dumb question but I've gone so many times with just my group of friends and I always say I'm going to socialize but everyone is usually doing their own thing, and I have no idea where people go to just get drinks and stuff.

>>10127854
I went solo for the first time to AN last year, and I found people where incredibly friendly, and even though I'm super shy and my cosplay kind of sucked, I made quite a few friends. It's your best bet out of any of the GTA cons I'd say.

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>>10110042

Kitchener Comic Con is run by a trash excuse for a human who lies and screws over his own family and friends.

The people that run Kitchener Comic Con are probably in shit for what they've done.

Its probably not just a rumor Ron and maybe some of his buddies are getting criminally investigated over stuff that happened at their show.

Do not know specifically which incident, there are so many candidates.
scamming friends for money

scam fundraising for emergencies that dont exist
intellectual property theft
false advertising
sexual harassment

Apparently last fall Ron Hoppe ran a show that was so bad his cosplay guests walked out and visited a nearby mall.

There is a facebook thread with a guy from Kitchener Con trying to justify how Ron does things, it did not go well. The conversation ended when the younger brother of Ron Hoppe stopped by and detailed years of abuse by him.

Ron Hoppe is a sociopath and must be avoided.

>>10126957
If only AN congoers were as enthusiastic about getting rid of Eileen as staff as they are are about having them remove Jamie Marchi as a guest.

Unfortunately, though, autistic dumbfucks will always be autistic dumbfucks.

>>10127854
I can relate. I'm going alone for the first time this year after going with friends for the past 13 years. I feel clueless about socializing with and befriending people at cons cause I'm so use to sticking with an insular group the whole weekend.

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>>10128666
>thanks for relating Satan
Honestly I was expecting more troll answers but yeah, going to a con alone is probably very unique in how approachable you might be. I'm still going with my group but I'd love to try and find a bar or something and get chatting a bit. I don't doubt people are nice but I just don't know where likeminded people (in our situation) would meet. Not to sound above that shit but I'm also a bit worried about the con type because I've heard horror stories of people befriending some real crazies, and I've got enough mental people in my life lol. I know about the cgl meetups but ehhhhh. I feel like I wouldn't fit in.

>>10127854
Anime North is not worth going to at all, whether with friends or alone. It's shit. If you want a Toronto anime con, go to IFF. They're a first year con and their guest list already makes AN look like a joke.

>>10128894
IFF looks amazing so far, but for cosplayers, I do feel like AN is irreplaceable (though we'll see how IFF turns out in that regard). Even if the con itself sucks more and more each year, it's still the most cosplay-heavy con in the province by far.

>>10128894
I can't argue against that con as I've never been, but AN is basically a tradition by now. I don't even give a fuck about the con as much as just familiar grounds.

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>>10129024
The atmosphere of AN just somehow can't be replicated, but atmosphere alone is not worth the badge and hotel price (and bus tickets/gas because I'm from outside the GTA).

I'm going to IFF and the closer it gets the more hype I am.

Funny how Anime North is coming in less than 2 months and somehow there is more traction for other conventions. I do hope IFF becomes a huge success. But seeing how AN is now doesn't really give me anything to look forward to.

The only thing I do want to see at AN is the Bible Street Preachers. That's it.

>>10129445
>The only thing I do want to see at AN is the Bible Street Preachers. That's it.
That the best part now.... SAD.

>>10119377
Turnstile is a retarded way to count attendance. Cons needs to stop using this practice and it should be exposed as how terrible it is because it is only used to fool investors who don't know any better.
Turnstile is only good to bloat your numbers. It's only used by smaller convention because they need to give the image that a lot of people are attending. Investors will see the numbers and think a lot of people are attending.
Fun fact: otakuthon used an RFID gate system where people had to scan ins and outs with their badge. Otakuthon usually uses unique ticket sales to count attendee count. They reported about 23k unique sales in 2018. Meanwhile Montreal comic Con uses turnstile. MCC reported 60k turnstile in 2018.
Now you may think that there were less people at otakuthon because 20k<60k. But in reality this is just a massive misleading numbers because reporters or your average viewers don't understand this mess. On day 2 of otakuthon, the convention easily surpassed MCC turnstile count. When my friend in staff told me this, it was barely noon

I heard that Yuuko ruined alot of peoples comicon.

>>10131738
What happened with her?
I keep hearing so much about all the drama Yuuko's caused but have no clue abut any of it, which makes me feel weird about becoming friends with her last fall.

>>10131750
Says on facebook wall post that they have no money and needs to buy new cosplay. Also having a hard time getting work.(Someone told me Yuuko has a degree from U of T in some engineering field)
Friends call out and say why not sell some of your cosplay and go to less cons. As that logic!
Yuuko replies that this is how they get sexual off. So has to get more cosplays, fake boobs, latex and show it off at cons.
Another friend says you may want to keep the sexual part off your facebook wall. As it may make people uncomfortable.
Calls them out for being a bigot cis person and they can't understand the feelings of being trans.
Would say gender dysphoria is Yuuko's problem. Display like gives a bad image to trans people and it shows that some people use the trans label for attention.

>>10132193
What I don't understand about the whole Yuuko drama is why do people care enough about this person that she has the power to ruin their con experience? Everyone says they're done with her shit, and yet they still keep trying to give her advice despite it having the same predictable outcome every time. I have a hard time believing any of these people actually consider this lolcow their friend when she seems like an absolutely terrible friend to have. It seems more likely they just keep trying to help her out of some misguided sense of altruism. Maybe stop getting so emotionally invested in this person and just let her self-destruct on her own?

Has anybody walked the PoW at CCEE?
How long does it usually last when you're walking the route?

Torn between walking it or parking myself and taking photographs. I can usually only walk for like 30 minutes at a time, but I still want to go.

>>10132193
Oh wow, I knew bout all the money drama, but not the sexual part, that's gross (especially because I actually liked her Samus)
But I think she's still a kind person. and since I've known her, she seems like she's really trying to change.

>>10131750
They like to awkwardly stand around people they kind of know/want to leech fame off of and interrupt their conversations or interject when they're obviously not welcome. They invited themselves to someone's birthday dinner and one of the people who were actually invited couldn't sit with the party. They lied about needing to buy something off of someone to get into an apartment they knew a gathering was happening.

>>10132193
All of this and more. I would warn anyone who they are trying to be friends with to not. Yuuko only befriends people that are popular in hopes of becoming famous or if they can use that person in some way.

>>10132265
Many people have cut them out. But they do things like what i said above at comicon. You cant ignore someone that is actively stalking you.

>>10132488
Wow that's creepy and messed up, I didn't know she was going that far. Most of the drama I've seen from mutuals up until now has centered around people trying to be her friend and her shitting all over their attempts to help her. That and using people to bolster her cosplay fame. It seemed like the obvious solution was to just disengage from her, but if she's resorting to stalking and manipulation that's next level.

Did the people at the party eventually explain to her that there weren't enough seats for her to join? What she did was super shitty, but it would also be pretty shitty if that person wasn't able to sit in their reserved chair because people were too awkward to tell Yuuko to fuck off.

>>10132513
I think people are scared to tell Yuuko to fuck off because of all her suicide attempts (or supposed ones that she claimed to get attention) and they dont want to be the one named in a fucking suicide note.

>>10132519
That really makes my blood boil. In my experience, having seen people I love go through that shit, it's highly unlikely that people who threaten suicide in order to manipulate others will actually go through with it. But I understand how that can still scare the shit out of people when it's impossible to be completely sure. I wish people didn't feel like they were obligated to take on that responsibility for another person's life when the person is shitty enough to use the threat of suicide as emotional blackmail.

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>>10132519
Damn. Thanks for the warnings anons. I just thought she was awkward but this is making me seethe.
Random, but what was the deal with her "old account"? She always talks about how she had a super famous and successful account she deleted and had to start over. Was it really that great?

>>10132840
It had less than 1000

hoping IFF has a FGO photoshoot

I get it that its a first time con but its kinda annoying how slow they are to get any sort of info out

>>10133048
Huh? That’s... really weird. I only have like 1.5k but whenever we chat she mentions her super famous account and how she let down so many fans by starting over. Wtf.

>>10133089
she's a lying hypocrite, who just says and does things for attention. like starting a gofundme asking for money cause she can't find a job and needs money but goes on a trip to nycc a few months after

>>10133171
People like this desperately need an intervention.

>>10133060
If anything cosplayers will organize one.
IFF is being run by the Anime Rev team. A few photographers I spoke with said Anime Rev is dying . So who knows if this will be any good. They already picked a bad weekend(easter weekend) so I don't expect anything big on the friday or sunday.

>>10133424
They wont listen, trust me. Anyone telling them to do anything other than "its ok to keep going to cons and spending money" is written off as "mean" or "not understanding".

The commissioners, photographers, and everyone who they are pouring their money into are taking advantage of someone who needs help but wont reach out because they have so many people enabling them.

>>10132350
>CCEE
Little late on this, but I've worked on 8th Ave when it passed by twice now. If you post up on a patio you'll get some nice shots, but the background will be the same in every one (obviously). If it starts from the end of 8th ave at 8 st, to the grounds it's about 19 Blocks.

>>10133607
I do think it's ridiculous that she's blowing all this money she doesn't have and plunging herself further into debt, but that's her problem. Can friends express concern with her outrageous spending habits if they feel like she's being a detriment to herself? Absolutely. BUT I don't agree that it's the responsibility of the people she's paying for a service to refuse to take her money because of her financial situation or because she's mentally ill. That's like saying business owners should screen all their customers and turn away those that are financially irresponsible, as if the onus is on the business owner to protect these people from their own poor decision making. We're all adults here and we all have to learn to take responsibility for our own decisions, even when we make monumentally stupid decisions like Yuuko currently is.

>>10133618
Thanks for the tip! I'm going with a friend and I'll see if they want to grab some brunch along the route.

>>10133735
Seriously, as a photographer I've been there done that. If some cosplayer comes up to me, pays me, and then I find out they're financially strapped/irresponsible, why is that on me?

This person is cancer. So many people in the community are mentally ill and aren't leeches like this. I had to work my way up from absolutely nothing after escaping abuse, and I didn't ask for anything but a couch to sleep on for a few weeks.

If this person gets in shit, it's their own fault. It seems everybody's done too much to coddle already.

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>>10109774

Will be going to Calgary Expo as Golden Boy, Agent Smith, and unlikely but possibly in a maid outfit. Not sure I'll do three full days, or even crossdress. Depends on the mood by then.

>>10133735
Not saying people should screen their customers, but if you're fully aware of the situation and you continue to take money from them....

>>10134206
Then that's their decision whether they want to take Yuuko's money, but whether they choose to do so or not they're not the bad guys here. It shouldn't be expected of them to turn her away once they know about her situation, citing reasons like "taking Yuuko's money = taking advantage". That's taking all of the responsibility away from Yuuko to make her own decisions and laying the blame on others. It wouldn't even help Yuuko in the long run, because if she spends that compulsively you can bet she'll just find other ways to blow all her money.

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Adding my input here, i think i know the birthday in question and if i recall, the person whose birthday it was was suffering from some heat stroke and couldn't focus on the drama Yuuko was causing. She basically just sat in the middle of the table and next to the wall so it would be hard for her to leave and there for everyone would notice (making it easier for her to make a show of it all). I was rather focused on dealing with the heat stroke so i don't remember if anything was said to her by other people.

Some how i have become 'friends' with yuuko even tho for the longest time i only said hello to her in passing at conventions after she said hello to me. Now i know why she kept trying to talk to me, because of my facebook page. She even tried to bully her way into a shoot with me that really pissed me off. As i had a friend that was going to cosplay the matching link to my zelda and i wanted to save that (A this is my link thing silly but it's what i wanted) and she kept trying to bully her way into a PAID shoot with me. Never offering to cover part of the cost or anything. LIke i'm sorry i don't care if your strapped for cash or no, i am paying for this shoot, most photographer charge extra for more then one cosplayer (which is fine). i did not want to blind side my photographer by bringing an extra body to the shoot, i did not want to cover the extra cost of her joining and her like was AWFUL! My zelda was boughten yes, but the quaility of her costume, from the wig to the workmanship, EVERY things was horrible and i didn't want photos with a costume that was so much worse then my own. All of that is only going to hurt me, but all of it would work in her favor. Free photos with a more well known cosplayer, with a better costume. fuck pisses me off still

>>10134239
This exact same thing happened with me. I've only met her in passing at cons when we compliment each others cosplays and chat for a minute. But we became friends on facebook, and now she messages me all the time to hang out even though I don't live remotely near her. And there was a big saga with her begging for me to pay for a shoot together, which wouldn't have even made any sense because of our characters (well I guess it would have since she plays smash and they're both in it, but I don't even play smash so it meant nothing to me). I ended up not even going to that day of the convention, but the whole day she kept texting me begging me to come, saying it's not too late to shoot and that she was looking forward to it more than anything, even though I had already said no.
I barely even know her but I don't know how to shake her off at this point. It's ridiculous

>>10134206
I agree with this. If you consider this person a friend, you would kindly tell them no. Maybe if enough people put their foot down, she will realize what she is doing?

>>10134304
One thing to note is that Yuuko's mental health is abysmal, and she seems to be aware of it. She once tried to get into Yu-Gi-Oh as a secondary hobby and ended up wasting hundreds of dollars on the game, to the further detriment of her mental health, and eventually quit the game and has repeatedly complained to people about it.

The other thing is that she admitted that she has autism, and therefore seems to have trouble reading social cues. While this is another thing she seems to be working on, she's known for causing awkward situations and then clearing up misunderstandings a few weeks later. If you want to tell her no, you NEED to put your foot down and be blunt with her, otherwise she won't understand you and may continue to bother you.

She seems to be making genuine efforts to lie low and pull herself together. A lot of her issues came from her self-perceived unemployability, but she joined a job training program in January and has steadily become more quiet and has stopped trying to take people's money and threatening suicide. You see a lot of cute animal posts/messages and generic "I hope everyone is having a good day!" messages from her nowadays, along with political posts bashing Trump and Ford.

>>10132265
If you look at what happened in the past few months though, there is evidence that she may be turning around.

In February, Yuuko whined about wanting to go to Katsucon. She recognized that it would be a bad idea to go and went off the grid for a while to try to manage her depression.

Later that month, she posted about wanting a pet. Several friends repeatedly told her not to get one due to her financial situation, and she agreed and didn't get one.

>>10134283
Bring up the issue with her directly. She has difficulty with subtlety. As it stands she appears at first to be a fully functioning human being but as you get to know her she turns out to only be half functioning.

itt: why trannies should be put in an asylum

>>10134354
I agree that people need to put their foot down and be more blunt with her if she's making them uncomfortable. However, while I can buy that her inviting herself to someone's birthday dinner when she wasn't welcome could have been her failing to read social cues due to her autism, lying about needing to pick something up from someone in order to get into their private residence to attend a gathering is not okay. That's not a matter of failing to read social cues, that's downright manipulative behavior and shows a dangerous disregard for other people's personal boundaries.

>>10134385
People have put their foot down with her. She goes to other people who know that person and ask them why they doesn't like her and what she can do to make them like her.

>>10134385
99% of the time she has no idea what she's doing and thinks you're her friend, so I doubt that she was trying to wrench her way into a hangout. She's just a very dumb and clingy person

>>10134396
That seems to me like a childish attempt to seek self-improvement if anything

>>10134400
I dont buy this at all. She knows what she's doing at this point. People that think things like this are just letting her stay in her ways and not push herself to be better. She needs to be held accountable for the shit that she has put people through, not have people use her disability as an excuse.

It's more than a childish attempt for self improvement. Its emotional manipulation. She knows that she can make someone look bad for not wanting to be friends with her because shes disabled and trans.

>>10133607
or she'll play the victim card and start calling you a typical cis white male like her dad

>>10134426
I agree that she needs to be held accountable, however, she doesn't seem like the emotional manipulation type. There is such a thing as trying to help her while acknowledging that she is naturally deficient in many ways rather than manipulative and not wanting to help herself, and I've seen a few of her friends call her out on her bullshit recently with her actually agreeing with them. She needs to get a job, make new friends, and go into therapy.

>>10134429
This has nothing to do with the drama at hand, she's just having a social justice argument with someone

She is known for having major daddy issues (and hates on everything conservative like him) and first went berserk in the community around the time he died

>>10132519
knowing her, she'd think it inside but be passive-aggressive about it and more directly and vocally blame her parents and Donald Trump for her suicide

>>10134372
>>10134354

Even if she is trying now, that doesn't mean people have to give her a second chance, she used her mental illness as an excuse for so long, as someone with poor mental health, and who has been that way and struggling to get help and the right meds for YEARS i don't take kindly to people that use it as an excuse, sorry i just don't.

If she is honestly trying to be better that's great for her, but doesn't mean people that she's wronged in the past on purpose or not need to give her a second chance.

Because of my own mental health issues i don't want to be around her as it's not good for me and that's my right.

Also i don't feel much of what she's doing is genuine

>>10134453
Exactly, she needs to stick with the people who see potential in her and go from there. Not the rest of us who are unwilling to take that risk.

My advice is to explain yourself to her and tell her so bluntly because otherwise she'll think you're still her friend. But don't go all "you're a toxic and shitty person" on her or else she'll most likely threaten suicide again - and, if what she says is true and she's trying to get better, it might fuck that up for her.

She's been very dormant on her IG so it could be a sign that she stopped caring about cosfame

>>10134453
All she wants is to become famous. Its very obvious with the people she tries to cling to and the level of value she put on her friendship with you is heavily based on how much you can further her fame or give her something. Shes known to even forget the names of her lesser known "friends".

>>10134429

All I see here is a dude with a good head on his shoulders, and another dude pretending to know what women feel/go through to try to fit in with women.

>>10134487
While Yuuko is an awful person (until she proves otherwise), her being trans or an SJW is not a valid point of criticism

Which begs the question, though: if her dad was a successful professor and manly man, would she be better off if she decided to follow in his footsteps instead of going woke and all counterculture-y?

Or would she be worse because of even more bottled-up angst and trans-ness

>>10134466
she acts that way most of the time, but her lack of activity on social media says otherwise. She's very stupid but not stupid enough to think she can achieve cosfame without regularly maintaining her IG and FB

If there's one good thing Yuuko's done though, she's helped protect the community against the toxicity at CultureToronto. One of the organizers creeped on someone and sent them death threats and she actively engaged to get CT booted.

Maybe she is trying to better herself and be some kind of positive figure after all. We all just need to wait and see.

>>10134557
*booted from a Smash Bros. event

>>10134557
lol shut up Yuuko
we all know this is you pretending to be one of her friends

>>10134557
as if it couldn't be more obvious. She bullied the CultureToronto peeps to suck up to people who showed the slightest bit of kindness to her

at this point, I think the thing to do is to get her banned from the scene, raise awareness of her selfish and creepy actions, and call the police if she explodes over that

>>10134578
Or why not just let her dreams come true and drive her to suicide, if we all acknowledge her as a waste of space and time and energy and she thinks the same about herself then there's no reason not to

>>10134581
You're coming on to something. Since her dad wanted her to be an alpha and make the best of HIS life, we can use it as a precautionary tale against becoming a tranny instead of embracing being a guy...

>>10134582
doxxing time?

make a file on her and send it to employers every time she boasts about getting a new job interview?

>>10134581
>>10134582
>>10134585
Can we please NOT do that? Yuuko might suck but please let's not resort to transphobia and threatening to sabotage her. She already does that well enough on her own and that kind of cruel behavior really could lead a person to contemplate suicide.

Also keep talking like that and you'll absolutely get this thread reported. Or maybe it's actually Yuuko making these comments in an attempt to do just that, but either way let's not go down this road.

>>10134596
right, let's just wait for the next bit of drama: she'll blame 4chan (and probably find some way to blame Doug Ford) when she inevitably bombs her next job interview

>>10134585
Jesus christ can you read the fucking rules

>>10134596
>t. reddit

Everything makes sense about Yuuko when you realize she has autism more severe than 99% of /v/

Still, it is pretty annoying to have her latch onto you at cons and nonstop talk about herself and her problems when you're just there to have a good time

>>10134629
Seconded, she speaks and writes very well and has shown glimpses of kindness/empathy but has absolutely no social sense or life skills otherwise

Lately (especially after losing a particular friend) she seems to have shifted to trying to keep her problems to herself unless she can't handle it, hence the cute animal and political memes she fills up her wall with

The silver lining in all this is that Yuuko seems like the kind of person who, if (emphasis on the IF), she manages to get her shit together, she could actually make a case study and prevent other potential lolcows in the community from destroying their own lives. She has at least shown self-awareness about her problems and is constantly bouncing between doctors and therapists.

>>10134636
What do you mean by constantly bouncing between doctors and therapists? It sounds like you're saying she can't keep to one doctor or therapist and that doesn't sound promising at all. That sounds like she drops them in favor of finding new ones any time one of them says something she doesn't like, as she's been known to do with people in general.

Is there anything good in Ottawa? Or do I have to travel to Toronto or Montreal in order to have anything nice.

>>10134650
It seems more like she has to keep switching between doctors/therapists/social workers because she has moved several times and/or has a billion things to juggle if she wants some semblance of acting like a functioning human being.

As for confirmation bias, it's been the opposite with her: one guy kept giving her shitty advice on how to manage her cosplay life, and she decided to stop listening to him for her own sake.

>tfw you just wanna talk about Canadian's conventions and you fucks can't stop circle-jerking about some autistic cunt nobody else cares about

>>10134596
This, all of this. You're right that the comments were made most likely by Yuuko. They have said stuff like this to me multiple times in the past, i can even recognize their writing style.

>>10134664
Those ones, as well as the comments from this "mystery friend" of Yuuko's trying to convince us she's really a very kind, albeit awkward person who's just trying to better herself. They both sound like her.

>>10134664
in any case, Yuuko is a special case among lolcows in that she actually *wants* to self-improve and *knows* that she's a fucking problem. Nobody's doing her any favours by ruminating on her failures. If she has a chance at salvation then it's something that people can choose to encourage or not. If she finally gets a fucking job then we can look forward to no longer seeing half of the bullshit in this thread, and it's sadly yet another area she's struggled with yet she's slowly getting better.

Came here to talk about upcoming cons but it's all Yuuko dumpster fire. Congratulations, you're cosfamous now!

>>10134670
>a very kind, albeit awkward person who's just trying to better herself

that sounds EXACTLY like what she'd think of herself

but it also sounds like what her white knights make her out to be

>>10134664
>>10134670

There's a 99% chance that Yuuko is reading this and that, yes, she has posted in this thread.

Yuuko, if you're reading this, get your shit together and stop being a leech on the community. Nobody is out to get you and you have no reason to whine and threaten suicide again. If you're truly improving, then good. If not, then START FUCKING IMPROVING.

>I honestly found out about this recent shitstorm because Yuuko posted about it on FB

Yuuko gtfo social media for a while and focus on yourself please.

>>10134655
GAnime may improve now that their creep of a con chair is gone.

I know yuuko has austim but Ive never meet someone so utterly retarded before.

Bunch of TERFs up in here

>>10134821
Does Yuuko hid behind austim like Poynter_photo?

>>10134868
Honestly fucking yeah, poynter_photo is a absolute creep.

I just want my goddamn clothes holy shit. Is there a backlog that I'm not aware of in Mississauga?

>>10134766
What was the deal with GAnime? I don't follow these things that closely

>>10134673
Can the mods do something about this? It's so fucking off topic. CCEE is just around the corner but any posts about it are buried under all this wank.

>>10134765
>>10134946
She needs to quit the cosplay community, period, and never come back. The way it stands, she'll bomb every single job interview that comes her way and stay unemployed. Meanwhile she's hiding behind the "but I'm trans and disabled!" card to take advantage of SJW hugbox community programs filled with enablers and people just like her and to justify her complete ineptitude at anything but cosplay

>>10135009
she's relying on being a special snowflake for free food and rent. Watch, she'll threaten suicide for the billionth time in a row when the Ford gov't ends up slashing her precious ODSP

>>10135009
lol like she's actually good at cosplay...can't even give proper care to a wig she said she spent $2k on...desu at that note all her wigs look like something made nests up there multiple times

>a lot of these posts are probably just this Yuuko person either trying to stir the pot, defend herself, or fucking both
>a lot of people are fed up with her
>want to suggest not bringing attention to her but that in itself will bring attention to her
I feel like no matter what, we lose. So I'm gonna try to steer us back on track.

IFF is next month. If it takes off, then that means we have another con to look forward to. It's a first year con, but it's three days, and it managed to get all these guests. I'm also gonna expect to see a billion Fate cosplays, both at this and probably AN too.

>>10134968
Not much other than their chairman was a weirdo who went off the rails over the last year and at this past convention his actions ended in a complete train wreck jeopardizing our potential for future jfashion guests because Lovely Lor and Tyler are never coming back.

Now that con season's coming up, any recs for photographers that aren't creeps?

>>10135243
Anyone who isn't a male

>>10135246
The same insufferable cunt makes an appearance again.

>>10135251
What? It's just kind of a fact that male photographers are bad news, since they're the ones who get outed as predators. You never see that with female photographers, therefore, don't shoot with male ones. Easy as that.

>>10135246

>I've worked with more than 50 photographers in the last 8 years, and I can say that female photographers on average turn out better quality photos.

>>10135134
I don't think IFF will be around next year. I want the con to be successful. I just see it being a yearly thing.

>>10135243
Avoid Tom and his students poynter_photo and Burdittphoto. Dreamland has some shit talk going around. everyone else seems to be alright.

>>10135254
What about trans males? females to males. Are the predators now? As there is a cosplayer photographer that was female and is male now. Would you call them a predator now?

>>10135246
I want to book with more women too, but I only know of ConMom and Alex Rose.

>>10135306
Pigeonpen is actually pretty too

>>10135347
pretty good I mean.

>>10135243
>doesn't state which part of the country

>>10135282
Dreamland is fine

Burditt is legit a rapist

>>10135282
the only shit that Dreamland has going about him is the BS that Bec started about him whitewashing her pics when she was the one who was lightening her skin (and still does for every cosplay except for her most recent starfire where she legit looked at least 35)

>>10135306
dont book with alex rose. She will photo-shop your features without your permission.

>>10135419
In a good or bad way? I always assume that that photogs are going do a bit of shoop anyway. So it’s more important whether it matches with my personal aesthetics or not.

pigeonpen is amazingg

>>10135432
Did you read what i wrote? She changes your features like crooked nose without asking if its ok to alter the model's face. If the model is asking for modification then that ok, but to just do it without permission is so wrong.

>>10135437
Wait so let me get this straight. Your problem with me is that I edit people to look like fantasy characters? That’s it? That’s kind of my style and part of the deal when you book with me. Want to shoot with me but don’t want me to edit a facial feature? Just tell me. I’ll happily oblige that request. I just usually tweak things people already hide with filters and photoshop themselves. I feel like I’ve really toned it down over the years too.

>>10135437
>pays photographer whose work is clearly visible already and then whines that they edit things in a way that is clearly visible upfront

Stop trying to stir shit and get some common sense.

>>10135379
On this note, are there any good photogs at all in Alberta? The ones who advertise seem to be really meh.

>>10135134
Honestly, quite a few posts in this thread are based on misinformation. There was only one Zelda cosplayer she wanted to shoot with, and they get along and only cancelled because of a family tragedy

Let us keep up not mentioning this person again, the more attention we bring to her, the more we stoke her neurotic narcissism paranoia and possibly turn her into more of a problem. Apparently she did fuck with this thread and claim it almost ruined a job interview for her

Hi, this is Yuuko. I have posted anonymously in this thread both to bash and defend myself, but would like to break my anonymity to weigh in on the whole thing because it's really been getting to my head.

There are a lot of people I pissed off, and I try to understand why. I understand how much of a complete trainwreck I was (am?) and am continuously trying to learn from my mistakes and get better. Whether or not you believe it is up to you, but there are people who have cited noticeable progress.

Furthermore, there are indeed lies/exaggerated drama in the thread. I still have a problem with lingering around people because I can't pick up social cues and have issues with loneliness, but a lot of the tea here is outdated and I do think that there is misinformation involved. >>10135579 is correct in that there was only one Zelda cosplayer who I made plans to shoot with. I DM'd her with an apology, thinking she was the person who complained in >>10134239, and she didn't know what I was talking about and we think someone may have been impersonating her.

Lastly, I found the timing of the whole Yuuko-bashing highly suspicious, considering that there was much more tangible drama on Facebook at that exact time that I was involved in with CultureToronto. The person in question would have reason to start a dumpster fire surrounding me, since I and one other friend were calling him out for creeping on one of our friends and sending death threats to the first friend. There's no way to know for sure, and there are people who have sincere reason to bash me, but the timing seems highly suspect to me.

Overall, while I acknowledge I have issues and have ruined or disrupted experiences for some people, I am constantly trying to get better and not hide behind my autism/gender like fucking Poynter. I therefore apologize for any problems I may have caused and discord I may have sown. For the sake of my mental health, I will not be checking this thread or replying further.

>>10135585
lol as soon as people stop talking about you, you popped up to stir the pot...Blame people some more. The dumbsterfire didn't started until you added fuel to it. A lot of people's been having issues with you A WHILE AGO and you've been mentioned A WHILE AGO. just...go home.

Anyways...
Are there any good high-up places to shoot at AN? Like tops of buildings or parking garages? I’d really like some city skyline pictures for this cos

>>10135282
You really think IFF won't come back for next year? I'm more worried that they'll kill off AniRevo if IFF succeeds and ask the staff is busy with it. Although I feel like the high ticket price is killing AniRevo anyway.

>>10135644
There's a parking garage behind the venue hotel but its one only two floors.

>>10135243
>>10135246
Imagine believing that these two posts weren't made by the same person? I can't. At least wait longer than 2 minutes between your posts if you want to do a good job samefagging.

There's a specific single individual that lurks the cgl canada threads and is extremely hateful to male photographers.
Their continued presence demonstrates their years long crusade is predicated on destruction and stifling opportunity.
Their hatred against the identified group thrives on insensitivity, bigotry and destruction of both the target group and of the values of our society. They are seemingly obsessed. They hate male photographers.

Hatred in this sense is a most extreme emotion that belies reason; an emotion that, if exercised against members of the identified group, implies that those individuals are to be despised, scorned, denied respect and made subject to ill-treatment on the basis of group affiliation.

Just think of the Christchurch shooting. Critics say that places like 4chan, 8ch etc. allow a platform for hate speech.
Representations that expose a target group to detestation tend to inspire enmity and extreme ill-will against them, which goes beyond mere disdain or dislike. Representations vilifying a group will seek to abuse, denigrate or delegitimize them, to render them lawless, dangerous, unworthy or unacceptable in the eyes of the audience.

>>10135644
The only place I can think of is the garage near the Delta/IP/DT (whatever they're calling it now), but it's only two floors. It's usually pretty empty aside from other photographers and cosplayers doing shoots there.
AN's not really great for photoshoot location variety since it's all industrial I think.

>>10135585
>I have posted anonymously in this thread both to bash and defend myself,
?!?! Why the fuck would anyone do this?

>>10135752
Holy shit, relax. It's okay to hate men. It's socially acceptable. And why wouldn't you, when they're the cause of all the problems in the community? Creepy photographers, autistic neckbeards who lack social cues, they're the ones to watch out for.

If you're a guy in the cosplay community, you're gonna be seen as a creep. That's just kind of reality. If you claim you aren't? Then act like it and don't be a creep. And accept you won't be liked anyway. Just don't fucking bother.

>>10135757
More like why would anyone admit to it.

>>10135760
>It's okay to hate men. It's socially acceptable.
[citation needed]

>>10135766
You could say "I hate men" or "men are creeps" and no one would bat an eye. Some people will agree with you in fact, and if you disagree, you're just seen as one of those creepy men and your opinion is dismissed.

Whenever a post goes out about a predatory photographer or creep, it's always a man.

The opposite can't be done. Women aren't as creepy as men are, and if you say you hate women, you'll be rightfully derided.

Unfair? Tough. That's how reality is. Women have to live in fear that the men they meet will hurt them in some way, and the cosplay community is absolutely no exception, with creepy neckbeards thirsting over cosplayers just because they dress up as their waifu.

>>10135760
>It's okay to hate men.

Imagine being this retarded and sexist. Go home feminazi.

>>10135768
>Thinks only men are creeps.
>Momokun exists.

>>10135794
There's literally nothing wrong with saying you hate men. All men do is cause harm to others, and to keep it /cgl/ related, chances are any time you're at a con, it's the men who are socially inept and don't understand boundaries. It's not wrong to hate them.

>>10135795
Fine. Whenever a post goes out about a predatory photographer or creep, it's almost always a man. There's a few exceptions, sure, but it's almost always a man.

>>10135752
>comparing the shooting to an anon on the internet saying "men bad"

>>10135803
>All men do is cause harm to others

>itt women do no harm...

> It's not wrong to hate them.

and I could hate all women too based on how judgmental you are.

>Fine. Whenever a post goes out about a predatory photographer or creep, it's almost always a man. There's a few exceptions, sure, but it's almost always a man.

At least we know with your intense hate of men, you won't be breeding with any, so no stupid babies are to be born with that mentality.

>>10135816
And if you say you hate all women, you'd be seen as a misogynist or a sexist, and that's wrong. You'd think it'd work the same way, say you hate men and you'd also be seen as sexist, but you never see that happen anywhere other than here.

Why would I, or anyone willingly subject themselves to a man? I guess stockholm syndrome does exist.

>>10135818
>And if you say you hate all women, you'd be seen as a misogynist or a sexist, and that's wrong.

The hypocrisy is hilarious here. Now I know you're likely just a troll.

>You'd think it'd work the same way, say you hate men and you'd also be seen as sexist, but you never see that happen anywhere other than here.

Starting to think this is actually some sexist guy trying to make women look bad by doing trolling like this.

> Why would I, or anyone willingly subject themselves to a man? I guess stockholm syndrome does exist.

If you actually aren't a troll, please go to CamH, you clearly need some professional help.

>>10135732
>>10135755
Thanks guys. I figured there wouldn't be much but I guess that's better than nothing. Is the top floor open or is there still roof over it that's inaccessible?

>>10135415
Dreamland is thirsty for cosplay girlfriend. If he offers a girl free photoshoots its because he is thirsty.

Burditt is a creep and thirsty. He isn't a rapist. I haven't heard of him sexual assault anyone.

>>10135823
>sexist guy trying to make women look bad by doing trolling like this.
I bet you its a guy that that can't admit they are gay and just really love dick!

>>10135979
Oh I didn't know this about Dreamland. We have a lot of mutual friends and he offered to shoot me so I just assumed he was safe.

Burditt is a bad person. I can attest to this. Avoid at all costs.

>>10135979
He's definitely a wannabe rapist. He tried to finger my friend at the AN rave once and she almost had to punch him to get him to stop and get his hands out of her pants.

>>10136247
The guy is beta af, this anon clearly just has a vendetta against him.

He's thirsty, but definitely not a creeper and way too beta to be one at that.

>>10136273
>thirsty
>but not a creeper

Isn't that just the same thing? If you're thirsty, you're creepy.

>>10136286
You're an idiot. You can be thirsty but keep it under control, otherwise rape would be all over the place.

So IFF is coming up, other than the Fate voice actors, are there any other things that seem interesting up that con?

>>10136390
ProZD if you like him
Sugar I guess, if you grew up watching YTV

>>10136325
If you're thirsty, it means you want to fuck. How is that not creepy?

>>10136588
Are you a virgin? Normal humans are capable of flirting without making others uncomfortable. Flirting isn't just going up to someone and asking inappropriate questions.

>>10136598
>Normal humans
That's the thing though, guys in the cosplay community aren't normal humans.

Apparently Quebec is banning religious wear like including crosses. Rip holy lantern in quebec?

>>10136633
That's just for public employees (like teachers and police).

>>10136602
ah it's the same troll as earlier.

Move along, nothing to see with this asexual troll.

>>10136420
Other than guests, are there any other things to see at this con?

>>10137085
Now that, I don't actually know unfortunately. I'm not sure what else the con has to offer.

>>10137086
Hopefully panels and dealers is worth it for the price that they are charging.

>>10137084
>anything I don't like must be a troll

>>10137091
When the argument is as stupid as that, it has to be trolling unless said person is a complete retard.

>>10137096
It's probably just someone with serious personal hangups. If I saw a guy saying every woman is a stupid whore my mind wouldn't jump to "trolling" either

>>10137085
Concerts?

>>10137139
I personally haven't met anyone like that in the cosplay community, therefore why I think it's probably a troll. As stated before, it wouldn't surprise me if it's some guy who is just doing this to make women in the community look bad.

>>10137163
>not thinking women freely pass around the names of men that have been creeps towards them
>not thinking women suggest to other women to book with female photographers to avoid this stuff in the first place

I'm glad men get to live in this fantasy land where they don't ever have to do this stuff to protect themselves.

>>10137274
But uhh you're just a troll! Not all men are bad, right?

>>10137283
No. If you are men in your personal life you probably are dealing with a TON of internalized misogyny desu.

>>10137274
>>10137293

As a fat and ugly male, how do I ask for a photo of a cosplay without seeming like a creep?

>>10137274
For the sake of argument, let's pretend you aren't a troll here, and remember that most women in this community do infact shoot with male photographers, do infact interact with male cosplayers, and are infact careful cause there are bad eggs amongst the crowd of men. Most men i've men have been good, but one has to be careful. Bring a friend with you to becareful, don't go to lone spaces with men you don't trust, etc.

>>10137331
Just ask politely. Most cosplayers are fine to pose for a photo on the spot (so long as they aren't in the middle of eating or a shoot).

You're only creepy if you start making rude remarks or enter their personal space. If you touch them, you could be entering sexual harassment. Thus simply asking for a photo is harmless.

>>10137331
Just ask for a photo then fuck off.

>>10137331
>fat and ugly
>male

You don't.

>>10137331
The simple answer is to not act autistic, but autistic people tend to be unaware of their own tendencies.

Go up to the person with your camera poised and ask, “Could I take a picture of you?” Remember to look pleasant (closed lip smile, the kind you would give a cashier after they bag your groceries) and keep at least 3/4th of an arm’s length away from the other person. Good hygiene is a must too because even if you’re fat and ugly, you can at least look like you’re fat, ugly and clean. After you took your picture, say “Thank you” and then fuck off.

>>10137332
REMINDER There is scientific proof that women are more responsible for reinforcing gender roles than men are. Yes, a subset of men act creepy/pushy/weird because of their inability to perform their gender role properly. Therefore we must reverse these roles once and for all by having women be the primary instigators and facilitators of relationships between the sexes. Then men will have the GFs come to them. They won't need to be creepy anymore. The world population of women and men are roughly equal so it should work if you factor in the Yaoi.
This is flawless logic, and absolutely no one can argue against it.
Gentle Fem Dom GFs = The Way to World Peace.

>>10137374
What the fuck am I reading?

>>10137374
Despite the internalized misogyny of this post, I kind of agree. Signed, not-always-gentle fem dom gf.

>>10137374
>a subset of men act creepy/pushy/weird
This implies that it's just a small group of men even though it's basically every other man.

>>10137392
Hmmm.. maybe this is why women are better known for reinforcing gender roles? It's well understood that women who are "6/10" get catcalled and generally toxic behaviour from men thrown their way more often than "10/10" women. The men assume they have a better chance with the "6/10" and more of them don't even bother to try with the "10/10" because they're too intimidated. The women at the top benefit meanwhile the comparitively undesirable ones deal with almost every other man trying to waste their time. It is honestly fucked up IMO.

>>10137329
Those posts aren't both me, dumbo.

>>10137332
I didn't say women never shoot with male photographers. I said that women give notice to each other about the creeps and a lot of us generally recommend to shoot with female photographers to avoid this stuff in the first place.

>>10137429
Thus, it's better to avoid shooting with male photographers to save yourself the trouble. You can, and some still foolishly do, but they just don't know any better or they can't pay that much.

>>10137431
>they just don't know any better
That's what I've been saying this whole time. It's just internalized misogyny. There is no other possible explanation.

>>10137431
>>10137429
stop samefagging.

>>10137456
Two different people.

>>10137429
>>10137431
>>10137437

Samefaggery and possibly still a dude trying to make women look like dumbass sexists.

>>10137459
Women can't be sexist though.

>>10137458
photoshop exists to easily shop that out

>>10137464
>uhhh it's shop
Just admit you're wrong.

>>10137456
They weren't samefagging there. Although they were definitely pretending to talk to themselves here: >>10135243 >>10135246 to start this whole thing off.

>>10135752
Notice how this post calls them out for samefagging but there's no denial? They only deny it when it's actually not them samefagging. But when they did samefag there was no denial.

>>10137467
>>10137468
(You) can't win either way.
>call out for samefag
>no it's not
>oh you just shopped that
>call out for samefag
>silence
>see? samefag

>>10137471
Your right. Your poor attempt at damage control is definitely not a 'win'

Realistically let's stop feeding this troll. Women in this cosplay community aren't fucking idiots and I refuse to think any can be as dumb as this one. How about we actually talk about the next cosplay event like IFF?

>>10137474
tfw you're copy pasting from notepad and barely proofreading and unironically make the >your typo
guess my argument is invalidated. i'll see myself out now

>>10137475
You're right. Women in the cosplay community aren't idiots, it's the men that are.

>>10137437
You don't know what that term means, yet you keep using it.

>>10137475
The problem is that they keep coming into each new thread and samefagging pretending to create a discussion.
When in reality it's just them furthering their online hate crusade to spread disinfo.
It's not good to just let these people have a platform for hateful discrimination without being rightfully called out.
I agree we should stop feeding the troll. The next time in the Canada cgl threads when someone is whining about male photographers we can just correctly call them out as almost certainly the same insane troll.

>>10137468
Probably because some people don't care to deny it and some do, almost like there are multiple people posting in this thread!

>>10137480
Agreed. Let's just ignore this (or these) people from here on. No need for sexism in our community.

Now on topic, who is going to IFF actually? 60 bucks feels steep.

>>10135752
>>10137480
Samefag. You're the only one here truly acting like some angry anon who hates men is somehow on a "hateful crusade", right down to the word crusade being used at all., as well as the mention of a platform.
You fuck off,
>>10137485
and you fuck off too.

>>10137480
I think you're the real troll here. Jesus.

>when someone is whining about male photogs we can just correctly call them out as almost certainly the same insane troll
When people "whine" about male photographers, they're saying to stay the fuck away from creepy (at best) or predatory (at fucking worst) photographers. That isn't whining. But you're acting like that's somehow on the same level as some jackass who's bitching about all men.

>>10136390
I'm excited about Suzuki Konomi personally

>>10137486
>>10137488

>>10137508

I legit wanna know how they are able to get all these high profile japanese VAs like that?

Only going to fan expo toronto this year. Went to anime north too last year and it wasnt worth it.

>>10137547
I think it's because they've put on events before, including in Japan, so they have some connections that way.

>>10137582
AN is really only worth it if you enjoy cosplay I’ve noticed

>>10137458
you can just log in on another device and get this, not proof that its not you.

Well this has been a fascinating read about mental illness.
So, what cosplays do people have lined up soon?
Spring has creeped up on me, so I'm not prepared for anything yet.

>>10138675
>Spring has creeped up on me

Are you sure about that, considering it just snowed last night

>>10138678
I was able to clean off my car in a t-shirt, so I still consider it Spring.

>>10138678
>>10138681
Canadian Spring ;)

>At Sci fi on the Rock this weekend
>Go to the washroom to take a piss real quick
>Two people obviously fucking loudly in one of the stalls

I wish people wouldn't do this shit at an event with kids everywhere, at least get a fucking room.

>>10138802
a stall is a small fucking room

>>10138904
The Stalls at the Sheraton Hotel are huge in the bathrooms, really nice looking Bathrooms desu.

>>10136390
I'm almost as excited for ProZD as I am for the Fate VAs. Dude's hilarious.

>>10138802
Hell yeah, another Newfoundland gull. Glad to say I didn't encounter any people hooking up at the con this year.

>>10138746
It was basically summer this afternoon in St. John's. We even got our first fog wall rolling in through The Narrows.

>>10128894
Oh, I didn't know IFF existed. The guest list is amazing, definitely considering going. It's about time the gta area had a decent con.

>>10129445
Yeah.. last year was the year I decided never to go to AN anymore. I was bored out of my mind, there were too many sweaty bodies, no guests to see, etc. I hope the organizers step up their game or that IFF will be a success.

how do you find out if a cosplayer you like is open to full-service sex work? I don't want to die a virgin but I don't want to be in a relationship and generally hate interacting with people

>>10138802
>>10139104
Y-you guys do exist I-I thought I was the only one.

>>10138802
>>10139104
>>10139880
Former NL gull here. I hope you all get to escape one day.

>>10139886
I escaped for about six months before but the job fell through.

>>10139886
One more year left of my degree, then I finally get to escape to the mainland. I've been on the rock for 23 years now and good lord is it ever boring.

She's back, boys!

>>10139940
Can we not fill up the thread with Yuuko again? For those of us that don’t know her it’s a waste of scrolling.

>>10138675
I'm working on Rin Tohsaka for IFF. I'm going to be one of a hundred basic bitch Rins walking around and honestly I am A-OK with that. Can't wait to see all the Fate cosplays.

Don't know if I'll bring any other costumes. Probably just do lolita for the other days.

>>10139960
Shut up, Yuuko.

With craigslist no longer having an "personals" section, any recommendations for where to post ads for my planned IFFT Fate Orgy? Seems the unofficial IFFT community dont want me posting there...

>>10141050
>IFFT Fate Orgy

>>10134660
underrated post
Here's your well deserved (You)
Hope to see you at AN

>>10137405
It's not even that most guys don't try for 10's, it's just that their personalities are so far removed from a normal person's because everyone's treated them with a different amount of respect just because they look a certain way. It's a lonely but rewarding existence and it can turn you into a walking talking garbage dump if there's nothing in your life to humble you. Also, guys hedge their bets, there's no point in wasting your time on someone that's not going to reciprocate.

>>10141317
What does any of this mean?

>>10141393
Not sure, I was drunk when I wrote it

going to AN all by myself this year. i hope I can make a friend

>>10142536
Just go to the outdoor rave and start talking to people in line, you might go through a few cringelords, but most people are pretty happy to take on randoms as long as you're not a total sperg.

>>10142536
you can be my friend anon UwU
unless you're a creep that is

>>10143553
I'm a creep so I guess it's not going to work out :/ Sorry

Going to Anirevo this year since I have a friend who lives in the area. I didn't go last year, but I went in 2017 and I remember the lines being really bad. Has the con gotten any better since then? What should I expect from it?

>>10142536
depends how extroverted you are.
Really helps if you're cosplaying something popular with other people too.
attend meetups posted on here if you really want a for sure way to make friends.

>>10141050
FetLife?

>>10143648
More lines, more ghosting, no badge sharing since they were stamping hands. But jokes aside, I don't know

I booked a hotel room for IFF, HYPE

I'll be tabling at IFF and AN this year. Kind of excited to see how it goes, even if AN is a shitshow every year.

>decided this year is my last anime north
>first time applying for a nominoichi table
>fucking lottery system implemented this year
>don't get table

Man, I shouldn't have waited this long to do the Nomi. I have too much weeb and game shit I want to get rid of.

>>10144945
What are you selling?

What's going on with all this Culture Toronto drama? Everyone around me keeps talking about it but i dont' get how it all started. Dude seems fucking crazy on his social media though.

Came here to get the scoop on IFF. I won free passes so i was like hey! why not check it out. Cant make AN this year so hoping its fun in its stead. any lolitas going?

>>10146075
Has sent me creepy messages in the past. So I blocked him. Few people got
uncomfortable when working with the main guy.

Yuuko maybe involved?>>10135585
> tangible drama on Facebook at that exact time that I was involved in with CultureToronto.
Yuuko would spice up the drama

>>10146227
I guess she is involved, since in one of his recent posts he threatens to kill her a bunch of times. No matter how much drama she has, that's way too far.

>>10143648
I've gone 4 times and last year was worse. As >>10144354 mentioned the lines were longer (even the colouring room had a line and was at max capacity for most of the scheduled time), more ghosters hanging around, not much to do because everything was full. The dealer's hall was incredibly noisy as they put all the gaming and 2 Q&A/panels (!) in the same area. I felt bad for the people on stage, you couldn't hear what they were saying over the loud music of several game competitions going on at once.

It's an awful con, I don't recommend it unless your ticket was free and you have nothing better to do.

>>10146075
Just seemed like someone went off their rocker and took it out on a page they're supposed to manage and be professional on, at least that's what I've seen

>>10146272
>incredibly noisy as they put all the gaming and 2 Q&A/panels
I remember the first time I went which was the second year of AR they had this exact issue. They had fixed it for years three and four for sure. I can't believe it's an issue again. They forgot pretty quick but it doesn't take much thought to know see there would be an issue in the first place.

>>10099237
>Anime North - May 24-26
Might be able to make this one actually.

>>10148070
do it.
cute bort by the way

>>10148070
Come feel the degeneracy

https://discord.gg/ndQCMRd
a dumb discord for canadian seagulls to talk about cons and other stuff

I've recently heard stories of Poynter taking pics of feet.. Is this true? I've booked with him and now I'm wondering if I should cancel.

>>10149281
It's true.

>>10149281
cancel, avoid, stay the fuck away

too many people telling too many similar stories, don't be a victim.

>>10149281
I'm guessing you only booked with him because you didn't know any better. Yes, he's a feet guy like Tom. His work's no good, and he's also a creep. Find someone else to shoot with.

>>10149281
Should've booked with a woman instead

I went to the last anime Shogatsu looking to make some friends because I was new in Toronto and the only thing that I got is a figurine. All the people went with friends and the one's who don't seems everything but not open to speak with a unknown.

Is always the same thing in all conventions?

>>10149433
Here we go again!

>>10149473
Honstely the only way I've made friends at a con is by going to meetups.

>>10148900
>same 4 people that talk
>one weird tranny who posts gross futa porn
>some fat girl that complains about her depression

god it's like the official server

>>10149593
What's that?

>>10149433

>>10149647
From what I know, meetups are planned and happen every AN in these threads
Idk what they're like though, so your mileage may very, but at the very least, it's a way of meeting people

>>10149281
based and footpilled

>>10149433

>>10149616

>>10149616
>gross futa porn
look at this uncultured swine
Im sure it cant be more extreme than stuff on /d/

>>10149616
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

At the age of 25, I think I'm starting to feel like an old fuck at AN.
I think It started when the whatsit Hero Academia cosplays started appearing en masse.
For some reason, the most depressing thing is seeing the high-school and post-secondary age couples having fun and cosplaying together.
Is this just greener grass shit?

>>10150901
You sound boring and I'm older than you. People who yearn for their highschool days are always boring as fuck to be around.

>>10150901
Those kids know how to have fun, and even people I know who are older than you still know how to have fun. It really just greener grass shit.
Just keep trying to meet people and make friends; that's what cons are all about aren't they?

>>10150901
>Anon feeling old at 25
>Is 30 and still going to cons.

Yeah okay.

>>10149281
stay FAR FAR away from him. He has an issue with the word NO and uses his disability as an excuse when you say you're uncomfortable.

PSA: LCBO and beer store are closed tomorrow

>>10151940
fuck

>wanted a chill low-effort cosplay to wear regularly
>love CCS the recent new series should bring a surge of popularity, so go with Yukito's school uniform
>wore it all AN last year with high hopes of meeting other fans
>misgendered as an Ouran all weekend, even by a friend that is also a CCS fan
why
I theoretically want to wear it this weekend but actually really don't, send help

>>10152290
You could try buying booze at the steam whistle brewery near by or one of the super markets that sells some

>>10152298
guess I'll have to make a 32oz makers mark bottle last me the day

>book 2 guests in a room clearly big enough for a squad
>Hotel elevators require key card to use,
aaaa

>>10151879
All of what you said is true. This is during or after MTAC 2017

how is IFF?
dealers room, artist alley? Is it worth going tomorrow?

>>10152505
A bit slow today, but seemed pretty comfy was my impression.

happy 4/20 from the shawarma squad aka #/a/toronto

>>10152504
Fucking yikes.

>>10149473
No anon, it's just you.

In all seriousness though, you gotta have the courage to open up and be "assertive" if this is even the correct word for it. All the people I randomly talk to everywhere share a common interest, and that's "shitty gacha mobile games" like FGO, GFL, and AL for example.

>>10152504
The amazing part is how the person speaking doesn't realize that they come off like a sperg, too. Nice high school-tier drama. Thanks for sharing.

>>10152944
your resolution is off

>>10152944
Don't you have bath salts you should be smoking?

If I don't find the boi pucci bathroom party this year at AN I'm gonna be very disappointed with myself.

Someone make a new thread

>>10155164
Done and done.

>>10155216