/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

racist cops saved us.

Imagine how much longer they could keep the boot on the neck of Americans if we didn't break lockdown like that.

Now everyone knows it's all a sham

Hopefully the cons that haven't cancelled yet can move forward in the coming months.

Who cares, in-person live conventions will never return. Once organizations and companies find out that online cons are a good inexpensive alternate, there will be no excuse to leave your house on July 4th weekends again

>>10410216
>Still believes that the beer virus came from bats
The virus originated in an undisclosed lab in the USA which was intended to be used as a bio-weapon.

>tfw no Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club concert at Staples Center
>tfw no bitching about not being able to get through the virtual queue for bracelets for Re:Zero S2 premiere
>tfw no bitching about not being able to get through the virtual queue for bracelets for Evangelion 4.0
>tfw no dangerdogs, okamoto kitchen, curry house or astro doughnuts this year
>tfw no Trigger Panel this year
>tfw no world premiere of the final 2 live action Rurouni Kenshin movies

>>10410224
>Thinking Love Live would return after AX downgraded Aqours to perform from the MS Theater in 2018 to two shows at the Novo last year, along with an earthquake to boot.
That was insulting, I would never come back after that.
>tfw no Trigger Panel this year
Trigger panels get worst and boring every year. No loss there.

>>10410224
>tfw no Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club concert at Staples Center
Those literal whos can't even sell out a bingo hall. Let alone the Novo.

>>10410229
I heard those girls danced through it like chads

>>10410222
then what will the cities do with their unused convention centers?
>>10410223
that's what china gets for copying US patients. only the US is allowed to make their farm animals immune to lung infections.

https://www.anime-expo.org/2020/06/08/warner-bros-japan-join-anime-expo-lite-2020/

>>10410216
>zoom
>batsoup
>"racist" cops

God, why is it the same retard that makes these threads?

>>10410216
>It’s June
>I’m not rushing to finish my cosplay and lose that last bit of weight

Fuck this year

>>10410235
>then what will the cities do with their unused convention centers?
Use them as permanent homeless shelters.

>>10410275
>Tfw I gained 8 pounds and loss some muscle and strength because the gyms have been closed.

>>10410220
>>10410222
>>10410223
Take your meds

>>10410216
So when is AX going to host a protest?

>no 11pm yardhouse chicken nachos
>no neon district
>no people watching
>no 1am JW lobby chilling
>no baking in the sun for 3 hours to get into a panel

>>10410216
The cops didn't ruin it though. It was the insane rioters and looters.

>>10410316
>mfw you can all do that at home

>>10410295
who wants to hold an AX themed BLM protest in downtown LA in a month?

Lets get this shit started

>>10410349
I don't care about BLM I was only saying it because mass gatherings are only permitted if your protesting so just hold a peace protest for 9mins and then start AX as normal business

>>10410223
> t. I failed biology and watched too many conspiracy thriller movies

>>10410370
It's okay Anon-chan, there is always next year.

>>10410316
>no 1am JW lobby chilling

This hit home.
>That time everyone in my room was bored at 2AM and we wandered around the JW video rooms, eventually settling on Witchblade and laughing hysterically from lack of sleep

>>10410605
>>10410316

>>10410706
>Courtyard and Residence Inn in Shit Tier
Regardless of it being closer to the LACC than Hotel Indigo
Wut?

>>10410370
I'm sure you're working on cosplay and staying fit for next year instead r-right?

>Mfw people think I'm going to allow conventions, concerts, sporting events, and other mass gathering events in my state next year without a vaccine.

>Most of California will have already open up by July 4th weekend
>No official fireworks show
>No AX
FUUUUUCCCCKKKKKK!!

>>10410756
>Thinks that California will have a governing body next year. welcome to cyberpunk 2021 and wake the fuck up samurai.

>>10410316
>baking in the sun for 3 hours to get into a panel
I don't know why you'd want that.

>>10410891
It's part of the AX experience

AN EXPERIENCE THAT WAS TAKEN FROM MEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>10410756
>mfw crowds of thousands of people were allowed to march down my street yelling at the top of their lungs every day for the past week and governor hair gel still insists it's too dangerous for nail salons to open

>Miku Expo got cancelled again to April-May 2021

>>10410902
Because black lives matter while getting a hair cut is not.

>>10410859
Consider AX not happening while Newsom runs the state and Garcetti runs LA.

>>10410902
only in america

>E3 should have started today.

>>10410920
They should just cancel this shit already. No way we're going to be having concerts at all next year.

>>10410931
Who gives a shit

>>10410829
>Was having a shitty time at AX last year and left early on July 4th to go to Disneyland for fireworks
>No Disneyland
>No AX

People will still do their own fireworks, I guess

>>10410964
they better be doing it for BLM or that's illegal

>>10410964
People have been fucking lighting off fireworks around the clock near my house. You can't even fucking see them at noon and yet I have to hear it. I WISH people would just wait until 4th of July and then go ape shit for an evening. I do live next to a police station though so I do hope that it is fireworks... It's hard to tell.

I fucking miss Disney.

I'm fucking lonely bros. I was looking forward to meeting some people at parties this year, but obviously that's not going to happen. I have so few friends, and the ones I do have really aren't that great and constantly "forget" to invite me to do stuff with them.
I feel like I fucking scammed myself in childhood by not making more friends, because how the fuck do you make genuine close friends as mid 20s adult?

>>10410224
>astro doughnuts
He doesn’t know.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-10/second-u-s-virus-wave-emerges-after-state-reopenings?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&fbclid=IwAR37km_GkuW2IFbbj-jqGKMdpY6T5aHTd1TPUbdZ7fKhmUFa-QJPxCKwhDA&fbclid=IwAR1HEF5sJYrWWmaxFldCkzI62LLubXVRnkMyaRDSE4GHqdH9Dw5sRzIeFoY&fbclid=IwAR0M9uMjDbxK7KaLUUhks69Y6dv8b4DmhPol6NVpALzJYCAFcqnvmZ9BL1s

Online cons are now the new norm.

>>10411052
I never had much luck meeting new friends through parties. At AX, everyone seemed to be in their own clique at these parties and it's hard to break through unless you're really a social butterfly imo. You might want to try meeting someone online first and then meeting them irl. I met two dudes through twatter that I hit it off with. I later met one at AX and another at Anime NYC. Pretty cool dudes, still friends with them and wouldn't mind hanging out again once Corona-chan fucks off.
Naturally, if you're a spaghetti pockets guy like myself you want to stick with people of the same gender.

>>10411555
I go pretty inbetween social autist and social butterfly. Last year after the first night of AX I went to some small party and didn't really talk to anyone, and felt profound loneliness in my hotel room that night. Then I decided that I wasn't going to let that happen again.
The next night I drank a ton of rum to pregame for a party and ended up talking to a few dozen different people. I just kept group hopping and everyone was really nice, a lot of them even bought me more drinks. I didn't end up trading numbers with anyone though

>>10411555
>>10411583
I pretty much gave up the socal con scene since everyone is already in an established clique and the parties I go via people I meet on social media end up being boring sausage fests. Every fucking con fron ALA to Wondercon, AX, and SDCC.

>>10411617
I think the key is to literally just be confident and join peoples groups at a party. And by that I mean actually speak up and introduce yourself, or make your presence known instead of just hovering on the edge of the group waiting for the perfect chance to say something.
I used to go to the /cgl/ meet up, but I gave up on that after going a couple of years because the "party" they throw every single fucking time is very poorly planned and not fun
>meetup happens outside, but they can never actually agree on where
>after maybe 40 minutes of people asking where the fuck it is everyone gathers together
>Then as a group they walk over to the hosts hotel room, where 20 something people cram into a two bed room
>After 20 minutes the hosts are sick of it and tell everyone but their closest friends to leave
I stopped going because it felt like a fucking waste of time. I had more fun mingling with complete strangers at the Fakku party and parking lot party last year than I ever did at any of the meet ups

We could've had Neon District 2, bros and sisters...

>>10411640
The 6 hour EDM shit they had last year was fucking horrible. I was relying on this year to redeem it, fuck.

>>10410220
>>10410223

It is real. Are the reply bots a real thing? Every board I go to it's the same stupid replies. I'm going crazy. I've been on 4chan too long.

>>10411660
I skipped that EDM event and it sounds like it was the right choice. I had so much fun at Neon District 2017 and was looking forward to its return this year.

>>10411640
>People pay large amounts of money to hear a DJ play beep bop boop sounds from a Macbook

>>10411674
>$40
>large amount of money

Bequeath yourself from me, penurious plebeian.

>>10411674
$40 to get into the party is fine. The real crime however is drinks being $10 each for a single fucking shot with some mixer. Thank god LA is hot as shit and security doesn't take away "water" bottles

>>10411664
it's probably just lonely autists

>>10410216
Why don't they just bring AX back now that everything is open again?

>>10411816
Because there's currently protests going on in LA that could turn to riots at any moment.
Also there's no possible way they could schedule everything back in time. People probably made other plans when the cancellation was announced

>>10410706
Why Hotel Indigo in God Tier?
It's nice, don't get me wrong but its kinda far and there's no events held there.

>>10411816
>LA
>everything is open again

>>10411816
>Everything open again
Disneyland isn't even open yet and large gatherings still aren't allowed. Even if everything was reopened, it'd be fucked because the guest list would be non-existent or flooded with YouTube people. Also, AX/whoever does the security staffing can't even do the bag check right. There's no way they could competently implement any system for virus pre-screening.

>>10410216
>Welcome to Funimation’s first convention ever! This is your chance to hear from important people in anime, chat with others who are total fans like you, and sit around in your living room wearing full cosplay. And it’s free! Register here and let the con come to you, July 3–4.

>>10411821
more like there are riots going on than protests

>>10411959
Disney land is opening up on July 17th

>>10411999
That's a month from now and still two weeks after AX would've taken place.

>>10411816
Convention venues probably aren't reopening until next year, and while there's a limited reopening going on now it doesn't include big packed events where social distancing is impossible. AX is probably a perfect storm for corona too, given anime fans' notorious lack of hygiene.

>>10411964
Why the hell isn’t Funimation just joining in with AX lite

>>10412152
It's like those video game companies who decide to their own thing since E3 is cancelled.

>>10411816
>>10411964
>Doesn't want to accept that companies will start their own online events now that large mass gathering will soon be banned by law.

>>10411964
>FunimationCon
>AX Lite feat. Bushiroad stream
>Aniplex Online Fest

All within the span of July 3-5, I wonder who's going to power through all of the streams and activities

>>10410931
>I could have held a PS5 controller by now

>Missed ALA's early bird
Should I buy now it or is ALA 2021 going to be kill?

>>10412345
Hard to say. It depends on how well the country approaches the virus in the latter half of the year. Danger scenario is that we're still in lockdown by next year or that we can't move up to the phase (safely) where big sized cons are allowed

>>10412449
>>10412345
i'll see you bastards at ALA2022 then bring the whiskey

>>10410232
They did, but stepped off after the song was over for a few minutes

>>10412345
>>10412449
Well in the more populated areas of cali, the infected rates are going up daily

>>10412594
So ALA 2021 is likely going to be cancelled?

>>10412871
Not likely, but it there is a possibility. 2022 is a pretty safe bet.

>>10412474
I'll bring the whole fucking bar. I'm all for quarantine but FUCK do I want to go out and enjoy myself once it's safe to do so.

>>10412594
Yeah... and unfortunately OC just lifted their face mask regulations so it will likely continue to increase. To my knowledge, DTLA will be the last city to follow along with reopening because of the super high infection rates/#of cases there.

I'm kissing a femgull when conventions return

>>10412915
>He thinks conventions will return

>>10412928
One day they will. And on that day I will kiss a femgull.

>>10412966
>One day they will.
They will, but not in our lifetime.

>>10412915
>>10412966
>You'll never get to kiss a qt Asian femgull
Why live?

>>10412876
OC is full of old rich white conservatives. Let them die.

>>10412973
I would but I want to go to Disney again.

>>10412971
we're all white here, ya yellow fever cuck

Where did your AX funds go to now that the con is cancelled?

>>10413273
>gaymen laptop
I'm allocating AX funds to aftermarket parts for my car.

>>10413273
Rent and food.

>>10413273
booze

>>10413273
Test prep

>>10413273
An iPad Pro and a trip to Yosemite the week of July 4th. I feel like I have post-con depression without even going to the thing.

Anyone planning to go to the LACC that week and hang out anyways?

>>10413408

Might as well, already paid for the plane trip

>>10413273
Make a rainy day fund

GIVE IT BAAAAAAACK

>>10413586
Ok autist

>>10413591
DO IT

>>10413273
ending my shit

>>10413592
If there's one thing I won't miss it's going to be waiting forever in line to get merch. Especially since the first person in line is usually a scalper who buys a shit ton of the con exclusive merch if the booth allows multiple purchases

>>10413679
Do they always botch the 1 hour that premier fans have on the first day? I swear once I got into the hall I had like 20 minutes before they let in everyone else.

>>10413679
Not to mention perpetually capped lines

>>10413679
>perpetually capped lines

At this point I’d even be happy with that

>>10413795
That fucking fakku booth.

To combat my depression I'm gonna post random pics from AX of years past for the next year or so.

>>10413873
Take your meds

>>10413875
Peace is not an option

>>10413873
>It’s going to be at least 12 1/2 months until AX
>11 months until Fanime
>ALA doesn’t count because it’s too fucking small

Fuck.

>>10410272
based

>>10410927
obsessed

>>10413273
Baby fund

I gave up on cons this year and having a baby instead

>>10412915
>>10412966
why kiss a beta femgull when you can fuck the chad trap.

>>10413744
I only had premier last year, and they botched it so we had about 20-30 minutes extra. Though it was enough for me since I mapped out with con exclusive items I wanted and made a mad dash to those booths.
The security at AX has a massive fucking stick up their ass though. They spent like 20 extra fucking minutes telling everyone in the premier merch line
>you do not run, if I see you run I will throw you out
As if they would even fucking attempt to stop you
>>10413795
I started just going up to people already in line and offering them $10 profit to buy me whatever item I wanted. I got my jojo pin before they sold out last year doing this
>>10413871
>Fakku line was capped
>Asked the cute girl capping the line when they'd uncap
>"There's not really a set time for it, it's just whenever it moves along.....you know what, I'll let you join the end of this line, go ahead!"
Still grateful to her

>Mfw the majority of my friends on social media said that they are thankful that AX got cancelled so that BLM can have a platform and a voice that needs to be heard

>>10414045
Nice blogpost, cunt.

What if we are witnessing the end of in-person cons?

>>10414035
I managed to get into the fakku line out of luck after a mad dash. Definitely not worth the hype around that booth.

The girl I encountered capping the line definitely wasn't giving away spots. She seemed like a turbocunt but to be fair she was probably dealing with way too many horny sweaty weebs.

>>10414051
What if you took your meds?

>>10414053
Nah the booth really is not worth the hype. I usually go to pick up a lanyard or something though. The girl just seemed nice, maybe it was because I actually asked politely instead of some autists attempting to sneak into the line

>>10414055
Cope

>>10414059
Dilate

>>10414051
>>10414055
>>10414059
>>10414064
Tbh if the online cons end up being a success, then yes it's pretty much over for AX, SDCC, DC, and all the other big cons.

>>10414066
What's even the appeal of online "cons"? Aren't they just livestreams? Who the fuck wants to "attend"?

>>10414013
Traps are sex-fueled degenerates that would fuck even a fat ugly guy like me. Kissing a femgull is more of a challenge, thus more of a reward.

>>10414066
Please, for the love of God, take your meds.

>>10414069
>Kissing a femgull is more of a challenge
Not really.

>>10414072
It is for me

>>10414067
>What's even the appeal of online "cons"?
Better than nothing at this point.
>>10414070
STFU

>>10414074
>He wants to kiss a lesbian so badly
Are you fucked in the head or something?

>>10414078
Maybe

>>10413273
Buying a house

>>10414069
your setting yourself up for disappointment. you can definitely find an 10/10 Asian trap who will treat you like a master or you could try to kiss a extremely average gull who wont want anything but you to leave them alone.
>protip: one will treat you like a cold cuprison during the hottest day of summer and will keep asking for more until your all out

Anyone else find it funny that BLM protests happened twice in a row almost the exact same time period before an election now? Both in 2016 and now in 2020, RIGHT before election season?

If I were a suspicious person, I'd think that it was planned.

Anyways, cancelling AX due to covid is fine with me. Imagine getting con plague on TOP of covid. That would suck. More time for us to work on costumes for next year anyways.

And if cons don't come back, small cosplay gathering meetups might become a thing.

>>10414138
Take your meds.

>>10414140
ok boomer.

>>10414138
>Shut it down
honestly prepare yourself for the most political year because the ride never ends, will see how 2021 goes

>>10414035
God I’m still pissed about how much they fucked up that premiere badge extra hour last year. I got there early and still ended up spending 45 minutes of that hour just waiting in line, and once inside, staff wouldn’t even let us through to the dealer’s hall until we basically had to force our way in. Adding insult to injury was letting normal attendees in early as well in some piss poor attempt at crowd control.

>>10413273
nothing yet, maybe a gaming pc in a couple of months

>>10414035
>FAKKU line was capped everytime I go there
>tfw openly gay man that just wanted that goddamn Hen wearing a Tie shirt.

>>10413273
Paying off my debt. I'm inches closer to freedom.

>>10414138
>And if cons don't come back, small cosplay gathering meetups might become a thing.
I don't think small cosplay gatherings at the park will fly too.

>>10414138
Small cosplay gathering meetups

Sounds like less fun and more drama.

>>10414495
It's fine. We'll call it a protest to increase the body cap.

>>10414153
It really was a fucking shit show
>Meant to wake up early, but ended up sleeping in until about 30 minutes before the early hour
>Rushed over to the one entrance and got let in immediately
>Heard on the discord that the other entrance was not being let in for some reason
>Despite sleeping in I was still one of the first hundred premier people to get inside for the early hour (20 minutes)
I think the worst part is that when AX fucks up the premier perks, they don't give a single shit about making it up to you. It was common knowledge that premier didn't actually get you the full early hour last year, but they never mentioned it

>>10414541
I really fucking hate journalists so goddamn much
>Literal months of telling people that you cannot gather and must be 6 feet apart at all times
>Suddenly Floyd happens and BLM wants to protest and loot
>"Actually you can gather in large groups now without even having to worry about face masks as long as you're mad at the cops lmao"

>>10414547
It's all political optics nowadays.

>>10414594
It's just so tiring. It seems like the media is constantly caught lying and they never face any real punishment. Hell, even when they end up getting sued and pay millions the journalists who published the lies don't get fired

>>10414502
This. I'd prefer a small version of AA honestly but my shitty eyesight could never read a menu from 6ft away

>45 posters who refuse to take their meds

>>10414710
>45 posters who refuse to take their meds

What do we need meds for? We don't have TDS nor are we transitioning.

Star Wars Celebration has been cancelled until 2022.

>>10414815
Final nail in the coffin for cons I was gonna go to in 2020

SPJA and AX ain't coming back.

>>10414815
>cancelled until 2022

>>10414873
But I need an anime convention in downtown during 4th of July weekend

>>10414815
>Having an absolutely shitty year even though Coronavirus left me with a bunch of money
>Everything else in my life is going to hell
>No cons to help ease the pain

>>10414914
>2018, my dad dies. Fuck, horrible year but I'm sure next year will be better
>2019 boyfriend's grandmother dies. FUCK, okay 2020 is surely our year. We make tons of plans with friends and events that we've always wanted to go to. We're both positive and our mental health is slowly recovering.
>2020

>>10414914
>>10415015
>December 2019 my uncle died, a fitting way to show 2020 was going to be shit
>When Corona started to get into a big thing I decided to take an unpaid leave from my retail cuck job, mostly because I was worried about contracting it and infecting my elderly sick grandparents, but partly to take a break
>While I'm taking this break from work my grandpa has a fainting episode and has to go to the hospital and spend a few days there. He's already been in and out of the hospital a ton
>He decides that it's his time and wants to stop treatment
>I move in and take care of him for two weeks, helping him use the bathroom, cleaning him, ect until he passes
>End up going back to wage slaving since Corona isn't going to end
>I'm not even back at my retail cuck job for two weeks and a black customer has accused me of being racist for saying he had to pay $1 to have something printed
>He demanded to speak to the manager, and I told him he could come back tomorrow to talk to them, but he started yelling about how he wants the managers cell phone number. After telling him I'm not going to give the managers cell number to him and that no job would ever approve giving out employee info like that he pulled out his phone and started recording, calling my coworker and I racist
>To try and get him to just fuck off I gave him the print out for free, and he seemed happy about it
>He still went ahead and filed a corporate complaint trying to get me and my coworker fired insisting that we're racist and that's why it wasn't free to begin with
>Even in his own fucking complaint he says he called the customer service line who told him it's a standard printing fee, to which he called the customer service rep racist as well
We're barely halfway through 2020 and I'm so fucking tired. I really need to escape retail hell where you deal with the stupidest most entitled people alive.

>>10415121
>entitled people
>go to my cuck retail job
>black coworker tries to kick out rude customer
>is successful at it
>asshole customer goes “yeah yeah yeah hashtagBlackLivesMatter, shut the fuck up”
>this happened when the riots were still fresh

>>10415126
I just genuinely can't understand what compels people to act like complete pieces of shit to total strangers. I know that part of it is that because you're in a workplace you can't really talk back too much, and they definitely aren't afraid of getting hit, but still. I can't imagine just shitting all over a complete stranger just for doing their job

>>10414905
It happens every other year.

>>10414907
Sad to say but that Anon could be right. Many businesses and organizations that require mass gatherings are closing up for good or slowly dying. If AX can't come back next year, expect the SPJA to fold right afterwards. Yes, they get their insurance money, but how long can you retain so many employees and volunteers?

>China gets into a military skirmish with India
>Koreas are about to go to war with each other again
>Chinese probably caused a huge network outage in the USA
>China starts WWIII in Asia and the violence spills out into Japan
Consider AX and the Olympics cancelled indefinitely

>>10415121
>>10415126
Maybe you should get real jobs.

>>10415212
Take your meds.

>>10410216
>AX sending out another promo email

At least they still haven't really focused on any series that I like, I guess. Maybe it wouldve been another shitty year

>>10415121
Solidarity in pain, my dude. I'm sorry your time has been shit too. You're a kind soul for taking care of your grandfather in his final time. I'm sure that he appreciate(s/d?) it.

>>10415212
I can't wait to see an anime about the CCP in 3 years.

>>10415409
See you next year when a third of our population has been wiped out by the coronavirus and we're at war with half of the world.

>>10414907

Find a new hobby or take the pill

https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Over-an-Anime-Addiction?amp=1

>Mfw people think I'm going to let E3, AX, and LA Comic Con exist next year in my city.
Not happening.

>>10415409
Anon, do you like, not pay attention to world events at all or something?

>>10416007
>gets bullied by quarantine protestors
>gets bullied by blm protestors
>gets bullied by police
>gets bullied by local media and constituents
He's literally powerless..

>>10416050
This at some point California will be lawless and it will be cyberpunk 2021. prepare yourself for the corporate wars.

>>10414907
The golden age of Conventions is over. Now cons will only be limited to the wealthy and powerful with a low attendance cap to appease social distancing. Enjoy your $1,000 4-day AX badges.

Yay, new California record in daily cases.

>>10416007
>>10416050
>>10416170
TYM.

>>10416318
Oh boy.

>>10416318
that's we get for having the highest number of ~~~woke~~ people. constant mass gatherings all over the fuckin place

>>10416438
Yeah those anti-quarantine events in Torrance, Huntington Beach, and the OC, and mass gatherings without masks at the three major beaches were pretty hectic. I'm not surprised that a spike came right after it.

>>10416438
I’m starting to think they’re doing it on purpose to whittle down the population that doesn’t agree with their beliefs

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/california-coronavirus-governor-gavin-newsom-191222316.html
Based Newsom now mandates that masks be worn everywhere in public. AX 2021 will be all about that no mask, no entry rule.

Reminder that LA is secretly looking to ban anime goods and anime conventions to appease the BLM and their SJW allies stating that it promotes racial stereotypes for black people.

>>10416991
>matching a mask to your cosplay or your outfit
I'm game.

>>10417032
Take your meds

https://twitter.com/AnimeExpo/status/1273662858413268993

The County Health Officer came out and said that we are even suppose to host people at our homes, for any event, until sometime next year.

>>10417500
Take your meds

>>10411555
Youre not making friends in cons unless youre good looking and met em in discord/fagbook beforehand(very rarely will people make friends on the fly) or if youre so bad looking you fit in with the obese incel groups.

>>10417753
Ok boomer

>>10417753
Cons are never coming back. Sadly, mass gatherings are now frowned upon in our society. It seems everyone is embracing social distancing and staying home all day as part of our daily lives now.

I'm so excited for AX Lite, the only con I'm attending this year were it doesn't cost me anything.

Will there be an ALA in January?

>>10418005
My experience at AX has been getting steadily shittier for the past three years, and last year was so shitty/boring that I barely remember it, but I’m still fucking sad that it’s been reduced to a livestream.
>That hope that AX can redeem itself next year

>>10418074
Sorry Anon, it's not looking good for ALA. I read that some events that are set in November have already been cancelled.

>>10418077
>AX experience has been downhill for the past several years
>Is disappointed that it has been reduced to a livestream this year

>>10418118
No...please...

>>10410220
this but unironically.
>three weeks since protests
>THOUSANDS of people in multiple cities around the globe
>no real masks, spitting and yelling, swearing, tear gas, rubbing against eachother, hand holding
>no mass deaths still
>no die off of blacks and white wine aunts
I dont know what happened but covid is officially over.

>>10418162
Idk where you are, but in California the cases have doubled in a lot of counties the state reached a new record high of daily cases, directly because of the protests

I wish I had more friends in my 20s
I wish I had gone to more cons
I wish I had experienced any of the orgies or con drama whatever I see posted here.
I never even wandered the hall late because always had to work X time of the cons.

I wasted my 20s and now the experiences I could have had are gone and because of wuflu probably wont exist in the same way for years to come.

fuck.

>>10414053
Fakku should have been in the larger 18+ section which was a great addition last year.

>>10416318
now show deaths
>if you test people, they have covid!
surprise

>>10418165
im a emt near DTLA. not going to say where but shoild be easy to figure out.
Its really not a big deal. just old and obese dying. A coworkers senpai got it including her 67 year old dad (caught it from her) and he was fine after two weeks. the hospitals have been practically empty. idk where the fuck they are getting this data for increased cased from.

>>10418186
I'm in the area as well and considered becoming an emt, but don't you make shit pay? I think it pays like .50 cents more than my retail job

>>10418210
depends on where you are and hours. I like the crazy hours (ie like 16 hour days three days a week then rest of the week off) and if you plan on getting into a better health prof its a great foot in the door (literally).

>>10418221
I think I would like those hours too, but it seems like a lot of responsibility for $15 or less an hour. Though I don't really plan on going into a health setting. I get a little squeamish around blood, and I don't like the idea of helping bathe people in hospitals or nursing homes

>>10418228
you make more than 15 what are you on. I started at 18, you can easily get up to the 22-25 range in a year or so.

>>10418118
who must i murder anon tell me

>>10418230
What companies? I'm near LA and emts make around $14.60

>>10418248
considering thats literally min wage any company except whatever shit hole your working at? Worse Ive heard was 16 and that was like east LA.

>>10418077
AX Lite is already better than AX19 due to LisAni participating. Last year's musical scene fucking sucked outside of MOGRA. Otaquest was great too but it wasn't even part of AX

>>10418074
>>10418132
>>10418232
Even if we get some kind of vaccine in the fall, ALA will not happen since it will be way too soon to do mass gatherings.

What if this virus and quarantine is telling us to move on from this hobby of attending conventions and cosplay and to find something new to do on our own?

>>10418295
>Was excited for MOGRA all week
>Friend I went with was tired and wanted to go home after the really shitty Mega64 panel
>Sat at home and watched the livestream

>>10418351
What a god awful shitty friend.

>>10418074
>mfw ALA gets cancelled too

>>10418074
>>10418387
>mfw ALA gets cancelled too
What an overrated local con

>>10418389
>ALA
>overrated

>>10418389
It's aight. I like it because there's an opportunity to see some interesting panels that wouldn't make the cut in a bigger convention.

>>10418558
>>10418578
It is, people make it out like it's the best con ever. You only go to ALA just to see your friends since it's the first con of the year and get drunk all day. That's it.

>>10418587
>You only go to ALA just to see your friends since it's the first con of the year and get drunk all day

>>10418389
>Buying into the ALA meme

It's only fun if you know a lot of active SoCal cosplayers already. Otherwise, you're going to have a doubly shitty time because everyone else is in their cliques and the con itself has barely anything to do.

>>10418766
>Went to ALA this year since it fell on my birthday
>Little did I know it would likely be the last con I ever attend
Yeah fuck ALA, luckily I know people to be able to crash and drink. After a few shots, I begin to think why the fuck did I spend $500 to be there.

>>10418351
Friends have to be okay with splitting up or getting ditched at cons, and you need to both be able to get your own rides home if need be.
Nothing is worse than missing out on something you really wanted to go to because a friend either wants to do something else, or wants to try dragging you home with them because they're tired. If you both have enough money to go to the con, you both have enough money for a few uber rides

>>10418824
Solid advice, especially when it's something that you really like.
I was more wary of going in solo and then getting an Uber back from DTLA at 2-3AM, even if I didn't drink.

>>10418864
I don't think there's really any concerns about getting an uber in DTLA as long as you're still in front of the convention center.

So who is saving up to fly out to Dallas next year for the first ever Funimation Con on July 4th weekend 2021 since AX and the SPJA are likely to fold by next year?

>>10419178
>Funimation Con in Dallas
>Not Crunchyroll Con in San Jose, you know... MUCH closer to AX
pero why

>>10419178
>Dallas
>existing after 2020

>>10419178
Nah, I'm gonna be attending the first ever Aniplex Fest next year instead

>>10418347

I have already done that. Been planning to sell my shit off to wean off anime

>AX, Otakon, SDCC and CRX are getting cancelled
>Anime Matsuri is still a go this August

>>10419587
>Texas
>caring

Will cons be able to survive when cities start implementing mandates that gatherings are only to be limited to 100 people total?

>>10419716
Take your meds

>>10419716
Don't call them cons, just call them BLM protests and they'll be left alone

https://easyreadernews.com/mira-costa-high-class-of-2020-forges-new-tradition-from-pandemic/

>no last minute AX cosplay crunch
>no last minute turbo dieting
>no last minute energy drink and booze stocking
>no last minute overtime shifts for extra con funds
Never knew how much I missed the things that used to stress me out

>Mfw so many people said that last year's AX sucked and it would be their last one attending. Little did they know that 2019 would be the last AX anyone is going to attend to
Thank you coronavirus for forever killing linecon, clueless staffers, and an underwhelming select guests from Japan.

>>10418074
LA Comic Con officially cancelled today. That's definitely not a good sign.

>>10419876
>AX BLACKED Edition
I can see this happen in the future

>>10420052
How is that possible? Many anime treat black characters as muscle head dummies.

>>10420112
Sony owns a large majority of anime licenses, its just a matter of time before they start to force POC in your favorite animes

>>10420113
By that time that happens, everyone has already given up on the anime otaku culture.

So what do we do if cons are never coming back?

Please please please take your meds
All of you

>>10420189
Wear your mask, boomer

Yeah we're fucked

>>10420208
black lives matter!!! uwu

>>10420216
>>10420208
reminder that GF is a set up to infect minorities.

Well at least we don't have to encounter those crazy Christian protesters this year.

>>10420225
Yeah, great. You really made us feel better, anon.

AX Lite schedule is up

>>10418172
the only person telling you you can't do that in your 30s is you. you're a grown man letting people's perceptions guide your actions. the sadness you're feeling is that you didn't live a life that was never your's to begin with. we all mature at different rates in various ways and whatever made all that accessible to those people is just because of that and their lives may not have been together as they seemed on the outside. almost nobody is truly independent in their 20s, even 30s.

>>10420252
Who cares

>>10420257
I'd imagine the "AX Lite" thread would.

>>10420252
>All the usual industry panels
>Trigger still doing a late night live drawing panel
>Even the requisite SJW pandering panel that no one gives two shits about

>No actual con to get excited for

It’s fucking hitting me now.
Also, great job scheduling the virtual concert portion on the night of 4th of July. anybody that would watch it in earnest probably has fuck-all to do that night anyway.

>>10418172
most 20 year olds are broke in their 20s. I wasted my teens and cried about it too, then I started going out and found out a lot of others missed the same milestones as me. You're not alone in this experience and you're going to find there are people looking for those that they can enjoy cons and partake in the drama. Next year or the year after cons will reemerge, and also nerd/weeb/jfash groups over 30 do exist, they exist for those over 40 and 50. Think about the cosplay you want to do instead and enjoy the happiness to come

>>10420252
>it’s literally fucking nothing
>the virtual concert takes place on the night of AMERICA FUCK YEAH day
>all these generic industry panels
>no Trigger panel

>>10420549
>AMERICA FUCK YEAH day
All public firework displays are no go this year and I already called the cops on a few idiot neighbors setting off some from graduation parties.

>>10420189
Please have sex

>>10420549
>no Trigger panel
Good because BNA sucked.

>>10420652
BNA should've just been an OVA.
>Think the idea of a city's patron god laying low as a tsundere detective is neat
>Cheery sidekick seems neat
>Do absolutely fucking nothing with it
>Some stupid shit about the people chimping out when they're upset

>>10420225
>>10420226
Well we can all enjoy AX this year without wearing any clothes too.

>>10420591
Snitch

>>10420591
>O Karen

>>10420753
>Not just ignoring the schizos in these Coronavirus threads

>>10412180
>by some miracle, public gatherings make a comeback
>CR/Funi is now too used to having their own events to where they don't try to have a presence at regular cons anymore beyond a few booths in dealer rooms
>cons go back to being comfy nerd gatherings instead of walk-in advertisements

Can AX void their LACC contract and move out of state to say either Las Vegas or Phoenix since those cities will be fully reopened by next year?

>>10420818
Retard

>>10420825
Of course, let's hold another online con in 2021 instead of spending money to gtfo out of ghetto DTLA into either Vegas or Phoenix and still hold some kind of an actual convention.

>>10419587
we just lost San Japan today as well

>>10420112
>treat black characters as muscle head dummies
so... like how BLACKED does it?

I was particularly curious about what concerts they were planning at the Staples Center. Can anyone find out?

California broke a new record, again, today.

>tfw ALA 2020 was the last con of your life

>>10420844
https://www.laweekly.com/newsom-prepared-to-revert-back-to-stricter-stay-at-home-orders/?fbclid=IwAR3WMdTLuEBaIHLQsC84PLv-9GCoqEZs8mr8Pi8AvRGGLcfprsp4jEIEk4A
>California Governor Gavin Newsom said he is prepared to “revert back” to more stringent state stay-at-home orders if necessary during an update on COVID-19’s effect on California.
You can thank the BLM losers and Right Wing whiteoids for that.

>>10420845
Sounds good to me. It seems he has no problem enacting another strict lock down that could go into next year, so say goodbye to ALA and all those other 2021 cons.

>>10420845
>>10420850
Take your meds

>>10420853
Have sex

>>10420844
Woahh they need to stop testing

>>10420922
more like protesters need to stop mass gathering like morons

>>10420845
>Two weeks ago
>Driving through my small town, see huge BLM protest on major street
>Probably 400+ teens crowded together all weekend with no distancing whatsoever
>Drive through Huntington Beach
>Nobody wearing masks
>Restaurants not distancing tables, a bunch of old people chilling in the diner like normal

Was anybody fucking surprised? I just hope they don’t start closing the national parks again.

>>10420996
Sounds like those citizens have wised up and not fallen for the covid scam.

>>10420994
It’s pretty horrifying to consider that somebody (Russians, Trump, Hillary, whatever) laid the bait for blacks and other minorities to go out there and gather together in the midst of a modern pandemic, and because of social media, people actually took it.

>>10421004
Take your meds and lay off the lamestream media

>>10421005
not thinking GF was a set up to get minorities and "unpleasant" white democrats infected

>>10421005
>lamestream media

Nigga plz

>>10421004
no one laid the bait its just the nature of things

>>10421027
>>10421089
Please take your meds

>>10420832
>San Japan is gone too

Next week is already Day 0. Are you all hyped?

>>10421299
Shut the fuck up, cunt.

>>10421299

>>10421299
>mfw europeans, canadians, australians will have their con back by next year while americans are still in lockdown

>>10421404
>while americans are still in lockdown
Some Americans maybe

>>10421427
pretty sure it will be the whole country. There is no downturn in sight.

>>10421435
my state is basically fully open.

>>10421435
Mostly everything in California is open or has a reopening date. Even New York City is starting to reopen. Fuck off now, Schizo

>>10420844
Same con was my last one. I would have gone a lot harder at artist alley if I knew it'd be the last one for years to come.

>>10421453
>Mostly everything in California is open or has a reopening date

Yeah, we've noticed

And a 5.8 magnitude earthquake just struck near LA. Almost identical epicenter as the Ridgecrest quake from last year.

>>10421453
California cant lockdown everything again or its the end of California.

>>10421561
Who cares

What are you up to now in the parallel universe where coronavirus didn't exist and we're now one week away from AX?

>>10421570
>>10421574
Please, for the love of God, take your meds.

>>10421576
Ok boomer

>>10421574
>Excited for much-needed time off of work
>Planning schedule for panels
>Buying weeb snacks and drinks
>Putting the finishing touches of my cosplay on the morning of day 1
>Testing my makeup
>Losing weight last-minute
>Excited for concerts
>Praying that the AA isn't full of non-anime shit and MHA again

>>10421576
>That one schizo that just keeps posting the same thing 30 times in this poor thread

>>10421580
It started out as a way to shut down the schizo doomer who was running their course through all of RIP con threads, but it looks like they've co-opted it and now we must all continue to suffer.

>>10421591
And that doomer was right

>>10421571
So where will you be when LA falls into the Pacific Ocean?

>>10421647
Fucking your mother in the ass

NEW THREAD
>>10421671

>>10410216
More like imagine what AX would be like without batsoup and niggers