/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Despite my hatred for Ryan, I tried out the Con last year and I had a surprisingly great time. Super excited for this year.

>>9905961
>tfw wrong meme

>>9905964
ur a wrong meme

How’s the lolita tea party? My friends that went last year bitched about it, but they were also in a mood all weekend and super salty by Sunday.

>>9909157
Is there even one this year? There aren’t any lolita guests from what I saw. Tbh, not many guests I care about at all. I may go one or two days though

>>9909157
lolita seems to be less and less of the cons in the midwest. You generally see a few lolitas around but they tend to stick to themselves in their own little corner.

>>9910041

Who would you wanna see more of?

Animators from Japan?

Super big name people? (That's tough as midwest requires free autographs)

Something else?

Has the Dealers hall always opened at 1 on Friday? I could be misremembering but I could've swore it opened earlier before. Guess I'll just have to hang after picking up badges

>>9910858
I would just like more anime/game related guests in general, be it western VAs or industry guests from Japan. I really hate that the guest lineup seems to be appealing to a general pop culture kinda crowd. Idk who in their right mind thought to make the two headlining guests youtube channels that are barely relevant anymore, but it sucks big time. (Also bringing back SPG for whatever goddamn reason)

Guestlist might not be as great as last year but still bretty good. Inoue, Ohtsuka, and Terumi Nishii should all be cool to see assuming they have panels on animation/design.

Also, Kopf did nothing wrong.

Ryan keeps falling short every year. How do you continually run a con that used to be good, into a downward spiral. Worked last year, never doing it again. No organization, treat staff and congoers like shit, and the raves have even lacked a lot of shit. When will we let Midwest die and start a better con

>>9909157
Lolita tea party was actually good last year. Shame that the hotel policy requires uneaten food to be thrown out because there were so many good sandwiches left over. I wish they had provided a menu beforehand and that we weren't short on time, but it was still lovely.

>>9910041
No, apparently they're taking a break from official Lolita programming. Idk if that's an excuse to do less work or they had trouble booking Lolita guests, or thought Lolita programming doesn't bring in bigger crowds.

Apparently someone submitted a Lolita party in the panels scheduling. No idea what that's about, but I can already see an awkward hour of a cosplay lolita trying to host a bunch of other itas and babbylitas, a group of well dressed out of towners being let down by lack of good Lolita programming, and morbidly curious locals trying to get out without appearing rude

I'm not going this year, but for everyone else's sake, I hope the local comm will attempt to put together something like that one year they couldn't get a Lolita guest

>>9910858
More Japanese guests, less pop culture I agree with >>9910916 don’t care for the youtubers at all.
>>9911023
I’m a lonelita but I hope for your guys’ sake your comm hosts something! That panel sounds like a train wreck waiting to happen.

>>9911104
Someone usually offers to host a dinner meet some point during the weekend. Visitors should inquire within the Convention Connection fb group though.

>>9911023
I don't know what you're expecting from an anime con. They're not going to keep catering to lolitas when lolitas come, hang off by themselves, and don't really engage or buy things.

>>9911154
But they do?

idk if this is bait, but thing is, there are some lolitas in Kopf's con staff, and they have managed to bring lolita guests and vendors over the years, so that's why some folks are disappointed in how lackluster this year seems by comparison.

There are lolitas in the area who also cosplay, so they've generally decided to go to this con since ACen no longer does J-Fashion events.
And we've been getting Baby for some time
- hoping that they'll consider opening a shop here some day. Chicago's a pretty well off comm and so far away from the other U.S. boutiques, so I don't see how they wouldn't support brands here. Even last year everyone seemed to look forward to Lolita Collective, but they decided not to show up for some reason or other.

>>9911154

I don't get this logic. To see Misako last year, I had to pay $50 on top of a $30 pass. They were getting money from me. In addition, I spent the first few hours wandering AA and buying pins and art, and I saw quite a few other tea party goers do the same.

It's not like I paid ONLY for the tea and none of that money from the pass was going to the con organizers. If the pass doesn't cover overhead for being at the con, then what the hell are they doing with the money.

>>9911221
what I'm saying is every kopf con I've gone to, lolitas have shut themselves in their own little corner and we've never seen anything from them. I never see them in the panels or Artist alley. Even the meetups for the chicago area cons, you never see a lolita. It honestly seems like they stay to only lolita events and only go to cons for it, like the people who show up to lock themselves in the game room every year only they like to look down at cosplayers.
Also, we had a period of time with CAD this year where it was the exact opposite and we were asking where the anime content and guests were at an anime con because they were just announcing lolita brands and deadlift lolita as guests, but pretty bare on new VA guests.

>>9911221
Honestly I think it's because they fired Caleb if I'm being honest. Dude has great connections and can run stuff. Ryan's a dipshit

>>9909157
No tea party this year. The person who ran it was like the only legit lolita on staff, there wasn't a solid jfashion dept which is disappointing considering that they were the only Chicago area con to host lolita fashion guests... I'd love to go for the Japanese guests this year but they all seem not A-list enough for me to do hotel. Maybe I'll go on Saturday instead?

You guys keep forgetting that this man gives no fuck about Jfashion, which he should but to him they don't bring in the money and don't want it to be like Matsuri. I asked him why he won't bring jpop guest and his answer was "too expensive ". Plus isn't all the A-list going to AX? Most guest would go to where they make the most money.

Are there seriously 6 fan-run Ouran High School Host Club Pabels? Good lord, they need to start doing quality control. I thought they learned their lesson from the oversaturation of fan-run Yuri on Ice panels last year.

>>9911932
If fujos want it and will run it, they get it
Teens who like Homestuck, Ouran, and buy overpriced week stuff in the vendor hall are the big moneymakers

>>9911924
Again, he's an idiot. When is everyone gunna learn to take their money somewhere else? The vendors hall last year was subpar, the raves sucked, it was OK at best and now they won't host any more jfash events or host actual panels. Deadlift lolita was fun, but that's the only thing I even had interest in last year. Tbh let's have a meet during the con somewhere else

>>9911993
Lmao salty lolitas

>>9912041
Sorry your con sucks Ryan

>>9912056
I find it funny though that this is the exact opposite situation of CAD where lolitas had a disporportionate amount of guests relative to the amount of guests. That con was boring. The game room was 3 machines and there were barely any even English guests.
Fact is they can't cater to the 250 lolitas that want to sit in a tea party and have a bunch if guests or they get salty. They'd rather put money into something the 15k anime fans there would rather have.

I'd say if you want conventions to cater to you, you should get your own con, but rufflecon imploded in on itself

>>9912062
Okay Ryan keep telling yourself your con is thriving

I was a maid in cafe at both cad and MidWest and I worked 1 MN Café with Caleb’s wife. He can be a huge dick at times but he always had the cafes back when we’d get tons of creeps and stalkers that Kopf never did anything about. Like I’m talking if no one had the balls to kick them out, he’d just do it himself. From what one of the other maids said was he quit because he wanted stricter underage drinking rules+have it apply to staff. Also wanted to not have the con run it’s own parties for legal reasons. Ryan wasn’t hearing it. They clashed at the shitty smaller con they do somewhere in Iowa. Ryan was still mad ended up saying something fucked up to his wife and a volunteer. Caleb got in his face. After the con I guess Ryan tried to suspend him for 1 con and he told him to go fuck himself and quit.

I asked her about this like a month ago in a group chat a few maids are in. I guess for the sake of their friends still volunteering they kept quiet about it.

Sucks cause his wife made bomb ass cupcakes.

Ps/Kopf creeps everyone in the cafe out myself included.

>>9912063 #

I was literally just about comment the same thing lol. Glad someone caught on too.

>>9912063
it's doing better than rufflecon lmao

>>9912063 #

Any con without that pedo is a better one imho.

>>9912169
That's why you have to lie about your attendee count/ticket sales and lower the price of tickets so it panders to 12 year old weeaboos? How about you get real panelists, real game rooms, and be responsible about how you run your con. Like maid anon was saying you guys literally cater to underage drinking an illegal activity. Or do you want to take it out on the lolitas because you got your ass kicked by one, while you were trying to sleep with a 16 year old?

>>9912175
I'm out of the loop, who is the bad guy here and what is the terrible con being discussed?

>>9912169

Sailor Anon just went in. Damn, spicy.

>>9912175
these people have a hate boner for Kopf because he was accused but never convicted of sexual misconduct.
They're also incredibly buttmad that the con chair of Anime Midwest isn't catering to lolitas this year.
Rufflecon was a lolita-only convention that this year imploded because of lolita drama and the last I heard, had no plans of coming back

>>9912179
whoops wrong person lmao
meant to reply to >>9912177

>>9912175

Great commentary Ryan, please tell us more.

>>9912177
>Can't tell if bait but
Ryan heads anime Midwest. dudes a pedophile and literally runs the worst cons the Midwest has to offer. He had a decent team but he let his "fame" if you can call it that, get to his head and he has pretty much pushed out, fired, or aggravated his staff to the point of quitting and walking out. He underpays his staff and volunteers, sets up subpar panels, lies about ticket sales/attendee rates so it boosts actual sales, and brings in the same acts over and over again and expects everyone to praise him for running a half functioning con that literally panders to 13 year olds who get into their mommys liquor cabinet. He won't even watch after his own underage staff, I knew workers of his running around on acid and who knows what other drugs last year. Dealers hall was half empty, the rave sucked, and I saw a huge abundance of people selling replica prints of other people's art. Also not a hate boner, just a literal observation. I'd MUCH rather go to acen.

>>9912179
My friend literally beat his ass in for trying to sleep with a 16 year old. I know the whole story kek

>>9912182
Did you mean to reply to someone else I'm sure Ryan won't out himself as a pedo.

Why is it that every time I make a thread for a Chicago Con you guys drag Kopf drama into it?
It was year ago and the girl never pressed charges on anything. Who still cares other than people who aren't even going to the con anyway?

>>9912185
>Dealers hall half empty
>rave sucked
>con staff on acid
are you sure we went to the same con? I went last year along with a group and literally none of us saw this.

tfw you're gonna sneak into the lolita tea party and steal all the strawberry shortcakes and all the goodies and they are gonna blame it on the fat over weight one like ravenous vultures

>>9912193
Good luck without a tea party

>>9912185
Not bait, I just haven't been to Midwest or heard of the guy. So I should basically expect Midwest to be a smaller, more slapped together barely functional con I take it

>>9912185

Yeah my apologies, I meant >>9912179

I’m on a crappy lg android phone sorry.

>>9912197
I wouldn't listen to them, it's not ACEN, but it's not like it's some thrown together con in a small hotel. Expect about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of ACEN and slightly looser focus on animation in general as opposed to strictly anime. Panels are a bit more informal and it doesn't have the same party scene either.

It's honestly pretty good. Usually it has some decent English and Japanese Industry Guests. If you're going in and expecting ACEN or AX, you're not going to like it, but otherwise it's a fun little con.

>>9912197
It's not an all around awful con. Just don't listen to anyone trying to hype it up as this "amazing" con. It's a con. It's got lots of kids, you'll have a lot of fan run stuff here >>9912199 is right that it's much less animation themed. Which is dumb. It's called ANIME Midwest, but whatever. I liked the cosplay repair people, they sold some cute wigs and purses, and I saw an old school utena figma in the dealers hall but nothing caught my eye. It's like a "Babbys first big con" type of con

>>9912199

This is probably his brainless, psycho, pigsnout gf who he abuses, replying for him. Also she made the Lolita fashion show every year basically all about her and makes it hell for all the designers. She’s just disgusting.

She’s like the pure definition of Ita.

>>9912209
damn, the salt is real for lolitas this year

>>9912209
no, I'm the OP of the thread and I just want to talk about this fucking con for one year without it becoming a he said she said of kopf drama.
Where was all this at CAD when kopf booked 3-4 lolita brands and half the guests were lolita?
All I remember back then was lolitas telling us to stop being so salty about the lack of anime content.

>>9912209
I mean you'd have to be a real scummy lowlife to date him anyways, so am I surprised his gf is an ugly, crazy ita? No. Not at all

>>9912212
There is a good happy medium especially since Chicago is a huge, and great, meeting place for a lot of people of similar interests. They could have made it right, but nah

I've been selling in the Artist Alley for the last two years and I've always done pretty well. It's a fun con in my opinion, shame the con head is a twat.
I'll probably wear lolita despite there being no official events for it, too.

>>9912216
how would they have made it right?
you have x dollars to spend.
there are 300 max lolitas going to come.
there are thousands of anime fans even if you believe kopf is inflating numbers.

do you really expect the con to keep paying thousands to book guests for a few hundred people at the expense of everyone else at the con?
at CAD they booked a shitload of guests, and they didn't have shit left over for japanese guests or a game room larger than 3 cabinets.

it just seems like the lolitas in this thread want to be mad because a con isn't willing to take a hit just to cater to their niche fashion.

>>9912197
It's not terrible but its not the greatest con out there. Like if you cant go to AX and need something to do, Midwest is alright to go to, maybe one or two days but not the entire weekend.

>>9912185
>running around on acid.
What department they in? I wanna hear if you have some good stories.

>>9912225
Actually, if you booked RIGHT, ryan, you were charging 50 bucks for the tea party on top of the 40 to get in. Maybe you should charge like a normal con and you can afford to spend your money on panels, speakers, entertainers, or you know, being able to feed your con staff that travels from out of town more than fucking ramen and pizza. You're spending your money in the wrong places, admit that and change it. Your con isn't that great, fix it. It's not just a lolita issue. We'd pay more than 50 bucks to see misako if it was a properly ran con or tea party. Not asking you to cater to us, but seriously get your shit together.

>>9912229
Kek it was night tech that's all I'm gunna say cuz I'm not a snitch

>>9912234
Sounds fake, but ok.

>>9912230
maybe you need to take a step back and stop shitposting
I'm not ryan

>>9912225
I guess it shows on how distant the Chicago community has become in planning and working w cons for lolita related programming for it to get this way. I think the closest con that has lolita programming and brand guests is Nakakon in Kansas unless you count Metacon in Minnesota this past year. Paradiso didn't have actual big name brand guests, but maybe they'll get one in the future. I guess if they want to see a brand guest, they'll have to fly or drive to another jfashion friendly con...

>>9912245
ok, don't let the door hit you on the way out if this thread is any indication about how lolitas act.

t.cosplayer

>>9912197
These threads are always a shitshow, but I'm gonna echo what others have said. It's a nice, mid-level con. Usually the anime guests are pretty solid, but the lineup is weak this year. It definitely has some problems, but it's not a complete disaster. Tbh my biggest beef is the jacked up badge price. Acen took YEARS to reach the $70 mark at the latest stage, Midwest can't justify the price as well.

Speaking from personal experience Ryan is a creeper, staffing at his con for the first time made me not want to go back even as my female friends still go, I forewarn them and anyone who attends to stear clear of the man and his perviness.

>>9911932
>6 ouran panels
>in twenty eighteen
jesus

>>9912237
Sure...

>>9911932
The man won't give all panel/program related things to the Programming department. He takes care of everything themselves which is stupid and shitty and the reason why most panels are shit tier.

>>9911993
As a person that literally staffed at a kof con for almost 6/7 years..shit has changed. I'm only in it for the money and the free room. But absolutely hate it because everything could have been done so much better even after countless of suggestions and recommendations of what we should do. But the man just won't listen to us and if any you wants to know everybody is fucking broke they don't have no money to their names and I'm so surprised because everyone is losing their shit for <$40.

I wanted to work at acen but they are at a time where I have classes so it's pretty unfortunate but I'll try it.

Tldr; if someone ELSE took over the con that isn't close to Ryan then Midwest could do so much better. It's good/ok but not the best

>>9912501
Himself**

>>9912501
Man I worked two of their cons, and I won't go back because of how weird he makes me feel. Last time I literally couldn't get a room unless I was sleeping on the floor without any blankets in a room booked with other con staff. I spent more money than it was worth both times, just trying to have fun at a con. I'd rather just cough up the cash and get a group of friends together bc I spend about the same with or without the room/badge. And I wouldn't spend the whole con wondering what the fuck I'm supposed to do, where I'm supposed to be, or who the fuck to talk to about issues. The whole situation left a nasty taste in my mouth. I know most things can be shady behind the scenes but I still can't justify it

>>9912514
I understand you, I really do. I more so stay away from Ryan because he's a complete asshole and would curse you out, if you even stare at him. The room shit is by far terrible, they stuff everyone into rooms with whomever and you just have to deal, which is very...frustrating. I use to pay for my own room ( personal space is a must ) but now that I'm in a higher position I have to be with my staff and I'm really trying not to spend money on this fucking con because I have to spend money to feed my staff because they don't get nothing to eat and we working from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. nonstop.

Also sorry OP for raging on Ryan but people should know that the staff is fed up with the bs.

Also,I'm happy that the singer from precure is coming.

>>9912522
>>9912501

Literally no one on Ryan's staff would post the stuff you're posting in a thread like this. And if you don't like Ryan, fucking quit like the loser you are, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

I've never seen a con chair care about people more than Ryan, so go fuck yourself.

>>9911223
>It's not like I paid ONLY for the tea and none of that money from the pass was going to the con organizers. If the pass doesn't cover overhead for being at the con, then what the hell are they doing with the money.

You may be underestimating or not even knowing about some of the costs of a lolita guest.

* They and all their staff each get their own hotel room. It's very Japanese that you don't share a room with co workers.
* Con covers shipping merchandise to their vendor booth, which can be thousands of dollars from Japan.

>>9912909
Exactly it's not just the appearance fee they have to pay, theres the cost of translators, rooms, travel, shipping merch, and everything. It adds up pretty quick and spending that much for a relatively small group that doesn't spend much money and doesn't interact with other guests very much means it can get hard for cons to justify it.

ActuallyRyan here. A staff member linked this to me. I haven't posted in this thread before, and I generally don't come to this place not since like... 5 years ago IDK.

Let's see ummm, I'm gonna stick to trying to provide info and answers and just avoid as much drama in what I'm writing as best I can. And then I'm probably going to nope out of this thread and not come back, apologies but that's probably just... for the best.

Thank you to the people saying good things, I appreciate it. We personally met those Japanese guests that we do have in Japan, so our trip this year was pretty succesful in that regard. We're still working on building up relationships; business in Japan takes a lot of time. You have to build trust with people and companies. A few companies have just come to the US without much relationship and often they have said that they wound up not getting paid or something was not handled well, so they are often cautious.

Regarding lolita stuff, the biggest issue is not only Anime Expo but also Japan Expo in Paris which is 300,000 people they say. I would not miss 300k people to come sell to 15k people in Chicago, so it makes sense. We plan to invite lolita guests sparingly now too though. The tea party has not always sold out right away, sometimes it took a while, and that is worrying about the level of interest. For refence, at the tea parties the hotel takes I believe $42 of that ticket. That may seem high for what they provide, which certainly could be more, and we've pushed them for more, but it's a hotel. You pay hotel prices. If you want to verify call them and say you want to host a lunch gathering, prices will be similar or much higher.

A lot of hotel pricing is due to labor - they have to pay the required number of servers that the union contract says, so like 1 person per 20 guests, and then that person must get a minimum of 4 hours of paid time at like $25 an hour. Then they have to pay for their overhead, pay all the chefs, et cetera.

The remaining like $8 goes towards the costs, and certainly doesn't cover it much; flights, hotel rooms, shipping merchandise, food for the guests (they're in Rosemont which is expensive already and we're certainly not taking them to McDonalds.) But we have a lolitas on staff and so even if we loose a little money we still plan to try to support lolitas when we can; it's okay to lose a little money if we're supporting Japanese culture, but we can't lose our shirts over it.

(A note, Deadlift Lolita I don't consider a lolita guest at all, they're a music guest.)

Some complaints here are so generic that I can't help but assume that person just works for another con. People wouldn't keep coming back if we weren't doing a lot right. We take feedback forms every year and we spend hours on them. After the con is when we have the most free time, and figuring out what to improve on is a big deal to me. I can't possibly tell you how we're going to fix the con if "the raves sucked". Well what sucked about them? We have more or equal speakers and subs compared to 99% of cons. Lights too. If you don't like the DJs' music, that's a real complaint that I could actually act on, but just that they "suck", that doesn't tell me anything and sounds like you're just being a jerk. Regarding DJs, what do you want? Because I'm not going to please everyone. Sometimes we've had requests for Anisong remix music and DJs focused on stuff like that. Then we've had other people tell us please god don't bring that kind of music. Can't make everyone happy.

Regarding Youtube guests; we're still sticking to our core of anime focus and free autographs, but each year we try to try one new big thing. I still want to keep people entertained even if all the anime-guests will be at Anime Expo. It's fine if you're not interested in them, but their show will be incredible and a lot of people will be really happy.

A convention is not only for YOU, it's for EVERYONE. That's why there are five to ten different things going on at the same time all weekend. But I too have noticed that we had a few fewer voice actors this year, and we're planning to change that for next year. 14 voice actors this year is not that many.

>I asked him why he won't bring jpop guest and his answer was "too expensive ".

Regarding this, you're really oversimplifying this answer, which I would have given you in length, X. A Jpop band from Japan consisting of 4 to 6 people will be a minimum of 6 to 8 flights, for about $10,000 in flights total if we book only nonstop and on reputable airlines. Then a hotel room for each of them so $3000 there. Then feeding them in Rosemont which is probably $100 a day per person so $3000 there. And that's $16,000 for a jpop band that doesn't charge an appearance fee and won't bring in many attendees - then add an appearance fee for a band that people will be excited for, and it gets much higher. To note, we have offered a few bands large appearance fees from Japan - but scheduling conflicts are common. You also can't offer to like 6 bands at once and hope one accepts and then cancel the others as that's very not Japanese business, because they may have spent hours on preparing to answer you with a Yes coordinating with other departments, staff, managers, et cetera.

That's why when we can get individual singers who have done anisongs, we absolutely say yes.

Regarding underage drinking, we absolutely do NOT allow it, even for staff. Heck, especially for staff. If you're not staff sneak into one of our staff meetings they're usually held in the open. One of the rules we have to remind people is not to drink while working and not to drink underage, and that we'll take them off staff forever if they do. This is probably where someone's going to come and say "Oh but I saw it", but in every case that I've found out about I've had that person fired. People can wait until they're 21 to drink. I did.

Regarding the person talking about ticket sales and lower the price for 12 year old weeaboos.... I've never "got my ass kicked" by a lolita, or in fact ever have I had my ass kicked, nor any of that other stuff. But you're not hurting my feelings, the crazier the stories you make about me the less anyone will believe that nonsense. The other possibility is that someone lied to YOU to make themselves seem cool or whatever, also possible. I don't even think you know what Anime Midwest is if you're saying we "lower the price" and need "real panelists" and "real game rooms". This year the game room is in the Exhibit Hall and will have 3 arcade gaming providers. We specially invite a few select panelists every year who have done great panels. A tip about panels: The lower the panel room number, typically the better the panel. Returning panelists, etc, will usually get the priority rooms. And it doesn't matter to me if a couple of panels are boring or only serve the people that attend - as long as they had fun running it and maybe some congoers had fun. You might not be into "Super Ouran Tea Talk" or whatever, but some people are, stop hating on others man just let them have a good con.

To whoever said I cursed them out for staring at me, well if that happened I'm sorry. Maybe I was having a bad day. Or I could have been joking, it doesn't always come across as obvious. If you really feel that way then come talk to me about it. I've never in my life fired someone for bringing up a problem to me. The people I like the most are those who can be honest even when we disagree.

So often people just really jump to assumptions or assume the worst thing and the whole community needs to stop doing that. (It's infected the whole world though; Twitter and Reddit are good examples.) Just, like, talk to people, if you feel something is shit actually talk to them in person. Don't do it screaming like "Why the fuck is this shit such shit" you're not going to get anywhere with that, but like "Hey this thing could be improved can we do something about it" is great even if the answer is no.

Like staff hotel rooms, those are incredibly expensive when it comes to the whole budget, and I know we're not below average when it comes to con staff hotel rooms. Some cons make people sleep in shifts of six people - meaning a total of 12 people in a room it's crazy. We don't have anywhere near that. Five or six would be the absolute maximum. If it's been more, then it's an oversight.

To anyone else with a problem, either talk to me about it or please save yourself the misery and quit, I won't be holding either against you. If you're doing staff work and not having fun, just stop man. This is supposed to be fun stuff. And I'm not saying that quitting is your only option, I mean it if you wanna talk. The contact at animecon.org email is usually stuff I read. Honestly though, why are you mad at me? There are department heads and division heads; they're supposed to know what's going on and tell you what you need to be doing. That's they're job, to be there for you. If they're not, heck, tell me about that too. Communicating is hard what if the time you had a bad time maybe someone was ill or having some kind of trouble? You're going to be salty about it forever? That's no way to live.

I hope some of that felt like I actually answered your questions. I do care about your opinions.

But now I'm going to nope out of this thread and not return, because it's just likely to get anons repeat-posting hate and people making multiple posts with more made up nonsense. I have other stuff to do, I don't need to be here all day. I think I'll take a bath, mow the lawn, play Civ 6, answer some emails, and after that work on your suggestions for improving next year's schedule.

Feel free to reach out at contact at animecon.org anytime.

so then should I let this drop off and try to remake it later without lolita drama?

>>9913274
>implying Ryan being a shitlord and backpedaling for marketing purposes is "lolitas" faults.

Sounds like you're just buttmad your precious con actually sucks

3 Vendors sounds like they're really bring in some big guns for the game room. Has anyone heard where it's going to be? I thought I had heard it was the room where Acen had their game room last year, which would be pretty big if they can fill that space.

>>9913326

It'll be in HALL B this year. Looks pretty spacious enough

>>9913365
so it's where Acen had its Artist alley in the past? does this mean the game room is going to have limited hours since they close the Donald at night?

Yes and the Game area will be open 24 hours Friday and Saturday but will close at 6pm(?) on sunday. I'm not too sure how the people will access it since the convention area closes at a certain time but my idea is that they will just have security direct you in the area where the games are at and no where else. Again I'm not to sure because this is the first year that the Gaming vendors are in the convention center.

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>>9913399
Can't you just take the skywalk there?

>>9914131
in the past, Acen and AMW have closed the part of the skywalk going into the Donald after the lobby closes

>>9914135
Oh, damn. Maybe they'll open it for the sake of the game room this year.

The meet up list is extra weak this year. I don’t expect much from a Ryan Con since it’s always he same copy pasted list but damn they didn’t even try.

>>9912960
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Just figured I'd post this as a warning, but if any anons were wanting to go to autograph sessions of any JP guests, if they have a panel right before, don't attend it. Last year there were huge issues with Studio Trigger where they scheduled their autograph sessions about an hour after the panels, and anyone who went to the panels got to the autograph area to learn that the lines had already capped at 50 people. Even then, because they scheduled it close to when the convention center closed, not everyone in the line got through.

>>9914280
I agree. I feel like Acen and Midwest were/are both kinda lacking in meetups. Acen if only because they had 2 or 3 of the same meetups throughout the weekend (2 youtuber shoots, 2 rick and morty shoots, 3 TAZ shoots, etc)

>>9914687
>2 rick and morty shoots

Only two?

>>9914280
>The meet up list is extra weak this year. I don’t expect much from a Ryan Con since it’s always he same copy pasted list but damn they didn’t even try.

Send an email requesting some meetups then. Nobody seems super extra excited about meetups lately so the con never schedules any. Or at least post here, what do you wanna see, give me a list and I will email them for you.

>Holy shit these panels

>>9917532
Holy fuck I can see all the neckbeards already

Anyone doing RWBY?

>>9917532
This sounds like a cringe-tastic time. Will report on it.

>>9917426
I can't speak for everyone, but I'd personally like to see a Love Live/All Idols meet up. Preferably not run by M.W.
>Nobody seems super extra excited about meetups lately so the con never schedules any.
That's not how that works. You gotta create some excitement. Do the basic massive fandoms first then make a message to the community about what they as a whole would like to see.

>>9917426
I don't really care too much because the series I cosplay are never large enough it have enough cosplayers to warrant a shoot

>>9912186

Lolitas, ironically, are very concerned about fake pedophilia

>>9919393
Holy shit, I didn't even notice there weren't any idol photoshoots. Good thing I wasn't planning to wear Hanayo this year. Maybe I'll put in an application to do an idol shoot next year, since if we're thinking of the same person, I don't want a shoot run by them either.

>>9914687
>>9919393
why are you avatarfagging on 4chan?

>>9919451
Not the same person, I just didn't check the thread before choosing that image. My bad.
>>9919436
People in one of the Love Live FB groups were talking about making an unofficial one, so there's that. But yeah, IIRC he ran it last year so I just ducked that shit.

I hope the nightlife is better this year. It seems like last year the con died the fuck down after 10.
Going to shipping panels run by giggling fujoshits and watching overweight strippers aren’t interesting to me. Is there anything else, or should I plan on just drinking in my hotel room?

>>9919393
Ugh, that dude single handedly ruined Love Live meetups for me at every con he goes to. When's he going to get over that?

>>9919733
It's a more family oriented con. I'd rather it die down and I get some sleep at 10-11 and wake up early for the next day than have it be like Acen with alcoholic teenagers stumbling around

Tbh I almost threw up reading this.

>>9919952
>A real panel
Why are there so many cringe of shit panels? I know there is no quality control but damn this is getting pathetic

>>9920015
The sketchy low QA stuff only happens at night. At a certain point they just say fuck it most people are asleep and let the ask Homestuck 18+ panel do its thing.

>>9920018
my group submitted 8 panels, none of which were Q&As. 4 got in. Even if they weren't the best ideas ever, Q&A is bottom of the barrel here.

>>9919824
No clue. He goes to every midwest con and he's always in charge of LL/Idol meet ups. At this point, I'm ready to step in. He wouldn't be so bad if he 1) Wasn't lowkey racist and 2) Fucking tried.

>>9919733
AMW has a rave, right? No clue if it's any good, but there's that.

>>9920160
Last year the rave was pretty dead imo. There were probably only 50-75 people there, which was super awkward in a space that large.

>>9920160
God, I remember the LL shoot at Acen in 2017 it was him and some other guy competing for who was running it, and once the other guy backed off he basically started acting like he didn't know how to run a shoot. Him and the other 80% of dudes at idol shoots make me not want to keep going to them.

>>9919952
Who in their right fucking mind looked at this and thought "Huh, a panel where people just loudly crunch shit? That's the exact kind of content we're lacking!"

>>9919952

That's in panel room 11.

It almost seems like con staff knows what they're doing by keeping certain fandoms and panels in the hyatt basement.

>>9919952
If they can't get any certified braphogs on team for the panel I don't care

Dipshit request, but can someone post the link to the photoshoot and meetup schedule?

>>9921859
there's already a link to the convention site in the OP where both of those are

>>9922092
>there's already a link to the convention site in the OP where both of those are

it's conwebsitename /schedule always

So just animemidwest.com/schedule

Anyone else wonder if ERB will be as good in person? I hope it turns out good.

>Family-oriented con
>Lets actual pornstars perform a stripshow

Ryan wtf

>>9924249
>Not looking at porn with your family

>>9924249

Did you see Anime Expo though? Past three years they had a giant "Cosplay Deviants" banner, which I'm sure Cosplay Deviants paid a lot of money for.

Guess this year they couldn't afford it.

>>9924249

What else would you have the con do though? As long as it's relegated to the later hours and is ID checked I don't see how it hurts "family values". Kids can see tits on the beach or even out in public with this "breastfeeding in public" thing.

How is the parking situation going to be? I'm more focused on the price and if we'll have to pay per hour or a flat rate. Ideally it's free parking like every other con I've been to. Considering whether it's better just to Uber to the convention center from our place.

>>9924869
Are you at a hotel or are you going back and forth from home? The Anime Midwest website says there are two parking garages that are $13 a night, but the one parking garage I can think of usually fills kinda quick, and a good chunk of the parking is reserved for certain hotels. I'd say double check the rates for Uber in the area and judge from there

>>9924924
Airbnb about 3 miles away. It's looking like Uber would be better with some discounts. Thanks for the reply!

>>9912960
Shut up you fucking pedo.

With Love,
Muscatine High School grad

>>9924940
>Airbnb about 3 miles away. It's looking like Uber would be better with some discounts.

Definitely Uber in my opinion.

Does anyone have any idea about the signing situation for the Japanese guests? I know when Trigger was brought in previous years, they'd do sketches if you had paper instead of any items. I'm hoping to meet Terumi Nishii, but I'm not sure if I should try to get some Jojo goods to bring or if my sketchbook would be enough

>>9925780
It depends on the guest. Some jpn guests were really strict on autographs. For example, Trigger only signed official merchandise and not fan art. You could always get a shikishi board and have them sign/sketch that. That way you can frame it or do whatever you want.

Are vendors any good at Midwest in general?

>>9926194
Yeah, I remember the stuff with Trigger, but they were also okay with signing one of my sketchbook pages where I'd done some Inferno Cop art. I'll probably stick to a blank sketechbook page to be safe, since there's not much in terms of autographable part 4 merch that i could get in time.

>>9926351
I really liked the vendors! AMW was my first year last year and while it’s smaller than Acen, I bought a lot more in comparison and it’s still a good size. Of course, it depends on what you’re looking for.

Not sure if they're in demand or not, but I can't make it to this con anymore and I just cancelled an event rate room in the Doubletree.

>>9926903

Excellent but I think the doubletree will still charge double at this point.

>>9926351
Yes
Source: Me, I've helped make stuff

Any other vocaloid fans here?

Two days ago I wasn't attending this con. As of yesterday, I'm now going with a pair of starstruck ten year olds and their very out of their element parents who are way older than me.

I'm the con veteran but I haven't done stuff during the day in like fifteen years. I always just go to late night panels and drink with friends and then watch anime while drunk. I'm trying to figure out what to show these people to do. Cosplay meetups? The dealers' hall? Viewing rooms? What do children like to do? I didn't even go to my first con until I was a teenager.

>>9928698

Dealers room and cosplay meetups is what most people do. The concerts too though, that's where you're supposed to actually go and attend an event.

>>9928698
Cosplay meetups, dealers hall, and whatever panels seem inoffensive/interesting for a general audience.

>>9926351
No industry vendors, and a lot of the bigger booths you see at ACen will be MIA because they go to AX. Otherwise plenty of smaller vendors and artists, maybe a little over half the size of ACen's dealer hall.

>>9928698
I agree with dealers room and meetups. Maybe also see if there are any specific series they're into and see if there are any guest panels that could be fun accordingly. Or since Youtube is big with kids now, maybe go to the concerts, if they like either ERB or the other group.

Watch out for me, the guy in the Bane cosplay. Big guy coming your way.

>>9929067
More like a total cok smoker lol

>>9929067
Aren't you the guy who beat his girlfriend? The really tall Bane with the roid muscles.

>no Hunter X Hunter meetup

well, these kids are gonna be disappointed

>>9929197
shut the hell up that wasn't me

>>9929256
That’s a bit defensive, are you sure it wasn’t?

Why are there two my hero academia meet ups?

Anyone sold at the swap meet before that could tell me what to expect? It says it’s only from 5-5:50, are potential sellers allowed to go in earlier and set up? And are things like cosplay and plush allowed to be sold, or just things like manga and dvds?

>>9929307
Ive never even for go Amw’s swapmeet, but I did go to Zap’s. You can sell all kinds of things, including cosplay, wigs, etc. you can go in as early, depending on the previous panel’s time. Don’t expect a lot from it.

>>9929335
Wow, I sound drunk.
*I've never been to AMW's

>>9929256
Sounds like it was ben! lol!

>>9929303
I think it's a combination of my hero being the big franchise right now, and that whoever planned the shoots did a bad job. I'd understand a little better if there were more gatherings and they weren't so lackluster, but it's really a weak lineup. My only saving grace with having 2 my hero meetups is that my cosplans work out without me having to change midday.

>ACEN
>no panels after 1:00 AM for the most part for the first time ever
>panelops guy says "we got tired of staying open so late for so little content"

>AMW
>awesome sounding panels going until nearly 3 AM

what the fuck is going on? How is Kopf better at this than people who've been at it for over two decades?

>>9918756
No but i plan on goin to their shit bc i love that shitty webtoon

>>9929606

More like acen doesn't care, while Kopf only gets paid if he does a good job so there's actually incentive for him to make his cons good.

>>9924869
If you don't mind walking 10-15min, there's free parking until midnight at the Fashion Outlets mall by the Rosemont Theater, just parked there for a concert. But you might as well pay for a Lyft or Uber so there's less hassle. Just check both apps before requesting a ride, I think Lyft has a big presence in Chicago for it to be a better deal.

>>9920015
The amount of panel hours requirement for a free badge is actually quite crazy especially since it's a for-profit con. Therefore you get more shit-level panels with lots of last minute cancellations

>>9929606
Good luck with those panels not cancelling last minute like last year

What should expect for this year's Midwest?

>>9929786
>cons
Out of all of his cons, this is the only good one and the only one he clearly gives a shit about. He uses the other ones for partying, apparently.

>>9914687
>Tfw I went to those panels
>Tfw I got the autographs anyway without going to the signings
Takafumi lit up like a lamp when he saw the Redline Blu-ray I brought for him to sign.

>>9929606
To be fair 1-3AM is late as hell

>>9914687
God those signings pissed me off last year. Total kick in the dick since I skipped the first signing session for the LWA panel and didn't realize both panels had the overlap.

>>9929606
acen survives purely off of the music, they barely put effort into anything else because they know that's what draws the crowd

>>9930692
I'm guessing you got one of the Trigger dollars at the main panel? My bf had gotten one and stayed at the panel while I went to line up for the main signing. I know they had Hori's art book, but I wasn't sure if they did any signings there.

>>9931038
Yeah I feel you. I went to the LWA panel the first day and there was a whole group of us that got to the signings and were pissed about how they handled it. The next day I went to the industry panel long enough for the Inferno Cop news, and then booked it to the signing area. I plan to do the same thing with Terumi Nishii, since her Friday session is so late in the day.

>>9931184
>I'm guessing you got one of the Trigger dollars at the main panel?
Yeah I did, that was a pretty neat give away.

>>9930904

not at a 24 hour con, it's not

And as someone who runs late night panels, I don't like being jammed in the same slot as every other late night panel, both because we steal each others' audiences and because I want to check them out before or after I finish with mine.

Fucking "out by 12:30" bullshit.

24 hours left

Day 0 has arrived.

>Debating on going just so I have something to do since I didn't get to do much at Acen
>all the artists and content creators I care about talking about how excited they are going to AX

>stayed at the Embassy last year
>Loved the free breakfast and snacks
>Friend of a friend books room this year
>”Yeah anon, it’s the same room as last year”
>It’s the fucking Hyatt Regency
>Being closer to the con isn’t worth missing out on the free breakfast and snack bar

I snuck in and filled up on free snacks, but I doubt I’ll get as lucky with breakfast because they usually have someone actually checking coupons. Plus no coupon = no free alcohol.

>tfw 80 minutes in badge line
>Ed,edd and Eddy panel cancelled

Terumi Nishii and Takashi Otsuka autograph lines were incredibly short.

You could easily have them sign your stuff twice.

Dead con is dead?

>>9932455
You might be ok. The coupons are just for the made to order omelettes

>game room is 24/7
>game room is in dealers hall
>The only thing stopping dealers from being robbed blind are the world's most apathetic security guards

Kopfcons

I'm working in the maid cafe and I live 50 minutes from the convention center. I got home about 20 minutes ago and I gotta wake up in about 3 hours to get ready again. I'm not daijoubu desu

Vendors, despite a lot of people choosing AX over AMW, is still pretty good for merch.

>>9933575
Nayrt but, nah they checked for coupons before you made a plate, but you definitely didn't need it for the drinks in the evening.

Gainax panel fun

Man this is a small con, I felt like i've seen everything within half an hour.

They double booked my panel room, only got half an hour before being given the boot. Whatever, I ended up running out of steam early.

>>9928698
Take them to the board game room. It's on the bottom most floor of the Hyatt. Ton of games the kids can play for free. I know my 9yo has been enjoying the con immensely with just seeing people in costume in the vendor hall and all the cute stuffed plushies.

>>9923294
Nah, they've gone downhill fast since they got triggered over Trump becoming president. They said they "felt threatened to be artists in Trump's America". Imagine being this butthurt over Trump that week after week for the past year+ you've let down millions of fans cuz you couldn't fucking cope.

>>9934135
His wife seemed really sweet

who wants to watch evangelion with me and my bud in our hotel room.

>>9934453
Sounds chill

>>9934455
We’re gonna go play Maid rn but we’ll be free in two hours if you wanna meet then or before
He’s in a Carlton cosplay

>>9934476
>In two hours
Nigga I got panels to see. I'll be around later though if you were going to marathon it

>>9934476
Tf is carlton

>>9934329

>president immediately goes after the National Endowment for the Arts
>artists in general feel nervous

gee I wonder why

G*d I wish I could talk to women

>>9934698
I'm looking for a con buddy!!!

>>9934701
Where are you?

>>9934495
If you gotta ask you're probably too young to post here

one of my roommates ruined the bathtub, towels and a pillow case with her bullshit spray in color.
>this is why we buy wigs.
>now I’ll probably get charged for damages.

>>9934710
You might be okay if it's just a couple towels and a pillow case. If the tub is stained bad though you're fucked.

>>9934702
Playing dance vidya right now. I'm with a group but i don't know how much longer they'll want to play. I'm too scared to try and play smash honestly

>>9934702
This ain't me
>>9934701
I'd enjoy any company. I don't know how we could coordinate, though

>>9934742
Me and my friend are headed there but I'm going to be playing initial D probably.

>>9934744
We're in the game room, what are you in?

Ey I'm at the ddr with my friend but we're pussies so we try to find any of you guys

>>9934743
I work in the maid cafe which so I'm definitely not planning on being up super late. I think I might stay in the vidya area until I feel like leaving

>>9934744
Aaaand which one is that?? I don't know anything

>>9934766
>Aaaand which one is that?? I don't know anything
The racing game by the main desk

>video room
>no video schedule

fucking why even bother

>>9934769
Kay. If I get abandoned I'll come over and say hi. Is that ok?

>had to leave to go to family dinner
>can now go back as late as I want
>nobody I know is left
>all but one panel I wanted to attend will be over when I get there
>no video schedule so I have no idea if there's AMVs, new shows, or whatever
>karaoke isn't anime karaoke
>full, so consweet has no power over me
>don't want to drive out there by myself, not drink, then drive home at 2-3 AM

God damn it. Should never have left.

>>9934794
We're out on a smoke right now and we're going to a panel at 12:30. But my friend is in plaid and I have a camo satchel if you want to find us

>>9934803
Oooh what panel?

>>9934814
Con horror stories

>>9934814
We're right by the ddr right now

>>9933826
Tell the new maid H~ I said hi

>>9934821
I'm in the shitty cowboy bebop shirt but I'm about 2 play just dance with my fellow meidos

Btw which one of you is the original poster I replied to? I'm confused

>>9934816

how is it? it's the one panel I'm sad to miss

>>9934840
Is that the first letter of her (or his) maid name?

>>9934850
Theirs lol

>>9934847
The second guy.
>>9934848
7\10 so far

>>9934857
I kinda want to go to the 18+ version, it starts in 10 minutes

>>9934865
We probably won't make it to that one but I'm going back to the game room when this is over

>>9934868
Oh heck I just left... gg

>>9934874
Well I'll be at the game a while

>>9934874
As a corollary to that I'm leaving now because I have a long drive ahead of me. If you're still wanting to meet after all this trouble, I'll be in the maid cafe until 5 probably :/ No break either. But I think closing ceremonies aren't until 6 pm, right?

>>9934854
Of course, my bad senpai

>>9934882
Yeah we can, I don't think I'm allowed in the cafe without a ticket though. We can meetup after 5 though for shits and giggles at least.

>>9934891
Yeah, you need a ticket to get in. Sorry. Most of it goes to paying for the cake desu. I can't say if I'll be done at 5 exactly because they're probably going to have us sit through a staff talk or something. I don't work until 10 though so if I can survive on 3 hours of sleep then we can play vidya for a bit before that

>>9934909
Are tickets still available?

>>9934909
10 AM***

>>9934913
(Sorry I'm spamming this thread with /soc/ stuff, mods)

And yeah I think so? If more people show up we just squeeze them into extra seats. They really don't communicate that stuff to us. I know there's a booth where tickets are sold, but it's not by the maid cafe and I don't even know where it is. If you decide you want to spend $15 and you can't find the ticket booth, you can always come up to the actual cafe and ask one of the hall staff.

This con was really dead for a Saturday night, it’s really sad.

>>9935021
How so?

>>9935021
Just cuz you weren't invited to any one the dozen or so room parties or one of the orgies doesn't mean it's "dead". Ton of people in the Dome chilling and having a good time, huge fucking dance off between upper dome entrance & the elevators that lasted like an hour, plus the tabletop gaming rooms were packed.

>>9934927
I'm going to see about getting a ticket. Same as last night I'll have a dark flecktarn satchel.

>>9934927
Yeah they're sold out. If you still want to meet up, here's an email so we're not spamming the thread.

>>9935449
Yeah I just heard :( sounds good senpai

>>9935225
Yeah I was still waiting like 20 minutes for that fucking drum game

>>9935466
I saw a bunch of the maids come out, are you there still doing cleanup or something?

>>9935661
Nah we finished. Are you the person who put his email here?

>>9935713
Yeah I'm in the Hyatt right now

>>9935721
Emailed ^^

I really hope they put more stuff in the game room next year. It was pretty underwhelming, but I kinda understand since they're use to a smaller space.

I really regret not bringing stuff for the swap meet. I didn’t have time to dry-clean the cosplays and wash and detangle the wigs I wanted to sell, and I was so worried about it that I flaked out and left my big box of stuff at home. But considering some of the stuff smelled like my hoarder grandma’s attic, I probably would have been fine.

>>9936038
I should clarify, some of the stuff being sold and bought at the swap meet smelled.

>>9935827
like they got FOUR jubeat cabinets but only one of every other rhythm game? well they had 2 maimai's but i didn't want to wait in line

First con I ever went to. Helped me forget about my ex, and I struck it up with a qt that cosplayed as Thor. Ended up giving away a shit ton of Pepsi but it was good. A nice first experience

>>9935733
I had fun even though we only spent a couple hours together. Hope you made it back okay and I'll see you again next year.

>>9914087
More like rambling fucking diatribe from a rapist.

>>9912960
>>9912963
>>9912966
>>9912975
>>9912978
>>9912983

What was it like raping that girl?

What was it like being kicked off of anime Iowa's Mindbridge board for trying to put your weenie in 14 year olds?

People don't forget rapo

>>9938927

Go fuck yourself Kopf hasn't raped anyone. You probably have you faggot.

>>9939024
Lol yeah he did you little cocksucker. Funny how if you rape someone and run conventions it gets swept under the rug. And he was banned from anime iowa for life for trying to hook up with a 14 year old. Lets call apples apples. I was in the room when they banned him.

" the crazier the stories you make about me the less anyone will believe that nonsense"

Thats the exact line from his diatribe where you can see his rapist gears turning. Why whats not to believe i mean its nonsense right?

>>9939062
ok but where is the proof that he did it?
you're dropping some heavy accusations on anonymous imageboards with nothing but your own word. The burden of proof is on you to prove that someone is guilty, so do it then or shut the fuck up

>>9939072
Naaaah this isnt like his page or his cons. Cant ban or sue me here ryan. Lol you rapist piece of shit.You can google the police report. I was in the room for the mindbridge incident i am warning others he is not only a nigh on autist but also a creeper of the tenth degree. And i am going to do this in every thread for his cons forever. Sue me ryan. Like you did gorn.

>>9939074
we can't ban you anyways, but we can not believe you if you just spew stupid shit over and over without a shred of proof

>>9939076
Who is we? Could you tell me your relationship to the rapist and how that relates to your defense of him?

>>9939076
Are you motivated to defend him, do you work for him? The "we" and the mentioning of banning me would imply you have a vested interest in the convention of a rapist succeeding

>>9939080
the people who make these threads to enjoy a fucking con. We have no relation at all to kopf, but we get sick of the same autist throwing a tantrum every time we try to discuss a con in the chicago area.
I swear to fucking god the chicago lolita comm is full of autists.

>>9939083
He raped that girl sued gorn over it and was banned from anime iowa for life for being a pedophile. Wouldnt want to let that stand in the way of your good time.

>>9939080
>>9939082
so you have no proof at all about any of your claims?
why don't you just piss off?

>>9939083
Autists who like the ones who speak for whole communities in the plural?

>>9939087
where is the proof though? if he raped a girl there should be a guilty verdict from a court or something.
literally anyone can file a police report for anything , even if it's silly as shit and never gets investigated

>>9939091
did you have an aneurysm or something?

>>9939088
All you have to do is google ryan kopf is suing me. Plenty of proof there. You sure are responding fast and trying real hard to shut me up for someone with no vested interest.

>>9939096
why would I google what you want me to google? show me. If you want me to see your side you need to show me your side of the story otherwise I'm not going to search for evidence to back up your shit

>>9939093
Did hang out with him once. He did that shit 100 percent. Hes a sonic and shit diapers level pedophile.

>>9939094
Says we

>>9939101
you can say literally anything online, show me anon

>>9939100
But with no evidence to the contrary you will spend 30 minutes refuting what i have to say. Hi ryan.

>>9939105
that's not how the justice system works anon. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. If you have proof, show it.
It's up to you to show evidence, the burden of proof is on YOU because that's how things work.

>>9939104
Show yourself, anyone reading this back and forth, notice how vested the interest of "we" is? Its ryan or one of his fat flunkies hes a rapist and a pedophile. But dont let that ruin his 2nd rate acen for you.

>>9939107
No ryan. People know what you did. "We" know and ill just keep reminding others o the next generation knows what you did too.

>>9939107
Why would the burden of proof be on me? He didnt rape me. He raped a small defenseless girl

>>9939114
because that's how the justice system works? are you retarded?

>>9939115
Are you a rapist?or just some autist windbag fuck who works for one?

>>9939116
I'm neither, I just want to discuss a fucking convention without some sperg spewing autism everywhere and attacking people

>>9939118
The convention conversation ended like two days ago. Now begins the rapist ryan chat.

>>9939118
Attacking people? Like...rape...like...ryan the rapist?

>>9939120
give some proof that he's a rapist or shut up and get the fuck out of my thread

>>9939123
He is a rapist and a pedophile.

Lol reeeeeeee get of my board ryan.

Jesus Christ can you two shut the fuck up already like who gives a shit

>>9939127
I just want this thread to not be derailed by some spamming autist.

>>9939130
>Tue
Says the spamming rape autist

>>9939127
Naaaah nigga got let people know. Hide ya kids "we" ryan out here

>>9939130
I see some of the responses have been removed but ryan is still a huge disgusting rapist and pedophile.

>>9939127
Nope have to let others know. Pedophile rapist. Ryan the con runner gets swept under the rug if you run a con. But not here where I can't be sued.

>>9939130
Lol great thread though see you in the next one.

>>9935827
That really comes down to the con wanting to pay more for more machines to come in. You can only fit so many games into a truck.
Some of these arcade operators are also at multiple conventions in a weekend. They won't always have their entire lineup of games available.

>>9940091
They need more initialD machines.

>>9935827
even with 4 Jubeat machines, I always seemed to find myself waiting in line, not to mention sometimes you get those people who trade off with their friends while people are waiting behind them

>>9940106
You're always going to have long lines with free arcades. People also just don't respect others who wait in line. Even if there were 8 or 12 jubeat cabinets it would be the same case. If you're going to a con with the intention of just playing music games then try going during off hours. The game room is a lot emptier around 5-6 AM.

>>9939130

I was hoping to see some cosplay pics and read other people's reviews from the weekend since I chose to skip this year.

I'm kinda curious what the lolita tea party was all about

>>9940178
This.

I wish this discussion happened before AMW because I would have suggested taking a 20 minute drive to Galloping Ghosts or either Chicagoland Round 1 locations, if you or anyone else wanted to go to an arcade that badly.

>>9940178
I went at about 2 AM andstill got burned by that. I'm not going to give up the vendor hall and the rest of that so I can play a game, even if it's one of my few chances to get a few rounds of it in.
It's just more that the rhythm games crowd at cons always surprises me with how they like to do that stuff, hog machines with their group and whisper loudly to themselves about how certain people suck and need to get off when they play.

>>9940184
>I was hoping to see some cosplay pics

>>9940208
>zelda in Doc Martens
lolwut

>>9940208
Goddammit not this shit again.

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>>9940219
Sorry if some of these are a bit blurry, they weren't all taken with great lighting or much time.

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>>9940223
That's alright! Thanks for sharing. These are pretty cool. Really a step up from last year.

>>9940203
I said 5 AM. People are getting out of the rave or still looking for things to do at 2 AM. There really isn't much else to do late night at a con. Most people are usually asleep around 5 AM.

As far as people being rude, the entire rhythm game community isn't like that. It's understandable to be a little impatient in a line at a con. Some people are just a little more vocal about things than others. As far as people hogging the game they are either being assholes or they don't know that you have intention to play. It can be a bit difficult to keep track of lines at cons if people aren't lined up directly behind the game.

>>9940217
that is my group!

>>9938927
My biggest thing is that why would so many people who are completely unrelated come through and say the same stuff? Like I ran a rape victim advocacy group for a long time and was a victim myself and it personally took me years to come forward about it. Like I understand people want to enjoy their con but it's kind of gross and irresponsible to not talk about this behavior from a con that a lot of kids go to. And the fact that there are multiple stories with girls ages from 14-16 should be enough to be like "hey maybe we can enjoy this con but we need to make changes to how it's being operated". It's not hard honestly. I know many cosplayers and lolitas alike who hate R and know the stuff he's done. He behavior itself is typical of someone who is guilty so why does OP need to be so defensive against and delete any comments made against him unless they're friends????

At least that's how it comes off to me, and I've seen more than three or four people come through and try to discuss this who are being silenced. No wonder no one wants to actually file police reports, y'all think he's an innocent child or some shit. These poor kids I feel really bad for them

>>9911221
>there are some lolitas in Kopf's con staff, and they have managed to bring lolita guests and vendors over the years
they are better off organising a big lolita tea-party that's unrelated to the con. tons of lolitas hate cons.

>>9940212
Ayy I got a pic with her too

>>9944051
And tons of them fucking hate kopf

>>9944757
>And tons of them fucking hate kopf

Far more of them love Kopf so fuck off.

>>9946449
855-comeonnow
he is a rapist

>>9942916
Absolutely this. and the fact that he personally shows up in these threads and has the balls to talk about his conventions and NEVER address the allegations.