I don't have a lot of time right now, expect a longer post from me later about this…but with two weeks left I figured I'd ask: Who's going to Otakon this year?!
Otakon 05
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raises hand Me! In about 5 different OP costumes! XD Just hope I can get all my costume work done… gotta get other people's costumes done before I can do my own... twitch twitch Time is running out! I'll be in the Holiday Inn. Yay!
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I'm considering. I can drive it in 6 so I wouldn't have to fly (and after today flying is not high on my list of things I want to do) which is good but right now money is tighter than I'd like so I'm really a little unsure. There is a slim chance I could help a friend work their booth but I don't think he is working Otakon.
How is the dealer room there usually? That is probably the make or break for me.
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I am, naturally. You'll be able to find me most of the time in teh artist alley, as I have a table this year. Selling OP fanart of course.
Friday: Mr.7, half assed Davy Back Sanji
Sat: Mr.7, half assed Davy Back Sanji, Marine Jango
Sunday: Summer Fun JangoHaven't really decided on the costume times.
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what state is this in just curious.
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Normyk - The Otakon dealers room is a MONSTER. A few years ago, Monty and I actually got into a big fight because he wandered off it in without telling me where to meet him - and it took me forever to find him. I think a good comparison would be several school gyms stacked together. There is even talk this year of some of the booths being moved into a second room, but don't quote me on that.
If you ARE going, you would need to register ASAP - there might not be at the door registration this year because of the registration cap.
Agent Ginrei - Can't wait to see you again there! XD
warp - It's in Maryland.
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Trust me. Otakon is SO worth a 6 hour drive. The dealer's room is massive, filled to the brim with stuff of awesomeness. ^__^ I'm taking a ton of costumes, but some of them I'm only wearing for photoshoots and stuff. My list:
Arabasta Sanji and Zoro
Normal Sanji and Zoro
Soccer Sanji
Harvest Moon chara
McDohl (Suikoden I)
Shino (Naruto)
Yeah, it's a lot. But I'm gonna be down there for 4 days, so… yeah. I'm rationalizing. I'll stop that now. ^^;; Looking forward to meeting y'all! And also looking forward to seeing you again, Ginny! Long live the Crack Crew! XD -
Well, you know I am, baby XD If everything goes according to plan, I'll be cosplaying Kalifa (with totally the wrong boots man, I ran out of money O_o.; ), Mr. 9, pinstripe-style Fullbody, Little Garden Nami, and Taki from Gravitation. I might throw Lucci in if that somehow works out. I have no idea how I'm pulling all this off. x_x.
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I'm going. Here is the deal. I am bringing my PS2 also. How many FMA fans we got? Well I have the PS2 fighter (4 players). I will also be bringing Grand Battle Rush! I also have the new Katamari Damacy game. I will bring a burned region free copy of the R2 Movie 6 DVD. If we watch it at the hotel, I plan to raffle it off at the end. I don't know if what I want to do will work out. I think we have a suite, right Dude? It would be awesome if we hung out after events. So who would be interested?
Also, I should have Jump SuperStars by then, so if you have it, bring it (as well as One Piece: Going Baseball if you have it).
BTW, I won't be coming till very late friday night due to work.
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Here's the deal with the room. We have two. One is a room for sleeping, the other is a room for chiling out, just in case people wanna sleep in the other room during daytime. Or something.
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Alright! So it can work. Excellent!
Instead of being raffled off, the movie 6 disc will go to the one in the best OP cosplay.
How many people are interested?
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Fin - Wooooo! Definitely see you there ^_^
EGX and The Dude - My friends and I are so invading your room when we're in our FMA costumes. Bah, I wish I was staying with you guys, but my own group is huge (9 people total) and it just wouldn't work. As for the movie 6 give away idea, that sounds like fun! I will step out from it though, since I know you guys personally, and I'm technically AP staff (kinda sorta.) I could help judge!
As for my cosplay line up…Greed from FMA, Ed from FMA, the newest Water 7 Nami costume, Alabasta Nami, and possibly Skypiea Nami at some point too.
Oh yeah, for anyone arriving early on Thursday - my group and I are going to 6 Flags America! You're welcome to join us! (pokes the Dude ...You and Elise should come! You're close enough!)
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@Seta:
Oh yeah, for anyone arriving early on Thursday - my group and I are going to 6 Flags America! You're welcome to join us! (pokes the Dude …You and Elise should come! You're close enough!)
I need to see what my plans are that day, but if I can I'll meet you guys there. As for Elise, I'll ask her, but I dunno if she works that day or not. It's been awhile since I've hit 6 flags, so it'll be fun.
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I'll be showing up.
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I'll be there, alright.
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"Otakon has announced that, should the number of registrations available fall below 2000, they will not allow at door registrations (meaning that entrace to Otakon will be limited to people who pre-registered). There are currently 2749 registrations available"
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Make that 2719. www.otakon.com can tell you exactly how many are left. If you're going, you should pre-reg if you haven't already.
I'm curious as to how bad the line is gonna be this year…
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Hmmm I should pre-reg then. So yus I am going to Otakon. I dont know if i'll be there for all three days though T_T Pretty much just friday and Saturday. Of course I'll be doing my Pell cosplay. (Which reminds me, I need new eyeliner…any recommendations girls? XP) And a crazy Chopper cosplay. (Which uhh maybe I should work on..all I have is the Blue acrylic paint, Rumble balls and a awesome base hat.)
Should be nice to have alot of people recognize what character you're cosplaying ^_^
My grandpa lives near the harbor so naturally i've been there once or twice. Theres alot of sweet photo-ops like this giant anchor. Gineri was talking about going to the aquarium in the topic I made over at cosplay.com. Very cool place. But what makes it is the Atrium at the very top XD.
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Okay, I think I've finally got this schedule figured out. Sunday's the photoshoot, right?
Friday:
Morning: Kalifa
Evening: NamiSaturday:
Morning: Taki (Gravitation)
Evening: FullbodySunday: Mr. 9
@Hyper:
Hmmm I should pre-reg then. So yus I am going to Otakon. I dont know if i'll be there for all three days though T_T Pretty much just friday and Saturday. Of course I'll be doing my Pell cosplay. (Which reminds me, I need new eyeliner…any recommendations girls? XP) And a crazy Chopper cosplay. (Which uhh maybe I should work on..all I have is the Blue acrylic paint, Rumble balls and a awesome base hat.)
Aw, you'll miss Mr. 9 then. XD Eyeliner… I just use crappy $2 stuff from Walmart. XD; I'm not even sure what it is. Do you want like... clean, accurate lines or do you want it to be kinda smoky or whatever, and how thick? I usually use a liquid eyeliner for thin lines and a soft pencil for thicker ones. But I don't really know what I'm doing so... XD
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So how many of you will join me Sat night for OP movie 6?
So you know who I am… searches for a picture
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If you are going to Otakon, PRE-REG NOW! They JUST dropped below 2000, meaning there will be no more at the door registration. Tomorrow is the last day for accepting online registrations.
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Done and Done. Wooo. Thanks for the heads up ^_^
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Actually, due to something with registrations they never got payment for, they added a bunch of regs back. They're currently 400 people above what they need to have pre-reg at the door - but it's still best to pre-reg, because there's a good chance it'll sell out.
Glad you got it done, Hyper Dingo ^_^
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I can't wait! Hey, are there any plans for a One Piece gathering? I think there was last year but I missed it.
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The official One Piece gathering is 11 AM on Sunday, we're meeting by the fountains, and then heading over to the harbor to take some pictures. I'll be in the newest Water 7 Nami costume, and I should have a W7 Sanji and Zoro with me.
I think they're planning other smaller gatherings as well, you might wanna check cosplay.com's Otakon board.
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Cool, thanks for the tip. I should have a couple different Luffy costumes ready by then.
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OOh the harbor!! Great idea!
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Oh yeah, some of my friends are going to the aquarium at around 11-11.30 if anyone would like to join us. The more the merrier, yo.
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wooo alright! So I may have a ride. Meaning I'll be able to attend the photoshoot. ^_^ Can't wait to show you guys my chopper cosplay! I'm going to be wearing it friday and..any other day I dont want to be pell XP (But who wouldnt want to be pell?!?) I'm going to be handing out rumble balls to any other chopper cosplayers I see. I have some cool medical stuff too. ~ WE NEED A DOCTOR! DOCTOR!! ~ Band-aids, medical tape, this printer refill syringe thats more of less not con legal…oh well XP
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There is no chance in hell I'll go to any conventions until I can finish the following to-do list:
1. Find out what costume I would look best in.
2. Have the balls to wear it in public without blushing as I walk.
3. Learn how to drive.
4. Get a Car (Preferably borrow my grandfather's car, which he customized so it has a bed in the passenger seat, a fridge in the back seat, etc. which he uses for his trips to New Mexico and Florida…)
5. Get enough money to get me from Bangor to Maryland along with some extra on the side for some memorabilia and food.
6. Burn many CDs worth of music to keep me occupied for the whole trip.
7. Get or make a costume.So... that'll set me back quite a few months, so I might see you at next year's if all goes well.
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Oh yeah, some of my friends are going to the aquarium at around 11-11.30 if anyone would like to join us. The more the merrier, yo.
I would, but the aquarium is pretty damn expensive per person.
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HEY HEY LOOK LISTIN!!!!! I'll be there!!! Though I'm not going as any One Piece character though, but I will be excited to see all the One Piece cosplays!!! I on the other hand will be cosplaying as
Friday- cheap ass sound ninja from naruto
Saturday- BOX GUNDAM
Sunday- either cheap ass sound ninja again, or box gundam~neo style!I can't wait to see all the One Piece cosplayers (I'll make it my mission to take pictures of all the One Piece cosplays)
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Allrighty then! It's almost here! XD And I'm still not nearly done my costume work! XD… -_-; lol Right-o, can't wait to meet y'all!
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Hey Ginrei, I live in Feasterville, PA. That's pretty close to D-Town. Weird d(^^)b
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Hey this is EGX, on Sat night for the OP movie 6 showing. We'll probably meet at the fountain. It'll be toward the night obviously. I dunno, I suck at planning this. I'll probably tell people I see cosplayed as OP characters and hopefully they will spread the word. To find me, I will be wearing 3 diff shirts.
Fri - A shirt that says Nintendo
Sat - A shirt that says Got manga?
Sun - A shirt that says Play with me (with a controller on it)You know what, just look in the damn pic thread in this forum. I have one somewhere. Start from the latest page and go back.
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REAAAAD
ocean being a messenger…MangaNews.net is looking for somebody to write up a GOOD Otakon report. The report should be news oriented, other than that, you can talk about anything you want, as long as it's appropriate. We're not looking for an ANN-quality report (although that would be nice), but just keep in mind you're writing this for a news site.
Anybody interested? It'll be announced in MangaNews.net's main page.
hint Ginny? I know you wrote up good amount of report last time :D:D
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Hey all, just got back from Otakon and what a time that was!! I can't talk a lot rigth now, but let me say that I was impressed with the costumes the cosplayers pulled off. And so many random OP fans were caught up to the present chapter, I couldn't believe it!!
And the OP movie 6 showing on Saturday nite had a great turnout, much fun was had by all!!
Got some pretty cool swag while I was at it, like a Franky phone strap (my favorite thing bought at the con). I definately suiggest to many of you to try and come next year, we'll have even more of a blast!! -
Otakon was THE AWESOME. XD Had so much fun, and it was great meeting so many OP fans. Wish I could've made it to the movie showing, but I didn't know where to go or what to do. ^^;; Oh well, next time. I got some cool stuff too, and the awesomest part is that I didn't have to buy any of it myself! My friends take such good care of me. ^__^
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Heh sorry, I wasn't even sure what the plans were regarding the movie until a few hours before it actually happened. It was pretty last minute. Don't worry, it'll be better planned next year when we decide to show Movie 7. XD
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i wish i could have gone to otakon, i couldnt go this year
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Sorry about the crappy planning for Movie 6, my bad, I suck at planning things. Next year when I show movie 7 (we all know it's coming out the same time like every year), the time will be posted early and IF I GET A ROOM NUMBER, I will post that too. It was funny. We put signs up about it on our floor by the elevator. Also, congrats to the person who won the DVD that we used.
Great to meet some of ya. How many people found me as an asshole? If not… seek help.
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Aww I didnt find you as an asshole XD. So yeah I had a really good time ^^ The dude you're such a cool guy in person. Can't wait to see the Chopper pic ^^. Movie 6 was awesome..from what i saw T_T I was so tired from raving for 4 hours straight (In full chopper cosplay no less XD) I was falling in and out of sleep. So happy i got to play as Chopper in Grand Battle Rush. And I loved hanging out with all the other one piece cosplayers.
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@Hyper:
Aww I didnt find you as an asshole XD. So yeah I had a really good time ^^ The dude you're such a cool guy in person. Can't wait to see the Chopper pic ^^. Movie 6 was awesome..from what i saw T_T I was so tired from raving for 4 hours straight (In full chopper cosplay no less XD) I was falling in and out of sleep. So happy i got to play as Chopper in Grand Battle Rush. And I loved hanging out with all the other one piece cosplayers.
DUDE I RAVED WITH YOU REMEBER :D! I was the really bad sound ninja, and we raved with Sasuke and you needed to find your girl chopper! Unless this is a diferent Chopper that I raved with and you just seemed to be in the corner raving or something <_<.
I really wanted to see the Grand Battle Rush, there was so much I missed cuz I didn't go on the last day :(.
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Sound nin!!! Ahhh i thought i'd never see you again XD Yus you have the right chopper! I was the only boy chopper there! (Except that other one i found on sunday)
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YEs, now that I found you I have to find Sasuke (god this is sounding like the rave all over again). Well I hope I didn't miss too much on the last day, but I am glad I got pictures of the both of you.
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Otakon was a blast, as always. I was surprised though at the seeming lack of OP cosplayers. I dunno if it was just me, but I didn't see nearly as many as I thought I should have.
Bleach, on the other hand . . . . .
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Oh god bleach was everywhere, I couldn't get away from the black robe bastards lol j/k. No they were really nice to my ninja… I even got to talkin to a hot shinigami.
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Hahahaha. I was in the fountain lobby when the Bleach cosplay photo shoot was going on. I must say, most of the costumes were pretty impressive. I guess a lot of cosplayers relished the challenge of making those swords. I even saw a shirtless-Renji cosplayer. <3
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Lol I wonder if I would have jumped in the middle of the photo shoot if I would be beaten down by shinigami.
And I saw the coolest (maybe only) Chad cosplayer. And about the OP cosplays I guess on saturday there was a pirates vs. ninjas thing (too bad I forgot my costume) and on sunday I was told that there were a lot of OP cosplayers.