/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8799519
Good luck with that Anon. Please shower daily, and if you stink/sweat, deodorant please! Avoid eating thing stat make you fart, includes beans, beef, onions, garlic, and granola bars

>>8799544
>granola bars
What? But all I eat at conventions are granola bars.

i had a weird nightmare about katsucon last night. hopefully the actual con isn't as much of a shitshow as it was in my dream!!

anyways i really hope i can finish my saria cosplay in time!! i just need to buy the fabric and remake the romper because the first two (kill me) came out looking and fitting like shit

How anal is Katsu about their weapons policy? I have a Yoko rifle that uses a water pistol wedged in the "clip" as the grip+trigger. It has an orange tip, but the entire barrel is covered by the clip so you can't tell from a distance. It can't fire anymore, and looks clearly fake, but I don't want to run into any issues.

Also last thread said no microwaves in the rooms. Are there mini fridges?

>>8800062
yes there are small fridges. It's behind a cabinet.

>>8800062
Inside the cabinet I mean....under the TV.

>>8800062
two years ago i carried a fake ak-47 (painted grey save for the orange tip) with me an entire day of the con, never brought it to weapons check, and no one said a single word. unless they upped the security since then i think you'll be okay.

>>8800062
Carried around a sword I bought from the dealers, just never took it out of the sheath. Didn't bother taking it to weapons check, no one stopped me at any point.
So if your rifle clearly looks fake, you're good to go.

>implying vendetta will go away.
I can grant you guys a safe room if you cry babies need it that badly, like momocon.

>>8800062
I walked around with a MAC-10 prop with no problems last katsu. They're not really that anal about weapon policies as long as it's not too realistic.

>>8800112
how about hot water? Do they have kettles?

>>8800702
They have coffee makers. An anon last thread regaled us with a tale of weeping while trying to make Easy Mac with one.

>>8801070
And I can still almost taste the despair. I imagine it tasted like hotel tap water.

Just trying to make people aware:

There's some creepy guy named Antonio Gibbs that's trying to host events, I did a little investigating, and it turns out this guy is bad mojo, everyone I spoke to seems to have the same impression of the guy, hes creepy, super pervy and likes to touch people inappropriately. The lolita event he tried to host was dissolved, and I hear hes already been pretty much kicked out of another gathering due to his behavior.

If you see this guy at your gathering, keep a close eye on him, hes bad news.

>>8800062
Hahaha that's funny. katsu doesn't police cosplayers. I saw a Beat from Jet Set Radio rolling around the con with actual roller blades and a spray can and no one even raised an eyebrow. As long as you dont cause an incident staff would do anything.

>>8801070
>>8801080

ah yes, i'm glad my story was poignant enough to stick with you all. it actually just tasted like really soupy mac and cheese, although it was hard to tell because i was burning my mouth and fingers by trying to eat it while it was still too hot

HOWEVER, it is possible to actually make it successfully with the coffee maker, i've done it before. my main problem was not having a spoon so i couldn't really stir it properly. and i also put too much water in. but if you put just enough water to cover all the pasta, stir it (with an actual spoon, so you don't have to burn your fingers and cry), let it sit for a minute or two, then add the cheese (dump out excess water first if there is any) it should be just fine.

this has been your quick cooking lesson for fast meals in katsu hotel rooms. don't repeat my mistakes, anons.

If you have a mini fridge, some parchment paper and the room iron makes good grilled cheese.

>>8801470
Have you been to prison hommie?

Since we're talking about food.

There is only one pizza place open very late, so order somewhere else early if you think pizza sounds like a good time Saturday night.

We called around midnight while fairly drunk at the Homestuck Draw Party, they took a room number but never gave us a total or a wait time. Went up to said room for more drinks, and two hours later, no pizza still? And no call? And now the place isn't picking up the phone?

Okay, whatever, those who aren't staying in the room we ordered the pizza to head back to our actual room, I drunkenly make scrambled eggs for about 6 people, and we get a call.

Pizza showed up to the other room. At nearly 3 hours after we ordered.

>>8801538
Domino's I assume? A friend told me there's both a Dominos and Subway nearby.

>>8801538
>>8801572
i missed the draw party last year because we were waiting for the fucking pizza to get there. it took something like four hours, it didn't come until nearly 3 in the morning. never again. (idk about other anon but yes this was domino's)

>>8801572
>>8801581

I actually can't remember now if it was domino's or not. The girl calling had to ask front desk. They gave her a list, and only one of the places on the list was open past 12pm for some reason.

>>8801631
*12am, you know what I meant. Fuckin midnight.

>>8801535
Whut. Poor bitches been doing iron grilled cheese for years. Not hard to clean up either.

Anyone want to shoot with me?

>>8801923
Damn. When did you get that big, Adam?

>>8801923
>>8801956

I said, now with LESS vendetta.

You guys are so invested in this dude. It's like you want to suck his dick or something. Go on and suck it. It'll keep you from shitting up my threads with your unresolved sexual tension.

Fucking faggots.

>>8802069
What is wrong with you?

>>8802069
A-anon, this doesn't really help keep the thread clean.

Lets go back to talking about the hotel's lack of microwaves, making mac and cheese with a coffee pot, and ironing a grilled cheese sandwich.

I read the elevators are a pain to get onto. Is the stairwell usually crowded because of this?

>>8802083
>>8802092

Every single East coast thread turns into an "I hate Adam" thread Fuck, I don't like the dude either, but now it's starting to sound like these people who collect his pictures and stalk his Facebook for tidbits about his life secretly want to fuck him.

If you want to fuck him, go fuck him and let us talk about Katsucon in peace.

>>8802092
You might pass someone on the stairwell or run into people doing shoots in the stairwells, but I wouldn't call them crowded. Ain't nobody wants to walk 15 flights of stairs.

>>8802104
You're Too Mad over nothing.
Chill yourself.

>>8801956
That's what she said

>>8802106
Behold the reason why the elevators are crowded. Humans are lazy

>>8802092
Elevators can get pretty crowded but its okay for the most part. My room was on the 14th floor last year i think but I still climbed the stairs 90% of the time cause it only took like a minute to get up and I never ran into anyone.

Who are your favorite photogs? This will be my buddy's and my first Katsu and we want at least one shoot with someone who's going to give us at least 5 pictures. We got suckered the last time.

>>8802106
>Ain't nobody wants to walk 15 flights of stairs.

I always prefer the stairs over the elevators, even at cons where the elevators are often empty or close to it. If I'm with friends taking the elevators, I will race them to our floor via the stairwell.

I don't know, I think there's something wrong with me.

>>8802254
>it only took like a minute to get up and I never ran into anyone.

Good, I can do my stair sprints unhindered.

>>8802280
who suckered you?

check out white specs. he got mad skills

>>8802280
Sateriale will give you 20 photos for $80.

>>8801538
Not Katsu but what is it in general with pizza places and conventions?

>friend and I order pizza and fries from place nearby con center
>over a hour wait
>pizza is lukewarm, fries are cold
>friend calls them back to complain
>place promises to deliver hot food for free
>wait around with our now completely cold and untouched food for another hour or two
>new food comes, it's only pizzas and no fries
>new delivery guy refuses to take cold food back
>tote six boxes back up to room
>friend complains because half our food is missing
>place tries to coax us into driving out there to get replacement fries
>grumble and eat our food, fries are inedible by then
>go to bed after midnight
>super late, room phone rings
>roomie answers and then hangs up, figure it's no big deal since she doesn't say anything
>both of us go back to sleep
>find out next morning it was a front desk call
>pizza place showed up at like 1am with more food for us

>>8802508
Damn niggah would have heated that shit up had a fucking feast

>>8802538
How would you have done that in a hotel room? Microwaves can't heat fries for shit, unless you like soggy fries, and not all hotel rooms have microwaves.

>>8802538
We tried since our room had a microwave but it was pretty much hunger that made us devour what would have otherwise been terrible food. Never trusting food from menus shoved under our door again but by the time we got to the hotel the mall nearby had closed its food court so we had no where else to turn for dinner except delivery and the hotel food.

Just checking to see if anyone has a spare room? The person who'd booked my room at the Wyndham hasn't responded in about 2 weeks now, and I have a feeling me and 7 others are about to get ditched a month before a con.
We booked and paid for part of the room in July, so we'd not exactly been budgeting to have to rebook something last minute.

Somewhere with a kitchen suite would be lovely, seeing as two of our group members have brutal food allergies and prefer to just cook their own meals.
Thanks in advance for any help.

> katsu facebook pages
Cosplay line-ups, photogs shilling for work

>katsu /cgl/ thread
Food discussions

>>8802092
The Gaylord is strangely set up. Find the nearest hotel to your room and only use that elevator. The place can honestly be a maze

>>8802644
If you can't find a place with a kitchen suite bring an electric griddle it's my plan for the weekend.

>>8802303
Some shit in Georgia, I forgot his name. It's been a few years, I just stepped away.

Thanks for the rec, to you and >>8802328. I'm checking them both out.

>8802508
Your food was cold, because they probably waited for all the orders that half-hour/hour before deliver the food to help save fuel cost

They deleted my post complaining about the vendetta, but not the actual vendetta post.

Great fuckin' job, mods.

>>8803922
Take your crybaby bullshit elsewhere. No need to shit up this thread and risk it getting deleted again.

>>8803064
Don't recommend Sateriale, but White Specs is solid. I really like Chez too.

Don't shoot with AssB unless you are part of the BLF or cosfamous

First timer here. I'm doing a few photoshoots this weekend but I'm not sure where my meeting location would be. What's a good, easy to get to spot that isn't too crowded so I can find the person I'm supposed to work with? I know there are some landmarks but I'm guessing it gets kind of hectic around the gazebo and other popular areas.

>>8803973
chez > Satellite? care to explain?

>>8803983
The cafe tables by the upper part of the fountains are usually a good bet.

Sateriale has a no fatties policy

>>8804033
As we all should
Suffer fatties not to live

>>8804033
code word "selective" means no fatties allowed

>>8803987
I don't know any drama behind him or anything, but I received photos back from Chez and White Specs and none from Sateriale after a fuckton of excuses. I actually booked Sateriale after seeing a few people vouch for him/his work on cgl a few months back, so it was an extra big disappointment.

>>8803987
Chez, that the girl that moved from Boston to Denver? She's alright, but her shit is blurred to hell, not a fan of most of her work, plus she spams the FB groups like hell

>>8804351
i think chez's editing is shit, but its better to have photos back then not. lawl.

>>8804362
Tbh anyone who spams the fb groups to me is just really hungry. Like guys we talk to each other we know you have cool photos we don't need three different fb groups spammed in the course of five minutes. Chill.

>>8804810
Katsucon's FB group isn't as bad as NYCC's one when the con rolls around. It's nothing but people asking for pictures of themselves and posting their pages in that shit. At least on Katsu's one people actually try to talk about other shit.

>>8804810
Another con I attend has a separate group for cosplay and photog stuff with a "no spam" policy. All cons should do this once they get big enough imo.

>>8805061
Nearly most of these groups arent official groups for the cons though, just fan-run ones

>>8801923
Jesus help all the minors.

>>8805090
Yeah like cosplay & photographer group and then the other is like cosplay something something etc. and then if you follow them they fucking post there too. Like dudes stop being thirsty I'm a Cosplayer and I don't go posting my shit except on my ig and my fb. Maybe that's why I don't have that many likes but at least I'm not looking desperate af. And we all know who the main photogs are that do this shit. Lol

>>8804810
I hope a lot of great photographers take photos of you that never find their way back to you because the photographers didn't feel like spamming them around on facebook and all you ever find are shitty out of focus camera phone photos of you.

>>8805363
Awww are you one that posts alot? Don't be crunchy. It's just you don't have to post ten times because we all follow the same fb pages we don't need to see it ten times. I literally follow three pages like those listed and guess what I see it posted at least four times because the photogs page, then those separate boards. It's just kinda redundant.

I find my photos because those I work with send them to me specifically. Hall shots generally don't get edited by the people who self post on those fb pages those are shots they worked with cosplayers they chose. So keep being salty but you'd say the same thing if it were a Cosplayer doing it.

>>8805486
#triggered

crunchy sprat is one of the worst photographers. his photos hurt me in the face

So are any cosplayers doing anything special with their cosplay on Sunday (valentine's day)? Like handing out flowers or cards or something?

Is there a rave this year? I haven't seen anything posted online about one...

>>8805628
http://www.katsucon.org/programming/dance/

>>8801535

I don't see how a criminal criminal record has anything to do with my ability to offer decent advise.


I'm totally kidding. I actually learned it from a friend at Katsu, because I am a weak stick who cannot STAND the cold, but I really wanted a sandwich. They did it straight on the sandwich and cleaned it before and after, but

1. I don't want to risk a roomate's cosplay
2. I have no idea what that thing touched

so I bring parchment paper now. I still reccomend cleaning the iron, because I am always paranoid about grease getting on the iron and transferring to someone's clothes.

>>8805629
yeah, but those pages are usually updated with DJs by now. Guess I'll just have to keep checking.

Has anyone stayed in a hotel besides the Gaylord, like the nearby cluster that includes the Hampton? Any tips?

>>8805627
I thought of making little Valentine business cards on Vistaprint and giving those out on Sunday instead of my regular ones, but that seems even more attention whorish than usual for me. Then again, if I give them out already, having them themed for a day can't be worse?

I may also just make some anime valentines and give them out.

>>8802508
Order from Pizza Boli's, which is right down the street from the harbor and they're damn good plus they deliver on time.

>>8805636
wear a jacket when you walk from the hotel to gaylord.

can you be any more specific?

>>8805627
Dick in a heart shaped box of chocolates. #ExpectMe

>>8805197
Nah, those aren;t even trying to pass themselves off as conventions though. I mean groups like New York Comic, SDCC, and shit. Groups using the con's name

>>8805197
Cosplay Photography Discussion Group is the other one your probably thinking of. That's Cosplay Photographers official group, but that group is full of too many assholes. I'd rather deal with the people at Cosplayers & Photographers. They at least delete the frequent spammers and multiple posts.

>>8805363

I don't mind people posting that they're looking for shoots or check out their newest gallery but not when they post multiple times a day. Hey I'm having breakfast, here's photos from so and so! Hey I'm having lunch, here's more photos! Hey I'm tired, but here's photos! Fuck that! I hate it when photographers and cosplayers do the same shit on their own pages, so I'll just quickly unfollow them. I know you like your newest or old reposts, but I don't need to see 7 posts from you in the span of 5 minutes.

>>8805636
Hampton Inn is nice. Their free breakfast is on point.

You ever notice how 2 and 3 star hotels offer up more free amenities like wifi and breakfast while 4 star and hotels up nickel and dime you?

>>8806027
You are my favorite. <3

>>8805690
I mean, is the markup of the Gaylord worth the convenience? I've heard of the con center getting closed down (no one in or out), has anyone ever had experience with that? How bad is the walk actually? Is there a coat check at the Gaylord?

>>8806150
Over the years I visited the area be it katsu, mag, or any other event. I've roomed in the Aloft once and the Westin a few times.
The convenience of having everything within the con's hotel is well worth the price. With that being said, if you're really looking to save a few bucks the hotels within the harbor are not bad at all. Sense the area is nothing more than a tourist trap, the walk during night is pretty safe aside from the bitter cold. You'll also be closer to the restaurants so there's that. Keep in mind some of these hotels' (Can confirm for Westin) elevators require a key to operate.

>>8799519
>That one AoT cosplayer that jumped from the gazebo floor a few years ago.
I wish I saw that one.

>>8805627
Not really something related to my cosplays. But I started buying fancy expensive chocolate from the store down the street and pass it out during the meet up. V-day being on a Sunday where a good portion of the people are more focused on hauling ass out, eh maybe something will come to mind during eventually.

>>8805527

I'm still trying to figure out what is so triggering and important?

>>8806165
Never heard about the AoT cosplayer, wtf happened?

>>8806027
Cosplayers and Photographers are the biggest group of whiteknighting faggots in history.

I got kicked out of there after going off on some slore in an argument, even though I was completely right.

Luckily, no one in that group has any kind of skill, so nothing of value was lost. If you go into Cosplayers and Photographers looking for a photographer, you're gonna have a bad time.

>>8803922
Cry more piss baby

>>8806627

I can definitely see why you were kicked out. Good on them.