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Well hello, Florida Seagulls. It's been a slower year here, but I know you're out there and you know I'm out there. Our local scene keeps on with one location change after the other doesn't it? HolMat where MegaCon is, OtakuFest where "Super"con is (impending lols there), Mizucon where OtakuFest was, Anime Iwai at the far end of Palm Beach County >Alternate Title: Musical Venues Edition
>Anime in the Park - April 20 - Groveland >Sarasota Anime-Fest - April 27 - Sarasota >KirbiiCon - May 4 - Fort Lauderdale >OtakuFest - May 17-19 - Miami Beach >Mizucon - May 24-26 - Miami >Collect-A-Con Orlando - May 25-26 - Orlando >Finn-Con@MDC June 15 - Miami >Anime Festival Orlando - June 28-30 - Orlando >Metrocon - July 5-7 - Tampa >Florida Supercon - July 12-14 - Miami Beach >SWFL Anime-Fest - August 11 - Fort Myers >FT-Lauderdale Anime-Fest - September 15 - Fort Lauderdale >WasabiCon - October 11-13 - Jacksonville >Anime Iwai - November 15-17 - Palm Beach Gardens >Holiday Matsuri - December 20-22 - Orlando
Previous thread >>10803531 died from a lack of posts. Not all that surprising with how little there was to post about at the time. Personally I'm also somewhat done with /cgl/ and all the pointless con drama and have been focusing on other things. But now that we've got several conventions around the corner, have a new thread!
Question of the thread: What convention are you looking forward to the most this year and why?
Upcoming major events >22-23 Sep: Elfia Haarzuilens, a large popular outdoor fantasy event in Haarzuilens. >6-7 May: MIA NL, a popular commercial anime convention in Gorinchem. >21-21 May: Comic Con Brussels, a large commercial geek convention in Brussels. >9-11 June: Animecon, the oldest anime convention of the Netherlands, hosted in Rijswijk. >24-25 June: Heroes DCC, the largest commercial geek convention with a focus on dealers. >30 Jun-2 Jul: Dokomi DE, a large popular anime convention in Dusseldorf. >8-9 July: Atsusacon, Belgium's largest anime convention... I think? >3-6 August: Castlefest, a(nother) large popular outdoor fantasy event in Haarzuilens with tons of great food. >11-13 August: Abunai!, the second oldest and probably now largest anime convention of the Netherlands, hosted in Veldhoven. >12-13 August: Showmasters Comic Con Amsterdam, a geek convention in Amsterdam. >25-27 August: Viencon, a weekend with weebs at Center Parks Limburgse Peel. >7-8 October: Gameforce, a (new?) gaming festival to replace Firstlook. >21-22 October: FACTS, a popular commercial geek convention in Ghent.
Links and advice: >POSTS MADE IN DUTCH ARE AGAINST SITE-WIDE RULES AND WILL BE DELETED! >Quick, posture check! Go straighten that back you goblin! >Rentry guide to Dutch conventions, calander and such: https://rentry.org/cgldutchthread >Discord: https://discord.gg/QAYNyfY
You need to learn how to vibe and talk to people at conventions. If you're underage that's one thing. If you're old enough you should budget for a hotel room so you can party and party with strangers and make new friends. The best part about conventions is meeting people and subsequently running into them at other cons in other years and it's all so fucking beautiful. It's the only time you don't have to suppress your powerlevel because guess what? They know all the dumb memes you do and have a lot of overlap in interests and other things you enjoy. You can ask someone why they're green and actually learn something about Startrek because they fucking love star trek so much they painted themselves green! SO WHEN I ASK THEM THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO GUSH ABOUT THE SHIT THEY LOVE! I FUCKING LOVE NERD CONVENTION SHIT HOLY FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
New friend finder thread because people in the old one won't stop derailing it with dumb useless arguing
Same info as before: >ASL? >Lolita? Cosplay? You tell us. >Fav brands, substyles, anime, cosplay, etc. >Other hobbies, interests? >What are you looking for? >Not looking for? >Contact info >Anything else we should know?