I'm not exactly sure if this is appropriate for this board, but it is a convention related question so hopefully the anons here will have some insight.

I'm going to be going to Anime Expo. It's not my first con, and it's not even the first time that I've been to AX in particular. The thing is, I don't really feel like I've been getting the most out of my convention experiences. I am a fan of anime (though I'm into video games moreso) but I mostly just attend to hang out with my other friends who are going and in the end I feel like it's just an expensive way to hang out with people I could see any time.

But I keep seeing people talk about how much fun they have at cons, what a magical experience it is for them. I hear people who talk about meeting people who become lifelong friends at cons. And I want to understand that. This is the last year I'll be able to go to a con for a while thanks to my new job, and I really want to make the most of it.

So how do I really get the most out of my con experience? I'm really shy but I'd like to make this year count and try to have fun in a way different from just hanging out with my friends like usual, maybe even meet some new people. But I just don't understand how.

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/cgl/ humor/screencaps thread. Reaction images also welcome.

Old thread autosaged >>7576337
>good/bad cosplays
>Canon colours/references
>non shitty Chihiro,Chiaki,Junko,Asahina
>wig tips, make up, critique
>try not to be mean
>Good outfits that make you moist

Bad shoop thread. Post some shooping fail seagulls.
(let's keep it cosplay/lolita/j-fash related)

((Pic related is Moemo from PULL. She claims she doesn't edit at all. How ironic since she's one of the most active member on PULL.))

This is my plan for my first cosplay, I want to cosplay as Heather from Silent Hill 3. The thing is I want to cosplay as Heather from SH: Revelations movie instead of the game.
I hate turtlenecks and to make it worse, it's orange.
I still would wear the pendant, but I already found a reddish-orange hoodie and vest just like the one she wears in the movie. I will wear the skirt and boots just like the game but I'm going to wear leggings.
Would this be ok? or am I going against the rules of cosplaying?

pic related (game version of Heather)

Last thread was auto saging before people even began posting pics.

Let's try to have more pics than complaints about hotels this time, k?

¿Que tal os ha parecido el expomanga por hoy?

Creo que es un mejor título para esto, porque si vamos a hablar de temas así, pues vamos

Hey /cgl/.

Do you think cosplayers deserve their bad rep vis a viz being sluts and whores?