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Vice & Luna - 05/09/2017

... Dump her. Dump her now, Maybell, before it's too late!

Surely the 'wall-slam' should be cause for concern by itself!

Nope, I'm with Luna on this one. "Too mainstream" is a valid complaintfor these things. It's not a problem with the mainstream content itself, but with the people it brings. It's usually people who are there for one single thing, not the actual convention. Nothing wrong with that. I just can't stand to be around those people.

Vaisaga wrote:

... Dump her. Dump her now, Maybell, before it's too late!

Surely the 'wall-slam' should be cause for concern by itself!

I share Luna's frustration concerning "mainstream" conventions. The mainstream content itself isn't the problem; it's the people that is attracted to it. Many, if not most, of them are there for just a few certain events, or even just one of them, and after that, they never reappear for the next con unless at least one of these said events will reappear as well.

I'm really confused as to how this would affect your enjoyment of a convention. Are these friends of yours? Do these people frequently openly declare to everyone that the con they're currently at has only a few things they plan on doing? Like, I'm not trying to be difficult, but I fail to see how people's reasons for attending a con affect others in any way possible outside of some highly specific examples.

A big reason why I don't go to Anime Central any more is because of the crowd of people that I notice attends the con. Many of them are there particularly for the raves, with several of these people openly declaring that's the only reason they're there and openly mocking the cosplayers and attendees there for the ACTUAL convention. Considering how much time the con had devoted to the rave - including giving it an extra 2-3 hours after cancelling the Masquerade after one jerk pulled the fire alarm and forcing the con center to evacuate back in 2012, as well as booking somewhere between 5-10 different DJs just for these events over the last few years I did attend - it definitely doesn't make me want to attend it again.

I prefer going to Anime Midwest; it's much smaller, there's a little more of a wide spread in topics and not just on mainstream anime, and there's less dedication to the dances in comparison to the rest of the con's themes.

I'll admit that I've never gone to a Comic Con, but whenever there's one in the area I'll look it up online and... it just seems like it'd be boring for me. It's sad because all of my friends like geeky stuff but aren't big into anime, so in theory it sounds like a place we could compromise on. But I don't like Star Trek, Star Wars, or super heroes, couldn't get in to Dr. Who, and have nothing against American comics/cartoons but there aren't any I really follow either. So... I'd maybe get to pick up some cute Pokemon crafts in the Artist Alley.