Is this chant getting old or what?!

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Is this chant getting old or what?!

Postby genestarwind21122 » Fri Mar 14, 2003 11:31 pm

I was wondering how many of you are tired of hearing the "chair chant " at the conventions. Mr.Oni don't say a word to you know who. Anyway let me know. I'm just curious because it has been going on for a while. Maybe I should "Rock Bottom" the Pikachu if they do that game again this year for the heck of it.
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Postby The Wired Knight » Sat Mar 15, 2003 2:53 pm

Ok, next time I'm chanting "stool" or "bench" or how about this....?

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Postby UncleMilo » Sat Mar 15, 2003 3:32 pm

I know a lot of the people who run conventions are very annoyed with the chair chant.

Most people don't even know where the chair chant came from, but they chant it anyway because they want to proove quite quickly what eager little sheep they are.

At Fanime, they did a death to chair skit.

Chair was funny when it happened, but it stopped being funny after a while and now it's very annoying.

I would love it if people didn't chant anything. Replacing the word "Chair" with another noun is actually worse.

Kinda reminds me of the scene in Monty Python's Life of Brian where everyone is arguing if they should follow the gourd or the shoe (and so on)

I would urge to anyone who goes to a convention to NOT chant Chair (or any other known)... I know the people who run the cons and even some of the guests would appretiate it.

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I agree.

Postby genestarwind21122 » Sat Mar 15, 2003 9:58 pm

I agree with you. I mean what if you were that person that started up that chant as a joke but now it willn't leave you alone. So for whoever started this chant I hope it stops for you.
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Postby EarthCurrent » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:35 pm

whoa...I have no idea what the chair chant is...
I must go to the wrong events at cons or simply be regularly too drunk to know what's going on....
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Postby Rozard » Sun Mar 16, 2003 12:58 am

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Postby dokidoki » Sun Mar 16, 2003 3:07 am

earthcurrent wrote:whoa...I have no idea what the chair chant is...
I must go to the wrong events at cons or simply be regularly too drunk to know what's going on....

It happens during cosplays. The origin was some con (reports vary as to which) years ago where a staffer put a chair onstage at one point, and not much else happened for a while. (some holdup or something)

Anyway, people started cheering for it and it became a celebrity/icon. :P
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Postby dwchang » Sun Mar 16, 2003 3:38 am

It happens during cosplays. The origin was some con (reports vary as to which) years ago where a staffer put a chair onstage at one point, and not much else happened for a while. (some holdup or something)

Anyway, people started cheering for it and it became a celebrity/icon.


I don't think I've ever heard this chant at ACen. Weird...I must not go to the right cons...or rather I do :-P. See Tim, another reason to come to ACen :-P
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Postby dokidoki » Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:05 am

Once again, Anime Central conlicts with Anime North.
Tell those punks to shape up. ;)
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Postby dwchang » Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:23 am

Once again, Anime Central conlicts with Anime North.
Tell those punks to shape up.


Oh trust me, I've been talking to them about changing a couple things, but this is not one of them...sorry.

Although it would've been highly unlikely that I'd go (even in the near future), I hope it doesn't continue to be this way since I'd like to go to Canada some time (and what better than a con heh). I guess I'll see you, Vlad and the other Canadians at AWA :-P But apparently Vlad sucks (from previous thread in Contests haha)
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:41 am

dwchang wrote:
Once again, Anime Central conlicts with Anime North.
Tell those punks to shape up.


Oh trust me, I've been talking to them about changing a couple things, but this is not one of them...sorry.

Although it would've been highly unlikely that I'd go (even in the near future), I hope it doesn't continue to be this way since I'd like to go to Canada some time (and what better than a con heh). I guess I'll see you, Vlad and the other Canadians at AWA :-P But apparently Vlad sucks (from previous thread in Contests haha)


Maybe... but I don't suck as much as dokidoki

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Postby dwchang » Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:46 pm

Maybe... but I don't suck as much as dokidoki


Argh I was almost positive you wouldn't read this :-P. Looks like I was wrong. Haha!
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Postby Yosho » Sun Mar 16, 2003 6:11 pm

I agree with all those who hate the chair. I heard from a friend of mine that it started at Otakon 2000 during the cosplay (although I heard from someone that it may have started somewhere else). One of the staffers put a chair out on stage, but the cosplayers were too nervous to go on. So there was a good 30 seconds (at least) of just the chair on the stage. People got bored too quickly so they started chanting. When my friend told me this it seemed pretty funny. But he then told me that people would start chanting "chair" to boo cosplayers off the stage, and that the chanters wouldn't stop. All of the sudden it didn't seem that funny anymore.

I got a sense of what it was like when I went to Otakon 2001. It was horrible. :cry:
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Postby anneke » Mon Mar 17, 2003 12:37 am

I just want to change the chant from 'chair' to 'corn'. It will be so amusing to see hords of fan boys chanting and wanting corn. <giggles>

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Postby JustinCredible » Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:53 am

I've never been to Anime North, and I've seen this come up @ CNAnime... ahwell.

Instead of chanting 'chair'... and the event taking place in canadian... chant 'You Screwed Bret'... I assure you instant laughs... well from me anyways! :wink:
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