Worst Con Story Contest (WCSC)

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Worst Con Story Contest (WCSC)

Postby OtakuForLife » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:27 pm

Ok, here's the deal :)
I'll give people a week to post their worst con stories
the winner with ether get a forum signature (that has the award icon on it)
or I may do an AMV of their chosing. Depending on how bad the
story is. So why do I want them? Well, I can change the names involved
and use in my up coming con surival panel at Anime Boston. Any takers?
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Postby WarpedElements » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:29 pm

I went to a con. ANd it just sucked. It was called Nekocon. All the AMVs were second rate shit made with the subtitles still in most of their footage. Almost none of the guests showed up, and the majority of the dealer room was shit you coulda gotten at a comic book store for less cash. And i wasted 35 bucks for a weekend pass.
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Postby OtakuForLife » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:30 pm

Humorus but, not really discriptive enough :)
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Postby WarpedElements » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:35 pm

Think of it like this: "Don't waste your time at other cons. We HAVE STUFF HERE!" or something. Though they did have a game room with actual arcade setup (no charge of course), old school sega and shit, and a huge projector TV for SNK.
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Postby narcted » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:01 am

Con survival? I'm no whiner but I was at a con that actually became Survivor. This is really not a con nightmare story but rather an example of when it really matters to be prepared when you go to a con.

Katsucon 2003 got snowed in by a big snow storm. By order of the State of Virginia we were not allowed to leave the hotel for two days after the con ended. Otaku were reduced to foraging for food or ordering room service. Cup Ramen became a valuable commodity.

My group wasn't too badly affected. We were prepared. We had packed a cooler full of meat and had brought a George Foreman grill. So we ate well for those two days. My laptop provided hours upon hours of anime entertainment and I had internet access using Juno dial up. I was the only member with any kind of a credit history so I didn't have a problem covering the rooms on my Mastercard. Credit is great when you have a real emergency. And many of our friends who did not have a room but were also trapped we let into our room and they chipped in. Sure, I missed what was supposed to be my first day of work back home, but today I'm still working there and I enjoy my job. Basically everybody at the con was really upbeat about being trapped. We put on our own con during those days and I met a lot of new people. I really enjoyed the experience and plan to return next year.
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Postby OtakuForLife » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:12 am

Yeah, I was cuaght in that storm to. We made it to the rest station
in VA before all the roads where closed and managed to find almost everybody from are room there plus others. Then are Snow Con group took shelter at a neighterby hotel.
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Postby Rozard » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:08 pm

Well, at this past JACON, I went to sleep Friday morning around 5am, and when I woke up, I WAS SLEEPING NEXT TO DWCHANG!!!!! :shock:
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Postby Bloodyfäng » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:11 pm

Rozard wrote:Well, at this past JACON, I went to sleep Friday morning around 5am, and when I woke up, I WAS SLEEPING NEXT TO DWCHANG!!!!! :shock:



Did the title say Worst Con Lemon Story Contest?
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Postby )v(ajin Koji » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:13 pm

YES!
I'm bored and you're dumb. A match made in heaven.
- Kai Stromler to son_goten.
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Postby Rozard » Wed Nov 26, 2003 3:21 pm

lol, lemon
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Postby danielwang » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:21 pm

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My reservation got cancelled by The Hotel for not confirming, and I slept in ROOF ACCESS!

My colleagues at the Conference were egging: "Sleep is for the weak! Sleep is for the weak! Sleep is for the weak!"

Oh bofh.
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Postby OtakuForLife » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:59 pm

You sleept on the roof in nov. ?
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Postby Farmboybob » Wed Nov 26, 2003 5:59 pm

MinnieMoose wrote:I went to a con. ANd it just sucked. It was called Nekocon. All the AMVs were second rate shit made with the subtitles still in most of their footage. Almost none of the guests showed up, and the majority of the dealer room was shit you coulda gotten at a comic book store for less cash. And i wasted 35 bucks for a weekend pass.


What year did you go?

Back on topic, I have no bad con stories... yet. :?
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Postby Vale » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:21 pm

Acen 2000, the old hotel. 3 elevators. one broke, with me in it, with some 9 smelly guys straight from the game room. Unbearable. I think i passed out because i woke up on the 4th floor just outside the elavators. Then there was Acen 2001 when that guy stabbed me in the head with a pen at the rave. I was bleeding pretty bad.
im sorry, i retrect the last statment.
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Postby WarpedElements » Wed Nov 26, 2003 9:54 pm

This year's nekocon. It was bad.
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