Zero Serenity wrote:Senta wrote:"CHAIR!!!"
Pardon for being a complete newb here, but what excactly does this mean?
-Zero
There's dispute as to where it actually started, but I understand that it began at a west coast con in 1997 or 1998 when a chair was accidentally left on the stage during the cosplay and nobody did anything about it until people in the audience started yelling "Chair! Chair!" It became a chant very quickly in the packed room, and people started carrying it to other cons in the area, and eventually to the east coast in 1999 or 2000. It has also spread from just the cosplay to any heavily-attended event at a convention, including AMV showings.
In the seven years since it started, the chant has become widely despised among frequent con attendees, and will often result in death threats towards people who try to start up the chant. I've seen convention chairpeople make the threats from stage, even.
The chant especially irritates me as it's a representation of a mindless sheep mentality.