Otakon 2012 - get your guns on, July 27th-29th

[Jana]

But Cal-Tort has free refills on iced tea! :c

[Kilgamayan]

CalTort has some good stuff, don't get me wrong.

But every time I'm there, the line is twenty people long, there's no room to move, much less sit, the food takes a long time to come because of how many people there are, and it's at 130 degrees the entire time I'm there.

I'm tired of it. Otakon has been more work, chore, and aggravation than fun the last two years, and it's largely because of things like that. So fuck it. I'm going to Otakon this year to have some fun.

[Edible]

Yeah, fuck that noise this year. I've already decided I'm bringing enough food that I'll be able to eat lunch out of a cooler all three days.

+1

Their food is good, but goddamn every time I'm there it takes half the con to get food.  I guess that's what they get for being the closest cheap-food place in walking distance from one of the two major entrances.

[triangles]

Tuna packets and pita bread for all!!!

[Edible]

Tuna packets and pita bread for all!!!

F YES

[Tengukami]

Did they close Crazy John's?

[Momiji]

GREETINGS FROM BAWLMER CITY

You know, we could walk down to the Cross Street Market area for food at some point.  It's a little bit of a walk but there's a fair amount of eating places around there.  And it's a decent area too, and definitely not a tourist trap area like the Harborplace.

[triangles]

Did they close Crazy John's?

I don't see it on the area map Otakon puts out but then again they still have Afghan Kebob listed (RIP  ) so ~who knows~

And yeah that guest list is pretty meager for the T-2 month mark.  I'm not holding out hope there's going to be someone like Shinkai (who was announced at the end of June IIRC) where I'll be at every single event come hell or high water, and I know that they're probably saving the big kahunas for the 20th anniversary next year but really?  Not even one of the East Coast dubbing regulars by now?

[Kilgamayan]

You know, we could walk down to the Cross Street Market area for food at some point.  It's a little bit of a walk but there's a fair amount of eating places around there.  And it's a decent area too, and definitely not a tourist trap area like the Harborplace.

This will depend on the weather and the condition of my foot.

[Gpop]

This will depend on the weather and the condition of my foot.

After AN oh god I dunno if if I'm willing to be walking as much as well.

SOMEONE CARRY ME

[Tengukami]

To the east of the Harbor - but totally worth it, if you ask me - is a place called La Rotiseria which serves the best Central American food I've ever tasted with, you guessed it, rotisserie chicken. The place is amazing.

[Greyn]

I will not be attending Otakon this year.  I have decided this summer to be productive and fuck off to China to become a ninja.  When I return in [REDACTED] I will become the hero Baltimore deserves, but not the hero it needs.  Until that time comes you chumps are on your own keeping Mr. Potato Sack in check.  (Tip:  Don't drink the local water supply)

I'll be studying in China for the summer, learning to become a Pro PRC Laowai, staying in Beijing and Tianjin, wrestling between chronic mudbutt and Ciprofloxacin, pound watered down alcohol like a champ at the local bars and clubs, absorbing the deliciously thick air pollution, making stops in Chengdu, Nanjing, and Shanghai, acquiring that hot asian waifu that nerds fantasize over, and dining with Panda's family at the sanctuary.



TLDR Version:  Otakon no go this summer,  China fuck yeah!

[Reddyne]

After AN oh god I dunno if if I'm willing to be walking as much as well.

SOMEONE CARRY ME

My blood blisters are ready!

To the east of the Harbor - but totally worth it, if you ask me - is a place called La Rotiseria which serves the best Central American food I've ever tasted with, you guessed it, rotisserie chicken. The place is amazing.

To be honest, I don't think many of the people who aren't native to the area have actually gone about the area and eaten much outside of what's immediately available, so something new might be a good idea. I still haven't had any crab cakes, meself.

[Edible]

I don't think many of the people who aren't native to the area have actually gone about the area and eaten much outside of what's immediately available

BECAUSE BALTIMORE IS SCARYTOWN USA

[Tengukami]

La Rotiseria is in Fell's Point, though. Last I remember, that was families and tourists by day, frat boys by night.

[Reddyne]

BECAUSE BALTIMORE IS SCARYTOWN USA

I watched Fist of the North Star over the last several months. I know how to defend myself and my friends. And how to be stoic and have big bushy eyebrows.

[Tengukami]

"YOU ALREADY DEAD, YO"

[Edible]

"YOU ALREADY DEAD, YO"

blat blat

[triangles]

China fuck yeah!

Only acceptable penance is to take lots and lots of panda pictures and post them for us.

To be honest, I don't think many of the people who aren't native to the area have actually gone about the area and eaten much outside of what's immediately available, so something new might be a good idea. I still haven't had any crab cakes, meself.

Probably less due to Murdermore and moreso that it takes a larger time investment from con shenanigans, at least during prime Otakon hours.  Also death humidity.
As for crab cakes, MJP and I have gone to Obryki's (maybe that's the right spelling?) on Thursday nights since it's not too far away but still off the beaten congoer path.

[Reddyne]

As for crab cakes, MJP and I have gone to Obryki's (maybe that's the right spelling?) on Thursday nights since it's not too far away but still off the beaten congoer path.

This place was mentioned last year, but I don't know if anything became of it. Though really, since I had to work 4 10 hour days in a row including Thursday and then hop a train just to make it to Baltimore at all last year, I can't remember ANYthing that happened on the Thursday before Otakon anyhow. x_x

[Tengukami]

No matter what any Baltimore native such as myself might tell you, crab cakes are pretty hard to fuck up, so you'll likely get comparable quality pretty much anywhere.

There. Now I have to go into hiding lest the Crab Squad find me.

[Rin Kagamine]

I watched Fist of the North Star over the last several months. I know how to defend myself and my friends. And how to be stoic and have big bushy eyebrows.

Screaming until your shirt disintegrates off your chest will probably ensure that you won't need to defend yourself.

[Gpop]

Screaming until your shirt disintegrates off your chest will probably ensure that you won't need to defend yourself.

Being a black belt in Tae Kwon Do might do so though :smug:

[Edible]

Screaming until your shirt disintegrates off your chest will probably ensure that you won't need to defend yourself.

Vic, you coming this year?  MUSCLES GLASSES COSPLAY?

Read your earlier post.  GOD DAMMIT GERMANY

[Greyn]

blat blat

You wear red in Compton?  You is crazy sum'bitch.

[Rein]

Well shit

I wasn't planning on caring about this or any anime conventions that weren't advertised as epic lulz incoming, but Gpop is going. And so are several other friends, one of which will be crossdressing and I need to see this for blackmail reasons. So I might just have to embark on a cross-country (well, two states) adventure!

Time to SPEND ALL THE MONEY

[Momiji]

I wasn't planning on caring about this or any anime conventions that weren't advertised as epic lulz incoming, but Gpop is going.

*doubletake*  Wait....  WHAT

Letting you know that I have a good possibility that I'll be there actually.

....

WAU 

[Gpop]

PS: everyone direct me to all the koishi touhou swag once dealer's room opens.

[Edible]

PS: everyone direct me to all the koishi touhou swag once dealer's room opens.

Just listen for a douchebag yelling about yaoi and you'll find the right vendor.

[Gpop]

Just listen for a douchebag yelling about yaoi and you'll find the right vendor.

They haven't banned him yet? We had a guy like that at AN before, but they kicked him out for being a public disturbance :V