Otakon 2011 - once more, with feeling!

[Edible]

Hey guys guess who the Yankees are playing Otakon weekend  :V

Thankfully, the Yankees are playing at home.

[Momiji]

Hey guys guess who the Yankees are playing Otakon weekend  :V

Again?  :V

Also, yeah, please join the #conmeido channel on ppirc.net, for all your con-planning needs.

[triangles]

Yeah but at least we're not sharing the Inner Harbor food court with eleventy billion Yankee fans :V 

Just thought it was funny it's the same weekend anyway, but maybe that's how baseball work.

[Reddyne]

O's or not, Yankees or not, I haven't seen a baseball game firsthand since Roger Clemens was a Blue Jay.

Oh, I miss it so much. :<

[Kiro]

I think I'm going to make it out this year.

Question: What's a good departure time for Sunday? This should take into consideration con activities, anything else this group might have planned for the afternoon and then transit to Baltimore's airport. I'm pretty flexible on this and I've decided on the Thursday arrival time already. Thanks.

[triangles]

Hmmm, there tends to be a concert on Sunday noon/early afternoon (2009 Naomi Tamura  :*) and I like the art auction since we're looking to get some nerdy Nice Things for our house.  Usually by 2-3ish I'm on the road because I get to drive home on KILGA'S FAVORITE ROAD BEEPBEEP. 

This year I gotta hunt you all down on Thursday.  I was with my ~*~serious business~*~ cosplayer friends last time on Thursday before which was awkward and they were too busy sewing and having petty drama to eat dinner at a reasonable hour  :ohdear: 

[Edible]

Right.  My Otakon roommates didn't get art tables due to the new lottery system and are extremely unlikely to go.  As such, I have some spots open (read: all of them except mine).

Staying 3 nights, thursday afternoon to sunday morning.  I'll be at the Sheraton Inner Harbor, right next to the convention center; it is directly connected via skywalk.

Interested in three roommates for a total of four people in the room.  It's one kingsize bed in a nonsmoking room.  ~$120 for all three nights is my estimate after taxes.

I would greatly prefer to have roommates I'm familiar with, so please don't be offended if I turn you down. <_<;  Gender is irrelevant to me as I will respect your privacy either way, but I would prefer that you be 18 or older.  As I'm limiting the number of people in the room, space should not be an issue if you are a heavy cosplayer.

One more spot left~

[Kilgamayan]

Usually by 2-3ish I'm on the road because I get to drive home on KILGA'S FAVORITE ROAD BEEPBEEP.

My FAVORITE ROAD has since changed to CT-15 because, as much as there tends to be Sunday traffic out the ass on the NJT, there is also at least some shit to look at, even if it's just the sky and the occasional warehouse. CT-15 is absolute murder on a driver, especially coming home from the Baltimore/DC area. There is fucking nothing to look at. Barely any sky, no shops, no buildings no warehouses, very few intersecting roads, not even very many cars. Nothing but dense trees goddamn everywhere for I don't even know how long but I'm pretty sure I regularly spend over an hour on it each way.

Fuck CT-15 and the Merritt Parkway right up the ass.

[Reddyne]

My FAVORITE ROAD has since changed to CT-15 because, as much as there tends to be Sunday traffic out the ass on the NJT, there is also at least some shit to look at, even if it's just the sky and the occasional warehouse. CT-15 is absolute murder on a driver, especially coming home from the Baltimore/DC area. There is fucking nothing to look at. Barely any sky, no shops, no buildings no warehouses, very few intersecting roads, not even very many cars. Nothing but dense trees goddamn everywhere for I don't even know how long but I'm pretty sure I regularly spend over an hour on it each way.

Fuck CT-15 and the Merritt Parkway right up the ass.

I think the only reason I prefer CT-15 over the NJTP is because it eventually winds up somewhere instead of the same bumper sticker you've been chasing for the last two and a half hours. Then again, CT-15's repetitive scenery has the added benefit of lulling you into a lethargic state, which is perfect for vacuous, unlit stretches of highway when you lose all sense of speed and find a sharp 30 degree angle turn at the base of a hill.

[Menorah Jams, Pham]

The Merritt Pkwy/CT-15 combo is a BEAUTIFUL drive which I cannot wait to take my midlife-crisis mobile down when I get one.  Although yeah, driving it on anything other than empty traffic probably sucks total ass.  D:

Acela is not an option?

[Reddyne]

The Merritt Pkwy/CT-15 combo is a BEAUTIFUL drive which I cannot wait to take my midlife-crisis mobile down when I get one.  Although yeah, driving it on anything other than empty traffic probably sucks total ass.  D:

During the day, sure, but certainly not in the dead of night when the only light you're afforded comes from your headlights. It can still be a bit bland considering that the trees are what stands out beyond anything else. Even in my little corner of suburbia, I can drive down certain streets and have a chance to see songbirds of a wide variety, hawks, woodchucks, wild turkeys, deer, and the occasional great blue heron. I guess CT-15's spectrum of things to look at just doesn't seem as colorful to me.   

Acela is not an option?

It's been a four man party van for us on the way down both of the two years we've gone. It saves money and makes it more convenient to travel on our terms.

[Menorah Jams, Pham]

Even in my little corner of suburbia, I can drive down certain streets and have a chance to see songbirds of a wide variety, hawks, woodchucks, wild turkeys, deer, and the occasional great blue heron.

That sounds awesome!

Also fyi, we still have room for an optional fifth in our room - that'll be the absolute maximum we'll have.  Come hang with us and get into ERRY COOL PARTY.  Or just sleep!

[Edible]

"Coming soon : 1-2 anime directors; 1-2 anime producers; 3-6 seiyu, a fashion guest, a handful of additional us voice actors, the main Sunday musical guest, and at least two additional musical acts."

Posted on the official forums.

o_O

[Kilgamayan]

They're handing out panel notices. Apparently everyone will get one so they will know where their panel stands in terms of acceptance, which is a good thing.

I haven't seen one yet. Which is a bad thing.

[Edible]

Yeah, I heard about that.

"many panels that have run at several previous Otakons were also not selected this year" - Also from the forums

I've heard around the internets that several popular recurring panels were waitlisted in favor of new content.  Cross your fingers.

[Kilgamayan]

Congratulations!!  This panel has been selected for inclusion in Otakon?s Panels Programming for 2011.

\o/

Disaster averted, it seems.

[Mima-sama]

"Coming soon : 1-2 anime directors; 1-2 anime producers; 3-6 seiyu, a fashion guest, a handful of additional us voice actors, the main Sunday musical guest, and at least two additional musical acts."

Posted on the official forums.

o_O

Hoooly shit

Congratulations!!  This panel has been selected for inclusion in Otakon?s Panels Programming for 2011.

\o/

Disaster averted, it seems.

Hooray :]


Triangles: Let's get more drinks this time, I'm still underage so it's still super special.

[Byaaakuren]

Triangles: Let's get more drinks this time, I'm still underage so it's still super special.

I thought you were in your 20s o.o

I'm thinking of going to Otakon :3

[Momiji]

I'm thinking of going to Otakon :3

You should come.  Just ignore the random bodies strewn around the city.

[Mima-sama]

I thought you were in your 20s o.o

I'm thinking of going to Otakon :3

Everyone thinks that, I'm actually still 19, turning 20 tomorrow if you see the upcoming birthdays on the forums.

Yes, yes, come to otakon this will be excellent. :derp:

[Menorah Jams, Pham]

You should come.  Just ignore the random bodies strewn around the city.

Well, a great philosopher once said, and I quote, let the bodies hit the floor.

Mima, you need to be present for the continuing adventures of Wrench-Boy and Santa Claus with Chinese Girl Scout.  It's like Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, only good. 

[triangles]

Triangles: Let's get more drinks this time, I'm still underage so it's still super special.

Oh and I see there's a new wrench for Wrench Boy that can knock my drink all over Momiji  :V

At least now I know I don't have to waste us all a half hour for me to get my ID they don't check anyway!
(unless we go to a more reputable drinking establishment)

[Mimachiro]

More reputable? What's the fun in that?

[triangles]

Well we based our choice IIRC around "what is open at this hour that isn't crazycrowded also triangles needs to prove she's over 21"
Because girl scouts are too young to drink :V

Hotel bar/sorta restaurant it was!

Spoiler:

who knows if I will be decked out as girl scout, Easter bunny or ? for such drinking shenanigans

[Mimachiro]

Ah, that makes sense. It's not fun trying to get into a crowded bar; worse so when most of the occupants are drunken girls who think they're divas on karaoke night. No amount of booze can make that sound good.

[Mimachiro]

Discounted registration ends on the fourth; hope everyone already registered :3

[Gramity]

Might try to go next year if my cosplay is completed   :3

[triangles]

You should come THIS year anyway 

[Gramity]

I'm a little late though  and I really want that cosplay done before going :ohdear:

[Mimachiro]

Just come; I'm not cosplaying (not enough money for a good costume). I just want to go, have a good time, and get smashed at the bars later with my fellow [legal] Maidens. :3