What are your best and worst experiences at Conventions

[angelmage99]

Best Experiences

1. My then boyfriend proposing to me on the last day of con with his mom, aunt, cousin, and cousins wife all there.
2. Coming home from my first Kuroneko Con and having 20 friend request. I'm still friends and buddies with many of them.
3. Not so much a single experience, but being able to fill many roles at a convention. From giving advice to committee members (I have friends who are members at two different conventions), volunteer, security, and even as a vender/vender minion.
4. Meeting Darrel Guilbeau, then my sister proceeding to ask for her boob to be signed.


Worst Experience:
1. I meet a rapist at one and he was trying to hit on me. I didn't know till months later who he really was.
2. Being stalked by some weeb 14 year old who acted like she knew every anime.
3. This may not really count, but learning my favorite sushi place (that I go to each time I'm in Seattle with a friend for con) closed.  

[Rissa Unit]

Listing my experiences by their meaning and importance to me. ^^

Best Experiences:
1. Getting cheered up by a friendly woman who turned out to be a funny panelist after my "friend" ditched me at my first convention and being able to thank the woman for her comfort two years later.
2. I was able to go to the same anime convention with my best friend 3 years in a row. We had a blast every time. She did a human Bill Cipher Cosplay and I did a punk rock lolita neko one year..
3. I got to trade a bunch of anime for a mint condition Negima manga collection of volumes 1 - 24. My convention has a trade day the last day of the con and you're not allowed to buy anything but instead you trade and barter for things other people have brought.
4. The awesome feeling of accomplishment of saving my own money for a year and a half to afford merch from the conventions.


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Worst Experiences:
1. Being ditched by a so-called "friend" the first day of the convention after buying her ticket to the convention for her as well as mine. Severe anxiety of her ditching me again made me too scared to return to the con the next two days of it...
2. Bringing the wrong kind of shoes and being in complete agony after walking around for hours & having my boot zippers break halfway there on the walk from the hotel to the convention.
3. Losing an opportunity to trade for a rare anime collection because someone else broke the rules and paid for the anime by paying for the person's next convention ticket and hotel costs. (Although to be fair, I'd have taken that offer too...)
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[ChaosKnights]

Best experiences:
1. First time ever going and feeling the energy and enthusiasm of everyone just being there.
2. Witnessed a 'miracle' when by all statistical odds shouldn't have happened. A guy was playing a game show with three others. Based on results they were able to pick a surprise prize amongst 20 items or steal from one of their contestants. This guy being last place gets stolen from 3 times with each prize being better then the last until he eventually got himself a Wii. Holy sh*t that was amazing to see.
3. Winning giant jenga for the first time.
4. Met Monty Oum

Worse experience:
1. Wearing cosplay that had no ventilation and I ended up cooking quite a bit.
2. Someone was sick and it spread like wildfire which ended up getting everyone sick at the convention. Myself included. Crappiest week ever.
3. Summer like weather always sucks.
4. Costume malfunction when something breaks and it isn't an easy fix. Part of my keyblade broke one time.

Best/worse experience?
To this day I'm still not sure how to feel about it. It was the first time I cosplayed and this girl dressed as Haruhi Suzumiya groped my butt. On one hand, socially unacceptable. On the other, flattered as I'm a pretty mediocre guy who generally gets ignored most of the time.  

[ChaosKnights]

smithers456

That is really cool that you met Monty Oum. smile I Love and own the RWBY anime series. I can agree about summer weather. One year I got really bad sun burn. I'm curious about the giant Jenga competition. How big were the pieces. Typically most Cosplayers get upset when they get groped because it's socially unacceptable and their is a chance of their cosplay outfit getting damaged.

 

[ChaosKnights]

smithers456

That video is really cool!! Do you remember what convention or event the competition was at?

Fanimecon at San Jose, California.