The INfamous MC
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Topic please.
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Topic Please
We were only talking about what every newbie needs to know about...
Which is fine, but when the topic starts getting side comments, it starts going OT. If you have further comments or questions about this, please direct them to me personally via PM.
/Resume topic of being Newbies to Otakon.
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Topic Please
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Our Dealer's room head is currently out of the country, so please be paitent in awaiting a reply. It might be a week or so til he gets back to you.
And Motoki-o, I understand your concern for correcting someone's spelling of Otakon, but next time, instead of posting your concerns on the forum and taking things off topic, please contact the person via PM.
Resume topic
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Low Carb Monster, Zero Carb Rockstar, and Rockstar shots are my poisons of choice when I need the boost really bad.
...that or a large coffee with 4 shots of espresso.
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I think one of my favorite, memorable encounters about Otakon was at BWI after the convention and getting into a discussion with a couple fans who were on the same flight with me..and finding out that one of them was a forum user who was shocked to find out who I was lol.
I also had an Otakon encounter while on the train to NYC last month. I was on the phone with a staffer discussing some con business when someone asked me if I worked for Otakon.
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As someone who stayed in the hotel last month, I can assure that the Hilton has heavy duty blinds that block out the lights.
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I'll have our web people look into this. There might be a issue in our back end on this.
Thank you for letting us know.
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Topic please (Please PM the explanation of the Star Trek Cycle to Pako Pako if you know what it is)
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Deep breath, RELAX. People are entitled to like what they want to like and should NOT have to get heated over their personal choices.
Schala, PyronIkari, if you want to continue it between the two of you, TAKE IT off the forum and to the PMs. Any further snitting back and forth between the two in this topic and the thread WILL be locked.
~Topic Please
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Topic please, this is about Programming Ideas for Otakon 2009.
Thanks
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I just want Japanese cosmetics. I can get Shu Uemura and the regular Shiseido cosmetics here in the states, but I would love to get my hands on Majolica Majorca (The Shiseido stuff I REALLY want to try), Etude House, Jill Stuart, and Kanebo.
Yeah..I should mention that I am a cosmetics freak...@_@
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Topic Please (what did you buy at Otakon)
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I edited the topic title.....because it was kinda misleading to say driving through the BCC and I was having visions of people driving into the BCC instead of through it. O_O
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Topic please (AUSA)
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Con noob! what, where, when is Katsucon?
Should have all of that info you need that you just asked.
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2. Watching the members of The Daizystrippers get their hair and make up done (I am a cosmetics/beauty nut, so this was awesome)
I wonder how long that took...
Amusingly, I never actually saw them IN their makeup. But from prior rock band experience, I'm thinking that the term "brutally efficient" might be appropriate.
Jim hit the nail on the head. It must have been about an hour or so for them to get themselves ready...make up, hair, and all.
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No, this is not allowed, especially if it was someone who wasn't selling in the Dealer's Room as dealer or an Artist in the Alley.
For future reference, if you ever see anyone selling stuff outside the of the Alley or Dealer's Room, report it to a staffer immediately. Stuff like that is considered solicitation which is NOT allowed in the BCC.
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1. Making the members of The Underneath laugh when we discovered cream cheese on the front my dark blue jeans.
2. Watching the members of The Daizystrippers get their hair and make up done (I am a cosmetics/beauty nut, so this was awesome)
3. Having the pleasure of working in a new area of the con I would have never saw myself working and enjoying almost every minute of it lol.
4. This was post con, but talking to a member of the BBS at the airport and getting a huge hug from her when she found out I was "MC". It made my day even though I was half asleep at the time.
5. The attendees who stopped and thanked me (as a staffer) for Otakon and putting on a great con. It means a lot to me when someone comes up praises us for Otakon. It makes all the sweat, work, and tears we put into this convention year round worth every minute.
6. The smiles and "arigato" I got from one of the daughters of the Rakugo performers when I gave her a stuffed Mokona.
7. Stealing bobn64's scooter and driving it around lol.
8. Seeing so many people I get to see once a year.
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I WISHED that I could've gone to the Edo Sushi meetup this year, but unfortunately, my TCG schedule prevented it from happening. It could be cool if a Edo Sushi meetup could occur during the convention. But an officially sanctioned Otakon Edo Sushi meetup? That could be cool, but would Otakon have enough staff to even do that? I would volunteer to be staff of a department that would organize such a meetup and I'm quite sure that Shiro420 would volunteer to be staff to officially organize such a meetup... This could be an idea we could propose to Otakon and see if they would be willing to have staff to organize this.
Not to down the idea, but to place a realistic spin on this:
In a short answer, no, there would not be enough staff to do an officially sanctioned Edo Meet Up. We hardly had enough staff to cover registration, Spec Ops, and various other places this year where we truly needed people. These sort of meet ups should be done outside the staff realm and are usually out of our control (as they should be, because our staff really need to be in the BCC taking care of things in there)...and for staff to arrange a Thursday night gathering, it wouldn't happen. Thursday is our set up day. All staff on site are checking in, working pre-reg, and setting up the con.
If staff were to do a meet up of sorts, it would be an Official Otakon BBS meet up usually organized by a member of BBS staff, however in the past years, many of us who are Otakon BBS staff have At Con duties that usually take priority. And unfortunately, despite initial interest, people will usually drop out of meet ups because other things come up. It looks like that was the case with this meet up this year. Even if we had the resources to use for something like this, with the history it wouldn't make sense to spend them on such a low-attendance venture.
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$204: Round Trip Ticket to Baltimore from Providence
$380: Food and Money spent in dealer's room, taxi fare, The Alley, Forever 21, and other places..
Total: $584
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Working on the con all year round prevents me from dwelling on post con depression lol.
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Place I stayed: Sheraton Inner Harbor
Number of people in room: 4
Hotel Staff: Incredibly helpful and polite. The best I have dealt with in my years of going to Otakon since 2000.
Walk to the con center: Like a 1 minute walk from the BCC
The bad: Small bathrooms, no fridge or microwave in the regular guest rooms. The group of people screaming in the hallway on Saturday night at 3AM where I actually poked my head out the door and told them to be quiet or I'll call the front desk to complain since other Otakon staffers were on that floor trying to get sleep, no free internet.
The good: HUGE bathtub to soak in after a crazy day (and if your roommates don't mind lol), comfy beds, easy to use coffee makers for the bleary eyed like myself at 6AM, being extremely close to the BCC, chocolate on the bed, access to the Skywalk to get to many places.
Would you stay there again?: Absolutely. I have grown to love the Sheraton. XD
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My Personal Shoppers (yes, I had personal shoppers because I was too busy to get to the Dealer's Room) got me:
- A big Domo-Kun Plushie
- 4 Mokonas for gifts for people
- A Nana Komatsu necklace
- A couple of Tare-panda things for my nieces
From Artist Alley
- An onigri shirt with the words "Fear my Cuteness" on it
Thursday Pre-reg line
in Otakon 2009
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Topic please (pre-reg line)