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It is now December and the photo booth photos from Lyra's Formal Ball still have not surfaced. People who got their pictures taken there get excited to see them and keep asking about them various places online. Can we get those up please?

I, too, am looking forward to the 18,210th edition of Otakon.

Looks like some 2023 pictures have finally gone up at https://galleries.otakon.com/f483294978 Not too many, though, and it doesn't have things like the Formal Ball pictures that people look forward too. I assume more pictures will be uploaded later.

It has now been 6 weeks since Otakon 2023 came to a close and the Otakorp Galleries for the event have not yet been added. The galleries for 2021 and 2022 were up within 3 weeks. Can we get some assurance that the galleries are still a work in progress and are planned to be added sometime soon? People have been asking about them and looking forward to seeing pictures, particularly those who got their pictures taken at Lyra's Formal Ball or Masquerade participants who got photos taken at the photo booth the night of the masq.

For posterity: AMV Contest Winners Trailer/parody 2nd: Reading Reincarnation - ComiChan19 1st: Ultimate High School Jury Duty - SpuddStaaa Drama/Serious 2nd: Sad Trombone Noises - Troubleclef and SeanPNG 1st: Greedy - UnluckyArtist Upbeat/Dance 2nd: This is Anime - ThatOneGuy 1st: Make the Moves Up As I Go - SonsofKorhal9z Romance/Sentimental 2nd: Fictoromatic - Ileia 1st: Found x Family - Violet Skies Action 2nd: Battle of the Sexes - Lelani 1st: Take Back the Night - Lightning Bear Studios (Speedy180) Comedy 2nd: Attack on

I posted these other places but I only have a couple suggestions: Ray Chase, Max Mittelman, and Robbie Daymond, jointly of live stage show Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying (L.A.V.A.). They were very fun to watch at Otakon in 2018 and come with an all-ages show and an 18+ show. MOS, a very cool all-female neo brass band who have a repertoire including anime and video game arrangements. https://youtu.be/1L6kXN_UoLo?t=665 Now as seen on America's Got Talent: https://youtu.be/zlqZv4ZKY7I Finally, T.M.Revolution seems to come around on the round numbered Otakons (Otakon 10 and Otakon

Depending on what you're searching for, you might not see some of the smaller hotels because they only have double occupancy rooms. For example, if you put in that you have 4 guests, you'll never see Morrision-Clark, Eaton Hotel DC, or MOTTO by Hilton. Once Otakon figures out their actual room needs for staff, any rooms at Marriott Marquis and Renaissance they had blocked off for staff that aren't needed will be released to the general population. No ideas on when that actually happens, though.

The thus begins the Panel Feedback thread for Otakon 2023. Leave your thoughts on panels you attended and let the presenters know how they did.

Thursday (went to the National Zoo!): 20,026 Friday: 13,091 Saturday: 19,684 Sunday: 13,869

The boards have definitely been noticeably slow to load pages in the past week.

The Masquerade page on the website just updated with this information:Registration opens on July 12th, 2023 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time, or when all slots have been filled. Please note that the Otakon 2022 Masquerade slots were filled two days after opening.https://www.otakon.com/activities/masquerade/reg/

The Masquerade page on the website just updated with this information:Registration opens on July 12th, 2023 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time, or when all slots have been filled. Please note that the Otakon 2022 Masquerade slots were filled two days after opening.https://www.otakon.com/activities/masquerade/reg/

The Masquerade page on the website just updated with this information: Registration opens on July 12th, 2023 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time, or when all slots have been filled. Please note that the Otakon 2022 Masquerade slots were filled two days after opening. https://www.otakon.com/activities/masquerade/reg/

I'm a couple days late on this, but thank you for getting the Event Statistics page updated.

Ok, I got one. For musical guest, there is an all-female Japanese brass band called MOS that puts out some sweet neo brass tunes. They can be can be seen on YouTube and TikTok https://youtu.be/CSQtFFdTMTQ https://www.tiktok.com/@mos_brass?_t=8WV7KRquVGo&_r=1

Ray Chase, Max Mittelman, and Robbie Daymond, jointly of live stage show Loud, Annoying, and Very Annoying (L.A.V.A.). They were very fun to watch at Otakon in 2018 and it would be awesome to see what they put on in 2023!

I've seen very few people self report on Twitter that they had a positive Covid test after Otakon, though at least 2 people report that they got notice, I'm guessing via a contact tracing app, that they were exposed to Covid. There were far more people reporting negative tests. One unfortunate report was that Otakon guest Beau Billingslea had a positive Covid test on August 5th, so he encouraged everyone who had contact with him to get tested. https://twitter.com/BeauBillingslea/status/1555404822110617600?s=20&t=SCn3j9irJ_I5St-ScO9mGA

Great! I just wanted to bring it up as I figured the 2021 statistics update was overlooked sometime between 2021 and 2022. Of course the current post-con activities take priority and I look forward to seeing the page updated with both years later. Thanks, as always, Matt for the response and information. Much appreciated.

Oh sure, I wasn't expecting 2022 to be updated any time soon. I was asking about 2021, which is still missing! 🙂

Now that we are past Otakon 2022, do you think we could get the statistics for Otakon 2021 up on the Event Statistics page? https://www.otakon.com/info/about/stats/ I don't know if this would be considered to be added to the statistics page, but I would be interested in seeing the breakdown of the number of Supporting Memberships and Trial Memberships starting with 2018.

There was a staff application form on the website in the past, and it can still be found if you know how to find it. I wonder if that form actually goes anywhere if anyone would submit an application through it.

Hey folks! Now that hotel reservations are open for Otakon 2022, now seems a good time to invite people to join us on the UNOFFICIAL Otakon Discord Server. https://discord.gg/rcXMdHuESE Come chat with your fellow Otakon goers, discuss your cosplans, and connect with others for rooms or rides. And, of course, talk about anime! See you there!

LARP has continued, has been in the program (pg. 13 of the 2019 program, for example) and even happened this year! Otakon®: Live Action Role Playing

Photoshoots (Cosplay Coordination) are scheduled based on if an attendee sign up to run one and if it got approved. The deadline for sign ups was July 8th with some final calls made after that date on Social Media made on July 15th. If a Danganronpa photo shoot is not on the schedule, it might be that no one signed up for one. https://www.otakon.com/activities/cosplay-coordination/

Otakon on Instagram (otakonpics account) said on Friday the 9th that badge mailing is scheduled to begin July 12th with all badge deliveries completed by July 31.