i mean i try but i just feel out of place. im just a laid back guy that likes to chill and talk about anime and play a game or something you know not running around shouting anime quotes, speaking japanese and just doing loud random things. i mean nothing wrong if you do, i just dont and thats what most people at anime conventions do. maybe im not doing something right. is there like a guide for first timers at anime conventions on how to like fit it. sorry if this sounds like a weird question.
but then again maybe conventions just arent for me
ur looking at the wrong people there then, because, im someone like you as well, and i enjoy anime conventions very much. just go to the game room, and talk to some chill people. basically, anyone not in cosplay pretty much, haha (yeah sorry cosplayers, you know its true). go where you feel right. but then of course, it also depends alot, so, yeah, mabye they might not be for you. but, dont fret, youre not alone
I go to conventions, and I'm sort of like you, but more of a loner.
It feels weird not to talk to people when I have so much in common with so many of them, but that's just the way I am.
>not fitting in at anime conventions
try some exercise. eat less.
Don't feel alone, sometimes I feel out of place amongst some people that want to run all over the place, screaming & shouting random things...
But that type of 'congoer is just one type, and there are many of us that are laid back, enjoy anime, manga, japanese culture, etc, and don't just go for loud random chaos...
Don't get me wrong, I'm all about everything from Cosplay, to Para Para Paradise, to jpop, to Guilty Gear tourneys, but I'm certainly falling into that "laid back" personality...
I can offer a solution - dont go
If you're one of the people who don't run around being "random" and shouting in Japanese, it's important that you are there to be a role model for the annoying people.
I've never been to a con, I hardly ever watch anime.
man I wanted to go to E3 sooo bad :(
Wow I know how you feel
maybe we can organize a chill meetup @ say otakon?
anyone gonna be at acen???
>>11
Might be cool. I'll be there... but I'm shy. And also I'll be there with my friends who don't use this site.
Otakonnnnnnnn.
Rules.
I've been every year since '02.
B-more for LIFE.
>>11
I'm down for that. We need to have a 4-ch meet-up at Otakon. Didn't we try to plan one last time but fail miserably? I'm the laid back congoer as well. Sometimes I feel kind of embarrassed about the fact that I go to Otakon when I think about alot of the people that go there. It kind of makes me wish anime wasn't anywhere near as popular as it was and the convention was small. But whatever.
Let's have plan a 4-ch meet-up sometime closer to the actual event. And let's do it for real this time.
I'd totally be down w/ that, given I'm going to Otakon as well.... We do need to plan a place to meetup, even if just for 1/2 hour or something... It'd be interesting to see some of the people that frequent channel4... And given that I'm the laid back type as well, this sounds fun;
i'd like to participate as well, just to see who you all are. as Otakon approaches we should keep this thread alive and decide when and where to meet.
>>17
no we should make a thread specifically for it, so more readers possibly going won't miss the info
I might be at an anime expo meeting, but don't expect me to talk to you.
>>20
Because I suck at talking to people, not just to spite you.
I suck at at talking to people too, but I've learned to; If we're all on channel4, then there's nothing to fear in talking to each other, it's just a bunch of us anonymous people meeting up!
Is anyone planning on going to ACen?
I'd say, as a general rule, most of the people at cons feel the same way in everyday life OUTSIDE of cons...because most of us are losers/geeks/otaku of some sort.
Don't worry, most people at cons are really great, friendly, shy people who just wanna have some fun and maybe meet people.
And the girls (assuming you're a guy) are great too. :3
I will be at Otakon also. It is KRAYZEE that they have no attendance cap this year. Saturday is gonna be insanely crowded around the fountain area (it always is, even with attendance caps).
I hope to see some people there...maybe get a big "4-CH CONVENTION" sign or something...if they let you, what with their strict anti-sign policy.
>And the girls (assuming you're a guy) are great too. :3
I call shenannigans. All the girls and anime cons want androgynous bishounen.
We can't compete with that!
>All the girls and anime cons want androgynous bishounen. We can't compete with that!
Now that I have short hair, nor can I. D:
Maybe my short spiky hair and spiffy new clothes will make the catgirls meow.
Or, uh, at least my girlfriend loves me. o_o;;