I'll be there. I will be staying at the Signia.I will be hosting room parties.

>>10963388
I'll be there, staying at the omni and co-hosting a panel. I don't really cosplay but I'm always down to hang out and grab some drinks. One day God will provide me with a cosplay gf inshallah.

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>>10963512
I'll be hosting a panel as well. God willing you will get your cosplay gf this year. Hopefully she isn't a trap.

Anyone coming Thursday? I have drinks to share. Food too if you tell me what you want me to bring beforehand.

>>10963512
What's the panel?

ayy lmao

>>10963741
Spoiler Alert. Me and a friend usually come up with and submit a bunch stuff, this was one of his. We're gonna talk about how spoilers affect how much you enjoy shows and talk about some good/bad/well known spoilers.

>>10963741
Not the same anon but I'll be doing a panel about anime centered around cosplay. Trying to get a little deeper than just the obvious examples but hopefully there'll be some interest for it.

i can't get a hotel :(

>>10963784
>>10963808
i will reach both your panels

>>10963829
Get in tune with the locals and camp out in Centennial Olympic Park

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I'll be there all 4 days & will be cosplaying Virtuous Mission & Operation Snake Eater Naked Snake from MGS3, MGS V Biker outfit Big Boss, & Punished "Venom" Chris Chan

>>10964147
The fanta on the Chris cosplay is a nice touch. Mix a little of your navy into it and do a little recycling on the vendor floor to truly get into character

>>10964147
holy hell i see you at like almost every con i go too. i always wanted to ask for your insta or xitter but i got shy

Anyone in connection with leadership know if it's going to be as barren last year.

I'm still going no matter, would be silly to skip considering I live like 20miles away.

I understand it's a new space, but they used like 5% of it...

>>10964307
lol, yeah I go to most of the major Southeast cons, especially Atlanta cons. Feel free to come say hi if you spot me!

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Both due to the holidays and the fact I'm barely starting a new job I'm not going to awa this year. Me and Pikachu have been around handing out instant photos for awhile now. It's fun and I meet lots of nice people

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i really hope theres a meetup that i can go to. i need more friends.

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>>10964387
Like anon meetup or general con thing? I'm also looking for cosplay frens, I'm from South Florida but might go to AWA.
Do you have a burner discord or something so I can add you?

The Signia is great, and even though hall B is bigger, hall C worked last year. I plan on cosplaying at least one day. Usually I attend a lot of interesting panels. Well, it's debatable whether or not they are interesting, but I do check out quite a few.

They must have blown their load getting Hololive last year because all of these vtubers they've been announcing, I've never even heard of.
I'll be there, still trying to decide on pulling the trigger on a cosplay I'm thinking about doing. The Galleria mogs the WCC but AWA is still my favorite convention.

>>10964388
anon meetup.

ye. its kogaku202

>>10964330
Have a friend on staff this year and heard they're planning to make much better use of the space since they've realized how much more real estate they can fuck with now. Don't know how it'll work out but I'll be there regardless because I got nothing else to do.

>>10964388
i will host one or more
there will be drinks

>>10964403
last time i drank i woke behind a tesco in another town.

>>10964403
ok post the time and place here when you get it figured out :-)

>>10964444
that's what i'm posting for
i hope to see you soon anon

>>10964402
Hoping this turns out to be true. I enjoyed last year but it's true that there was a lot of empty space. It was a pretty stark contrast from the Galleria, which at times felt like a cattle call.

Anyone else see that they're running an 18+ Kuma Kuma maid cafe this year? Will be interesting to see the big ole bitches that usually participate in that strip down. This will be a must do for any BBW lovers.

First time going this year. Assuming the party scene and nightlife are awesome. How're artist alley, gaming, and the cosplay scene? Also, best nearby places for booze, including to take back to the hotel?

>>10964728
It's only the second year at the current venue so it's all probably still finding solid footing although more solid than last year. I thought the artist ally was fine last year but a few people were ass destroyed about the setup for some reason. Cosplay was great ever since when I started going every year since 2015. That said I liked the old venue way more, but if it's your first time you'll enjoy it well enough.

>>10964728
You'll need to venture a couple of blocks out for decently priced liquor but all of the hotels have bars and the Signia has a club add-on for a lounge with unlimited drinks between 5-7 PM

Everything in walking distance is expensive so if you want to party as a poorfag you'll need to hit the room parties

>>10964683
I will be there

>>10964733
Certified big lady enjoyer

>>10964728
Gaming isn't as good as more gaming centric cons like Momocon but the artist alley and cosplay scene are both awesome at AWA.

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>>10964731
>Signia has a club add-on for a lounge with unlimited drinks between 5-7 PM
We've done this for AWA last year and Momo earlier this year. Highly recommend. You don't need to worry about food either.

AWA month has finally arrived. I'm tentatively planning a couple of cosplays but nothing concrete yet. What will everyone be going as this year?

>>10963829
Go to the Residence Inn nearby, still a lot of rooms open, good prices and not too far of a walk. No need to get hysterical that you don’t have a host hotel, lots of good places nearby, basically the same thing.

>>10964399

that probably has as much to do with the time of year as anything else.

>>10964387
im going as keiichi if u see me come say hi

Did they fix the shitass parking issue yet?if not I'm not going to again, I paid way too much money for parking last year.

>>10965324
What's the issue?

>>10965326
Getting charged $25 everyday and if you stay longer than 12 hours you get charge another $25. You're paying for a whole nother con again just parking. And on the final day they closed all of the parking decks around the stadium because there was another event going on while AWA was still going on. So I had to park in the ghetto and hope my car didn't get broken in.

>>10965335
You can just use a parking app and park at a local hotel for like $10 a day. This is what I do every time and I have never had a problem with parking.

I see, that's an option I can definitely look into, thank you.

I'm only going one day and that's going to be Friday. Saturday is a dark day for me a lot of things I want, but can't have. So it's time for me to let go and avoid that day.

>>10963388
I really hope the Ace Combat bros host their panel again this year. Especially since Ace Combat 8 got announced

>>10965413
We have a different panel this year since neither of us thought we'd get a new Ace Combat so soon, we were just saying last night we'll have to try to get an updated version of the panel at either Momocon or next years AWA

>>10965421
Yeah it came as an absolute suprise to me as well. I hope they add a co-pilot in the 2 seat jets that'll banter and scream with you like in Project Wingman.

who /omni/ here? is it worth it or should i pick somewhere else?

>>10965515
im omnipilled. only thing I just realized is its going to be fucking freezing and my cosplay isnt going to be little nicky. It doesn't look that far and you can probably take shortcuts

>>10965516
There's an indoor walkway to Omni iirc, I vaguely remember going through it after I got super fucked up after a room party last year

The after dark maid cafe seems like something could go bad. It seems like a strip club-lite. They had to turn off comments on the Instagram post since so many people were pointing this out lol.

>>10965525
not exactly a new idea since I've seen it done really well at other cons before, though with this amount of normies who knows if people can
get their shit together

>>10965525
It's going to be a BBW strip club and it will be hilarious

>>10965534
hopefully i can bring some cows back to the /omni/

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Quick heads up regarding 18+ events posted on the Facebook page

>>10963388
too bad this will be the last awa after hearing staff will do a massive walk out

>>10965533
Define 'really well' anon

>>10965552
ended the night without a massive public melty from everyone involved

low bar but yeah

>>10965541
Hell yeah, we ride at night brother.

>>10965515
Greetings. First year going at all but Omni seems the most worth it when factoring in distance+cost. Plus heard that the courtyard there is a pretty big hangout spot.

>>10965551
Lmao where did you hear this

>>10965572
sorry i went on a meth bender and made this up

/SIGNIA/chads?

>>10965574
Imagine thinking signia is Chad when you are paying 3x the price for bathroom doors that pop open on their own while taking a shit.

>>10965578
thats a plus actually

>>10965574
I hope I see you at the Club

>>10965574
Reporting

>>10965583
Club chad also reporting

there is no club

All right anons I'm getting into my hotel tomorrow night, where should I NOT get food?

I'm a little sad I let time get away from me and couldn't put together a cosplay this year but there's always next year. I'm looking forward to the panels regardless.

My schedule suddenly opened up and I'll be able to go; what hotels are good for getting to the con? Looking for rates under $150 a night if possible.

>>10965606
You're probably not going to get anything close under $150 this close to the con. The Garden Inn is a good option though and it's around $170ish.

>>10965606
>>10965607
marriott marquis at $140

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>>10965606
Courtyard's close and seems cheap. Cheap for points as well.

>>10965196
i’ll be rena on saturday. when will you be keiichi? add my discord. it’s kogaku202

last minute cosplay updates
how are we doing anons

>>10965616
didn't work, turned off requests?

>>10965637
sorry about that, fixed it. should work now!

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>>10965642
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>>10965335

did you buy the multiday parking on gwcc parking site?

The club has BBQ sliders today

anyone going to flow?

>$55/day valet parking
Holy shit this makes the $28/day garage look cheap. I've been spoiled by living out in the countryside where anything more than free is highway robbery. Oh well. At least I've got my hotel covered with points. Wish I could have hit the con today but the storm and crashes on i-95 left me fuckin exhausted.

Also, anyone know if they've got extra wig caps at the cosplay repair station?

>>10965672
they do
t. fucked up my wig

omni crew status, how we feelin

>>10965646

No I decided to only go on Saturday since i I'm at the point of frustration with how this location operates. The multi day pass is cheaper, but it still doesn't beat the previous location by Cumberland mall one bit.

when is anon meetup lul

Got sucked in the bathroom by a fat umamusume girl last night fuck bros the humiliation never ends

>>10965688
tonight!

>>10965700
Umazing!

Seeing con roommate with her huge tits out in the morning never gets old

gull meetup at Johnny Rockets

>>10965703
where tho

>>10965714
here i guess
>>10965712

I'm bringing a cooler full of drinks to anime team trivia panel
Be there.

>>10965717
We are here, raise your hand

signia lobby at 11

meet up at signia 11pm. will have drinks :-)

Time for hell

>>10965723
>>10965724
look for the gacha machine at the bar

otw

I fixed the gacha machine :)

moving to convention center

gacha machine is empty
back to the bar
free round for anyone who shows up in the next 15 minutes

bar closed
rally outside disco in 10

gull meetup by the window christmas trees in the signia

The conventions are always a good reminder of everything I can't have.

Ahhhh played deadlock for 6 hours straight before they had to shut down gaming. Good times. Maybe I'll do it again tomorrow after everything closes.

>>10965551
anon wasnt joking. staff and volunteers are walking out right now

>>10965735
why the fuck are you playing that shitty game at the con lmao

>>10965738
My boys back home hopped on discord and I was like "this MIGHT be peak, especially since I won't be able to play for the next month because of travel"
It was pretty fun, but I imagine this is why I don't get any girls.

so nice to meet up with everyone
see you later tonight anons

Signia lobbycon was awesome last night, hoping for more of the same tonight

i drank too much :)
I'll do it again tonight

Hope y'all enjoy fellas, I had to take mom out to cirque du soleil for her birthday

>>10965745
Same brother, walking around with a handle of Jager in my bag right now. It's cool how little staff cares

>>10965753
bring that to the cade. we are having an anon meetup by the ufo catchers and love live machines

>just woke up
Fuuuuuuuuuuck I went too hard
Wonder if I even bother going today

>>10965758
go tonight

i will join you all after dinner

at the club for dinner
I got a flag

Bros I'm ready for BBW maids

where we all at bros, someone set a time and place

>>10965764
Spoiler alert bros here, we're at rakugo but down to hang out after

>>10965764
i'm eating
heading to the signia/gwcc walkway at 7

>meet up with some anons
>he's broke
>one guy is non stop pol posting irl
>recognizes me from last night
>trying to follow me around
ugh...

Ughhhhh I'm still exhausted. I think I'm gonna have to bail on tonight since I gotta wake up early. Also I'm scared to meet up with anons cuz man, gulls are ferocious and I am but an innocent youjg lad.

>>10965767
What color was he?

>>10965769
white as shit

meetup at 8 outside maid cafe
look for a flag

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>>10965767
>>10965769
>>10965771
AR CARCARCARCARCARCAR ARRRR ARCARCAR AR CARCARCARCAR
SpongeBob ME BOI! I see you've met him!

>>10965773
Chicago MENTIONED in the post number!
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

katamari sesh in the cade

im free again after cosplay karaoke

>>10965776
i lied I'm still here

rolling craps in Signia lobby

>>10965784
come to the signia stairs. anon meetup is here

>>10965785
I joined a random group

the rave was ok

George Washington, post your location and I'll give you the money for the drinks last night. God Bless America

>>10965797
vtuber area in dealers hall at 11 look for a trenchcoat

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This con has been great! Lots of black women in cosplay!! Pic related, mfw

>>10965806
18+ maids was bbw city

>>10965806
love black girls. love em

>november

>>10965806
Black girls give the best bjs due to their big lips tbqh.

>>10965807
What exactly did they do there?

>>10965824
:)

was nice to have met some of you! o7 - Snake/Punished "Venom" Chris Chan

closing Q&A announced over 29,000

Next year moving back to fall/November

>>10965866
apparently that's higher than what they projected too
this is probably gonna kill anime usa next year though lol

>>10965866
AWA won’t be around next year after what will drop soon

anyone else go to the bbw orgy? im sad they couldn't get the same catering from last year

>>10965874
What will drop soon?

>>10965876
They're canceling the orgy

Does anyone think the dress code should be more enforced at AWA? Some women were walking around damn near butt ass naked. Not really sure what the purpose of that is since they don't want attention from incels and old dudes..

>>10965878
they didn't enforce it on the black girls and i loved it

>>10965551
>>10965737
>>10965874

Lol was is this?

>>10965886
Knowing AWA staff it was probably some bluesky users got triggerd

>>10965887
Your time is coming Faisal

>>10965889
he kicked me out of the orgy

>>10965897
were you the loser that kept yelling chud at him while security was pulling you away on Sunday?

>>10965903
i had very legitimate grievances

Wait, you people are having sex and getting GFs at cons???? How??? I had a lot of girls come up and chat and ask for photos but that's just, like, basic friendly interaction.

Atlanta turned out to be a shithole, who knew, but my first AWA was pretty good. Wish I lobbyconned more.

>>10965861
Oh shit I saw you, that was great.

>>10965916
the secret is fat chicks brother

>>10965940
Black. Girls. The thicker the better.

>>10965916
Trannys give insane head tbqh.

>>10965916
I've gotten a few fwbs/hookups due to her loving my cosplay and wanting to fulfill her fantasy of having sex with that character lol.

>>10965955
Enjoy the AIDS

>>10965916
I can’t even lie dude I just got so horny that I eventually just fucked a dude. Not even a tranny or a femboy or anything. Just a dude. Everything was fine until he sucked me and I felt the beard hairs tickling me. Will never forget it or live that down.

>>10963388
I heard some dude got arrested. Anything else crazy happen? I couldn't make it this year.

Last year (dec 2024), there was this little niglet going around the hotel restuarants trying to sell "snacks" to "help the kids". Obviously a scam, but it was fucking hilarious how he would just walk up to tables and plop his shit down on top of their plates as they were eating.

>>10965878
This is not the only convention I have seen this topic come up for recently. Are people just becoming more slutty?

>>10966085
I didn't hear about any arrests but it might have happened Saturday night when the Mayor's Ball was happening at the same venue.

I was the dude with the shades and white hazmat suit getting signatures. Wonder if anyone here signed me?

>>10966092
emts pulled up to the signia that night because someone spazzed out but no arrests iirc

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>>10966103
>>10966092
Nah i specifically saw what looked like 3 cops talking to someone. During daytime. It was posted on the various facebook groups.
I wasn't there so i couldn't figure out what was going on.


Last Portcon (maine) I saw like 5 cruisers pull up and arrest some dude right outside of the rave. I'm guessing he was selling drugs. Which is weird, since Portcon is such a small and low-key event, i doubt anyone would actually make any money trying to peddle stuff that wasn't weed there.


Pic related for AWA. From the public FB page.

>>10965932
>Atlanta turned out to be a shithole, who knew,
Yes. Absolutely DO NOT venture more than a quarter mile from the con center for any reason at all. I made that mistake last year looking for some shit to fix a cosplay and spent 2 hours in ghettoland where no ubers would pick up.

>>10966100
Were you with others who were wearing the same suits? I remember signing someone in the signia lobby when I was dressed as casual chris chan in a soul eater cap+jeans.

>>10966089
If anything, people are becoming bigger prudes. Anime cons used to have quite lewd cosplays and lots of 18+ vendors/panels.
The recent push against that has been quite sad. I guess the puritans won.

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>>10966085
Not sure of context but there were EMTs outside the center around like 3:45 on Friday when I was grabbing food. Lights were on the whole time up through leaving so someone definitely was getting taken away.

>>10966111
Yeah I didn't plan on leaving the GWCC area at all until my group wanted Waffle House on Sunday morning. Only city I've ever been in where a business had its own assigned sheriff patrolling the place. Wild.

>>10966119
Yeah it seems like “family friendly” has won out with audiences, organizers, and marketers. At least so long as the “family friendly” is also LGBTQ friendly, and that community seems willing to accept the censorship.

>>10966100
brother merry christmas

>>10966089
There are definitely more OF whores out there now that are trying to get into cosplay to make more money.

i already miss it bros
see you next year

>>10966100
I saw you, I was making jokes saying you were collecting peoples signatures to steal their identity and commit fraud.

>>10966119
Nobody wants to see fat girls with stretch marks and dumpy asses roaming the halls barely clothed, and you know very well that's what most of the bitches getting stripped down are

>>10966206
speak for yourself i love fat bitches

>>10966208
Blerd hands typed this post

>>10966206
Nah, the commoditization of anime fandoms has made it so ethots and tourist sluts roam plenty. But there were always some hot actual nerdy girls around in cute outfits.
I know zoomers haven't been to many cons, but it's okay if people are allowed to show a little more skin.
Sadly I see many of the young dudes practicing their shariah law and wanting women to cover those ankles up.

>>10966117
Yeah I had a group but most of them took the suits off after a few hours.

>>10966122
nya? Either way you were at the Signia lobby so ball knowledge.

>>10966144
lol that's pretty funny

>>10966283
its not that. its the weird horseshoe that happened in the last 10 or so years.

Cons used to be the place of counter culture, including the risque` because the conservative prudes who noticed anime would have moral panic/dismissal as cartoon porns. There was a sexual liberation bend to it.

Then, it became a war on the conventionally attractive, at least when it comes to females for being sexist/misogynistic/patriarchal fantasy fulfillment. males had a different problem.