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momijizukamori) wrote2021-09-09 08:04 pm
momijizukamori) wrote2021-09-09 08:04 pm
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Dragon*Con 2021
I went! I had a good time! Honestly, most of my reason for going was to see friends - we tend not to go to a ton of panels, and this year, that number was 'zero', though we watched the parade and two of the costume contests on the hotel TV (with, uh, a lot of buffering issues. Apparently the Sheraton changed their setup for hotel channels this year and it was causing problems?).
The main Sunday night Masquerade, was, as usual, laughably awful - apparently this year everyone got bored in lockdown and decided it was time to make a quick-change costume, except most of them were not very good. But the MCs were great as usual, and heckling from the privacy of our hotel room withe booze and takeout is always fun.
The only other con event we went to (other than a round through the dealer's room, wherein my only purchase was some tea) was to go to the pop-up arcade they had going. There was a really neat selection of retro arcade games, including a wall of pinball games, which means I have now actually tried pinball! Everything was set on free play, so that was a lot of fun.
Cosplay-wise, we did our big new things Friday and Saturday - TGCF on Friday (with my Hua Cheng temporarily put together with some accessories from other cosplays, lol), and then JoJos on Saturday. Only the Jojos really got recognized, though we did run into a small SVSSS group on Friday and were like 'SAME HAT'. I will get around to editing up the rest of the photos, both cellphone and nice camera, hopefully this weekend, but in the meantime, have a slightly silly hualian selfie
The main Sunday night Masquerade, was, as usual, laughably awful - apparently this year everyone got bored in lockdown and decided it was time to make a quick-change costume, except most of them were not very good. But the MCs were great as usual, and heckling from the privacy of our hotel room withe booze and takeout is always fun.
The only other con event we went to (other than a round through the dealer's room, wherein my only purchase was some tea) was to go to the pop-up arcade they had going. There was a really neat selection of retro arcade games, including a wall of pinball games, which means I have now actually tried pinball! Everything was set on free play, so that was a lot of fun.
Cosplay-wise, we did our big new things Friday and Saturday - TGCF on Friday (with my Hua Cheng temporarily put together with some accessories from other cosplays, lol), and then JoJos on Saturday. Only the Jojos really got recognized, though we did run into a small SVSSS group on Friday and were like 'SAME HAT'. I will get around to editing up the rest of the photos, both cellphone and nice camera, hopefully this weekend, but in the meantime, have a slightly silly hualian selfie
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Poor fit/stuff coming loose early, in most of these cases. Like when the outer garment looks like a sack instead of fitting the way it should, it kind of ruins the effect.
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They were! I liked the Rollercoaster Tycoon one (which apparently is a fairly new one, early 00s) best out of all the ones I tried, but they were all fun.
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Pinball is a lot of fun. I'd love to have actual tables, but they're pretty big and kind of expensive, even if I can then make it free play mode all on my own.