Otakon 2011

I realize its pretty early to ask, but who here is going to Otakon and are you going to cosplay for it?

Right, it's no longer too early to ask. Just post what you want about Otakon. Whether or not you're attending and if you're cosplaying or not. Or, hell, just talk about hotels. Seems to be the overall direction this thread is going.

I am me and a buddy of mine are cosplaying as space marines from the warhammer 40k universe but with an anime twist,

were making the SOS Birgade ill pry upload pics as soon as were done pry

ah crap not for otakon but Anime Expo, went to otakon last year

Still sounds like a cool idea, good luck with that.

Yeah, I'm going to Otakon. Got my hotel and everything. My sister is going but I'm not sure about my cousin yet. I'm cosplaying as Phoenix Wright and the MC from Persona 4.

I want to, but most likely, I'll be at Basic Training with the way things have been going.

I cannot wait for Otakon *_*

I'm going with a group of friends. And my lineup so far is...

Traditional Hungary from Hetalia
Liechtenstein from...hetalia, again.
Fakku! Mascot- from fakku, obviously
Rin Kagamine <3

I'm going as well but I'm not cosplaying.

This will be my first year going to a convention, but I'm not comfortable enough with myself to cosplay something. If it was a cooler setting I'd probably try to do the pyro from TF2.

Actually, a lot of people went in TF2 groups last year. Hell, I saw a spy wearing a Haruhi mask. I thought it was a little funny to call out, "That Haruhi is spy!", only to watch him run off.

I went last year but my funds are short this year and I have no where to stay. Still a maybe I guess.

Understandable, I was barely able to find a hotel with an available room. I even reserved early than last year.

Well, looks like I'm not cosplaying this year. Couldn't find anything that would suit me. Doesn't help that I can't scrounge up enough money to buy a costume.

Would anyone like to share a hotel room with me and a friend? Room costs ~300$ for 2 nights (friday night, saturday night), already have me and a friend. So whatever 300$ divided by whoever might be interested in sharing (including me and my friend)...

Downside: the hotel is ~1 mile away (heard there's bus service though). It's the Fairfield inn

$300/(X+2). so with 3 people we're looking at 100$ each person. 4 people = 75$ per person. 5 people = 60$ per person.


OR... if you got extra space in your hotel room thats closer to the convention center and are willing to take share it with me and mebbie a friend (we'll pay an equal fraction), then let me know too.

Try the Intercontinental or the Hilton. I'd offer to let you stay with us, but I have no idea who you are and no room to spare.

I recommend using Priceline (http://www.priceline.com/) we usually book our convention hotels at $70 - $80 a night total.

I'm glad you're going though! It will be cool to finally meet you in person.

Indeed, this will be my first convention so it'll definitely be unforgettable. It'd be cool to meet you there too Jacob. Happen to know any other fansubbers going? I heard Sindalf is going so we'll have to hook up. Too bad I only got approval from work to go this Monday, otherwise I would have started searching for hotels earlier.

Good news though, is that my friend misstated the price to me (he reserved the hotel), so its actually 300 total instead of 500 for 2 days. Would still be cool to bring the price down even more, so I've edited my post - for those brave/desperate enough to share a room with a stranger :P

---

My friend also mentioned that there was a bus service of sorts? Anyone know how the buses work in Baltimore? eg, any sort of route/schedule calculator? It's gonna be annoying to walk/run a mile in cosplay (may cosplay as Rinnouske from Touhou) without some sort of wheels.

Also, would you guys recommend bringing a laptop to Otakon? (May need to do shit for work if something breaks).

Really? Whats is the distance from your hotel to the convention center, because I may have gotten screwed on this one

Wow Jacob,
80 bucks? Do you use the "name your own price" option? I sorta got turned off after I read that you can't cancel whatever hotel accepts your price (would suck if I somehow got a hotel 2 miles from the convention center)

No, really, how the hell did he get a room at that price?

I used that last year and got put in the Hilton near the BWI...For like 90 a night for two people. I booked with Hotwire, so it's essentially the same as Jacob's story. It's not too late either, if you haven't booked already and have a car.