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So I'm at this anime convention this weekend, and lots of nerds go to anime conventions, which is as it should be.

So I'm standing around yesterday with some of my friends and suddenly, this mob of teenagers, mostly girls and a few gothy boys come hording into our little corner of seclusion.

One girl starts screaming, "GAIAAAAAAAAAA! GAIA PEOPLE OVER HERRREEEEE GAIIIAAAAAA!! GAIIIIIAAAA!"

This went on and on and on and people were obviously starting to get annoyed, but still the mob of teenagers grew.

Then everyone started screaming, "GAIAAA! GAIAAA!" over and over, sending everyone else in the area scattering.

Now, don't get me wrong, I love an anime convention, but behavior like this is one of the things that turned me off of Gaia for two years xD I don't want to associate with such obnoxiousness. If you have a meet up, fine, but don't be shouting right in my ear!

*grumbles like a curmudgeon*

Though, this was much more sedate Gaian trouble causing than what I've seen at other cons. I've seen a dozen security guards have to break up a mob of rabid Gaians before, so I guess a little shouting may be a blessing.

I've got my own collection of grievances with Gaians and Gaia when it comes to conventions. For some reason, despite the fact that they're being told NOT to by staff and BCC security, they gather en masse where ever Lanzer and Jakobo or whoever is there decides to do the item toss. This invariably leads to something like crowd panic when the items are actually thrown, and people have been injured.

And, of course, those doing the item toss just laugh as they're watching the kids damn near crush each other trying to get a ******** shirt.

Last year they were told not to do it in one of the lobbies, from the second to third floor. As they had done the year before. (Without permission, because hey--they're internet gods, right?) So, ever eager to make us hate them, they moved OUTSIDE. So much better, and yet--not.

And these kids don't help. They're going spastic over a shirt, like they didn't save up for months to spend money like water, and they can't afford to buy it instead of risk being injured for it. I know I prefer to beg like a hungry dog at someone's feet instead of just buying it from them like a human being with some dignity.

They also spent about three months in the convention guild here on Gaia talking about making nifty little badges to signify that they're Gaians. Cool. Except whenever I tried to talk to one of them they acted like confused, frightened deer. Sorry, I forgot they can only be real people online. Life is scary beyond the computer!

I've never encountered any screaming Gaians, but then again I won't tolerate that sort of thing, and I will tell them to stop. They have to listen to me.

Well, I find that anime conventions have annoying people whether or not they're Gaians. It's one of the reasons I only go to small conventions nowadays... They're slightly more sedate.

The only time I ever had any trouble with Gaians at a convention was at Yaoi Con, maybe three, four years ago. But that was more because Yaoi Con has a high quotiant of annoying con-goers, since yaoi fangirls can really start to grate on your nerves. There was a little Gaian get-together, but I left after a few minutes because everyone was acting like they were such little deviants. rolleyes They actually thought that Yaoi Con was going to have to raise the age limit to 21 because of the room parties. Now, anyone with a brain could tell them that the con organizers are not legally responsible for anything that goes on someone's room.

Besides, room parties at Yaoi Con are really tame. They're just a bunch of girls getting together, drinking and talking about man-sex. If you're lucky, you'll get invited to a semi-nude artist sketch session. I've seen WAY more man-on-man action at Anthrocon and I don't even go to the really adult room parties.

Good lord! That's terrible publicity for Gaia!! I'm glad you managed to escape unharmed,,,

Wow...thank goodness the only con I have ever been to was CII (don't ask me what year that was in because for the life of me I can't remember right now), but that was before Gaia was around I do believe. That and I just can't see Gaians roaming around a Star Wars con rofl Though I wouldnt' be surprised either way actually now a days...

There are a few cons I want to go to this year, but seeing as that I am using all my vacation time at the end of this month I doubt I will be able to make it to Anime Central (which is the main one I want to to go) but I should be able to make it to Ar. Con and the small con held at Wash U.


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Although I like yaoi, it's more my sister's fandom. I go to Yaoi Con to support her, to hang out with friends, and to cosplay. And it's a great little con. But the fangirls really give it a bad reputation. There are some events that I NEVER go to, namely the Bishonen Auction, because having to listen to five hundred girls screaming for two hours would lead me to homicide.

But I think, as with pretty much everything else, after you've been into something for a while you become more sedate and more apt to seek out other fans you can talk with rationally, rather than screaming and spazzing and "Oh, [insert anime guy here] is so HOT!"

ahhh you forgot, according to her scale by level three you begin converting others to the cause, and by level 5 you are such a master at it that your mere presence is able to convert those around you. ..

wink come on wink we got menath to automatically start thinking in terms of yaoi pairings for fruits baskets and that whole week he was coming up with other ones . . .

I went to a small local anime convention last weekend and luckily, I didn't see any crazed Gaia people. I seen some girls having the mini wings in their hair or have the plushies, but that was it. But, I have noticed the loud and obnoxious behavior in conventions, like yelling and jumping around and being all touchy-feely. I really dislike the people who just like to yell out random nonsense to try to be funny. I usually don't go to big social events, but I like going to cons because I like dressing up and seeing others cosplay.