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If we're planning on selling, will we be required to have our badges even on Thursday?  I've had issues in previous years with being able to make it through the registration line and then up to line up for the Swap Meet in the past, which was remedied two years ago by the Swap Meet staff giving us our badges at the actual Swap Meet, and then last year by not requiring us to physically have the badge on us for just Thursday.  Is there something similar that will be implemented this year, like sellers potentially being included as eligible for the Special Registration line?

[G4/the riser stage area]

Hey guys! 

I've been in talks with BSaphire about this gathering and unfortunately, because of time and location restrictions, we have to move the gathering to 3 pm.  There will be another gathering happening at our preferred time in the area we're looking at, which is the G4/the riser stage area.  It was either shift the time or take one of the tiered platforms, and having been to the convention center since its remodel, I don't think those platforms would have been enough space to accommodate everyone + photographers, especially because I highly suspect this year is going to be our biggest group ever.

Again, I'm sorry for the change and I'm sorry if this means some people can't make it.

I'm still waiting to hear back from G about our Midnight King's Game event, so I'll be sure to update this thread again when he lets me know what's up.

Thanks for your patience, everyone!

Shin Megami Tensei/Persona 2013
http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,17762.msg446748.html

The first post contains a link to the wrong thread, the organizer cannot make it to Fanime this year.

Okay, I think we're leaning toward 12 pm on Saturday as our meetup time.  I'll be looking into available locations.

It seemed like most people I talked to wanted to do a King's Game as our Midnight Gathering, so we'll be doing that this year instead of a second photoshoot.  If anyone was more interested in taking photos, you'll be free to split off and explore the Fairmont, but there won't be an official scheduled photo-based gathering at night this year.  G submitted the idea to events, so we'll update this thread when we have an exact date.  (It'll either be Friday night or Saturday night, hopefully!)

Thanks everyone!

It sounds like G would like to actually just shoot for a midnight King's Game.  Seems like our assigned room might be out in the Fairmont, and we think that hosting a second photoshoot and then shuffling a bunch of people down there is probably a little too much and everyone will already be up late.

Just to elaborate, the "common sense" rules we generally set up to keep things safe and contained are:

1. If you are uncomfortable with a dare you've been given you are free to opt out, and the King/Queen can pick a different dare, or a different number to participate.
2. No nudity, and nothing unsanitary (i.e. wet willies are right out.)
3. No more than five numbers involved in a dare at a time, or situations tend to get out of control.
4. No dares that involve bodily contact unless both parties consent.

We may add rules that restrict some amount of adult content depending on who shows up to play.  We had a really, really creative group at AX last year who came up with all sorts of crazy things, like "Number 2 and number 5 have to do a Baywatch-style slow motion run down the hallway" or "Number 3 has to serenade number 7 with a Disney song", things like that.  It's a lot of fun and makes for a really good time, I think we played for something like three hours last year.

Okay, running back really quickly here because I'm talking to G, and I'd like everyone's opinion.  We have two options on the table:

1. Have a Midnight Gathering like usual, probably on Saturday night.  This will just be another photoshoot, like it has been in past years.
2. Instead of a Midnight Gathering, G and I will file for an official event at FanimeCon, and we will all get together and host a large round of King's Game, a la Persona 4.  This is something G and I have been doing at AX for the last two years, and we have a specific rule set that we've developed to keep things safe for everyone involved.  We always have a lot of fun doing this, and if people would be interested, we can bring it to Fanime.

If people would really like both a Midnight Gathering AND an official round of King's Game, we can try to work it out, but I'd like to see if people would prefer one or the other since both G and I have extremely busy Fanime schedules and running three events is a lot of work for both of us. 

Please, please post your thoughts on this ASAP!!  If we're going to file for an official cosplayer event with Fanime we need to do it very soon, but it would guarantee us a reserved space to play around in.

[Would Saturday at either 12 pm or 1 pm work for everyone for the Day gathering?]

Ideally I'd like to make it not too early since my experience with morning gatherings is that a lot of people tend not to show up, especially if it's on a Saturday since a lot of people stay up late on Friday night, being Day 1 and all.

Would Saturday at either 12 pm or 1 pm work for everyone for the Day gathering?  I'm in talks with G right now about the Midnight Gathering and potentially planning an event, more details to come...

Sticking my head back in here...

The Midnight Gathering usually works best on Saturday night (as in Saturday at 11:59 PM), in my experience.  That's generally how we can get most people to show up since they aren't dealing with masq/packing/etc.  I generally like having the day gathering on the same day, but if that's not going to work for the majority of attendees, we can change that pretty easily.

I'll go ahead and update the first post with the list of attendees/characters we have thus far.  Nevermind that I'm still mostly undecided myself...

Hey!  I used to be DarkenedWings on these forums. 

I'll be taking the SMT/Persona gatherings (daytime & midnight) for 2013 since HeeroYuy135/Matthew can't make it.  Since he locked up the old thread, the new thread is here: http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,17762.0.html

[Fanime will be taking group pictures during the Gathering/Event this year. If you do not want to be included in those pictures please step aside for those photos. By remaining with the group when the pictures are being taken you give your consent to be photographed.]

Hey everyone!

I'm Linefaced, I'll be running the SMT/Persona gathering this year since HeeroYuy135 won't be attending Fanime this year.  I was also the co-runner for both gatherings last year.  (My username on these forums used to be DarkenedWings, if that helps!)  G-Force and I will be co-running since we've had a lot of success at running other SMT/Persona gatherings at multiple cons, and this year we're changing it up by doing a daytime photoshoot gathering and a midnight round of King's Game, date and location TBD!

Fanime will be taking group pictures during the Gathering/Event this year. If you do not want to be included in those pictures please step aside for those photos. By remaining with the group when the pictures are being taken you give your consent to be photographed.

Shin Megami Tensei / Persona 2013 - Day Gathering
Day: Saturday, May 25th
Time: 3:00 PM
MP: G4 / Riser Stage Area (Map)
L: G4 / Riser Stage Area

Shin Megami Tensei / Persona 2013 - Midnight King's Game
Day: Saturday, May 25th
Time: 11:59 PM
MP: G4 / Riser Stage Area (Map)
L: G4 / Riser Stage Area

Current Attendees:

Catherine
DarkFujin ~ Erica
Redstarship ~ Sheep(?)

Devil Summoner
Disgruntled Otaku ~ Raidou Kuzunoha (?)

SMT/Persona General
Letho ~ Nekomata
Redstarship ~ The Reaper (?)

Persona 3
ChieSatonaka's husband ~ Akihiko Sanada
Inai ~ Elizabeth
mintycat ~ FeMC
krispy_kream ~ FeMC
DaKree~ ~ Ken Amada
Disgruntled Otaku ~ MC (?)

Persona 4
ChieSatonaka ~ Chie Satonaka
TrialOfTheDragon ~ Chie Satonaka
siphry ~ Chie Satonaka
Stitchez ~ Kanji Tatsumi (or AU!Ryotaro Dojima)
piggyflyer ~ Kou Ichijo
Trooper715 ~ Labrys/Shadow Labrys
takaomi47 ~ Naoto Shirogane (school outfit or winter outfit)
kannazuki's friend ~ Naoto Shirogane
kannazuki's friend ~ Shadow Naoto
Linefaced ~ Protagonist
Rukuzu3 ~ Protagonist
Angelx624 ~ Rise Kujikawa (?)
krispy_kream ~ Rise Kujikawa
Chibo ~ Shadow Rise
G-Force ~ Teddie
YattaDante ~ Yosuke Hanamura
nateb39007 ~ Yosuke Hanamura
CherryGeri ~ Yukiko Amagi
dasratchet ~ Yukiko Amagi
kannazuki ~ Shadow Yukiko


Photography Order:
Group Shot
Shots by series
Scene recreations
Pairs/Groups
Group Shot
Requests

Also, if you're just looking to network with more SMT/Persona cosplayers in California, we have a Facebook page set up here: http://www.facebook.com/SMTCACosplay  So please check that out!

Looking forward to seeing everyone next year!