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I'll probably be there again as Kefka.

My friends and I are going to be there.:D
We'll be cosplaying Kefka & Celes from FFVI and Xiao from Dark Cloud.

Nana - I think this is you. http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff54/310296/?action=view&current=Sumomo.jpg

I'm going as Matt! But I'll only be at Fanime on Saturday and maybe Sunday.

crackers

Coke or Pepsi?

Yes

Has the next poster heard of: Matantei Loki Ragnarok(manga/anime)?

Here's mine

Thank you all for the wonderful ideas, advice, opinions, and etcetera! :D
It helps me out a lot!

["reason"]

If anyone can help me out that would be wonderful! ;D

I had this weird friend in college who had the amazing ability to approach anyone and within 20 minutes he can make it seem like you've been friends with him forever. For the rest of us keep on reading...

astroboy's guide - How to approach strangers?
Remember, you have to start off not knowing someone before you get to know someone.
I'm an introvert too so I cannot just walk up to a stranger. I need a "reason".

1) Join Fanime Staff. - (yes I'm biased *points to signature*) Info desk, video programming, and Asian film are good bets. You're guaranteed to be sitting at a table with another person for at least 4 hours per day, everyday. No matter how shy you may be you'll eventually have to start talking.

2) Join a cosplay gathering. - go to the cosplay section of this forum or go to the FanimeCon section of cosplay.com and look up the date and time of cosplay gatherings. You'll get to stand around with other people for an hour cosplaying from the same series.

3) Fanime Forum gathering - somebody will probably try organize one just like last year. It will be mentioned here on the forums as the con approaches and you might find it printed in the event schedules under live programming

4) Going out to dinner -  somebody will definitely bring this up eventually. Last year a bunch of people on this forum (we call them the Fanimafia  ;)) went out to eat somewhere in Japantown.

hope that helps  ;D

:D Thank you for all the ideas!!
They sound fun!

and =X it's my second con, but first time at Fanime ^^; don't worry about it. come to have a great time! ^^ <3 besides! i can always steal you and we can wander Fanime together xD newb power lmao

Without me, you wouldn't have known of your fanime dreams xD..

Anyways, come join us! xD

;D Thanks!

I bet! ;D
Are you getting like, a whole outfit or what?

I'm getting a dress, parisol, shoes... the works xD

Ooohhh! A parisol too?! How cool!!!! :D

^^ you know what, you should just go. My friend started going to cons with her mom and she dragged me with her last year. Don't worry about not making friends or being shy (I'm uber shy when I'm not online) it's a great experience! I know you'll love it. and =X it's my second con, but first time at Fanime ^^; don't worry about it. come to have a great time! ^^ <3 besides! i can always steal you and we can wander Fanime together xD newb power lmao

;D Thanks so much! This helps me a lot!
That would be fun! Newb Power!!  :D

xDDDD yay for teh newbiness!

Yay, go newbs!!My mom got called a newb once, she got kinda upset! ;D lol

lmfao!

I take being called a newb with newbish pride! -pumps fist into the air- I mean xD why bother trying to deny it. xP

lol
My moms in denial! :o
I'm wearing the goggles I got for a Matt (Death Note) cosplay and I'm trying to type, and it's almost 11:00pm... and all the lights are turned off... and it's really really really hard... And yet, I don't want to take them off.

o.o;;;; wow... xD I'd do that though when I get my lolita stuffz... totally wearing it around for no reason xD

Yeah, only problem is my brother keeps giving me weird looks. But the goggles are really comfortable! :D
lol  I look like such a dork right now!!
You're going to get lolita stuffz? Awesome!

I bet! ;D
Are you getting like, a whole outfit or what?

^^ you know what, you should just go. My friend started going to cons with her mom and she dragged me with her last year. Don't worry about not making friends or being shy (I'm uber shy when I'm not online) it's a great experience! I know you'll love it. and =X it's my second con, but first time at Fanime ^^; don't worry about it. come to have a great time! ^^ <3 besides! i can always steal you and we can wander Fanime together xD newb power lmao

;D Thanks so much! This helps me a lot!
That would be fun! Newb Power!!  :D

xDDDD yay for teh newbiness!

Yay, go newbs!!My mom got called a newb once, she got kinda upset! ;D lol

lmfao!

I take being called a newb with newbish pride! -pumps fist into the air- I mean xD why bother trying to deny it. xP

lol
My moms in denial! :o
I'm wearing the goggles I got for a Matt (Death Note) cosplay and I'm trying to type, and it's almost 11:00pm... and all the lights are turned off... and it's really really really hard... And yet, I don't want to take them off.

o.o;;;; wow... xD I'd do that though when I get my lolita stuffz... totally wearing it around for no reason xD

Yeah, only problem is my brother keeps giving me weird looks. But the goggles are really comfortable! :D
lol  I look like such a dork right now!!
You're going to get lolita stuffz? Awesome!

^^ you know what, you should just go. My friend started going to cons with her mom and she dragged me with her last year. Don't worry about not making friends or being shy (I'm uber shy when I'm not online) it's a great experience! I know you'll love it. and =X it's my second con, but first time at Fanime ^^; don't worry about it. come to have a great time! ^^ <3 besides! i can always steal you and we can wander Fanime together xD newb power lmao

;D Thanks so much! This helps me a lot!
That would be fun! Newb Power!!  :D

xDDDD yay for teh newbiness!

Yay, go newbs!!My mom got called a newb once, she got kinda upset! ;D lol

lmfao!

I take being called a newb with newbish pride! -pumps fist into the air- I mean xD why bother trying to deny it. xP

lol
My moms in denial! :o
I'm wearing the goggles I got for a Matt (Death Note) cosplay and I'm trying to type, and it's almost 11:00pm... and all the lights are turned off... and it's really really really hard... And yet, I don't want to take them off.

^^ you know what, you should just go. My friend started going to cons with her mom and she dragged me with her last year. Don't worry about not making friends or being shy (I'm uber shy when I'm not online) it's a great experience! I know you'll love it. and =X it's my second con, but first time at Fanime ^^; don't worry about it. come to have a great time! ^^ <3 besides! i can always steal you and we can wander Fanime together xD newb power lmao

;D Thanks so much! This helps me a lot!
That would be fun! Newb Power!!  :D

xDDDD yay for teh newbiness!

Yay, go newbs!!My mom got called a newb once, she got kinda upset! ;D lol

You're welcome to come and chill with the OFNC (Official Fanime Ninja Clan). We're pretty friendly...as long as you aren't a pirate and/or narutard.

Thanks for the offer! :D
;D lol
No, I'm not a narutard or a pirate, I do like Naruto though.

I'm going to sound incredibly jaded but read it through.

Honestly, Fanime isn't the "best place" to meet friends really. The majority of them are social outcasts and they show this at different anime conventions and the such. They're rather open and what not, but most of them aren't "good friends" even if they act friendly. It's got its share of social cliques, crowds and its fair share of assholes and the such.

Then again... so does school.

I dunno, go or not, just be smart about what you do, and don't let things overwhelm you. A lot of people when they go to a con see a lot of things and they're taught that "it's okay, this is a con you can do things like that", and that's not always the case. So if you do decide to go, don't do anything to stupid.

Just about any place you go has things like that... But I'm not 100% sure I know what you mean by "social outcasts." But I wouldn't do something stupid just because I'm at a con, maybe something a little bit out-of-the-ordinary, if there is such a thing as ordinary. Anyways, thank you very much for your input! :)

It's up to you, but people at Fanime are pretty friendly and sociable. I'm sure you wouldn't have trouble finding friends.

'Kay Thanks! :)

^^ you know what, you should just go. My friend started going to cons with her mom and she dragged me with her last year. Don't worry about not making friends or being shy (I'm uber shy when I'm not online) it's a great experience! I know you'll love it. and =X it's my second con, but first time at Fanime ^^; don't worry about it. come to have a great time! ^^ <3 besides! i can always steal you and we can wander Fanime together xD newb power lmao

;D Thanks so much! This helps me a lot!
That would be fun! Newb Power!!  :D

Sorry if this is in the wrong place or something!
I'm planning on going to fanime 2008 for my birthday (which will be my first ever con), but none of my friends even watch anime/read manga, and since I'm home schooled it would be really difficult to make a friend or two that does. My brother said he would go and bring some of his friends so I don't have to go with just my mom, who doesn't know anything about anime. It's nice of him to offer, but I don't get along well with his friends...
So I'm wondering if I should just not go, or if I should go and hope that I meet one or more people to hang out with. The thing is that I sometimes get super shy, and I don't know how trying to meet new people would go. I'd probably be fine in one of those groups where there's mostly cosplayers from one specific series, but I really don't know exactly what those are like so I'm not sure. I don't know if this would change anything, but if I go I'll be cosplaying. If anyone can help me out that would be wonderful! ;D