dj_xero finds his way home

A Review

by dj_xero

Otakon 2k2 Report

pick up = Mighty Doom
pick up = Dave
pick up = Pfunk

at about 6pm we leave for baltimore, calling Shad on the way to recieve our room number. We arrive at the hotel with no problems, park at a garage connected to a bank across the street. Go for a swim.
We are all together now, big bawlin wit my homies... I decide it's time to look for the mooshuu.com crew, I call Masaaki.
We meet up with Masaaki, G, and 2 friends from California: Kita and Ozymand. We all decide to check out a club called "The 13th Floor" about 20 blocks away. We all get hammered, listen to some great drumnbass, some djs, some live. Dave and I catch a taxi back to our room and pass out.

Friday
... 9am comes too soon, we decide not to rush ourselves to get into the registration lines, instead Dave and I leave a little early to grab some (GOD FUCKING AWFUL) coffee from the cafe inside our hotel. My pants were falling down, i had forgotten my belt for the weekend. I need one, and fast. It was raining, dark as hell at the harbor, we begin to lose our sense of direction and ask an old lady at McDonalds where the convention center is, "make a left", she says. The tug of pants from the all powerful force of gravity comes again, i stop in the nearest clothes shop... a womens clothes shop. I BUY AND WEAR THE GAYEST BELT IN THE FUCKING WORLD. With my pants secure, it was time to wait in line for registration.

3 hours of waiting, and meeting people.

Time to wander the con, i split up with just about everyone... our only plan is our showing of "Hamstah Gangstahs" at 1am.

9pm, Doom decides it is time for 40oz of malt liquor... i concur and we hunt down a liquor store.

10pm, liquored up and good to go i wander the convention and check out the hilarious fan parodys which played before ours. Good times. Jack is wearing a "karate kid" type head band. It rocked my ass. And so did Hamstah Gangstahs. Later we all get cheesesteaks at "Master Sandwich Chef" and get some rest.

Saturday
... again no hangover, i consider myself lucky this time. Time to check out some stuff... oh wait there's ddr.
play ddr
watch some of tournament
okay, time to check out some more stuff...

art show, eh... Megatokyo was really popular, but godamnit the line was too long, i'll meet them some other time, i hardly read their comic anymore anyhow.

Crayon Shin-Chan: haha, a little too kiddie, from what shad told me the craziness of the show doesn't come out to later in the season, or possibly in much later seasons. Oh well, it was still funny.

GTO: dubbed, but watched an episode early before the next dvd, it's goodness and i will by it.

Ebichu the House keeping Hamster: Already seens dem jawns, in fact it was the exact same fansub... good, i liked it even more the second time around.

Avalon: didn't sit through it all, Shad informs me it will be getting a domestic dvd release, that kicks ass. I get a call during the show, everyone looks at me and hisses... i leave the room to watch the end of the ddr tournament.

and now a special message to "Big C"
Leave me alone, stop talking to me, following me, or even addressing me in any conversations. You are pathetic.

With that out of the way(which wasn't even worth my time), there was a fun freestyle competition in the game room. and of course many people take it way too seriously, thus negating the purpose of freestyle competition, we're supposed to have fun and keep people entertained. It was good nonetheless.

big ups to:
GER
Nugget
Warpticon
Gay guy who does "twilight Zone", that was really good
RebelPilot(JERUZ STIZYLE)

Later, Dave and I again meet up with Masaaki and we head to their hotel room, which is amazingly crowded. We get piss drunk with WickedPissah,NewWave,Masaaki,G,Brian(or was it james, godamnit i suck again)
We talk about pornography and mixed drinks.

Somehow we find our way back. Dave vomits. Pfunk hasn't returned.

Sunday
Not much goin on, we start showering and packing up to get out of the hotel room by 12pm, still no sign of Pfunk. We ... erg... pick up his dirty drawz and throw them in a large bag, and throw it in the trunk of my car.

I get split up again, wait with Mighty Doom in main lobby waiting for his ride.
A "Largo"(megatokyo) cosplayer is putting on a show as "Great Teacher Largo", teaching people how to speek 1337, blackboard and all. After listening to his bullshit about "mad s3x0rz" and the variations and levls of 1337, i decide to elaborate to his class. He permits me to step up to the blackboard so i can explain "k-rad" to the class:

"fsck 1337"

Next it was burger time at the burger king with the entire gang, minus one mighty doom. we eat our full, pack up and leave.

it was a good weekend, one of my better convention experiences. Still considering if i will do it again next year, it seems almost a waste of money to just hang out with friends in baltimore and get stupid drunk. We dont need an anime convention as an excuse... godamnit we can come up with our own excuses!

OTAKON 2K2 RECIEVES 3.7 OUT OF 5 STARS.
WAY TO GO OTAKON, YOU DO NOT SUCK AT THE CON.