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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Tue May 19, 2015 7:11 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:Whoohooo! Almost time for Fanime, and almost done packing and taking care of all the prep and errands necessary for a convention trip. ^_^

What kind of fun stuff they got there? :3
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Tue May 19, 2015 7:11 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:Whoohooo! Almost time for Fanime, and almost done packing and taking care of all the prep and errands necessary for a convention trip. ^_^

Also remember to pack a sufficient amount of antacids. All that pocky and convention food is going to do a real number on your stomach!
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue May 19, 2015 7:13 pm

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Ethel mermania wrote:I would rather go straight to the hard stuff, why muck around.

Fortified wine is cheaper, so you can afford more of it to poison yourself.

Fair point, you can get some pretty cheap whiskey. With either product we are not exactly sipping for taste.,
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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Tue May 19, 2015 7:15 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hurdegaryp wrote:Fortified wine is cheaper, so you can afford more of it to poison yourself.

Fair point, you can get some pretty cheap whiskey. With either product we are not exactly sipping for taste.,

If I'm drinking to wash away the bad taste stupid people leave in my mouth, I at least want something halfway decent to replace it. :lol2:
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Postby Reploid Productions » Tue May 19, 2015 7:15 pm

The Princes of the Universe wrote:
Reploid Productions wrote:Whoohooo! Almost time for Fanime, and almost done packing and taking care of all the prep and errands necessary for a convention trip. ^_^

What kind of fun stuff they got there? :3

Lots of anime nerdy type stuff, fair bit of steampunky stuff... really, a very nerdy weekend all around. If I could afford it, I'd being doing cosplay too. Sadly, can't afford that right now.

Hurdegaryp wrote:Also remember to pack a sufficient amount of antacids. All that pocky and convention food is going to do a real number on your stomach!

I think I'll manage, since my group of friends have been doing the anime convention thing for 15 years now. ;) Also nice, we've got a 2-bedroom suite with a full kitchen, so we're doing slow-cooker dinners instead of eating out every night. :D
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue May 19, 2015 7:17 pm

The Princes of the Universe wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:Fair point, you can get some pretty cheap whiskey. With either product we are not exactly sipping for taste.,

If I'm drinking to wash away the bad taste stupid people leave in my mouth, I at least want something halfway decent to replace it. :lol2:

that s a fair viewpoint as well.
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Postby Hurdegaryp » Tue May 19, 2015 7:17 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
The Princes of the Universe wrote:What kind of fun stuff they got there? :3

Lots of anime nerdy type stuff, fair bit of steampunky stuff... really, a very nerdy weekend all around. If I could afford it, I'd being doing cosplay too. Sadly, can't afford that right now.

Hurdegaryp wrote:Also remember to pack a sufficient amount of antacids. All that pocky and convention food is going to do a real number on your stomach!

I think I'll manage, since my group of friends have been doing the anime convention thing for 15 years now. ;) Also nice, we've got a 2-bedroom suite with a full kitchen, so we're doing slow-cooker dinners instead of eating out every night. :D

Good, good. May you obtain the maximum amount of fun that can be had at such congregations!
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.

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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Tue May 19, 2015 7:18 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
The Princes of the Universe wrote:What kind of fun stuff they got there? :3

Lots of anime nerdy type stuff, fair bit of steampunky stuff... really, a very nerdy weekend all around. If I could afford it, I'd being doing cosplay too. Sadly, can't afford that right now.

Any specifics you feel comfortable rattling off?

Reploid Productions wrote:I think I'll manage, since my group of friends have been doing the anime convention thing for 15 years now. ;) Also nice, we've got a 2-bedroom suite with a full kitchen, so we're doing slow-cooker dinners instead of eating out every night. :D

Good choice! I made a lamb stew that way for Easter. :3

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The Princes of the Universe wrote:If I'm drinking to wash away the bad taste stupid people leave in my mouth, I at least want something halfway decent to replace it. :lol2:

that s a fair viewpoint as well.

I come up with a good one every now and then.
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Postby Furry Alairia and Algeria » Tue May 19, 2015 7:18 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:Whoohooo! Almost time for Fanime, and almost done packing and taking care of all the prep and errands necessary for a convention trip. ^_^

Why is it that I feel there are a lot of us going to conventions
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Postby Barboneia » Tue May 19, 2015 7:22 pm

I wear my glasses so often that, while the rest of my face is a pale-pinkish color, the area around my eyes are, like, pure white from having my glasses cover the skin all the time.
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Postby Reploid Productions » Tue May 19, 2015 7:26 pm

Furry Alairia and Algeria wrote:
Reploid Productions wrote:Whoohooo! Almost time for Fanime, and almost done packing and taking care of all the prep and errands necessary for a convention trip. ^_^

Why is it that I feel there are a lot of us going to conventions

I would imagine that Nationstates has a disproportionately high percentage of anime/comics/sci-fi/fantasy/etc fans that tend to enjoy going to them? :P

As for Fanime specifically, they don't necessarily pull the sort of guests that the much larger Anime Expo does, but it tends to be far more fan-driven than corporate-sponsored. Still has a nice big dealer's hall for the shopaholics, video viewing rooms (watching DBZ Abridged on a giant projector screen with a room full of other fans was amazing!) and tons of panels on cosplaying, specific series, fan activities, and so on. My sister and I are running four panels on fanfiction writing this year, as part of our unending (and largely futile) quests to increase the percentage of fanfic that doesn't suck. :P
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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Tue May 19, 2015 7:28 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:As for Fanime specifically, they don't necessarily pull the sort of guests that the much larger Anime Expo does, but it tends to be far more fan-driven than corporate-sponsored. Still has a nice big dealer's hall for the shopaholics, video viewing rooms (watching DBZ Abridged on a giant projector screen with a room full of other fans was amazing!) and tons of panels on cosplaying, specific series, fan activities, and so on. My sister and I are running four panels on fanfiction writing this year, as part of our unending (and largely futile) quests to increase the percentage of fanfic that doesn't suck. :P

I wonder if that would help me with alternate history (which is essentially history fanfiction)? :p
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Postby Ethel mermania » Tue May 19, 2015 7:36 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
Furry Alairia and Algeria wrote:Why is it that I feel there are a lot of us going to conventions

I would imagine that Nationstates has a disproportionately high percentage of anime/comics/sci-fi/fantasy/etc fans that tend to enjoy going to them? :P

As for Fanime specifically, they don't necessarily pull the sort of guests that the much larger Anime Expo does, but it tends to be far more fan-driven than corporate-sponsored. Still has a nice big dealer's hall for the shopaholics, video viewing rooms (watching DBZ Abridged on a giant projector screen with a room full of other fans was amazing!) and tons of panels on cosplaying, specific series, fan activities, and so on. My sister and I are running four panels on fanfiction writing this year, as part of our unending (and largely futile) quests to increase the percentage of fanfic that doesn't suck. :P

Nice, sounds like a well planned convention.
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Postby Ava Ire » Tue May 19, 2015 7:39 pm

Gasp! It's a mod! :o
And their nations title is blue instead of red! It must be a super mod!
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Postby Barboneia » Tue May 19, 2015 7:41 pm

Ava Ire wrote:Gasp! It's a mod! :o
And their nations title is blue instead of red! It must be a super mod!
Run for your lives!!!!

Mods are people too, you know. They have family, they have friends, they use the bathroom, they go to work, they eat, they consume the souls of the damned... Everything normal people do.
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Postby Hetalia Dakota 2 II » Tue May 19, 2015 7:43 pm

Yay I was right about the bow and arrow claymore guy in WW2.
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Postby Furry Alairia and Algeria » Tue May 19, 2015 7:44 pm

The day ends with me feeling like I'm a idiot. I guess that's what happens when I downgrade myself on a completely new level.
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Postby Hetalia Dakota 2 II » Tue May 19, 2015 7:46 pm

Furry Alairia and Algeria wrote:The day ends with me feeling like I'm a idiot. I guess that's what happens when I downgrade myself on a completely new level.

What happened?
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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Tue May 19, 2015 7:47 pm

Barboneia wrote:
Ava Ire wrote:Gasp! It's a mod! :o
And their nations title is blue instead of red! It must be a super mod!
Run for your lives!!!!

Mods are people too, you know. They have family, they have friends, they use the bathroom, they go to work, they eat, they consume the souls of the damned... Everything normal people do.

Wait, what was that last one again? :eyebrow:

Furry Alairia and Algeria wrote:The day ends with me feeling like I'm a idiot. I guess that's what happens when I downgrade myself on a completely new level.

That's me every day, honey. :( :hug:
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Postby Barboneia » Tue May 19, 2015 7:48 pm

The Princes of the Universe wrote:
Barboneia wrote:Mods are people too, you know. They have family, they have friends, they use the bathroom, they go to work, they eat, they consume the souls of the damned... Everything normal people do.

Wait, what was that last one again? :eyebrow:

*coughs* Last what?
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Postby The High Tatras » Tue May 19, 2015 7:52 pm

Well, I go to conventions as well. I am trying to decide what my next costume should be.

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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Tue May 19, 2015 7:53 pm

Barboneia wrote:
The Princes of the Universe wrote:Wait, what was that last one again? :eyebrow:

*coughs* Last what?

Something about souls of the damned?
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Postby Reploid Productions » Tue May 19, 2015 7:53 pm

Barboneia wrote:Mods are people too, you know. They have family, they have friends, they use the bathroom, they go to work, they eat, they consume the souls of the damned... Everything normal people do.

We do-? I mean, of course! Totally do. Yup. Souls are tasty. Kinda like bacon.
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Postby The Princes of the Universe » Tue May 19, 2015 7:56 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
Barboneia wrote:Mods are people too, you know. They have family, they have friends, they use the bathroom, they go to work, they eat, they consume the souls of the damned... Everything normal people do.

We do-? I mean, of course! Totally do. Yup. Souls are tasty. Kinda like bacon.

I have one at my house you can totally nom. >:3
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Postby Ava Ire » Tue May 19, 2015 8:19 pm

Reploid Productions wrote:
Barboneia wrote:Mods are people too, you know. They have family, they have friends, they use the bathroom, they go to work, they eat, they consume the souls of the damned... Everything normal people do.

We do-? I mean, of course! Totally do. Yup. Souls are tasty. Kinda like bacon.

Why is your title blue instead of red?
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