Hard to believe just two short hours ago, Tekko 1/2 came to a close. For those of you who weren't (or were) there, he's my half-con report.
I didn't get there until almost 2, thanks to SATs, the need to find my costume, and my hilarious lack of ability to get around town. I tried to get from McKees Rocks back to MY OWN HOUSE and wound up in Kennedy. Where I then tried to get to Crafton, which I achieved, but wound up going to the West End Circle instead of 79 South. (which was what I wanted to do in the first place, from McKees Rocks, but I thought the circle was closed for construction)
Anyway, after a frightening experience in the circle which I never hope to repeat, I made it to the hotel, armed with duel disk and mullet wig. Yes, it is a wig. That is not my real hair. I was Jounouchi, not Joe Dirt, and not any other Yugioh character. (Jack Atlas? Duke? Bakura?) I would like to thank all the people who remembered me from previous cons. The one and only Tekko-Jou. I was genuinely surprised at the number of people who commented on the duel disk. It looks alright, I guess, but next to a real one it looks like a cheap piece of junk. People seem to like homemade things, though, so it was actually popular. Let's hope they like my attempt to make armor as much as the duel disk...
I met up with my friends, and scoped out the two-table dealers room. For 1/2, it was actually raelly nice to have some dealers. I picked up a Sailor Moon action figure for a friend, and my friends got some OLD-school manga. Not even book manga. Comic book manga! I didn't even know they made that. ^_^;;
We ran around looking at the various things to do. I talked a bit with some folks from last con (Kitty!L/Orihime, Aang/Cosmo, Sokka/Wanda) and then went to the game room. There wasn't any line on DDR, so I made a fool of myself on that for a bit. Then we went back to main events, where Uncle Yo was set to begin at 3:15. While waiting, I watched an impromptu anime charades going on in the corner. Basically it was "say a line, everyone guess the character". I felt the need to shout "WHO'S SO SMALL YOU WANT TO CRUSH LIKE AN ANT?" which was well-received. Then I immediately left the charades circle for the comedian.
Uncle Yo was hilarious. Five words to summarize ANY Miyazaki movie: A young girl eventually flies. AND IT'S TRUE! XD
I don't remember half the stuff he talked about now--Naruto ninjas not being secretive, hobo anime, The Dark Knight by Dr. Seuss, Light kill Near by addicting him to MMOs, WOWOW, shonen vs. shojo, and animaniacs Naruto names, to name a few. He's on youtube, he's on uncleyo.com, and he'll be at Tekko 7! Check him out!
After Uncle Yo, Con President Jim Gogol announced the currently confirmed guests: Greg Ayres, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Stephanie Sheh, and the legendary Johnny Yong Bosch! Sadly, Carrie Savage can't make it this year. She will be missed. I am VERY excited for Colleen, Stephanie, and Johnny. (Greg, too, of course, but I've never met the other three) Colleen is Riza Hawkeye and a director for FMA. Stephanie is Eureka, and Johnny is Renton!!! (Along with billions of other things) Eureka and Renton! Dude! The only thing better than that would be Vic Mignogna and Caitlin Glass for Ed and Winry. (or dare I say Wayne and Megan? But that dub is awful... HOLY SNAP, Megan is Rangiku?! I need to get a copy of Bleach! And find the Tekko guest wish list.)
Then more hanging out with friends, and meeting some new people. A fellow dressed as Near whose name I unfortunately forget approached me and we had a very interesting conversation about 5Ds, amoung other things. Then I went off to get Carrie's autograph with a friend, Yachiru, from anime club. She signed a mini-poster for Shuffle, and took a picture with me!
Back to my friends, and then to my car to retrieve my deck and Yugi-hair, since one of my friends agreed to wear it. I unfortunately did not witness this, but they went on a quest to find an ATM with Cosmo and Wanda, and she wore it outside the hotel. I wouldn't wear that thing outside the hotel. Heck, I didn't wear it at all. Kudos to you, my friend, for wearing the hair. (though perhaps it's less embarrassing when you're not a hopelessly obsessed fan of the series)
Come 6, I went to the RPG/CCG Room and played a match against... Ryan, I think, who was cosplayed as Sasori. With an interesting E-Hero/Synchro combo, he took the match 2-1. I had a couple of nice combos, but for the most part, my Amazonesses need work. It doesn't do much good to have a bunch of cards of the same type if there's no support. But it was immensely fun, and I got to overhear DnD discussions, in which Sid (aka Masquerade MC!) was participating. Uncle Yo also stopped in for a bit, but left before I could fangirl.
We finished the match after 7 (long match!) and I left to find my friends again. We talked a bit, and peaked in on the dance. Unfortunately, I'm neither a dancer nor raver, unless I'm heavly caffinated, and in the presence of a large group of people I know who are also making fools of them--I mean... 'dancing'. Yeah. "Dancing". Anyway, I usually don't do that, and the beginning of it was kind of lame, so we skipped that and headed to the video room, where we caught the end of episode 2 of Fate/Stay Night. It was cool-looking, though I've seen the "killed my mysterious magic bad guy and brought back to life" thing more than enough times before.
That ended quickly, though, since we got in late, so my friends decided to spend the last of their time in the game room. Rockband was COMPLETELY empty, so the three of us, along with a very kind... staffer? He wasn't wearing a green shirt, so I'm not sure. Anyway, a nice guy showed us how to play. (None of us had ever played Rockband, only Guitar Hero) It was fun, though I found that I epically fail at drumming on medium, and even more epically fail at singing anything I've never heard before. Despite what my mother and choir director think, I can't site-read. |D But it was still fun.
I walked my friends to their ride (because their stuff was chilling in my car and I had to get it out for them) and went back up to get in a quick game of SSBM with, amoung others, Uncle Yo! He was very cool, and I hope he MCs the masquerade when he comes for Tekko 7.
Then the game room closed, and I headed back to the dealer's room to pick up a Sailor Moon action figure which apparently are very rare, and therefore will make a wonderful gift for my Sailor Moon friend. Everything else was closed at this point, so I decided to watch the "rave", being a loser and wanting to stay until the very end. Which I did. And then I left, wearing my costume all the way home.
So that was Tekko 1/2 2008. Make sure you all register for Tekko 7, because it's going to be AWESOME! I was personally at the DLLCC last week, and it's perfect for this. HUGE hallways, big random open spaces for picture-taking, stopping to chat, resting, line-waiting, etc, balconies for hanging and pics, giant exhibit hall, and very nicely equipped panel rooms. Getting there was a breeze from the north--I just got off the Ft. Duquesne bridge, took the Convention Center exit, and I was there. Plenty of parking, and a good part of town. If anyone has any complaints about the DLLCC, state them, and I will tell you all the wonderful things about it. The ONLY thing is the price, which is, I think, $5 more. And that's hardly anything, compared to how awesome this place is.
I am so excited for Tekko now. If it weren't for the massive amounts of homework and college applying I have to do, I'd work on my costume non-stop. A few of the staff people I talked to yesterday said there was a lot of programming to fill, so I'm going to sign up for as many panels as I can. I have three planned so far: the 4kids dub/original one, another "everything you want to know about YGO", and a Miyazaki one. With all the stuff, you'll hopefully see me. See you at Tekko!
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