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OMG Con- Country Roads, Take Me Homeby Sam - June 30th, 2010 |
Every so often, frequently when I’m hungry, I get in the mood for adventure. I’ll be on the road, my tummy will rumble and I’ll decide to sample the local fare. A lot of the time I won’t know any of the restaurants nearby and fast food doesn’t sound too tasty, so I’ll turn on the GPS, hit the food option, and wait for the fates of electric maps to take me somewhere. Normally I’ll settle for a mediocre diner or an expensive café, but once in a while I get lucky. My GPS will lead me to a place where the food is unbelievable, reasonably priced and the people serving are as excited to seat me as I am to eat. A gem in the middle of nowhere, I’ll stumble into this place, feel relaxed and accepted and wonder how it was I’ve not been aware of it all my life.
That’s exactly how I feel about OMG Con.
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Vote for me please! =)by Jess - June 24th, 2010 |
Hello to all our wonderful amazing fans!!!
I have a little favor to ask of you. 
I entered a contest on ACParadise.com and I made it to the voting round and it would mean soooo much to me if you would click this here little link and put in a vote for me :3
http://www.acparadise.com/acp/contests.php?cid=51&t=1
I’m nekatsim, the Carrot Ranka. ^_^
Thank you in advance! And wish me luck ~Nyan!
~Jess
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Acen 2010 - Our Gateway Drugby Sam - June 24th, 2010 |
~Taking a break from regular convention reviews, this article will be more of a tribute to my years at Anime Central, rather than a review of the 2010 year. Warning a head of time: I attended very few events this year, including the Masquerade, so I’ll be able to give little thought on events like that. ~
This will have been my (Sam) fifth year at ACEN.
Just looking at those words causes a flood of memories to bombard me in my desk chair. Without a doubt this is the convention which is nearest to my heart, the don’t miss event and the most highly anticipated weekend of my whole year. I’ve enjoyed other conventions, but Acen is like a first love. It ushered me into a world of fandom from which I’ve never looked back and exposed me to more anime, video games and blips of subculture I couldn’t have dreamed to find on my own. This convention is also a family affair; my brothers and mother have been my hotel room companions each year at the Hyatt, as well as a team of my closest friends. Perhaps most significantly (at least in regard to the publishing of this article) Acen is where I first met the Enthusiasts. When the seasons change and costumed folk with bulky swords and brightly colored hair swarm into Rosemont, you can be sure I am among them. I wouldn’t be anywhere else.
This year was different for several major reasons: One was that I was not battling a school schedule leading up to the convention and had proper time to prepare for the weekend as oppose to rushing to make everything work. This meant I could arrive at our hotel room in the Embassy Suites early as well, giving time for relaxation and hot-tubbing. Another significant difference was that Saturday the 15th is also the date of my birth, meaning my 21st birthday would be celebrated at the con. As if the greatness of Acen could be expanded, this would be the year. We were ready. And we got there on Thursday.
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MARCON 2010 Review: Serious Traditionby Sam - June 16th, 2010 |
Columbus Ohio is a popular town for nerd conventions. It was the location of Ohayocon 2010 in January and in June it will host Origins Game Fair, a premiere gaming convention. While considerable in their own right, these conventions will have had to be around for a bit longer to compare with the tremendous Sci-Fi convention we attended May 28th to the 30th. Known for being the longest running sci-fi convention in the Midwest, Marcon (Multiple Alternative Realities Convention) just celebrated its 45th year and we were lucky enough to be there as loyal members of an established organization invaded the Columbus Convention Center.
As the name implies, Marcon fosters a broad number of fandoms, including video game, role-playing, science fiction, zombie fanaticisms and anime. While their prime focus is their diehard sci-fi community, the con respects other interests and we found ourselves not at a complete loss surrounded by earnest Dr. Who-lians and Trekkies. Thursday afternoon the Enthusiasts (with a new van!) set off for this adventure into the unknown, prepared for some zombie killing techniques and Mountain Dew. As it turns out, both of these items came in very handy over the weekend.
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Quick update.by Nick - June 16th, 2010 |
We are trying to get everything back on track and get back on our normal wed update schedule. Im working on uploading our backlog of photos to the gallery, getting something like 40+ videos done and working on our convention schedule for the rest of the year.
The girls are working on the Acen, Marcon and OMGcon reviews for the site in the next few days.
We are going full-time starting this weekend so we hope to get faster at getting everything out for you. Please support us by donating or purchasing a print at our convention photobooths!
Working on a paypal checkout system that will allow you to mail-order ANY photo in the gallery. Ill keep you updated on that as we get it going.
A huge thanks to all our fans and we hope that we can provide even more for you over the next year!
See you soon!
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Downloads page is live!by Nick - May 27th, 2010 |
We have been talking about trying this for a while and I finally got permission from my hosting team to start putting up videos for download. You can find the download page by clicking the downloads button on the navigation bar or by clicking here.
