The Thanks and Rants thread

[Xylv]

Thanks to;;

All the awesome people that hug/glomped/took my picture
the con staff
The awesome cosplayers (Soul eater group, man misa ect....)
Pocky


Rants;;

Everything being so expensive, but you expect that anyway x)
Shoes that don't fit, they killed my feet D:
Random idiots from school calling everyone "freaks" and "retards"

I was collar&chain Ritsuka if anyone saw me x)

[Gandalf_LostTheGame]

Hey Fluffy

Thanks to:
~ Expo Peeps
~ ASDA for our white boards
~ Expo Goers for the hatred, love and encouragement

The Rants:
~ Why did they not have the Pokemon Theme tune >:0
~ Or Soulja Boy
~ Hi to the people who gave us hatred (I think there were 5 people?)

[Dimgray]

Thanks:
All the awesome people I met and hugged.
Amazing cosplayers.
My friend who made me laugh all the time (Yay4Xylv).
Pocky!
EDIT: You guys with the whiteboards! You were hilarious! xD

Rants:
My feet, legs and throat killing me.
Having a heart attack each time I did the Caramelldansen.
Doing the Danjo half-way through! xD
Not being able to cosplay.
Thai pocky. D:

[Matty Marvel]

It Was Amazing! It Was Soo Darn Cool.

Thanks:
My Dad For Driving Me.
Those Who Gave Me Random Hugs.
The Masquerade (or however you spell it). It Was Really Cool.
The Mario Kart Wii that was set up there. I won my 4 races oh yes!
My sister and her two friends, Zoe and Ben. Couldn't have had as much fun without them (mainly Ben lol)

Rants:
The Fact I Couldn't Think Of Anything To Cosplay As.
The Fact I Didn't Actually Cosplay In The End.
The Fact I Sucked At Drums On Rockband.
The Small Amount Of Free Hugs I Actually Got... Partly My Fault...I Didn't Make A Sign Until About...2 hours left.. lol.
How I Didnt Get Anyones Contact Details... Grr

anyone wanna share with me? lol

[Dimgray]

It Was Amazing! It Was Soo Darn Cool.

Thanks:
My Dad For Driving Me.
Those Who Gave Me Random Hugs.
The Masquerade (or however you spell it). It Was Really Cool.
The Mario Kart Wii that was set up there. I won my 4 races oh yes!
My sister and her two friends, Zoe and Ben. Couldn't have had as much fun without them (mainly Ben lol)

Rants:
The Fact I Couldn't Think Of Anything To Cosplay As.
The Fact I Didn't Actually Cosplay In The End.
The Fact I Sucked At Drums On Rockband.
The Small Amount Of Free Hugs I Actually Got... Partly My Fault...I Didn't Make A Sign Until About...2 hours left.. lol.
How I Didnt Get Anyones Contact Details... Grr

anyone wanna share with me? lol

That reminds me! Another one of my thanks is the Taiko Drum Master game that they set up there. I want it to be released for the UK. *purr*

[Yukito097]

This was my first ever Expo/Con/Gathering of any sort, so I was really excited, had an AWESOME time, and was depressed when I had to leave
Anywho...

Thanks to:
*My friend who came with me (though we kept getting seperated ^_^;;)
*All the cosplayers for making the event sooooo awesome
*Everyone who accepted my free hugs and took pictures with me
*The staff members
*EVERYONE for being so kind and not shoving me out of the way (and for actually apologizing if they knock me or something...Wasn't aware kind people like that existed outside of Anime)

Rants:
Hmmm...Train being so far away
My mum taking some of my moeny before I left for the expo >:(
Death Note being £2 too expensive :'(
Coming 11th at Mario Kart Still beat Momo-chan though

[Matty Marvel]

It Was Amazing! It Was Soo Darn Cool.

Thanks:
My Dad For Driving Me.
Those Who Gave Me Random Hugs.
The Masquerade (or however you spell it). It Was Really Cool.
The Mario Kart Wii that was set up there. I won my 4 races oh yes!
My sister and her two friends, Zoe and Ben. Couldn't have had as much fun without them (mainly Ben lol)

Rants:
The Fact I Couldn't Think Of Anything To Cosplay As.
The Fact I Didn't Actually Cosplay In The End.
The Fact I Sucked At Drums On Rockband.
The Small Amount Of Free Hugs I Actually Got... Partly My Fault...I Didn't Make A Sign Until About...2 hours left.. lol.
How I Didnt Get Anyones Contact Details... Grr

anyone wanna share with me? lol

That reminds me! Another one of my thanks is the Taiko Drum Master game that they set up there. I want it to be released for the UK. *purr*

That Looked Amazing.. The Only Thing Is.. I Cant Read Japanese. (Go Figure! lol) plus the queue was hugge. but i agree, it looked good! So If its at the next one.. I'm going to have a try! lol.

[Crazedteensie]

Thanks To
- My friends, for being awesome 8D
- The cosplay desk people, for offering to help me walk on to the stage XD
- Everyone who cheered for me in the masq! It made me feel so happy and yeah :3
- Everyone who asked for my picture. I wasn't used to being a popular character so it was like AAH YOU KNOW WHO I AM WHAT D:
- NICK at tokyopop for being our bezzie.
- The Kairi, Neku and Frodo in the queue who all held my hat while I repeatedly tried to fix up my costume. Ilu gaiz.

Rants
- Not being able to breath or see inside my mask.
- My wig, which wouldn't stop falling off >:
- Some kid was who was all HAHA YOU LOOK LIKE A DOOFUS. I was like HAHA YOU LOOK LIKE A FAT AND UGLY KID so there bich.
- Oh god the pain in my feet so much pain >:

[Xylv]

Thanks To
- My friends, for being awesome 8D
- The cosplay desk people, for offering to help me walk on to the stage XD
- Everyone who cheered for me in the masq! It made me feel so happy and yeah :3
- Everyone who asked for my picture. I wasn't used to being a popular character so it was like AAH YOU KNOW WHO I AM WHAT D:
- NICK at tokyopop for being our bezzie.
- The Kairi, Neku and Frodo in the queue who all held my hat while I repeatedly tried to fix up my costume. Ilu gaiz.

Rants
- Not being able to breath or see inside my mask.
- My wig, which wouldn't stop falling off >:
- Some kid was who was all HAHA YOU LOOK LIKE A DOOFUS. I was like HAHA YOU LOOK LIKE A FAT AND UGLY KID so there bich.
- Oh god the pain in my feet so much pain >:

Ugh ¬_¬
When I was waiting for my dad some fat kid stuck his fingers up at me in the car :/
And some kid from school only came down to make fun of everyone, who wastes a saturday and money just to make fun of people?

[Gandalf_LostTheGame]

Thanks To
- My friends, for being awesome 8D
- The cosplay desk people, for offering to help me walk on to the stage XD
- Everyone who cheered for me in the masq! It made me feel so happy and yeah :3
- Everyone who asked for my picture. I wasn't used to being a popular character so it was like AAH YOU KNOW WHO I AM WHAT D:
- NICK at tokyopop for being our bezzie.
- The Kairi, Neku and Frodo in the queue who all held my hat while I repeatedly tried to fix up my costume. Ilu gaiz.

Rants
- Not being able to breath or see inside my mask.
- My wig, which wouldn't stop falling off >:
- Some kid was who was all HAHA YOU LOOK LIKE A DOOFUS. I was like HAHA YOU LOOK LIKE A FAT AND UGLY KID so there bich.
- Oh god the pain in my feet so much pain >:

Ugh ¬_¬
When I was waiting for my dad some fat kid stuck his fingers up at me in the car :/
And some kid from school only came down to make fun of everyone, who wastes a saturday and money just to make fun of people?

When we first got our White Boards and were walking back from ASDA we had "We're doing it for the lulz" written on it and some kid was like "who's louise"... so we called him a n00b ^^; and he was all ">:0" and we were all "LOL KTHNXBAI "
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
so I hope that was on of the people that offended either of you two ^^

[Karasu]

The thanks
My car for being a good girl and not giving me any issues on the early morning drive.
To everyone who waved and smiled and did other things for my camera
To everyone being so friendly as that really helped bring me outta my shell.
To the ATM Machine which took a while to precess but gave me my money in the end.
To Rikku and her friend for giving me some of the funniest footage ive ever filmed.

The rants
My camera battery died before i ran outta tape
The queue's, there was no sign as to which queue was which i ended up in the wrong place 3 times
To the guy who forced his product down my throat Prince something he was like dude DUDE get here now and film this,read this and give me your soul. not a fan of the hard sell.
even tho i wore trainers my legs fell like someone has hit them with baseball bats.


And thats that all in all an amazing day that went way to quick, i cant wait to go next year

[TheMagicalLucy]

I has no rants!

THANKYOU TO EVERYONE
Spesh to the Soul Eater group
The DGM cosplayers
The sakura, yachiru and casual girl I hung out with
And everyone who wanted a photo of me half nekkid

[FreyaCrescent]

Thanks
- My friends. Expo wouldn't be the same without you guys
- Nick, from Tokyopop. He's a legend, he always makes me laugh
- Adziu, when he watched the masquerade with me. xD It was awesome.
- Kelly, Jenn and Laura. Meeting those three actually made my day. xD
- Finally meeting all my other online friends as well!
- Our parents for driving us there and back

Rants
- Some idiot decided to jump me from behind and hugged me. And he wouldn't let go. I had to tell to get the f*** off me in the end. :/ I don't want free hugs godamn you!
- My wig kept slipping off
- It was waaaaaaaay too hot in there to wear a huge coat x_x

[frey-chan]

Thanks

My cool friends who are eternally awesome XD
Tiff, for helping my bow stay up.
My sister for coming to see me even though she was hurty in the legs :3
Nick, for letting me touch his beard.

Rants

A person in the lobby pushed me over >:(

[MrsChumphy]

=D Hooray for expo! Especially since its Midlands expo, because it is tha BESTEST!!!

Thanks:
The Soul Eater group - you guys made my life XD I had the best time evar hanging out with you all, geeking, emoing (as Kid XD) and WINNING!!
FluffyDragon and Llanae for being my Patty and Liz - you made this the best expo ever for me, I've never felt so at home and in character before, and I am so happy to be your friend! <3 ily gais
Sazamaphone and Kat for being my friends and supportive and fun, getting me up in the morning and to the train station, making me laugh all day and videoing us in the masquerade! Surprise buttsecks!
AmethystEyes for being my friend and not getting in a tizz when you woke up late and having the bravery to travel all by yourself (coz I know you don't like it).
Nick the Tokyopop guy for being an all round awesome guy and remembering to give me the Loveless stand after all this time (I love it, it stands proud next to my radiator).
Jon the Tokyotoys guy who I have met every expo since forever, for being hyper, lovely and fanatical enough to give me a box of pocky for friendship and costume-love XD
All the Cosplay staff - every expo you guys and gals work harder than anyone and you always manage to keep the crowd entertained and the cosplayers under control and safe; we love you, tru fax.
Beccy, the Reno girl I met with Sazipon and Kat on the train who was hilarious and awesome the whole time.
Kelly, Jenn, Laura, Charlotte and Nomi for being awesome, rawking their cosplays and being my friends.
The awesome merch stand opposite the DDR and games area which constanty have awesome new goodies; you were the only stall at expo with anything Soul Eater and I spent all mah monies trying to get the characters I wanted - and I DID! =D
Ryaoki, for showing up XD and completing the group - despite your lateness, you rawk man.
Everyone I spent time with - expo isn't expo without friends and new people to meet, I treasure all of you and can't thank you all enough for making days like these the most awesome memories ever
Everyone who cheered for us in the masquerade and tried to help us by showing us the way off stage XD I couldn't see much due to lack of glasses, so the frantic waving of arms helped! I still can't believe we got second, and although I do feel guilty that the individual cosplayers didn't get much recognition in terms of prizes, I think you all were AMAZING and I am so happy to have been a part of it.

Rants:
I had one hour's sleep XD
Feet and legs and head in pain
Creepy old scabby blokes at train station trying to talk to us
Only one day .! XD Bring back 2 days, bring back 2 days!

I had the most awesome time ever, thank you so much everyone!! I hope everyone else had as good a time as me ^__^

[The Soranator]

Thanks to:
The people standing next to us whilst we watched the masquerade! You made me laugh, and were all very friendly ^__^ I was the Lucy/Nyu with blue shorts and fail wig.
The people who spoke to me when I was wondering around on my own for a bit 8D I love speaking to random people, and again, you were all so friendly!
The people who let me take photo's of them ;D
The people who entered the masquerade! You made the day fantastic, with your amazing costumes. You've inspired me to work much harder on my costumes in the future!

Rants:
The person who glomped me and cracked one of my horns >( Warning people first is usually a good thing.
The people who basically pedo'd on my little sister. She was Lettuce from Tokyo Mew Mew. Some people just seemed friendly and loved her outfit, and asked for pictures, but others just seemed too creepy. MUST PROTECT SISTER.
PAIN IN MY LEGS. Too much walking, jesus. I need to sleep.

And one random rant : URGH FAT UGLY SPIDER IN MY BEDROOM. Achem.

[MrsLovett]

I had a great time and all ^-^

Thanks to:
*My friend who came with me as Sweeney <3
*The friendly people who commented so nicely on our cosplay!
*The people who took photos of us
* The glompers, who did ask and warn us before the deed was done. If any of you saw what happened you will know why I loved it XD (They all ran after my friend who was Sweeney, I was laughing at them, until I realized I was holding a free hug/glomp sign, then they ran after me and I threw myself to the floor behind that pink bus because I didn't want to get knocked over by them, then about 11 people all crowded around me grinning!) My first ever glomp, and I didn't get hurt, so it was all good!
*The free huggers who we kept meeting over and over
*Anyone who seemed to find the 'Free Shaves/hugs' sign amusing...
*Er...Everyone really! It was such a nice atmosphere and everyone I met was so kind! ^-^
*That guy who gave me air-hug XDDDDD
*My friend's mum who drove us all the way up there!
*The que to get tickets...Well, me and my friend where doing the caramelldansen, and within about 5 minutes her mum had got tickets O.o;;

Rants:
*At the masquerade I was sitting on the floor, I had such bad pins and needles in my leg, I almost fell over when I got up! >.<;;
*I had to keep topping up my make-up which got annoying =P
* I had to get up very early and it took over an hour to do my hair, then by about 10 minutes of being at the expo it had kind of collapsed XD
*I kept loosing the game because these people had signs saying that you just lost it >.< (By the way, you just lost the game)
*I wish the expo was more than 1 day long!
*Things where so expensive! (What was it?...£25 for a pair of Fruits Basket slippers! O.o;;)
*MY HIGH HEEL SHOES!!!! AHHH! My feet where KILLING me!

But all in all it was great fun! ^-^

[ToroSonyCat]

Thanks to

- All the great suppliers there! Thanks for showing up (even if i didnt buy from your stall) you were appriciated!
- The stand with the Toro stuff! (I bought a plushie and a purse) THANK YOU SO MUCH! you were my fave stall
- The expo itself (Well, duh. need i explain?)
- Tokyopop for the free manga preview thing!
- Everyone for being so friendly!
- The people who organised the expo
- The guy at the stand with the trading figures for opening them so we could see which was inside the box
- Those darlics and robots going around (they were AWSOME)
- Free huggers who just have signs and let you come to them ( Im not a fan of free hugs, and i dont like being asked for them. walking around with signs is fine, it give people a option)
- The guy behind the tokyotoys stand who said i was sweet ^_^ It made me feel happy
- And the girl who asked where i got my kyo bag from! ( the only randomer who actually spoke to me, and wasnt behind the stalls.)



Rants

- That haruhi poster where the only one was ripped D:
- Not being able to cosplay
- Free huggers who dont ask and just run up to you
- Free huggers who ask you ( I dont like it, stick with holding up signs and giving people a option, but at least they ask. )
- Some of the things being really expencive! (But some of it was cheap too!)

I think thats it

[Ghosty13]

Thanks to
- The organizers planning such a great event!
- ALl the freindly people and cosplayers who made the event even funner!
- Random people who came and talked to us!
- Hojo cosplayer! Thanks to you have have very funny footage of Lucy as Vinny being chased around by you!
- All those who joined in with the random dancing, even if Caramelldansen turned into more of a stamina test.. O__O;
- Free huggers + Glompers who asked before they hugged/glomp me! I was so happy that my crown stayed intact the whole day!
- Lu's aunt+uncle who were kind enough to drive us there!
- Everyone who made me feel a little less nervous about going on stage by cheering etc. I really cannot tell you how nervous I was! I was shaking like leaf!
- The Chouji and Ashe cosplayers who we had a great chat to during the Masquarade
- All the shops and stalls who sold amazing stuff!

Rants...

- Damn CD player kept messing up >_< Well.. technically, the CDS.
- Some things being stupidly expensive!
- Being late and missing our goody bags!
- Getting my face paint over my gloves D:
- My boots being all tattered by the end of the day.
- My incredibly bad filming skillz.
- Having to get up incredibly early.
- Getting boiled alive in that damned furry Cait Sith outfit!

[TurboJ]

Okay...
Thanks
- First Expo. It was one of the best days ever.
- Meeting up with some online buddies
- All the Free Hugs
- The guy giving 'Air Hugs' who managed to lift the 17 stone that is me
- The amazing cosplayers
- Finding a plushie of Orihume 'Loituma' Inoue
- Being Rickrolled
- Caramelldansen!
- Buying some brilliant stuff
- Watching my sister perform Hare Hare Yukai
- The Brawl shots I posed for with Link, Ike and Pit
- Seeing the Yaoi fangirls squealing at two guys... lol

Rants
- A 3 hour drive to get there (plus witnessing an accident and getting stuck behind one)
- High prices for stuff. £25 for a '?' Block plushie = no
- So much standing
- Not entering the masquerade
- Arms aching after lots of Caramelldansen
- Costume problems: Moustache not staying on and gloves being a pain
- Camera acting up

Despite these problems, I loved every second of it.

[CrystalNeko]

Thanks:
- To selph for being my Ren <3
- FFExpoClan for many squeals and waking me up at the beginning of the expo - I think you guys were the ones that got me into a hyper mood X3
- Cosplay desk people for being sooo nice and helpful! [I didn't even realize they were judging as it was just so friendly!! - I thought they were just checking everyone was there LOL!]
- Random store with Arina Tanemura poker cards, I love them so much 8D [yes, poker cards... containing lovely artworks from her mangas~~]
- Special-pleb and IssabellaMottman for being awesome photographers!
- Special-pleb's parents... for driving us there! XDDDD
- All my friend's for being amazing, was great seeing you lot again - and meeting new people!!
- The judges, I can't believe we came 2nd seriously. One of the happiest moments of my life seriously!!! - First expo award ='3

Rants:
- Binding binding binding!! It killed me seriously, I was swealtering ;_; [doesn't usually happen when I bind!]
- My stars kept on falling off my gloves, grrr
- Losing a star from my glove right before the masquerade! D8
- I didn't get a go on Rock Band... I didn't even know it was there! ;_;
- My boots, they made my feet ache so much!
- The music blasted into my ear as we went on the masquerade which I'm also kinda thankful for as it certainly woke me up LOL! XD
- Not having enough money to buy the Princess Tutu boxset after spending it on Arina manga XD [my fault there]
- Expo flew by!! WHERE DID THE DAY GO? ;_;

[Fury75]

Thanks:

-Near everyone who boosted my confidence by glomping and hugging me repeatedly XD I loved every single one
-The white haired guy that repeatedly seemed to hug everyone...but I like him XP
-Everyone on the forum who I talked too and danced with like ghosty, panda, lucy, Rocky and squeak (talked alot with squeak XD)
-The large amass of manga, I ionly bought 2 manga books that day and nothing else, i regret it now But next year you know im taking it all XD

Rants:
-Ma feet hurt XD
-Pics we took dieing on the camera
-Not buying enough
-not staying long enough to see the masquerade

[subzero hero]

This was my most fun expo so far and i want to thank:

-Everyone who let me pick them up (I was the Air Hugging Near)
-All the awesome people who I had a laugh with
-Everybody in the masqurade for putting on such a great show.
-The tall L who kept trying to ambush me all day. What a nice guy he was.
-The death note group who kept popping up everywhere and let me join with death note Twister, sorry that it ended up a little pervy it seems to happen every time.

My only rant is when my wig got stolen for about a minute i lost the hair-net i use to keep its shape.

[Selph]

Thanks
- To CrystalNeko for being my awesome Hao! You really made my day, thanks so much <3
- The judges, for awarding us 2nd place! Thank you, we were really chuffed ^^
- Alex, for staying up til 6am on Saturday morning finishing my kwan dao (!), spending 3 hours drawing my tattoo in the middle of the foyer, and for all the love and moral support. I couldn't have done this costume without you, seriously.
- The rest of the FFExpoClan, who all looked absolutely amazing. Guys, seriously - you all blew me away with the quality of your costumes.
- All the awesome folk who took my photo/complimented my costume. It was sooo nice to have my hard work appreciated!
- Umbre-chan! It was epic to see you again! You're as cool as I remembered ;D
- The other Final Fantasy geeks I spoke to in the ticket queue. You guys rocked at life =3
- The International Centre staff member who approached us with the line, 'Uhh... excuse me, you can't be doing that in here!', thinking I was topless while my tattoo was being drawn =P
- The people who weren't freaked out by me suddenly stripping off to show my tattoo! =P

Rants
- The people who ran up and glomped me without asking... can you not see the facepaint on my back?!?! D<
- The day was so. darn. short. D=


...I actually have very few negative things to say about the day. I had an absolutely brilliant day =)

[KellyJane]

THANKS

- To the organizers. Everything went so smoothly! Extremely well run.
- To one particularly friendly staff bloke who was stood by the exit of the stage, and was craving Relentless all day XD
- Cosplay desk staff. Always so friendly. I can't remember his name, but the chap with glasses who our GH group signed in with was such a ray of sunshine ^_^
- Cosplay judges, for giving us 3rd place for adults. We really weren't expecting it! XD
- For a lovely location! The building was really attactive, and the hall was a perfect size for the number of stands and attendees.
- To the new people I met. I didn't encounter a single person I thought negativly of all day. Was great to finally meet mungojerry/freyacrescent, as well as seeing some old faces!
- To Afro Samurai and his friend, for keeping us amused in the backstage of Masquarade
- To the brilliant cosplayers! Some really great stuff there

RANTS
- Getting told we couldn't hang around outside the closed Centre afterwards, despite some people still not having their lifts turn up/trains ready to catch
- Expensiveness (expected)
- People not listening to instructions (there are health and safety rules. It was good of the organizers to let people mess around and dance on the stage, but when they say to get off, GET OFF)
- Unwanted huggers/glompers. I didn't have trouble with these, but I know one or two people who did.
- Screaming/squealing. While expected, it still gets to me when someone runs past my ear screaming at the top of their lungs!


All in all, I bloody loved it!