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[Hot Coldman]

I thought all the girls like Yusei.

But he only came here to play a card game.

Spoiler

A MOTORCYCLEEEEEE

 

[Volimar]

"I'm a 13 year old girl dressed in a costume from my favorite show! Sure it's super low cut and has a very short skirt, but I'm sure I'll be fine to go alone to this massive building filled with anonymous strangers who are also in costumes which would make identifying them later if I needed to almost impossible. K, bye!"

I don't blame the victims, but come on parents. My sisters couldn't even go to the mall with friends till they were at least 15, let alone a convention hall god knows how many miles away filled with strangers wearing masks or makeup while wearing super skimpy outfits.

Edit - Also, lowest con attendance in years? Someone call it.

 

[G-Fex]

But he only came here to play a card game.

Spoiler

A MOTORCYCLEEEEEE

I came.


;3

 

[bengraven]

I wish we could bottle up the pent up sexual frustration at an anime convention.

We could probably fly to Mars on that energy.

 

[Orayn]

Well to be fair I think Zelda and Pixar movies are maybe too mainstream to have people think you are a pedo if you like them. So I am wrong about that. My Little Pony? Yeah that's a head scratcher on why an adult would be interested in it out side of maybe nostalgia? Not sure how an adult could be mentally stimulated by it enough to watch more than 2 min of it.

For someone who's already a fan of cartoons in general, it's not that big of a leap from liking something like Flapjack or Adventure Time. The series has great writing, solid voice acting, much better animation than your average kids' show, and numerous gags and cultural reference that are bound to go over the heads of the intended audience. Lauren Faust, the executive producer of the first season, stated that it was her goal to make a series that wouldn't annoy the siblings and parents of the main audience, and the studio pulled it off so well that the show attracted a large secondary demographic. I'll admit that it's a bit weird, but people still tend to overreact in some pretty dramatic ways.

If the ponies started decapitating one another I'd watch it.

Meet you half way?

 

[Volimar]

I wish we could bottle up the pent up sexual frustration at an anime convention.

We could probably fly to Mars on that energy.

I'd hate to see the machinery involved to collect said energy.

 

[Acerac]

If the ponies started decapitating on another I'd watch it.

Well you obviously only enjoy refined and mature entertainment.

I'm not going to lie, Fatalities were pretty badass when I first saw them in middle school.

Well this argument is not reversible whatsoever!

Actually, the fact that is reversible was the point!

Though I can't imagine many guys thought MLP was badass in middle school. o_o

 

[Rapstah]

Well you obviously only enjoy refined and mature entertainment.

I'm not going to lie, Fatalities were pretty badass when I first saw them in middle school.

Well this argument is not reversible whatsoever!

 

[hellclerk]

I don't see a huge problem with it, though it's probably not a good idea from a PR perspective to insult your audience.

Neither do I really, though it might be problematic from a logistical standpoint. No matter what they do, people will fall through the cracks. And along with those people falling through the cracks, individuals with absolutely no bad intentions or backgrounds might get caught up because something unrelated or out of context is caught up in alot of trouble. In the end, people will resent an overbearing screening process and bad shit will still happen no matter what the con dudes do.

I'd hate to see the machinery involved to collect said energy.

RoomFullofRealdolls.jpg

 

[Teknoman]

I'd hate to see the machinery involved to collect said energy.

Someones probably going to make an anime about it now...

EDIT: Mortal Kombat is still a really fun game to play, but the fatalities dont get me hyped up as they used to.

Of course, it might just be the fact that the sound mix sucks on the new MK, and impact noises dont seem like they pack much of a punch aside from normal attacks.


As far as conventions go, and this should go for any huge gathering of people, parents should just make sure their kids either go with a group of friends or they just hit the event with their kids for supervision. Especially if they're under a certain age.

That and I dunno how a guy could go after someone that young, when you have people at those conventions that look like that one woman who cosplayed Rikku from FFX-2...unless she looked older than what she was and he just didnt care.

I wish we could bottle up the pent up sexual frustration at an anime convention.

We could probably fly to Mars on that energy.

Apparently not if all these stories are anything to go by lol.

 

[Acerac]

Someones probably going to make an anime about it now...

EDIT: Mortal Kombat is still a really fun game to play, but the fatalities dont get me hyped up as they used to.

Of course, it might just be the fact that the sound mix sucks on the new MK, and impact noises dont seem like they pack much of a punch aside from normal attacks.

Hmm... the series never really caught me since I learned a bit about competitive play. The depth was never really there in the early days of the series, and the dial-a-combos of some of the later iterations were not fun at all. I've heard some good things about the latest game in the series, but by now I've completely given up on it.

Street Fighter has long been my classic styled 2d fighting game of choice. In all fairness, I've not learned too much about the mechanics of advanced play for the newest MK, though the EVO matches were rather entertaining. They paled in comparison to the SF/MvC matches however.

Of course, when it comes to fighting games in general, Melee is the only answer. Slightly off topic here, and on the wrong side of the forums at that. What was this thread about originally?

Oh god. Now I remember.

*Goes back to video games*

 

[Yo Gotti]

Probably not a bad idea.

I watch anime, but any guy over 17 who's into that little girl loli anime shit has something serious pent up. Some of these guys worship those characters and it's beyond weird.

 

[Foob]

Start banning people from public events! It's the new American way.

this guy is definitely a sex offender

 

[Sennorin]

Probably not a bad idea.

I watch anime, but any guy over 17 who's into that little girl loli anime shit has something serious pent up. Some of these guys worship those characters and it's beyond weird.

And being weird justifies being stigmatized as a sex offender? This topic is full of people who attempt to draw some kind of line between anime-fans and criminals, which is beyond being only unfunny. I´m not into moe-anime, unless Mawaru Penguin Drum and Usagi Drop count as such, but let people enjoy what they want to enjoy. Quitting being interested in anime because you reach a certain age that society expects you to quit it? Ridiculous.

That´s not even touching on the subject of why young girls are cosplaying as characters that are MEANT to be sexy, attractive, inviting. Complete and utter failure on side of the parents if they let their underage children reveal their bodies in clothing that is clearly meant to be sexualized.

 

[Nix]

this guy is definitely a sex offender

That was uncalled for. =T

 

[airmangataosenai]

All this does is contribute to the stereotype that anyone over the age of 18 who attends one of these public events is some kind of kiddy-fiddlin' creeper, like most "protect the children from Stranger Danger" measures. This type of abuse is not epidemic at these events, or you would've heard about it way sooner -- and "stranger danger" is incredibly exaggerated by the media compared to far more common situations of child abuse. Blocking ten people from entering the doors of a multi-thousands event means nothing at all. What an embarrassment.

I dunno. One of the event organizers at Megacon got arrested forn kiddy porn a few years back. It seems to be more widespread than you think it is.

 

[Acerac]

And being weird justifies being stigmatized as a sex offender? This topic is full of people who attempt to draw some kind of line between anime-fans and criminals, which is beyond being only unfunny. I´m not into moe-anime, unless Mawaru Penguin Drum and Usagi Drop count as such, but let people enjoy what they want to enjoy. Quitting being interested in anime because you reach a certain age that society expects you to quit it? Ridiculous.

That´s not even touching on the subject of why young girls are cosplaying as characters that are MEANT to be sexy, attractive, inviting. Complete and utter failure on side of the parents if they let their underage children reveal their bodies in clothing that is clearly meant to be sexualized.

*Laughs*

You wouldn't last two days on this board as a pony fan. We're called sex offenders and pedos in every thread where either of those words come up, and in many where they don't.

People often hate what they don't understand, and some enjoy demonizing what they hate. It's best not to be overly concerned with their opinions on the matter as they tend to be misinformed and are typically poorly thought out.

People call Pony fans perverts because it's funny.

Hey, some people think Fred is funny. Who am I to say they are wrong for being amused by such things?

 

[bengraven]

People call Pony fans perverts because it's funny.

People call moe fans perverts because they are uncomfortable.

Which isn't the issue at stake here I think. With the amount of raids the government have made on porno shops and pedophoile's computers and found underaged Japanese porn, it should'nt be shocking that anime conventions are on the federal chalk board as being watched.

Of course then you get into the "it's profiling" issue, but I think it doesn't apply here.

 

[Cloudy]

Wouldn't a better idea be to NOT allow underage people on the premises without supervision? Do you really want to add another stigma to anime conventions?

 

[perfectnight]

Probably not a bad idea.

I watch anime, but any guy over 17 who's into that little girl loli anime shit has something serious pent up. Some of these guys worship those characters and it's beyond weird.

Well, you see, a lot of those shows aren't made for kids. A prominent portion of the anime/manga fandom is made up of pedophiles. They (the industry) are well aware of this and so they continue to pander to that demographic, to the disgust of many normal anime fans.

 

[Haly]

Well, you see, a lot of those shows aren't made for kids. A prominent portion of the anime/manga fandom is made up of pedophiles. They (the industry) are well aware of this and so they continue to pander to that demographic, to the disgust of many normal anime fans.

Sorry can you back this up with something concrete or is it just one of those things people type without any intervention from their brain?

 

[Makoto]

Well, you see, a lot of those shows aren't made for kids. A prominent portion of the anime/manga fandom is made up of pedophiles. They (the industry) are well aware of this and so they continue to pander to that demographic, to the disgust of many normal anime fans.

How prominent are we talking?

 

[dimb]

Wouldn't a better idea be to NOT allow underage people on the premises without supervision? Do you really want to add another stigma to anime conventions?

Because the convention coordinators make a lot more money by letting in people of all ages, and this isn't that serious of a problem to warrant such a drastic action.

A prominent portion of the anime/manga fandom is made up of pedophiles.

Could you not.

 

[victreeb3l]

i thought the trend of studios making more and more moe animes was because those shows moved a lot of product? or am i just talking out of my butt?

 

[perfectnight]

Sorry can you back this up with something concrete or is it just one of those things people say?

The metric fuck tons of drawn kiddy porn (and everything in between) in both mediums and the constant hamfisting of loli/moe type characters into shows isn't enough? I think it's silly to pretend there is no correlation between those things and the anime fandom itself. Or are you suggesting these things are being made to appease no one in particular. huh. Obviously there must be quite a demand for such materials otherwise they wouldn't be quite so... common?

 

[DrForester]

Well, you see, a lot of those shows aren't made for kids. A prominent portion of the anime/manga fandom is made up of pedophiles. They (the industry) are well aware of this and so they continue to pander to that demographic, to the disgust of many normal anime fans.

The metric fuck tons of drawn kiddy porn (and everything in between) in both mediums and the constant hamfisting of loli/moe type characters into shows isn't enough? I think it's silly to pretend there is no correlation between those things and the anime fandom itself. Or are you suggesting these things are being made to appease no one in particular. huh. Obviously there must be quite a demand for such materials otherwise they wouldn't be quite so... common?

Oh, you're being serious....

The response to that would be there's "Rule 34" things for every fandom on the planet. It's by no means exclusive to anime/manga.

 

[Haly]

The metric fuck tons of drawn kiddy porn (and everything in between) in both mediums and the constant hamfisting of loli/moe type characters into shows isn't enough? I think it's silly to pretend there is no correlation between those things and the anime fandom itself. Or are you suggesting these things are being made to appease no one in particular. huh. Obviously there must be quite a demand for such materials otherwise they wouldn't be quite so... common?

Ah, you think sexualizing drawings is the same thing as sexualizing people. Or do you think one leads to the other?

Tell me, do you also believe violent video games produces serial killers?

 

[survivor]

The metric fuck tons of drawn kiddy porn (and everything in between) in both mediums and the constant hamfisting of loli/moe type characters into shows isn't enough? I think it's silly to pretend there is no correlation between those things and the anime fandom itself. Or are you suggesting these things are being made to appease no one in particular. huh. Obviously there must be quite a demand for such materials otherwise they wouldn't be quite so... common?

It's also silly to say a lot of shit without backing it up.

 

[tiff]

There's a metric fuckton of live-action child pornography. I guess it's safe to say that a prominent portion of the people who watch live-action entertainment are pedophiles.

 

[Otrebor Nightmarecoat]

Id pose as a tiny girl in sexy clothes for all the anime/pedophile fans but i weight 400 pounds

 

[lightless_shado]

The metric fuck tons of drawn kiddy porn (and everything in between) in both mediums and the constant hamfisting of loli/moe type characters into shows isn't enough? I think it's silly to pretend there is no correlation between those things and the anime fandom itself. Or are you suggesting these things are being made to appease no one in particular. huh. Obviously there must be quite a demand for such materials otherwise they wouldn't be quite so... common?

You're not making any sense. You think all anime is this:

or that most anime fans are into that. Anime 'fan' is the same as music 'fan' or videogame 'fan'. People prefer certain kinds of anime and are fans of that. Me? the anime I like looks something like this:

You shouldn't assume anime fans are represented by those who enjoy the former, furthermore you shouldn't assume that those who enjoy the former are pedophiles. In fact, the thing about pedophiles is that whenever one is apprehended its usually someone who you wouldn't expect to be a pedophile, for every one guy who likes shit thats intended to be for children that turns out to be a pedo there are more that don't who are.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Well, you see, a lot of those shows aren't made for kids. A prominent portion of the anime/manga fandom is made up of pedophiles. They (the industry) are well aware of this and so they continue to pander to that demographic, to the disgust of many normal anime fans.

[Citation Needed]

 

[Forkball]

Well, you see, a lot of those shows aren't made for kids. A prominent portion of the anime/manga fandom is made up of pedophiles. They (the industry) are well aware of this and so they continue to pander to that demographic, to the disgust of many normal anime fans.

MLP is not an anime.

 

[spindashing]

 

[tiff]

Damn, I totally forgot about that FotNS scene.

 

[perfectnight]

Ah, you think sexualizing drawings is the same thing as sexualizing people. Or do you think one leads to the other?

Tell me, do you also believe violent video games produces serial killers?

oO I see where you're coming from, but that's a semantics argument and I don't really care about that! You're bothered by the noun pedophile, haha. Is there a better name for people who masturbate to drawings of kids? If not, make one up in your head. Now replace pedophile with that word in my previous post. Wa-la!

Point still stands, there must be a considerable amount of [NOUN OTHER THAN PEDOPHILE] out there because if not, there wouldn't be so much drawn kiddy porn!

 

[outunderthestars]

Probably not a bad idea.

I watch anime, but any guy over 17 who's into that little girl loli anime shit has something serious pent up. Some of these guys worship those characters and it's beyond weird.

I'd agree with this. Some of the people over on the gaming side seem to get WAY too excited at some of the loli games coming out in Japan.

 

[Haly]

Point still stands, there must be a considerable amount of [NOUN OTHER THAN PEDOPHILE] out there because if not, there wouldn't be so much drawn kiddy porn!

Oh I see. But I'm still confused about one thing, what do [NOUN OTHER THAN PEDOPHILE] have to do with registered sex offenders?

 

[tiff]

I'd agree with this. Some of the people over on the gaming side seem to get WAY too excited at some of the loli games coming out in Japan.

Huh? From what I've seen AAA games are way more prone to the hyperbolic "MY BODY IS READY I CAN'T WAIT" responses.

 

[DrForester]

MLP is not an anime.

Except MLP was never made to pander to their new audience.

 

[Pandaman]

Someone better warn Pandaman about this.

im not registered.

 

[Salacious Crumb]

Oh I see. But I'm still confused about one thing, what do [NOUN OTHER THAN PEDOPHILE] have to do with registered sex offenders?

If you show an MK fan a real video of someones spine being ripped out while they're still alive do you think they would enjoy it?

If you show an adult male who wanks to 12 year old cartoon girls a real video of a skimpily dressed sexualized 12 year old will that person get a boner?

 

[Haly]

If you show an adult male who wanks to 12 year old cartoon girls a real video of a skimpily dressed sexualized 12 year old will that person get a boner?

Why are you asking me? I'm not doing any case studies on correlations between the doujin scene and pedophiles.

Ask perfectnight, he seems to be pretty well versed in the subject matter.

 

[Bel Marduk]

Moe anime fans giving us normal anime fans a bad name, mang.

 

[Branduil]

im not registered.

 

[charsace]

This is great. At these type of events they should check. Sexual offenders are the fucking worst. Its hard for anyone to stop doing something that sexually excites them. So events that have large amount of minors should check people's backgrounds.

 

[hellclerk]

oO I see where you're coming from, but that's a semantics argument and I don't really care about that! You're bothered by the noun pedophile, haha. Is there a better name for people who masturbate to drawings of kids? If not, make one up in your head. Now replace pedophile with that word in my previous post. Wa-la!

Point still stands, there must be a considerable amount of [NOUN OTHER THAN PEDOPHILE] out there because if not, there wouldn't be so much drawn kiddy porn!

If you for the life of you think that lolicon is more than a niche, I'm not sure what I can say to you. Truth is, for every metric fuckton of lolicon, there's got be at least 100 metric fucktons of girls with some T&A, and that's not even counting other genres like S&M and /d/. Sure there's creepy pandering in anime, but that doesn't often find it's way into the most popular shit. It finds it's way into the worst shit actually, because they have to get an audience SOMEHOW.

But hey, keep going on with the "common knowledge".

 

[G-Fex]

Spindashing-Desu!

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Moe anime fans giving us normal anime fans a bad name, mang.

Oh, you think you're 'normal'? That's cute.

 

[Jintor]

There's a metric fuckton of live-action child pornography. I guess it's safe to say that a prominent portion of the people who watch live-action entertainment are pedophiles.

Logic Bomb!

MLP is not an anime.

Even in jest, not cool.