when I did go it felt like an event that wasnt for me- and thats FINE; cause I never went again.
That's it for me. I love gaming but I'm not a fan of gaming culture. Loads of people love it, but it's not my thing.
I'm planning to attend PAX after moving back to the USA, probably do the whole weekend of it, and just immerse myself in it. I may come back hating humanity, hating my hobby, hating gamers and geeks... but probably not. Oddly, I am not as compelled to attend SDCC, probably because I was there in 1983 and don't want to mess with the pleasant memories.
How bad is TGS? Japanese are typically much more reserved so I figured it wouldn't as bad as a bunch of us.
TGS on a "public day" is crowded as hell. People are packed in like sardines, and moving through them is a pain. It's hard to know where to wait to get in line for any given game. The manners are generally still very good, with the exception of body odor, which most Japanese people are still unwilling to admit exists for them, even when subsisting on a diet of McDonalds crap and no exercise. Which makes them smell like Americans, but Americans know about deodorant.
The cosplayers are pretty. You don't get the bearded, fat Sailor Moon impersonator. The cosplayers in the middle foyer are really into their hobby. But as hot as they may be, the booth babes at TGS, are lower-lip-bitingly sexay. It's disturbing.
