The Denver, Colorado area is not short on conventions, and this month the Colorado Anime Fest will be at the Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel from Friday, March 23rd through Sunday, March 25th!
Colorado Anime Fest is a convention goer’s dream, with a dealer’s room for all of your nerdy purchasing needs, a cosplay competition for the crafty, AMV competiton, an artist alley, a schedule packed full of panels, video game rooms, tabletop rooms, manga and anime library, a maid café, and an anime themed bar, and a rave on Saturday night! One thing is for sure, you won’t be without something to do!
A convention would not be half as fun without its guests, and over that weekend at Colorado Anime Fest you can expect to see: Amanda C. Miller (voice actor), Cassandra Lee Morris (voice actor, Morgana from Persona 5), Erica Lindbeck (voice actor), David Vincent (voice actor), Joel McDonald (voice actor and ADR director with Funimation), Samurai Dan and Jillian (sword based entertainment/comedy show), and Greg Wicker (anime themed game show host). Many more are planning to be there as they put the final touches on their roster before opening weekend! Pay attention to the site for further developments!
Be sure to ensure your cosplay, props, and access badge are all up to code by checking up on the Rules and Policies that are detailed and on their site. There are no strange or out of the ordinary rules, they are setting up a fun event, in a fun location, and that is paramount.
Hotel rooms are still available at the Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel, so if you are planning to party all weekend, it’s time to jump on a room reservation! Half the fun of a convention is that the fun never has to end if you have a room there. There will always be a gaggle of like minded people to sit down with or something in the hotel to explore. Late night hours of walking around the hotel and running into your favorite costumed characters is always a treat, and a great way to meet new friends! Rooms are currently running for $134 a night, with Single King Sized rooms left, so hurry up and head on over to their Hotel Information page for everything you need to know to get booked!
Our team from Sub Cultured will be at the convention first thing on Friday, and we will be staying on location for the entirety of the weekend. We hope to see a bunch of you there, and for those who cannot make it we will take pictures of as many costumes and moments as we can, and share them throughout the week following the event. This will be our first time attending Colorado Anime Fest, and we could not be more excited to experience it on March 23!
As of now the maps and hours are set, but further updates may be added. Head on over to their Convention Hours & Maps page and start planning out your weekend. Many more things are still being announced as the convention draws near, so keep an eye on Sub Cultured for all the details! And don’t forget to come up to us and say hi!
Do we really *want* the items that are proferred to us in MMO events? Or just the ability to pursue them?
The thought struck me as I finished up yet another losing El Dorado PvP match in The Secret World. It’s a faction based, collect and hold items sort of PvP match. In all the matches I’ve played so far, the Illuminati haven’t won a single one, it’s always been dominated by those dang Templars or Dragon. At least I was able to check off another daily challenge and that’s all that matters in the special item-of-the-month chase this time around.
The item up for winning is the Doomboard, a Hell-themed hoverboard mount. Do I want it because my character really “Hell” themed? No, not really. I style him more as your average joe-next-door. I don’t even think it looks that great, but… it’s an item to chase, and I do love The Secret World. So why not chase it? The chance to chase limited-time items isn’t one that comes around often in TSW, and any reason to play TSW is a good reason.
The worst part is, though, I don’t even *like* PvP. I’m not a competitive person and beating my fellow players isn’t something I would actively seek out. Then again, grouping up with them isn’t something I’ve necessarily enjoyed, either. I’ll do it periodically, just to check out some content I’ve never seen, but grouping for dungeons in MMOs I’ve found is just as competitive as PvP, if not more so. Sure, you’re all after the same target and same goal, but gear discrepancies, different builds, or experience will still separate you into the gaming haves and have-nots. And some players will go out of their way to tell you how much they think you’re a “have-not”. Social PvP, if you will.
To get the Doomboard, though, PvP and Dungeon running are a must, so I’m heading outside my comfort zone and trying new modes of play, just as the developers intended. I’m all up for trying new things, and now I have some nice self-made-builds for when I head down into PvP or dungeons, so there is that. Plus, I’m getting nice chunks of reward to keep making gear progress, too.
The next-to-worst part, though, is that I may not even get it! Due to my reluctance and inexperience in the highest levels of running dungeons and content, I can still only complete just a few challenges a day, which puts me at an uncomfortable amount of playtime to get the remaining challenges completed. Dang it if I still won’t try, though, comfort zones be damned. If we all stayed inside our comfort zones, how would we ever grow?
In the end, if we didn’t enjoy the game itself, we wouldn’t care at all about the digital tchotchkes on offer. Sometimes, even the smallest of carrots is all it takes to get us interested again. Be it a starship that has never been flown, a special hat, a mount that will never be ridden, or a Hell-themed hoverboard. What matters is there’s a goal on offer, and if that goal is within reach in the slightest and we enjoy what it takes to get there, then why not chase after it.