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I know there are a lot of YouTubers who have been to PAX before, like MunchingOrange and shofu, which is cool but I don't know if i'd ever get to go, unfortunately, since I live so far off from where they are. :(
 
I'll be at Metrocon in a few weeks in Florida when that rolls around. It's a pretty fun anime convention and I wish I could be there with other PC members. :(
 
Tell me why us Indonesians aren't having a meet up. D:

Indonesia Trainer Arena, our own VGC tournament, coming up May 17th, get your 3DS here and join in on the fun. I'll be coming as well.

I swear people get scared of the word "tournament" even though you can just hang out with the ones not participating, like me. :T
 
I have no further convention plans this year because most of my con group is too poor to make it to more than one a year, and the ones that aren't feel convention burnout very easily. :(

Netto Azure said:
Lol yeah, I wish there were more PC members on the West Coast to meet up. Con's are more fun with people you know.
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Doesn't have to be West Coast members for a West Coast meetup. It's just easier because traveling is expensive. :P I'd be down for meeting someone to attend a bigger con in a bigger city. The biggest ones in Minnesota are hesitant to actually book space at the major convention centers in the area because of fears of deteriorating the user experience because the venue is too big (well, that and price).

And they most definitely are more fun with people you know.
 
I don't know any PC members who live in Arizona, sadly. I also don't really have anyone I'd really wish to meet up with. XD Steve would be fun to meet though! That'd be so cool if you ask me. :D Steve is amazing and so sweet. <3 Anyway, traveling to some other state would be really hard for us. I'm lucky I'm able to go to just Saboten in Arizona alone too.
 
Heh, I almost went to a con in Canada even when I lived down south, just to try and meet people from here! ...Yeah, that didn't pan out, I balked at having to spend that much money aaaand I was slow in getting a passport so yeah. Don't know if I'd go to a con now, I'm cheap and don't feel like spending money. <_< Unless it happened to be one that was here in Pittsburgh. Hmm.

Hey, I'm rather shy in real life, and I still wouldn't mind meeting some people from here. P: Though I think I also like that bit of a high that comes with meeting someone I met online in real life for the first time.
 
You don't have to always be talking to someone to enjoy time with them though. You know you've found a friend when you can just sit with them in silence, and not feel awkward at all :3

But I'd probably be nervous too, but it'd be so cool, it wouldn't bother me too much. One day :D
 
Pretty sure that most of us are much quieter in real life anyway so... haha.

But hey, I managed to meet someone from online irl, and now we're hanging out almost every month. I think being able to meet other online folks irl will be really fun. :P
 
I'm very much a 50/50 introvert/ extrovert. Honestly, I'll be a bit quiet when you meet me, give me a few minutes to warm up to you, and I'll be a little more of my outgoing hyper self.

Also if we ever did plan to meetup in person, half of that time would be spent me trying to find you and getting lost a million times because that's how 2/3s of my PC meetups have already gone xD
 
Eh, that's probably because introverts find it easier to talk and make friends on the internet, whilst extroverts find it a lot easier to talk to people irl and go out and do things. It's kinda in the label, the explanation for your theory R.F.

And yeah, that's kinda how I am Nina. It takes me a while to get to know you, then I become a fun, hyperactive person. Unless you don't seem like someone I'll get along with, then I'll end up kinda reserved.
 
Conversation starting is the worst I agree, but it isn't that hard really. You just... Say stuff. Anything that invokes a positive, or not even always positive just a response. Easier with people from PC too. Just mention Pokémon lmao. I mean, that is pretty much the universal reason why we're all here. But if you're talking to someone new, just ask then about music taste, or favourite pass time, and ask questions to make them elaborate. Mention a recent happening, and offer your opinion and see how it interacts with theirs. In the end, once you learn what gets things going, its not too hard really.
 
im really bad at like making convos. that's why i think im better off just typing along on the internet. i feel like when i write im able to explain myself properly rather than talking outloud. im such an introvert.
 
lol more or less I am quiet at first usually because I observe how people are and act accordingly to match them I guess. Don't like people getting overwhelmed in terms of first impressions and thinking in weird lol

I won't lie though, conversation starting failures also can hit me, only if the other person looks somewhat more intimidating lol.
Ofc it helps if we have talked to each other online before.

Skype calls though, while dif story xD I'm pretty quiet to begin with but it takes longer to warm up especially if it's with a bunch of people I don't talk much too - rare for me to 1v1
 
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You're saying this like I'm socially inept. :P

I know how conversations are generally supposed to go (I've worked in theme parks after all, carrying a conversation was a huuuuge part of my job), but it's actually getting to that point that is oftentimes tedious more often than not. The very first words you say to people determine a lot about your character so there's really not a whole lot of room to mess up in that area and I'm not the type of person who's the best at articulating themselves.
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Aha *rubs back of head embarrassed* I didn't mean it like that sorry :/

I see what you mean, and yeah, I often face that problem too. I think the key is to be comfortable in who you are, and not worry about what someone else might think. But I'm hardly a social butterfly. I guess I just learn from being around other people. But having to communicate and enter social situations with people who speak another language to me is frightening at best.
 
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Aha *rubs back of head embarrassed* I didn't mean it like that sorry :/

I see what you mean, and yeah, I often face that problem too. I think the key is to be comfortable in who you are, and not worry about what someone else might think. But I'm hardly a social butterfly. I guess I just learn from being around other people. But having to communicate and enter social situations with people who speak another language to me is frightening at best.
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that's my problem. i'm always thinking what people are thinking about me. i get so scared and nervous and then get sick >.<
 
I find it hard myself to understand how other people who feel the social anxiety more than me feel in those kinds of circumstances. Probably because I do fine in them myself with the most I get is tiny little butterflies that eventually fly away. I wish I could understand better so that I could somehow make potential friends feel more comfortable when meeting up because I know it must be hard for a lot of people.

The most I can do in terms of PC members or any online friend I've ended up meeting irl is just to constantly talk to them and get to know them before the meetup. Skype group chats and skype calls on a regular basis help a lot too from personal experience.
 
It's weird, I always feel like I need someone to be able to talk to personally...yet when i'm at lunch I rarely sit with anyone else. But at the same time there were quite a few people in my dorm building who I saw rather regularly and would on occasion talk with.
 
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