AWA2- went with my long time friend EvilMajik, got to taste the con experience. didnt meet all that many new people and only attended a few panels (main ones) but i got an early experience at the anime con scene. i didnt even have an email address at the time so keeping contact with others was kinda rough

AWA4- Chris and Keebler were really the only members who could afford this con, everyone else was broke and since i knew so much about cons, they were really glad i had saved up to go to this one. since i had a general idea of how the con works i was all-prepared for the con event and this began my early mingling at cons thing. i got to meet quite a number of new faces (Carolina) and was able to prepare for cosplay the next year.

AWA5- this was looked forward to all year. Everyone was all set to attend this and we had been talking about it all year. Shin by far was the most exited about this because he was just getting into the big anime groups and was really exited about meeting up with a lot of the online people. the coverage of this con was amazing. so amazing we dedicated a separate website on parodyce.com just to host pictures, reviews, and other things just about this single convention

after awa, the group just rocked the world. we got known and people were asking basically who we were. so that was when we established an official "Group". but its not a cosplay group, as only a few of us actually cosplay. its a group of friends who have simular interests in video games and anime. we share rooms at conventions with other members who need them and hangout on regular basis. Not to mention keeping close contact on the internet.

A-kon 11 was the most out of the blue convention for me. After grduating from Tech school in the military i had a week to "move" to montgomery alabama. my friends from AWA5, WackoTTL & Gabby just happened to be stationed there. as luck may have it he was heading toward Akon the same day i graduated so the trip worked out perfectly. i had gotten to go straight from Tech school to a convention in Texas of all places. This con was BIG, featuring a large amount of guests, both japanese and american as well as a large hotel and amazing dealers room. This was the first con i worked at as well. By volunteering (or asking to work?) to be on the Consuite staff i recieved a 3-day pass, room to sleep, staff t-shirt, and an unending supply of food (so long as i made it). after the con i made a site soley for akon; FujiAkon. since this was getting a little crowded; having multiple pages for conventions, Shin and i decided to create a large group of sections and one giant page for everything; Fujikon. It would feature not only con pics, but reviews, things bought, and other extras most sites dont include.

DragonCon 2k came up next. only reason attending would be to meet final fantasy illustrator Amano Yoshitaka and Apollo Smile. being in Atlanta it was only a 3 hour drive so it wasnt a big hassle in getting there either. WuHeiLong and i were on a tight budget so we were either going to leech a room from someone or just sleep in the truck. turned out membership alone was a hefty price so we had to settle for sleeping in the Anime video room.

AFO was the con we got to make officially; OUR con. this time we were free of parental burdens/limitations as we got a room of our own and got to stay in regular contact throught the entire convention. Waffle, my roomate in the dorms went with me on this one. he really likes videogames and i had been telling him about anime cons for awhile. he really enjoyed himself dispite this being a really small con.

Then the big one; AWA6. this meant our takeover! we got a big big room this time at the end of a floor and we all shared it. Loki managed to bring 2 friends Baka and Matt of his so we had an even larger group. guest of honor; Shawn the touched, maker of our favorite parody 4f needed Crash space so we let him share our room. it was good

SugoiCon came out of nowhere really. once again WuHeiLong and i were short on cash so to split the cost we picked up Dogbert on the way to Kentucky/Ohio. the first year con was nicely run and had a really cozy feel to it. Thanks to Jenny & Zyvernia we were able to get some crash space. This marked my first awards. One for 3rd place in the DDR tournament and another for Honorable Mention in the costume awards. I got to meet MoviesOfMyDreams productions here. they explained to me their project which i showed a good amount of interest in since ive always been into the TV Production field.

Ohayocon was just nicely planned. I was visiting my dad at the time and he was only a few minutes drive from the place so it worked out well. C-chan was here and since Johns room was pretty crowded (or at least it seemed crowded) we split a room between TinNyank0, Ashita, Dan, and myself. Again, for a first year con things went off really well. the con was run really professionally and the hotel was very nice. Out of sheer chance pro-wrestling stars were staying at the hotel the same time so that was interesting.

About this time fujikon version 2 was made. the layout was even easier to navigate. using the same WipeOut3 menu and colour scheme, this layout proved to be really fast loading and easy to find sections.

Katsucon was a really fun trip. Jenny was generous enough to offer me a ride and room at this con and the van trip there was only half the fun! I had gotten to meet so many online friends at this con, as well as host a room party with Maryssa.

Anime Express 4 once again proved to be the one of the smallest con ever. though in its 4th year the con had a dealer's room the size of a broom closet. This didn't stop Bee! and Shin from getting full coverage, Bee! winning multiple games, and both of them entering the cosplay.

Jacon just happened to fall on a lucky weekend Mappy was visiting Orlando. Gene, Cybil, Terra, and others got to meet up. Not so much of a convention report on this one, more outside DDR and fun at Gene's house.

Animazement went really well. Bee! Loki, and DCBoy got to make the trip up. Mappy came with Something Cute Cosplay and we all got to attend MeatCon II!

A-kon 12 ... Joey's solo journey off into the Big Con in Texas. A few pics here and there and some fanart!

Anime Expo...the branch to the west. Again big thanks to Jennifer for helping me get over to Cali. Got to play all of the new arcade games, see some amazing Japanese guests, and meet simular otaku groups on the west coast. It was a huge convention lasting 4 days total.

AWA7 the return to the con that started it all. Every single person got to make it. Despise a few flaws the con had, everyone enjoyed meeting up, watching Battle Royale, playing games and hanging out.
Following this convention Fujikoma met with a ton of discrepancies/attacks from loyal AWA followers. Mostly flames on the message boards, sometimes even threats. In the end (does it ever end?) we strongly stood our ground in stating that we are free to voice our opinion on what we honestly thought of the con.

MTAC 2½ / PhreakNIC 5 was a trip made by Mappy and Dogbert. Thanks to Kagami for transportation and room help. As a fun coincidence a hacker convention was less than a mile from an anime convention. We got coverage of both!