Tagline: DOOT DOO DOOT DOO (CHINA!)
Historical significance: foundation of the happi crew
Top lul: falling off the karaoke stage, breaking fingernail and telephone
MVP: Maddie, for letting me borrow her phone
Choice quote: "With a 50% casualty rate, the mah-jongg room is definitely a black area"
Tagline: The best-laid schemes of mice and men/by drama go derailed
Historical significance: the birth of Chad
Top lul: Naruto's terrible secret
MVP: Miles for throwing a 💯 party
Choice quote: click
Tagline: For overindulging at the Korova milkbar, your punishment is a night of gloom at the Mayfair
Historical significance: getting a YUGE, high-energy birthday present from the A-Team
Top lul: people kissing the Ryanfather's hand
MVP: Lisa for ironing a severely mailfucked skirt
Choice quote: "You leave with everyone I know, and come back with a dude that looks like a Buddhist monk... yeah, I'm worried"
Tagline: Were this my first con, it would've also been my last
Historical significance: maiden deployment of the 2 CHAINZ loadout
Top lul: Ed Chavez, palm waving over ear, "U can't hear me!"
MVP: Alex, for badging me up sans photo ID
Choice quote: "How is Maki not falling off the edge of the bed?" "It must be the legendary Nishikino grace"
Tagline: The Applebee's of anime conventions
Historical significance: first time ghosting a con
Top lul: singing in the hall leading to head of registration threatening to pull the badge I didn't have
MVP: Pat for letting me crash
Choice quote: "His thirst comes from not realizing that being Twitter-famous and real life-famous are very different things"