Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo 2014

Yes, I was pestering people for pictures before we got out of the train station.

WAAAAAAAAAAAGHH!!!!
Oh... he's from Borderlands. No wonder he didn't paint his skin green.

Jinx is fucking hot...

Midget stormtrooper with Darth Helmet. Is this appropriate? I think yes.

There were a lot of Spartans, but only one ODST.

Never thought I'd see the day when I'd see Dream cosplayed. Reminds me of the time I saw Nny at Otafest a few years back.

Dead... mau5? Mau5pool? :/

I am teh Mastur Ch33f!!!!! Lololollololololollolollololololollolool!!1!!

Sigourney Weaver was here, too. I didn't go to meet any celebrities this year, though.

So many chest burstoooohrs.

Aha, that's a bit better.
Orkz iz da best. We alwayz win in a scrap, we do an' don' ya believe dem grubby humies
I needz me shoota an' a pint o' fungus beer so I can drink while I dakka and dakka while I drink.

You would totally let her exterminate you, ya git.

Buy some apples!

Where in the fuck is Carmen Sandiego?
I heard there were also some Waldos floating around, too.

Needs moar Eevee cosplayers.

This guy... hell, he was selling it. He was limping all over the place.

I swear he was groaning, almost inaudible over the loud roar of geekery surrounding us.

Rule 63 Bane. Baness? Sounds like Banus. She totally wants to have a word with Slenderman and wreck one of his goddamn chairs. I bet she's also a big brave dog.
She'll wreck your shit.

I remember this chick! We were in the line up for the MLP panel a couple of years ago. It had Tara Strong and John DeLancie.
I fucking missed bro hoofing DeLancie when he left. It was massive fail.
I think I might have a picture of it somewhere.

Pretty good. I wish I had run into more cosplaying bronies so I could take group pics.

A bigger shield is necessary.

What the fuck...

I almost thought I would die. I half expected him to reveal a bazooka. Smokin'!

You may think it was blurry, but it was actually Red Pyramid doing it.

The heads of the Royal Flush Gang. I think the rest of them were floating around earlier.

Día de Muertos?

Sims counts as cosplay... right?

"Yaay! I'm gonna be sick!"

They replaced Winston with a red shirt. This can be taken the wrong way on so many different levels.

Holy... if Heidi and Howdy, the mascots for the 1988 Winter Olympics can get ponified, then anything can. Even if it's somewhat obscure.

I bought a lot of crap at the end of the day. Like, $400 or $500. I am so fucking bad to my wallet.

$115 went to a booster box of M14, which was promptly added to "The Pile". Perhaps I will share a glance at "The Pile" in the future. (Hint: it involves a lot of Magic: the Gathering and the discipline of a British sentry.

I got three new GameCube controllers. Yeah, they ain't officially endorsed by Nintendo, but apparently they're made by the same company Nintendo originally got to make them. They even made some modifications like replacing some plastic parts with metal (keen, eh?). My bro needed a new controller, too. His c-stick randomly lists to one side and it actually annoyed some students who were setting up a SSBM match at his university. Mine... the upper part of my stick is destroyed. I've spammed Gannondorf's down ariel too much.

There was also new N64 controllers floating around. Same deal with them, too. Made by the company Nintendo originally had make them.

Having to use third party controllers absolutely sucks. The feel of it in your hands is off, the pressure of the sticks and dpads is off, too. It's the point where your gameplay sucks.

It's good they still make these.

Ok. One last thing. I bought a few things from a knife store that had set up at the expo called The Cutting Edge. Kinky things like a pair of handcuffs and a pair of thumbcuffs. Cuz really, you never know when such opportunities will come up, eh? Best be prepared.

The strangest things I got were a pair of butterfly training knives. I don't know why I got them. My motor skills are shit. Fuck, I even was diagnosed with a coordination problem when I was younger. But hey, with a bit of effort, maybe I can do some fancy tricks with them, eh? As for using two simultaneously, I think that actually might be beyond me.

Actual balisong are illegal. Although, they're kinda appropriate, considering my ethnicity.

What can I say? I like collecting pocket knives among many other things.

Funny story with them. When I bought the pair, I was given just the display box of one of them; it was empty. It was a good thing they put a business card in the bag cause I was able to contact them and pick up the missing knife at their store the next day. It was a pretty long trip.

It's like they did it on purpose. Their store carried more than pocket knives. They carried swords (real and display), Bowie knives, kitchen knives, kitchen utilities, daggers, machetes, LARP weapons, handcuffs... a lot of sharp things.

I might have to visit again.

Kinky.

Butterfly training knife. Note the non-existent cutting edge.

Otafest is in a week or so. I have to check.

-YM