 Ever dream of a place where you and your fellow nerds could frolic, meet celebrities, and kick up all kinds of shenanigans while dressed as your favorite alter egos? Well, fear not! Tiffany gives you the ins and outs on how to find the convention that's right for you. This episode is brought to you by DXRacer, the ultimate seat of choice to heighten your gaming experience. Hey guys, Tiffany here. So I've been reading your posts and I realize that a lot of you haven't been to conventions or you're interested and you haven't cosplayed and you're interested in cosplaying. So today I call this the Tiffany I Want to Go to a Convention, but I have no idea where I'm going or what I'm doing or how to start. Oh my God! Episode. Or we can just call it conventions 101. That'll probably be easier. Today I'm going to share with you my advice on conventions with what to look for, where to go to find a list of conventions, and tips to saving you money. So first, what do you do at conventions or what should you be looking for? Conventions are primarily aimed at three things. Guests, entertainment, and dealers and artists. I could spend all day on this topic, but I'm going to break it down as simply as I can. Guests are there for meet and greets, question and answers, premieres, and occasional contest judging. Entertainment includes cosplay contests, cosplay photos, video rooms, shows, concerts, and just general shenanigans. And lastly, dealers. They'll be there for you to buy your action figures, your games, all that stuff. And artists, they'll be there with lots of posters up to the ceiling for you to choose. Now that you know the things that are going to happen at the convention, let me give you the tools to find the right one in your area. I have been asked by so many people, Tiffany, where do you find these list of conventions? I would really like to go, but I don't know where to go. Hello, websites! Come on, we know what this is. Just go, search it in Google. It's easy. And yes, while you can Google your city and convention and find some stuff in your area, I have a couple websites that you can go to, look at, and prepare your entire year of cosplay and convention going. First, for comics. It's conventionscene.com. I have honestly not seen another convention website that is so comprehensive as this one. You can go, you can select by date, by location, by genre. It has a lot of options for you. It has lists of international conventions and news at the conventions, including the guests. If you've ever thought about starting your own convention in your hometown, there's even a submission page for you there. But let me be clear, it is strictly for comics. It has an anime and a gaming section, but I was so surprised that they had like four or five conventions listed. It was actually kind of depressing. Second, for anime fans, animecons.com. This site has been around since I started cosplaying like seven years ago. It has a simple design layout, it's easy to read, and it's void of a ton of crazy advertisements that suddenly distract you. Ooh, look. It also has a really cool guest page that lists the top 50 guests in the U.S. and all the conventions that they go to year by year. So you can plan your swooning accordingly. Third, and the big one for me is gaming. I was actually really surprised by the complete lack almost of gaming convention websites. Personally, I've always known the top five or ten conventions in the U.S. simply because I attend them. But I was shocked to see that if you're a new person to this, trying to find them is near impossible. So the one I'd say for this is check out eventsforgamers.com. They have truly the most comprehensive gaming group that I've actually seen. It has everything from your board gaming to your large groups like PAX, PAX East, Dragon, E3. It has all of them. It also has a really cool feature of maps with different conventions around the world. Use these lists and figure out which is the right convention for you. Personally, if you're starting out to conventions, look for something local. That way you can bring a horde of friends and enjoy yourself anyway. If you have troubles deciding on a certain convention genre, why not go for a multi-genre con like DragonCon in Atlanta? That way you get everything you want under one roof. Well, with DragonCon, it's like five. Now, as a convention goer, I'm sure you're starting to realize how tight finances are going to get. So between your badge, the hotel, food, you're going to be dead broke. But no worries, there's always a way to save money. It's kind of hard, but there's a way. First, Groupon. I know, it sounds crazy, but when I first started going to conventions, Groupon wasn't a thing. Now, though, you can usually try to find local conventions that have discounted rates. So check them out before you do anything else for local conventions. Second, the big one, carpool and hotel share. Everyone does it. It's the big thing. Third, bring your food. So sandwiches work, but personally, I do it the anime style and bring a pack of ramen and I take the hot water from the coffee pot. You have lunch every day. What? And last, limit your guest signatures. I know it's tough. You want to go get like 10 guest signatures, but don't do it, stop yourself, get like five. So you can eat lunch. Okay. So in the comments, people have been asking a lot of Tiffany related questions. Tiffany, what are your qualifications? Tiffany, what cosplays have you done? Tiffany, are you real? Oh, if you want answers to these and more, check out all my links down below. I'll see you guys next Monday. Let me know if you have any questions below. Bye. So we had a viewer ask about how we actually did the setup and everything for impulse. And here is the setup. 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