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Just got this in the mail…

It’s the moment you Minorin fans have been waiting for! Online ticketing preorders for the AWSM(RM 250) and ELITE(RM 150) tickets are now open on http://www.daiconnews.com.

Just go to http://www.daiconnews.com/cm_ticketing.php, grab our Preorder Form and read the instructions there. Fill it up and send it back to us at ticketing@daiconnews.com and we will process your orders ASAP!

For further enquiries,please email info@daiconnews.com with your questions.

The ticket prices are relatively reasonable considering the scale of the event. Hey it’s at least cheaper than AFA was! From what I hear, the AWSM tickets are pretty limited in quantity, so whoever wants them better go and grab them ASAP before it’s sold out.

Picture source: Danie’s Shopping Log

The DaiCon event I reported earlier has announced their special guest after some speculation amongst locals and it turns out to be Miss Chihara Minori!

Famed for her role as Nagato Yuki in Suzumiya Haruhi and Minami Chiaki in Minami-ke as well as a really good singer, she will be holding a Q&A Panel and a Mini-Concert at DaiCon!

It’s the first time a personality of this level has come to Malaysia, and I believe it’s also her first ever South East Asia visit as well. It’s a pretty big step forward for local fans here, and after AFA 08 set the ball rolling, I hope to see more events of this caliber being held. Will I be able to get my wish of meeting Noto-sama here granted one day? Who knows….

Anyways, for more information, visit DaiCon’s homepage at http://www.daiconnews.com.

By now I am pretty sure everyone has seen the DaiCon web banner and/or noticed the DaiCon link on my sidebar, so what is it about?

Well, basically it’s another Malaysian ACG event (or another anime con as Americans call them) and it’s being held in the Grand Hall of the Multimedia University, Cyberjaya branch on the 11th and 12th of July, which is about 2 and a half months later.

Currently event slated to be held there include the customary cosplay competition, a karaoke competition (this one’s gonna be fun), figurine exhibitions by The Figure Mall and Macross Fans Malaysia and a Go (Shogi) showcase as well. It’s quite a good mix between old and new and it’s clear that DaiCon is set out to be different from the usual ACG events being held quite frequently here nowadays.

As their tagline says, it’s a celebration of Japanese Modern Visual Culture and their organizer has frequently expressed desire to not just include the usual anime and manga, but also J-pop, J-rock, and J-anything fans so they are preparing the event to be one of a kind over here in Malaysia. I’m pretty hooked by it and hope that they’ll live up to their promises.

Other bloggers covering the event have also expressed the possibility of a special guest coming in from Japan as well, with guesses ranging pretty widely from Shiraishi Minoru (HUH?!), Aya Hirano (LOLWUT?) and Chihara Minori. Personally if you ask me, it’s gonna be confirmed when it’s announced and I’m hoping it’d be Noto-sama or Kawasumi Ayako. I’d probably die from happiness if I got to meet them both.

Well, all in all, I’d probably be attending the event, since it’s being held so near me and as well to see if they live up to their promises. Keep an eye out here for further updates regarding the event.

Ah… totally crashed out for 12 hours on my bed. Surprised it wasn’t longer considering I was awake for nearly 70 hours discounting a maybe 2 or so hours of napping over the past 3 days. Still feeling alright, thank god. I was expecting to wake up with a bad cough/cold or perhaps maybe even a fever after pushing myself that hard.

Well, first of all, I’m happy to be in a Guinness World Record, at least until it’s broken. The official record is 274 gamers playing for 40 hours, btw. I’m pretty sure Nvidia might try to top it off, considering Cyberfusion was a AMD-ATI event. I managed to get myself a Phenom X4 9150e and an Orange Box (thanks a lot FatCatLim) from the event so I’m even more happier. Disappointed about the certificate we got though. It’s a copy-pasta, fill-up-yer-own-name kinda cert. I really wished we got a proper and named ones instead.

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UPDATE 9: 40 HOURS REACHED. I AM LEGEND, FUCK YEAH.
Now…. for the packing up orz…

UPDATE 8: These guys are mad. So yeah, we’re adding in another two hours to the record to make it 40 hours even. Another two hours…. problem now would be finding good enough servers on TF2….

UPDATE 7: Just past 36 hours and we’ve officially kicked the ass of the NVISION LAN party back in August. Another 2 hours or so till we reach our target of 38 hours with over 250 participants.

UPDATE 6: 3 hours and 50 mins to 38 hours. Let’s do this people!

UPDATE 5: Took a short 30 min nap around 30th hour. Feeling much better now. I shall continue my war against Russia by fielding my newly built Tanks against their Crossbowmen. Another 6 hours and 20 mins to go.

UPDATE 4: Oh god, nearly 9 hours left, but I am feeling so sleepy. I have nearly 2 hours worth of rest time stored up but I dare not use them as I’m scared I won’t come back after that. Maybe I’ll just steal a few winks in between turns/loading screens. God I so hope that the promise of free Orange Box for all the record-breakers is true as well.

UPDATE 3: Even Civ IV got boring. Currently completing my game of The Last Remnant. Glad to know that there is so many time sinks that I have. Nearly 40 hours w/o sleep… well discounting some nod-offs I had while playing Civ IV. Another 12 hours to go.

UPDATE 2: 20 hours now. Another 18 left. Oh god, I am so collapsing after this. Even L4D and TF2 get boring after nearly 18 hours of it, so the past two hours has been me playing Civ IV, the ultimate time sink game. I expect it to get me through at least another 6 hours. God bless Sid Meier and Firaxis Games.

UPDATE 1: 14 hours in. It’s lunch time now. L4D and TF2 are the only things keeping my consciousness awake. Whoever wants to try and do a L4D game with me can add me, ‘Kurogane-Cyberfusion’ on Steam. Hopefully the internet holds.

Blogging live from Cyberfusion 2009, the largest (and probably the first of its kind) LAN party in Malaysia with the aim of breaking the Guinness World Record for the longest LAN party recorded.

Lots of teething issues to start with, heck we all couldn’t even get decent Internet connection until now. Four hours in to the party now with another 34 hours to hang on, and I bloody hope they’re giving us Phenom II X4′s at the end of this.

Anyways, no anime probably for the weekend, but I’ll be updating myself throughout the event.

Currently finished a crazy bout of L4D with townberry and FatCatLim, probably gonna do some Steam gaming later on. Man I sure hope I can survive.

The official photo gallery for Comic Fiesta 2008 is finally up at http://gallery.comicfiesta.org. These are all photos taken by the volunteer photographs and there’s lots of it. Feel free to visit the gallery to relieve the memories :D.

Oh god, do you guys really want to see this picture again?

Anyways, to whoever who has a date today, Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy your overpriced set lunches/dinners and flower bouquets! I’m going sensible by having a nice steamboat tonight.

Happy birthday to me~~
Happy birthday to me~~
Happy 21st birthday to me~~
Happy birthday to me~~

Man, turning 20 felt like it was just only yesterday. And I finally get my voting rights too. Too bad Malaysian politics is such a farce.

Obtw, I also share birthdays with Shiori so hop in to #animeblogger and send your wishes to Guncannon (and me).

UPDATE: Thank you everyone for your wishes! My birthday passed by safely, which kinda disappoints me. There goes my last window of opportunity for something really incredible to happen to me on my teenage birthday years. Didn’t meet any talking cats or pretty girls being chased down by mysterious people in black suits :(.

As promised, here are my shots of Comic Fiesta Day 2. And yes, that is my Nyan Tama CD that they’re holding there.

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Dear god all you Danny Choo fans, that was obviously a joke! Of course Danny himself won’t be coming here! Nevertheless, it was an awesome cosplay idea. I’d personally be laughing my arse off happy if someone decided to cosplay me as a joke.

Anyways, CF 2008 Day 2.

If last year’s major gripe was the tight corridors/traffic jams, this year’s CF’s major gripe is definitely the hall lighting. Sunway’s exhibition center is a HORROR for anyone trying to take good portrait shots. Totally gave up on trying to get action shots.

The major event, the solo cosplay competition this year got a pretty good turnout of 55 participants. 8 finalists were chosen to do the Dice of Shame. Pretty standard fare, this year actually, but the finalists were very good at doing whatever embarrassing task they got so it was pretty entertaining overall. In the end, Sheryl Nome cosplayed by Skye won the competition while Nemesis and Yuna each got an honorable mention. Expected but quite fair results.

The day also had a bunch of performances by cosplayers. Afternoon had a bunch of dances, but the one that stood out was the “Go my way!” dance team. Later in the evening, Mizuki, Skye and Pato(sp?), Rika and deru(HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!) went up stage and sung songs to entertain the crowd, ranging from Antoinette Blue(?), Chouwa Oto (oh yes KOKIA’s song.), Iteza Gogo Kyuji, Diamond Crevasse and finally capping it with Lion. Kinda pity Skye since she sounded like her voice was about to give way already. Good entertainment nonetheless.

Speaking of entertaining, emcee Alfred wore a SKIRT today. A skirt. Like LOL. A bunch of girls were actually asking for it too, LOL. Today’s crowd was surely very un-PG13 since the word “lolicon” even got tossed around loudly.

Cosplayers wise, OH WOW THE LACK OF NARUTO AND BLEACH WAS REALLY NOTICEABLE. Okay i know those shows are popular, but seriously I am more than sick enough of seeing them. Instead, it seems the gothloli trend is really flying here now with a LOT of girls coming in gothloli-style garb with some really pretty specimens. Interesting cosplays spotted today included the first MSLN series cosplay here, Yagami Hayate by Alicia, a Katamari Damacy character, a gothloli ver. of Hatsune Miku, Spiderman’s Doc Ock and even one Tianzi-Xingke pair. Of course there’s a ton more not mentioned here, just spouting the ones on the top of my head now.

Posting the pics after I sleep. Seriously need that now. Not to mention all my pictures need some serious de-noiseing. Low light = High ISO = Grainy picture ORZ ORZ ORZ.