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Style Wars by Mayonnaise Prince
September 8th, 2008 4:20 PM
This was one of those tasks you're off somewhere minding your own business, having fun being an idiot, and worshipping pineapple shrines when you realize that you could make an SF0 task out of it.
Unfortunately for your impression of me, whatever it may be at this point, I was at Anime Expo 2008 [located at the LA Convention Center], making a fool out of myself [as usual!] and dancing Caramelldansen. From beginning to end. Repeatedly. In costume. With a group of people dressed from the same anime series. Lame-ass nerd exp increases by 826 points! I have leveled up.
It is Day Three of Anime Expo, which is only four days in total, plus a Day Zero where people pick up badges. It's late and we're tired. The exhibition hall and the artist alley are both closed, panels and workshops are ending, and people are slowly leaking out into the hallways.
My group and I have spent the day lazing around at the side of a hallway across from the West Hall. We're about 10-or-so men (READ: CROSSPLAYING WOMEN) strong, almost all members of the Vongola mafia family armed to the teeth with guns, tonfa, dynamite, swords, baseball bats, tridents, and pineapples; our weapons are quite varied.
I'm the red-shirted, gray-haired, dynamite-wielding smoker on the far left.
The ace of our mafia family conveniently has the Caramelldansen SpeedyCake Remix on her iPod nano, plugged into portable speakers. As the right hand man of the boss, I, too, am prepared with a set of speakers, so we link them and play the song at MAX volume. Lined up, we dance, our movements synchronized, and our energy levels all dropping at a consistent rate, but we don't care. A crowd forms around us and the braver souls join in.
Oh, shit, the song's on repeat. We keep dancing.
Throughout the day, a particular Jack Sparrow had hung out around us and joined us in the dance. This particular iteration was no different; he was there with us, dancing as if we hadn't already danced it 29485734765873465x before. A Pirate is present. Phase one of the STYLE WARS plan cleared.
Jack Sparrow's on the left in this picture from earlier in the day. I'm second from the right this time.
Crowd grows.
Phase two of the STYLE WARS plan clear. NINJAS ENTER.
Unfortunately, at this point in time, I was still dancing and unable to take pictures. None of my friends got pictures of the ninjas either.
FIGHT BREAKS OUT. PIRATES VERSUS NINJAS. 1 PIRATE. THREE NINJAS. This does not look good for Captain Jack Sparrow.
DANCE OFF DANCE OFF! The crowd demands a dance-off between Jack and the Ninjas. STYLE WAR UNDERWAY.
Fortunately, this and the following events were captured on video. Refer to video links at the bottom.
Jack does the Worm [or something]. Ninjas do flips. It's an impressive dance-off. The ninjas seem to be the winner of this round.
Tension escalates. Pirates and ninjas argue. The fighters are presented with a giant banana. Jack makes good use of this weapon.
A fight breaks out. PIRATE VERSUS NINJA MOB. Shinigami and samurai join in on the side of ninjas. It looks like a losing battle for the Pirate.
Luckily for Jack Sparrow, an all-out fight breaks out! It's no longer possible to tell who is fighting who!
FINAL PHASE OF STYLE WARS IS READY TO BE PUT INTO ACTION.
The Mafia has ceased dancing. The noise from the fight has drowned out the music.
We gather, make plans.
And enter the battle. HEED OUR EPIC CRY, "MAFIAAAAAA~!"
And I find out that having disposable weapons such as dynamite is a bad thing. A very bad thing.
I'm cut down.
A kind soul uses Phoenix Down on me. Revived! But no ammo! What do I do?!
A Giant Robot takes a hit from a samurai/ninja for me. I'm truly grateful.
Before I can return the favor, Security comes in and breaks up the fight.
The PIRATES VS NINJAS VS MAFIA VS... EVERYONE ELSE battle is over.
We walk away, proud of our battle scars [that may or may not have been from that battle].
...
...
We dance again the next day in a different hallway, creating fire hazards and hoping to start up madness again, but security has started stalking us, and breaks things up before they even begin...
But in the end, we had our fun. :)
Video links to Youtube:
Vongola Mafia Family Dances the Caramelldansen
A dance before the fight breaks out
Jack Sparrow VS Ninjas
Mad Fight! Mafia storms into the battle!
Who won? You decide.
Unfortunately for your impression of me, whatever it may be at this point, I was at Anime Expo 2008 [located at the LA Convention Center], making a fool out of myself [as usual!] and dancing Caramelldansen. From beginning to end. Repeatedly. In costume. With a group of people dressed from the same anime series. Lame-ass nerd exp increases by 826 points! I have leveled up.
It is Day Three of Anime Expo, which is only four days in total, plus a Day Zero where people pick up badges. It's late and we're tired. The exhibition hall and the artist alley are both closed, panels and workshops are ending, and people are slowly leaking out into the hallways.
My group and I have spent the day lazing around at the side of a hallway across from the West Hall. We're about 10-or-so men (READ: CROSSPLAYING WOMEN) strong, almost all members of the Vongola mafia family armed to the teeth with guns, tonfa, dynamite, swords, baseball bats, tridents, and pineapples; our weapons are quite varied.
I'm the red-shirted, gray-haired, dynamite-wielding smoker on the far left.
The ace of our mafia family conveniently has the Caramelldansen SpeedyCake Remix on her iPod nano, plugged into portable speakers. As the right hand man of the boss, I, too, am prepared with a set of speakers, so we link them and play the song at MAX volume. Lined up, we dance, our movements synchronized, and our energy levels all dropping at a consistent rate, but we don't care. A crowd forms around us and the braver souls join in.
Oh, shit, the song's on repeat. We keep dancing.
Throughout the day, a particular Jack Sparrow had hung out around us and joined us in the dance. This particular iteration was no different; he was there with us, dancing as if we hadn't already danced it 29485734765873465x before. A Pirate is present. Phase one of the STYLE WARS plan cleared.
Jack Sparrow's on the left in this picture from earlier in the day. I'm second from the right this time.
Crowd grows.
Phase two of the STYLE WARS plan clear. NINJAS ENTER.
Unfortunately, at this point in time, I was still dancing and unable to take pictures. None of my friends got pictures of the ninjas either.
FIGHT BREAKS OUT. PIRATES VERSUS NINJAS. 1 PIRATE. THREE NINJAS. This does not look good for Captain Jack Sparrow.
DANCE OFF DANCE OFF! The crowd demands a dance-off between Jack and the Ninjas. STYLE WAR UNDERWAY.
Fortunately, this and the following events were captured on video. Refer to video links at the bottom.
Jack does the Worm [or something]. Ninjas do flips. It's an impressive dance-off. The ninjas seem to be the winner of this round.
Tension escalates. Pirates and ninjas argue. The fighters are presented with a giant banana. Jack makes good use of this weapon.
A fight breaks out. PIRATE VERSUS NINJA MOB. Shinigami and samurai join in on the side of ninjas. It looks like a losing battle for the Pirate.
Luckily for Jack Sparrow, an all-out fight breaks out! It's no longer possible to tell who is fighting who!
FINAL PHASE OF STYLE WARS IS READY TO BE PUT INTO ACTION.
The Mafia has ceased dancing. The noise from the fight has drowned out the music.
We gather, make plans.
And enter the battle. HEED OUR EPIC CRY, "MAFIAAAAAA~!"
And I find out that having disposable weapons such as dynamite is a bad thing. A very bad thing.
I'm cut down.
A kind soul uses Phoenix Down on me. Revived! But no ammo! What do I do?!
A Giant Robot takes a hit from a samurai/ninja for me. I'm truly grateful.
Before I can return the favor, Security comes in and breaks up the fight.
The PIRATES VS NINJAS VS MAFIA VS... EVERYONE ELSE battle is over.
We walk away, proud of our battle scars [that may or may not have been from that battle].
...
...
We dance again the next day in a different hallway, creating fire hazards and hoping to start up madness again, but security has started stalking us, and breaks things up before they even begin...
But in the end, we had our fun. :)
Video links to Youtube:
Vongola Mafia Family Dances the Caramelldansen
A dance before the fight breaks out
Jack Sparrow VS Ninjas
Mad Fight! Mafia storms into the battle!
Who won? You decide.
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posted by avidd opolis on September 11th, 2008 8:58 PM
if this were any more or less weird i wouldn't have voted. you confused me, and that is worth points.
hahahaha, nerdome in the best way :D