'Bump';

'>>10899061
I've thought about it because I hate driving and I hate having to find parking near the convention every day.';

'>Have you done it before?
yes
>Where did you find people to split the room with?
introduced by other friend. drunkenly decided to go to a con with them in a different state
>Were they strangers?
basically
>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?
none but we had a mutual understanding of each other's "limits" I think
>Did any problems arise?
no
>Would you do it again?
ye';

'>>10899061
I refuse to sleep and keep my shit in a room with complete strangers. I've always roomed with people I know - friends, coworkers, acquaintances - or at least people I know and people THEY know, like a friend of a friend situation. In situations where I couldn't find anyone I know to room with, I just had my own room.';

'>>10899061
>Have you done it before?
yeah
>Where did you find people to split the room with?
friend invited me to a con, i realized i didn't have a place to stay and he allowed me to split the room
>Were they strangers?
met him off /vm/, barely knew anything about him until i met him in person
>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?
i said as long as he does nothing weird, nothing weird will happen
>Did any problems arise?
none indeed
>Would you do it again?
yeah';

'>>10899061
When I was a broke teenager I would room with a big group of people. It got to the point where we had like 10 people in a two bed room. It was around that time I realized the guy the organized it was over charging people to pay for his whole con. I stopped rooming with that group mostly because they were slobs but that was the final. Now as an adult I cannot say I blame him since he was the one willing to put it on a credit card.';

'>>10899061
I've done this with people I already knew. Worked out alright, but depending on the person in question, you can be stiffed.

I've tried to meet people and then stay at their rooms (with their permission) but that hasn't always panned out. One time, I had to sleep in a car because the hotel called the police and were name checking anyone to prevent overoccupation.';

'What are the rules for inviting people back to hang out in the room? If you're the room holder would you restrict people from that?';

'>>10899369
When it's people you just met, did you pay them anything? Were they personal rooms or did they have roommates?';

'>>10899485
Agree on it ahead of time. If you're the room host bringing people into your room, expect your room mates to begin doing the same.';

'>>10899486
Usually I freely give what I have, such as food , sports drinks, glow sticks, or alcohol. I do that regardless, bring an excess and hand stuff out. That's enough to ensure goodwill. Most of the time, it's somewhat of a bunkhouse in the hotel.';

'>>10899061
>Have you done it before
Yes, tons of times over the last 10 years
>Where did you find people to split the room with?
Different places. Once on a /cgl/ server local to my area, mostly with friends or mutuals of friends, for some of the larger cons there’s whole ass fb groups dedicated to roommate finding
>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?
Nothing too crazy for the most part, clean up after yourself, if you’re gonna have sex with someone be neat about it and put a sock on the door, don’t eat other people food or use their toiletries without asking , basic shit. Once had some terminally online UwU bean try and say no drinking in the room because drinking made her “uncomfortable”. Didn’t listen to her and did it anyway, I hate people like her
>Did any problems arise?
Very seldom but sometimes. Most notably being that Holmat 2018 the girl whose name was on the reservation to check in didn’t leave until super late, like so late we almost lost our reservation bc she had a “cosplay emergency” and “couldn’t” leave. We were stuck in the lobby with our shit for hours on end. Literally had so much time we went to the sports bar and had dinner. Ultimately we all ganged up on her and made her pay for the first night herself bc we felt it was fair bc we spent the first night in the lobby. Aside from that just basic p2p drama, people shit talking, relationship drama etc. One girl thought she had one of her props stolen and she made some thinly veiled accusations, one to me included, only for her to find it under the bed the last day of con and barely received a shitty apology from her once I called her out, even then she tried to recoup UwU points because “cis man yelling is scawwy aaahhh”
>Would I do it again?
I try to room with small groups or by myself if money permits, but if I’m a little more cash strapped than usual or feel like saving a buck I will. Also rooming by yourself at a con is extremely lonely';

'>>10899061
>Have you done it before?
Yeah
>Where did you find people to split the room with? Were they strangers?
Only roomed with friends and friends of friends, though a lot of them were people I'd only met once or twice before. The important part was someone vouching for them.
>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend? Did any problems arise?
Either guys sleep with guys and women sleep with women or couples get the beds and singles get the couch. If you're gonna have someone back at the room let the others know so no one gets a nasty surprise. Keep sex to an hour then get them out. Agree to any other rules beforehand and get ready to kick people out if they don't follow them. Make sure there's rules about room quietness if you're not a party room.
>Would you do it again?
Yeah, I've never had anyone flaunt the room rules, not even the huge partiers.';

'>>10899061
>Sharing a hotel room at a con:

Yes.

>Have you done it before?

Yep

>Where did you find people to split the room with?

When poorer I shared a hotel room with some people from community college. I also when less poor let people crash in my room for free or in exchange for alcohol or food or something.

>Were they strangers?

Not the people i shared costs with, just crashing yea.

>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?

I guess "don't get the room shut down or break the hotel shit?". I don't care if people fuck in the room, do cocaine, etc. Honestly as long as any fights don't wreck shit i'm "eh". And yes I had fights in my rooms before. We follow a "party room" doctrine...

>Did any problems arise?

Ran a small party room for anime magic 2019. 2 of my friends were about to fight each other lmao. One dude literally was in a manic state, as in "straight out of the mental asylum/homeless shelter to the con". Oh and he kind've made another con during coronachan hectic as well (he got banned from the con in less than 30 minutes of arriving there, and no it wasn't my room then).

>Would you do it again?

Hell yea. Parties are easier to do that way.';

'>>10903099
Jesus Christ, why would you be friends with someone that mentally unstable and erratic

>inb4 joke about being friends with any cosplayer is like that';

'>>10903108
I have worse enemies. Also bro is somewhat more stable now (valium and a girlfriend). Oh and even when he was a crackhead he never betrayed me (and he did apologize for fucking up that bad). So eh -__-

>inb4 joke about being friends with any cosplayer is like that

Yea you saw it. Just going to cons knows you'll have to deal with stuff like this. Maybe not going from hitting on jailbait to the point their friends talk to me to get him to stop (it failed dude was going too hard) to calling the staff of the convention center "untermenschen sicilian niggers" (talk about 0 to 1488 in 6 seconds).

But you'll DEFINITELY see these sorts of situations in conventions.

Also, just because you host parties means that drama surrounds you like you're a fuckin gravity well.

Example 2: my MFF room (i didnt even get a suite then) turned into a damn fight club between thess trans juggaloes. Oh and a MFF staffmember got involved and was threatening to call the cops and stuff on the room after doing fucking cocaine provided by a juggalo rapper in my room.

Annnd it came out said MFF staffer probably raped someone in their room. and did enough crackhead shit to be removed from their position. (I have to talk to a MFF rep with cops and paramedics about the staffer claiming people were ODing and being human trafficked in my room roflmao)

Oh did I tell you I saw him carried out by the paramedics 2 times, first because after I banned him he tried to force himself back in and got colc-cocked by the rapper, and second probably from doing a lot of drugs the very next day.

And nope, my room was never shut down. Because MFF is absolute chaos.

And yes, other cons can be just as chaotic (the larger the con or the more wild the fandom is, the more likely this happens)';

'>>10899061
Roomed with 3 cute trannies, organized over discord. Did stuff with 2 of them, con went great.';

'>>10899061
Shared an apartment with like 6 friends before, that was pretty fun
I didn’t plan on it but just recently I happened to meet some fellow anons and ended up getting drunk and staying at their room, that was pretty fun';

'>>10903182
kek >>10903237';

'What are some tips to finding people to share rooms with at cons? I don't have social media, or really know anybody who'd split a room with me, so it makes it pretty hard to justify buying a room for myself. Is my best chance just asking people in con threads before the hotel block opens, or is organizing over stuff like facebook/twitter the way it all goes?';

'>>10903122
I think i know who you're talking about. Some crazy shit always happens at mff';

'>>10903122
MFF 2023 was the best con of my life so far lulz that room was wild';

'>>10899061
i've been going to cons for over 10 years and the best two pieces of advice i can give you for sharing a hotel room are 1) mutually agree on one setting for the thermostat so that people aren't changing it at 3am and roasting/freezing you, and 2) bring a pair of foam earplugs in case your roommates snore. if you solve these two problems, the rest is easy mode.';

'>>10899367
>Now as an adult I cannot say I blame him since he was the one willing to put it on a credit card.
that's not an excuse to literally steal money from people lol';

'>>10903795
It's not stealing if they agreed to pay that price. Most people are willing to pay more to stay in a room at the main hotel if they didn't have the foresight to book a room while they were available';

'>>10903824
It may not be literally stealing but I can see someone seeing it as a form of dishonesty';

'>>10903834
I can agree with that';

'>>10899061
>Have you done it before?
Ye
>Where did you find people to split the room with?
One was a friend from work, one I met from /cgl/
>Were they strangers?
One of them was
>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?
Pay me what you owe me for the room, I set zero rules otherwise, didn't care
>Did any problems arise?
Work friend said /cgl/ friend was jacking off at one point, didn't see it, didn't care
>Would you do it again?
Yes, I am';

'>>10899061
after several gencons remember to never share a room at a con with someone who showers less than you.';

'>>10899061
>Have you done it before?
All the time and this was the norm for years. Specially room stuffing. Idk how all these over emotional troons apparently have enough money to rent an entire room to themselves for a weekend. Specially in this economy.

>Where did you find people to split the room with?
Mainly with friends and aquaintences.

>Were they strangers?
Some started out as strangers to me. A few times we invited comlete strangers and I've had no porblem, but I also actually interview them and do background checks to make sure they aren't creeps.

>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?
My group ususally hosts parties so our general rule has been "If you don't want your shit stolen then put it away, hide it, or don't bring it and if you don't want your shit drank then put it away, hide it or don't bring it."

>Did any problems arise?
The only time I had any issues is when they don't follow the rules which I tell them to fuck off. Lost my current group because for some reason they sided with some fugly girl who brought some shitty booze she got from Ireland and left it out. I don't even know why they took her side, the entire reason she was there is because she wanted my on friends cock which he told her to her face that she is to ugly for her.

>Would you do it again?
Not with my last group but sure.';

'>>10899061
>Have you done it before?
yes
>Where did you find people to split the room with?
introduced by other friend.
>Were they strangers?
all but the person who invited me
>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?
none, but there's an unwritten rule where "you just need to be in the room to be able to sleep", otherwise you'll be knocking for a good 10 minutes at 3am and nobody wants to wake the fuck up
>Did any problems arise?
no
>Would you do it again?
fuck no, i never felt so abandoned. it's just a little bit easier if you have a backup person actually in another hotel room';

'>>10899061
Me and like 5 other guys shared a room at Otakon '13, it was chill. Embassy Suites free breakfast and drinks were a major boon and the host was even cool about bringing weed into the room. He had an awesome Steins;gate cosplay. Good times. Eleven years later though, I wouldn't do it again because I am financially stable, and I want to shit when I want to shit without waiting.';

'I'm tempted to see if randos wanna crash in my room at an upcoming con. Most of my friends bailed so I might be the only one in my crew.';

'>>10903834
Basic capitalism baby.';

'>>10906042
Which is stealing. Boss does no work but makes all the money.';

'>>10906047
In this circumstance the host is assuming the most risk since they would be responsible for any damages. I see no issue with charging leeches whatever, if they agree to pay it that's on them.';

'>>10906049
Oh muh risk
Eat shit bootlicking dog';

'>>10906055
Stop being broke or book your own hotel room then';

'>>10906070
this. i used to do that shit too. never paid for a single room.';

'>>10906070
I book my own room and let my friends stay for free because I'm not a douchebag and I have a decent union job.';

'>>10906070
I do both faggot';

'Yikes smells like broke reddit nem on /cgl/ these days';

'>>10906075
>union job
You’re even more of a grifter than the landlords';

'>>10906162
Fuck you I turn wrenches 8 hours a day then usually pick up some OT too. Your city hands couldn't do that, they're only made for counting money.
Union work makes this country run.';

'>>10906162
>landlords
>daddy's money or old men who paid for their house with 2 years of blue collar income in the 70s
>anti-union bosses
>daddy's money or old men who paid for their business with 1 year of blue collar income in the 70s
and you think anon is a grifter?';

'>>10899061
Yes
Longtime e-bf
Only in a physical sense
Only to let the other know if we were going to have anyone else in the room
I got sick
Absolutely, it was great and my best memory of the whole con was just chilling in the hotel room with him watching Star Wars';

'>>10907219
r u a trap';

'>>10912306
Very far from it';

'>>10912306
>>10912308
She's a she.';

'>>10912311
Also wrong.';

'>>10899061
Never done the total strangers thing, but I have stayed with some people on the outer edge of my friend circle. Friends of friends. It was a great time and gives you some idea of what it's like with a new group of people. The only downside is that they were the "pack 10 people into a room" type and holy shit never again.';

'in my early 20s i would cram according to what I could afford, usually having to share a bed with someone and having sex when my roommates were at the con

I’m in my mid 30s now and i get suites with my gf because we love stuffing a fridge with groceries and using the stove and kitchen for the weekend and having quiet time to ourselves';

'>>10899061
>Have you done it before?
ya
>Where did you find people to split the room with?
friend found them on the con's forum or they were friends of friends
>Were they strangers?
ya they flew in from another state / friends of friends
>What rules were usually in place for the convention weekend?
none
>Did any problems arise?
nope we just went there to sleep
>Would you do it again?
not really you only do it to split the cost / meet new people';

'What's a good place to find people to room with? I'm mostly going to be going to cons alone and it's fucking expensive.';