Well, to start things off, this is probably one of my favorite conventions I have been too. Not because of the programming, not because of the dealers room, but because of the people. What I experienced here was something that warmed my heart to the core. The people I met here are going to stay in my heart and in my mind for the rest of my life, it just sucks because I only had so little time to share with them. It's kind of embarrassing to say, and especially because most of the people I was with aren't on here, but when I left on Saturday night, never to return as I made my way through the con trying to find the people I hung out with, I was nearly in tears, especially on the car ride home. When I got home, I let loose and sobbed. I miss you guys...

Now with that aside, its time for my shout-outs.

To my posse - thanks for putting up with me, lol, it was fun

To all of you who played spin the kunai - ninja weaponry was NEVER this fun

To everyone who I talked to on these forums and randomly met you without knowing I talked to you before - THAT is what I call trippy, oh, and you rock

To Cloudberg - sorry for the dud of a conga, maybe next year?

To my friends from past conventions - It was so great to see you all again

To Pizza Hut - Caterers to MADNESS!!!

To the guys in room 354 - Nuff said

I love all of you guys

Woo! Luffy here... The small one that was loud and annoying the whole time... -_-;;

My shout outs go to:

Sexy Sasuke, for being herself, of course! It was nice running around with you! ^^

Again, everyone who played Spin the Kunai... That was fun as hell.

The Dealer Itachi for giving me a piggy back ride and being my friend! 8D

The Asian Haku, for being adorable and lovable! ^-^

Little L/Hunny-senpai/Haruhi, for being cute and huggable! I'm so glad you found your stuff.

Sanji for helping to carry me onstage! Sorry to drag you into that!

Tamaki, whom I mistook for Sanji. xD At least I made friends out of it.

Everyone who randomly demanded hugs and pictures. I never thought I'd be so popular.

Everyone who repeatedly hugged me/waved at me/spoke to me. You guys are awesome!

To the friends I came with, for putting up with my random disappearances! ^^;;

Especially Stephanie and her mom, for putting up with my idiocy and forgetfulness... Sorry for inconveniencing you!

To the other, taller Luffy with actual muscle, it was nice meeting you! xD

All these people made my first-ever con a blast and I apologize for my total n00bness, especially during Anime Fight Club. I should have never stepped onto the stage. Sorry for this super-long post, too... xD

To staff-Thanks for everything guys. Seriously.

If I may, I would like to add something to the Asian Haku shout-out, You may keep those cat ears

Love to Michelle, Nick, and Ralph -- You guys are schweeeeet.

Hugs for everyone who asked me for pictures. You made me feel much better about my first cosplay. (Rena)

To Mike for NOT losing my AMV's (You know you're loved)

To Rachel, you're awesome for letting Mike near you with that Cattle Prod. Props.

To the Cosplayers..you guys are so cool. It's not even something that can be expressed.

To Evan ... Kamina is a beast.

Aw, Kiba!! I didn't know you cared so much! I'd glomp you if we didn't live 5-bagillion miles away from each other. Also, you missed it!! Today [sunday] I was Shippuden Sasuke....with a butt-bow. =]

Luffy...yo...man...dude. [HIP THRUST!] Hells Yes!!

I hope to see you both at the next con - it felt like our time ended too soon. [But it's nice to have a shower!!]

-Sexy Sasuke

I'm the Kadaj. :o
Ok..I don't know how long I'll make this. >w>

Hunter of the Sharingan: Aww I miss you too, I know how you feel. I felt like breaking down when I got home. The people there were really great.

Sexy Sasuke: You were just a lot of fun to hang out with, hope to see you at ColossalCon.

The L across the hall from us: You were a lot of fun, and I never got to say bye. =[ I miss you

The Leon I hugged about 5 times: Thank you for putting up with my "WHEEMYLEONN" and continuous hugs. lol.

Zack and Yuffie: You guys were amazing. 8D Enough said

My Zexy: I MISS MY OWNERR. T__T

Dark Link: We hardly talked, but I was so entertained by your determination to be first into the Dealers Room. lol

I'm sure I forgot people, I'll be sure to come and edit this later. x]

I miss everyone so much. T_T

why did people keep biting you though LOL

anyway spin th e kunai was fun, even though the Sunday morning version fell apart.

My only shout out is a thanks to everyone who came and made it a rockin' good time, and to my fellow staff members for working your damn asses off.

You too!! Does Kuraudo-kun have an account??

I will be at Colossalcon - but I'm going as either Zack or Reno....or both. But Sasuke-kun will make an appearance at some point.

sexy sasuke, no shout out to my back rubs??? WTF!

Shout out to all the congoers and the staff--thanks for making the con fun and interesting!

And ESPECIALLY thanks to everyone that stopped at my table! You guys are awesome! =D

Oh yeah. XDD

Kiba-kun's back-rub's KICK ASS. They are made of win. =] [expecially when you fall asleep half on the bed, half off.]

yeah! She's MoonlightCurse, or something along those lines x_x

I tried adding you on myspace, but it said I needed a last name or email, and I couldn't message you. =\ Do you have any messengers?

Oh my god! Hunter Kiba, LUFFY, and Sexy Sasuke! I didn't know you guys would be on the forum! You guys might recognize me by my username. (Haha, Asian HAKU!)

This was my first convention, but I was such an amazing experience. Like Hunter said, the thing that made this experience so special were all the people... It's alright Hunter! When I got home, I started sobbing 'cause I missed everybody! I'm even pretty teary now. Embarrassing, but I really do miss all of you guys. And I'm so sorry Hunter, I totally forgot to give you the bandages and the cat ears! I feel so bad and horrible. ): Shout out to you, because you really helped brighten up the con! Playing Spin the Kunai was fun!

Shout out to Luffy! You were so awesome! It was fun being on stage during Fight Club with my friend Becca! Hanging out with you made me really happy!

Shout out to Sexy Sasuke! God, my friends were goggling all over you 'cause you were so hot. XD And that kiss during the Pokemon Battle was epic! [Hoho] I was worried about you when you were feeling sick! I hope you feel better now!

Shout out to Kamina and Dark Link! I didn't really get to talk to you guys 'cause I was shy... Ugh. But I was stalking you guys for a little bit to take pictures! I wish I could have gotten to talk a bit more, because your costumes were amazing! My costume looked horrible in comparison!

I miss all of the girls and guys in room 327!

Sleepy Naruto, I miss you, and Shannon misses you as well!

Chibi L/Kyouya, you were so cute! Hope to see you again!

I'm sure I didn't mention all of the people here, but I really miss everyone I met... Awesome experience!

I hope that some of the people I met are going to Colossalcon! My friends and I are planning to go, and I'm most likely going to be cosplaying as Haku again.

its fine haku, ull putt ehm 2 better use than i would, im crying too, but its a happy cry. emotions are good. haha. o btw, so hee thinks she remembers you, if you wear glasses, btw, add me on aim.

Kadaj, I'm gonna log into myspace and change that here in a sec. [I didn't think I had it set that way. O.o]

My last name is "Kinnison"

I shall search up Cloud. ^_^

And Haku - OMG!! *Glomp* You were so fun to hang around with as well - and Spin the kunai was kinda fun; but I only played it for that one day. [People kept biting me!!] And yeah, I'm feeling better now. I wasn't taking care of myself very well. [I wasn't eating/drinking anything.] But I had some water, bawls, and pocky.... and now it's all good!! X3

Shout-outs?

Adam, aka Comic Book Guy. (Remember the guy with the Thor helm and the raver girl with the snazzy hat who talked about Sandman? That's us.)

Everybody who played Blitzball again this year! Make it violent, make us proud. Yeah.

The three guys who videotaped me at the rave. Share those vids!

Shoutouts~

Enishi-tan, for ending up letting me kissing her for a dollar. XD;;; (finally, it's been too long). My mom is angry about the bite mark. D:

Danielle- Haha, I know you aren't on here, but, it's really fun being stabbed by Enishi's wings with you in control of them.

Ed and that lovely group we hung out with today --- XD;; box-f**king and I AM SO NOT ADORIBLE. (But I want a piggyback ride...)

Abbi -- <3 Finally got to catch up with you~!

I can't think of really who else to shout out too, since I'm like, really ticked about something that happened today.

I want to shout out to all the guys that were in the bad anime room with me watching The Slide like, 40 times.

Also a shout-out to whomever was responsible for Princess Tutu in the video room on Sunday morning, I love you!

...I'm so shallow.

ok, i've got a few shout outs.

Sexsuke ~ you were funny as hell and i wish we coulda hung out more than just that random group up at like, 4am sunday morning

Hinata ~ you were amazing at not breaking character and you kept glomping me, so much appreciation for that XD, you tried to get me to play Spin the Kunai, and i would have but.... y'know, i'd be taken to jail since not one of you were over 18 XD (not to mention i have a girlfriend)

the non-asian Haku ~ never before have i been so mentally scarred, fangirl rape is a frightening thing.....

anyone i played Brawl with, there was not a single bad player i matched up against, you all rocked.

anyone who commented on my accent, or glomped me because of it, you're more than welcome to hug this brit anytime you want XD

whoever had the idea to put Jet Set Radio in the Game Room has the right to bear my first born child XD

the guy selling 2 Bawls for $4, that joke NEVER gets old and it probably never will....

a HUGE shout out to my AP Crew from room 449, you all know who you are, never before has a con been so much fun than when i just chilled and took picture after picture with you guys

ANYONE who was in the bad anime room during that one episode of speed racer we all talk without commas or full stops or any kind of punctuation at all because we were incredibly badly dubbed HAHA!! seriously, whoever was in that room, you all rock and made my night even better than it already was.

the people who watched me and Chefsuke fail in the DDR room and didn't laugh their asses off (which is a hard task beleive me)

the Yachiru who rode me around on the first day of the con ~ that set the tone for this whole damn weekend, thank you so much ^_^ XD "hey, this Zaraki is a lot stronger than the other one"

Sasori ~ best photo op ever, the Akatsuki sleep over where you painted my nails and we talked about boys, thats gonna be my myspace default for a very long time as soon as i get the pic off my friend

the Juggling Ishida ~ frickin sweet, 'nuff said

the line of 4 girls who said they needed a change of underwear, just from hearing me talk, that caught me off guard so damn much XD

Fretachi/Raveninja and his group, kickass as always to see you again, shoulda hung out more, we always seemed to be going opposite ways >_< but the 3am "rape..... RAPE!! RAAAAAAAPE!!!!!" freakout on floor 4 was the funniest goddamn thing i have ever been a part of, i'm so glad we didn't get kicked out for that..... XD

if i'm forgetting anyone then feel free to scream at/castrate me XD

*edit*
OH!! and the guy at the closing Ceremony that made us 1337 by registering twice, you went above and beyond to put an awesome finishing touch on this con XD

oh yeah! i was there for that! haha, one of the best moments of the con. X)

My shout out goes to the badasses at the rave

For the ones Brave and crazy enough to go into the middle of the circle more than once or going alone

i myself went into the center more than anyone and i applaud others for dancing with me :D

the rave was amazing and so was everyone in it

Everything in the order I come up with it, and I might add more later.

The Kaiser - How you manage to put all this together without dropping dead is beyond me. More power to you.

The Staff - You fine men and women worked yourselves to the bone this weekend to keep the convention running smoothly. You've been, by far, the best staff I've seen so far.

The people that attended our events - We can't possibly do it without you. I can't thank each one of you individually, so it'll have to be done as a group. We had some of our best volunteers at this convention, and the amount of energy you brought to the Fight Club was outstanding.

The Eva Puppet Show crew - Thanks to all of you for volunteering your time and energy to make the show a success.

Rachel, Jeanette, and, well, I never got the rest of your names - It was nice to meet you all in person. An extra thanks to you for volunteering at the last minute for the Puppet Show.

Celeste - One of the best cosplayers ever. You also helped get us set up and onto a good start for Fight Club, so extra props for that. :D

Ranier - Best cameraman ever. It was great to see you at the convention.

Titus - Thanks for volunteering for our demo. You were freaking awesome out on that floor.

The Dai-Gurren Brigade - Awesome job on all the cosplays guys and gals.

Participants in the Pokemon Tourney - Thanks a lot for coming and having a good time with us. We hope to see you again next year.

Michelle and Nick - I felt like every time I ran into one of you I'd end up getting drafted into something XD. You two are awesome.

Janette - Phenomenal, thanks for hanging out with me this weekend. :D

Yes a big thanks to my army at that The Eva Puppet Show you guys where so great for helping the guys who where trying to put it together out, and showing up on such short notice. I think the pupper show turned out great.

D'aawww... I just wrote the longest shout out post ever and accidentally navigated away from the page and lost it all... ;o;

Well, hello to everyone and their moms!

A few people in my shoutouts were J.J. (Ness), Kyuubi boy/Naruto, Celeste, shirtless guy, British dude, Sexy Sasuke, Yuffie, Kaiser, people in pictochat, game room, swimsuit cosplay, tourneys, uhh... and others... aw, crap. I'm too lazy to re-do it. I'm sorry. XD *Drags feet away.* D:|

Dammit, I knew I forgot some people.

Amy - Nice to meet you, and thanks for getting me involved in the Puppet Show. :P

Lethal - Props to you for fitting the Pokemon Tournament into your schedule. :D

Shout outs to:

Sexy Sasuke - we're totally going to rebuild the Uchiha together! Sorry I couldn't save you when you were tied up. XD

The Hinata that kept giving me hugs. <3 I tried to give you a hug after you had won your award, but I don't think you saw me. ;~;

The Kakashi who I kept running into! Congrats on winning with your skit.

Zexion, thanks for letting me borrow your book and pen when we were in line!

Sasuke I hung out with in the video game room - be careful, I might still be stalking you. <_< XD

Hey its shannon aka L, hatori, raito, sanji, (don't remember what else ppl called me), misa-misa

hawt L- I think I scared you by stalking you and then hugging you but you were attractive man

Toga man- we will forever thank you for the pocky

The person who gave me a badge when I lost mine- I love you so much for that!

Black Sasuke- you were so adorable *glomps*

The ppl I hung out with in room 207 and 327- you ppl blow my mind w/ awesomeness and it would take me way too long to list you all

Asian Haku- Why do so many ppl love you? I am personally scared of you XD of coarse I have to deal with seein you everyday ya freak :D

Shout-out to the first person to compliement my Kaoru cosplay :D
An adorable girl who I almost mistook for a Reborn cosplayer xD;
She was going to be Tamaki saturday, but I couldn't go back.
I never got her photo ;_;

Also shout-out to Vash and Complaining Asian Guy working at the stand at the back of the vendors room. You guys WIN XD

I forgot a shout out.

the Male Sakura....one of the best Sakuras I've seen too...

Aw, Nicole, Aaron, you guys are awesome too. xD <333 Love.

I got several shout outs:

To the Vash who was in the Artist Alley: Thank you for letting my niece (who was the female miroku) ask if you could bear her children ^^ We loved it!

The audience at the Cosplay Competition: THANK YOU for going "AWWW" to my niece (who was the Chibi Chii) and laughing at the two of us doing our 'Bunny hop' as we left the stage. My neice wanted to me to help her with that.

The Staff of AP: Like I said at the closing ceremonies - I place one of my vacations AROUND your con, JUST so I can go ^^ I cant wait until next year!

The people who's pictures I took: Thank you for letting me take your pitcures

What do you mean we Aaron? I could care less that those people turned up. -.-

Well, no, I'm kidding. Thanks everyone. ^_^

It was fun Aaron. Though don't go thinking I'm like that every con, it's not in my personality. ^_^; Although at most cons, I'm just sitting at a table, except when I mysteriously disappear.

Well, i have a few shoutouts to give out..

First, this one goes to my gf, since she was the one i spent most of the con with, besides the random congoers.. Thanks for puttin up with me :D

To the Sasuke stalkin me: While you did give me the creeps, you were sexy as hell, and i felt a little special to have my own personal stalker. Thanks for that..

To every cosplayer that had kickass costumes.. you guys rocked

To every congoer that randomly glomped/asked for pictures of/even noticed and commented on my costume: You guys helped make my first cosplay an ultimate success.. Sai FTW!!

To the people in the dealers room (especially the Karl guy): i cant say how much i loved seeing you at this con again. Your jokes never got old. To everyone else in there, the merch. was awesome.

To the people i played brawl with in the game room from time to time: Really good stuff.. really made me feel as if i was a real pro..

To the random people i played Rock Band with: That, i have to say, rocked too..

To the Staff: You guys did rock too.. nice try, even though the programming could have used a little work.. The best part was the Cosplay competition by far (not a rave kinda guy)

To everyone else i left out: Just.. dont change.. Anime Punch FTW!!

You know you want to taste karl in your mouth.
Wash Karl down with bawls!

THATS what im talkin about XD

Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed the cosplay ^^.

Hrm. My shoutouts!

Codi, Cori, and Keith, Brian, and Julie - We rocked the cosplay this year, didn't we? Be it sitting all day in the hot judging room, or dealing with the signups, or whatever, I think we managed to keep it running fairly smoothly, yeah? Give yourselves pats on the back for BEING AWESOME.

Staff guy who kept us fed - ...man, I feel like a jackass, but I totally forget your name XD. That said, you busted ASS taking care of us with the cosplay stuff, that was so epic of you. Actually, you just busted ass all weekend and turned out to be awesome at getting stuff done.

Ben & the breakdance crew - EPIC WIN. Especially Ben, man, you were dying in that heat but you still managed to pull some reserve of awesome out of somewhere and keep on going through the finale. *luffs upon* I am not worthy ;p

Mariah & Chase - Keep on being awesome guys. Like, seriously. Though, if you're at con again next year, Waffle House at two thirty in the morning probably isn't a good idea XD (also, OMFG KAWORU. You have no idea how happy that made me <3. He's sitting on my computer next to the Trigun figs and the sexy rei-angels ;p)

The Dai Gurren Brigade - Most EPIC PHOTOSHOOT EVER. Also, spontanous marching chant through the halls was sutibly gar, yeah?

To all the cosplayers - I'll say it again. You guys ROCKED. All of you, mad props for being awesome. Bring some more with you to the next convention, I expect even better than this year ;p

To the rest of staff - You busted ass and were awesome. I think all the compliments people are throwing out show just how awesome you managed to be this year; what say next year, we make it even better? XD

To the guy who made us 1337 - YOU SIR, ARE FULL OF WIN

Kyo - *luffs* You were rocking the casba as usual man ;p. I'm so sorry I missed the first part of Whose Line. Darn technical difficulties

Baka - .... Soooooo, how ARE your cherries? ;p

To anyone I forgot - er, Row row, fight da powaa?!