MTAC FTW

The Maitre d'

Since I am printing up some nifty little promotional cards to put on the "free stuff" tables at Middle Tennessee Anime Convention as we speak, I figured I'd mention something about it. Yes, it's been a while since we've posted. Maybe that will change. Actually, The Chef will probably write a bitter old-school otaku review like he did for AWA.

Anyway, I figured I might want to say something for those of you who accidentally pick up a card (because you really meant to grab the one advertising free yaoi) and even more accidentally type the URL in to your browser when you get back to your hotel room.

If you happen to see us at the con, feel free to say hi. I'm going to be the guy dressed as Jin from Samurai Champloo... sorta like this only hopefully better this time around. You see the guy in the Soup of the Day photo? Assuming The Chef doesn't change it, that's me.

The Chef is going to be dressed like Wash from Firefly. Well, not really, but he does have a penchant for loud Hawaiian shirts and playing with action figures, so it kinda counts. (He did threaten at one point to dress in a suit and hand out Roboreaganology tracts, but sadly I think he's chickening out on that.)

The Sommelier will probably be the guy ogling some underaged schoolgirl cosplayers. I wish I was joking about this.

The Busboy will not be dressed up, but he will probably be accompanied by a White Mage who procrastinates 'til the last minute to finish her costume. (At least she painted it so that it doesn't look like that other type of white robe anymore.)

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Comments

The Chef

I deny this.

April 23, 2008 07:46 AM

I deny that I ever said I was going to go to MTAC as Wash. I'm planning it for DragonCon. That, and I never said I was going to dress up in a suit to hand out Roboreaganologist tracts...that was your idea. You can't chicken out of what you never planned on doing.

The Chef

Also...

April 23, 2008 12:01 PM

Also, I deny that my review of AWA was in any way bitter.

The Maitre d'

What?

April 23, 2008 12:34 PM

First, I'm pretty sure the suit idea was your idea. At least, handing them out like an evangelist was your idea. If you really threw yourself into it, I'm pretty sure it could only end with your being asked to leave by security.

And allow me to quote your review, from the section entitled "Attack of the Invasion of the Revenge of the Return of Narutards":

"It's a given that at any sort of convention, especially an anime convention, the current hot property will be plastered all over the place. In this case, it involved hordes of teenagers wearing headbands and orange jumpsuits that made them look like escaped convicts. I think a shirt I saw at one of the booths in the dealers' room said it best: wearing a headband doesn't make you a ninja. Needless to say, I think that any fan community who willingly refer to themselves as 'Narutards' would have a hard time being taken seriously under the best of circumstances. There was no escaping them.

That doesn't mean, of course, that I like to bash Naruto or any other 'new' show. My taste in anime fossilized sometime in the mid-90s, so perhaps it'd be best to not take my opinion too seriously. The Chef is a bitter, bitter old man."

And that's just from one section on the first page. I rest my case.

The Chef

You're misinterpreting the facts.

April 23, 2008 01:01 PM

Firstly, I am indeed sure that the suit and evangelism were your idea. I do admit that I will be printing off tracts to leave on the "free hentai" table.

Everything I write is bitter; you implied that the aforementioned article was more bitter than usual.

reaperman

I glad...

April 23, 2008 06:15 PM

that we're taking the tracts.

The Maitre d'

"I glad?"

April 23, 2008 08:41 PM

That sounds like something Devan would say.

The Maitre d'

The suit and the tracts

April 23, 2008 08:49 PM

I'm almost certain they were your idea. At least the suit. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have suggested something like the suit.

The Chef

Why don't you just admit it?

April 23, 2008 10:45 PM

I'm positive that the suit was your idea. You suggested it as a way of making fun of Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Maitre d'

That's silly

April 23, 2008 10:56 PM

I don't think Jehovah's Witnesses have any particular dress code. Mormons do, but it's a white shirt and tie I think, not a suit.

The Maitre d'

Actually...

April 23, 2008 10:59 PM

... it may have come about during the discussion where you considered trying to convert the door-to-door JW's to Roboreaganology. Then it might have been my idea.

I will admit to suggesting that you pass out Roboreaganology tracts whilst cosplaying as The Chef and picketing the Monroe County School Board. That is brilliance, and I am only too happy to claim it.

The Chef

So you now admit it.

April 24, 2008 07:33 AM

I knew you'd fess up eventually. Now all you have to do is apologize for saying it was my idea (I refuse to take the blame for it).

The Busboy

Just for the record ...

April 24, 2008 04:56 PM

Due to popular demand (and by popular demand, I mean one (1) person), I'm going to be posting a blog for MTAC which I'll update before, during, and after the con. Thank goodness for hotel wi-fi that you mooch off of your friends for! Stay tuned!!

The Chef

Also for the record...

April 25, 2008 07:38 AM

So shall I, just to keep you honest. Not that I expect you to lie like the Maitre d' does, but just in case. No offense.

The Busboy

Now, without further adieu

April 26, 2008 02:33 AM

behold! The MTAC blog is now live! http://www.chainsawbuffet.com/articles/MTAC2008/

reaperman

May 2, 2008 07:12 PM

And it is fantastic. Also, filled with several lies...the good kind.

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