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Offline CaptainJam-chan

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« on: August 08, 2006, 01:07:55 am »
Okay...Here's something that has had me thinking; where are all the anime fans in Oregon?? (I'm not asking you to tell me where you live).

I'm just wondering why all the anime fans that go to the kumoricon aren't in my area. I find it strange. Is there like a specific area in Oregon where everyone is? I feel so left out since no one in my area (that I know of) goes to the Kumoricon :(

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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2006, 08:17:52 am »
Im in beaverton. alot of otaku out here
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2006, 08:21:03 am »
I am like 1-10 peeps that be around here
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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2006, 08:26:13 am »
I live in Portland, but around the Parkrose area. I've noticed that there's like nobody here except me, my cousin, a friend and probably her brother that will be going to kumoricon. =\ Everybody seems to be located in salem or beaverton. (or from what i've seen so far)

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« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2006, 08:36:08 am »
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Everybody seems to be located in salem or beaverton. (or from what i've seen so far)

A good dozen or so of us are coming up from Eugene and that's just people on the forum.

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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2006, 10:12:17 am »
Few living in Salem... Though it only seems like a small few.

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« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2006, 10:13:46 am »
I'm comming up from Corvallis...

Where do you live? ^_^ (I lvoe your coat btw. It looks warm with that fur.)

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« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2006, 10:56:45 am »
I'm in downtown Portland and the Lloyd Center district. I know of other otakus in the area (one of them works at the mall's Suncoast), and have friends in the Gladstone area who are into anime or anime-related material (manga, certain video games, etc).

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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2006, 12:35:39 pm »
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« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2006, 03:00:09 pm »
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Few living in Salem... Though it only seems like a small few.


There are a handful of us here, but we all rub shoulders with the local gaming community for our LANime parties which typically bring in 40+ local folks if not more.

I have found that there are ALWAYS peeps around who like anime, they just aren't aware yet of the various clubs, conventions, etc...
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« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2006, 03:46:21 pm »
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Few living in Salem... Though it only seems like a small few.


There are a handful of us here, but we all rub shoulders with the local gaming community for our LANime parties which typically bring in 40+ local folks if not more.

I have found that there are ALWAYS peeps around who like anime, they just aren't aware yet of the various clubs, conventions, etc...


Yeah, I'm from Salem.
There is a TON of us around here.
I'm one of the only one of my friends that goes to Kumoricon though. Most my friends dont cause their parents wont let them, or money, or some other excuse, lol.


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« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2006, 03:54:02 pm »
I'm from forest grove... despite it's boring appearance, there's a TON of us out here xD
A lot of people from the town are attending k-con (my group consists of 8 people), so there should be a lot of run-ins- which doesn't bother me a bit heheh... can't wait  to see all of you guys~*
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« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2006, 04:21:36 pm »
*from Salem as well* ^_^ I know tons of Anime fans, and most of the people I talk to on a daily basis are coming....

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« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2006, 04:22:36 pm »
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*from Salem as well* ^_^ I know tons of Anime fans, and most of the people I talk to on a daily basis are coming....

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« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2006, 04:26:39 pm »
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*from Salem as well* ^_^ I know tons of Anime fans, and most of the people I talk to on a daily basis are coming....

*pokes Kimi*....*pokes again*


OW!!
Hehe... School Registration for us is the 17th from 1-3pm, SEE YOU THERE!!



*shifty eyes* Hehe, a bit earlier for me, as I'm a senior.^^;
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« Reply #15 on: August 08, 2006, 04:28:42 pm »
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*from Salem as well* ^_^ I know tons of Anime fans, and most of the people I talk to on a daily basis are coming....

*pokes Kimi*....*pokes again*


OW!!
Hehe... School Registration for us is the 17th from 1-3pm, SEE YOU THERE!!



*shifty eyes* Hehe, a bit earlier for me, as I'm a senior.^^;


GAHHH I keep forgetting. U Suck, you get to leave school after this year... T.T
Well you never know, with how long it takes, I could arrive when Seniors are still standing there waiting, happend last year.
I should have taken early graduation instead of late arrival.....


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« Reply #16 on: August 08, 2006, 04:32:37 pm »
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*from Salem as well* ^_^ I know tons of Anime fans, and most of the people I talk to on a daily basis are coming....

*pokes Kimi*....*pokes again*


OW!!
Hehe... School Registration for us is the 17th from 1-3pm, SEE YOU THERE!!



*shifty eyes* Hehe, a bit earlier for me, as I'm a senior.^^;


GAHHH I keep forgetting. U Suck, you get to leave school after this year... T.T
Well you never know, with how long it takes, I could arrive when Seniors are still standing there waiting, happend last year.
I should have taken early graduation instead of late arrival.....


I'm actually sad... Most of the people I know and talk to are juniors.... except for ....like 3.
Well, last year, they tried to do everyone in one day. Which sucked, majorly>.<
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« Reply #17 on: August 08, 2006, 04:45:21 pm »
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*from Salem as well* ^_^ I know tons of Anime fans, and most of the people I talk to on a daily basis are coming....

*pokes Kimi*....*pokes again*


OW!!
Hehe... School Registration for us is the 17th from 1-3pm, SEE YOU THERE!!



*shifty eyes* Hehe, a bit earlier for me, as I'm a senior.^^;


GAHHH I keep forgetting. U Suck, you get to leave school after this year... T.T
Well you never know, with how long it takes, I could arrive when Seniors are still standing there waiting, happend last year.
I should have taken early graduation instead of late arrival.....


I'm actually sad... Most of the people I know and talk to are juniors.... except for ....like 3.
Well, last year, they tried to do everyone in one day. Which sucked, majorly>.<


LOL, everyone in one day.... idiots.
Yeah, luckily most my friends are juniors now. But alot of them left last year which makes me sad.... T.T


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« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2006, 05:18:02 pm »
Thanks about the coat ^^ Yeah I bought it 3 weeks ago, while it was 100 degrees outside lol
I live in West Linn

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« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2006, 05:25:27 pm »
I live in Portland, in the hills near the Zoo. I know personally and/or know of about  15-25 people in my general area who are going...

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« Reply #20 on: August 09, 2006, 12:46:53 pm »
There's quite a few of us in SE Portland as well.
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2006, 06:24:20 pm »
XD The crazehs I know that are going are pretty much the people I'm dragging along. I ish in Salem! =D

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« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2006, 07:17:01 pm »
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I live in Portland, but around the Parkrose area. I've noticed that there's like nobody here except me, my cousin, a friend and probably her brother that will be going to kumoricon. =\ Everybody seems to be located in salem or beaverton. (or from what i've seen so far)


I have a few friends on the gresham side who are into anime, most of us are going to be at Kumoricon, too.  ^_^V.  We're around the 200th to 120th blocks.

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« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2006, 07:21:01 am »
I live in Clackamas, near the Town Center mall. I know of a couple people who are going from my area. >w<
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« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2006, 05:56:09 pm »
ah...im in gladstone. And we're a smallish town, so there aren't a lot of anime fans around here. The ones in my school...well....are...me and my friends. XD we're all friends with eachother. We even wore out naruto headbands to school. People think we're weird, but thats okay, because their probably right! ^_^
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« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2006, 11:19:58 pm »
^0^ dude, I'm probably the farthest out there XD. Guess where I'm coming from... Southern MD, thats all the way across the country! Lol, really though, I'll be moving to Portland near the Lloyd center area as well... I really hope there are alot of otaku near by...


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« Reply #26 on: August 11, 2006, 07:47:52 am »
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^0^ dude, I'm probably the farthest out there XD. Guess where I'm coming from... Southern MD, thats all the way across the country!

I'm not sure what the distance between there and Portland is but we do have a group of people coming from Alaska.

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« Reply #27 on: August 11, 2006, 09:09:11 am »
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Thanks about the coat ^^ Yeah I bought it 3 weeks ago, while it was 100 degrees outside lol
I live in West Linn

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« Reply #28 on: August 11, 2006, 02:08:16 pm »
Lmfao I have a group of 5 girls coming up from Pleasant Hill which is near Eugene. Thats just my group... then there is one more that I think may be going on his own  but I don't know if he preregistered or not. He was kinda well... slow and thought prereg  ended august 30th... i was like wahhaaaa?? no... baka... -.- but yeah there are a few of us from this general area!!!

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« Reply #29 on: August 11, 2006, 03:17:07 pm »
Forest Grove here,  few miles from hillsboro

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« Reply #30 on: August 11, 2006, 03:53:34 pm »
thing is people around you might be otaku with out you knowing it,i had this friend  back in middle school, we didnt hang out much, be mostly saw each outher because we were best friends with the same guy, well i dont see him for few years the next time i do he's prez of psu anime cl;ub and staff at k-con so you never know till you ask but the problem is people are afraid of asking because as neko pointed out its not somthing really popular and we do get teased, so dont be afraid of advatising what you love
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« Reply #31 on: August 11, 2006, 06:57:45 pm »
That is a good idea. I should show I like anime in a less obvious way. I'll be drawing way more Naruto fanart in class when I go back to school in September :P

Oh and I did find one person who is somewhat near me who likes anime too! It's a great start! :) But I woiuld love to make even more friends who like anime, and who I could cosplay around and not feel worried from their reactions!

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« Reply #32 on: August 13, 2006, 02:24:01 am »
I live in dallas and sofar, I know of no one who likes anime in town. :(
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« Reply #33 on: August 13, 2006, 06:27:56 am »
When I lived in Massachusetts, I used to think that only myself and a few of my friends liked Anime, but then I started an Anime club at my school and like 30+ people showed up, and about 10-12 of them became regulars ^^

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« Reply #34 on: August 14, 2006, 08:09:40 am »
Im moving into my NW portland apartment in two weeks, I wanna meet the person who lives on the 2nd floor... they had ghost in a shell in thier window.....



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« Reply #35 on: August 14, 2006, 11:47:51 pm »
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Im in beaverton. alot of otaku out here


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I'm from Vancouver, Washington but I'm an Oregon girl at heart.  I love that state.  *sobs uncontrolably*

But there are fans of anime in Portland atleast they just don't like to make themselves known like other cities.
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« Reply #36 on: August 15, 2006, 01:01:47 am »
I'm not in Oregon. I'm in Washington.

And I know several cool Otaku. Nate, Zack, Ben, Jake, Travis (who said he was gonna be Sasuke because I was gonna be Naruto), Justin and a few others. All of whom rock.

Zack and Nate have the biggest freaking anime/manga collection I have ever seen, my GOD. Even more stuff than I have. (but then, I didn't know where to buy Anime stuff until I found the stores around Portland when I was 16. >_>;)

In any event, you get the point.

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« Reply #37 on: August 15, 2006, 07:56:46 am »
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I'm from Vancouver, Washington but I'm an Oregon girl at heart.


Another one of us from Vancouver =D  Bastett, what part do you live in?

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« Reply #38 on: August 20, 2006, 09:59:49 pm »
Let me see...

I'm from Milwaukie and I know of... About 10 people in my area that are going to K-Con.

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« Reply #39 on: August 20, 2006, 10:07:53 pm »
Where I live there arn't a lot of people that like anime, but i have slowly been  bringing person by person into the light, so there is a descent amount more of people where i live who like it now.
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« Reply #40 on: August 20, 2006, 10:26:07 pm »
I'm in Beaverton too, almost to Hillsboro (like on the same block).

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« Reply #41 on: August 21, 2006, 10:37:29 am »
I live in Estacada (little nowhere town) and I have a group of anime fanatic friends.
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« Reply #42 on: August 21, 2006, 06:15:31 pm »
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« Reply #43 on: August 24, 2006, 09:42:32 pm »
I'm in Seattle now, but I used to live in Bend and before that, Beaverton.
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« Reply #44 on: August 24, 2006, 10:06:35 pm »
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