We had every intention of filming every second of our time at SacAnime Summer 16 but for various reasons the camera was the left untouched for most of it. I decided to throw together some of the footage we managed to get into a shitty vlog. I promise the next one will be better but for now check this out!
- Matthew
Sac Anime has been over for a little over a week now. I’ve been spending my time since recovering from the exhaustion, readjusting my sleep schedule and easing back in to school and work mode again. It’s kind of funny just how much of a getaway going to conventions is for me. Once it was over, I was already counting down the days to Sac Anime Winter.
Now that I’ve fully adjusted back into the “real world”, I was able to kind of take a look and meditate on just how amazing these last few cons have been for us. How fortunate we really are. I’d call us blessed, but that word just doesn’t seem to encapsulate just how lucky we really are. It started to hit me during one of our routine “business meetings” over game chat in Overwatch. In passing, we were talking about all of the people who had been posting pictures onto Instagram of themselves rocking our gear. The next day I checked out the photo feed of pictures Senpai Social Club was tagged in again just to see. It dawned onto me that less than a year ago the feed used to be full of only pictures of us modeling our stuff cause we had no one else to. Now its starting to feel like we’ll never have to model our own stuff again.
The amount of support that people have been showing us is astounding, and I feel nothing but humbled that people support us as much as they do. Whether its buying our clothes or just stopping by the table to say hi. Its all appreciated. I can’t express enough how grateful we are and I really just wanted to take this time to say thank you to everyone. You’re all awesome as fuck and we look forward to seeing you all again in the cons to come.
I’m currently typing this in class during a lecture that’s about 10 minutes longer than it really needs to be. You really could have just let us go early for the day, but you didn’t.
- Daniel
I don’t know how we got so fortunate. I sound like a broken record at this point but it really is insane to me how each convention we attended manages to out do the previous one. One of our neighboring artists has been attending multiple conventions for the past few years. I asked her what her worst con was and to my surprise she answered pretty quickly. After digesting the past weekend, answering that same question would be very difficult for me. Maybe it’s because we don’t vendor too many of these things, maybe we’re just lucky. Maybe, and I know this sounds lame, it’s because of you guys.
Despite having a set up here before, the nerves of vending a convention was still there for us. We did pretty well at SacWinter but even though this was a bigger convention we still weren’t sure how we would do. The location we were placed in was far less favorable than our last one. We were towards the end of Artist Alley near the entrance of the loading docks. It seemed like that brand new spelling-error-free banner I had made would be for naught. Miraculously, many of you managed to see it and even say it drew you to our table.
Fridays are always the slowest days. The fact that our two neighboring artists didn’t show up that day didn't help either. The most we could of hoped for was people to catch us out of the corner of their eye walking to and from the bathroom. Our expectations were set extremely low for Friday. However, they were blown out of the fucking water once all of you guys started to drop by. That momentum carried over into the entire weekend and got us to survive on what little sleep we got.
It was insane how many new and familiar faces we saw throughout the whole convention. Vending a table like ours isn’t going to get a lot of traffic, especially when you're surrounded with bright colors and artists that make me ashamed to have hands. Our name confuses people, we don’t have artwork, and we’re not an actual club, not in the traditional sense at least. To put it short, not many people get what we do. But all of you guys who repeatedly came to our table and talked to us do. Everyone who changed into our gear directly after purchasing understands it. You’re all in the know and that makes you a part of the club.
We got the idea for the brand over late night gaming sessions and to see what’s become of it in just over a year still blows our minds. To have a group of Deadpools say we were the best booth to represent was dope as fuck. To hear a long time supporter say they’re proud of us gave me an emotional nosebleed. I’m getting kind of monologue-y so I’m going to end it with a thank you. Thank you to everyone who came up and showed support! Words can’t express how much we appreciate everything.
SacAnime Winter is just around the corner and we’ll do our best to be there. Also if we are there and you just want to say “Hi”, by all means do it! We may look like ass holes, but really we’re only just a little bit douchey. No but really though…say Hi.
- Matthew
Two Minutes. That's about all the time you have to register for tables at SacAnime. The blood in your veins starts rushing at 9:59 AM. Come ten o' clock you click your mouse and type at speeds even the Flash couldn't comprehend. You can only hope any pray that during the time it takes PayPal to load, 100 people haven't already submitted their info. Once you confirm your order and that page loads to say "You paid $100 to SacAnime" it's done. Jizz everywhere. The blue balls you've had since the night before are relieved but only momentarily. The pressure starts to build back up until September. What I'm trying to say is Senpai Social Club will be returning to Artist Alley at SacAnime Summer 2016.
SEPTEMBER 2nd-4th, 2016
SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER
