{"id":3603,"date":"2012-10-16T11:07:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T16:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2012-10-16T11:07:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T16:07:45","slug":"new-york-comicon-then-hffl-experience-part-4-tgif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=3603","title":{"rendered":"New York Comicon, then HFFL experience. Part 4: TGIF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NYCC-2012-logo_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3221\" title=\"NYCC 2012 logo\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NYCC-2012-logo_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NYCC-2012-logo_sm.jpg 428w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/NYCC-2012-logo_sm-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I had intended to get to the convention early on Friday, sleep dictated otherwise. And I needed it. I was extremely sore from all of the walking around the day prior.<\/p>\n<p>My friends picked me and another bud up from the hotel and we took the train in from Ronkonkoma, New York (on Long Island) into Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>On the train I shot this (well actually one of my friends held the cam, while I talked):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New York Comicon Day Two on the train.\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COVxE0nn0ZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So we get to the Convention with no incident. I head up the the Mega Bloks booth. Hey, there&#8217;s a rendering of the UNSC Mantis. Too bad the photo didn&#8217;t come out so well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0063.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3604\" title=\"IMG_0063\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0063-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0063-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0063-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I knew my friend &#8220;Sparky&#8221; of Mega Brands loved Castle Greyskull, so I sought out a convention exclusive Skeletor letter opener and gave it to him:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3605\" title=\"IMG_0068\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0068-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0068-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0068-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did a little walking around. Saw some good cosplay. (I&#8217;ll be posting all of my cosplay pics in another article later).<\/p>\n<p>I got some Mega Bloks stickers from the folks at the booth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0078.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3607\" title=\"IMG_0078\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0078-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0078-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0078-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly only 2 of them made it through the trip&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Okay here is one cosplay. It&#8217;s Salvator from Borderlands 2. I was going to do this for the release date of the game, but didn&#8217;t get my costume done in time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0084.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3609\" title=\"IMG_0084\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0084-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0084-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0084-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0084.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh and there was this guy&#8230;not sure who he&#8217;s supposed to be, LOL.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3610\" title=\"IMG_0088\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0088-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0088-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0088-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0088.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t really do a ton the rest of the day. Just milled about, took cosplay pics and rested when needed.<\/p>\n<p>Got back on the train around 7:30pm. These three fellows are some of the guys I hung with the whole weekend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3611\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3611\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3611\" title=\"IMG_0095\" src=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0095-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0095-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0095-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jon &#8220;Cross&#8221;; Andrew &#8220;Blue&#8221;; Mike &#8220;Sam&#8221; All three are part of my gaming group &#8220;Rated Mature&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As in the caption, they&#8217;re fellows from my gaming group. ratedmature.NET (If you go to .com, I&#8217;m NOT responsible. You&#8217;ve been warned)<\/p>\n<p>We got back and went to Jon and Andrew&#8217;s house where their parents were waiting with Chili. (Something that I came to regret the next day&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Next, Part 5: A Comedy of Errors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I had intended to get to the convention early on Friday, sleep dictated otherwise. And I needed it. I was extremely sore from all of the walking around the day prior. My friends picked me and another bud up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=3603\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions","category-halo-4","category-bloks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3613,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions\/3613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}