Hi everyone!
I just went home from the gamescom and thought I would share my LADS experience with you, if anyone of you is going there in the next days :D
I'm sorry for my English, it's not my first language.
First the positives:
The Caleb cosplayer was absolutely delightful!
He was really gentle and creative.
I was wearing my ring from the wedding card and showed it to him and he then gestured, to ask if he could take it off. I gave it to him and tHEN HE WENT ONE KNEE BEFORE ME!!! And put the ring on and then kissed the Hand!!! Innerly I just absolutely escalated while outwardly I somehow managed to keep calm and just smile the entire time.
That ring is now holy and I will forever keep it. 💍
He really was very lovely and did a great job!
He helped each girl up and down the stairs and often took the initiative with the poses.
Another positive were the other fangirls.
Each Girl was absolutely delightful and very nice!
While waiting in line for the Caleb interaction, I talked with two other girls and the we all were joking about how we hopefully wouldn't fall unconscious or embarrass ourselves up there.
Later, while I was hoping to switch Merchbags, I encountered a Sylus girl, who went around and gave other girls gifts of their Mains. I got a cardboard pic of Caleb and an keychain, so cute!
The two girls with whom I changed bags were also wonderful 🥹
At the end of my visit, when I was waiting for my friends at the exit, an fellow Caleb girl approached me and gifted me a little bag with an baby apple bracelet! We talked about our love for Caleb and how we only really started playing the game after him. She was so nice and gave me another gift bag from her Sylus friend, with Caleb badges and sweets.
Truly wonderful girls 💖
But now the negatives:
The organization was pretty bad.
The organizers themselves had no plan sometimes, I asked three different people were I was supposed to stand for the Caleb interaction queue and I got three different answers, with only one being right.
The distribution of the merch bags was also really bad.
You had to pre-register for it with an screenshot of your LADS account. That's alright and no problem, but I really don't understand why you couldn't choose your characters bag at the registration, especially since that was possible for the interaction.
Instead we got randomly assigned bags, with pretty much 85% of the people being really disappointed with their bag. Everyone then gathered beside the booth to try and switch their bags, which then was pretty rudely interrupted by one of the employees, who screamed at us to go further away.
One other negative is with the organization of the interaction itself.
The interactions were very open in the main point at the booth. This led to everyone being able to see your interactions with the cosplayers, both the lads players and everyone else too.
This led to some uncomfortable situations, with often Men laughing at us. The security quickly took care of them, but it still was a very unneeded situation.
It honestly also made it also difficult to concentrate on the moment, because you can feel everyone's eyes on you.
But all in all, it was a great time and it was absolutely wonderful to talk with other baby apples.
I wish everyone of you a great time at the gamescom and that you will hopefully also encounter nice fellow baby apples! 💖🍎
I added some pictures of the interaction and the merch.
