/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9837930
There was a huge shit fit Syfy had to deal with from a photographer after Heroes of Cosplay so they were probably trying to avoid all possible issues like that.

Problem is the format really doesn't reflect actual cosplay which is about tying to being a well known character and design to life. Only a really small portion of us bother with OCs and even then theyre usually planned out and meaningful in some way. The way they did it by throwing in curveballs that forced contestants to change their design arbitrarily was just stupid.

To fix it they would have to do the following:
>Give theme to contestants ahead of time and have them provide what characters they would want to make on the show
>Go down the lists and get approval from the properties to use the characters and inform contestants what they can use
>Have the show go in rounds of props, costume etc but the twist is certain materials get taken away and the contestants are forced to make the samr thing, but with a differebt twchnique or material. Cutthroat Kitchen style

This would reflect actual cosplay and the challenges we face much better.