/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>Years ago, right before con
>See friend of a friend posting on here in a "what costumes would you like to see more of" thread
>She wants to see more cosplay from ___ series
>Oh hey, I actually cosplayed from that series and I won an award at a (small) event for that costume!
>It's one of my few costumes that I look at and go, "Yeah, I did a good job on this one." I'm proud of it.
>We already have plans to meet up to hang out with our mutual friend, so I decide to kind of surprise her by wearing it
>At con, excitedly run up to meet her
>"Oh. It's you. Okay, let's go find mutual friend."
>Pretty sad she didn't notice I was cosplaying from the series, but maybe it's not obvious? (no, it was totally obvious)
>We're walking along when all of a sudden she looks to me and loudly says, "You wanna play a game? Let's see who gets more pictures taken between now and when we meet up with mutual friend."
>I'm dressed as basically a wild child in simple shorts and a vest from a not particularly popular anime series. She's in a enormous fancy dress from a recent popular game and she's 10x more skilled than I am
>Why