/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>that frumpy-ass wig
>the blue of the tie on her shirt doesn't even match that gross-looking collar
>no pleats on the front of her shirt

embarrassing.

I like how some of the moms of the cosplayers have taken to defending them. Don't they know how the Internet works?

>>7052367
omg, I am actually looking forward to this episode lol, really, yaya talking about jnig's sexy costumes critically? omg, there's only so much dramu that editing can make. Some of it must be real. This is going ot be so god damn funny

I wonder if they left in the camel-toe shit.

Makes me a bit sad that the producers are so angry about JNig not joining the cast. She was surprisingly nice when I bumped into her at ECCC. Though, I also can't wait to watch all of the anger towards her. Such a conflicting world.

Sage because JNig.

>>7052395
I'm just laughing because Yaya did the MLP group with Jnig and now she's going to be on tv shit talking her? looooooling

All the people who supposedly turned down the show are fucking in their right minds (supposedly Jnig, Precious, uhh someone else? Can't remember who else supposedly got an invite)

In the event that Jnig DID turn down the show because it was 'too much drama', I wonder how she's going to feel about being portrayed anyways.

>>7052380
I'm sure you wouldn't want people talking smack about you baby on the internet. Mamma Bear Mode Activated!

>>7052405
Its funny because everyone who turned it down has a better gig (precious has firefall, jnig has killer is dead)

the only people who accepted it were people who cant get any better and need to resort to it

I wonder if the girls got paid at all?

>>7052405
I believe PikaBellechu mentioned turning down the offer to be on the show.

>>7052417
She claimed it was too much drama but i think it was a mix of not wanting the bad press (and not needing it) and already being signed to do Killer is Dead stuff. She probably isnt allowed to do other media while shes promoting them? I think it was the same during her lollipop chainsaw stuff, but i dont really know how all of that works. Really though, would you rather get multiple paid trips to Japan, or be on some staged drama filled american show?

>>7052516
I think its smart of PikaBellechu to turn it down, they would have made her the "freak" of the show because of her...slight obsession.

>>7052367
oh how quickly the tide turns. This is the same writer that praised first episode.

>In swoops Yaya; Monika’s mother having called her to ask Yaya to please speak to her daughter about her concerns about the costume’s lack of modesty.

Who the fuck would ask Yaya to lecture someone on not showing off their boobs?

>>7052545
yaya would, of course. 'hay gais, I'm not all T & A! Incidentally, have you guys bought my latest poster picture with my BOOOOOOBS?'

Deciding whether or not I shall watch this week's episode since this show sucks and I don't want to support it by viewing.

>>7052568
I'd say 'don't'. If you really want to because you want to build case against yaya even more, go ask some pirates.

>>7052568
then pirate it, stream or torrent

>>7052570
On the other hand it was fun doing commentaries on her last week

I think it's funny how Yaya says Jnig sexualizes her costumes too much, when Yaya shows off her giant boobs in a lot of her costumes, I mean look at Jessica Rabbit.

>>7052606
ok why did you pick like, the ONE costume where the source material has the tits hanging out too? lol

>>7052444
>the only people who accepted it were people who cant get any better and need to resort to it

This.

And I'm sure they got paid. Reality shows always pay.

>>7052606
well to be fair the character is already 'sexualized' sure shr is flaunting it around with no shame but that's the way the character was designed. Where as Jessica is over sexualizing characters that never had the intention example was her assassins creed

>it’s a basic fact that most costumes aren’t made by a single individual
WTF?

I've seen a lot of people defending these shows by saying, "Well, this isn't about average cosplayers! This is what competitive cosplay is REALLY LIKE!"
And I can't help but feel like none of these people have EVER competed before.

>>7052650
It's pretty much true when you get down to it. On your average costume, not every bit on it a costume was crafted entirely by one person. Like the shoes could be bought and then modified by someone for the cosplay. Technically they didn't make it, just changed it.

>>7052659
I think the article is trying to say that cosplayers tend to get the costume sewn by someone else and just make the prop, or vice versa, whereas many cosplayers tend to make the whole thing themselves. This doesn't include buying things like shoes, belts, etc.

>>7052650
Do you loom your own material?

>>7052652
I do love it when people say that to me, because I've competed myself. It's pretty much a fact that a large percentage of the people in contests are doing it for fun, were talked into it by the people running it or were dared to.

I was just had someone at the booth for the costuming company running the contest tell me that my cosplay looked cool and I should enter the costume contest, so I did and ended up getting second place.

>>7052659
But that is a little misleading. Of course people don't make SHOES. They are implying most cosplayers make the initial design and then have teams of people doing wigs props garment, etc.

>>7052536

You raise a good point about probably not allowed to promote other things until [x] amount of time has passed.

That and Jnig gets quite a bit of money from just the promotion deals and con appearance (this many zer0000 for attending AR alone) so yea she really doesn't need to do this show.

>>7052708
I have a lot of respect for Jessica for turning Heroes of Cosplay down. I'm glad she knew better, regardless of whether or not she was tied up with other things.

>>7052606

Basically what >>7052642
said.

Yaya generally picks characters or designs where flaunting her tits is is part of the look.

Jnig on the other hand takes characters like Teemo from LoL(where there are an abundance of boob bearing characters to begin with, and Teemo is not one of them) and sluts them up even if it's not canon to the design or character.

>>7052589
But where?

>>7052732
simply put, if Yaya is hypocrite of cosplay community, Jnig is Kim Kardashian of cosplay community.

>>7052781
That analogy doesn't even work.

Yaya needs to get Vampy and duke it out in a mud wrestling matchm

>>7052783
how would you describe it then?

>>7052732
Isn't Teemo one of those characters that people really fucking hate to play against?
Not super familiar with LoL as I don't see the point of playing both it and Dota 2

>>7052810
Teemo is kinda annoying. He stealths when he stands still and leaves poison mushrooms all over the map. Invisible ones.

>>7052815
Yeah i read up on him and he's sorta similar to Templar Assassin in dota.

So its not like jnig is dressing as FUCKING PHANTOM LANCER WITH TITS.

Which would just be weird, half would hate you for the lazy genderbend, the other would hate you for cosplaying as PL at all

>>7052840

Well Jnig is slutting up a fucking rodent-like creature that happens to be an unrepentant murderer.

He's unfortunately a figurehead character but she could get her flesh-baring jollies from Janna or something. Just as obvious and known. Why does she seem to hate wigs anyway?


>>7052781

Yaya is Regina George.
Jnig isn't much lower, just smarter about HoC. I want to say a Heather but I'm not much of a movie person.

New ep in cglchat

>>7052516
Whaat? I'm shocked. She's normally one to jump on any chance to get attention. Like when she used to pretend like she got invited to Disneyland to portray Esmeralda.

>>7052894
She's a gretchen

Lol it's funny because their crying for people not so be mean to them when all they are doing is talking shit about Jnig.

Jinyo is my spirit animal.

>>7053284
I want to see both of their whiteknights battle it out

>>7052367
I know nothing about cosplay but I saw this girl with Misha Collins at SDCC. Are they friends?

>>7052367
So how did Examiner.com get to watch the episode before it went live on tv?

>>7053622
They allow specific media outlets to view it early and put up a review/run down. helps get people interested.

Anyone has a link to the episode?

Tonights episode really bothered me because you have 1 cosplayer trash talking another cosplayer who isn't even in the show. I lost respect for YaYa tonight. She can make good costumes, but she showed her true jealous, mean side. I would be willing to bet Jnigs takes the high road about this, and good on her if she does.

>"The challenges of working with electronics and internal garment rigging are featured as they struggle to keep the lights operational."

No it's not. You literally rig the wires through the casing or otherwise stick the panels on and plug them in. But I guess for normalfags it might be interesting

Good lord, This show is just a bunch of catty bitches being bitches. The only one genuinely enjoying it was Chloe; the rest just turned it into a job and end up making PRETTY good costumes but having soulless representation of it and just trying to backstab each other....well that the show;shows. Just everything about this show makes cosplay seem like its only the the elite and beautiful to highlight their tits in pushup bra's. YOU CAN DO THIS FOR FUN PEOPLE.

>>7053457
She's slightly-more-than-internet-famous because of her relationship with Chris Hardwick and because of her famous father, and her group also won GISHWES (Misha's worldwide for-charity scavenger hunt.)

>>7054024
This, Jinyo had them all running on an Arduino but it was a fucking mess of wires that could have been simplified/sewn into the lining of the dress.

when the fuck are they going to do hero stuff? like take down super villains and save people from catastrophes?

I will actually watch the show if they had some antagonist they'd fought every week, then i'd believe that they are training to be Heroes of Cosplay.

I'm watching the 2 episode and the talk is just about BOOBS LOL (everbody loves them it seems!) GOOD!
This Monika girl, I don't care, I like her! She made me lol so much and she made the costume she wanted whatever what they said.
And she was like "yaya doesn't like jessica, but yaya pust her boobs out there that's all I'm sayin'"
That's some honest girl, you got my heart in this episode. Also really liked Chloe the bettle juice girl.

Yaya just gets worse and worse for me... The ambassor saying that cosplay competition is serious because of money?!?!? Wait... What...? And saying that we should look in the mirror and cosplay what we know it will look good on us PLUS badmouthing that jessica girl I don't even, To sum up, what kind of judge is she?!?!? Just give 1st place to that batman! That suit was fucking awesome she's blind.
Just because one dude lights up... his armour was foam and honestly looked not that good...
THAT BATMAN come to a contest where I judge you get 1st price whenever.

>>7054225
Where are you watching ti

>>7054225
>Yaya just gets worse and worse for me... The ambassor saying that cosplay competition is serious because of money?!?!? Wait... What...?

Competition about money? Tell me where is this magic country or place where you get money for cosplaying, in my country the prizes are always shit. NEVER MONEY. If you get lucky you'll get some gift card to spend at some nerdy anime store, and I don't even like to buy that stuff.
YES It would be nice to get some money to buy stuff for something I enjoy, like Cosplay? Fabric and materials are expensive my dear contest organizers.

>>7054231
http://www.space.ca/
Also if you like faceoff which is the most badass awesome show ever, you can watch it too.

>>7054225
>And saying that we should look in the mirror and cosplay what we know it will look good on us PLUS badmouthing that jessica girl I don't even

I'm a League of Legend player, and cosplayer. I guess Yaya didn't look in the mirror when she decided to cosplay Fiora.
I rest my case

>>7054245
You are somehow right, Fiora has boobs but not that much since she is supposed to be a quick and lightweight duelist.
Well... Guess Fiora will have some hard time seeing her enemys behind those massive boobs

>>7054245
>>7054253
Ha, you expect Yaya to do a costume and not get her tits out?
She paid a small fortune for those implants so she's going to show them to you every chance she gets. Then complain about you looking at them. Then rub them in your face some more. Then shout at you for only thinking of her as a pair of breasts.

>>7052431
>!
The fuck?

>>7054055
Oooh....two rival cosplay groups that always enter competitions.
Itd be like fucking Dance Moms- BUT WITH COSTUMES.
who would dare rival yeayeaham? Kinda wish Volpin would show up, just for like...10 minutes.

I like how Yaya was the pioneer behind this show and was the one who spent years pushing it and was the most hyped to have it made and now all the show is really is forty minutes of her being painted as the most awful bitch.

I didn't like Yaya before, but I don't buy that she is actually this nasty either. But it's hilarious how her pet project is entirely centered around making her look as bad as possible.

>>7054275
Volpin's life outside of cosplay has turned to shit, we won't be seeing him showing up for anything for a long time. Best leave that alone.

>>7054280
fuck really? I follow him on facebook (volpin props) and I wouldnt have guessed (he always seems chipper). but ok

>>7054280

Hadn't heard about this. Explain?

>>7054268
No I don't, I just find it funny in a bad way that in the show she's giving moral lessons to a younger girl when she is the worst example. I seriously wish that she would just vanish from cosplay. Plus you know what's even more sad? Hearing people that wish they could be just like her or think they are like her. I lol

>>7052776
http://thepiratebayDOTsx/search/heroes%20of%20cosplay/0/99/0

pic related, how the show portrays men who aren't cosplaying

>(he always seems chipper).

Whassat?

>>7053396
They joust on swivel chairs with their E-Peens

>>7053982
she wouldnt even acknowledge it since doing so would promote the show and its Z-grade internet people

No torrent for ep 2?

I think what Yaya was saying about sexualizing characters was correct. Yaya picks costumes that are already 'sexy,' whereas Nigri makes non-sexy costumes sexy. That's true, but what the hell is wrong with that? If Nigri is having fun, why is it bad? Her craftmanship is getting better and better, too. She's not as skilled as Yaya, but so what? Nigri doesn't sacrifice craftmanship for sexy, either. Her costumes look well-made, they're just not yet as intricate as Yaya's. But Yaya has had more time to hone her skills. (And still has shaky embroidery because she uses a regular sewing machine? The hell? If she can afford those implants, she can afford an embroidery machine.)

are there any torrents/places to watch episode 2 for europeans preferably yet?

not having much luck.

>>7054323
Even if this is the case, Yaya getting on Monika's case over her cosplay is stupid, since Poison Ivy is supposed to be sexy. The whole point of the character is that she's a femme fatale

>>7054326
You're right. I'm thinking there's some kind of personal feud going on between Nigri and Yaya. And where I've never seen Nigri say anything bad about Yaya, Yaya goes on television and throws Nigri completely under the bus. So unprofessional.

european? just get an app like hola unblocker and watch american

>>7054331
of course there is a feud. If some young upstart who doesn't even make any of her own shit comes in out of nowhere and gets more attention than me after I've been making all my own shit for ten plus years I would fucking hate them too.

JNig is the fast food of cosplay and she is a good symbol for everything that has gone wrong with this hobby in the past several years.

So, Jessica Nigiri did Cosplay for a Cause. Does this make her a hero of cosplay ?

Am I the only thinking that everyone in this show as fucking gigantic amazing houses?!??!?!
Look at those work spaces Monika's and Riki's space omfg...
Is it like that for everyone in America?! Or is just european people that live in small flats?!??!

>>7054315
>chip chipperson
ah.

>>7054339
How? Just because her style is skimpy? I'd say this HoC show displays what is wrong with cosplay. Cosplay is costuming + play. Too many people forget it isn't just costuming. If you're going to compete, then yeah - pull out all the stops and apply all the skills you have. But if you're just having fun as a character you like, then... who is to judge how you do it?
Also, she does make a good portion of her own costumes. It isn't her fault that her costumes, which definitely aren't as intricate as Yaya's, got more popular than Yaya's. How many cosplayers have the skills to do what Yaya does? Few. How many have the skills to do what Nigri does? Lots. So, instead of acting like Nigri's popularity rides on not making her own stuff (what?), perhaps we should examine other aspects of the two, because if just putting on a bought costume with a push-up bra underneath gets you more attention than Yaya, there'd be a shit-ton of cosplayers with more popularity than Yaya.

>>7054344
Riki's husband fell into a pile of money when some relative died. That, and the green card, is why she married him.

>>7054340
Apparently the costume she wore on Heroes of Cosplay was something she wore for a Breast Cancer charity thing, but the show made it seem like it was just Jessica being slutty

>>7054314
Blocked in my country.

>>7054375
It is also on hulu

>>7054383
is also blocked..

sucks being from europe

>>7054386
The only other things I've been able to access is itunes has free episode downloads and amazon has them for 2 bucks. But please, don't pay these people.

>>7054383
Went through a proxy but it says that some hulu videos aren't available immediately after broadcast even though it was a week ago.

>>7054386
anon install hola blocker on chrome like i said and turn it on T_T it purpose is to unblock them. although hulu won't release it for free for another 8 days anyway, so you're not really at a loss if you just wait for the torrent of it

>>7054388
>>7054389
yeah I did the same and got the same

BALLS

come on people someone torrent episode 2. :c

>>7054362
Since this episode got out Yaya's been tweeting up a storm about the charity cosplay prints she's part of and claiming that the things she said about Jessica were actually said by somebody else and they dubbed her voice.

Poor Yaya, works so hard to get so far and now she can't bail fast enough.

For the Europeans, here's a link to watch episode 1 online that actually works (finally). It takes a while to load though.
http://www.novamov.com/video/828390bf07d91

>>7054397
appreciate it anon but I think most of us have seen episode 1 by now. I need episode 2! this show is like crack to me ;___;

>>7054395
>Since this episode got out Yaya's been tweeting up a storm about the charity cosplay prints she's part of and claiming that the things she said about Jessica were actually said by somebody else and they dubbed her voice.

Karma, it gets right on the ass

>>7054395
Which sucks because unlike Jessica, Yaya actually does do work. It just goes to show you that nobody gives a shit about things like that.

>>7054395
The dubbed her voice? Yeah sure, and her lip movements were dubbed as well? Maybe a twin lost sister?

>>7054403
If this show is crak for you go see a doctor NOW please...

>>7054397
Not sure if i wanna watch this... I bet it is horrible and makes me rage, but I am also so curious.

>>7054395
> claiming that the things she said about Jessica were actually said by somebody else and they dubbed her voice.
This I need to see.

>>7054413
It really isn't the shitfest people are making it out to be. You know how /cgl/ is with drama, they make mountains out of molehills.

>>7054414
Just look at her facebook right now and it's basically all her retracting statements and white knights. Delicious.

>>7054417
>claiming that this hobby accrues money
>only focusing on competitions
>why not do more charitys and live up the the term "hero"
>show is trying to get people to be more catty

thats all Ive seen anyone say, thats not dramatic- is it?

>>7054417
It's not a shitfest, but there are a bunch of behaviors and situations which toss bad vibes and ideals around. Things like Jesse trying to use Masquerades as a launching point for being a prop maker, Victoria and Jinyo's relationship and the fight for credit and honesty, Yaya thinking she has any right to say what is right and wrong when it comes to how you choose to cosplay.

>>7054422
That shit's pretty much it.

>>7054422
That's about as dramatic as /cgl/ is on daily basis.

>>7054423
>Yaya thinking she has any right to say what is right and wrong when it comes to how you choose to cosplay.

As opposed to /cgl/ doing this and having threads where we rip people apart for being fat on the front page regularly. Just because somebody is doing publicly what /cgl/ does privately people are throwing shitfits.

>>7054344
Riki, Monika, and Yaya all live in Atlanta where housing is relatively cheap compared to say, Los Angeles or New York City. Also take it easy with the ?!?!?!?!

>>7054323
>implying Jessica makes her own costumes

>>7054445
Seriously, where the hell did the rumor that she makes her own costumes even start? People are hilariously misinformed. Also if making your own costumes isn't such a big deal, why do people always try to say that Jessica does when she clearly doesn't?

>>7054458
This so much. who could be dumb enough to believe she makes anything? What rustles my jimmies is that she doesn't just come out and say WHO makes them. She clearly feels that part of her geeky gamer gurrrrl image relies on the fact that she has to be talented, which I honestly disagree with. Horny fuckheads don't care about who made what, why does she insist on being shady about it? It makes me, and others from what I've seen, think less of her. The lack of credit bothers me way more than her sluttifying everything up.

Does anyone know if they're still shooting this? I'm kind of worried about ending up in a background shot at Dragon*Con.

>>7054468
I think she has said who makes her costume before, or at lease who made one of them. And yeah, I don't get why people think she makes her own stuff when she has said that she doesn't! She even says she sucks at sewing. Geez.

>>7054468
Bingo. Why feel the need to hide it when nobody actually gives a fuck anymore? Jessica never shows progress pics, and if they do they are hilariously horrible images of her sanding fiberglass wearing no protection. When asked about how she makes shit at panels or in interviews she blows over the question.

She doesn't make her own shit. Nobody cares that she doesn't make her own shit. We just care that she is lying about it.

As for people thinking that Yaya doesn't make her own shit, she has been cosplaying for over 14 years. Even if she doesn't make the armor out of Worbla or make the cat ears she sells, I fucking guarantee you that she at least makes the fabric parts of her own costume. Her body is too weirdly proportioned for anybody else to make her shit that fits her as well as all of her costumes do.

>>7054475
>>7054475
http://www.nerdappropriate.com/2012/07/04/jessica-nigri-the-nerd-appropriate-interview/

>>7054473
Why because you think being seen in the background for five seconds in a crowd of people on this horrible show that is worse than Hitler will taint your precious image forever? Grow the fuck up.

>>7054483
Jesus Christ she is so fucking fake that Taco Bell wants to grind her up and use her as their next meat product.

>>7054473
Pretty sure they finished shooting this already. Otherwise I'd be dedicating myself to following the film crew and photobombing every shot.

Can't find episode 2 anywhere

>>7054488
To me she just seems like a high-school girl that suddenly received lots and lots of attention she didn't expect.
Fake or not, at least she appears to be genuinely nice, so she's good in my books.

She accidentally struck gold, I can't be mad about that. Let the gal have her fun.

>>7054486
>all this buttrage
>mfw Hitler

Nigri doesn't make every part of her costumes and started out not making any part, but she's gradually making more and more of them. Watch any of her vids and you'll find her talking about it. Hell, there's one where she holds up part of what she's working on and says what she's gotta do next. And she has a damn album right on her fanpage of progress shots just for people like you guys who try to act like she doesn't try at all.

>>7054505
Agreed, so much.

>>7054573
I looked through her progress album. So far out of the thirty or so costumes she has there only seems to be actual progress shots on like two or three of them. Also, the fact that she thinks anybody would believe that she works with fiberglass in shorts and a tank top when anybody who as actually worked with fiberglass before will tell you that shit causes mad rashes, is laughable.

Did she actually make her Juliet costume? I thought that was the one the company bought for her.

>>7054505
I agree.
I rather like jnigs, even though she sexualizes fucking every single costumes.
But it's not like she's trying to pretend otherwise. And to me, that makes her okay.

>>7054579
There's two versions of the Juliet costume. One from before the competition that she supposedly made, and one from after the competition which was provided by the games company.

>>7054587
Ahh. Thank you for clearing that up.

>>7054579
Obviously, you didn't look through the whole album. There's progress shots of two Juliet costumes on there.

Jessica Nigri: Well my mum actually makes hats and costumes for the Kentucky Derby and she had always dressed me up in fish tails, vacuum tubes, and all sorts of random things. My father is also a flurry of artistic talent. I get it from them, and they actually taught me all the basics! I wouldn’t be anything without them (smile).

Well now we know who makes her stuff. Her parents support her excessively, and I wouldn't be surprised if they make everything for her to flaunt as her own creation.l

>>7054483
""Jessica Nigri: Well my mum actually makes hats and costumes for the Kentucky Derby and she had always dressed me up in fish tails, vacuum tubes, and all sorts of random things. My father is also a flurry of artistic talent. I get it from them, and they actually taught me all the basics! I wouldn’t be anything without them (smile).""

Well now we know who makes her stuff. Her parents support her excessively, and I wouldn't be surprised if they make everything for her to flaunt as her own creation. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if they encouraged it.

>>7054505
I'm pretty sure that's what happened. If I remember correctly, she wore a sexy pikachu outfit to Comic Con one year, got a shitton of attention and press with it and decided to try and go "pro"

Where I can watch the second episode?

>>7054425
Because I totally condone those actions on /cgl/ but won't let people do it in the real world!

No, I don't like them any more than Yaya doing it. And if I hear someone in real life say something like that I'll tell em to shut their fuckin' mouth because they're being dipshits.

/cgl/ is a lost cause that no one even listens to to begin with.

>>7054613
THIS please and thank you

>>7054613
been searching for a couple hours and haven't found shit. Which is kind of weird because last week, I found something the night of, without even having to try.

>>7054600
Or maybe they actually taught her how to do what they know? And maybe she's still learning? Is that so unbelievable?

>>7054617
Probably because everyone knows it's shit from watching the first episode.

>>7054622
lol that's probably true.
For me it's like watching an airplane go down in a terrible, fiery inferno. So fucked up and yet I can't look away...

>>7054627
Same here.

>>7054280
Please to explain?

A link to the episode pleaseeeeee.

>>7054441
That's not true its just as expensive to live in Atlanta.That being if they live right in the city.

>>7052367
Holy shit is that a dude?

>>7054681
Not a dude.

Well here I'll just leave this for you

http://bedizen.livejournal.com/

>>7054682
It's expensive to live IN downtown Atlanta, but most of them live in Metro-Atlanta, which is cheaper. I know Yaya is in Marietta, which is far enough outside of Atl that you can get a decent place for pretty cheap. I know people paying less for purchased houses after insurance than apartments. I know the cost of rent inside Atlanta and outside of it because of where I live and my scattered friends, but it's nowhere near as bad as many other huge cities across the US.

>>7054620
>And maybe she's still learning? Is that so unbelievable?

That's fine if she is still learning. We all start somewhere. Problem people have is not crediting the actual people who make the rest while she is learning.

She seems to think that it's not lying by omitting or glossing over who makes her stuff. That is sketchy as hell and IS actual lying.
By doing that she is stepping all over the people who actually do their own stuff. They learned their skills through tutorial, fuck ups, and thoughtful ideas. Pretending you are one of them is a slap in the face to actual effort.

That's why I can't be a fan. She can be sexy and all that. But sexy and liar is a shitty combo.

>>7054727
>By doing that she is stepping all over the people who actually do their own stuff.

I honestly feel like Jessica Nigri and what she does is a slap in the face to anybody who cares about things like accuracy and craftsmanship in cosplay. Now I understand that those two things aren't important to everyone who cosplays, but to the people who do care about these things, it sucks seeing somebody who barely does any actual work get free rides to conventions and free rides to Japan.

Am I jelly? Yes. I wish I were smart enough to exploit the system like she does.

Anyone remember the old "No Need for Cosplay" documentary featuring Matt Mercer, Adella & Ginny? That would have been 100% better than what Yaya has put out. Why didn't she make her own documentary? Hire a film crew and make a web series? She's put utter trash onto TV and as cosplayers we're meant to be happy it's getting our hobby out there... Err, no.

Link to old documentary: http://youtu.be/8NN5nVFaDdE

>>7054768
BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T MAKE MONEY LIKE A REALITY SHOW?

>>7054746

I kinda wish someone would take all her costumes away and tell her she can go to the next 3 cons for free thanks to her using her body as a ticket like she always does, but now she has nothing to wear.

She is paired up with an experienced cosplayer, someone not super known, but still good at what they do. The cosplayer will tell her how to do things but will not do it for her.

She can either choose to learn and the byproduct will be her learning how much of a leech she is by having people do all this for her. She'll also have a new respect for all these people who put so much effort in and just get eclipsed by someone in a bra.

Or she can not learn and just have to attend in a tshirt and jeans and consequently get no attention.

That would be an interesting show or article.

>>7054785
You are a beautiful person and I love everything about this post.

I think it funny that people think Jnig turned down the show due to drama, and not because she would be exposed for not making her own costumes.

>>7054785
>>7054803
saaaaaaaalt

>>7054803
Or maybe because she realized how much negative backlash she'd get? I don't think it's any huge secret that most of her costumes are not made by her.

>>7054811
Apparently, it is a huge secret since there are people in this thread who think she does make them.

>>7054811
she posts "progress pictures" to make her fanboys think she makes them though

>>7054829
>>7054823
Why is it so hard to believe she's making certain pieces though? Looking through her progress album, it looks like every other progress album I've seen on any given cosplayers page.
I'm not saying she makes everything, and she's certainly not an expert craftsman, but it seems like she's at least trying to contribute something to her costumes.
Idk, Jnigs doesn't really bother me, so I guess I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.

>>7054829
I don't see why this is such a big deal. She also dances around the question of whether she has a boyfriend or not. It's basically just the same thing that idols do in Japan. Your money comes from the fap-happy fanboys so you have to tell them anything to keep them on your side, even if that means pretending to be single, having things made for you, having your pages run by ghost admins or whatever.

>>7054840
She's still not giving any credit for the stuff she didn't make. I'm not accusing her of being a horrible bitch, I just don't understand why she isn't honest. Nobody but JNig cares about the fact that she doesn't make her own shit.

>>7054847
She totally credited the guy who was involved in her Sky Rim armor. For like 5 different photos. Just sayin.

>>7054785
She says she's learning though

>>7054856
TRULY SHE IS A SAINT FOR GIVING CREDIT THAT ONE TIME. ALL IS FORGIVEN AND I HAVE LEARNED THE ERROR OF MY WAYS. THANK YOU MAGUMA FOR HELPING ME SEE THE LIGHT.

>>7054862
YOU'RE WELCOME! NO GO WASH THAT SANDY VAG AND COME PLAY IN THE SUN!!

oh of course, as always Maguma comes in to defend his BFFF Jessica. Give it up man, she'll never turn you into pretty pretty princess like you always wanted.

>>7054803
This wouldn't even matter. Becky, Chloe and Victoria don't make most of their shit either and everyone knows it.

I have to wonder why they have so much footage of Jessica Nigri. I know a few of the girls pretty well and they used to talk about her like she was part of the project and then suddenly stopped. I have to wonder if pic related was taken at a time when Jessie was going to be on the show (maybe as Monica's partner?) and then there was some sort of fallout.

>>7054894
Your tears and anger are all I need.

>none of the girls even placed in episode 2

what a joke of a show.

>>7054924
>Dat Batman
>Dat Amidala

the competition was much better than them all

>>7054961

at least we don't have to worry about the contests being rigged then?

that chick playing poison ivy in episode 2 was a legit whore

i can understand showing tits but holy fuck how did her mom let her leave with that camel toe shit.

>not even in character
>just standing there
>I could have been bitchy!

she isn't going to be a mainstay is she?

>>7054974
I think her problem is that she is a bit jealous of Jessica, since though they are friends, Jnig always steals the attention away.
So she thought that if perhaps she dressed sexy, maybe she could feel as noticed and "beloved" at cons as Jnig appears to be. (Isn't)

>>7054970
SyFy rigged the contest at Megacon.

>>7054995
that hasn't that been aired yet, right? is it next? I've heard about it, but as I'm not from USA and I haven't seen anything like that yet, I wasn't sure if it's just a rumor or fact.

>>7054995

That pisses me off to no end.

>>7054995
and we know from posts here that they attempted to rig matsuri's contest but failed

>>7054995
source?

>>7055032
more source?

>>7054995
They were shooting at my beloved Megacon? Megacon let them rig a contest?

>>7054995
What did they do? I go to Mega every year bit don't par take in the cosplay contest and masquerade.

>>7054974
Actually, the fact that her costume wasn't much worse than a one-piece bathing suit made the whole "OMG DON'T DO SEXY COSPLAYS!" part even funnier.

But yeah, she was really lame in it.

>>7054995
>>7055034
source

>>7055034
some people that were in the contest at matsuri posted here talked about the filming backstage and the scripted things they were asked to do

>>7055051
okay, but that just says that it was scripted. that doesn't = rigged. also, anons talking on /cgl/ isn't really anything to listen to.

not saying i don't believe it, i'm sure they will have many rigged ones in the future since they can't have a show where none of their "contestants" win ever.
i just want more than "well i heard from anon"

My mom, who sometimes helps me with fabric parts of my costumes (much better and faster seamstress than me) has been watching this show with me, and she loves it. She thought it was hilarious when the guy was in his hotel room saying, "in the hotel room finishing a costume when we should be at the con!" because it is almost WORD FOR WORD what happened to me at my first (and second...) big con. The show portrays -some- aspects of cosplay incredibly accurately, in our opinions. But she also recognizes that the drama is contrived and stupid and she cringes along with me about that. She also thought it was ridiculous and kind of hilarious that Yaya was lecturing someone about showing skin/sexy costumes when...well, just look at her own! Pot, kettle etc.

>>7055059
As someone who is not a cosplayer, but has been in the cosplay community, going to at least 4 cons a year hanging out exclusively with cosplayers for almost 10 years, the show is horribly accurate a lot of the time. But it shows the worst side of cosplay, And I can understand why they'd be mad, it does make cosplayers look really bad. But I haven't seen anything on that show that doesn't really happen within the cosplay community.

>>7055056
they planted the CATS skit in that contest and were reported to ask the judges if they could win something

im not the anon who came here to tell us but it was discussed here a couple of times

>>7055072
idk that's just not enough for me to like make it drama to talk about worthy. still shitty, but it's a big stretch to use as fact.

>>7055065
The bigger issue is not "This never happens" But that this is what it is like. You rarely see the trotting around a con, taking photos of and with people, admiring the other cosplayers, it's all these crazy zooms, pans, and other things that really just hide the true fun of the hobby.

Something I thought of earlier today which would be wonderful to see is a time lapse of ANY of the participants of the show while doing a full day's work of sewing and crafting. That way people see what it takes to put together outfits like these, how cosplayers approach design challenges and overcome them!

>>7055072
I would never have given that skit an award. Even if asked, even if paid. :/

>>7054974
It was so boring, she didn't even try to make it interesting.

I seriously hate that steampunk guy, he's such a whiny little cunt.

>>7055103

Not going to lie, if they offered to pay me to let them win then I'd go for it.

The starting quote would be 50k though ;)

>>7055112
At that price, they can come to ALA and we'll make a "You're on TV" award for them. Everyone else can have the real awards we hand out.

>>7055059
My mom watched it too. At first she was saying "OH GOSH THIS IS JUST LIKE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS" but by the end kinda hated everyone in it. Yes, even Jesse, because "he's all 'whaaa I don't wanna get a real job!'"

I did find her hating "Yeah Yeah Hun" because "Wow she's so critical of everyone but it's not like she's perfect herself" since that describes my mother really well too.

I love how when they were talking about body types and Chloe was saying you should cosplay anything you want and it's about having fun, Yaya was like 'aww, look how sweet and innocent Chloe is'.

And how Jesse put goggles on his stupid steampunk storm trooper helmet, like a melding of the most cliche cosplay things ever, and didn't think, wait, that's retarded, it's a helmet.

>>7052367
>Eps one
Jesse makes fallout armor using repainted trooper armor
>Eps two
Jesse takes trooper armor and adds leather to it

I wonder what Jesse will do to trooper armor in eps 3!

>>7055143
I love even more the amount of people trying to defend Yaya saying that shit by claiming it was "edited"

>>7055143
>>7055143
B-but, it can't be steampunk if it doesn't have unnecessary goggles and gears!

>>7052367
>picking the bird
fucking dropped

>>7055164
Yeah, no, she CLEARLY said 'If you're going to do a cosplay you have to look at yourself and decide if its right with your body type' like whether or not it was edited those words came out of her mouth.

>>7055103
>which would be wonderful to see is a time lapse
That would be a great idea, actually. Since time lapse would show progress without boring the pants off of normies. I know not all costumes were made in the time period of the show, but I am sure enough of them were.

Otherwise, bah I wonder how long I will have to wait till I can watch episode 2. I really enjoyed episode 1 but I like terrible dramas and soaps so my taste is admittedly not a great barometer.

>>7055176
But this is true though.

Like this statement is 100% true.

Butthurt fatties are butthurt.

>>7055176
>toddlers with self-esteem issues crying what someone else said

I don't want to see some fatass be cosplaying leia in her slave costume.

Victoria is such a whiny little bitch, I love how she depends on her boyfriend to do everything for her, and was bitching and crying at him when the Tron dress didn't light up, AS he was trying to fix it!

I'm pretty curious about this show but I'm absolutely terrible with secondhand embarrassment. How badly would I have it if I tried to watch?

>FanServiceRenji is trying to defend this show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTs1SL_cszo
>Same guy who made this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l-i6DkQi8g

>>7054344
I actually kinda lol'd when it showed yaya's house and it's a tiny shitty looking place. The inside seems nice though
The girl who did the lulu costume: HER HOUSE LOOKED LIKE IT BELONG ON HOARDERS. There was just junk and unfinished costumes everywhere. If you know a camera crew is going to be in your house and thousands of people are going to see it you should probably clean the fuck up

>>7055188
>>7055189
I don't give a shit about what she said, it's just obnoxious how she and her fans try to act like she didn't say it, she didn't mean it that way, it was a mistake in editing, at least stand by what you said.

>>7055155

Now bear with me on this but maybe episode 3 will be trooper armor....on top of trooper armor.

>>7055190
no shit then gave no little quip about getting help...all it was is
>THIS NEEDS TO LIGHT UP!
>IT HAS TO LIGHT UP!
>I'M NOT LOOOOOOOSING AGAIN!

What did he say though after she wore it? That she didn't wear it the way he intended?

>>7055155
the first episode looked like football pads to be honest

>>7055206
what confused me was why did she have that black curtain over the skirt at the start at all, that seemed to have no point

>>7055197

That Iron Man in the background is all kinds of awful looking

>>7055206
Whoa whoa whoa

You forgot
>OMG IT'S NOT LIGHTING UP, WHY ISN'T IT LIGHTING UP!
Bitch I think he's aware of that

I did like that disc in the shape of a heart and her shoes though.

>>7055211
So she could take it off with a flourish

>>7055205
OR... steampunk homestuck!

But really, I'm sort of wondering if/when the show will mention it and how it'll portray it. Mostly because I'd love to see homestucks throw a fit over it if it's not a good portrayal.

>>7055215
It's even worse in person. The funniest part is that he thinks it's absolutely amazing.

>>7055211
>>7055218
that shit was hilarious where he was fixing it..it lit up..she began moving and it turned off.

I legit thought he fixed it up but when she moved back she tore off the cable he was holding.

where can I watch it?

>>7055226

Doesn't surprise me, most (not all, but most) EVA foam Iron Man builds are shit but people give tons of positive feedback so it furthers enables them to do more awful looking builds.

MORE DAMAGE CONTROL from yaya, and...

>>7055246
what is this damage control of? Her saying she is a top figure head in the cosplay realm?

>>7055246
>"GUYS I TOTALLY DIDNT MEAN ANYTHING WITH THAT TITLE I GAVE MYSELF FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. HONESTLY! SEE, MY FRIENDS ARE AMBASSADORS TOO!"

>>7055197
At work so i cant view it but is that the same guy who was 'stripper gin' at AB a few years back? If so he is annoying and obnoxious and im glad i cant view that video

Where are you guys able to watch this? I can't find shit.

>>7055259
Augh. This.
I'm torn because I don't care that much about this show but I dislike not being able to find it to keep up with shenanigans

>>7055254
Nope, but about as big of a tool as that guy

>>7055246
Wouldn't it be just easier to admit that she fucked up? Why go through all the cover-up?

I love the random shots they have from different conventions, like katsucon.
I remember Yaya had all these camera people around her when I stopped to take a picture of her, so I moved out of their way so as to not get in the shot.
Next thing I know some lady is literally shoving me towards Yaya. Now I understand that they wanted some "floor costumer" who was dying to get a picture next the great ~~*~*Yaya Han*~*~~

I used to respect her costuming skills, at the very least, but she's done so much damage to her precious image that the only people who seem like they'll have any sort of interest in her are her obsessed fanboys.
It's almost kind of sad. She wants so much to be that "queen of cosplay" she tries to portray herself as.

>>7055263
Yeah there's pretty much no reason to watch it other than to bitch and enjoy drama.

>>7055272

A lot of it is pride.

How many people do you know who will actually own up to making a mistake?

>>7055277
I've mostly been watching it because it's been amusingly stupid. It's starting to become insultingly stupid though.

>>7055276
what did she do to damage her image? seems more like sour grapes to me

>>7055276
>> She wants so much to be that "queen of cosplay" she tries to portray herself as.

and that's exactly why she's falling down hard. The higher you are, the harder you fall.

and all because she wants to reinforce her ego some more...

>>7055276
>"floor costumer"
Oh good, I knew I wasn't imagining something with that. They do a great job of making it seem like "cosplays" are for competitions while "floor costumes" are for, you know, actually having fun and enjoying yourself at a con.

>>7055056
I don't know if it was the girls from the show since I refuse to watch it, but I'll give the gist of what happened at the Megacon 2013 Universal costume contest.

SyFy was filming the contest, 501st was running it. All contestants filled out forms describing their costumes and waited in line outside the room on Saturday. When we were finally called in to wait backstage, there were two girls already back there being interviewed on camera by the SyFy people. These girls apparently didn't have entry forms either (their cosplays were the Rocketeer & Tank Girl). Only 1 other person was approached for an interview (a girl dressed as Dark Phoenix, the black cleavage-heavy version).

When the contest started, everyone had to turn in their forms for the judges to read for us onstage. We weren't aloud to talk. When those last 2 girls got their turn, they were given microphones and had onstage interviews with the judges that lasted nearly 5 minutes each. The judges also seemed to be familiar with those girls.

There was one girl who went after those 2 who apparently heard a lot of the backstage conversations. She was dressed as Jessica Rabbit and the staff was trying to rush her through as fast as possible after the 2 girls. She got no onstage interview either. She can tell you more, but I doubt she visits 4chan.

Anyway, the judges picked the lower rank winners really fast. But when it came to the Best in Show awards (the cash prizes) they took their time. The girls were given 2nd & 3rd place. 1st place went to the Dead Space guy. I'm not too sure about this, but there was a rumor that he was part of the 501st (who were running the contest BTW). After the contest was over, word started getting around about how fishy the contest was run and how the girls were with the SyFy network.

TLDR; The SyFy channel already had their finalists picked out before the contest started.

played. to/p1vw58hkdrw7

>>7055342
second episode

>>7055343
>played. to/p1vw58hkdrw7
not working

>>7055272
She's too embarrassed to do that. She spent years trying to get this off the ground and hyped it like crazy when SyFy picked it up. This is Yaya's pet project, she was the one who pushed the idea right from the start.

She was so desperate to be the star of a TV show that she didn't think about how she might come across.

People can argue about how much or how little it may have been edited. The fact is people now see Yaya in an even/much more negative light than they did before the show aired. She thought she'd look like a superstar and she looks like scummy trash.

Time to backpedal as fast as her stumpy legs will allow.

>>7055315
All my sads.

>>7055032
>>7055034
>>7055051

Friend of mine was in the AM contest.
They had Yaya on the judges panel and apparently asked the other judges if they could let the cast win. Judges said no, so they made up fake drama backstage instead and tried to get other contestants to talk shit on the winners ("So, what did you REALLY think about the winners?").
They also asked if they could plant a skit in the World Cosplay Summit prelims (after the contestants had been chosen months in advance out of a pre-elimination round) and if they could let them win for the benefit of the show. The Japanese judges for WCS were appalled and told them no.

>>7055207
Underneath that and the lower part of his torso/abdomen area was the storm trooper piece.

>>7055402
Its up on TPB

If you ever want a laugh, you should read what the babby cosplayers on coscom thing.

http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=325858

>>7055411
>Time to backpedal as fast as her stumpy legs will allow.

I shouldn't have been amused by this but I was.
It's not her fault her genetics made her stumpy.
It is however her fault she chose such comically large breast to make her look even more out of proportion. What I wouldn't give to use a time machine and say No Yaya, trust me, go with large Bs or a small C. You'll look great and have nice big tatas for attention.

>>7055525
I love the idea of her lecturing anybody on playing to body type or abusing sex appeal when she paid to have those comical beach balls stapled to her chest.

>>7054995
FYI the universal costume contest at megacon (which is not an anime cosplay contest) is pretty meh generally....the winners are usually just the most popular characters that year. probably wasn't that hard to rig. been to mega 6 times and i haven't even been to the thing....their craftsmanship jugding is not that great and i've heard that purchased stuff wins pretty often.

Can we put Jessica and Yaya in a no-holds-barred cage fight?

>>7055459
FINALLY, thanks for the heads up anon

>>7055654

How about a pudding wrestling pool.

>>7055673
It has to be tasty pudding and I'm allowed to have some afterwards. I love me some pudding.

>>7055661
No prob.

Finished watching it and I never stopped cringing.

>>7054859
>She says she's learning though

And in the mean time she's just tits, hotpants, and corsets.

Take away that and make her make a real costume so she can understand better.

I've always said that if Miyu or Nigiri wanted to really make themselves stand out, have beauty and brains. You'll have something everyone could admire.
But nope, gotta take the easy train lowest common denominator: sex

>>7054614
And that is why I respect you Maguma.

>>7054746
I have to agree with you anon. There are some fairly unknown cosplayers that have (in my opinion) a better body than JNig, but those girls take the time to make their cosplays (or give credit where credit is due) and you can see a PASSION in their eyes.
To me, it seems like JNig just does it for money, which is fine, it's her life. But it is dishearting becasue one can see JNig doesn't have that passion that other more beautiful girls have.

sage for JNig

Chloe is the best fucking person in episode 2 and I hope she stays around.
>mfw her being at dinner with Yaya and company is like the cafeteria scene in Mean Girls

>>7055195
You'd get it pretty bad. I am bad with secondhand embarrassment too and I can barely stand some parts. Just avert thine eyes when those come along (which is pretty often, admittedly....) and you'll be fine.

>>7054768
I agree with you there! I also think they should change the name of the show to "Cosplay according to the Ambassador Yaya Han".

>>7055198
I thought Yaya's house was quite cute and homey, actually. And she has a pretty killer space for costuming, too. I'm kinna jelly (I'm stuck with my 100 degrees-garage).

>>7055246
If she doesn't mention Kamui in that post I will be legit mad. Kamui pretty much single handedly introduced Worbla (or at least showed the extent of what it can do) to the western cosplay scene.

>>7054785
I'd watch that!

>>7055280
Or, god forbid, stand by their "unpopular" (but, let's be honest, totally realistic) opinion

>Excellent Tier
Jinyo, Chloe

>Acceptable Tier
Riki, Jesse

>Meh Tier
Monika

>Pants on Head Retarded Tier
Victoria, Yaya

>>7055817
I also thought it was pretty fucked up how Yaya called Victoria out on stage like that, when she knows full well how much Victoria actually contributed to that costume (pretty much nothing).
Victoria's my least favorite person on the show and I still thought it was really messed up, aren't they supposed to be friends? Who does that to their friend?

>>7055315
Fuck, man. Ugh.

>>7055814
>>7055805
>>7055799
Also sorry for samefagging. Polite sage.

How does the webproxy thing work again with space.ca?

>>7055825 Who does that to their friend?
A judge does that. It's a bit brutal when it's a friend that you're doing it to, but there's no special treatment when you're a judge. I've been judged by friends and I've judged friends. You do your job.

The only reason anyone knows that she called her out on stage like that is because we, the viewers, know that she didn't do it alone, and that Yaya talked to her about the fact that Jinyo helps her.

As a judging method, asking that question is fine because then all the judges are given that answer, but Yaya is using it to see if Victoria would own up to Jinyo's work on the dress, and because of her prior knowledge she can mention that to the judges who can use that information as they please.

In many contests, and probably this one, it would disqualify Victoria from any craftsmanship award since she took credit for something she didn't do which was the major point of that costume and what WOULD have won her the award in the first place.

>>7055882
I get that she needs to be an unbiased judge (and trust me, I'm not trying to defend Victoria because she really irritates me), but to me it came off as very catty and contrived.
Like she only asked the question to make Victoria look stupid in front of the audience.

Watching this show is really making me loose all respect for Yaya Han, is really what I'm getting at. She's good seamstress and a good cosplayer, but she seems like a pretty shitty person overall.

>>7056009
how do you know she only asked that to Victoria? were you there at the con? because cosplay competitions often take over an hour, and they showed all of- 10 minutes?

i agree with the anon who said she should have been disqualified for her answer. lying about what you made is total bullshit and should not be acceptable.

>>7056009
>>7056022
This is true, we don't know if that question was asked to everyone or not but odds are it was in one way or another. "How did you make this?" "Did you get any help putting this together?" "What did you do to get X to do Y" typical questions you ask any contestant, they just chose to show that one because "HURR REALITY SHOW DRAMA" was the name of the game and this was a shining opportunity to milk that shit.

>>7056040
every cosplay contest i have ever helped out with or had a friend who was in it had to like, give full explanations 1 on 1 with the judge, say if they had help, how they made things, if anything wasn't made entirely from scratch, etc. a lot of times they'd even ask about their makeup and if they did that themselves.

so i don't understand why anyone is getting even slightly "wtf" at Yaya asking about what % she made. like, that's 100% normal.

>>7056056
yeah but that doesnt usually happen on stage, does it?

>>7056056
Because it's drama. She did it on stage, the viewers know she didn't do it, and it's all about watch her reaction and seeing what Victoria will do while the show plays dramatic music and makes dramatic cuts of her being nervous, jinyo watching, and yaya waiting for the truth.

The goal is to get people to think Yaya is being mean/cut throat/bitchy/brutal for asking a question she already knows the answer to, OR for the people to see if Victoria will do the right thing and credit Jinyo despite all the shit she gives him on the show. Either way drama ensues.

>>7056071
RARELY. Most commonly with contests that don't have prior craftsmanship judging or if during awards, the judges talk about or ask the contestant to share with the audience what they did.

>>7056071
no. i honestly don't understand why the ask questions on stage at all. it doesn't mean shit to 99% of the cosplayers and con goers in the audience. they don't know, or care, how to make costumes at that level. they're just there to see the best of the best.

not actually 99% actually. but the majority. and i understand basic questions like "oh what is that made of" just for oohs and ahhhs from the audience but not actual questions. idk, just seems bad to me.

>>7056072
i honestly think it was to make Victoria look bad, not Yaya. though to cosplayers it made both look bad, to the average viewer it just made Yaya look like she was doing her job and Victoria was.... lying.

>>7055709

To...play devil's advocate, shouldn't we blame the lowest common denominator itself for only caring that it's a "hot" girl doing a meh costume? I mean if they didn't give her attention then she would have to actually try harder to make better costumes.

>>7056087
Exactly.

As for why are they being asked on stage, I'd say it's mostly because we're dealing with a Comic Convention vs an Anime Con where judging and such may play different. Or it's PURELY because of the show. Either way, I look forward to the contests where the judges are not Yaya.

>>7056101
is that going to happen? but without Yaya there's like only half the drama and that's the only thing this show has.
i honestly don't see this show going anywhere positive rating wise. not because of it's content, but the fact that it's competitors don't win.

>>7056109
There are gonna be episodes where Yaya competes herself, which will be a riot in and of itself.

>>7056121
oh my god yes i'm so excited.
that's weird though, with how they've marketed the show to the general public. it wont go over well ratings wise for the main judge who has said that she's above the norm so it's not fair for her to compete.

this show is a clusterfuck. they should have gotten someone who wasn't a cosplayer but heavily involved in the cosplay and convention world to help because they clearly only have outsiders and cosplayers.

>>7056126
Twas Yayas pipe dream show, let it explode like a pipe bomb. Pretty much all we can do now

>>7056139
that's what happens when you sign your life away to a main channel program. it never ends well for you.

>>7056091
you mean internet geek medias? of course! They're the one that promoted Liz Katz indiegogo, as well as currently promoting that SGC photo calendar bullshit. They got to where they are because they promoted people like Jessica in order to pander towards fanboys.

>>7056140
>>7056139

You know in some....weird way Yaya did end up making the cosplay community band together.

Granted it's banding together against HER but in some sick way....we are doing what she said we should do....

>>7056022
I never said she ONLY ASKED VICTORIA that question, I mean she ONLY asked the question to make her look dumb.
Jeeze calm down.

>>7056056
Yeah, this makes sense, except that it is TOTALLY FUCKING ARBITRARY.
I'll explain what I mean.
Did Jesse fucking MAKE those football pads he spraypainted for his first costume and get asked about it? Fucking no. Did the Batman cosplayer who honestly probably commissioned his entire costume get asked if he made it? Fucking no. Did the Hellgrrl cosplayer who bought (and "modified") her skirt get asked if she made it? Fucking no.
Did every cosplayer there get asked if they bought the material for their costume instead of weaving it themselves? Fucking no.
The latter example is obv ridiculous, but you get my drift. There is a "line", so to speak, but where exactly is it drawn? Who is to say or define where it is drawn? Is it percentage based? Common sense based? I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

>>7056172
It really.seems to me that Yaya asked that question to Victoria based on meta game knowledge, if you get my meaning.
If you don't, basically she KNEW (because of her pre existing friendship) that Victoria probably didn't do jack shit, so she decided to use that information against her. Which is why I think it was wrong of her.
But again, Victoria irritates the shit out of me and I was kind of glad she got called out, I just didn't think it was very appropriate of Yaya to do it on stage like that.

>>7056139
She pushed and pushed to get it out as she says yet all it's done is make her look terrible and the worst "ambassador" ever. She does not represent any cosplayer but herself. She don't care though, I'm sure she got paid handsomely.

>>7056183
Except, wtf, this is retarded because then WHY DID SHE HAVE HER JOIN THE SHOW?
I think I already know the answer though, and it rhymes with llama

>>7056172
So you need to seriously calmyouryayas, first off. Second: were you there? If so then you tell me who was asked about what. >>7056183
This. Which as I said, was a way to call someone out for hiding the truth that she already knew. If I knew a cosplayer was trying to cheese a contest with something they didn't make, I'd use that knowledge regardless if people didn't like it or not.

> I just didn't think it was very appropriate of Yaya to do it on stage like that.
I think the only thing that makes that inappropriate is that we all knew because we saw the chat between vic and yaya, we watched the dress get made and we then saw yaya call her out. For the audience at the show, they had no clue that Victoria DIDN'T make all the EL Tape and Wire for her outfit, or her heart disc, so what Yaya did was a safe and easy judging method. May not have been nice, but if you're gonna weed out the cheaters and the liars, that's a way to do it.

>>7056194
Then don't ask the question, haha.

>>7056172
having helped many a cosplayer compete i can tell you you're wrong about that- in every contest i have helped with the judges have known exactly what was store bought, what was hand made from scratch, and what was heavily modified.
for a specific example my last ex got mad shit because he bought jeans and modified them (spent more than 5 hours on them too, hand de-threading them)

ALL cosplayers get shit when they don't hand make everything and put it in competitions. and they do get asked. just because you didn't see it on TV doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

even episode one Yaya specifically called out the two girls for now hand making the horns and using store bought ones.

>>7056165
ahhh, i get that then. but it was completely valid question, regardless of that, and she deserved to get herself made a fool out of.

>>7056164
loves it.

>>7056205
>>7056196
Poster you're responding to here. I've personally been in costume contests where "craftsmanship" is a thing they're supposed to be judging and they don't ask shit (big-ish cons, too, I'm talking Sakuracon, ECCC, and Blizzcon, the latter of which probably has the best cosplay outside of Dragoncon). So, sorry, but it often is arbitrary. I've seen people win a thousand bucks at Blizzcon off a costume they made literally not one part of.

>>7056228
I have not been to ECCC or Blizzcon but I've been to Sakuracon. I know they do craftsmanship judging prior to their costume fashion show/runway/whatever you wanna call it. And at Sakuracon they don't ask you on stage, because all that judging is done prior to the event.

You mentioned a line in your post and I assume it's about what constitutes judging craftsmanship. I wish I knew what judging was like at other cons that aren't anime cons, but every anime convention I've ever attended has a craftsmanship judging that takes place before the contest and judges deliberate then on who will get what for their work and who wins and who doesn't. The criteria is basically: What did they try to replicate, how well did they do, and how skillfully did they do it. Then you get into details and nitty gritty of how each part of the costume was made and approached. That's the format that I see all the time, and is what's normally used at every con I've ever been to.

>Cosplay within your own body type
Take your own advice bitch.
And for fucks sake fix your shitty wig. C.C. has front bangs, not swept to the side. How can she fuck up something so simple!? Even with the help of a stylist right there! The hypocrisy is ridiculous. As if she cares about any of the characters she cosplays, she's only in it for the sex appeal herself.

>>7056246
Yaya is the cosplay ambassador she is above the rules.

>>7056244
Blizzcon awards a lot more money than Sakuracon, and their judging is a clusterfuck of ridiculousness. I guess they just sort of have the money to burn in comparison. Thanks for the clarification, I verily will calm my yayas.

>>7056246
I think this girl did a better job at the over all portraying the character and craftsmanship http://www.cosplay.com/costume/408966/

>>7056268
how hard is it to get a dark, forest green wig? why do both of them go the neon route?

I wonder how long they will use AX shots for?
My money is on the entire first season.

>>7056196
I agree, if she didn't want it brought up she shouldn't have her business in everyone's faces. It's the price you pay for that kind of exposure, better be prepared. When she got disappointed for losing it made me so happy, I know the drama is played up, but damn she's annoying. Loved when the show talks about how her costume lights (her whole costume) weren't working then shows the shaman with an even brighter costume and arguably cooler light up effect, which is like a secondary component of a more prop/armor based costume.

Great stuff.

>>7056270
Because CC's hair is neon green?

This guy had the best faces.

>>7056279
i'm not familiar with the character. my mistake.
still not cute.

>>7056270
CC doesn't have dark green hair.

>>7056285
Agreed!

>>7056285

>>7056270
Looks pretty neon to me in all the reference images I see for C.C. Think you should go get tested for being color blind...

>>7056268
>http://www.cosplay.com/costume/408966/
Dat Lelouch.

>>7056318
dayum

from someone outside cosplay, yaya is a real cunt. she's being a judge while still considering herself as competing with the participants. and her jealousy of victoria is hilarious.

Only two episodes in and already it's been set in stone that Yaya is a total hellbitch, Victoria can't do shit without crying to her man and Chloe is apparently the only well adjusted human amongst them.

I doubt this is how Yaya thought things would go.

>>7056318
>Dat lulu
I just fangirled so hard.

>>7055709
Miyu quit cosplay a few years ago when she found Jesus Christ and now considers cosplay to be a self-important form of "idolatry".

>>7054995
I was in the contest at MegaCon and therefor part of the filming. I am curious to see how the show was edited; however, the contest was rigged. There were more impressive and well constructed costumes that should have placed

>>7058801
Were they craftsmanship awards or best in show awards? And does Megacon separate the two?