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>I will never understand cosplay guests
>So... you dress up?
>Like what's your talent?
>Dressing up?
>I understand cosplaying for fun
>But like... a guest?
>Why would I wanna meet someone who dresses up?
>I don't get it

>> No.10152985

>>10152982
Cosplay guests usually present panels and/or host/judge cosplay competitions, and may also host meetups. They also create a draw, if they have fans they'll be more likely to want to attend the con. Why would people wanna meet them? Same reason people wanna meet actors, artists, youtubers, you name it. It's an occasion to have a one-on-one conversation about what they do, and maybe about your own costume. Their talent, most of the time, is crafting their costumes.

>> No.10152993

Yaya at least has some talent in making costumes

Its only an issue if they bring in costhots

>> No.10152995

While I don’t particularly follow any cosplayers, I do like meeting the ones who make their own costumes or props at events and talking to them, so it’s nice in that sense

But yeah if an event is only inviting talentless cosplayers with big followings it’s rubbish

>> No.10153038

>>10152993
Implying Yaya isnt a costhot who makes her boyfriend make cosplays.

>> No.10153039

>>10153038

Ok she has giant fake tits and shoves them in your face every costume she makes BUT she doesnt do patreon lewds or similar as far as I am aware

>> No.10153040

>>10152995
But talented cosplayers who make their costumes show up to conventions already. They're on the show floor wandering around. The difference between a guest and a normal cosplayer is often negligible. Sometimes the guests are just local cosplayers!

>> No.10153046

They're a guest because they're a link between the convention and fans of what ever they're fans of, Star Wars as an example.
They connect with fans, do photoshoots, sign art/prints and they judge contests. All this creates a nice atmosphere that a person going to these cons enjoys and will likely return next year even if the cosplayer is not a guest.

>> No.10153053

>>10152982
cosplay guests usually have how-to panels for various aspects of cosplay, which can be pretty interesting
also, meetups are a huge draw for local cosplayers

>> No.10153064
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>>10152985
/thread
It's not this hard to figure out, OP
I'm more confused when my local cons random latin american youtubers (90% of the time, I don't recognize them), but hey, they draw a crowd, too, so it works.

>> No.10153088

>>10153038
He may help, but she wouldn't be where she is today if she wasn't a skilled seamstress, boobs or not.

>> No.10153094

>>10153088
Nah. she legit fucked her way to where she is now. Peep them old photos from when she was still an A-cup. Sucking and fucking her way around con staff.

>> No.10153101

>>10153088
Shes still a costhot because the main focus is her fake tits.
Shes one of the first famous costhots and is one of the people who started the trend along with Jnigs.
Shes part of the reason the cosplay community has gone to shit.

>> No.10153103

>>10153094
I mean, what's wrong with that

>> No.10153105

>>10153088
"She wouldn't be where she is if she wasn't a skilled seamstress" https://i.warosu.org/data/cgl/img/0079/42/1416245831845.jpg

Also Yaya used to have a second account that was solely for "fan service" until she felt she was above it all.

>> No.10153183

It’s a question that I’ve also pondered. I don’t really understand how it’d be interesting to meet a cosplayer, especially when there’s plenty of other cosplayers walking the floor. I get that they do panels and such, but even then I feel like they should just be panelists and not guests. The only people who should be invited as guest are cosplayers like Nigri and Yaya bc they actually have fans. Cosplay is so over saturated that there’s no real “famous” cosplayers anymore.

>> No.10153203

>>10153183
This pretty much

The only times I'd see a cosplay guest being reasonable... I don't know, something about them being unique? Like someone with an interesting/unique characteristic or background or whatever? A cosplayer in a wheelchair or amputee, a cosplayer that somehow made themselves a certain meme and/or very notable for their character representation (I'm reminiscing about a Kefka cosplayer many years ago), a cosplayer that does something niche like genderbends or dark/evil versions of characters really well, a cosplayer that has a multitude of high skills as well like acting, dancing, singing, a cosplayer that comes from a very poor financial background and started out cosplaying in such, a family of cosplayers, a pet cosplayer and their owner/costume maker... I dunno, shit like that.

But shit like just "oh, they're (e-)popular" (for no particular reason), I really don't see why they're so much above others to the point of being a guest.

>> No.10153252

If they do workshops I might go, if they are good.
If it is just to meet someone who cosplays a show I like, I would rather meet people on the floor who's cosplays are worse so I can actually have a normal chat with. I am more likely to make an actual friend.

>> No.10153254

There's quite a lot of cosplayers I look up to and admire for their work. Having them as guests allows them to have meet and greets, signings, whatever, stuff that makes it easier for me to meet them and get a pic with them and personally tell them how much i admire their work and how they inspire me. I think recognizing work cosplayers do is important. like, yeah they do dress up on their own, but they put the pictures online and make videos for the world to see and that does give me some free entertainment, so the least they could get in exchange is some compensation/attention.

That being said, some cosplay guests do not deserve to be guests. they're guests just because they know people who work at the con. that's weird. if someone doesn't have a lefit fanbase or can't even offer workshops/cosplay related entertainment/knowledge, then gtfo

>> No.10153261

>>10153038
I thought he only helped with her props?

>> No.10153264

>>10153103
>what’s wrong with being a literal whore

Gee, I wonder?

>> No.10153300

>>10153264
You forget that a lot of this community is women in their 20s who subscribe to the feminist/anti-slut shaming ideologies.

>> No.10153648

>>10152982

Cosplay judges are just eye candy whores meant to bring in more revenue via thirsty fans. Its done in literally every other form of advertisement and buissiness, such as wrestling, car shows, etc.

>> No.10153651

Tbh I wonder the same thing about lolita guests who are not designers or even models.

>Oh you buy brand and wear it? Okay

>> No.10153674

>>10152982
I don't know Yaya Han so what's the tea on her?
I met someone and the second I mentioned I buy fabric from Michael's, they started screaming like a retard that "Yaya Han is fake and toxic and not to buy cheap stupid fabric!!!!1!"
I never bothered to look her up really, she looks like a nice person. All I've ever seen on facebook is made up stories on how some incels were "rejected" or some shit.

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>>10153040
Local con goer here, I was a cosplay guest once.

>> No.10153683

>>10153300
coughs
some girls in their 20s fuck guys for free flights, shit tons of money, and to find out whos been posting about them on /cgl/ because their bf works at the NSA

>> No.10153723

>>10153683

Is their nsa bf a cuck?

>> No.10153755

>>10153674
Watch heroes of cosplay for one, if you can find it.
Shes an elitist slag who thinks if youre youre not good looking enough or the same race/gender as a character or are too fat, you shouldnt be allowed to cosplay. Cgl shit posting aside, no ome really agrees with that sentiment unless theyre a cunt.
Theres been cases of her being an outright bitch to beginner cosplayers or people who didnt hand make every piece of their cosplay on their own.
She also has mentioned she dosent even like a lot of the series she cosplays from.
And finally, shes one of the people who started the costhot trend of people who are there to get famous, rather than the love of the hobby itself or a love of what ever series shes cosplaying from.

>> No.10153759

>>10153674
Basically she used to be a fetish model in the mid-2000s, got a boob job, and people are pissed that she said she didn't want to be objectified but she wears sexy costumes and for some reason if you wear something sexy you can't ask to be treated as more than a walking set of tits and ass or something. Some people are also angry because they think her fabric line with JoAnn's is too expensive for their quality. Some people are mad at her for starring in Heroes of Cosplay which was a cosplay "reality show" that painted a very dramatised picture of the cosplay community, even though she had no creative input into the show and it should have been expected that a reality show would create artificial drama. I honestly think she's obviously not perfect and did some shitty stuff at some point but it's been blown completely out of proportion because she's a very famous cosplayer and that will always attract a lot of frustrations.

>> No.10154034

>>10153674

Yaya has legit drama but its all ancient and no one on /cgl/ would know

>> No.10154043

>>10153755
>Shes an elitist slag who thinks if youre youre not good looking enough or the same race/gender as a character or are too fat, you shouldnt be allowed to cosplay. Cgl shit posting aside, no ome really agrees with that sentiment unless theyre a cunt.
If people really didn't think that here, then whats the purpose of the "bad cosplay/makeup" threads? It's like everyone gathers pictures from 2009 to shit on and make themselves feel better or some shit
> She also has mentioned she dosent even like a lot of the series she cosplays from.
A lot of women do this, anon. Go up to any 2B cosplayer, they have never played Nier Automata, and ask them what they like about the game. They'll be stuttering and saying, "Uhh uhm i cosplayed this for my bf!" because theres so many insecure female cosplayers that get jealous when their SO/bf look around at cons or see a 2B cosplayer so then the girlfriend instantly orders to the cosplay to fuck their partner in.
Most women don't even know the shit they're cosplaying as, and some even force themselves to watch an entire series or play a full game just so they can cosplay an outfit they thought was cute.
at least it's not like the homestuck days where you had fake idiots reading the HS Wiki page and reciting it. Read all 9000+ pages like the rest of us

>> No.10154048

>>10152982

>posts pic of qt asian grill with mommy-tier milkers

>why would i want to see her?

Pump the brakes on your massive fagdom, OP. Then it'll start making sense.

>> No.10154050

>>10154043
>If people really didn't think that here, then whats the purpose of the "bad cosplay/makeup" threads? It's like everyone gathers pictures from 2009 to shit on and make themselves feel better or some shit
I'm referring to someone who may have a good cosplay but may be fat, cross playing, or a different race than the character not being allowed to cosplay period. Pointing out shit cosplay or make up is one thing.
>A lot of women do this, anon. Go up to any 2B cosplayer, they have never played Nier Automata, and ask them what they like about the game. They'll be stuttering and saying, "Uhh uhm i cosplayed this for my bf!" because theres so many insecure female cosplayers that get jealous when their SO/bf look around at cons or see a 2B cosplayer so then the girlfriend instantly orders to the cosplay to fuck their partner in. Most women don't even know the shit they're cosplaying as, and some even force themselves to watch an entire series or play a full game just so they can cosplay an outfit they thought was cute.
Which is a problem in the cosplay community as a whole, and something that Yaya helped start and popularized. It's jut thots who want to be popular for being thots with a relatively easy crowd to impress (repressed, nerdy dudes).
Everything you said in the second part is exactly my issue with the cosplay community today.
Granted, yes, I have cosplayed things from series I haven't been into, but I was asked to be in a group with my friends. And none of us are trying to get e-famous from it either, or only cosplaying fotm cosplays or thotty characters.

>> No.10154078

>>10154048
she looks like a tranny, anon

>> No.10154104

This thread seems like a thinly veiled vendetta thread to shit talk Yaya.

Real cosplay guests are talented craftspeople who run panels and workshops on cosplay construction, or judge contests. They are great guests for other cosplayers to see, just like VA guests are great for people who like actors

Shitty costhot guests are just that... Shitty guests. Con staff is often run by non cosplayers so some cons will just sign on whoever has the most followers regardless of quality. If you want to see good cosplayer guests, people need to email the con and request the.

>> No.10154458

>>10154048
Do you jack off to drag queens? Absurdly big titted women with harsh makeup stopped being the pinnacle of sex appeal as soon as trannies tried emulating them. People like natural looking beauty these days, this isn’t the 80s where every old man wanted a blonde with bolt-ons.

>> No.10154490

>>10154050
>Everything you said in the second part is exactly my issue with the cosplay community today.
>Granted, yes, I have cosplayed things from series I haven't been into, but I was asked to be in a group with my friends. And none of us are trying to get e-famous from it either, or only cosplaying fotm cosplays or thotty characters.
i miss the old days where everyone wanted to just cosplay their favorite characters that they genuinely loved, everyone loved taking group pictures together, the panels where it didn't revolve around one thing, etc.
those days were the best. there was like 1 costhot selling her nudes at the cons
now theres like 10+ booths dedicated to them cosplaying as characters they don't even know and ruining anime culture
im truly sick of the people who go to cons for the raves and dont even cosplay
the rave rooms are now filled with pot smoking and acid dropping idiots

>> No.10154496

I might get crucified for this but I don't see the problem with cosplaying stuff just because you like the design, whether or not you know the source material. I don't do it myself because I have way too many characters I love on my to do list, but if you just like a design, what's the harm?

>> No.10154523

>>10152982
Bc the people who actually follow cos thots normally don't cosplay and having cos thots as "cosplay guests" normally cost the con nothing. In exchange for having a guest they can list, they just offer them a table in dealers so they can try to sell prints. If they fail to sell any then that's some tough shit.

>> No.10154535

>>10154104
>If you want to see good cosplayer guests, people need to email the con and request the.
I agree with 90% of your post except for this last bit. Just because you email a con and request a cosplay maker doesn't mean that your request will be accepted. In fact, for every person that emails asking for an actually good guest, you bet there are 10-20 people asking for a costhot.

>> No.10155078

>>10154535
The idea is for more of the community to come together and demand good cosplay guests if that's what cosplayers want to see. If 1,000 attendees want good cosplayers but they all don't suggest guests because they assume their one email won't do anything, then that's 1,000 requests that don't get taken into account. Voting is never about your one vote, it's about mass numbers.

Also bear in mind that most cons aren't going to hire Yaya or Jnig just because a thousand thirsty fanboys asked for them, so it doesn't matter how many more requests they get. They're the most well-known cosplayers around and that comes with a price tag. Cosplay makers are more budget-friendly than thots because they usually don't attend cons solely to make money.

>> No.10155304

I met Yaya years ago and i wasn't impressed to meet her in person like other cosplay guests. I suppose each to their own

>> No.10155654

>>10153088
Incorrect. Back during her days showing her actual talent in costume construction via angelicstar.net, she wasn't a super huge costhot. Once she got her implants and joke of a TV show, she abandoned any skill she had to focus on making cash the same way JNig did.

She got where she is today through sex appeal, not work or talent.

>> No.10155673

>>10154496
Cosplay used to be seen more of as a conversation starter at cons, and an invitation for those into the same series to come talk to you about it. As someone who has cosplayed from series that I am both familiar and unfamiliar with, it’s infinitely more fun to dress up as a character you love and goof around when you’re approached. Not to mention cosplay is an expensive hobby, so putting a lot of time and effort into something you aren’t a big fan of can be pretty daunting.

I would say it’s more expected for “flavor of the month” type cosplays but it does suck going up to someone cosplaying from a niche series, making a little joke about something the character does and getting a blank stare in return. It also sucks to cosplay from things that are popular and be asked if you have “actually played the game” so I would say this affects people who both like and don’t like the series they’re cosplaying from.

>> No.10155688

>>10155654
Yaya's construction is still around where it was back in the day: solid but not mind-blowing as more of the community continues to improve around her. I would never consider her one of the top craftspeople today but she's probably the most successful cosplay business owner in the community, deals with more sponsors and corporations than probably anyone, and is a very experienced judge. She brings value as a cosplay guest but it's a specific kind of value.

>> No.10155776

>>10155688
I'm not saying that her construction skills simply vanished, I'm saying that they played little to no part in why she is famous and "successful". If I asked the average con-goer (or even normies) what Yaya Han is famous for, they will most likely mention cleavage-heavy costumes, not costume construction.

She stated in an interview maybe a decade ago that she makes the majority of her money by selling stuff like gloves, cat ears, etc and used to go to cons specifically to sell her gear. Now, the fake tits are her cash cows. Pathetic, really.

>> No.10155798

>>10155776
I was a baby cosplayer back in the early 2000s, and everyone I know looked up to Yaya because of her craftsmanship chops (which back then was on another level).

>She stated in an interview maybe a decade ago that she makes the majority of her money by selling stuff like gloves, cat ears, etc and used to go to cons specifically to sell her gear. Now, the fake tits are her cash cows

No? She still sells cat ears and things at her con booth, although I imagine she makes a lot of her money through her fabric line and partnerships with Joann's. Her boob job increased her popularity for sure but she's nowhere near the average thot who makes cash by selling softcore porn lewds.

>> No.10155801

>>10155798
I'm someone who hate Yaya but I will admit she 's a good business woman. Unlike other costhots, when her boobs finally deflate, she can still at least have a future,

>> No.10160383

Meeting a Cosplay takes away the fun of Cosplay. They are there to promote them selves and make sales. Everything else is exposure opportunity.

Here is a story. Cosplay Heroes was filming at the Kansas Comic Con "Emerald City" Something or other. Yaya Han Monika Lee and Riki Lecotey was there. They were selling prints and what not blah blah...then at the other end of the table was some one cosplaying as the Cowboy bebop female from the Big Shots TV show. It was Meg Turney. She wasn't invited like the other three where and was there as a guest...but Meg was there selling prints like the others. Meg knew she didn't have a merchant table reserved nor was she a guest. It was Riki and Monika telling her that she would get in trouble if she stayed there. I suspect that Meg knew that they were filming there but she heeded the advice and packed up.

At the end it is a game of getting exposure and keeping the image of availability. The hey boys I'm your "<insert female character>" that is just the reality of they are there to make a profit. Apparently they do make revenue because they keep getting invited.

>> No.10160610

>Announces she's only going to go to conventions that invite her as a guest in 2019
>4 months in and she's only been to a single convention
I don't think she thought this plan through very carefully. It's a shame because I actually like her.

>> No.10160622

>>10155688
>Successful cosplay business owner in the community,

You're not gonna include Matt Mercer or even the ower of Arda wigs?

>> No.10160704

>>10160622
Matt Mercer? I know he did cosplay but I don't think he has a cosplay-related business?

>> No.10160724

>>10153105
Any more of these pictures I require them for science

>> No.10160778

isnt yaya like 40 years old now?

hell, she fuckin looked like shes 40 back in the 2000s

>> No.10160785

>>10152982
Have sex

>> No.10160794

>>10160778
37

>> No.10160796

>>10160778
She's "officially" 37 (as in her dob comes up on google as 1982) but the date of birth listed on her old website makes her 39. Some people speculate she's even 41 or 42 but the 1980 dob seems more accurate to me.

>> No.10161322

>>10155776
Yaya was famous in the cosplay community before she got breast implants. Blaming her fame on her breast implants is ignorant always comes across as people looking for an excuse to dismiss the success of physically attractive people.

Yes, the breasts feature pretty heavily into her costumes ever since she got the implants. She likes the look. It’s why she paid several thousand dollars and underwent major surgery.

Her costumes are consistently polished and she’s got a wide breadth of knowledge. Are her costumes particularly risky or pushing the envelope? Not particularly these days. But she’s a recognizable name for your website, she’s well rounded enough to present well and be able to handle questions of most construction topics for panels, and she isn’t a flake.

>> No.10161619

I remember Yaya Dressed as Sharon Apple at Amazement. She wasn't famous yet but people seem to gravitate towards her.