What Grinds my Seagulls

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What Grinds my Seagulls Anonymous Fri Feb 1 21:40:57 2013 No.6598662 [DELETED]

You know what grinds my gears seagulls?

Cogoers who come up to you when in costume and proceed to be a dick to you because they hate your character.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 21:44:27 2013 No.6598674 Most of the nasty people on /cgl/ piss me off

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 21:50:27 2013 No.6598687 Anyone being a dick at a con. You know what I do when I hear you and your little bitchpack making fun of someone? I fart near you.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 21:51:27 2013 No.6598689 >>6598687 >I fart near you I lol'd. Protein fart that shit

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 21:53:27 2013 No.6598697 File: 1.57 MB, 260x289, Can't contain my laughter.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6598687 Oh lawd I can't stop laughing at that

Anonymous Fri Feb 1 21:55:58 2013 No.6598705

>>6598674
>>6598662
Both of these so much.

And on the subject of people being a dick because they hate you character. Several years back when I was into Kingdom Hearts, I cosplayed as Kairi. Saw a Xellos (from Slayers) cosplayer. I was so fucking happy because fuck yeah, Slayers has been my favorite anime for the past 12 years. Politely ask her for a picture then she says in a nasty tone, ¨Kairi doesn't deserve a Keyblade. She sucks.¨ BITCH, I JUST WANTED YOUR PICTURE AND TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SLAYERS. Her Xellos wasn't even that good... I was just happy to see another fan...

Anonymous Fri Feb 1 21:56:58 2013 No.6598709

Guys who walk up to me and start quizzing me on the game/comic my character is from. It's such a waste of time, and if I refuse to answer their questions, they assume I can't answer them. No, asshole, I actually DO know who the Nerevarine is, I just don't feel like talking to accusing neckbeards all day.

>>	Bubbles Fri Feb 1 21:58:27 2013 No.6598711 >>6598662 Ugly or fat people cosplaying rustles my jimmies

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:04:41 2013 No.6598833 >>6598709 ...why? Why would it ever be okay to do that? It just makes you look like an asshole.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:11:11 2013 No.6598842 >>6598833 Because they're not being an asshole by interrogating anon?

>>	ValleLator !nCGvC6eOuQ Fri Feb 1 23:14:41 2013 No.6598846 ....are you talking to the fedora gang or the cosplayer? Did you interrogate a cosplayer and get ignored because you were acting like a douche? I'm confused.

Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:18:12 2013 No.6598852

>>6598662

People who cosplay characters that don't fit them
>Fat people cosplaying skinny/curvy people
>Skinny people cosplaying fat/curvy people
>Men cosplaying bishounen characters when they don't look feminine at all
>Older woman that cosplay 12 year old animu girls. That shit ain't cute
>Ugly people cosplaying an attractive character
>Skinnyfat people that cosplay fit/muscular people
>etc. etc.
Also one of my biggest pet peeves is when people cream themselves over black cosplayers that cosplay from Homestuck or Adventure Time but don't even paint their skin the right color. I remember there was a picture of two black girls cosplay Marceline and Bubblegum and Tumblr was creaming themselves over them. They didn't even paint their skin the right color! Just because your black doesn't give you a free pass to half ass things.

Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:19:41 2013 No.6598854
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Obviously if I'm dressed up as a character from a series, I would be pleased to meet others from that series. I do not mind if you come up to see me. I do not mind if you want to talk. In fact, I'd be pleased. I do not even mind if you feel the need to be in character in order to approach me because of whatever reason.

What I do mind, however, is when you feel the need to break my ankles and splatter my face on the pavement screaming the name of the character I'm cosplaying in lieu of conversation. Where, on this blessed earth, aside from the land of 2D moonrunes, does anyone find that acceptable, ever?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:20:42 2013 No.6598858 >>6598852 >cannot separate fantasy from reality You sound like loads of fun

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:25:11 2013 No.6598872 >>6598858 What about the black cosplayer thing? Those two girls were at a convention and didn't even bother painting themselves. If they were white no one would have cared. Sage for no contribution

Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:32:42 2013 No.6598887

>>6598852
Hey man, no one's ever gonna perfectly portray the character they're cosplaying. Getting all worked up over body shape and even race is pretty nonsensical. I mean, I'd mind if the cosplayers totally fucked up their costume or acted terribly OOC or something, but as long as their outfits are good and they conduct themselves rationally (and they're not total hamplanets), there shouldn't be much of an issue.

As for the Marceline/Bubblegum couple, maybe they looked good regardless of having inaccurate skin color. I just think you're not used to POC getting as much attention now as they did in the past, honestly.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:37:41 2013 No.6598895 >>6598887 >using poc term seriously plz go

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:38:42 2013 No.6598897 >>6598852 mmhmm, and tell me, how often did they cream themselves?

Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:40:42 2013 No.6598902
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Black people really need to stop cosplaying as Asian and White characters. Sorry, but that's how I feel. This whole "Black cosplyer" popularity has been played out for far too long.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:47:43 2013 No.6598921 >>6598902 This is unreasonable and you should know why.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:48:42 2013 No.6598924 >>6598921 Why? Let me guess, you also use POC instead of "Black" too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:49:12 2013 No.6598925 >>6598842 ..I..I don't know if you're saying the guy or anon was being an ass. I was saying the guy was.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 1 23:53:42 2013 No.6598933 >>6598895 As opposed to...? Just because it's been popularized by some retarded tumblrites doesn't mean it's an invalid term.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 00:03:43 2013 No.6598953 >>6598902 You're trying way too hard

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 00:04:13 2013 No.6598955 >>6598933 Yeah I don't get what they were going for

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 00:05:42 2013 No.6598958

>>6598924
No, because "Black Cosplaying" is not some fad or attention grab. They don't "really need to stop" in the same way White people don't need to stop cosplaying people who don't breath apple pie or speak in the queen's english.

Short version: No character or set of charactrers so special a well meaning fan shouldn't be allowed to cosplay them.

You knew that though.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 00:09:42 2013 No.6598968 File: 497 KB, 255x143, not cool dude.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6598902 Aside from the fact that it's silly that you feel that way fucking EVERYONE loves skittles that picture is as silly as your opinion.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 00:57:13 2013 No.6599068 File: 22 KB, 153x173, tumblr_mdfk5tQmvr1r0q0yh.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6598711 People like you rustle my jimmies.

medfag !BqcQeeA4HA Sat Feb 2 01:01:12 2013 No.6599076

>>6598852
Wait... wait..

I know you.
Didn't you have a blog posted on /clg/ a while back?

You know, the one where you list the Rules of Cosplay? Another article on it talks about stereotypical cosplaying women and you list yourself as "The Hot One"?

You dress as a drow right?

The resemblance is uncanny...

Twelve-Fifty Sat Feb 2 02:14:42 2013 No.6599265

>Cosplaying a Hufflepuff student (clear as day yellow lining in robe, yellow and black trim on sweater, yellow and black tie) and hearing "HEY, IT'S HARRY POTTER!" or "I TOTES LIKE YOUR HARRY POTTER COSPLAY!"

>Asking someone to hold your prop while you do something and they break it (more than once)

>Cosplaying an alternate outfit or character and being told it's not cannon or that it's obviously a fanart cosplay

>>	God !BrODINgKJM Sat Feb 2 02:16:12 2013 No.6599269 >>6599068 >image is from tumblr. that fits your post well, fatty.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 02:18:12 2013 No.6599276 >>6599265 Uh, well, the name of the series is Harry Potter, and they probably didn't know who you were. That doesn't seem unreasonable.

Twelve-Fifty Sat Feb 2 02:48:27 2013 No.6599342

>>6599276
Not once did anyone say "Hufflepuff". I assumed it was because I have dark brown hair and wear glasses, also no one ever cosplays a Hufflepuff. Anyone who's watched the movies or read the books knows the general colors for the houses, the fact that I was called specifically Harry Potter all day means... well I don't fucking know what it means, but it's annoying as shit. Even being called Cedric would have been better and I hate that idiot.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 02:54:57 2013 No.6599354 >>6599342 You were wearing glasses in something to be remotely recognized what were you expecting

>>	sage Anonymous Sat Feb 2 03:07:51 2013 No.6599370 i hate all you motherfuckers every single one of you

>>	Twelve-Fifty Sat Feb 2 03:11:59 2013 No.6599372 >>6599354 In a convention with 7K+ nerds you'd think one fucking person would get it right. Look, all I'm saying is that Hufflepuffs don't get enough love.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 03:26:10 2013 No.6599392

>>6599372
but if its an anime convention you cant expect people to know who you are, just because they are nerds, dosn't mean they read books
I mean if you were at a movie premiere, or book release, pop culture convention, surely, but anime cons not so much
if its any consolation, If I had seen you I would have totally known you were a Hufflepuff and would not have called you "Harry Potter"

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 03:26:10 2013 No.6599393 >>6599372 There's not a single noteworthy person in Hufflepuff. What did you expect, honestly.

Katsumiyo !pGNZlskXEI Sat Feb 2 03:28:10 2013 No.6599394

>>6598709
This times a lot. I've had times when people quizzed me and when I knew the answers, they got mad at me for knowing them...there are some people you just can't win with. I think they were upset because they didn't get to berate me like they were hoping to. I get that there's a lot of girls out there doing this for the attention, but some of us DO read/play/watch what we're from, and it's kind of offensive to assume we don't instead of giving us the benefit of the doubt.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 03:59:28 2013 No.6599442 >>6599393 woa, woa, hey now Tonks. Fuck you

>>	G !!0KLJYlknxts Sat Feb 2 04:05:29 2013 No.6599450 Too many people trying to become "cosplay famous" instead of simply enjoying the con and the people around them.

>>	Katsumiyo !pGNZlskXEI Sat Feb 2 04:06:59 2013 No.6599455 >>6599442 Adding to anon's post: Cedric Diggory and Professor Sprout. Sage for incredibly off-topic.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 04:10:24 2013 No.6599460

>>6599450
I have to agree with this. I think every cosplayer who works hard on their items would like to get praise, but it's just becoming overkill for a big number of them.

It's kind of annoying to see people just plant themselves in a spot for four hours just waiting to be photographed.

It makes me cringe whenever I remember the picture of the uncessary and big ass Princess Hinoto cosplay taking up all the room at a cosplay picnic just starved for attention.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 04:23:38 2013 No.6599483 >>6598709 Wow, you sound like a huge bitch.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 04:32:38 2013 No.6599497

>>6599483
Actually no. It's really insulting to have someone come up and start quizzing you like they expect you to be ignorant.

I personally would answer the questions so they would shut up, but I can't blame her for just not responding to people being annoying.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 04:49:08 2013 No.6599514 >>6599497 Yeah, got to agree. I get why people may ask, but it's too much when someone's not knowing when to shut up. It just seems like they're trying to find a reason to dislike you for not being legitimate enough or something.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 05:29:08 2013 No.6599532

>>6598709
>>6599394
>>6599514
Wimmens in my hobby? Oh hell no!
Let's expose them!
>She doesn't know all the answers
HA! That bitch is just cosplaying to get my naturally very desirable neckbeard attention.
>She doesn't want to play this game, deflects
What a bitch, why would you dress up if you're not open to any and all interaction with the public at all times?
>She answers everything correctly
...Bitch probably looked it up on Wikipedia.

Oh, neckbeards.

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>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 05:45:08 2013 No.6599546 File: 182 KB, 428x510, 1353299168440.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6598711 I 100% agree. Nothing ruins conventions more than ugly and/or fat people cosplaying.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 06:46:37 2013 No.6599583
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>>6599460
Sorry if you cringe. I just wanted an excuse to post this.

To stay on topic, I hate that some of my cosplay friends are broke or poor, so they say they can never do things with me, but they somehow manage to make 3 new costumes for their next convention.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 07:09:37 2013 No.6599608 >>6599583 What the fuck is that cosplayer even supposed to be? Some kind of fat Hinoto that jumped into a circus tent? I feel bad for her because she's trying so hard to get attention and nobody even seems to be looking her way.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 07:15:36 2013 No.6599615

>>6599342
Dude, I have been out on two separate occasions wearing Lief's Ornamental Regimental Stripe in green and got called Harry Potter. They recognised the series at least, getting called Harry Potter when you're wearing lolita is just fucking weird.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 08:37:36 2013 No.6599689

>>6599583
Slightly off topic but I hate when people get mad at me when I say I'm broke and use cosplay as a reason I shouldn't be broke. I plan ahead for all my cosplays and I like to have all my fabric before I start sewing so I sometime I sit on fabric for months before actually making anything. Which is completely different from geting a phone call asking me if I want to do something that involves money in the next 20 minutes.

Also:
>cosplay friends who have to be the only one of their character and will bitch if there is anyone else cosplaying the same character.

Washu !R7sqSH2wmU Sat Feb 2 09:45:36 2013 No.6599711
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>>6599689
>cosplay friends who have to be the only one of their character and will bitch if there is anyone else cosplaying the same character.
This all the way!

>Friends that can't entertain themselves at cons, and HAVE to be up your butt the whole 3 days
>Doctor Who copslayers.
I don't give a shit if you are a die hard fan desu. Doctor Who cosplayers are just as annoying as Avengers and Homestuck

>Gender Bender Avenger costumes
They piss me off because a good amount of the characters already have a female counter part. I know for a fact that Loki and Iron Man have female versions of themselves in the comics.

>Comic book anything at anime cons
Usually, I would be the one to fight for the right to copslay whatever i/you want, but 70% of the people that cosplay comics at an anime con are fake nerd girls and its annoying. I don't think I have ever seen a fake nerd girl in an anime costume at a comic con. I mean, if you really are a fan then by all means go for it, but don't sit there and tell me that Black Cat is your favorite Justice League villain.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 09:52:07 2013 No.6599717

People who don't bother to update their reworn or old cosplay costumes and wear them over and over again.
I mean I've worn a costume more than once too but I made a few tweaks and tried to improve it. If the wig got ratty then I would replace it.
It boggles me how people can wear the same frizzy, tangled, unstyled wigs over and over without realizing how sloppy it looks.
Closet cosplayers are usually worse about this because I presume they're trying to save money. But honestly, if I didn't have the extra money I wouldn't bother.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 10:01:06 2013 No.6599723 >>6598709 Who are you cosplaying from Morrowind? I must know.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 10:09:07 2013 No.6599726 File: 670 KB, 2288x1611, pony_hugs__fixed__by_artpwny-d5lm0oh.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6599370 GET INSIDE THIS HUG

>>	Fang !!rFoWXKYr2uG Sat Feb 2 10:35:06 2013 No.6599739 People that call every girl in costume at a con a fake nerd seriously folks not everyone is fake

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 10:36:36 2013 No.6599740

I have this new dislike for people at cons who notice some detail in your costume that is wrong and then processed to point it out every single time they see you. And when they see you they make sure that everyone else in the room knows about it also.
I hate that guy.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 10:53:36 2013 No.6599760

>>6599739
This so hard.

Yes a lot of people do fake it, but they're also pretty easy to pick out. They're the ones being the loudest and are the ones hoping that their noise covers up the fact that they don't know their source material.

I feel like the real fans or people interested in something are the ones who are excited to discuss the source material with another fan but don't need to scream, "OMG I'M SUCH A GURRL NURD. IVE LUVED DIS SHO/COMIC/ANIMU/GAME SINC I WUZ 3! I NO EVERYTHANG BOUT IT KEKEKE"

///
And contributing: one thing that really grinds my gears is when a cosplayer discovers a new stitch or technique because they finally read a sewing manual/got a lesson/saw another cosplayer use the technique, and they now loudly proclaim that this is the ONLY way to do something everyone not doing it is an unskilled idiot, someone truly doing more work than they should, or is just too stupid to learn such a glorious thing, nevermind that it might not be necessary or look right on any number of projects. But damnit, they discovered it, it's the new best thing, and all you faggots not using it are a shame to cosplay and sewing in general.

Violin_Man !JulyINNdKs Sat Feb 2 11:12:36 2013 No.6599783

>>6599739
My God, this so damn much. I used to ignore it for a while, had this logic about female cosplayers but as I grew older and wiser I've long since abandon those views. I don't get it. Yeah, there are some girls who are this but don't paint all ladies as fakes. That some forever alone shit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 11:16:36 2013 No.6599789 >>6599723 Queen Barenziah.

>>	Dr.Robotussin Sat Feb 2 11:28:36 2013 No.6599801 >>6598711 Fucking this really I FUCKING HATE fat people. I don't fucking care how nice you are or how bad this sounds but I can hear you drag your feet all the way across the con.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 11:39:36 2013 No.6599806 >>6599739 I thought this was more of a comiccon phenomenon? Seriously who would pretend to be into anime, we are still the lowest rung of humanity.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 11:57:38 2013 No.6599821 >>6599806 Anyone desperate for a label to not seem mainstream would gladly take the "Anime nerd" name. It still happens. I mean, hell, there are a lot of people who gladly and proudly call themselves weeaboos or otaku.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 12:05:37 2013 No.6599832 >>6599806 You'd be surprised. The less mainstream anime tend to have rather "protective" fans.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 12:15:37 2013 No.6599846

When somebody tries or asks to touch your prop(s) and you don't let them, only to have them treat you like a bitch because of it.

>I spent...SO MUCH TIME and MONEY on this delicate little prop. YOUR FAT GREASY hands better stay the FUCK off my hard work.

It's especially bad when they have unsealed body paint.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 12:20:07 2013 No.6599850

People that actually call themselves nerds, and not like "yah i guess im pretty nerdy" like "LOL LOOK HOW NERDY I AM I LIKE VIDO GAMES AND WATCH ANIME ALL LONG IM SO QUIRKY AND NERDY XD"

The people that are extremlly proud and loud about being "nerdy" like it's some ancient culture of theirs.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 12:24:07 2013 No.6599855 >>6599850 I used to get beat up for being a nerd. Now it's like a trendy hipster thing. Idgi.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 12:42:37 2013 No.6599865 >>6599855 This is why I'm angry that people pride themselves in being a "nerd". I got the shit beat out of me for years and now those people are calling themselves nerds.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 12:49:38 2013 No.6599883 >>6599865 Same here. In my case, it was dangerous to have other people know you were smart, getting good grades, and interested in things besides sports, talking about boys, and celebrities. People made my life hell for being into different things.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 12:58:08 2013 No.6599895 >>6599883 >>6599865 Pretty much all you have to do now is watch freaking Adventure Time or Dr. Who and suddenly you're a part of the clan. What happened to "nerd" being an insult?

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 13:00:37 2013 No.6599897

>>6599883
>>6599855
>like to talk about math, anime, PS2 games, and birds
>get tripped down the stairwell
>gum and other shit in my hair
>find my bookbag in the toilet
>all my weeb drawings are called "pokemon"
>one friend for the most part of my life who eventually started ignoring me
>graduate
>thick glasses, gamer tags, shabby clothes and AT quotes everywhere

I want to die.

I guess what grinds my gears is unwarranted elitism, especially in things like video games and anime. We're all a bunch of retards enjoying Japanese girl cartoons, games and frilly clothes. There is no need to have a fit when someone is more or less casual than you, especially in public.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 13:03:37 2013 No.6599901

>>6599883
Omg same fucking thing. I may never got beaten up (thank god), but I think that getting bullied for six years straight is bad enough.
Also my grades dropped like fuck, and I became extremely self-conscious. Motherfucking little cunts, oh how I hate these fucktards.

>>	The Slavic Cal-igula !skmS3rgfAs Sat Feb 2 13:04:07 2013 No.6599903 >>6599895 They need to get deeper into it before I consider them a nerd. Like they need to know how a Pikachu evolves or that Cana Alberona drinks too much alcohol.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 13:05:08 2013 No.6599907 What about you guys quit being children and feel the need to put a title like nerd, geek, etc on yourself? Grow up. Things change. Do what interests you and quit being obsessed with "zomg everyone wants to be a geek nowwww ;_;"

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 13:05:38 2013 No.6599905

People refused to talk to me because I was "weird" for liking stuff that they didn't. When my family tried to tell me I could make friends by joining in on conversations that weren't about anime (I was in my weeb phase) I tried it and one of the girls told me, "Wow! You just kind of butted in didn't you!" Pretty rude, everyone else in the group just stared at me. I'm sorry that whining about life isn't something I talk about?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 13:09:37 2013 No.6599909 >>6599907 Butthurt ZOMG NERDGURRL xDDD detected.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 13:24:07 2013 No.6599930 >>6599909 Nope. Nice try though. I think both sides are fucking stupid. Just enjoy what you enjoy without putting a fucking label on it. The end.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 13:25:07 2013 No.6599931 >>6599930 That's not how people work.

Colonel Mayor Sat Feb 2 14:08:37 2013 No.6599997
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>>6599846
Same. I tend to let people see my props if they ask nicely enough but once some furry with a Kingdom Hearts hair and confederate flag asked if he could see how heavy my hammer is and proceeded to bop me in the head with it.
>MOTHERFUCKER, I am wearing a STYLED WIG. What the FUCK are you doing hitting me with my own gat dang prop.

Another time some little girl runs up to me and without saying a word proceeds to try and pry the same hammer out of my hands. All of my friends just stare and laugh as I mumble about needing to be careful for my prop. She jerks it away because I'm sure as hell not putting up a fight with a 12 year old she proceeds to hug me after passing it to my friend. Still dead silent, she then just runs off.
>Kid, I am NOT going to jail because you don't understand the concept of asking if it's okay for a hug.

Dr.Robotussin Sat Feb 2 14:49:37 2013 No.6600034

>>6599806

Any 6/10 women who thinks she's hot shit and wants to be worshiped by anyone requardless of who they are.

Along with 6/10 guys who are only in it for pussy who also wants to be worshiped by anyone requardless of who they are.

Or the fact that being a "nerd" and liking anime is considered in now so you have a swarm of normalfags claiming to be the king/queen of le nerds so that can be the most popular person in school and to get more followers on their twitter.

What's worse is that they have people convinced that there are no such thing as liars and posers and that anyone who knows what a pokey-man is or a mario for 360 makes them a nerd.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 14:56:07 2013 No.6600037 People that smell bad. I don't really care about anything else, but holy fucking hell the smell of cons is too much. IS SHOWERING REALLY THAT DIFFICULT.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:00:37 2013 No.6600039

>>6599907
I've never gotten the whole "nerd" thing, As much as John Green grinds my gears, he said it best: a nerd really is just someone who likes something. So why is there any baggage attached to that? Why would you want to be one, or why would you want to deny being one? I don't get it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:01:37 2013 No.6600040 >>6599903 >thinking knowing how a Pikachu evolves constitutes as "deeper"

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:08:37 2013 No.6600045 My gears get ground with all of this "fake nerd" bullshit. Why do people care so much?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:09:08 2013 No.6600049 >>6600039 That's not what a nerd is you dingbat.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:11:07 2013 No.6600056

>>6600039
Because it means different things to different people, unfortunately. Nu-nerds are obsessed with it because calling yourself a nerd (in their minds) is a way to say that you're smart and love gadgets and cool new tech but you're also awkward and dress funny (only in a cute way!) and it's got enough self deprecating connotation so that they can say it without sounding like they're bragging.

Older nerds tend to only identify themselves with the term when forced to do so, and most of them have spent large portions of their lives trying to pass as "normal." The struggle with nerdiness is integral to a lot of their personal development (overcoming self doubt and social anxiety, finding romance while being true to themselves, dealing with social stigma, etc) and so when they see the first group talking about being nerds it strikes these people in a very personal way. It's not so much the title as it is these people feel like their personal struggles are being brushed aside and replaced by a halloween costume.

In either case I think people need to chill out. I'm in the second camp and I deal with it just by ignoring people that bother me. It's not hard.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:11:37 2013 No.6600054

I once saw a dealer viciously mocking a guy with an MLP shirt and his girlfriend who was cosplaying Pinky Pie. I hate bronies too, but fuck that was out of line and a really stupid thing to do at a con when MLP is insanely popular and you have dozens of potential customers in earshot.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:18:37 2013 No.6600071

>>6600037

Lol have you been to a con rave yet where the population density is quite large?

Let me put things into perspective.

I let out a massive protein fart out once in my car and my fucking dog was screaming bloody murder and my gf at the time almost fucking puked everywhere.

At a recent con, I was 20 feet from the rave door and I could fucking smell death. Literally it smelled worse than the gaseous emission that my asshole expelled after I ate 250g of protein.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:18:37 2013 No.6600072

>>6600056
That and they honestly don't care about whatever they're lolsonerdy about.
>omg i love sailor moon so much it's so unique i wish there was anything else like it, don't you?
>well, there's a whole genre of magical girl anime...
>EWW YOU WATCH ANIME ABOUT LITTLE GIRLS THAT'S SO PEDO

Swap out SM and mahou shoujo for DBZ and neverending shounen ("omg that's so retarded who would ever watch that?"), the AAA game of the month with lesser-known games from the same genre ("omg it's so hard/looks stupid, don't want to play it"), etc.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:24:37 2013 No.6600081 >>6600054 I recall the way dealers treated me when I was shopping around for stuff in my fluttershy costume. As if I was dumb and asking for things for someone else. Next day dressed as leia was treated much more nicer.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:26:37 2013 No.6600085

>>6600081
Funny thing, the same fucking dealer had a shitload of pony toys out. So he clearly wants to make money off them, but is driving them all away.

Seriously though the shit this guy said would, in a normal store, get the employee fired and the store sued.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:28:07 2013 No.6600088

>>6600072
Yeah, I don't want to sound like a pretentious asshole (here it comes) but nu-nerds tend to only like stuff if it makes them look good or lets them impress other people. Niche things are useless for that purpose because if hardly anyone knows what it is, you can't use it to get attention.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:32:08 2013 No.6600095

>>6600088
Yep, this is exactly why I get irritated with them. But fuck, not going to complain too much. One of the nu-nerds I know has like 5 awful DBZ tattoos in exposed areas, she is going to be fucked when the trend passes. She's a childhood friend of mine...but has only been the OMG BIGGEST DBZ FAN EVER for the past two years..

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:32:08 2013 No.6600097 I hate when cosplayers just put on whatever dumb "burlesque", "goth" or "raver" outfit in their closet and add in a wig and call it their ~super original stripper robin Ciel cosupray~. fuck those people.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:40:37 2013 No.6600104 File: 47 KB, 450x600, 450px-1277724610066.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600097 As a piggyback to this anything "lolita." IT gives cosplayers and lolis alike something to gripe about together.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:42:37 2013 No.6600108

>>6600049
What constitutes a nerd to you?

>>6600056
I don't get the "struggle with nerdiness" though. Like, why do people think it's stigmatizing to have an interest? Everyone has interests that they've invested in, why are some considered nerdy and some aren't? What makes something nerdy? Why would they have to "pass" as "normal" when having invested interests IS normal?

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 15:46:07 2013 No.6600112

>>6600108
If it's something preferred by introverted people, it's abnormal and should be mocked. It's fine to be insanely obsessed with watching a sport you don't even play, but playing tabletop games/competitive card games is fucked up.

Basically it boils down to people who don't understand or accept that others don't like the same things as them. More people like mainstream things, thus more people think non-mainstream things are wrong.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:01:37 2013 No.6600132

>>6600108
The struggle with nerdiness generally comes from an unfortunate series of events that differs from person to person. I can only speak to my own experience but what happened was:

>>passion for literature/fantasy/science, basically weird stuff nobody wants to talk about when they're young
>>grow up alone, become teenage, enter disgusting acne/mother still buys my clothes/hormonal angst phase
>>other people's disinterest in me changes to outright disgust and teasing
>>don't have the social graces or experience to know how to deal with it, get mad, shut out everyone else even further

After that it was years of upward climb out of the shitpit, trying to erase every gross thing I hated about myself and basically healing all the wounds of youth, imagined or otherwise.

People consider some hobbies nerdy and others not because of pointless social stigma and rules nobody is really clear on. "Nerds" get singled out because their intense focus on asocial hobbies doesn't give them much ability or experience to defend themselves with, and they end up painting a bullseye on themselves by accident. The easiest way for a lot of petty young people to feel better is to make other people feel worse. It's a vicious cycle.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:08:37 2013 No.6600148

>>6600112
This.
When I was growing up, many of my classmates didnt have internet, and if I want anime or manga, i needed to order it via catalog. You couldnt get shit in barnes and nobles or borders. I also read a shit ton and didnt watch tv, or pay attention to music (nsync,backstreet boys, hanson, Britney spears, ect.)

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:13:37 2013 No.6600154 >>6599394 Aren't you that girl who has slept with 7 guys even though you're only 20?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:25:08 2013 No.6600172 Trashy femanons who keep pretending to be nerds and following us guys around wherever we make new communities. Seriously, what in "nerd culture" has been pioneered by females at all? 4chan women are garbage, and garbage belongs in the trash.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:26:08 2013 No.6600174

So, I'm not sure if you people just exist in really nerdy circles and are therefore talking about internal nerd politics, or if it actually is very different for other people. Comics and video games are pretty mainstream and DEFINITELY get co-opted by people who are casual as fuck. But being into anime still makes you a gigantic loser wherever I've been. Even if someone enjoys American animation or live-action Japanese cinema, they get very defensive about not being an anime fan.

Sometimes there are loudmouths who have relatively low power-levels, but it's more like they're overly enthusiastic weeaboos than "poseurs." I mean, I fucking hate them, but they come off as autistic, not hipsters.

So help me out: are y'all confusing autists with hipsters, talking about the internal politics of nerd circles, or is it genuinely different other places and you can talk about anime in public without normalfags treating you like a leper?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:27:37 2013 No.6600177 File: 46 KB, 640x480, 1:10.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600172 >what in "nerd culture" has been pioneered by females at all? >cosplay & lolita >lolita 1/10, i responded

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:28:37 2013 No.6600178 >>6600172 Computer programming. Sage for "HELP HELP THE OPPOSITE SEX LIKES WHAT I LIKE"

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:29:07 2013 No.6600181 >>6600177 So you invented something about dressing up like a slut and an ageplay fetish clothing style that costs thousands of dollars? >>6600178 Feminist history alert. Babbage programmed his own machine for the most part. Go suck a cock.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:30:37 2013 No.6600183 File: 377 KB, 320x240, 1291048314857.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600172 >>>/y/

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:31:07 2013 No.6600188 >>6600177 >muh slutty costumes You dress up to get our attention and you think that's worth something?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:33:07 2013 No.6600190 >>6600181 Well to be fair, they invented the whole concept of the "slutty nerd". Most guys are content with being reserved and shy in nerd hobbies, but females have gotta slut it up at cons.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:35:08 2013 No.6600194
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>>6600188
You know absolutely nothing about lolita other than it gets your dick hard and you think your opinion's worth something?

Not our fault that nerdy guys are so pathetically thirsty they can get turned on by knees.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:35:37 2013 No.6600192 >>6600190 True. But the whole 'I dress up as Yoko for myself' is still funny.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:36:07 2013 No.6600196

I'm a dealer and I hate when people stop by and ask "Do you have any $X items?" and when I say no they try to haggle on some item twice the price.

It especially pisses me off when they say "Well I only have $20 for the weekend!" Like I care that you're a dumb bitch and brought $20 to a con for the entire weekend.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:38:07 2013 No.6600198 >>6600194 >>implying lolita isn't dick-bogglingly hot >>dem petticoats >>dem legs >>dem shoes >>dat puffy skirt >>dat tiny hat >>dat hair If you aren't turned on by sexy coords you're a fucking peasant.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:39:08 2013 No.6600199 >>6600181 >>ageplay fetish clothing style 10/10 I need to stop forgetting how trolltastic this is

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:40:08 2013 No.6600200 >>6600181 Wasn't talking about Lovelace. the ENIAC programming team was 6 women. Far more important than Babbage's machine which was never completed Idiot.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:42:37 2013 No.6600204 >>6600194 Yeah, there's nothing about ageplay inherent with lolita at all. And loli secrets doesn't have endless confessions about ageplay/daddy daughter shit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:44:07 2013 No.6600209 File: 135 KB, 600x703, SADBEAR.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600194 >>nerdy guys are so pathetically thirsty they can get turned on by knees. The nerd shaming here is just too much. I'm sorry, I have to leave.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:44:37 2013 No.6600210 >>6600198 This. And you know it's hot. That's why you wear it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:46:07 2013 No.6600214 >>6599342 bless you for cosplaying a hufflepuff. bless you. I'm sorry ignant feygets didn't get it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 16:53:07 2013 No.6600226 >>6600204 That's hot though. Girls with daddy issues are hot as fuck.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:03:07 2013 No.6600233 >>6600226 >>6600210 >>6600204 >>6600198 Here come the rapists. Thread was nice for a while.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:04:07 2013 No.6600235 >>6600233 How am I a rapist for liking girls with daddy issues?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:11:07 2013 No.6600246 File: 220 KB, 467x339, baww.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600174 I had a real question for you guys and you went for the ageplay troll instead? You're the worst, /cgl/! I hate you! You're not my board!

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:32:07 2013 No.6600277 >>6600246 What do you expect? Lolitas are all ageplayers so they love talking about it, and the guys that come here are all creepy rapists/predators so they start salivating the second ageplay comes up.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:43:07 2013 No.6600298

>>6600277
We're creepy for having rape fantasies when you have them too?

I like girls with daddy issues for the same reason I like underage girls. They're more open minded as far as liking "messed up" sexual fantasies goes. They're also more open sexually in general when it comes to older guys who share their interest in ageplay.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:47:07 2013 No.6600309

In no particular order:

People who break out every quirky piece of clothing they've got for anime conventions and drag their pitiful selves around the con in fishnet shirts, trippants, and about 50 pounds of chains, collars, studded belts, and handcuffs, like they're some sort of bondage sub lost puppy.

People who drag other shit to anime cons because they want all the energy and fun of an anime con without actually having anything to do with the damn place. Star Wars and Dr. Who in particular need to piss right the fuck off. I like both those things, but for fuck's sake, don't start making panels and scheduling photoshoots.

Fuckers who get sexually liberated the second they go to a con and have a few drinks.

Faggots who buy or have a friend a half-decent costume and think they are queen of their fandoms. I get that looking good gives you confidence, but shut your whore mouth and don't talk shit about other cosplayers.

That shitty cheap fabric.. Broadcloth, I think? It's thin and made in flat, bright colors. It's the sort of thing that you'd expect kid's halloween costumes to be made of. It's always fucking wrinkly and photographs like shit. Should be banned from conventions.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:51:38 2013 No.6600320

What bugs me is when people dress up as perverted characters, and use it as an excuse to do the same thing to random girls/guys at cons. I'm all for acting as the character you are cosplaying, but there are lines that should never be crossed, and you still have to respect other people. Just because it works in an anime, doesn't make it ok in real life.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:53:38 2013 No.6600327 File: 80 KB, 400x598, 1324098084270.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600298 >wtf am I reading

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:56:07 2013 No.6600332 >>6600327 Lonely samefag troll from /r9k/.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 17:57:37 2013 No.6600335 File: 4 KB, 160x148, hpss6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600181 TROLL! TROLL IN THE DUNGEON! Just thought you'd like to know.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:00:07 2013 No.6600340

>>6600309
>That shitty cheap fabric.. Broadcloth, I think? It's thin and made in flat, bright colors. It's the sort of thing that you'd expect kid's halloween costumes to be made of. It's always fucking wrinkly and photographs like shit. Should be banned from conventions.
Oh my goood, I feel the same. I'm still new to cosplaying but I find using broadcloth works to test a pattern, and not to wear it out as a finished cosplay.

A friend of mine is also new and uses broadcloth because it's cheap; she isn't into cosplaying for srs bsn but still would like to look her best. We are planning for a "go big or go home" sort of cosplay, so hopefully she'll invest in better materials but we are such beginners, I wouldn't know where to start with fabrics. Not going to derail the thread any more, but it would be helpful to have a visual chart of character examples and the type of fabrics to look for that best suits the character's clothing.

To contribute:
>"FREE HUGS"
Nice to know you offer hugs, but don't hug when not being asked to, especially after being declined to.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:15:37 2013 No.6600374

>>6600340
It's not even just the fabric. It's the whole mentality that goes with it. That half-assed, lazy, unskilled approach to costume making. Just a single stitch to hold together things or not having a lining layer to keep the thing from being practically see through or not tailoring the thing to fit and creating some bagging, wrinkly smock that hangs over you or leaving frayed edges visible or loose threads.

I don't expect everyone to be a master tailor, but at the same time, half-assing it that badly means you'd have been better off if you didn't even try.

Choco-Coco !!mOxKaazUvDF Sat Feb 2 18:27:01 2013 No.6600411

This one doesn't go for just cons but in general because it happens all the fucking time and it pisses me off so much.

People who will stop and stand in the middle of the hallway or walkway.

What the ever loving fuck, can you not move over two feet so people can get by? It's especially bad at cons when a lot of people have props and big armor. If anyone asks me for a photo I always move over to the side. It drives me nuts when people will just stand in the middle of the walkway holding everyone up.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:27:30 2013 No.6600406 File: 54 KB, 400x445, 400px-Laharl_Big_(Disgaea_2).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6600340 Broadcloth has its uses, though. If the fabric is supposed to be really thin and monocolor, then it works just fine. This scarfcape, for example.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:34:00 2013 No.6600418 >>6600406 Good point.. Also, I can't wait to see all the bikini Lady-Laharl's after D2 comes out.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:35:01 2013 No.6600420 >>6600411 Choco, you're the cutest slut on /cgl/ by a mile.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:36:00 2013 No.6600422 >>6600418 Me neither, especially since I'm gonna be wearing my Laharl cosplay to a number of cons in the future.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:44:00 2013 No.6600441

>>6600411
This so much. It's such a bother that some people lack courtesy and awareness around them, which causes inconveniences like clogging up hallways and stairways.

>walking down stairs
>a couple of steps taken up by attendees sitting down
>trying to get by
>"Excuse me, I need to get by."
>some first reacted to scoot over, and lean to the side, as if that gives me enough room to step over them and reach the ground
>one stands up to let me by
>srsly gaiz? srsly?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 2 18:46:00 2013 No.6600444 >>6600340 >>free hugs This is one of the most annoying parts of conventions if you ask me. What's the point? They wanna cop a feel? They wanna be the center of attention? It's always these pasty, skinnyfat nerd guys who do it too. Beta as fuck.

Anonymous Sat Feb 2 20:43:00 2013 No.6600670

>>6600037
It's fat people smell and unwashed, skanky body odor. And yes, fat people really do have a smell. It's caused by their epithelial cells dying from lack of oxygen and blood. This is due to the circulatory system being too stretched to properly do it's job. Basically your smelling dying flesh.

Anonymous Sun Feb 3 00:25:00 2013 No.6601118

>>6600340

If you need a solid monocolor cotton that isn't shit and see-through for whatever reason, look up Kona Cotton. It's technically quilting fabric, but if you look at broadcloth and say "I would make this cosplay with you if you weren't garbage," invest in some Kona.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 3 00:28:30 2013 No.6601122 >>6600444 >mfw I've only seen females with those signs Projecting much?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 3 00:45:31 2013 No.6601158 >>6601122 Must be going to the wrong cons then. In either case it's pitiful.

Anonymous Sun Feb 3 04:33:32 2013 No.6601463

>Awesome/Decent cosplays with shitty wigs or wigs that aren't taken care of.
Just because it's not a Party City wig doesn't mean it'll magically look nice every time you pull it out of a bag. Take care of it!

Not to say I don't take advantage of people who don't take care of their wigs and sell it for dirt cheap. Most of the time, the wig just needs to be washed and brushed properly.

>>6601118
This. I love using Kona Cotton for my cosplays. It's my go to fabric for simple stuff.

Anonymous Sun Feb 3 04:52:32 2013 No.6601482

"Friends" who think you can make them an entire costume with props and a styled wig for free or dirt cheap and don't understand what's wrong with it. I don't mind helping where possible or if you're willing to pay for materials and labor but I'm not a sweatshop.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 3 04:57:02 2013 No.6601489 >>6601118 Thank you for the pointer! I'll keep it in mind, hopefully the fabric store has some.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 3 09:20:03 2013 No.6601689 >>6600040 > not getting sarcasm

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 5 11:33:40 2013 No.6606510 bump

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 5 12:13:09 2013 No.6606570 >>6599583 how the hell did she even get around. you would need a team to help you. Thats just so sad she went to such lengths to get attention. And how much the fabric cost makes my wallet hurt.

>>	Hula121 !wvTgDQHyaM Tue Feb 5 18:41:40 2013 No.6607275 The butthurt over "Fake Geek Girls". Because EVERYONE is fake. Being pissy over fake geek girls is pointless and redundant.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 11:28:10 2013 No.6608945 Hecklers at the masquerade.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 15:44:02 2013 No.6609289

When cosplayers get small, fixable details wrong or forget simple accessories. I often very nicely done Sailor Moon cosplayers, and they forget simple things like chokers, choker ornaments, and incorrect shoe or missing shoes details. Or when things like pins, buttons, or patches are on the wrong side of the garment.

It's because they're so fixable or very easy to not get wrong. Like why would a Sailor Mars cosplayer have black high heels instead of red, or why would a Sailor Venus forget her ankle strap?

For a con, biggest peeves are people with horrible breath who have to get right in your face and people who invade personal space.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 15:54:32 2013 No.6609297 File: 163 KB, 838x641, hurrdog.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6609289 >I often very nicely done Sailor Moon osplayers >I often very nicely done >I often very nicely done

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 15:59:32 2013 No.6609302

I wish that http://gorgeouspluslolita.tumblr.c/ and similar blogs had better taste, generally speaking these girls she posts look like a hot mess and I KNOW that's not just because they're fat because I really enjoy the plus-sized threads we have here and the girls that get posted look fab, not fat.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 16:13:03 2013 No.6609330 >>6609297 Aw shit. Fucking derped. >I often find pictures of

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 17:40:03 2013 No.6609477
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>people hating on cosplayers because of the series they are cosplaying

oh boy i can't wait when people talk to me whilst in my next costume

I'm going to get fucking crucified

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 17:49:33 2013 No.6609485
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>>6609477
Gonna cosplay Donte as well because I liked the game much more than I thought I would. Also gonna do the DMC 3 version so yeah.
You have to post a pic when your Vergil is done. If you would manage with all the details I will love you forever.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 17:50:03 2013 No.6609486 thats what you get for dressing up as a DA2 character

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 17:59:03 2013 No.6609490 >>6609477 I loved that DMC, people need just to shup the fuck up sometimes...

>>	The Warden !!TdjiLcSZ3ta Wed Feb 6 18:08:02 2013 No.6609502 People who think they can act like social morons because they're at a con or in cosplay. Social rules and norms don't just suddenly not apply to conventions.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 18:22:02 2013 No.6609510

>>6600340
Broadcloth has its uses. It's most commonly used for dress shirts, petticoats and old-school nighties and bloomers. The reason why is because it breathes easy, is easy to clean and is also very affordable.

You would not want to make a dress shirt or a pair of bloomers for practical use (as a functional undergarment) out of a heavy quilting cotton.

It's also thin enough to ruffle very nicely, where a heavier cotton wouldn't. That being said. Don't make an entire costume out of broadcloth. That's going full-retard.

I suppose my pet peeve is people who think every costume needs to be made out of twill, kona cotton or dupioni silk. There are thousands of different blends and types of fabrics out there, and using too much of one texture (unless you're intentionally going for a flat look) never looks realistic or high quality. Satin is also not the devil. It's just a dangerous weapon in the wrong hands.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 18:29:02 2013 No.6609516

>>6609490
>>6609485
the primary problems with DmC is that they threw pretty much everything out the damn window and then seemed to intentionally alienate the existing fans further

its an OK game taken on its own merits but a fucking hackjob of a devil may cry.

i'll take solace in the fact that its not selling as well as expected.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 18:33:02 2013 No.6609520 >>6609516 I'm pinning a lot of that on release date. I know a ton of people, myself included, who want to buy but are still broke-ass from xmas.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:27:03 2013 No.6609611

>>6609516
no? the combo system and gameplay are way more fluid than any of the previous iterations hands down.

as a long time fan of the series i would definitely say that ninja theory took a series that had seem just as many low points (2 and 4) as high points (1 and 3) and improved on just about every aspect of the game.

in my eyes its not only a fantastic game on its own merits, but just the kind of reboot the series needed. heres to hoping the next iteration doesn't go the way of dmc2.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:49:02 2013 No.6609644

>>6609611
30 fps (if you are lucky),it doesnt punish you for spam, its easier to stay in the air, there's no styles to choose from,the fucking meter only goes down if you get hit (which is being patched although that was supposedly working as intended according to the devs),less aggressive enemies,cutscenes mid-battle,color coded enemies which can only be hit by matching weapon (so much for fighting how you'd like to fight)

and its set to sell LESS THAN DEVIL MAY CRY 2 at this rate.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 19:57:03 2013 No.6609648 Cosplayers Cons should be about panels and meeting people with similar interests, not attention whoring.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:14:02 2013 No.6609668

FEM!<insert character> cosplays. I'm growing tired of it. Females dressing up as slutty versions of a male character. It is boring, pointless and frankly insulting. If a male was to make a MALE!<insert character> 90% or more of the time he is shamed out of the building or insulted. The double standard is bullshit. The only real time it is accepted is if he is with a female or he is "omg so hot!"

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 20:31:32 2013 No.6609691 >>6609648 No, we needed hot girls dressing up like our favorite characters. And hey, they made a culture out of it that's not TOO cringe-worthy, so there's that. Now, FAT cosplayers on the other hand. Well. My eyes. They burn.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 21:29:41 2013 No.6609799

>>6600054
That shit isn't cool at all. Talk about throwing customer service out the window. The thousands of people I deal with at each con, I really only get a handful of people who deserve a kick in the pants.

Also, as a wig dealer, two things bother me. People returning obviously worn wigs and lie saying they never wore it or wore it on just long enough to try it(I'm sorry when you return a wig that looks like a rats nest and reeks of perfume), and people trying to get their wigs styled AT the booth. I don't have an outlet at the booth and they want me to do styles that require a blowdryer and hairspray. I had one girl who wanted me to style a Sasuke wig and didn't want to pay for the styling job. You don't go into a salon and ask to get your hair cut for free, so don't come to my booth and try to take away an hour of my time for free when I've got other customers who want to buy their wigs and have questions.

Also this came up in conversation, but people abusing kickstarter to pay for their cosplay and vacations to Japan. I distinctly remember seeing a couple girls from a maid cafe running a kickstarter so they could take all expenses paid trip to japan for "research" in authetic maid cafes. Also back when WCS preliminaries or whatever were hosted at Katsu, a couple of locals started a donation drive to try to earn enough money to fly out to Katsu so they could compete in the preliminaries and try to get in saying it "Was their dream to get into WCS" They're both adults and fully capable of working and saving money. If they couldn't afford that year, they could go next year. WCS isn't just going to suddenly disappear. Somehow they did end up making it out to the con and had their prop fall part on stage and the girl just give up.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:03:40 2013 No.6609870 >>6609648 Gotta have something to do in between the panels. I just don't like the mentality that cosplaying is the norm.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:13:11 2013 No.6609892

>>6599711
>Friends that can't entertain themselves at cons, and HAVE to be up your butt the whole 3 days
OH GOD THIS. ALL THE THIS.
I am friends with this couple.
And we were all going to the NYCC, and I was like "Oh it is cool maybe we will see each other there!"
And they wanted to take the train together, and I was cool with that, they don't go into NYC that often and I do all the time, it was also there first time at the convention and I have been going for years so I did not mind showing them the way. They also said (not offer, just said) they were driving me and my boyfriend to the train, it was cold I was cool with not walking... Also, two of there friends would be on the train with us, no big, I think it will make the train ride interesting.
And then we got there, and I had sold a ticket to somewhone and had to give it to her, so I wandered off. The two friends also went off to do there own thing.
And me and my boyfriend went about enjoying our day, going to panels and walking around the dealers room, ectect normal con stuff.
We happen to stop to eat at the same time, whatever, cool, so we sit to eat lunch with them, talk about panels we have planned, and seriously the ONLY thing on the programing that they had ANY interest in was some robot chicken panel. And I'm like ya have fun with that, I'm not interested, I'm at comic con, going to continue being a comic nerd.
So we excuse ourselves and go about the rest of our day.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:22:10 2013 No.6609910

>>6609648
Something along the lines of this.
Conventions are a conglomeration of things for me.
>cosplay
>panels
>guests
>SWAG

Slowly one is outweighing the other. Cosplay seems to start outweighing panels. And within Cosplay AGAIN it seems the theme isn't being yielded to. I am a cosplayer, I love cosplaying, but I dont enjoy that anime conventions are slowly becoming ONLY about the costumes

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:23:10 2013 No.6609912

>>6609892
So time for the shitty robot chicken panel, they call us, and kind of rudely insist that we meet up with them for it.
Now my boyfriend has this thing where being rude is taboo as hell so he agrees and we get in the HUGE ASS LINE for this fucking robot chicken panel at a fucking comic convention, and I really had a panel on horror comics that I wanted to go to in the same time slot, and we wait and wait in this huge line, cant even hear this man on a screen, and I start to think that we are just going to stand hear in this off room and will not be let into the seated room at all, and I really don't like robot chicken so I piece out, and they FALLOW, I mean really if you like it stay, you don't have to be with me.
So we go to my horror panel.
And I thought it was wonderful, I mean the fucking writer for hellboy was there what the fuck else do you need. And they looked board as shit. Like, I am going to die if they don't stop talking board as shit, sighing and everything.
They are then GLUED TO OUR ASS while we try to enjoy the rest of the day, and honestly nether of them have any interest in anything that was at the convention, and the whole time the girl BITCHES and MOANS about "Oh my god I can't believe those other two haven't met back up with us yet AT LEAST you two did SOME things with us"
BITCH.
I AINT YOUR CHAPERONE, MAMA, WHATEVER.
You basically invited yourself to this convention with me.
Oh god I'm ranting but I will continue because I have to get this out.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:26:10 2013 No.6609922 >>6609910 Wait... how is cosplaying outweighing the panels and guests? And SWAG? There are always dealers rooms and AAs.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:34:40 2013 No.6609942 >>6609922 Many panels are starting to become about cosplay and swag is the shit you get (so merchants and AA are included). I didn't mean the ##yolo##swagfreshshirt type of swag.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:35:40 2013 No.6609944

>>6609912
At least the boy likes anime, and there is some anime programing that we see for him.
The girl has never watched anime, nether of them have ever picked up a comic book, and they are just really annoying for the rest of the night.
I mean why the hell did you invite your damn self.
So, somehow during the day I hurt my foot.
I did not know it at the time, but I lifted my toe nail off the nail bed badly, to the point that it is still blue as I am typing this and the convention was in October. All I knew is that it hurt, like my eyes were watering hurt, and so I took my shoes off and that made it feel better and ran around without them, and that was fine until it was time to leave for the day.
And so, I told them, I could not walk all the way back to grand central I needed to take a taxi.
Oh god, the boy WHINES AND MOANS, lecturing me about choosing to wear heals.
I.wear.heals.every.day.
Seriously, I am a sales person, and I wear heals for work every single day. And I told him, that it was not a pain from the heals it was my toes they hurt so bad I could not walk at the end of the night...but he kept condescending telling me that heals were inappropriate for conventions I should wear seekers, even when I expressed I had worn thous same heals at another convention... I have worn heals at more conventions then he has even been too for fucks sake.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:39:10 2013 No.6609953

>>6609942
I knew what you meant by swag. I just don't see how it's getting out competed by cosplayers. Unless you mean the fact that AA and Dealers are starting to sell cosplay stuff. Cause they've always done that to sell to the non dressed up attendees.

I'm not noticing a big increase in the cosplay panels. Cons have had them for a while, and there are usually only 2-3. Which makes sense considering usually one of the guests is a cosplay guest.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:48:40 2013 No.6609967

>>6609944
But no, it was the heals and I am stupid and he doesn't care that it 'is not very lolita or whatever you are wearing' but next time I should wear sneakers.
He has been to 3 conventions in his life.
I have been going to conventions since FUCKING 2005 and have worn higher heals for cosplay, and tuns and tuns of heals for lolita.
IT WAS NOT THE FUCKING HEALS. I fucking injured myself somehow.
So he insists we walk to the place he chose for us to go to dinner. I just can't. I really just can not at this point, and I go to try to catch a taxi, I am not really good at it and can't find any, and I go to take a fucking rick saw or whatever they are called because NOPE, I take his girlfriend with me so I am not cold and alone and the boys walk.
He gets piss drunk at dinner to the point he takes a piss in the fucking sink of hard rock.
He then insists that we walk to grand central and do not take a taxi.
I can not walk at this point. He insists that I am being a fucking baby and I can walk, heads off, makes me feel like shit to the point that I fallow, still lecturing me about my shoe choice, I am in tears, and walking like I am dying.
To the point that RANDOM STRANGERS ON THE STREET ask me if I am ok, and my boyfriend ends up carrying me most of the way.

I have kind of stooped talking to both of them after all that shit.

Anonymous Wed Feb 6 22:57:10 2013 No.6609980
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>>6609967
And then, they just tried to invite themselves to anime boston, my fucking favorite convention and the only convention that I set the time to stay all 3 days.
But some other comic convention is right after it that they were planing to go to already so they cant go.

Thank fucking god.
PS. This is what my toe looks like now, 4 fucking months latter.
BUT IT WAS SO THE SHOES, I SHOULD NEVER WEAR HEALS TO CONVENTIONS AGAIN.
Fucking fuck I am so mad.
I hope it grows all the way out and stops having that lump soon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 6 23:11:10 2013 No.6610010 heels*

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 00:21:11 2013 No.6610132 >>6609980 Looks like you might have stubbed it or someone stepped on it. That's what happened to my toe nail when a guy full on stomped on it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 00:25:10 2013 No.6610140 >>6609980 Your toenail should return to normal when it grows all the way out. t's heels, btw. Heals are the thing you cast in RPGs

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 00:28:10 2013 No.6610149

What pisses me off? Non anime cosplays. Now, vidya games, and obscure refrences, I can kinda understand. But the 20 overweight doctor cosplays, fucking MLP, homestuck, supernatural (what are you even), and the 800 zelda cosplayers.
And casuals.
Back to /v/ with me.

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Anonymous Thu Feb 7 00:48:40 2013 No.6610195

People who cosplay as characters who are just normal people in normal people clothes. Especially when they get mad that no one gets who they're cosplaying as ???

And people who say their greasy disgusting hasn't-been-trimmed-in-months hair is already PERFECT for their cosplay so they absolutely don't need a wig.

Lastly: people who just don't want to spend any money or time on their cosplays so everything is atrociously cheap and terrible. I had someone ask me if I knew any cheaper/easier alternatives for paper mache once ???

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 00:50:41 2013 No.6610198

I don't even know what to call this
>14, cosplaying Larxene (inb4 that was your first mistake)
>%50 of people who said something to me called me Vexen
>Not sure what to think
>Assume I look like shit since everyone's mistaking me for the creepy old guy
>Feel bad, especially since I worked hard on the wig
>Find out later another Larxene cosplayer had her friends do it to fuck with me so I would feel bad and change
What the fuck

Militsiya Officer Boris !!pP78TjSIAmJ Thu Feb 7 01:00:10 2013 No.6610216
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>>6610198
>Find out later another Larxene cosplayer had her friends do it to fuck with me so I would feel bad and change

Wow, that's some fucked up stuff right there.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:07:10 2013 No.6610227 >>6609980 Man i got some badass super blisters from wearing vietnam jungle boots that don't fit me and I thought that was pretty bad but...oh man under the nail oh god

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:10:11 2013 No.6610233 niggers cosplaying

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:12:40 2013 No.6610239
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>>6610195
>Lastly: people who just don't want to spend any money or time on their cosplays so everything is atrociously cheap and terrible

FUCKING THIS

My friend does Naked Snake from MGS3 and uses the wrong camo (M81 woodland, never used in the game) a camo bandana. Not green not even blue, it has camo on it and it's some weird fucking duck hunter pattern. On top of that he uses a digital multicam camo harnes that isnt even STABO and it's like some harness for shotgun shells and its fucking digital camo....and on top of all that he wears sneakers. It is GHETTO AS FUCK and looks HORRIBLE and he can afford to do better, he sure as hell can but it's like he has -zero- attention to detail or is lazy. Probably the former.

And what really pissed me off is that he got his picture taken more than I did. I know, i know it sounds petty to get asshurt over but I spent more money and even MADE A FUCKING SPIE HARNESS FROM PARACHUTE WEBBING and got custom brassards from my MGS:PW cosplay and just....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:17:10 2013 No.6610249 >>6610239 Kill your friend. Get all the attention.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:17:40 2013 No.6610248

I can't stand when I am sharing a hotel room with someone and they have their stuff everywhere.

Bitch, it's only three days, you don't need to spread out that much. And certainly don't complain when I gently pile your stuff in a corner, just to get to my stuff under the bed.

Also, I'm not going to help you round it all and pack, I'm packing my stuff and getting out.

This is probably worse because I have a tendency to room with people I either don't know or don't know well.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:18:40 2013 No.6610250 File: 43 KB, 521x579, 1359145269770.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6610239

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:22:41 2013 No.6610252 >>6610248 Holy shit, this.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:33:10 2013 No.6610263

four things that i wish never thought i'd deal with at conventions:
1) The ass-wipes who only go to any convention just to play magic the gathering, and bash on or give the stinkeye to cosplayers who enter the room. Basically the same collective asswipes who ruin your favorite store that sell table top games or any Games and Workshop store you've been into.
2) Star Wars fans who take shit seriously and like to bash on Trekkies or people in anime cosplay. Never understood how they (or the other dickweeds mentioned above) have this elitism and fandom for something so horrible. That and how they can make fun of people with like interests...
3) When i'm not costume but i figure in my head "Hey its a nice day out and its an outing! i'll wear something nice." everyone thinks i'm in costume or gives me a funny look/insult. Granted it doesn't help i'm in Steampunk inspired or vintage clothing from the 30's-mid 60's, but can't a guy look like a gentlemen anymore?
4) The not in costume boyfriend that watches(with hawk like precision) his; better looking and in better shape than them girlfriend; usually in the skimpy cosplay. Only in recent years have i seen this, and i have to laugh every time. Its almost like they think, someone is just going walk on by and take them away forever! There's no need for this! They obvious feel something for you (though god knows why...) and can probably handle themselves. If something funny does happen that when you do something.

Yeah so... thats all that really gets to me...

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 01:33:40 2013 No.6610262 >>6610248 >This is probably worse because I have a tendency to room with people I either don't know or don't know well. AND that's your problem solved right there...

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 02:24:10 2013 No.6610363 File: 40 KB, 584x480, 1297295357128.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6610263 >people at anime cons who have a superiority complex about not liking anime THIS

The Warden !!TdjiLcSZ3ta Thu Feb 7 02:27:11 2013 No.6610371
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>people who just don't want to spend any money or time on their cosplays so everything is atrociously cheap and terrible
>people who don't want to spend any money or time on their cosplays so everything is casual and from a bandwagon

This is the reason my friend has declined from a vidya cosplayer to a bandwagonner. She was going to begin work on XIII-2 Lightning, and then changed her mind and is going as Vanellope instead. She also plans to go as Sarah Marshall from the movie of the same name. Decent quality can be achieved with less effort, more immediate popularity.

And guess what she told me when I said I was going to go as Giroro?

>that show has way too many episodes for me
>think anyone will recognize you?
>it's your DOODIE as a soldier and an invader!

I feel as though we are going in opposite directions. While she hops on wagons and throws together casual as fuck cosplays, I'm aiming for grander things demanding bigger props and more intricate makeup.

Guess that's another thing that grinds my gears. Blatant lack of effort. People who slack when you know they can do better. And on the other end of the spectrum, people who never seem to improve by even a marginal amount.

/huff

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 02:29:11 2013 No.6610375 File: 22 KB, 363x330, 1276657046224.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6610371 How would you even cosplay as Sarah Marshall? That's not even closet; that's just clothes.

>>	Harley !!Ocs2iA9hfoy Thu Feb 7 02:30:10 2013 No.6610376 >>6610371 >that show has way too many episodes for me Seriously? Sgt. Frog isn't even one of those series that you HAVE to watch the whole thing.

>>	The Warden !!TdjiLcSZ3ta Thu Feb 7 02:35:10 2013 No.6610382 >>6610375 something about a swimsuit and carrying a sign about looking fat in jeans?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 02:36:11 2013 No.6610383 >>6610371 >think anyone will recognize you? >it's your DOODIE as a soldier and an invader! What the hell is he talking about.....

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 02:38:10 2013 No.6610387 >>6599789 Dude that's awesome. I have always wanted to do an Almalexia cosplay but I can't bring myself to do be a slut :( I love the character though, she's such a cunt.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 02:42:10 2013 No.6610397 >>6599806 What makes you thread this board/thread is only anime? I think anime is fucking stupid, and I heavily frequent this board.

The Warden !!TdjiLcSZ3ta Thu Feb 7 02:43:40 2013 No.6610399
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>>6610383
She was hinting at no one really watching the show anymore or knowing what it is, so I would just be mistaken for a Pokemon gijinka so why bother. Hasn't stopped me from cosplaying Boris though.

And the duty thing is a joke that Vanellope makes. A really, really, really annoying joke. She also enjoys pulling the Katniss "what?" thing from her interview in the movie, and it gets me everytime because I swear she is serious until I start to repeat myself.

Personally, I'll take Katniss what over Vanellope's annoying jokes and laugh any day.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 02:44:11 2013 No.6610402

>>6599897
>Gum and other shit in my hair

That feel. when I went through my awkward phase ( which I guess all of the stages were, but this one was REALLY awkward), but hair was frizzy as shit. These bitchy girls used to stick gum in my hair during chemistry class. FUCK.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 03:44:10 2013 No.6610488 >>6599897 Whats worse is when those aholes are still aholes to you but are now treading on your familiar territory. Now EVERYTHING seems to appeal to them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 04:19:41 2013 No.6610515 >>6598852 >That feel when not fat enough to cosplay fat characters and not skinny enough to cosplay skinny characters Kill me.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 08:16:41 2013 No.6610707

>>6610263

>4) The not in costume boyfriend that watches(with hawk like precision) his; better looking and in better shape than them girlfriend; usually in the skimpy cosplay. Only in recent years have i seen this, and i have to laugh every time. Its almost like they think, someone is just going walk on by and take them away forever! There's no need for this! They obvious feel something for you (though god knows why...) and can probably handle themselves.

This! Just chill guys, the chances are slim that your SO will get whisked away by another con-goer.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 08:33:41 2013 No.6610716

>>6609516
I didn't like it at the start aswell. Just thoughti t was a supid concept and I still do but I played through the whole game and there were alot of jokes/references to previous DMC games.
The controls are better, the jumping is actually accurate. It improved alot in game play but story wise it's not really up to par and I will agree on that.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 08:43:41 2013 No.6610718

>>6610140
ha, sorry, was pissed as shit and did not care.
and good to know, it is so ugly.

>>6610132
Ya....I don't recall injuring it directly, but it could have just been something I brushed off while I was enjoying myself to much, it is more like, lifted of the nail bed a bit, so I think I stubbed it somewhere.

>>6610227
Ya, I mean...I have gotten blisters everywhere, that shit does not hurt like that haha.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 08:49:11 2013 No.6610720

Pretty much all of my pet peeves have already been mentioned in this thread.

ONE THING that bothers me is people who call themselves "hardcore" gamers and act like super badass nerds because of it but only play casual games, like Zelda or some shit. And then go to anime cons but have never seen an anime or read manga before.

>"I'm here for the gaming stuff, because I'm a pretty hardcore gamer."

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 08:50:11 2013 No.6610721 >>6600233 Wait, wait wait wait, stop the thread. How does finding lolita sexy make me a rapist?

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 10:25:42 2013 No.6610785
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Nigger cosplayers. Like really. Nothing in con looks more out of place when a nigger tries to cospaly as a white person. It's even more awkard than fat cosplayers.

Ok if they cosplay an ACTUAL black character though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 10:35:11 2013 No.6610799 File: 28 KB, 320x180, photo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6610785 You know what really grinds MY gears, /cgl/? Just skyscraper stuff. Like racism.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 10:45:12 2013 No.6610810 File: 97 KB, 620x600, Nigga_fbf5aa_1052001.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6610799 are you offended?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 12:25:11 2013 No.6610917 >>6610799 You already got your freedom, stop ruining our fun with your presence and we might let you keep it.

>>	Dr. Robotussin Thu Feb 7 12:33:11 2013 No.6610931 >>6609648 BUT I'M A REAL NERD!!!! DID YOU WATCH ALL THE EPISODES OF BIG BANG THEORY!?! I DIDN'T THINK SO!

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 12:44:41 2013 No.6610941
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>>6610931

I can't tell who's trolling anymore

Are there actually people on a convention and cosplay related forum implying cosplay ruins cons and that every cosplayer, especially every female cosplayer, is somehow a worthless attention whore who's not nerdy enough

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 13:05:41 2013 No.6610964

>>6610931
Ugh I just watched my first episode of the big bang theory today, and now I get why /cgl/ hates it. None of the 'jokes' are even close to funny, the fans are obnoxious twats and the laugh tracks make me want to punch kittens.
Why is this popular?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 13:21:12 2013 No.6610987 What will forever grind my gears, Is cosplaying without A FUCKING WIG.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 13:24:11 2013 No.6610992 File: 49 KB, 315x480, 1335126734369.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What grinds this anon's gears is when people go all out for their cosplay, wear a decent wig, then no fucking makeup. Like not even foundation. It's. So. Frustrating.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 13:50:42 2013 No.6611016 >>6610799 cause as hip has nerdiness may be , america still likes to laugh at socially akward nerds

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 13:54:12 2013 No.6611024 >>6610964 Try watching the youtube clips that remove the laugh tracks. It becomes hilarious, due to the incredibly long awkward silences. And then you realize how little writing goes into that shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 13:57:11 2013 No.6611030 >>6610931 I LOVE THE NERD SHOW My favorite part is when one of them likes something nerdy and we all get to laugh at him Lol fuck yeah science XD

That Guy Thu Feb 7 14:25:11 2013 No.6611056

>>6610987
I personally hate wearing wigs. Can't stand it. Makes my head itchy and shit, have to keep adjusting and make sure it's straight, etc.

So I cosplay people that don't require me to wear one. Best decision I ever made.

Although, I agree that a good wig makes certain cosplays.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 14:28:41 2013 No.6611061

Ill be a con, and one of the advertised guests will be a cosplayer named 'pika-bela-chu' now i would be completely fine with it, but the reason she is invited is because she has the largest collection of pokemon stuff and a convertable that has pikachu ears and a tail on it and it really grinds my gears

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 14:52:12 2013 No.6611117 >>6610931 >DID YOU WATCH ALL THE EPISODES OF BIG BANG THEORY!?! 10/10 my side torso locations have received critical damage.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 14:55:41 2013 No.6611128

>>6610992
Many cosplayers have no background in any of the skills that many would consider necessary to properly pull off a costume.

It's not expensive, but just the idea of going out to some store you've never been to so you can buy a product you've never used and perform an act you've never tried is enough to just make these people say "FUCK IT. I look good enough."

That, and makeup is one of those things that a lot of people just don't fucking understand and have no idea where to look for tips on how to learn it.

Makes me think that someone should gather up their pool of cosplay friends and put together some simple tutorial videos on that sort of shit. Cosplay Makeup 101, Skincare, Wig preparation, costume ironing, and so on.

Do all of that with low cost and difficulty in mind. Too many people try to advise newbies by telling them to buy 500$ worth of expensive tools and equipment. Like propmakers telling beginners to use fiberglass and powersanders and epoxy resin and shit when they don't even know how to sculpt, let alone have any sort of workshop or equipment to use any of that shit.

Something like, "Go to Walgreens, or your nearest drugstore, and look for this kind of product with these things on the label. It should be about 5$"

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 15:04:42 2013 No.6611143

>>6611128
I think it's one of those things you kind of have to throw yourself into, self-critique, figure out what you can improve, and seek out resources to improve your skills.

That being said, Youtube is a massively useful resource if you want to learn makeup skills. I basically learned everything from watching professional makeup artists work on their own faces. I recommend looking through playlists on the Youtube channels for "pixiwoo" and "lisaeldridgedotcom". (I'd direct-link, but 4chan is spam-blocking my links.) Any playlist marked "basics" is a good place to start. Bear in mind that the products are more high-end than a beginner may want to use, but you can google product reviews on basically any product.

Just some tips to any makeup-clueless seagulls who might be browsing.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 15:19:11 2013 No.6611161 >>6600670 Gross is this true?

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 15:40:42 2013 No.6611207
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>>6610799
Can you really honestly say, that the woman in my picture is good looking in that dress? Or that she gives any kind of respect to the character/it's creators?

Go ahead, say it and I will laugh at your face.

inb4: "Cosplaying is not about looking good or like the character, it's about flowers and kittens and stuff"

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 15:42:42 2013 No.6611210

>>6600670
...Uh...or the fact that some of them just have so many folds of skin that sweat and bacteria get trapped inside there and start to stink.
Did you know they often get yeast infections on the undersides of their bellies?
It's not so much to do with the circulatory system at all...

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:02:41 2013 No.6611233 >>6611207 Cosplay is about dressing as your favorite character to the best of your ability and was invented by a bunch of Japs who often look nothing like the buxom, big-eyed characters they cosplay, you fucking lunatic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:03:12 2013 No.6611234 >>6611207 She looks good. Now go ahead and list what cons you go to and I will arrange for a meeting so you can laugh at me. I'll also bring my camera so I can record your reaction and reasons for it. Your move.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:06:12 2013 No.6611236 >>6611207 >respect to the character >2013 >respecting fictional characters

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:10:41 2013 No.6611242
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>>6611207
I personally do think it is a bit silly that so many black chicks and dudes dress up as non-black characters, but at the same time they're just expressing their interest in the hobby, same as us, and that makes me happy. If you really wanted to nitpick, the characters are asian so maybe nobody except asians should cosplay them? Maybe even only the Japanese since the characters are Japanese? Granted we have virtually the same skin color as opposed to a girl as dark as her. But she clearly put effort into the outfit and her pose and I don't see why you feel the need to put her down.

I'm pretty racist and hate political correctness btw. Though con-going blacks are usually nice and easy to get along with.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:14:41 2013 No.6611248 >>6611207 You're trolling. Do you know how I can tell? Because you chose that image, the only image of a black girl cosplaying a not-black character that doesn't look like shit.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:15:11 2013 No.6611250

>>6611242
The way I see it?

>white people don't often look like anime characters
>Japanese rarely look like anime characters
>No one reall lookes like an anime character.

Skin colour aside, most people don't have 6ft tall long bodies at short heights or huge breasts at tiny weights. It's overall completely unrealistic and impossible to mimic accurately.

So who cares? It's not like 9/10 anyone can pass for a true likeness of a character without shittons of photoshop anyway.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:24:12 2013 No.6611264 >>6611250 Colors matter. If you decide to make a Naruto cosplay, but use purple fabric and a pink wig, you're going to look silly. Skin color is a major color. Do you consider Homestuck trolls without body paint to be complete?

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:26:41 2013 No.6611268

>>6611234
I'll settle by laughing at you and your self deception across the internet.

>>6611242
>but at the same time they're just expressing their interest in the hobby, same as us, and that makes me happy
So are ugly or fat people, but it doesn't mean that I enjoy watching them.
Just because somebody has a naturally dark skin, doesn't mean that I am going to give them any exceptions.

>Granted we have virtually the same skin color as opposed to a girl as dark as her.
That is a major point, in fact sometimes western people end up looking more like the characters, because they have bigger eyes, though japanese people often but more effort into it.

>I'm pretty racist
Despite what you may think, I am not and you should change your ways.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:36:41 2013 No.6611278 >>6611248 You haven't seen Misa cosplay haven't you?

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:36:41 2013 No.6611279

>>6611264
Yes. Because someone who's cosplaying as Yousuke Hanamura or Sailor Venus with accurate costume colors, but dark skin is JUST LIKE a Pink/purple Naruto. </sarcasm>

I can understand shaming extremely fat people for wearing an skinny character costume, but a healthy skinny black/brown person with a great costume? Fuck you.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:39:42 2013 No.6611285 >>6611268 But fat people can lose weight and ugly people can put on makeup. You can't change your skin tone unless you painted your body. And that would look a hell of a lot weirder than just being black.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:40:42 2013 No.6611287 >>6611268 Aww what's the matter? Taking back your challenge to laugh at people to their face? Sounds like you're a big pussy. I was going to have some of my black friends accompany too.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:45:41 2013 No.6611301 File: 712 KB, 1027x727, 1353906600545.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611268 >I'll settle by laughing at you and your self deception across the internet. No.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:45:41 2013 No.6611302 File: 121 KB, 1184x716, sFdrA.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611264 >Color matters Welp, thank you fighting games and their different color pallets and ability to customize color schemes. Argument shut down.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:52:11 2013 No.6611317

>>6611285
>But fat people can lose weight and ugly people can put on makeup. You can't change your skin tone unless you painted your body.

So? Tough luck. Why should we lie and pretend that they don't look jarring?

If they want to look good there are some black characters that they can choose from.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:56:11 2013 No.6611323 >>6611317 but not everyone thinks they look jarring. I don't. I just think that its a black version of that character, big deal. you're just an asspie fuck.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 16:57:11 2013 No.6611326 >>6611279 >Because someone who's cosplaying as Sailor Venus with accurate costume colors, but dark skin is JUST LIKE a Pink/purple Naruto. </sarcasm> Actually it is, because in the case of Sailor's so much skin is showing.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:02:12 2013 No.6611332

>>6611302
I haven't even posted in this argument, but that's one of the worst rebuttals I've seen. You don't just say "Argument shut down" because fighting games have different colors. That doesn't cover all media, so yeah if you use purple fabric for Naruto's jumpsuit you're going to look dumb.

I don't care about skin color though, that's not something you have a choice in.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:03:11 2013 No.6611333 File: 949 KB, 301x300, 1340249578203.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611317 Maximum racism Maximum autism Maximum faggot

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:04:41 2013 No.6611334

It grinds my gears when bad closet cosplayers act aloof and snooty to people who actually make the shit they wear. I've seen this at cons and online. It seriously pisses me off. There's no need to be dickish and not even acknowledge when someone does something well from a series you have a mutual appreciation for. Some people are lacking the humility and maturation to be able to say to themselves "wow this person did a really good job, I should compliment them because I love the character too." I always love seeing when people do something I enjoy correctly, how hard is it to be friendly with people in your fandom?

/rant

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:08:41 2013 No.6611341

>>6611334
Have to agree with this. Most rude cosplayers I've encountered have been mediocre to bad ones who think they're hot shit, like the majority of tripfags and people attempting to get internet famous.

I feel like they act this way because they feel threatened. They think they're so cool wearing their ironic or sexy/popular costume they 'totally didn't try' for and then get intimidated and butthurt when someone who actually works hard and makes a good costume gets more attention.

The other end of the spectrum are the delusional types who think or have been told they are perfect by all their friends, and upon seeing better have a mental breakdown.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:08:41 2013 No.6611343 >>6611334 >how hard is it to be friendly with people in your fandom? Extremely, judging by some of the shit in this thread

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:11:11 2013 No.6611351 >>6611317 So...Should they just not cosplay, by your logic, or..? I mean, is it oh so taboo for everyone but one or two races to like cosplaying?

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:11:12 2013 No.6611352

>>6611332
Thought you were that type but then I read your previous post where you pretty much went "you can't be accruate so fuck all with color"

The point I'm trying to make is that if there exist official material that either has multiple colors or lets players edit colors of the characters that that pretty much opens the floodgates and you're free to use what you wish.

It's kinda like how if you wanna cosplay Dark Souls or Mass Effect then you can pretty much use any skintone/hair style you want

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:12:11 2013 No.6611359
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>>6611268
>Despite what you may think, I am not and you should change your ways
Your whole argument screams racism, just passing by though. As long as the person is aesthetically pleasing I don't care who you cosplay if you get the characters outfit right. Your skin tone could be fucking purple for all I care.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:12:42 2013 No.6611357 >>6611333 "Oh you have a disease which keeps you bald? Thats okay sweety pie, you look just as good as your sister!"

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:16:41 2013 No.6611364

>>6600406
You'd use broad cloth for something that is so clearly stylized in the shadow parts of it? Fuck broad cloth, use a beautiful fabric that has dimension to it! Can't think of a whole lot that aren't silk, but I have found synthetics that create a similar effect and are not as shiny as silk so they don't look overly ornate for a costume like that.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:18:11 2013 No.6611371

>>6600441
I had the opposite happen to me. Some fucking retarded kids (but way too old to not know better) were running up a stairwell very dangerously. One had the nerve to pick my boyfriend's hand off the railing and run by. If that had been me the little fucker would have "accidentally" have tripped over my foot while trying to run by me and wound up at the bottom of the stairs. What they were doing was completely unnecessary and very dangerous because they were literally pushing people out of the way on a damn staircase.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:27:12 2013 No.6611381

>>6611341
I think you're probably right about the threatening thing. I also wonder if I seem unapproachable, at least online. I never brag or boast about anything, but I'm clearly very invested in my fandom. Still, I just always have to wonder WHY I am the one to say something nice about a crap costume just to start a conversation with someone about the fandom when I know the person has seen my work and knows who I am. I love discussing it with people but I feel like I often have to start it with some other cosplayers (most fans who don't cosplay like to strike up conversations with me about it come to think of it). I really don't get that at all. And then there are flakes who are in your fandom, know you exist, but only say something nice to you AFTER you say it to them. Their costume can be bad or very good from my experience but it is like you have to ass kiss for them to even say anything nice about your work, which again, is from something you supposedly have a common appreciation for. I'm in a relatively small fandom and for the most part the best cosplayers are also the nicest and pay the most attention to the details and work you put into it.

>>6611343
You might be right about that lol

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 17:54:42 2013 No.6611418

>>6611381
A lot of it has to do with e-peens, ego and general lack of socialization. There are many mediocre to bad cosplayers who are humble and absolute sweethearts. Then you get the types that will post dirty mirror pictures on their tumblr and are auto-fellated by all their friends who tell them they're the best cosplayers in the universe and give them an undeserved ego. They go to conventions feeling like they're entitled to attention and being the best, and when they don't get the attention they think they deserve or someone else 'steals their thunder' they get defensive and pissed off.

I see this a lot at meet-ups and photoshoots. You have your very good cosplayers who are generally a non-issue because they get enough attention and praise just by being good, your bad to mediocre cosplayers who are just there to have fun and then the awkward in-betweeners who think they're amazing and aren't and feel threatened by anyone getting more of the attention/praise they claim ownership to.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 18:09:42 2013 No.6611440 File: 196 KB, 760x571, 1340169298051.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611357 Eat farts.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 18:18:43 2013 No.6611461 People who carry plushies of the character they are cosplaying. It's like they think their costume is so bad that they need to carry around a point of comparison so you know who the fuck they are.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 18:29:43 2013 No.6611472

>>6611302
The color palettes change with skin tone. If you change an entire character's palette and still maintain recognizability, congrats. Otherwise, you're making excuses.

I swear the sensitivity training white people are given makes them completely blind to the realities of skin tone and color theory. Some colors look shitty with dark skin, some don't. Go cry about it, but it won't change.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 18:36:43 2013 No.6611478

>>6611472
is it just 'sensitivity training' if I think that as long as the outfit is recognizable and the colors suit the skin, it's fine?

skin contrast against the outfit matters less to me than whether the overall outfit color scheme suits the person wearing it. this is regardless of race, tweak your colors to look better on your skin

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:27:13 2013 No.6611542

It really grinds my seagulls when no one else but me is into Dominion, Gunsmith Cats, Patlabor and various older animes from the 80's and 90's. Like there are 0 people I can relate to because everything is am i kawaii uguuu big swords moe shit. Like for real, it really saddens me that there are no fans of the older stuff. Not to say all modern anime is bad, I like a good portion of it but no one cosplays that at all anyways.

tl;dr There are no fandom circles for me and I am all alone in my interests

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:31:13 2013 No.6611549 File: 172 KB, 700x700, 1359414660686.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611472 >I'm seriously not racist you guys

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:34:43 2013 No.6611552 >>6611542 Mah nigga. I'd punch a thousand Homestuck cosplayers to see one Leona or one Bean Bandit.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:38:13 2013 No.6611559
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>>6611552
AAAUUUGHH Leona would be fucking too fucking cool. I'd probably feint. I actually thought of going as Bean Bandit but I am nowhere near his size lol. Too muscular and tall, im like 5'6 and skinny.

Leona's hair in The Phantom Audience is my absolute fav. Her short auburn hair is nice too but I'm very partial towards big hair.

I've met FEW guys who like Dominion and Gunsmith Cats but like -zero- females. Shit sucks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:48:13 2013 No.6611568 File: 32 KB, 500x375, 500px-NDTPBrenten2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611559 Hopefully someday I'll huge enough to cosplay Brenten. You know who would blow my mind? Sybel. Everyone forgets about Black Magic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:53:13 2013 No.6611579 >>6611549 Not that Anon, but dark colours on a dark person looks terrible, you have to admit that. Also they can't wear thin white material, but that's a fabric problem. Captcha: HISTORY ilitaru I guess??

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:54:44 2013 No.6611580

>>6611568
Ah man M-66. I have yet to read it but I'm going to pick it up soon from a comic shop once I'm done with Gunsmith Cats (on Kidnapped right now) and Patlabor. And pick up Orion as well.

Also thank you for spelling it like Brenten like the SMG as shirow intended. Many people (the few into Dominion) always spell it like Britain.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 19:56:43 2013 No.6611584 >>6611579 not anyone else, but can't the thin white material problem be solved with lining layers?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:03:44 2013 No.6611595 >>6611549 I'm a racist for acknowledging the aesthetic differences between skin colors? Okay, fine. If that's what a racist is, I'm a racist. You win, go back to tumblr and brag of your victories.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:06:13 2013 No.6611600 >>6611595 I hate tumblr and I have been here longer than you You're still a borderline racist autist

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:17:14 2013 No.6611615 >>6611584 Yeah, but some of them don't do it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:18:44 2013 No.6611618 >>6611595 No, you're racist because you're expecting everyone to gargle your balls about what you think looks good. If you don't like someone's skin color, fine, just keep your lip zipped. Jesus, you sound like Chris-Chan.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:19:13 2013 No.6611620 >>6611600 Anon honey, racism is judging someone for their skin colour. Acknowledging a skin colour isn't racism; it's the ability to perceive colour. Key word is judging.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:19:13 2013 No.6611622

>>6611600
not him but

>Racism is usually defined as views, practices and actions reflecting the belief that humanity is divided into distinct biological groups called races and that members of a certain race share certain attributes which make that group as a whole less desirable, more desirable, inferior or superior.[1][2][3]

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:19:43 2013 No.6611621 What grinds my gears are retarded girls who use religious holidays to force their bosses to allow them to do out of control things like wear lolita while working drive thru at Mcdonald's. I wish I was making this shit up.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:20:43 2013 No.6611624 >>6611621 oh dear god no you'd get GREASE in your dress!

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:22:13 2013 No.6611626 >>6611624 I personally found it more offense that she used Lent as her excuse to wear lolita to work. The fact that she was okay with working in lolita at her work speaks volumes to the level of cleanliness this girl observes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:23:44 2013 No.6611629 >>6611626 jeez, why not just make a new fucking religion

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:27:13 2013 No.6611639

>>6611618
Why do I need to keep my lip zipped, exactly? People say fat people look bad in revealing outfits, and that hurts fat people's feelings. But, that doesn't mean the opinions are invalid. I'm saying that certain colors look bad on certain skin colors. I never said people need to stop cosplaying for that reason, just that color matters in a visual media such as cosplay. And it does. Continue to throw meaningless insults instead of arguing intelligently, though.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:27:43 2013 No.6611637 >>6611629 Don't give them ideas.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:42:44 2013 No.6611662 >>6611629 Kill me now.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 20:45:43 2013 No.6611666 File: 43 KB, 480x640, mcdonaldsrori.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611621

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 21:48:43 2013 No.6611804 File: 375 KB, 722x1000, a4f3eaec-ca1a-4b5a-b782-70701c0f73c7.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >'creative ways to make dress longer?' >http://egl.livejournal.com/190990.html oh come the fuck on.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:30:45 2013 No.6611942
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>>6598711
Because obviously fat or ugly people don't deserve to dress up, right? They don't deserve to do anything.I know it's hard to think about but there are fat/overweight characters out there that would look ridiculous with skinny cosplayers. There are also cosplays that require you to wear something creepy/unattractive/unnerving.

Stop being black and white.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:33:44 2013 No.6611959 >>6611942 >2013 >still letting the trolls win

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:35:45 2013 No.6611970 You guys need to get over fat and ugly people existing. Seriously.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:40:15 2013 No.6611993 >>6611970 Fat and ugly people need to stop existing.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:41:44 2013 No.6612000 >>6611666 Also people who can't even handle cosplay competitions and give out prizes as planned. Oops, need to focus on dancing at cons instead of the events you run. fac.ebook.com/dietigress

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:44:14 2013 No.6612008 >>6612000 http://youtu.be/jJhdKWIhNYE

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:44:15 2013 No.6612013

>>6612000

Everything about this girl drives me up a wall.

She threw a SHIT FIT for a guest badge at a con, and the con said "Fuck no you aren't a celebrity" and she got soo mad. They said they'd comp her if she helped out at the con, and so she agreed but when she got there she refused to do ANY WORK. The main reason she went was to dance on stage for the rave but stopped after like an hour due to a 'bad back pain'. Truth? She was off trying to fuck literally every dj there.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:47:45 2013 No.6612023 File: 92 KB, 480x640, IMG_0880.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6611666 Oh I'm TORA! Ctrl-Z

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:47:45 2013 No.6612024

>cosplay A (really well done! took months to complete!)
>cosplay B (a milanoo tier cosplay that was very last minute *same cosplay as cosblay A*)

when you are wearing cosplay A and are basically ignored and asked to step aside for pictures so they can get pictures of girl in cosplay B because she's asian/got nice tits/whatever

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:48:45 2013 No.6612028 >>6612023 wtf where did you get that image lmao

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:49:44 2013 No.6612035 >>6612028 I would honestly not be surprised if she was posting it herself to get 'pity and attention' like the car accident

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 22:49:44 2013 No.6612036 >>6612023 >no face dont believe you.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 23:00:45 2013 No.6612073

>>6612013
Her apology video is such bull.
First off, dont have money for a con? don't go. Buying wigs and shit isn't helping your cause.

Getting comped for something means you WORK for it first, then received payment for your expenses. You don't ask upfront for your money for how many miles you drive while in your work vehicle, do you? It makes 0 sense to receive money for the work you never did. Plus you're BROKE. YOU. ARE. BROKE. DON'TGO.

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 23:05:14 2013 No.6612097

>>6612073

The best thing I ever heard was when she drove a car full of staff to their con, charged them all gas money, and then was later given gas compensation by another staff member who didn't know she charged them for gas, and she pocketed the money. But the staff talked and word got out!! I was like GOD DAMN this girl is a trainwreck of lies.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 23:20:18 2013 No.6612152 Uhh dear person who posted tora's tits... We can see it by searching 'tora' on cgl archive. Nice tits btw

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 7 23:24:18 2013 No.6612164 >>6612152 Bit too puffy

Anonymous Thu Feb 7 23:41:14 2013 No.6612202

>>6611418
I feel dumb but I didn't realize your point ever, and I had given this a bit of thought. I think me being fairly slender and not hideous might be contributing too becaus that gets attention even when people don't know who you're cosplaying as. Tl;dr you are totally right about the attention side of their behavior, especially in photo shoots in person.

Anonymous Fri Feb 8 00:35:22 2013 No.6612358
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>>6611334
>>6611341

Holy holy shit, this. Is so true. Most of the people who act like assholes to everyone unless they think you can be of value to them (like being friends with you makes them more popular) are always painfully mediocre or worse. Because they don't have any talent or skill for costume making and they're too lazy to practice or learn any, they just try to cover that up by being uptight, self-centered dicks. Optionally, they're just whoring themselves out like nobody's business and talking shit non-stop.

One girl I know represents both types, she's way too lazy to put effort into her costumes so they're all closet tier or bought off eBay. She's always still demanding "the same respect" for her bought costume some kid over at Cambodia sewed for her because "cosplay isn't about craftmanship, it's about representing the character". No, you lazy fuck, you clicked 2 buttons on a website to get your costume, I slaved over mine for months and poured money on it. also: you had one job and you don't even look like the character

She keeps licking the buttholes of the well-known cosplayers of my area and if you don't want to be her friend instantly or aren't ~mesmerized~ that a self-appointed ~famous aidoru~ is giving you her divine attention, you're a stuck-up bitch. She keeps whining about people who make fun of others' cosplay to gain some sympathy points, but in reality she enjoys tearing other people's cosplay apart and just being a rude fuck to everyone.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 8 00:42:11 2013 No.6612369 >>6611666 Oh god. Why do I want to see more?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 8 01:31:19 2013 No.6612433 >>6612369 Because she is a trainwreck that is making everyone hate her

Anonymous Fri Feb 8 11:34:19 2013 No.6613362

Too many non anime characters at anime conventions. It started out fine, I was accepting of it. But it is getting out of hand. I went to a local anime convention where more people dressed up as non anime characters than anime characters. It was just disappointing. Homestucks and Adventure Time cosplays were everywhere.

Anonymous Fri Feb 8 12:06:25 2013 No.6613471
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>>6613362
My local convention which advertises itself as the most anime themed one has more western cosplay than eastern. Homestuck, supernatural, adventure time, disney princesses, disney characters in general etc. All over the goddamn con. The only anime characters are some ghetto as fuck vocaloid/touhou ones and occasionally a few really good ones. It's sad because I don't have the same interest for the western media (I guess it's not as "exotic", idk) as I do for anime and meeting people cosplaying from my favourite series was a great way to break the ice and make new friends. Now that I only see western cosplay I feel really lonely even though it's supposed to be an anime convention.

picture related, it's me at an anime convention that has no anime-related cosplay

Anonymous Fri Feb 8 12:57:09 2013 No.6613598

>>6613471

I feel the same way. I'm not interested in any of the things people cosplay as from Western media, and I go to an anime convention to meet people who are also interested in anime. But I'm shy and there's no "hey I like that character/anime" to break the ice.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 8 13:07:14 2013 No.6613613 >>6613471 There aren't any eastern themed meetups?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 9 00:26:11 2013 No.6614995 >>6613362 >>6613471 What about vidya? I do MGS cosplays and other military stuff and I love anime so and I wouldn't belong at a comic con so....anime places seem to be my place.

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