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Hyperlynx: Sep 13, 2015

ACES CURE PLANES posted:

Hey.

Cut it out.

(I couldn't find a Cosgrove cosplay to go along with this so you'll just have to imagine one.)

Cosgrove?

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# ? Aug 1, 2017 11:40

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# ? May 16, 2024 11:29

kirbysuperstar: Nov 11, 2012; Let the fools who stand before us be destroyed by the power you and I possess.

Hyperlynx posted:

Cosgrove?

_{Google's drawing a blank}

The cop from Freakzoid.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 12:23

New Wave Jose: Aug 20, 2008

Jedit posted:

That comes across more as "insouciant playboy". And Stark's not suffering when he's making the suit in the cave even though he's not drinking.

And the drunken party in the secound movie was because he was dying from poison

# ? Aug 1, 2017 18:22

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

TunaSpleen posted:

Ugh, that D.va mech stirred so much emotion when it came to MechaCon in NOLA this past weekend. Hype from the fans, of course, and pure vitriol from everyone in the cosplay contest for basically swooping in at the last minute and swiping two awards away from the rest of the contestant pool. They won a staggering $100 for their efforts.

I love cosplay contest drama. So bitchy, so pointless. :allears:

# ? Aug 1, 2017 18:29

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Holy poo poo, a clean hat trick for Say Nothing!

# ? Aug 1, 2017 18:29

Sit on my Jace: Sep 9, 2016

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I love cosplay contest drama. So bitchy, so pointless.

Oh boy, I can only imagine the kind of petty bullshit that goes on.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 19:10

TunaSpleen: Jan 27, 2007; How do I say, "You're the grossest thing ever" without offending you?; Grimey Drawer

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

I love cosplay contest drama. So bitchy, so pointless.

I don't think it's pointless. The way I see it, imagine you spent hundreds of hours hand-carving a Batman suit out of EVA foam and Worbla. Every detail down to perfection, and hours upon hours mastering the paint job and weathering. You bought a 3D printer and learned how to use it just so you could make some Batarangs. Now imagine you're certain you'll win the Advanced category when all of a sudden, some guy in a store-bought rubber Batman suit drives up in an actual Batmobile and wins two awards. Like, he's not even at the competition level anymore; he could easily charge money exhibiting that vehicle at conventions. That's what the D.va mech felt like to me, and I wasn't even competing against it.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:09

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; Can't post for 3 hours!

I'm confused, was there something that gave them too much leg on the competition besides :effort:

? I remember people giving Master Le or whatever his name who does Iron Man suits poo poo because he entered a competition for children (and won iirc) and didn't help that he was known for being a douche

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:14

jmistajay: Aug 28, 2012; Mango chutney salsa!

Voyager I posted:

Holy poo poo, a clean hat trick for Say Nothing!

Are we TRYING to summon Snatch Duster now? Come on, people!

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:18

Basebf555: Feb 29, 2008; The greatest sensual pleasure there is is to know the desires of another!; Fun Shoe

TunaSpleen posted:

I don't think it's pointless. The way I see it, imagine you spent hundreds of hours hand-carving a Batman suit out of EVA foam and Worbla. Every detail down to perfection, and hours upon hours mastering the paint job and weathering. You bought a 3D printer and learned how to use it just so you could make some Batarangs. Now imagine you're certain you'll win the Advanced category when all of a sudden, some guy in a store-bought rubber Batman suit drives up in an actual Batmobile and wins two awards. Like, he's not even at the competition level anymore; he could easily charge money exhibiting that vehicle at conventions. That's what the D.va mech felt like to me, and I wasn't even competing against it.

That's not what happened in this case at all though. The mech seems to have been made completely from scratch by the girl's father.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:24

TunaSpleen: Jan 27, 2007; How do I say, "You're the grossest thing ever" without offending you?; Grimey Drawer

Alan Smithee posted:

I'm confused, was there something that gave them too much leg on the competition besides ? I remember people giving Master Le or whatever his name who does Iron Man suits poo poo because he entered a competition for children (and won iirc) and didn't help that he was known for being a douche

I'd say they had a huge leg up by going viral online before the contest and even crowdfunding their transportation costs. I can't say anything negative about their behavior, but once you reach that level, it belongs in an exhibition/industry professional class that ranks beyond hobbyists. The judges also broke MechaCon tradition by giving two awards to the same person which in previous years was a faux pas.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:30

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

TunaSpleen posted:

Now imagine you're certain you'll win the Advanced category when

Ha ha ha, anyone who thinks like that is a dick

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:33

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

This guy got too many upvotes on Reddit so he shouldn't be allowed to beat me.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:39

TunaSpleen: Jan 27, 2007; How do I say, "You're the grossest thing ever" without offending you?; Grimey Drawer

To keep things on topic, here are some amazing costumes from this weekend:

Nuka Cola power armor lady won (edit) judge's choice award (best novice went to a Dr. Strange duo)

Urbosa from Zelda: BotW (not in the contest, certainly was awesome enough)

Vi won best advanced

Thrall won best in show

The D.va mech took best individual walk-on and Emissary's Choice (guest award by the VIP badge holder, usually has to choose a different costume that hasn't already won anything)

TunaSpleen has a new favorite as of 21:06 on Aug 1, 2017

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:52

Basebf555: Feb 29, 2008; The greatest sensual pleasure there is is to know the desires of another!; Fun Shoe

TunaSpleen posted:

I'd say they had a huge leg up by going viral online before the contest and even crowdfunding their transportation costs. I can't say anything negative about their behavior, but once you reach that level, it belongs in an exhibition/industry professional class that ranks beyond hobbyists. The judges also broke MechaCon tradition by giving two awards to the same person which in previous years was a faux pas.

The awards are meaningless though. All of your points can be rebutted with "but who gives a poo poo?" A bunch of people showed up to a convention and had fun showing off their cosplay, that's where it begins and ends, who cares about the awards. Are they giving out $10,000 checks to the winners or something?

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:53

SiKboy: Oct 28, 2007; Oh no!😱

TunaSpleen posted:

I'd say they had a huge leg up by going viral online before the contest and even crowdfunding their transportation costs. I can't say anything negative about their behavior, but once you reach that level, it belongs in an exhibition/industry professional class that ranks beyond hobbyists. The judges also broke MechaCon tradition by giving two awards to the same person which in previous years was a faux pas.

This honestly sounds like the other competitors are saying "Its unfair because they are good and popular! I shouldnt have to compete against someone who is good and popular!". If you can tell me that the dad who built it is in fact an industry professional then I'll agree he belongs in an industry professional class. Otherwise... Dude built an awesome cosplay mech that became popular because it is awesome. If you want to beat that, be better. If another competitor had produced something better then they might also have gone viral before the contest, thats not a leg up, thats something literally any competitor could do if they made something that got people excited. Unless you are going to tell me that another contestant had a better entry but lost out because of the hype about the D.Va mech? As for someone who is "certain they will win the advanced catagory" then by this logic if they are that sure to win then they themselves should be removed and put into an exhibition/industry professional class that ranks beyone hobbyists, to be fair to others who arent a lock to win?

Its also not on the contestant if the judges "broke mechacon tradition", thats on the judges. Having said that is it a tradition not to because it was a faux pas, if you know it was a faux pas to give two awards to the same entry presumably its happened before? And if it has happened before then it happening again isnt a break in tradition.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 20:56

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; Can't post for 3 hours!

Basebf555 posted:

The awards are meaningless though. All of your points can be rebutted with "but who gives a poo poo?" A bunch of people showed up to a convention and had fun showing off their cosplay, that's where it begins and ends, who cares about the awards. Are they giving out $10,000 checks to the winners or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kIsEzEmI9w&t=88s

# ? Aug 1, 2017 21:01

TunaSpleen: Jan 27, 2007; How do I say, "You're the grossest thing ever" without offending you?; Grimey Drawer

Basebf555 posted:

Are they giving out $10,000 checks to the winners or something?

Biggest check was $1k, I'm sure it didn't cover all the orc's material costs.

# ? Aug 1, 2017 21:04

ACES CURE PLANES: Oct 21, 2010

Hyperlynx posted:

Cosgrove?

_{Google's drawing a blank}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9Fa2UrDAk

# ? Aug 1, 2017 22:12

McPantserton: Jan 19, 2005; IRONICALLY SWEALTERING

TunaSpleen posted:

Thrall won best in show

Hilariously enough, I got curbstomped by the original builder behind the design for Thrall here at the last big contest I competed in. He took home I think like $6k and I got a medal, haha. He documented his build super well and this isn't the first other attempt at following it I've seen so I'm looking forward to having my face rubbed in my defeat for years to come. :v:

(Not actually bitter, he's obviously crazy good) (Backstage cosplay drama gets pretty loving intense though for real)

# ? Aug 1, 2017 22:49

rodbeard: Jul 21, 2005

I only saw one episode of that terrible cosplay reality show Syfy had, and one of the contestants they followed on the show actually did have a hollywood special effects person build part of the costume.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 03:13

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Voyager I posted:

Holy poo poo, a clean hat trick for Say Nothing!

And that's why I don't say anything.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 04:24

Hyperlynx: Sep 13, 2015

Say Nothing posted:

And that's why I don't say anything.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 10:49

Aphrodite: Jun 27, 2006

rodbeard posted:

I only saw one episode of that terrible cosplay reality show Syfy had, and one of the contestants they followed on the show actually did have a hollywood special effects person build part of the costume.

Most of the cast of that show don't enter competitions or anything though.

# ? Aug 2, 2017 14:02

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

Bob from Steven Universe.

# ? Aug 3, 2017 03:38

Opopanax: Aug 8, 2007; I HEX YE!!!

TunaSpleen posted:

I don't think it's pointless. The way I see it, imagine you spent hundreds of hours hand-carving a Batman suit out of EVA foam and Worbla. Every detail down to perfection, and hours upon hours mastering the paint job and weathering. You bought a 3D printer and learned how to use it just so you could make some Batarangs. Now imagine you're certain you'll win the Advanced category when all of a sudden, some guy in a store-bought rubber Batman suit drives up in an actual Batmobile and wins two awards. Like, he's not even at the competition level anymore; he could easily charge money exhibiting that vehicle at conventions. That's what the D.va mech felt like to me, and I wasn't even competing against it.

If a dude showed up in an actual batmobile that he built from scratch in his garage I wouldn't exactly hold a grudge

# ? Aug 3, 2017 04:42

Philippe: Aug 9, 2013; (she/her)

Some choice sour grapes in this thread. Here's some people cosplaying as sour grapes:

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# ? Aug 3, 2017 05:11

Grem: Mar 29, 2004; It's how her species communicates

Say Nothing posted:

And that's why I don't say anything.

What's with the artifacts on this picture?

# ? Aug 3, 2017 05:34

Polaron: Oct 13, 2010; The Oncoming Storm

Grem posted:

What's with the artifacts on this picture?

I think it's because the pattern was printed onto the bodysuit she's wearing and it wasn't at high res. The artifacts aren't in the photo, they're on the costume.

# ? Aug 3, 2017 12:26

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

Polaron posted:

I think it's because the pattern was printed onto the bodysuit she's wearing and it wasn't at high res. The artifacts aren't in the photo, they're on the costume.

She's an Instagram ~~cosplayer~~ "Published Cosplayer & Geekwear Model" with over 100,000 followers, there's no way she'd step out onto a convention floor with a badly printed costume.

It looks fine in her other Instagram photos, I think someone just took a hasty screengrab and enlarged it to the point that it got artifacts for some reason
https://www.instagram.com/p/BSsJPaYhV_w/?taken-by=karrigan.taylor

# ? Aug 3, 2017 13:07

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Teehee.
So random.

# ? Aug 3, 2017 13:28

GenericOverusedName: Nov 24, 2009; KUVA TEAM EPIC

I really doubt the costume is the thing causing the artifacting on stuff like the people in the background

# ? Aug 3, 2017 14:13

rydiafan: Mar 17, 2009

LingcodKilla posted:

Teehee.
So random.

It's clear from the context of the caption that she meant "unplanned and unposed" as opposed to "monkey cheese wacky", but feel free to take a random dig anyway.

# ? Aug 3, 2017 17:39