Cosplay, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly...

[John Funk]

Ugh, cosplay.

People who go to conventions dressed up as Blood Elves, Sailor Moon, Sephiroth or whatever the freaky character du jour is make my skin crawl.

Why?

 

[John Funk]

Why?

I guess that's a valid question.

For every one good cosplayer, there's three hundred scary, ugly or creepy looking ones. And perhaps this is the introvert in me kicking in. But I fail to understand why anyone would want to go out in public looking like they fell into a pastel paint vat right before they got stuck in a hair-gel rainstorm.

I mean, I've watched anime, played games, and sat through nerdy movies plenty of times in my life. Never once, though, have I felt the need to dance around in stormtrooper armor.

So if there's something about this cosplay thing that's obviously over my head. Feel free to enlighten me.

Different strokes for different folks. I've known some extremely talented cosplayers, personally. Sure, there are the bad ones - and they outnumber the skilled ones tremendously - but some people just find it fun.

We ran an article a little while back about why people cosplay, if that might answer some of your questions: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_173/5411-Cosplay-and-Effect

 

[axia777]

Here is Ivy from Soul Calibur.

Find me some good Ivys.

I swear I am blind now. Damn you to hell for posting that. My eyes burned like fire.

I feel sorry for cosplayers, they must have really shite lives to want to dress up as some emo prancy twat from some JRPG or other.

Only fat ugly loser co-players suck. Hot sexy chicks that do good co-play rule.

 

[axia777]

ooopps double post.....

 

[Rajin Cajun]

I feel sorry for cosplayers, they must have really shite lives to want to dress up as some emo prancy twat from some JRPG or other.

Agreed. /Thread

 

[cuddly_tomato]

I feel sorry for cosplayers, they must have really shite lives to want to dress up as some emo prancy twat from some JRPG or other.

What if they want to dress up as someone from BioShock?

Or Metal Gear Solid?

 

[Tread184]

Hilarious.

 

[Theophenes]

Cosplay is something I've watched and found interesting, but never done for the same reason I never got into a lot of things. For starters, I don't really resemble any character from anything I've ever played, and I'm poor. Really really poor. There's also no cons in my town of Reno, Nevada, so opportunities are minimal at best for it.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I did a pretty awesome one over the summer but the only place online where a picture currently resides is on the webcomic archives of my extremely Neurotic Roommate.

http://www.moderntales.com/comics/dumnestor.php?view=archive&chapter=14267&mpe=0#strip2

Might I inquire as to which one is you?

I'm the one with the goggles, beard and bullets.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

Cosplay is something I've watched and found interesting, but never done for the same reason I never got into a lot of things. For starters, I don't really resemble any character from anything I've ever played, and I'm poor. Really really poor. There's also no cons in my town of Reno, Nevada, so opportunities are minimal at best for it.

That never stopped this guy...

 

[Hookman]

Cosplay can be good when its done right but when its done wrong,well jesus is it done wrong.

 

[theklng]

come to think of it, other than cosplaying as myself (quite possibly the best cosplay character ever), i'd go with something along the lines of this:

Spoiler

... just because i have the body for it, and black looks incredibly good as body paint. add black kilt and black contact lenses. if that isn't bad ass i don't know what is.

 

[sheic99]

Ugh, cosplay.

People who go to conventions dressed up as Blood Elves, Sailor Moon, Sephiroth or whatever the freaky character du jour is make my skin crawl.

Why?

At the first time I was at Comic Con, I saw a guy dressed as Supergirl and a second dressed as Aeonflux. Sadly, I think that was better than the fat chick in a loincloth.

 

[sheic99]

I feel sorry for cosplayers, they must have really shite lives to want to dress up as some emo prancy twat from some JRPG or other.

Agreed. /Thread

Me and my friends are planning to go as a X-Wing and Tie Fighter. I'm going to be a random pilot, one is going to be a R2 unit and my third friend, who is Thai, is going to be a Tie fighter. Of course it will be made out of spray painted cardboard. How would that not be awesome?

 

[darthsmily]

Me and my friends are planning to go as a X-Wing and Tie Fighter. I'm going to be a random pilot, one is going to be a R2 unit and my third friend, who is Thai, is going to be a Tie fighter. Of course it will be made out of spray painted cardboard. How would that not be awesome?

Sounds sweet sheic, hope it works for you. I actually have no fear of cosplayers, don't know why I don't though.

 

[MrBrightside919]

You haven't seen ugly until you've seen a 300 lb. Spartan.

On another note, there was a Cloud Strife at this year's Megacon that was frickin' amazing, but I don't have any pics.

If I can get the image on the face mask right, I'm planning on going next year as everyone's favorite trenchcoated stoic psychopath. Saying everything with a low monotone voice ought to be fun.

No, you haven't seen ugly until you've seen the dreaded...

MAN FAYE!!!

IT BURNS MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!