Shin @ FAILCON '08!!!
Ok.... so I went off to Rob after class. I thought I'd be missing major lulz because I was late. Got to Rob at around 2:30+
After a short walk, I got to the Atrium. It was easy enough to spot. Usually, most events that need small space are held here. By those kinds of events, I mean product/album/game launches and concerts. This one was a so called "anime convention". Actually... no.
No, it wasn't.
IMHO, conventions usually involve people getting together, watching anime, buying stuff and seeing cosplayers. Sure, the cosplayers were there... But... the buying, watching anime and getting together part was kinda... lacking.
A convention of ANY SORT isn't supposed to be held in a teeny location! It makes you look like a REAL noob. :/
So.. this wasn't a convention as a convention is usually held. It was more of a cosplay competition. I like that definition better. Let's use that.
Ok. So there were a buncha people circled around the Atrium. I couldn't see a thing, teeny thing that I was so I decided to head up to the second floor and get an overhead view of the thing. Alright, one good thing: the stage setup was rather good. It was an S shape that gave a good view of the cosplayer to both judges and crowd. Everything else... was phail.
The backdrop was just a buncha sheets of colored cartolina and the stage itself had a large tarpo of the pseudo vectored Cloud, Rei Ayanami, Haruhi and Pikachu. A projector and screen had been set up on the side of the stage where the cosplayer's character was flashed during their ramp walk.
Miracle upon miracles though, ALOLdia was actually there! She left after all the cosplayers did their ramp though. Didn't even stay to give the prize.
HOMG THE PRIZE. DID I MENTION THE PRIZE?!
GIFT CHECKS. But I'll get back to that later. I'm getting ahead of myself.
So yes, from the second floor, I could see the ring of people that gathered and aLOLdia with two more people as the judge. I'm not sure who they were, though. I didn't get to start the cosplay but when I got there, they were introducing someone who cosplayed as DarkKnight!Joker. In fairness, he had a rather good costume and his makeup was ok.
The hosts were a HEADACHE.
Think about this: You have a cosplay competition hosted by a couple of airheads who so obviously don't know a thing about
a. Anime
b. Cosplay
c. Hosting
YES. HOSTING. Have you seen an episode of Wowowee? IT WAS JUST LIKE THAT. Except... in konyo English. Also, they seemed to talk to the cosplayers like they were talking to kids. Yknow. That "I'm going to talk slow and pretend to understand what you're saying" kind of tone.
There was a formula I saw with their hosting. It went something like this:
"And now number____!"
*cosplayer comes in*
"What's your name?"
"*cosplayer gives name*"
"At sinong kino-cosplay mo?"
"*cosplayer gives character*"
"Ahhhh... ok. *lets him ramp walk*"
As far as I remember...
-There was a Puffy Ami Yumi duo who the hosts didn't know. Cmon. HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI! IT'S ON CARTOON FREAKING NETWORK FCRYING OUT LOUD
-Hao Asakura had paper hair. Kudos to him for pulling that off. The hosts thought HE WAS A POKEMON. HAO FUCKING ASAKURA.
-A Mokona/Larg combo who did humanized versions of the two. I... felt pretty ho-hum about it, really. Cute... but meh. :/
-A Pita Ten character who Chepot will rant about, possibly. XD; She knows Pita Ten better than I do.
-A Hard Gay cosplayer who was VERY confident about his stage presence! He stole the limelight from the hosts. Of course, I don't think they liked this very much.
By this time, I had no idea where Chepot, Revin and John were so I decided to get some noms in form of a long missed salisbury steak from Steak 2000. Then a text message came in from Chep asking me where I was. I couldn't reply because I didn't have regular load. Then another text came in telling me they were on the top floor.
Needless to say, I INHALED my steak and ran off to meet up with them.
When I got up there, we decided to see how much they were giving as prizes for the cosplay so we went back downstairs. Cheppie asked the first organizer she could find about the prize and the response we got was...
"Gift check."
"Magkano?" (How much?)
"Hindi ko alam e..." (I don't know...)
I wanted to headdesk. :/
By then, we spotted Aloldia leaving the premises. HOMG SHE WALKED PAST US!!!11 And I didn't have any wrappers to throw. XD
Other things...
The artwork competition got its own ramp, too. I'm not kidding. The ones who made it walked down the ramp carrying their work.
Ano to, fashion show?!
Bah.
The winner was a Catwoman cosplayer. Whatever happened to "no partial nudity"?
Anyway, the whole event was over in TWO HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES. You heard it here, ladies and gents. TWO HOURS. AND THIRTY MINUTES. It's a new world record! Shortest convention EVER.
When it was all over, John, Chepot and I were left with one question:
Whadawedonow?
XD;; That was just a very short overview of what happened at Failcon 08. :D Expect a better review from Chep and John when they get to writing!
After a short walk, I got to the Atrium. It was easy enough to spot. Usually, most events that need small space are held here. By those kinds of events, I mean product/album/game launches and concerts. This one was a so called "anime convention". Actually... no.
No, it wasn't.
IMHO, conventions usually involve people getting together, watching anime, buying stuff and seeing cosplayers. Sure, the cosplayers were there... But... the buying, watching anime and getting together part was kinda... lacking.
A convention of ANY SORT isn't supposed to be held in a teeny location! It makes you look like a REAL noob. :/
So.. this wasn't a convention as a convention is usually held. It was more of a cosplay competition. I like that definition better. Let's use that.
Ok. So there were a buncha people circled around the Atrium. I couldn't see a thing, teeny thing that I was so I decided to head up to the second floor and get an overhead view of the thing. Alright, one good thing: the stage setup was rather good. It was an S shape that gave a good view of the cosplayer to both judges and crowd. Everything else... was phail.
The backdrop was just a buncha sheets of colored cartolina and the stage itself had a large tarpo of the pseudo vectored Cloud, Rei Ayanami, Haruhi and Pikachu. A projector and screen had been set up on the side of the stage where the cosplayer's character was flashed during their ramp walk.
Miracle upon miracles though, ALOLdia was actually there! She left after all the cosplayers did their ramp though. Didn't even stay to give the prize.
HOMG THE PRIZE. DID I MENTION THE PRIZE?!
GIFT CHECKS. But I'll get back to that later. I'm getting ahead of myself.
So yes, from the second floor, I could see the ring of people that gathered and aLOLdia with two more people as the judge. I'm not sure who they were, though. I didn't get to start the cosplay but when I got there, they were introducing someone who cosplayed as DarkKnight!Joker. In fairness, he had a rather good costume and his makeup was ok.
The hosts were a HEADACHE.
Think about this: You have a cosplay competition hosted by a couple of airheads who so obviously don't know a thing about
a. Anime
b. Cosplay
c. Hosting
YES. HOSTING. Have you seen an episode of Wowowee? IT WAS JUST LIKE THAT. Except... in konyo English. Also, they seemed to talk to the cosplayers like they were talking to kids. Yknow. That "I'm going to talk slow and pretend to understand what you're saying" kind of tone.
There was a formula I saw with their hosting. It went something like this:
"And now number____!"
*cosplayer comes in*
"What's your name?"
"*cosplayer gives name*"
"At sinong kino-cosplay mo?"
"*cosplayer gives character*"
"Ahhhh... ok. *lets him ramp walk*"
As far as I remember...
-There was a Puffy Ami Yumi duo who the hosts didn't know. Cmon. HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI! IT'S ON CARTOON FREAKING NETWORK FCRYING OUT LOUD
-Hao Asakura had paper hair. Kudos to him for pulling that off. The hosts thought HE WAS A POKEMON. HAO FUCKING ASAKURA.
-A Mokona/Larg combo who did humanized versions of the two. I... felt pretty ho-hum about it, really. Cute... but meh. :/
-A Pita Ten character who Chepot will rant about, possibly. XD; She knows Pita Ten better than I do.
-A Hard Gay cosplayer who was VERY confident about his stage presence! He stole the limelight from the hosts. Of course, I don't think they liked this very much.
By this time, I had no idea where Chepot, Revin and John were so I decided to get some noms in form of a long missed salisbury steak from Steak 2000. Then a text message came in from Chep asking me where I was. I couldn't reply because I didn't have regular load. Then another text came in telling me they were on the top floor.
Needless to say, I INHALED my steak and ran off to meet up with them.
When I got up there, we decided to see how much they were giving as prizes for the cosplay so we went back downstairs. Cheppie asked the first organizer she could find about the prize and the response we got was...
"Gift check."
"Magkano?" (How much?)
"Hindi ko alam e..." (I don't know...)
I wanted to headdesk. :/
By then, we spotted Aloldia leaving the premises. HOMG SHE WALKED PAST US!!!11 And I didn't have any wrappers to throw. XD
Other things...
The artwork competition got its own ramp, too. I'm not kidding. The ones who made it walked down the ramp carrying their work.
Ano to, fashion show?!
Bah.
The winner was a Catwoman cosplayer. Whatever happened to "no partial nudity"?
Anyway, the whole event was over in TWO HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES. You heard it here, ladies and gents. TWO HOURS. AND THIRTY MINUTES. It's a new world record! Shortest convention EVER.
When it was all over, John, Chepot and I were left with one question:
Whadawedonow?
XD;; That was just a very short overview of what happened at Failcon 08. :D Expect a better review from Chep and John when they get to writing!