No one really reconized me that day It was like no one had ever read or seen Chrono Crusade I had a really really good costume.
Um, I would have recognized you from across a crowded room.
But alas, I caught no glimpse of the Chrono costume from Chrono Crusade. I did see Sister Rosette at the Cosplay Contest... did you get pictures with her?
It seems that all the Chrono Crusade fans are at Sakura Con. There were three or four
pairs of cosplayers from that anime at Sakura Con, all Rosette and Chrono. I don't know whether there were any Azmarie's or other chara.
Everybody really should at least try out Chrono Crusade. It's good, clean fun: a very balanced mix of action, drama, and comedy for the typical anime audience of ages 16 and up, both male and female alike.
And @ Radien:
As for my 30 min comment, please do keep in mind that as my costume was not judged for technical aspects since I didn't sew it myself, and because we did not stage-rehearse, that shaved another half-hour at least off of the cosplay-involved time.
Oh, definitely! Don't worry, I didn't plan on spending a measly 30 minutes rehearsing/getting ready/whatever, I just meant that if the con chair could manage to find the time to get on stage, then that must mean that the process was pretty streamlined.
I do have an idea for a skit that's bit sitting in the back of my head for over two years now: one which involves a pre-recorded CD, no microphones, and practically any mixture of cosplay characters as long as they're reasonably well-known. Unfortunately, the huge time commitments required for participating in cosplay at Sakura Con and a general lack of nearby potential "teammates" has kept me from trying it. Well, let's see if I manage to construct a team for next year...
I've certainly wanted to try it for awhile.
Anyway, it is also the depth of storyline and characterization in Silent Hill which holds us. We may enjoy horror, but our love of Silent Hill is due to many factors, and the horror elements are by no means the entirety of the story.
True, you female Silent Hill fans did not "squee." But it was still quite eerily cute, seeing a bunch of girls wearing stubble make-up and darkened eyes and ratty hair, all hugging and falling asleep on eachother's shoulders. ^_^;
And considering how many people seem to have thought the Pyramid Heads were AWESOME (and they -were-), there might be more Silent Hill fans out there than you think. Truthfully, I was surprised how many people even got the Silent Hill skit. I half expected to hear crickets chirruping. XD
Oh, the thing is, Eerie, that it doesn't take much to "get" a joke about a horror video game. The commercials alone reveal no less than half of the cliche`s we've come to expect.
Plus, I'm sure most of us have played at least ONE horror video game in our lifetimes. All I've seen in person (not counting the cinema clips you showed me from SH4) was a couple of excerpts from Resident Evil 2.
Also, so there WERE two Pyramid Heads? Yeah, I knew the dating game contestant borrowed parts of a friend's costume, but I THOUGHT I'd seen two different sets of bloody clothing to go along with the Pyramid Heads we all saw in the halls...
Okay, sorry this is getting to be so long. One more reply.
Rushifa and Blackjack:The thing is, what is the point of criticism?... Usually it's either for A. the chance for the critiqued to self-improve, or B. a way of informing other patrons of what they're in for.
Well, it's not like we're paying these people to do skits for us, so scratch B.
Now, as for critiquing for improvement, what if the group already knows very well what went wrong and could have been better? What if they
don't plan on doing the skit again? Or if they don't even plan on entering again as a group
at all?If your critiques are falling on deaf ears, you might as well leave them unsaid. For example, if you thought Skit A wasn't so hot, a simple "Skit A was okay, but Skit B took the cake for me" should suffice. It's simply a bit of entertainment, it's over; anything that went wrong most likely didn't kill you... so you might as well remember the good skits rather than call attention to the bad ones.
