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Ohhhh I should see this earlier O.O
Me and my friend are going to cosplay the twins XD So another Souseiseki for you! She is usually called as "Kiwifishcat".
Could you bring the cups for us? Because I don't think we're able to bring any Orz

So looking forward to the gathering =v=

OK, in exchange for a longer set time per entry, then allow less entries to attend.   :-\

In seriousness though, I think people really should make every effort to work within the time limit, and if they absolutely can't, to not go very much over it (15 to 30 seconds max, MAYBE).  A lot of people don't understand that a longer skit does not necessarily make a BETTER skit, and next thing you know you have a bored audience and bored judges...and if you are looking to win, you really don't want the latter especially (because they are the ones who decide who gets the shiny trophies).

And I did a bit of quick research on your statement about "a lot of bigger cons are allowing four or even more minutes"  SakuraCon does cut off at 4 minutes, but I don't know if I'd call it "bigger" than Fanime.  Otakon also has four-minute maxes, but only for groups bigger than six.  Five people or lower get 3 minutes. Katsucon allows 4 minutes, but requires at least 5 people.

However, Anime Expo (as of last year) cuts off audio at 1 minute for individuals and 2 for groups of all sizes.  I know SDCC allows a 3 minute max, but you have to have at least six people or something like that. I think up to 5 you get 2:30, and below that the time limits get shorter unless you get it it approved by the Masquerade director.  Even World Cosplay Summit (say what you will about it) has cut back their time limit to 2:30 for their 2011 competition guidelines, when for 2010 it was 3 minutes.

Nobody that I was able to find in this initial search is giving five minutes. And in my opinion, no one SHOULD.  But don't take my opinion as gospel by any means ;)

Well, I really like the idea of how the time limit depends on the amount of people, and getting approved by the Masquerade director. Does Fanime do that?

2 minutes and half isn't enough for some of the groups. Other cons which are bigger than Fanime give almost 4 minutes and some even give more than that. It won't be that bad if you even give 5 minutes. Let's say that we have 60 groups, and that's 300 minutes which is 5 hours. What about just start Masquarade at 6 and ends at 11? That would work. Also, I don't think EVERY group need that long, since some of them might be used to the 2 minutes and half thing and just would have a short show. So the whole thing is less than 5 hours even with the 5-minute limit.
Anyway, I know that 5 minutes might sound a little unrealistic, but I think the limit should at least expand to 4 minutes. 3 minutes and half is the worst case.

Please consider.

miyakochiba

I'll be Tomoyo Daidouji from Card Captor Sakura :)
And I actually come with a group, and our group has Sakura, Tomoyo (me), Syaoran, Meilin, Yue and Ruby.

lol, this is R, right?

Yup. XD
And you should tell hellangel that we're in the same group. O.O She put both you and my group. Orz

I'll be Tomoyo Daidouji from Card Captor Sakura :)
And I actually come with a group, and our group has Sakura, Tomoyo (me), Syaoran, Meilin, Yue and Ruby.