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Oh my god. That was an AWESOME performance by all of you! I loved every minute of it =D

My favorite skits were the Final Fantasy Idol and Gloomy's Clues one.

What about the rest of you?

And the gloomy fanboy award goes to...
On a serious note, and I quote this from Hiro, "That's weak sauce!".
I wish I could have joined you guys. Tell me about it.

Well, it WAS my first time attending Masquerade =P

I'm gonna perform next year! Anyone up for a Death Note skit?

Quote from: Itachi no JutsuWell, it WAS my first time attending Masquerade =P

I'm gonna perform next year! Anyone up for a Death Note skit?

Man, that just reminded me that during the masquerade, to my right there was a line of seats with 5+ L's...I could just imagine what you could do with a mass amount of L-age (not like making many of that costume would be hard…)

OMG i had so much fun performing, and i'm so glad that everyone did an awesome job with there skits, it was so much fun to watch.

I hope those who got to watch my groups guilty gear skit liked it XD

I did like your skit, especially the songs from Kill Bill

this was not only my first time participating, it was my first time even watcing. i had no idea what to expect.

i was the girl in the black and white costume with many layers that sang and had really bad timing and a really bad voice. :P

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Man, that just reminded me that during the masquerade, to my right there was a line of seats with 5+ L's...I could just imagine what you could do with a mass amount of L-age (not like making many of that costume would be hard…)

Hey, I was with that line of L-- I was the Misa in the middle. I had actually been Raito earlier, attached to one of the L's. We kind of started an L e-mailing list and we're planning tentatively a skit for next year.

One of the groups the saiyuki boyband one did the same skit as done at another east-coast con i think it was acen or katsu, but i can't remember.

Awhile ago my friend had shown me a video of it because i love saiyuki, but then they do it again here?? aren't there rules against stuff like that from happening.... i liked it the first time, but it made me not like it anymore seeing it being done again, even if it was the same group...

Quote from: goldfishOne of the groups the saiyuki boyband one did the same skit as done at another east-coast con i think it was acen or katsu, but i can't remember.

Awhile ago my friend had shown me a video of it because i love saiyuki, but then they do it again here?? aren't there rules against stuff like that from happening.... i liked it the first time, but it made me not like it anymore seeing it being done again, even if it was the same group...

My friends who were in the Saiyuki group did the skit at Anime Central back in May.  They enjoyed doing it again the 2nd time because they were able to HEAR the audio-recording, so they could be "in-sync" (haha) with the voice-over.  Understand that the majority of people watching the masquerade at Fanime didn't attend A-cen, so it was their first time watching the skit.  I still enjoyed it seeing it twice in-person within the same month. ;)  And it's not like they did the same skit twice within the same state.. A-cen is in Chicago.. quite a distance from California..

Well I sat in line for over an hour and a half, which I now think was completely unnecessary because there were plenty of seats where I decided to sit. I think if you aren't one of the first people in line it really isn't worth it then.

Some of the skits were excellent, and even the ones that were kind of stupid were filled with people who were just trying their best to entertain us. I thought every person who just walked around to music was waisting our time for their own ego's (unless their costume really required attention, such as Nightmare). I just think masquerade should be more of a performance only.


......oddly enough I found the stage ninja's were the best part.

Quote from: AnimeEmperorI thought every person who just walked around to music was waisting our time for their own ego's (unless their costume really required attention, such as Nightmare). I just think masquerade should be more of a performance only.

Don't forget about the girl who cosplayed Amano-style Rachel from Final Fantasy VI.  Her costume was really detailed and nobody has yet to (that I've seen) cosplay her character.  :)

Masquerades shouldn't be just skits, since masquerades are also called "costume/cosplay contests" and it gives cosplayers a chance to show off the hard work & effort they put into the details of their costumes.  It also takes a lot of courage to go out on-stage by yourself to do a walk-on. (i should know, since I went on-stage by myself (with a last-minute addition back at Fanime 2003)  And Fanime was nice enough to give awards to those contestants based on craftsmanship, some of which were walk-on's.

o_o OMGorz.... TF was supposed to be #51 until a member had to leave early. Marisa just bumped us to #1 of all places so we were HELLA nervous. ^_^ It was nice to open for you all.

My fav skits:

Blues Clues
Guilty Gear
Otaku's Fantasy (Tengo Tenge girls)
Angelic Layer Battle

Quote from: Ska_Kittio_o OMGorz.... TF was supposed to be #51 until a member had to leave early. Marisa just bumped us to #1 of all places so we were HELLA nervous. ^_^ It was nice to open for you all.

I enjoyed your skit as a good way to open the masquerade! :) It's too bad that I was in the front row to the right of the stage taking pictures (press-area) and there was that big speaker on the stage in front that blocked me from seeing the guys put the smackdown on Ed!  :evil:

Btw, your new Lulu costume was really pretty!  Glad to see you revived it, last seen in 2003! :)

^_^ Heeee... well I'll probably retire her soon. She's an old char and I hav plenty of others to bring to the table.

Quote from: Ska_Kitti^_^ Heeee... well I'll probably retire her soon. She's an old char and I hav plenty of others to bring to the table.

If you're going to AX, please wear her oncemore for the FFX (and FF All-Series) gatherings. :)  What better way to retire her in grand-fashion than at AX! ;)

back on topic:  I enjoyed most of the skits & walk-on's but can't say which ones I didn't enjoy as much.  Overall it was a very entertaining masquerade! :)

At least the costume showing was better this year, rather enjoyed really.  I didnt sit there and go "Oh...thats was.....nice", "That was it?" or the famous "Ooookay..." like last year.  And the ones who showed thier costumes off were great looking costumes. ^_^

the skits were great, what did you guys think of our soul society skit that we made up 2 minutes before hand? lol

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Quote from: AnimeEmperorI thought every person who just walked around to music was waisting our time for their own ego's (unless their costume really required attention, such as Nightmare). I just think masquerade should be more of a performance only.

Don't forget about the girl who cosplayed Amano-style Rachel from Final Fantasy VI.  Her costume was really detailed and nobody has yet to (that I've seen) cosplay her character.  :)

I think it was fine for anyone's costume that was truly excellent. I'm just not going to list them all because that's practically saying if you aren't on the list you sucked.

the masquerade was fun, it was my first year of fanime and it was loads of fun  ^_^. I was in the moogle costume that did the "wii are ninjas" skit, pretty fun stuff. everyone else did awsome jobs on the skits and costumes. I mean seriously those were the best i've ever seen!!!

Quote from: AnimeEmperorI thought every person who just walked around to music was waisting our time for their own ego's (unless their costume really required attention, such as Nightmare). I just think masquerade should be more of a performance only.

you realize that the masquerade is seperated into two categorys, right? performance and craftsmanship. many of the craftmanship contestants do a simple walk on to show off their costumes because its a requirement of the competition rules. they are all pre-judged during the days before the masquerade and the stage is simply to present it to the audience for most of them. they are not wasting anyone's time, simply following the rules of the contest they entered.

every con i've ever been to has people who do skits for performance awards and people who do walk ons for craftmanship awards.  

if you find that a waste of your time, perhaps you shouldn't go to the competition anymore.

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Quote from: AnimeEmperorI thought every person who just walked around to music was waisting our time for their own ego's (unless their costume really required attention, such as Nightmare). I just think masquerade should be more of a performance only.

you realize that the masquerade is seperated into two categorys, right? performance and craftsmanship. many of the craftmanship contestants do a simple walk on to show off their costumes because its a requirement of the competition rules. they are all pre-judged during the days before the masquerade and the stage is simply to present it to the audience for most of them. they are not wasting anyone's time, simply following the rules of the contest they entered.

every con i've ever been to has people who do skits for performance awards and people who do walk ons for craftmanship awards.  

if you find that a waste of your time, perhaps you shouldn't go to the competition anymore.

I do agree with that person though, i think they should like have the first half the walk ons and the second the performance or the other way around. that way if people wanted to come see performances, no walk on to bug them. they come to see craftmanship, they see the beuty in it. then again it could get boring watching walk ons and good to throw them here and there. I donno I'm still n00bish to fanime 0.-

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Quote from: AnimeEmperorI thought every person who just walked around to music was waisting our time for their own ego's (unless their costume really required attention, such as Nightmare). I just think masquerade should be more of a performance only.

you realize that the masquerade is seperated into two categorys, right? performance and craftsmanship. many of the craftmanship contestants do a simple walk on to show off their costumes because its a requirement of the competition rules. they are all pre-judged during the days before the masquerade and the stage is simply to present it to the audience for most of them. they are not wasting anyone's time, simply following the rules of the contest they entered.

every con i've ever been to has people who do skits for performance awards and people who do walk ons for craftmanship awards.  

if you find that a waste of your time, perhaps you shouldn't go to the competition anymore.

Of course I knew that, otherwise I wouldn't have a right to criticize it. But it was so horribly done and alot of them didn't even have very nice costumes. They should have at least been grouped together or not forced to do it. The way they did it was a waste of time. Of course the rest of it was good enough that i'd still watch it again.

Quote from: AnimeEmperorI think it was fine for anyone's costume that was truly excellent. I'm just not going to list them all because that's practically saying if you aren't on the list you sucked.

You take the good with the bad when you sit down to watch a masquerade at a convention..

I was a little dissapointed by the quality of performances this year, since while there were several good performances, there wasn't anything that really stood out in my mind.  But maybe that was because those seats in the civic center were really uncomfortable and made me rather cranky for sitting in them for so long.  XD  

I was really happy with the judging this year.  I liked seeing a wide-array of awards for both performance and craftsmanship, since I think that it's important to have a balance of both in the masquerade.  

A suggestion for next year: 2 minute time limit.  I felt like a lot of the skits dragged on for way longer then necessary.  If you can't get your point across in 2 minutes, then there's something wrong- since any longer and you'll lose the audience's attention.

Quote from: KokuuA suggestion for next year: 2 minute time limit.  I felt like a lot of the skits dragged on for way longer then necessary.  If you can't get your point across in 2 minutes, then there's something wrong- since any longer and you'll lose the audience's attention.

I agree. 2 minutes has always been my time limit, but I was ecouraged to extent that for Fanime as Fanime has had this long tradition of long skits and stuff. Soooo ... I decided to go with the 3 minute skit.

The problem is that, as I expected would happen, 3 minutes seems way too short when it's a really great skit... and WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY too long when it's a really, ah, questionable skit or performance.

Hrm. Maybe I should switch it to 2.5 minutes? That's usually the length of a TV-Size version of something (if someone wants to sing), and yet not too long?

People need to remember the golden rule of cosplay: Get on stage, do your thing, then get the heck off the stage. If you go on too long, people get bored.

Of course, if it's too short (yes I am talking to you, walk-on haters) people complain too.

It's a no-win situation for the coordinators @_@;;

Let's try 2.5 minutes next year, and if that doesn't work either, I'll drop it back to 2.

I'm also upping the max group size to 10 this year due to MULTIPLE requests to add extra people... and all the people who asked for a special exception actually did really well with the bigger groups.

I'm thinking maybe we should have a skit clinic area, where people can come practice, get advice on their skits, discuss ideas, etc. We will try to brainstorm about that for next year...! :)

Marisa

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I agree. 2 minutes has always been my time limit, but I was ecouraged to extent that for Fanime as Fanime has had this long tradition of long skits and stuff. Soooo ... I decided to go with the 3 minute skit.
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People need to remember the golden rule of cosplay: Get on stage, do your thing, then get the heck off the stage. If you go on too long, people get bored.

Of course, if it's too short (yes I am talking to you, walk-on haters) people complain too.

It's a no-win situation for the coordinators @_@;;

You plan the best you can. Tough spot.

Yup..It's really up to the participants.  After all, they are the ones performing.  I've bit my lip in years past making suggestions to some entries.

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I'm thinking maybe we should have a skit clinic area, where people can come practice, get advice on their skits, discuss ideas, etc. We will try to brainstorm about that for next year...! :)

Marisa

But will people listen, that is the question.

I don't know, I think they should be allowed three minutes but they need to make sure that what they do is worth all three minutes and not to try to force to make it longer.  Personally I'm thinking of a skit for next year and I'm not sure how long it will take...I'm still working it out in my head.  Oh by the way I was wanting some brutally honest opinions on my performance this year.  I was the Ed Elric who did the monolougue shirtless with the symbols on me.  I couldn't watch myself so I need some feedback

Quote from: swordman85I don't know, I think they should be allowed three minutes but they need to make sure that what they do is worth all three minutes and not to try to force to make it longer.  Personally I'm thinking of a skit for next year and I'm not sure how long it will take...I'm still working it out in my head.  Oh by the way I was wanting some brutally honest opinions on my performance this year.  I was the Ed Elric who did the monolougue shirtless with the symbols on me.  I couldn't watch myself so I need some feedback

The ladies liked it ^_^ ( heard a lot of screams). I thought you looked really good, though I was watching it from the side stage at that point. The lighting went really well with the spot for your particular skit.

I still haven't seen that episode yet (I'm watching the DVDs as they come out... I think I told you this at check-in...) so I am not sure how it synched up with the series itself.

Visually it was very impressive though!

^_^

Marisa

Cool that's good to hear?  Anyone else with an opinion? Oh and by the way when will I be able to buy a copy of the masqurade?  I really want to see it myself and watch everyone elses skits without having terror racking my body.  It was my first con and I'm definatly not the kind of person to be able to talk in front of audiences...I have enough trouble in a class of 30 much less an auditorium of 3,000.  Oh but for anyone else reading this don't let it affect your judgement on my performance, I want to know how it was...I don't want to hear stuff like "great for your first try" or stuff like that.  Pretend as if it weren't my first try :) ok thanks

Perhaps instead of a 2-minute time limit you could hold tryouts. That would seem more practical to me. Having staged and been in several skits myself I'll say that two minutes is a very, very short amount of time. Three is too, but at least it's more practical.

Holding "tryouts" is very troubling.  An event such as a masquerade with 50 entries will have a long running time.  That is without question. This is the fan's event.  You are proposing to pre-judge convention attendees for participating in an event, which is composed of attendees. No matter what you think is "good" or "bad" as a skit shouldn't be screened (unless there is questionable content).  imho.

Quote from: Mach5MotorsportHolding "tryouts" is very troubling.  An event such as a masquerade with 50 entries will have a long running time.  That is without question. This is the fan's event.  You are proposing to pre-judge convention attendees for participating in an event, which is composed of attendees. No matter what you think is "good" or "bad" as a skit shouldn't be screened (unless there is questionable content).  imho.

IMHO as well. :)  This is a fan event by fans for fans, and I think 99% of the people want to keep it that way. If you would like to see the professional events, I suggest going to MusicFest. This is completely and utterly amateur -- think of it like the try-outs for American Idol. There are a few great performances, a few good ones, and the ones you don't like (even if other people do like it). Even if we did hold try-outs to even get a spot (which is absolutely impossible given our limited timeframe-- plus we just filled the spots as it was with our pool of entrants), that is no guarantee that the "pool" of entries can give you the show you are looking for. A lot of these people literally come up with their idea a few minutes or hours before they get on the stage, the big Bleach group was an example of that and so was the Resident Evil skit. To have a polished professional production you need to: a. pay people to be in it, b. have professionals. This is just for fun, think of it like the high school talent show (do they even do those anymore?) or improv. There is just no way that we can provide this polished show for you, even if we wanted to.

And, as for costumes being recognized... that's why the people on the stage are participating. They honestly see skits as secondary. They are getting into this competition to have people see their uber-cool costume that they spent 1000 hours making. We aren't going to be able to change that, it's traditional. Over the years, because of the addition of skits (which was actually secondary to the original costume contests which were more like Fashion Shows) have caused the Masquerade to get bigger and bigger audiences... but the quality of those skits is up to the cosplayers who may actually be better at sewing than they are at improv, dance, or singing. That's just the way it works, and in the end it IS a Costume Contest, not a Skit Contest.

Sorry! We can change things like spreading out walk-ons and such, but we are not willing to change the nature of the contest.

Thanks,
Marisa

It's a touchy subject. There's never going to be a con where all the skits are 'perfect'. Everyone has different tastes and will like different things. When it comes to writing a skit, I bet you a lot of the 'not so entertaining' skits looked really good to the people who preformed them.
It's just really hard to say. I think setting a time limit of around 2 minutes would be best because some of the best skits are the short and sweet ones. Also maybe some suggestions can be posted when the masquerade sign-ups begin to help those that might need it?
Otherwise, like someone said, you take the good with the bad. It happens all the time. It takes a lot of guts to get up there in the first place, let the people have their 2 minutes. I personally thought the masquerade was fine but thats just me.

me and my bf decided for our skit 2 minutes was our max, in the end ours was about minute 1:40-1:50, and ours had 10 people in it.

I also agree that a 2 minute max could be a good idea, but maybe if your going to implement a shorter time make it 2:30 like you said.

I really enjoyed this years masquerade, so coming on here and hearing so many people say they disliked it, really surprised me =/

Some people forget over the years that I really encouraged people to not exceed two minutes for their skit/performance because the intent is for the participant to have the stongest stage experience possible and not just monopolizing their given stage time.  

Of course it would degrade and impeed the overall intent  of the event itself if the stage crew had to "yank" people off stage for going way over time.  It doesn't look good and it just isn't a fun thing to occour for everyone: staff, participants and audience.   Sitting off stage with a stopwatch isn't really a fun thing to have inplace for an event like a masq.

In the end, the entry participants themselves must bear the brunt of praise and critical comments from the audience.  (be it valid or not)  I just hope most comments are not of the crude variety, which sometimes happens in large group events.

I agree...

On changing the nature of the show. I believe that the nature of the show has significantly changed almost every year I've been in it. It's almost an unavoidable factor, when venue, cast, crew, or administration are changed. One would be hard-pressed to call this year's Masquerade a similarly natured-show to last year, especially if one was in both, and further pressed to say that last year's was extremely similar in nature to, say, the first year at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Changing the nature of the show is a process of constant trial and error and, hopefully, an overall improvement for all involved.

Quote from: LeishuI agree...

On changing the nature of the show. I believe that the nature of the show has significantly changed almost every year I've been in it. It's almost an unavoidable factor, when venue, cast, crew, or administration are changed. One would be hard-pressed to call this year's Masquerade a similarly natured-show to last year, especially if one was in both, and further pressed to say that last year's was extremely similar in nature to, say, the first year at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Changing the nature of the show is a process of constant trial and error and, hopefully, an overall improvement for all involved.

Nodnod. Even in professional shows, if you have a different cast and location-- they can be singing the same songs and doing the same dances, but you are going to see a different show.

With cosplay contests set up the way they are, it's always going to be free form.

Quote from: LeishuI agree... On changing the nature of the show. I believe that the nature of the show has significantly changed almost every year I've been in it.

As a note, by "changing the nature of the show" when I said it above, I meant that we are not going to change it to be "all skits" or "first fashion show, then skits" as it's just impossible to do that being that you get a mixed bag of entries when people register. Also, I'm not willing to change the show by screening entries first to pre-judge if people are worthy to be in the performance -- that's just not fair. This is supposed to be for fun.

Quote from: swordman85Oh by the way I was wanting some brutally honest opinions on my performance this year.  I was the Ed Elric who did the monolougue shirtless with the symbols on me.  I couldn't watch myself so I need some feedback

Should have ended the skit w/ lights going out and the walk off the stage in darkness.

Also, perhaps have your spoken part timed to the music, and have the moment you place your hands on yourself have that big electric noice you hear whenever transmutation takes place.

Quote from: Eurobeat KingDon't forget about the girl who cosplayed Amano-style Rachel from Final Fantasy VI.  Her costume was really detailed and nobody has yet to (that I've seen) cosplay her character.  :)

Anyone have pictures of her?  She had a very lovely face and I was wow'd by how intricate her costume was.  Oh, and she had a very lovely face.  ^.~

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Quote from: LeishuI agree... On changing the nature of the show. I believe that the nature of the show has significantly changed almost every year I've been in it.

As a note, by "changing the nature of the show" when I said it above, I meant that we are not going to change it to be "all skits" or "first fashion show, then skits" as it's just impossible to do that being that you get a mixed bag of entries when people register. Also, I'm not willing to change the show by screening entries first to pre-judge if people are worthy to be in the performance -- that's just not fair. This is supposed to be for fun.

Yah. ^_^

I totally agree. I just tend to randomly throw possibilities out there in the hope that they may inspire more and greater ideas. :p

I've always watched the cosplay competition, never participated in it. This year, I've done both. XD

Stange, I thought this year it was like 90% skits and 10% walk ons - guess people are never happy!!

To me, I rather see 5 walk ons then 1 boring skit. XD

Well even though there seems to be very mixed reactions, I did enjoy the Masquerade, both as an audience member and a performer (the skit with the Sins and Ed aka the One Bra skit).

Quote from: LunaNekoStange, I thought this year it was like 90% skits and 10% walk ons - guess people are never happy!!

To me, I rather see 5 walk ons then 1 boring skit. XD

Yup, it was pretty much that ratio. You can see the list here:

http://forums.fanime.com/viewtopic.php?t=5029

I think there are a few vocal people on the boards saying that there were too many walk-ons. Happy people never come to forums to rant ^_^;

Marisa

*raises hand*

I'm pretty happy!

I just always look for ways to improve, anyway :p

Well ya the lighting guys didn't get it quite right but they got most of it right so I was happy.  As far as the noise goes it didn't make that noise when he did it in the last episode.  Oh and I'm a little curious what you meant by timing it with the music.  Thanks for the critique though

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I'm pretty happy!

I just always look for ways to improve, anyway :p

Yay! I'm glad :)  Because I know you were the most worried once upon a time.  I honestly want people to just have a great time. :)

If I can make one small suggestion, though it's logistically harder.  It was something many of us on the side there talked about after the show. I can actually see how, with 60 or so groups, it'd be much harder to do. In the past, all of the groups on the side have been brought up on stage for the audience's viewing pleasure for the announcement of the award winners. If that's possible, again, I personally thought that it added a sort of nifty amount of game-show surprise to the whole thing (and spontaneous moments, like one of my team-members kissing Brian quite passionately and another kissing me. Yay for Masquerade yaoi... o_O). I don't really think it'll be entirely practical to do with the number of groups we now have. It is, after all, not a huge stage, but perhaps ways to preserve that spontaneity should be brainstormed, or something. It was a little weird to see the groups picked out of the crowd beforehand.

Just a random thought. :p

Does anyone know when we'll be able to buy a copy of the masqurade?  I really want to get a copy

Quote from: LeishuIf I can make one small suggestion, though it's logistically harder.  It was something many of us on the side there talked about after the show. I can actually see how, with 60 or so groups, it'd be much harder to do. In the past, all of the groups on the side have been brought up on stage for the audience's viewing pleasure for the announcement of the award winners. If that's possible, again, I personally thought that it added a sort of nifty amount of game-show surprise to the whole thing (and spontaneous moments, like one of my team-members kissing Brian quite passionately and another kissing me. Yay for Masquerade yaoi... o_O). I don't really think it'll be entirely practical to do with the number of groups we now have. It is, after all, not a huge stage, but perhaps ways to preserve that spontaneity should be brainstormed, or something. It was a little weird to see the groups picked out of the crowd beforehand.Just a random thought. :p

not all of the groups went up beforehand though, i saw quite a few groups go up as they were announcing there award.

to the coordinators and people involved in the masquerade, i personally liked that you guys didn't have everyone onstage, it was so much more orderly, and practical, and i could see the groups who won what award ten times easier than in previous years ^_^

in past years where everyone is dragged onstage, people have to shove there way to front to get the award, and it'd take more time because they have to go through the people onstage.

I guess that I always felt that the spontenaity was worth that :p

Quote from: LeishuI guess that I always felt that the spontenaity was worth that :p

Well, we don't tell them WHAT they won, just that they won "something".

Because of the dangers of getting backstage (as those speakers block the stairs on the stage) we decided it was safer to at least stage all the winners back there.

And I couldn't find everyone, so a few groups didn't get called up in time and were pulled from the audience. ^_^;

Eh... the opinion really still stands. As I said, I see the merit in not doing it like that anymore. It's just a little sad to see it go. No matter what, it's a little less fun for those who -don't- win.

Quote from: LeishuEh... the opinion really still stands. As I said, I see the merit in not doing it like that anymore. It's just a little sad to see it go. No matter what, it's a little less fun for those who -don't- win.

*nods sadly*

Quote from: swordman85Well ya the lighting guys didn't get it quite right but they got most of it right so I was happy.  As far as the noise goes it didn't make that noise when he did it in the last episode.  Oh and I'm a little curious what you meant by timing it with the music.  Thanks for the critique though

I meant, timing so that when your monologue ends and you put your hand on your chest, its right when the music is coming to a point where you have inserted a sound effect.  If that was something you wanted to do.

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Quote from: Eurobeat KingDon't forget about the girl who cosplayed Amano-style Rachel from Final Fantasy VI.  Her costume was really detailed and nobody has yet to (that I've seen) cosplay her character.  :)

Anyone have pictures of her?  She had a very lovely face and I was wow'd by how intricate her costume was.  Oh, and she had a very lovely face.  ^.~

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=703384

I took more pictures of her during the Final Fantasy VI gathering on Saturday. :)

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I think there are a few vocal people on the boards saying that there were too many walk-ons. Happy people never come to forums to rant ^_^;

Marisa

jumping in a little late here:
11 walk-ons (30 seconds max) == 330 sec. == 5.5 minutes

Maybe I'm being insensitve or maybe I'm actually onto something here. If someone is going to complain about what happened for 5.5 minutes out of a 5 hour show...I think they're being just a wee bit picky? eh?

I think my friends and i had way too much fun at the masquerade. It was our first time doing anything like that. But we had a blast and i can't wait till next year.

Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgzcNFnyAA  to watch our skit.

Quote from: MzreYuenI think my friends and i had way too much fun at the masquerade. It was our first time doing anything like that. But we had a blast and i can't wait till next year.

Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgzcNFnyAA  to watch our skit.

Your skit was too funny, Mzre.   :o  Definitely one of the more adult-oriented skits of the masquerade, combining shocking secrets & yaoi!   :twisted:   Nice job!

Personally I didn't have a problem at all with the length of any of the skits/walk-ons.  I was a little eager for the earlier ones to end so I could get up and knock mine out of the way to releive the pressure but besides that I didn't notice a problem in length

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Quote from: MzreYuenI think my friends and i had way too much fun at the masquerade. It was our first time doing anything like that. But we had a blast and i can't wait till next year.

Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgzcNFnyAA  to watch our skit.

Your skit was too funny, Mzre.   :o  Definitely one of the more adult-oriented skits of the masquerade, combining shocking secrets & yaoi!   :twisted:   Nice job!

LOL! yeah that's why i'm glad that we went on at the end of the night. kinda like a last minute shocker. tifa cheating on cloud with vincent? lol. i just love drama. i can't wait till ax to do a skit there.

Perhaps it might be a good idea, say, to have the walk-ons in a block running somewhat runway style (Walk to front of stage, twirl, walk around stage, exit) as the Emcee announces them gradually, giving them both a little more time on stage as they walk around and the people who complain about walkons less cause to complain (as, after all, if they're in a block you don't really have the problem of having literally the time of the walkon to give each participant an intro and outro).

I personally didn't have a problem with it, but maybe that would help?

I don't think you guys should change the way it's set up, I have never had an issue with walk-ons and performances being together, and neither has most people i've talked with; as someone's mentioned it's probably because we have a small vocal crowd that felt we had too many walk-ons here on the message board, but everyone else i've talked to enjoyed the performances as well as the walk-ons this year.

I do like how everyone wasn't on stage for the masquerade awards. like someone else said i could see who won what. BUT it was definately discouraging to see people being pulled upstage during the amv's, though i do realize it was done because of time restraints, but maybe if all things go well for next year, we can pull people up from the audience while announcing the awards ^_^!

Quote from: DayDreamerNessaI do like how everyone wasn't on stage for the masquerade awards. like someone else said i could see who won what. BUT it was definately discouraging to see people being pulled upstage during the amv's, though i do realize it was done because of time restraints, but maybe if all things go well for next year, we can pull people up from the audience while announcing the awards ^_^!

I think they didn't put everyone on-stage and then announce the winners due to the fact they had to have everyone out of there by 11:00pm instead of 11:30pm.  I was kind-of hoping they would since I missed getting a lot of pics of everyone on-stage last year (was busy doing photoshoots backstage) but surprised they didn't this year.  That's like a Fanime tradition: bring everyone on-stage and then announce the winners to come forward.  Perhaps next year if there's more time allowed inside the auditorium they'll do this.

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Quote from: DayDreamerNessaI do like how everyone wasn't on stage for the masquerade awards. like someone else said i could see who won what. BUT it was definately discouraging to see people being pulled upstage during the amv's, though i do realize it was done because of time restraints, but maybe if all things go well for next year, we can pull people up from the audience while announcing the awards ^_^!

I think they didn't put everyone on-stage and then announce the winners due to the fact they had to have everyone out of there by 11:00pm instead of 11:30pm.  I was kind-of hoping they would since I missed getting a lot of pics of everyone on-stage last year (was busy doing photoshoots backstage) but surprised they didn't this year.  That's like a Fanime tradition: bring everyone on-stage and then announce the winners to come forward.  Perhaps next year if there's more time allowed inside the auditorium they'll do this.

yeah i knew they did it because of time I said it in my post ^^;

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Quote from: DayDreamerNessaI do like how everyone wasn't on stage for the masquerade awards. like someone else said i could see who won what. BUT it was definately discouraging to see people being pulled upstage during the amv's, though i do realize it was done because of time restraints, but maybe if all things go well for next year, we can pull people up from the audience while announcing the awards ^_^!

I think they didn't put everyone on-stage and then announce the winners due to the fact they had to have everyone out of there by 11:00pm instead of 11:30pm.  I was kind-of hoping they would since I missed getting a lot of pics of everyone on-stage last year (was busy doing photoshoots backstage) but surprised they didn't this year.  That's like a Fanime tradition: bring everyone on-stage and then announce the winners to come forward.  Perhaps next year if there's more time allowed inside the auditorium they'll do this.

yeah i knew they did it because of time I said it in my post ^^;

just woke up from a nap..  :oops:  and did you not like the masquerade pics I took of you group during and after you received your award, Nessa?

I really enjoyed this year's masquerade! To tell the truth, I was a little skeptical since it's now Cosplay Spectacular and not Der Cosplay, which I'd grown accustomed to - but I was pleasantly surprised. It still had the same great energy as it did before. Despite some of the time issues when it came to setting up earlier in the day, the staff was awesome and were really cool to us performers. Everything was explained thoroughly and I felt the show ran smoothly for us. I dunno how you guys were backstage, but from my point of view things seemed to be taken care of. I really appreciated it!

Being able to watch from the stands was cool too! Last year I ended up sitting on the side of the stage to watch the other skits anyway, so seeing them how they were intended to be seen was refreshing. I dunno, I like to see what skits we're up against.  And not having the stage overrun with all the performers (53 skits/walk-ons and everyone on stage? Definitely not a good idea.) at the end was nice and stress-free too. All the changes between last year and this year I liked, to make a long ramble short.

So yeah, thanks to the masquerade staff and everyone who cheered for TeniMyUSA. This was a really fun experience for us. :3

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Quote from: MzreYuenI think my friends and i had way too much fun at the masquerade. It was our first time doing anything like that. But we had a blast and i can't wait till next year.

Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgzcNFnyAA  to watch our skit.

Your skit was too funny, Mzre.   :o  Definitely one of the more adult-oriented skits of the masquerade, combining shocking secrets & yaoi!   :twisted:   Nice job!

LOL! yeah that's why i'm glad that we went on at the end of the night. kinda like a last minute shocker. tifa cheating on cloud with vincent? lol. i just love drama. i can't wait till ax to do a skit there.

I remember that skit that was funny, I was laughing pretty hard that day  :lol:

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Quote from: MzreYuenI think my friends and i had way too much fun at the masquerade. It was our first time doing anything like that. But we had a blast and i can't wait till next year.

Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgzcNFnyAA  to watch our skit.

Your skit was too funny, Mzre.   :o  Definitely one of the more adult-oriented skits of the masquerade, combining shocking secrets & yaoi!   :twisted:   Nice job!

LOL! yeah that's why i'm glad that we went on at the end of the night. kinda like a last minute shocker. tifa cheating on cloud with vincent? lol. i just love drama. i can't wait till ax to do a skit there.

I remember that skit that was funny, I was laughing pretty hard that day  :lol:

LOL. thank you. everyone asked me how i came up with something like that so last minute. to tell the truth i've always had a crush on my friend that played vincent.. and i kinda lived out my fantasy of cheating on my lover with him. hahahahhahaha. i can't wait till next year! were you in the contest at all Shinsengumi?

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Quote from: MzreYuenI think my friends and i had way too much fun at the masquerade. It was our first time doing anything like that. But we had a blast and i can't wait till next year.

Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgzcNFnyAA  to watch our skit.

Your skit was too funny, Mzre.   :o  Definitely one of the more adult-oriented skits of the masquerade, combining shocking secrets & yaoi!   :twisted:   Nice job!

LOL! yeah that's why i'm glad that we went on at the end of the night. kinda like a last minute shocker. tifa cheating on cloud with vincent? lol. i just love drama. i can't wait till ax to do a skit there.

I remember that skit that was funny, I was laughing pretty hard that day  :lol:

LOL. thank you. everyone asked me how i came up with something like that so last minute. to tell the truth i've always had a crush on my friend that played vincent.. and i kinda lived out my fantasy of cheating on my lover with him. hahahahhahaha. i can't wait till next year! were you in the contest at all Shinsengumi?

No I'm to shy to go on stage.

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Quote from: MzreYuenI think my friends and i had way too much fun at the masquerade. It was our first time doing anything like that. But we had a blast and i can't wait till next year.

Go here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgzcNFnyAA  to watch our skit.

Your skit was too funny, Mzre.   :o  Definitely one of the more adult-oriented skits of the masquerade, combining shocking secrets & yaoi!   :twisted:   Nice job!

LOL! yeah that's why i'm glad that we went on at the end of the night. kinda like a last minute shocker. tifa cheating on cloud with vincent? lol. i just love drama. i can't wait till ax to do a skit there.

I remember that skit that was funny, I was laughing pretty hard that day  :lol:

LOL. thank you. everyone asked me how i came up with something like that so last minute. to tell the truth i've always had a crush on my friend that played vincent.. and i kinda lived out my fantasy of cheating on my lover with him. hahahahhahaha. i can't wait till next year! were you in the contest at all Shinsengumi?

No I'm to shy to go on stage.

lol. a lot of my friends were really shy too. especially vincent. that's why i kept his scene short and simple. the voices were pre recorded so all they had to do was lip sync to it. as for me.. i'm pretty.. outgoing so it didn't bother me too much to be up there.

^ Thats pretty cool. My group were all pretty nervous as well, oddly enough I was the one that wasn't nervous at all and I was a bit nervous before going into the auditorium.

Quote from: bahamutknightzero^ Thats pretty cool. My group were all pretty nervous as well, oddly enough I was the one that wasn't nervous at all and I was a bit nervous before going into the auditorium.

what group number were you? i missed half the masquerade

Group 42, the skit with the Sins and Ed and the bra. Pretty much the writer of the script (the girl who played Lust) was nervous because she felt that it would be all her fault if the skit didn't go well, the girl who played Ed was nervous in that she didn't want to mess up, the girl who played Envy was nervous because of being up on stage in front of an audience. As for me, I was a bit nervous in that I was hoping I wouldn't screw up and hoping I would do a good performance.

Quote from: bahamutknightzeroGroup 42, the skit with the Sins and Ed and the bra. Pretty much the writer of the script (the girl who played Lust) was nervous because she felt that it would be all her fault if the skit didn't go well, the girl who played Ed was nervous in that she didn't want to mess up, the girl who played Envy was nervous because of being up on stage in front of an audience. As for me, I was a bit nervous in that I was hoping I wouldn't screw up and hoping I would do a good performance.

yeah. i think my group was backstage practicing at like group 40. we were so concerned about our skit that we didnt' really get to see anyone else preform. i want the video of the entire masquerade

My group was entry #43, Yami no Matsuei. I think we got quite a bit of attention with ours.

Wish I could see that one since we were doing those photos in the back when your group went up. Was kinda cool to sit next to your group.

Ya I was really nervous too.  This was my first ever con and I was up there all alone.  I'd like to buy the video of the masqurade too does anyone know when it will be availible?

Quote from: Itachi no JutsuWell, it WAS my first time attending Masquerade =P

I'm gonna perform next year! Anyone up for a Death Note skit?

ME :D?

Good job everyone!
This years masqerade was very well organized! I enjoyed it very much as did my cosplaygroup!
Marisa, SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER job. FANTASTIC. Brian- SO AWSOME. I din't know how i would feel not having brian announcing, but I had forgotten about it until I saw him on stage!
Thank you Travelling Valentine for yoru video's- THAT WAS so exciting!!
I have NEVER EVER EVER seen a masquerade in my life but on tape...
My cosplay career has been spent back stage for years. I really enjoyed the idea of watching the whole masquerade. This year's turn out was interesting to see. ALOT of skits...
This time around my cosplay companions and i took a break and did something relaxed. We hope you guys had a good laugh at Number 40 ENTER THE LAYER by Project Victory Cosplay Theatre. And our neigbors seated next to us, we hope to share more glow sticks next year!
We certainly enjoyed everyone's creativity and hope to see you at a con SOON!! KEEP IT UP EVERYONE!!

Believe it or not.

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=705991

Too bad he's not gonna teach at Hartnell next semester since I have the Fall catalog.

:) Yes, some of us have deep dark... secrets. "COSPLAY!"
All I do is masquerade really and hall cosplay,(and dealers room LOL) so how do you explain that to your co workers?
And then.. the moment comes! When you find out they are just as crazy and into costumes, anime, gaming as you are!
Brian is great ^_^
I sure hope we find more cosplay staff to GLOMP. ^_^

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Too bad he's not gonna teach at Hartnell next semester since I have the Fall catalog.

I know that sucks that he's not teaching next semester at Hartnell  :( .

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Too bad he's not gonna teach at Hartnell next semester since I have the Fall catalog.

I know that sucks that he's not teaching next semester at Hartnell  :( .

I might be teaching in the Fall. The Dean hasn't figured that out yet.  Being an "adjunct" faculty has its drawbacks.  Most likely I will be one of the sections labeled as "staff"

question! what did people thinkn about the yami no mastuei? as i was the muraki that fell on her face! and i just wanted to make sure that it was alright as i'm trying to write another and need feed back! if it sucked rocks than i need to know. please tell me. thanks

My only suggestion, while it was nice having people brought backstage who won, we could not hear AT ALL when we were back there. When an award was announced whoever was in front had better have been paying attention otherwise no one really knew who was supposed to go out there. Plus when we were announced we didn't have a clue what we won because we didn't hear a single word said. I think we would have rather had to have gotten out of our seats to go on stage to accept it. Just an idea because honestly, we didn't hear a single word. I think thats the only complaint we had.
We loved the masq. It was so well run, we always knew what was happening, I really liked having the masq headquarters so if we had a question we knew where to go and there would be someone there to answer it.
And great job announcing it Brian. I liked this year the best! ^_^ You always kept the audience entertained :)
But honestly, great job to all those that made it run so smoothly and to the judges for being so quick to decide the winners! ^_^

Just a little thing to add.  People who do Walk-ons do so because either they just want to show off their costume, aren't comfortable with performing something (yet), or want to get their feet wet--see how being onstage is first.  Then perhaps in future shows, they'll return and do an actual skit.

Putting all the walk-ons together could have negative effects.  People may leave during them or talk all the way through them, ignore them and more or less snub them.  Having them mixed up is a good variety, and is better integrated, rather than segregated.

I was in a Walk-on, and I enjoyed it a lot.  It was the first time performing with my cosplay group.  Now, I want to do a full-fledged skit with them for future cons.  See?

That's my two cents.

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I'm gonna perform next year! Anyone up for a Death Note skit?

ME :D?

Me too! I was thinking about doing a deathnote skit myself! But I need people to help me with it!

It's been awhile since I last checked and I was wondering if anyone would know when the dvd would be availible for purchase

Quote from: LMJust a little thing to add.  People who do Walk-ons do so because either they just want to show off their costume, aren't comfortable with performing something (yet), or want to get their feet wet--see how being onstage is first.  Then perhaps in future shows, they'll return and do an actual skit.

Putting all the walk-ons together could have negative effects.  People may leave during them or talk all the way through them, ignore them and more or less snub them.  Having them mixed up is a good variety, and is better integrated, rather than segregated.

I was in a Walk-on, and I enjoyed it a lot.  It was the first time performing with my cosplay group.  Now, I want to do a full-fledged skit with them for future cons.  See?

That's my two cents.

I think you're right, walk ons anre best in small doses.  But you can never be sure what will happen the night of the show, mix-ups, no-shows, Murphy's law...

Quote from: swordman85It's been awhile since I last checked and I was wondering if anyone would know when the dvd would be availible for purchase

DVD?! What is this DVD do you speak of?

Last time I hear they were supposed to be making a dvd of the masqurade

omg that was the 1st time i only caut a bit og them i like the ff on with cloud saying that he got kicked out or somthin. but i am gona  DO a Numa numa skit next YEAR ANY ONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN! i want a huge group doing a weird funny dance ^_- PM me if u want to join it ^_^

Ok, I know this took me a LONG time to do, but I've finally joined this forum!

I just wanted to thank everyone involved with the Masq, as it was a lot of fun for me! It was the first time I'd really done anything like that, & I was so happy to even be a part of it! I'm trying to arrange things to where I can attend again next year (if I'm not in Japan  :D ), but it'll be tricky as I live in Oklahoma XD

Oh, in case you're curious, I was Rachel from FFVI done Amano-style. *points to the cute icon* Again, thanks so much, & I hope to do it again next year!