Event Report: EOY Cosplay 2006 @ Expo
EOY Cosplay 2006
Pictures, lots and lots of pictures. They say a picture speaks a thousand words. I suck at speaking, so I shall pad my post with pictures.
Oh shi- I just remembered that I suck at taking pictures too. Oh well, I bet it’s still worth at least 100 words apiece.
I actually arrived at the event area at about 12pm+ and waited nearly 2 hours before tj han and tsubaki arrived. ZZZzzzz.
Umehiko was also with them and I joined their party to fight a high level boss. The loot sucked. umehiko was the Yuki cosplayer btw.
After slaying the boss and selling the loot, we went for lunch at Burger King. I noticed that the Gundam SEED cosplayers were all eating Burger King. Burger King: where all Gundam pilots eat. Worst Burger King I’ve ever eaten btw.
After lunch, we walked back to the event area. The organisers didn’t rent a convention hall and used a conference hall instead. It’s quite small but sufficient until late afternoon when it got really crowded.
Did I mention that I suck at photography? I did? Okay.
The event location actually had relatively good lighting compared to Cosfest. But my camera and I suck, so together we managed to screw up anyway.
I bet no one saw me at the event. I was in a brilliant disguise. Here’s my T-shirt design btw.
R.O.D., get it? No? It’s okay. Only DrmChsr0 got the joke the first time. I guess I suck at humour too. orz
Umehiko spent the rest of the day calling me “R.O.D.-kun”. Yet another nickname to add to my collection. Just a few more before I forget my real identity.
The whole place felt like it was filled with Rozen Maidens. Okay maybe not, but you couldn’t look in any direction without seeing one.
I was attacked by a rogue Domo-kun. I think it mistook me for a kitty.
So anyway we walked around and we took pictures and we walked around and we took pictures and we walked around more and we took more pictures. Time flies when you are having fun.
According to the programme sheet, which was given to those people who paid the $12 entrance fee, there was going to be a live performance of “God knows…” and “Lost my music” at 5.30pm by a mysterious band called “SOS Dan”.
That performance didn’t happen. We were conned. Tsubaki threatened to tear the place down.
That said, the girl who sang Shangri-la was AWESOME!!! (Was it Rika? The programme sheet doesn’t say.) Hope to hear more next time. :)
There were two Haruhi cosplayers and umehiko was the only Yuki. No Mikuru, Ryouko or Tsuruya. Booooo.
HARUHIISM WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD!
Other than the lack of “God knows…”, we were also quite pissed with the event organizers for letting people in for free in the afternoon. What was our 12 bucks for? A lousy UV stamp, an inaccurate programme sheet and an issue of Playworks which no one reads? I feel cheated. BTW bj0rn was one of those who entered for free. Bastard.
From what I have been hearing, the organization of the stage programmes was really, really bad. That explains why the printed programme sheets seem to be completely off. Also, the hosts made one bad joke for every two lines they spoke. *shudder*
Although the event was clearly not very well organized, the turnout was pretty good and that was all that matter. Seriously, no one goes to cosplay events for the stage performances. It’s all about the cosplayers.
Which brings me back to the topic of how much I suck at taking pictures. I apologize to everyone pictured here.
^I felt like an asshole for not buying anything. It’s the thought that counts, maybe?
I prefer boku to desu. Just how many Rozen Maidens were at the event?
The scene of massive pwnage. The School Rumble team had Harima too, but I didn’t manage to get his picture. Oh well.
There’s just something magical about nekomimi. It is genetically embedded into every one of us.
Pretty darn cool Shana at the event. Tsubaki says that she was the highlight of the entire thing. Too bad my photography sucks.
おおきな夢＆夢 スキでしょ？
ooki na yume & yume suki desho?
View the rest of the pictures.
After the event, the group of us went to Changi Airport and we had sushi for dinner. My wallet burns…
If only I didn’t have to pay 12-fricking-dollars to enter the place. I feel so cheated. CHEATED! And I didn’t even get to have a cool press pass to wave around in people’s face.
I’m dead tired. I need to sleep.
P.S. Leave a comment here if you want the full 5mp version of any picture you see in the gallery. Then again, my photography skill sucks so that’s impossible. :P
December 17th, 2006 at 1:16 am
R.O.D.-kun! Nice pics, should have went in the afternoon.
December 17th, 2006 at 1:23 am
best disguise ever
December 17th, 2006 at 1:28 am
I DEMAND FOR A REFUND! Anyway, your tee was fantastic. Pity you didn’t annouce it before you went. Otherwise people will keep a look out for you.
December 17th, 2006 at 1:45 am
Fuck. I could’ve ditched that gay local Comic Fiesta event(can you say Naruto crossplayers and 3 hours queueing just to enter) and went south instead.
Oh, I would’ve so gotten that reference if I was there. I need to work my ass off more…
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December 17th, 2006 at 2:18 am
Oh damn I forgot to talk about burger king. And I missed quite a few cosplayers’ pictures.
December 17th, 2006 at 3:13 am
Read or Die? Were any people in-character?
Hm, Dark Saber using the modified version. Then again, doubt anyone would had made a suit of armour…
December 17th, 2006 at 4:48 am
Read or Die, how hard is that to get XP
December 17th, 2006 at 10:31 am
My shirt:
front
back
December 17th, 2006 at 10:56 am
nice t shirt :D
December 17th, 2006 at 11:44 am
Lol, so you turned up. My cousin, a fan of yours, kept mentioning how cool it would be if you came for the event. Etc: “Wah, later Darkmirage actually here. We will be in his presense.” I was like: “^^” He shd be here.”
If only I can see the expression on his face when he reads it later, that he could have had picked u from the crowd by your shirt.
There was no rendition of God Knows… and umm… another MoHS song? (I am pissed. I paid $12 and DID NOT EVEN GET THE EVENT SCHEDULE NOR PLAYWORKS MAG.) I don’t know whether to feel cheated or relieved. I picked up the schedule from the floor at around 5 and went @@! “OMGZ GOSH SOS” and spent my whole time in the hall afterwards TO NO AVAIL. I thought I had missed it.
That said, I am also pissed that the gates were open at about 4. What happened to my money? My friend came at 3.30 or sth, and lamented, moaned, and grieved afterwards… What? Was it because the monetary goal was met and few willing to enter that they opened the event? Grrrl…
December 17th, 2006 at 11:48 am
What, Darkmirage has actual fans? Ok then I will punish him!
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December 17th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Haha i got a picture with the shana and haruhi cosplayers! 嬉しい！！I was there from 8.15 til 6 but i didn’t see you lol…actually i only stayed til 6 coz of the performance that never happened..ah well..no pictures of .hack group?
December 17th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
Its was real small there lol. I stayed from 11 till 6 , saw many bleach characters.Teh wer cool man,especially Soi fon!!!
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December 18th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Hm…………. I did mention ” Wah wat if Dark Mirage is around us in our presence??” to my cousin …..
I was so sad for not remembering to bring my camera over to take photos but luckily i had my handphone with me and i snapped off a few pretty good shots (I think) and edited them . I remembered seeing ur shirt,DM,but i was too busy looking at the cosplayers to come up to u and ask ” Hey there! are u really dark mirage??” Now I really dam sad and disappointed at myself.1st for noticing ur shirt,2nd for not buying the Death Note notebook,3rd for not bringing my camera,4th etc etc…….
Hm…………I just remembered…….. My cousin and I were so frantic after he found a schedule on the floor which says that there will be songs like ” God knows and Lost my music” and we stayed in the hall afterwards to no avail….We thought we had missed it…..
My cousin also went out to fetch his friend around 3/4 and his friend thought it was free and tried to walk into the conference room with us.The “scanners” were too surprised to stop him but my cousin pulled him over to the paying booth and told his friend to pay $12 in which his friend groaned out loud (especially since the gates were opened about 30 mins later) and the worst thing was that he didnt even took a pic!!! Why did he came for the cosfest in the first place??
December 18th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Everyone’s a bespectacled asain dude! Conspiracy…
December 19th, 2006 at 10:37 pm
I got in for free. Muahahaha…
April 15th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Woah, nice blog. XD There were 14 people in the Rozen Maiden Team, and there was an individual Kanaria. XD
August 25th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
She thought she could get away with cheating? No way in hell, this is bittersweet revenge.