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More or less what the title speaks, people.

I just visited cosplay.com after a long absence, and was I ever ******** dissapointed. I've never been all that much for the conversation there (staying out of the forums is a massive forte of mine,) because people tend to be one of two things:

1) too damned eliteist

or

2) fanboy/s/girl/s of the elite

So needless to say I won't even get into the massive issues I have with the cosplay.com forums.

Moving on though: has anyone looked at the 'official' photos of late? Is it just me or are the standards of the cosplay.com official people stagnating? Perhaps I was under a false impression, but I assumed that the official photo slots were reserved for the best of the best. Of late though, there has been the most random crap in there. The vast majority of it is well-made, yes, but some of it is downright lazy and shoddy showmanship.

Submitted for your example: some chick in a bloody schoolgirl costume. A SCHOOLGIRL COSTUME! And it was monochromatic. Black. With white trim. Yeah.

I don't know about you kids, but I know how much effort a schoolgirl costume takes, having done several myself, and the only impression I was left with after clicking through her photo shoot was 'she must have been damn lazy, or she was on a time-crunch before the con, or something.'

Needless to say, I was not impressed with much else that I saw there. It had either been done, or was only impressive because of the large

The one mass exception was this group here, and they are, apparently, very much into pain. (And for that they have my admiration.)

I will jokingly submit that your mom is for master-masters.

But really though: Isn't that what the cosplay.com cosplay spotlight is for...? Master-master cosplayers? Yes? No?

I could never really get into cosplay.com. Not really sure why.

I'm pretty big on Cosplay.com right now; partially because I want to make a name for myself as a cosplayer, and partially because I have a genuine interest in what's on the site. Although, the "cosplay elitist deniers" are the first to complain about how advanced cosplayers get labelled as elitist bitches. >_>

Not all of the cosplay elite want to be treated like royalty, though.

Honestly I feel like you are a prime example of this in full effect, Ang. You're good at what you do, and you're not a b***h about it. I just hate the politics in the grand scheme of things (reguarding the cosplay.com forums.), you know?

Also I am sort of sick and ******** tired of seeing the same thing over and over again. But this is a differenr rant for a different day, I suppose.

They're CLEARLY showing off, which is why I don't even really visit my cosplay.com space anymore.

I am sort of sick of the bullshit attention whores, guys.

IHMO the forums move really slow there or at least in the meet up and searching for cosplayers sections. and that is all i really care about these days.