I honestly am floored by what a dick Oshi is being. And here I thought he wasn't that bad of a guy. But wow man, just quit.

bump, prior 250 post shit storm was too amusing

>~Mistake for Best in Show, should have been FF6?

WAT. I highly doubt this, shit sucked

BiS Should definitely have not been FF6 group... craftsmanship was pure horror... everything up close wasn't as good as the Baccano! group...

>>1984025
here's a copy of what anon claimed in the last thread:

The masquerade coordinator frequently admits hating cosplay and cosplayers. This firestorm was his cause. He also gave the judges a very strict five minute time limit to determine EVERYTHING and even began the awards before the judges were even done deliberating. It was learned that only the FF6 and Baccano! skits were the only ones discussed and judges' awards were made on the fly without any opportunity to discuss (the coordinator was bossing them around and ordering them to make fast decisions without talking). He would only give the judges numbers and not skit descriptions. (Judges were only allowed to fill in numbers during the masquerade.)

The craftsmanship judges were not invited to the halftime judging. Let's just say FF6 had incredibly high craftsmanship points and Baccano! only had a cut up thrift store wedding dress and a basic dress JJ made. Their scores were very mediocre, but luckily for them the craftsmanship scores were not consulted for the major awards. The coordinator omitted these judges from judging. One of the craftsmanship judges was in the exhibition skit during the halftime. One of the lesser known presentation judges saw the numerical scoring for Best in Show, didn't agree that FF6 was to win based on her own feelings about the performance, changed the scores, and threw away the craftsmanship numbers. One little known presentation judge basically decided who won what and omitted craftsmanship scores from the equation altogether. I didn't care for the FF6 skit and I liked watching the Baccano! group, but this was the reality based on the buffer they had in superier-vs-poor craftsmanship.

Part 2 of 2

Example, let's say Baccano! had craftsmanship and presentation scores of 4 and 9, while FF6 scored 9 and 7, respectively. FF6 wins.

FF6 fell through the cracks completely after this change was made, leaving FF6 to not win anything at all even though they arguably brought the best costumes. The craftsmanship judges were asked to give their personal awards before the masquerade even began while also being ordered not to give more than one award to any group for any reason (which failed because of this communication problem designed by the coordinator).

When winners were about to be announced, specific skits were invited backstage. It was obvious that if your number was not called, you weren't winning anything - like FF6. So much for anticipation. The coordinator then allowed a representative from the FF6 group to approach the presentation judges in a private room during the award show and bitch them all out. Again, wonderful loyalty by the coordinator for not throwing his judges to the wolves.

Some skits won awards they should not have and other deserved awards they would not see. We really can't blame most of the judges. The presentation judges' hands were tied and the craftsmanship judges were not even invited to discuss.

The problems were caused by the coordinator, but what's done is done.

Canada still sucks. (not debatable)

>>1984123
>>1984127

Saw the FF6 stuff up close, was NOT that great. Sounds to me like that group is butthurt, and are now spreading around what the judges probably told them (sounds like stretched truth to me) to make themselves feel better.

I do not think FFVI should have won best in show, Baccano was just more fun, but FFVI definitely deserved SOMETHING based on what I saw.

>>1984143

While I'm sure there is a lot of hear-say in that write-up, I'm curious as to who the coordinator is, because I know the head of hall is a complete and total fuck (he goes by phixious) so if the same level of "professionalism" was used in the masq, I could see it happening...

Otakon masquerade brought to you by Anime Boston staff

>>1984164

MASA WAS HERE

BROTAKON IS A LOSER

SUCKED, LAMEST LEAST EPIC CON EVER

>>1984206
God Masa, can't you ever just shut the fuck up and stay out of things that have nothing to do with you? Wait, that's a rhetorical question, isn't it...

How does the FLCL Doug skit and the sailor moon spice girls walk away with awards and the FF6 and Naruto skit get nothing?

>>1984239

Oh god that Sailor Moon skit. Not only did they clearly rip off the shit that was the Sailor Moon poker face skit from Anext, but shit sucked on a level harder than anything I'd ever seen

fuck yeah