>friend linked me to a picture of something from here
>I went, "What the fuck is /cgl/? I've never heard of it"
>Went on here one day
>"Oh, cosplay stuff. Hmm. I'm good"
>Was on here last night looking for a certain thread
>Found certain thread
>Checked back this morning for updates on thread
>This was my first full day I spent wasting my life on here
>Waiting for the regret to settle in

I am a newb to /cgl/, but not 4Chan. Plus it didn't take much lurking to see how you seagulls work.

>linked to it on getoffegl
>"oh this isn't so bad, it's not porn everywhere like people always say 4cahn has"
>"I'm learning awesome dirt on people here"
>"oh look cool pictures"
Came for the drama, stayed for the awesome pictures and tutorials.

Oh look, another PT thread

>>4653741
i second this.
but hoestly i can't remember where i came from....but came for the drama, stayed for the tutorials.

>on /a/
>"oh look a thread about dress up"
>"what the fuck is cosplay"
>google it
>"oh wow that's really cool"
>somebody on /a/ mentions /cgl/
>decide to check it out
And I haven't looked back since.

>/b/
>I should check out the other boards
>read the first page of every other board one by one
>/cgl/
>Cosplay & EGL?
>Hey, I cosplay!
>stay

Yeah. That's it.

>2007, /b/
>2008, /fa/
>2010, "I like looking at cool costumes, let's see what the cosplay board is all about."

>>4653753
It was also a long time ago, back when /cgl/ was still a red board. Shit isn't the same, but I guess I was too sucked in to leave.

>>4653753
holy shit are you me? Couldn't say it any better.

>spend january to may of 2010 on /cm/
>fuuuuck this board is slow as fuck i better go and look at other japanese related boards
>cosplay and egl? well i do like cosplay and lolita so i might as well check that shit out
>vic mignogna hate threads? several threads hating on pt? girls dressing like children!?
> this is my kinda board!

>cosplay friends show up on /cgl/
>i decide to check it out
>think it's full of trolls and faggots
>couple months go by
>check on it out of boredom/curiosity
>find it's much lulzier and more relative to my interests than most sites out there
>stay for tutorials and drama

>see FB friends talk about how they were posted on 4chan, they provide caps (it wasn't drama, just in a picture dump thread)
>go and look, this place looks fun
>lurk forever
>post under anon a couple times
>Namefag for about two months
>Been trippin' since November 2010 or so

I'll admit, I'm one of the newer trips, but I'd like to think I'm not an idiot like most.

>Ended up with a thread about me
>Did very badly in said thread as I'd never been on 4chan before in my life
>Start lurking so I know the best way to handle myself in the future
>I like pictures
>I get hooked on PT drama
>paranoid about another thread about me and want to nip it in the bud if it happens again
>I like it here

Back in 2007 I met friends who frequented /cm/. I spent a lot of time there, then went to /cgl/ after a convention. The rest is history!

Waiting for /ic/ to do something, checking out other boards.

>dress in dull and bland things all through younger life
>get job
>get money
>get life philosophy
>become interested in fashion and looking better
>visit /fa/
>"cosplay? egl? yeah sure, if only I'd ever met any girls who were into that."
>visit /cgl/
>where have you been all my lifWOAH DRAMA EVERYWHERE

Been here about a week. Aside from all the hate and rage and increased blood pressure apparent, I like what I see and can ignore the rest.

Someone warned me I was being posted about

April 2011

>saw people on cosplay.com mention how 4chan & cgl is stupid
>Wonder what the big deal is, so I check it out
> saw the drama, crazy stories & helpful tutorials on here
> Found it interesting and been here ever since

Haven't been too long and recently start posting in some threads

Originally was reminded of /cgl/ because of "lol Colorado!Zeldachick!Dramu" but I stayed because my friends and I needed help with our Servant Grunt cosplays.

Ever since I have enjoyed being able to be a bitch when necessary and getting help from others.

>2006, graduate and get a computer and high speed internet.
>Go crazy downloading/streaming anime.
>Find out about local convention and that leads to cosplay.
>Find link on coscom to /cgl/.
>Like a lot of other people, came for the drama and stayed for the epic cosplay threads and tuts.
>Realize I've been lurking for 5 years and have made under 20 posts.
>I'm obviously very unhelpful.

>>4653824
I... actually screen capped it so I could look at it later... like I said, it's silly, but still.

>So seagulls, how did you first come upon /cgl/?
Hear of 4chan, hear of /b/, "oh look they have a cosplay board"

>What was your first post experience like?
Horrifying, since I was afraid of the Internet getting a hold of my identity. I'd rather deal with /b/tards than have /cgl/ get a hold of my awful cosplays.

>What are your favorite or worst memories of /cgl/?
Eh, nothing really to remember. Just drama.

When I first came here, it was because I heard I was being trolled by a friend from school. Guy didn't even cosplay. I stuck around because I'm stubborn and I didn't wanna sit down and get talked shit to, so that caused everyone to be annoyed at me. Now only some of you hate me~

First post experience? "HEY FAGUMA! YOU'RE A FUCKING LOSER!" and things along those lines of course.

Favorite or worst memories:
Favorite: Probably when board unity was at its highest, cgl academy, etc.

Worst: I'd rather not go there haha.

>>4653937
>cgl academy

Tell me more, sir.

Also it's probably obvious by now but I'm not gonna be in chess, sorry I meant to tell you sooner.

>>4653937
nigger jew

I have migrated through a few different cosplay communities, from local, to coscom, to local again then to cgl. I found this place when apparently my picture was being posted in a Mario thread, which at first weirded me out since the comments were not my taste in innuendoes but I got over it and started browsing to find the site wasnt that bad. I was lucky enough to stumble across it on a day when the front page had some good threads on it, so I browsed for a few hours and found myself coming back here when I was bored.

Then I followed a link from here into a streaming room showing GL, got to know Matt, Minato, Todd, Lexxy and a few other seagulls and decided to give tripping a shot. I rather like it and I enjoy answering questions or the threads asking for help, it challenges me to think back to past projects and find a good solution. And I'm always glad when I've helped some one with something, so I stick around.

I...dunno. I remember my heavy lurking started in late 07. And I have you guys to thank for teaching me how to do it right. In the months leading up to CTcon 2008, I lost 20lbs, I learned about fabric, and where to buy not shitty wigs...and my first cosplay turned out pretty good! I missed any and all CTcon threads following, but I didn't really care at the time.

I love learning from /cgl/, and talking about this hobby I really love. I only have a few cosplay friends in 'real life' so this is a good out let.

I dislike dramadramadrama.

I think I discovered 4chan in high school, more specifically /r9k/ - at the time, a couple of years ago (graduated, in college now) I had seen some really intelligent discussions there, and it interested me. Learning that there was Kamen Rider and such on /m/, and videogames on /v/, I broadened my horizons a little bit, lurking the whole time.
I think i started posting on /m/ under this tripcode as a roleplayer (how short-lived and rather stupidly funny it was at the time), then migrated over to /cgl/ after AnimeUSA and especially Katsucon this year.
First post experience: I don't remember tbh. :/
Favorite experience w/ /cgl/: Meetup at Katsucon, meeting Wes, Maguma, Decade, and a lot of other really awesome people. I probably came off as such a newfag, looking back on it...
Worst: One of my friends became a meme. A bad one.

I honestly don't remember.

>lurk for a few years
>found the place helpful despite the dramu
>decided to try my hand at cosplay last year
>continued to lurk and occasionally post as anon
>watched the second half of the GL stream and decided to start using a trip since people were pretty cool
>keep lurking and occasionally post as a trip

Speaking of the GL stream, was there ever a streaming of the movies? I will be so sad if I missed it.

>On facebook
>Old friend links me to thread on here
>Entire thread dedicated to me
>LOL haters gonna hate

>Few months later a friend talks about how she sees a lot of useful things on here
>FINE
>lurk for a few days
>Hey this isn't /all/ terrible.

I ventured out of my native homeland of /v/ one day and realized cosplayers and lolis are terrifying. But then I wanted to try it out myself. And I ended up enjoying it. I guess I should've learned a long time ago internet dramu is nothing like the real world, but that's what I get for hardly ever leaving the house. I don't even like drama, but over time I found /cgl/ has it's pleasant moments and had some awesome photodumps and coverage of cons.

>>4654109
>>4654109
>was there ever a streaming of the movies

We're working on some technically difficulties... Streaming is serious business!

>/v/irgin in 2006
>wave of new boards added
>Oh cool a cosplay board!
>never look back except for Japan Time

>lurk on /b/, /d/, and /y/ for a year
>get bored of just lurking there and start randomly clicking around on different boards
>Click /cgl/
>Realize that it's a board for cosplay which I had been in to for two years
>Figure lurking here will give me cosplay ideas, helpful suggestions for cosplay construction, etc.
>Realize what /cgl/ really is about shortly after
>Decide to lurk here anyways

I stumbled over from /fa/ or /mu/.
I think /mu/, possibly because of someone posting jpop.
I have a couple favourite memories, but most involve that sweet sweet moment when some dramawhore information is revealed/bitch gets told.

I AM SO COOL

>draw this picture in defense of friend who is being ripped at on /cgl/
>draw more pictures occasionally
>stays forever after

>>BF at the time post my SnJ cosplay on /cgl/
>>overhear him braging to his friend he has a 4chan g/f (lolwut?)
>>come to /cgl/ to defend self from whatever
>>"ohh shit these costumes are awesome"
>>see the drama
>>read the drama
>>become on with the drama

As much as my friends and even bf tell me how horrible /cgl/ is there is still some good people and amazing things I learn from this board. Besides....I can be one of the horrible people myself at time so who the hell am I to judge.

I came here from /r9k/ after hearing a story about some mudkip cosplayer sucking 50 dicks after buying them on ebay or some shit. From that moment onward, I was introduced to an entirely new world filled drama, weeaboo horrors and nerdy sexual escapades.

I've never cosplayed, nor do I think I will any time in the near future. The only reason I come here is because I get a sadistic thrill from seeing you girls tear each other apart like wild animals.

>Discovered 4chan
>Spent more time on /b/, /a/, and /cm/
>Realized there was a cosplay board
>All Kipi, all the time
>Ignored, checked again a few months later
>Tutorial thread
>omgthisisamazing

>Afraid of 4chan because I had heard of anonymous's mean cyber bullying! :(((((
>Start dating a casual seagull, check out /cgl/ for the pretty costumes
>Stay for the drama
>Oh, irony.

I don't remember my first post, but my first thread was a "candid pictures and the stories that go with them" thread that was quickly filled with tripfag circle jerking for an hour before it died.

I also have /cgl/ to thank for making me friends with a relatively popular cosplayer that no one on here likes. I used to spam the fuck out of threads about her and dropped almost-personal info on her all the time. Then she found out it was me, we talked out our differences, and now we're pretty good friends.

>>4654343
Are you me?

This is exactly how I ended up here. Went to /b/ then /a/. Saw a bunch of Kipi threads as well as azn vs white cosplayers then went back. Refresh a year later and landed onto an awesome tutorial thread.

I even remember the first tutorial that drew me in. That steampunk goggles one.

I got dragged into the doominaskort drama a long time ago

>>4654339
>I've never cosplayed, nor do I think I will any time in the near future. The only reason I come here is because I get a sadistic thrill from seeing you girls tear each other apart like wild animals.

>Friend links me to a couple of Lolita threads
>"Oh, hm... These dresses look pretty cute."
>Friend sends me a Golden Sun cosplay thread
>"HNNNGH. THIS PLACE IS AMAZING."

And that's how it started.

>first post experience like?
Terrifying. Even though I'm an anon, I still feel like there's someone out there who KNOWS who I am.

>fav memory
Man... I don't think I really have one. But I really like that one thread where the girl was asking if she should get a nose job, and a lot of seagulls told her to get make-over. Everyone was so nice and helpful.

>worst
All those troll threads and you guys go flocking to them. Come on guys. Really?

>>4654343 here,
Realized I missed the other questions.
>First post, favourite memory
I was diagnosed with AGA, but I'm a poorfag who can't afford human hair wigs so I made a thread asking a few questions about how Cyperous wigs would stand up to daily wear and how natural they would look. 100+ replies, all supportive and no trolling at all.

>Worst memory
I don't really have a worst memory. I'm very low-key about cosplaying, so I don't get posted here and none of my friends cosplay so they don't get posted here either. I feel bad for PT, but I don't post in PT threads so it's nothing that I've contributed to.

Flirted with it on and off for a couple years, until my best friend linked me to the first Magical Horse Derpy-Chan thread. I've spent the time since then lurking and just posting as anon, though getting a trip is starting to sound like it could be useful with some of the cons I have planned for next year.

Also, this: >>4653759

Been here since 2007.

Came because I got posted in an imagedump thread.

Got hooked by Aki drama.

Stayed for...idek.

2008, when I didn't have a computer for a couple months and used my Wii for the internet. Clicked /cgl/ instead of /m/ on the front page by accident, liked it, stayed

Been on 4chan since 2004

Linked from Irish con forum. Learn that Ireland is full of assholes, wankers, cunts and borderline psychotic transsexuals.

Yerrup. Fuck us all in our merry goldfish bowl

Also

>first post
Suggesting characters with an eyepatch to someone who needed it
>favorite/worst memories
it's all the same to me

sage for being stupid and not posting this at first

Favourite memory:
>Suggest girl with one arm cosplays as Allen Walker
>Her response leads her to reunite with long-lost sister.

Worst memory:
When it finally clicked that the culture had changed to accept and even cherish tripfaggotry.

/cgl/ was actually the first board I ever visited in 4chan. I used to browse cosplayfucks.com when I was like... 14 or something, and they were always bashing this mysterious 'cgl'. So I googled it and the rest is history.

>>4655549

Actually, all of that was only like, ten people. Everyone else remains blissfully ignorant. Now I spend a lot of time here keeping an eye out for drama.

>>4655580
I saw a screen cap of that. One of those feel good moments.

>Originally used to go on /y/, /h/, /a/ as well as 7chan and post images. Rarely talked.
>Didn't start trying cosplay until like four years ago
>Decided to click on other boards and /cgl/ happen to be one of them
>Thought it would be good for information until I found nothing but drama so decided to stay just for the drama.
>Used to lurk/post every day but now works and goes to classes.

I mostly come here to gather information or to make fatties rage over the internet. I am still a newb when it comes to cosplaying.

I came to 4chan in 2005 and would always bounce in between /b/ and /cgl/. It wasn't long before I left /b/ and stayed here.

Damn, I remember when Miyu, Kipi, Pik.Link and Lilixandra were posted ERRRRRRR DAY.

hahah
basically I just was clicking around 4chan and came here.
but more recently
>not been on 4chan recently
> egl comm, jram, secrets; mention cgl
>oh god im back

>how did you first come upon /cgl/?
~2007-sh. I kept hearing horrors stories about how "mean" people were here and wanted to check it out to see what all the bitching was about.

>What was your first post experience like?
I don't remember but I didn't make an ass out of myself nor was I called out on my newfag-ness

>What are your favorite or worst memories of /cgl/?

Too many favorites to note. I never thought I'd say this but I miss Kipi threads.

>>4655580
>>4656929
I missed this, and now you've made me curious. Does anyone have a screencap?

I was posted on here LOL.

Ended up liking it here despite the horrible things being said about me... granted this was a couple months after I was posted.

>2010, be on /p/ all day every day
>someone comes over, mentions theyre a cosplay photographer from cgl
>"hey i like animu lets check this place out"
>well fuck you /p/ i like these people better

I think I've know of the existence of /cgl/ essentially since I've started using the internet (only about four years ago, sadly enough). I was always afraid of it, because I sort of thought of it the same way I thought of cosfu, and they had tore me to shit over there. Then, last year, a friend of mine posted in a forum we go to "I saw (insert my username here) on /cgl/ last night!" and posted a link. I clicked it, thinking the worse. Turns out you guys actually really liked me. XD
Knowing now you weren't monsters who were going to tear me to pieces, I started lurking more, and I eventually started posting in threads I thought I could decently contribute to. And now I like it here!

GTFOEGL, probably. I bet I saw some post like, "ugh did you see that cgl thread about that dumb butch Talia/courtingdiscord/rape_blossom/PT?" and I was proly like "hey guys what's a cgl lol?????"

>As an underagefag, only heard about /b/
>Horrified by it
>Realized, 'Oh hey, there's other boards too!'
>Come upon /cgl/, lurk around, pretty cool!
>Someone posts me and my friends and we get torn to shreds
>Thin skin penetrated, super sad, gtfo for a while
>Come back later and start surfing regularly, after leaving that cosplay group and people have forgotten me
>No problems
>Drama and tutorials awww yeah

You've been a mixed bag for me, /cgl/- but it was for my own good in the end.

>>4658991
Is that how you got into cosplay?

Way back in I want to say 7th or 8th grade (at the height of my Weeaby yaoi fan girl stage) I had heard about /y/ from an older friend who was like "Never go there there are viruses and bad things but it's got yaoi! *insert giggle*". I being an idiot decided that I shouldn't go there. Two years later start hanging out with people who cosplay and they were talking about /cgl/ and how one of them was getting posted on it and stuff. Not wanting to be out of the loop I started lurking here. I was under age at the time so I just lurked becoming addicted to all of the drama but loving the pictures and tutorials. It felt like I was in a secret club.

After lurking for a year I started to post, that was about three years ago, maybe only tweo and a half.

>coscom is too slow in giving me advice, let's check out this /cgl/ place everyone is talking about!
>o-oh god why is everyone so mean to me?!
>one anon was super nice to an obvious newfag like a ray of shining light!
>I guess I can stick around a bit more...

And that was years ago. God, I wish I could quit you, /cgl/.

>"Hey sister, what site are you always on?"
>"It's called 4chan, it's an image board."
>"That sounds like a waste of time..."

Fast forward a year or two and here I am.

For years I collected drawn art from Japanese sites that I posted on /a/. In late 2008 I came across an artist who also took cosplay photos. Decided I might as well post some of the photos on /cgl/. Followed the artist's links and found some more artists but also other cosplay photographers. Posted some more on /cgl/. Didn't really get much of a response but stayed around.