no trips allowed would improve it.

Women. Removing the women.

It isn't, its blessed by my presence.

Separate EGL & Cosplay

The biggest bitchfests seem to come from frilly cunts scratching at each other

Less drama, from both cosplayers and lolitas. Just because it's the internet and you can hide behind your screen, doesn't mean you should be mean. If there was more camaraderie on this board, it'd be the best one here.

Nothing. I <3 you moody broads

>>5221323
Then all you would have left is ugly, cross-dressing lolitas and cosplayers. Men can be bitches as easily as women.

The only thing that really makes you guys terrible is the same thing that makes all these boards terrible: "It's 4Chan, so I have the right to be a douche for no reason! :D"

Elimination of tripfag drama OR some quality mods would improve this place.

This board needs more self confidence.
Not more Alphas, just to feel more comfortable with themselves.

>>5221342
And less people tearing other people apart for who they are, whether skinny or fat.

>Elimination of tripfag drama

This, christ...No one cares what Derpina said on her tumblr about Derptilda and you need to shut your fucking mouth. No one but you and her 3 followers knows who she is or cares what she says

Mods. Mods would help like nothing else.

Screw all the rip hate, this place would be boring all anon... it'd be just as full of drama. People would just bitch about non-trips, like the case of PT, instead.

Also being able to follow the progress of cosplayers that trip and see how they improve is cool.

Then there's the trips who consistently ARE useful. Maybe not me... but still.

>>5221336
After watching Drag Race, I find this oh so very true.

Not enough cosplay or lolita
Needs more cosplay and lolita
>And more people willing to close threads that are unrelated

The board itself needs to be removed now. There are plenty of Tumblrs and LJ comms for what little lolita discussion there actually is, and all of the cosplayers that actually work on cosplay instead of buying have left to /diy/, where there is real advice at a constant rate.

All that's left now is drama and attention whoring, neither of which need to be outside of /soc/. Honestly by making /diy/, /cgl/'s fate has been sealed.

Split the board into 2

One for EGL, one for Costumes

Also, for anyone who's interested, /diy/ is amazing and very welcoming to anyone actually wanting advice without being bitched at

>>5221403

Also- it needs a sticky so we dont get people complaining about being bitched at for asking the same two questions daily.

But I like this board. It's more like Girls General on a website that hates them. I would say it would be pretty interesting to have a /grl/ board for all the non-/cgl/ related stuff (period/gross threads, relationships, drama, fashion because /fa/ is for guys, etc) but that board would go down in flames from all the other boards trolling the shit out of it, (especially /r9k/, /v/ and /a/ ) and then it would turn into a feminist board, etc.

Actually, that would be fun to see...

I say getting rid of the stupid trolling and encouraging more Tutorials and cosplay/fashion help threads.

>>5221376
Yeahhhh.... NAH. Just get rid of the trips.

>>5221423
You know, the drama would seep it's way into /diy/ and /fa/ then right? Just like /new/ seeps into /int/ It would start with threads about "how to make such-n-such outfit", and "how to make-up" then there would be cosplay threads, then failed cosplay threads, then drama about failed cosplay, and /diy/ and /fa/ would just turn into /cglFashion/ and /cglCraft/

Leave the social networking to g+. That's all I ask.

>>5221492
/diy/ actually has mods though and /fa/ would self-moderate the drama by trolling it to shit or just ignoring it in favor of feeding off of people that still think fedoras look cool. When you merge boards and board populations, the mods have to move too.

>>5221492
As a vet of /int/ I can assure you that is not the case. /new/ was mainly white and /int/ is mainly gooks, spics and towel heads, plus polandball.

Mods, mods mods mods, mods mods, modding mcmod mods.

If dramu threads got baleeted that'd be just FUCKING DANDY.

>>5221509
Plus get rid of trips.

ban dramu threads
OH WAIT THATS ALL OF THEM

why not just have a /drama/ board? It would have all the online drama and a nesting place for ED articles and users. The drama wouldn't be limited to just cosplay and lolita related, but of all the stupidity of the internet.

It would be glorious and keep all of it out of the other boards. Kind of like /b/ keeping out most of the shit from other boards.

>>5221527
That sounds impossible to moderate. Would nudes be allowed? How then do you distinguish ages to make sure people aren't posting CP? It's also a legal disaster, like when 7chan got shitcanned by their website hosts for having a raid board.

>>5221527
to add on that, it could even be called /gossip/ or /gos/.

Terrible: No Mods, Tripfags.
Improve: Assign Mods, disable trips.

>>5221533
>Would nudes be allowed?
no (but of course, that won't stop people d=from posting anyway)
>How then do you distinguish ages to make sure people aren't posting CP?
The same way it's done on every other board.
>It's also a legal disaster, like when 7chan got shitcanned by their website hosts for having a raid board.

Just enforce rules and make sure the mods do their jobs. 4chan holds no responsiblity for the poster's actions. This board /gos/ is what half of /cgl/ is already.

Eliminate all the circlejerk threads, tripfag threads, off topic threads, and vendetta threads. This place would be great!

bump

>What would improve it?

MORE DRAMA!

>Terrible:
The drama and Vendetta threads, that mess needs to go (but of course it will still be here)
>Improve:
Mods, please get a handle on the troll threads because I am tired of seeing that baggy eyed chick with the grandma sweater as OP's topic starter

As for elimination of trips

I dont know about that, as stated many trips are helpful in the cosplay & lolita threads with refrences, advice and even if they dont contribute I think they keep this board fun.
But at the same time with seagulls adding each other on g+, having hangouts and tc I think some of the socializing should be left to those places (imo)

Problems are the lack of mods, and too many drama threads. I don't' know who pixisomething is, and she with a few others are constantly getting troll threads about there every post. It gets annoying.

Mods to get rid of the drama-filled threads would be amazing.

The biggest disappointment I've had with /cgl/ is that I ended up becoming friends with a lot of of the people you guys shit talk all of the time. You had me convinced they were all terrible, shameless people and they ended up being really nice and fun to hang out with once I met them. Looking back, it make you (us?) look pathetic...it's so obvious now that you guys don't know what you're talking about 90% of the time.

To many vendetta threads and trolls threads.
Also to many people that don't actually enjoy anime/cartoons/video games. I can just sense it. They like dressing up, they like the drama, but they haven't activity participated in the subject matter this hobby revolves around.

To make it better? We need to go with a format that /cm/ or /c/ would. Create a thread for a particular series, topic, or question (on topic of course) and then EVERYONE contributes when they can. Right now this really is only the case when drama or troll threads come up.

Tripfag threads are unique because often times after a certain point anon just doesn't fit in anymore. Which I think is why so many people resent them not because of the people so much, but because it seems like an exclusive group and not a community where the whole board can join in. But I either just ignore the thread or keep posting regardless, so its not a hassle for me.

It's kind of unfair to be bashing tripfags as a whole for mucking things up around here when there are many more helpful and friendly posters than there are troll posters. Rarely people don't notice when a tripfag is posting content that's on topic just because such posts blend in with the rest of the board. If we really want to point fingers at drama starters than I can easily say that anon is responsible for a majority of the vendetta threads and bumping irrelevant threads. Of course that's a really stupid thing for me to claim.

Really you can have fun with drama just don't forget to support the more useful threads as well.

>>5221888
Even if that's true, which I'm not sure it is, the trolls and unhelpful trips post a hell of a lot more. You get Dildos with the non-board-related spam and God having to comment on every. single. photo. of. a. male. to assert how superior he feels he is, and whatever humor was there dried up long ago.

>>5221849
I highly agree anon.

Easy. If you absolutely must respond to a troll thread or a PT thread or threads that have nothing to do with /cgl/ just fucking sage your posts. Just because it's not on the fucking front page doesn't mean it'll be gone. If the content really is unacceptable, just report it. End of story.

I hate the idiots who think this is a general wimmenz problemz board going on about beauty advice or thinspiration or japanese fashion general - look, again, just because it's not on the front page doesn't mean it is dead. Keep the damn board relevant.

>>5222315

PROTIP: SAGE does not work.

Too many trips for sure. If you're someone who only uses /cgl/ then you probably don't realize that most of the other boards don't have many trips. In fact the trips that do exist are usually treated like shit as they should be. /cgl/ and /soc/ probably has the most amount of trips and thats because both of these boards have a lot of women. Everyone knows that women thrive for attention and do everything they can to be noticed even when the situation doesnt call for it, thus, attention whores. /adv/ probably has quite a few of those as well. Any place that a woman can get on a soap box and preach about their rights and how society is so mean to them is where you're most likely to find the most amount of trips.

Also, we have too many posts that have nothing to do with cosplay or lolita. Fat people should take their fat problems to either /fit/ where they can learn to stop being fat or /adv/ where they can bitch about how hard their life is being fat huffing around and what should they do.

>>5222383
Oh look a newfag.
It prevents you from bumping the thread with your post. If you post in a relevant thread without sage, then obviously the net effect will be that the irrelevant thread is pushed down.

>>5222419
It looks like the person was trying to say this:

People will continue to bump it, so why bother.

- attention whores everywhere. No one cares you're skinner than PT or in a D/S relationship

-shit unrelated to egl or cosplay like period threads and shit

-tripfag circlejerking

>>5222424
There are plenty of 4chan users, some of which are new. Saging something tells them this kind of thread is not on topic and not welcome. I'm not the anon you replied to btw.

I wish there were mods that would sticky threads. Having a progress thread, tutorial thread, sewing advice thread, etc. all on the front page constantly would be nice.

I think the number of trip-related threads has gone down quite a bit, actually. Whenever one pops up it's either deleted immediately or it's derailed from the first post and people lose interest fast. Kind of nice, but the PT threads replacing them are frustrating. I wish those were one thread at a time at least.

>implying you can change anything
>2011

Remove all the threads that has to do with what some idiot said on twitter/facebook the other day.

Dildoes ruins this board. Banning him/her and all of those goddamned autistic pony avatars would improve it.

>>5222409 /cgl/ and /soc/ probably has the most amount of trips and thats because both of these boards have a lot of women.

Many of the tripfags here on /cgl/ are guys BTW. The prominent ones are guys. Chauvinistic, petty, annoying, sex-crazed, stupid guys.

>>5222491
>I think the number of trip-related threads has gone down quite a bit

You participate the very same threads that you hate.

>>5222557

I also forgot, giving STD's to women.

>>5222557
Whaaat? Who?

Tripfags. Tripfags are worse on this board then they are on any other. They are all fucking disgusting pigfaces who sit around and circlejerk themselves into a frenzy. They are pathetic attention whores who should do the world a favor and commit mass suicide.

To make the board better, I would force anon posting and ban any MLP images that weren't cosplay. Instant quality bump by at least 75%

>>5222583
Have you tried joining a dedicated forum for actual discussion instead of bitching about how this board does not mean your demands?

>>5222586

What the fuck does that have to do with what I said. I like most things about the board. I enjoy the pictures and the dramu and the cosplay help. I just can't stand retard trips like you and people who post a thousand MLP pictures as their "avatar." They are the ones who should be on a dedicated forum, attention whoring shitbags.

>>5222583
>Sees tripfags are worthless and bog the board down
>Most popular and useful threads on /cgl/ are /fit/ fridays, tutorial threads, reference art threads, art book dumps, /co/splay threads, Touhou and Johnny Bravo threads
>Most if not all of these threads are started and maintained by tripfags

Not all avatarfags are bad, look at Johnny Bravo.

>>5222597
You want moderated discussions with actual help? Join a forum instead of being this whiny cunt bag asking questions in the wrong board.

Check /soc/ they need more people like you

>>5222607

When did I say I wanted moderated discussions you fucking idiot? Learn to read. I just want tripfags to stop tripping. Stupid shitfucker.

>>5222605
>popular and useful

Only popular with other tripfags, and Johnny Bravo is a moronic dick eater.

>>5222617
You the one thats trippin stupid

>>5222617
Can you not read or listen? You want moderation by removing trips and other small annoyances that you want to happen..

>>5222619
None of that makes sense. Anon LOVES the Johnny Bravo trip and you're pulling the last part of that out of your ass because I don't even know what the fuck it could possibly relate to.

I think there's a lot of of insecurity that manifests as petty bitter bitchiness, infighting, bullying and drama.

I wish everyone would just get their panties unbunched and stop being so bitchy....

However, the only reason I come here is to watch all the petty bitchiness and bullying, because it's so damn entertaining AND it makes me feel better about myself.

So I'm a complete hypocrite lol

>>5222629
So you bitch about bitching? You seem normal enough

>>5222619
>Johnny Bravo is a moronic dick eater.
>Implying that Johnny Bravo is not the ladies man /cgl/ loves

Do yourself a favor and actually look in a Johnny Bravo thread and see who's posting.

>>5222639
dats wat I wuz sayin


Hypocrisy.

>>5222647

I wouldn't expect a cumwrenching assholic bitch titting tripfag like you to understand. You ruin the board with your disgusting grabs for attention. If you died in a fire, I would dance on your grave and take a dump the size of Ryan Gosling, you mongoloid-screwing knot gobbler.

>>5222622

What the fuck does that have to do with discussion? And how would moving to a dedicated forum or /soc/ help either of those things? And how the fuck do I "listen" to an image board, you taint guzzling spit muncher?

>>5222661
Find others that would sympathize with you is one step closer to feeling good about yourself. Dedicated forums do exist in this world wide wbe and you should try it.

>>5222639

>Thread about bitching
>Bitches about bitching

>>5222672
So meta.

>>5222670

There are plenty of people in this very thread who sympathize with my anti-tripfag sentiment, you dumbass. This is a forum dedicated to subjects I like, but that doesn't mean I like every single thing about it. And I will bitch about it if I can. Fuck you, are you like 14? You obviously don't know how logic fucking works. Go back to high school and try to get those grades up so your parents can give you some more money to spend on your stupid Bleach cosplay, you waste of space.

Lots of cunts wearing infant clothing. Meetups have "lesbians" who's selfishness makes them more asexual than anything. Makes me feel bad about being female. Then I go to /cm/ and then I realize we're also bros with good taste sometimes. Excluding Hetalia and the 13 year olds who ruin it.

The drama and the tripfagging is what makes this board interesting. If i wanted fancypants srs business cosplay I would go to coscom. Seriously, do people forget that this board is on 4chan?

>>5222691
>Seriously, do people forget that this board is on 4chan?
I don't like it when anything I say in public is automatically disregarded because, when asked about its source, I state that I got it from /cgl/.

It's people like you that perpetuate that stereotype. Just because it's 4chan doesn't mean that you have to be a cunt all day, all the time, fuck all y'all haetrs, etc.
This is a forum with the option for anonymity.

Fuck you. Fuck your /b/ mentality.

>>5222700
Lol. /b/ is the original board, most 4chan users frequented it at some point. Its better that the drama is out in the open on cgl than in pms like other cosplay boards. The shitstorms get way worse that way. The fact is, people are gonna use a board on 4chan like any other 4chan user. Bitching about it is unproductive. Why dont you just contribute positively rather than complaining that /cgl/ become something that it could never be?

>>5222605 Most if not all of these threads are started and maintained by tripfags


And den......?

>>5222708
Pic related.

>>5222715
>The fact is, people are gonna use a board on 4chan like any other 4chan user.
Spend time on any board and you'll notice that most don't tolerate /b/ behavior. Why should /cgl/?

>Why dont you just contribute positively rather than complaining that /cgl/ become something that it could never be?
I am. I'm informing you of shit that is not acceptable.

Let's not change a goddamn thing.

Captcha: SPCK). ggerooms

IDK why that captcha made me laugh so hard

I think it's horrible because everyone can literally say what they want. Be as horrible as absolutely possibly, be insulting, harrass people bully and mob-bully people... And post things that are potentially dangerous and triggering for others (see recent proana posts).

All this is possible because this board is completely anonymous and barely moderated.

Since people aren't actually going to develope a brain to keyboard filter as to what is actually humanly acceptable to say to or about people, I think more moderation on the really bad cases, at least, would be very helpful.

what the fuck

>>5222747
Honestly, everything dies down eventually. The most cancerous tripfags eventually give up and leave or sometimes even move on to being useful and contributing users. I think that /cgl/ is fine for the most part as is.

The lack of variety.
This board is worst than other boards, because it has no rotation anymore. You know on other boards there's about a two week rotation of threads, sure the material gets old but you only start to see most of the same board after two weeks of cycling.

Here you see the same boards day after day let me recap them for you:

-Pixyteri
-Tripfag circlejerk
-troll board about how beautiful women are much better than nerd women
-kpop thread
-What's it like to have an asian boyfriend/where can you find one


There are no other threads that are as consistent as the ones I have named. Which is hilarious since none of those are even slightly related to cosplay. 2 or 3 years ago, there were so much more variety in the threads even if it was till full of dramu.

>>5222747
>I think it's horrible because everyone can literally say what they want.
I fail to see how this is ever a problem.

That said, we need more moderation. Not too much more, but enough to keep certain problems to a minimum.
The board does seem a bit stale though. I find I hardly come here after the /cg+l/ circles started to get big. There almost seems to be more new cosplay-related material in my stream than on /cgl/ itself sometimes.

>>5222746
> IDK why that captcha made me laugh so hard

Meanwhile in the "how was your day" thread...

> Now I'm fucked up on xanax.

that's most likely the reason for that... just saiyan

Mods ignore this board because it's shit and it's shit because mods ignore it.

If they actually cleaned up all the off topic threads and trolling, it would be a lot more tolerable. The drama (i.e. everyone hating on PT) doesn't even bother me, but the huge bitchfests about rape/sexism/sluts/racism/etc etc that go on for HOURS really, really need to go away.

>>5222769

Stuff that you are missing, and good ones at that:
weeaboo/con greentext horrorstories
bad cosplay
good cosplay
individual con threads
cosplay progress
artbooks

Theres good threads around.

>>5221463
This
/cgl/ is the only board where females out weigh the males. /cgl/ is like all my favorite boards wrapped up into a dress.

This board is terrible because it's the least anonymous board on 4chan. There are people who trip to become "famous" in the real life cosplay community, there are tons of selfposts for attention and people posting their poor friends' pics setting them up to be insulted, and there are threads and posts made to make fun of specific people and ruin their reputations.

>>5222866
I don't see any problem with any of those things. They all deserve what they get.

>>5222769
Missing

Progress threads
Awesome photo threads
Meet Ups
/fit/ fridays
Johnny Bravo
Themed cosplay (Touhou, /co/splay, Disney etc.)
Funny Cosplay Stories

combine that with the list here >>5222786 and we have ourselves a healthy rotation

>So, why do YOU think this board is terrible?
>Hardmode: What would improve it?

I'm loving how many people are all, "GTFO mah /cgl/ if you're gonna complain about it." Meanwhile, we're in a thread devoted to fucking saying what we don't like about /cgl/. Lrn2read.

AAHHAHAHAA. everyone in here is insecure and assholes.

>>5222786
>>5222882
>mfw I named threads that are consistently rotated.
Only about two of the threads you mention are as regular as the ones on my list. Whens the last time we had an awesome photo thread? Lolwut?

I think everyone is really too focused on the negative aspects of this board - the drama, the off topic threads - but a lot of people are failing to realize how great it can be here too. We all come here for a reason. We clearly enjoy it, regardless of the fact that everyone calls it shit.

Every single board on 4chan has problems. /cgl/ isn't unique in that. Compared to some boards, I'd say this one is low on issues. At least there's not CP and dicks being posted here constantly.

tl;dr, it could be a lot worse.

>>5222947
this is a thread about why people think the board is terrible, discussing that does not make people "too focussed on the negative aspects"

i do agree with you that the board isn't that bad, but it could be amazing if people put in more effort!

>>5222905

You just described most of the tripfags. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

>>5222765 The most cancerous tripfags eventually give up and leave

LOL, NOPE. They still are around.

Am I the only one that finds it funny when anons want to hate on trips, but the minute something happens at a con whether it's a /cgl/ meet up, party or whatever anons suddenly want to know everything about the trips.

I think the trips are the best thing about /cgl/ to be honest, they don't need to hide behind anon & they're pretty awesome people. Hell you guys seem to forget this is a social hobby and you meet people through it.

It's easy psychology. Cosplayers and lolita's are attentionwhores. People in general are attentionwhores. Then, you get something like this that just brings that out even more. Name brand shit, quality of work, who looks the most like a character. It's a big competition. and then you get anime fans. obsessed with characters. so naturally, if they're into that, a cosplayer will get attention just for cosplaying a character someone likes. The cosplayer mistakes that for people actually giving a fuck about THEM. Or maybe they dont, either way they like the attention and praise. Then some get a lot of it and get a big head. Same for lolita's and their "burando" and who looks the best. It's really easy to figure out, it's not rocket science.

>>5223313
Fuck off newfag. People hate trips because they are attentionwhores of the attentionwhores.
and the only people who want to know about what happened are the faggots like you or the trips themselves selfposting.

>>5223313
Well, thing is, half the other trips that come to this board don't even post anything remotely cosplay-related; especially the douches from /fa/ and /fit/. Though even then that's a generalization, I know a few people from those two boards that are pretty decent. It's probably really best to just stop feeding the trolls and ignore those posts that have nothing to do with what this board is all about.

Also, it doesn't help when half the anons don't follow the board rules about singling out individual cosplayers; hello, we're not your personal army, you wanna rant about someone's shitty personality or in general, take it to /soc/

I'm still kind of happy though that at least 75% of the threads here stay on topic, despite attempted derailments by cancerously cantankerous tripfags.

>>5223317
This.

>>5223322
Hard to ignore when they're in every thread. And then the circlejerking starts where they have a conversation amongst themselves about what they did that day that has nothing to do with cosplay and everything to do with need for attention.

>>5223335
True. If I wasn't paranoid about being impersonated on this board I would've dropped my trip ages ago and installed the plugin that hides tripcoders. I usually sage and report threads that have no value to the board whenever possible. I DO kind of wish as well that they'd do that kind of circlejerking on Google+.

>>5223342
>impersonating someone no one gives a shit about or know about
HA

>>5223345
>implying I want someone to give a shit about me

I'd rather be unknown, rather than be known for the drama that seems to be prevalent here. I DO try and help out in advice or progress threads whenever possible; you get what you give, and sometimes I do need help when I work on cosplay commissions.

>>5223348
>I'd rather be unknown
so drop your trip. what's so difficult about this?

I seriously think some anons are way too wrapped up in the "HURR ANONYMOUS, WE ARE LEGION, WE NEED FORCED ANON" mentality because I do not see what the big deal is with the trip hate, I really don't.

I'm almost positive even if ALL the trips started contributing helpful info, they'd still get shit from anons just because they have a trip. I don't know everyone wants to jump on them crying attention whore (as if that some real insult) & saying they ruin the board, when really you dont see trips posting vendetta threads or daily PT threads, or Troll threads that plague this board.

remove trips.
that is all.

I also hate /fit/ friday but whatever, I'd rather see trips gone than anything else

Because all the females that roam this board are weeby fatfucks who are jealous of other good female cosplayers.
Also because of that ponyfag tripfag thing, they are ruining /cgl/ for me.

>>5223376
Short-term, yeah, because we're so used to tripfags being trolling assholes.

Obviously, if long-term trips were nothing but helpful we'd love them. It just doesn't happen.

And plenty of them derail and destroy threads without even meaning to, just because they've got a name attached to the post. Ai-Honey always does that - she wades in with something reasonable that under anon wouldn't give rise to comments, but then someone attacks her because they don't like her and the whole thread goes to shit.

People who want to read /fit/ threads should go to /fit/.

And /fit/fags should realise that some people find a skinny boy hotter than an ottermode boy, and don't want their guy to even lift.

[spoiler]http://images.4chan.org/pol/src/1323308140261.jpg

>>5223375

Can you please just stick to one trip so I can filter you properly

kthnx

>>5223376

>says the namefag

The trip hate comes from the fact that the majority of trips do not contribute anything of value to this board and insist on having circlejerk and drama threads

>>5223390
Dropped my trip for this as a trial. But yeah, I've seen that happen where someone like ai-honey or maryjane post something relevant and get attacked for it; some anons really are as bad as the trips they hate.

So far I'm glad I haven't really given anyone reason to hate me, I hope lol

>>5223400
>Dropped my trip
>Still namefagging
u trolling riiiight?

And there are always going to be anons who want to be nasty to people. But tripfagging means the whole thread gets destroyed because of it, and makes it all about the tripfag, which it wouldn't be with anon posts. Nothing gained by having the personality attached to the post; everything lost.

>>5223402

Whiiiich, just happened.

>>5223394

Uh you guys. If someone is a dumbass and others want to argue with them it doesn't matter if they're anon or have a name, do you all think that the other boards with less trips never get their threads derailed?

cgl is pretty lame but I like it for the lovely dress dumps these days so w/e.

>>5223402
If I dropped the name too, how will you know it's me talking? You could be talking to your little sister, brother, or neighbor for all you know. I dropped the trip and that's all I'm doing. Anonymous is overrated, bro.


>>5223409
Sorry, at least we're still on topic. It's kind of sad, however, that circlejerk threads or threads like this one seem to be the only thread that stays on topic.

And people complaining about all the attention whoring in this board... well it's dedicated to fucking cosplay and lolita, that's one of the main aspects of the hobby. The other boards are no better than cgl because they're subject to the exact same follies as here and many complain about them just as much. Instead of whine why not read the threads you like and then bounce

All the people screaming for more moderation are just as bad as those obnoxious tripfags. Threads and posts do disappear so there are janitors around, but moot's policy is a hands-off approach. One of the major points of anonymous boards is to allow free communication and that means not micro-managing stuff. Which is a policy that moot generally follows as long as stuff don't go overboard or some particularly obnoxious poster abuses that leniency.

If you're hardcore anon then use the 4chan filter and anonymizer scripts for the Greasemonkey add-on. It will really help with your blood pressure.

>>5223421
The point is that people will start arguments with a tripfag because of who they are, not because of the content of the post. Either through vendetta or because they think it was hypocritical - either way, arguments that don't start unless there's a name attached.

>>5223430
This board is moderated far less than most of the others.

>>5223422
>If I dropped the name too, how will you know it's me talking? You could be talking to your little sister, brother, or neighbor for all you know.

Ffffffffffffff 8/10, well played, would rage and despise you again.

I think separating egl and cosplay would do wonders for this board, but otherwise, I accept /cgl/ as the place it is.

A board without posters is nothing and /cgl/ is so fun because of its posters.

The only things that we really need are for people to stop treating this place as their blog (I had a shitty day! Cheer me up!) and to stop treating this place like its /fit/ or /fa/ (How do I not be ugly? How do I lose 50 pounds? Diet tips?! EXERCISE, DAMN IT!!)

I don't dislike tripfags, their identities tend to pass me by completely so IDGAF.

It does bore me when they recycle the same joke to make themselves stand out though. And a good thread getting derailed by an attack on a tripfag can get annoying.

So yeah...I guess maybe things would be better if people only tripped when essential to the thread, but hey, some people get their kicks from mildly annoying other people, so what are you gonna do? It's up to them to reflect on their lives some day, lol.

ITT: Tripfags don't understand why everyone hates them

There needs to be more threads of just cosplay images; lots and lots of pictures of costumes! good ones, bad ones, funny ones, obscure ones. More pictures!!

>>5223402
So what you're saying is that people will start shit with a tripfag even if the tripfag would say something productive and on topic? Shouldn't the blame be directed at the poster starting the drama instead of the person who's actually contributing and following the rules?

Like it or not, there are a lot of tripfags here on account that the activity of cosplaying is about the individual. The minute you show a picture of your outfit or even progress pictures of what you're working on, you've now identified yourself to the masses as a poster on /cgl/ and since many of you post what cons you're attending, it's easy for someone to just go up to you and say "hey you're that person wearing so and so that posted in the progress threads!"

In light of the huge surge of gatherings, g+ hangouts, TC rooms, messenger sharing and non-con meetups, it's becoming WAY easier for /cgl/ members to meet each other both anon and tripfag alike. It's a lot easier for someone to introduce themselves as a tripfag and instantly be remembered.

Keep this question in mind. If tripfags are so exclusive and shut people out of their circlejerks, who do /cgl/ gatherings at cons get bigger and bigger? To quote Charizard, "Just because you make an effort to shut us out, doesn't mean we do the same."

>>5223503
I don't see you posting any

>>5223441
yeah that's pretty dumb, especially when trips bother responding (90% of the time) instead of ignoring such pointless little habs

>>5223509
> Shouldn't the blame be directed at the poster starting the drama instead of the person who's actually contributing and following the rules?

As previously stated, there are always going to be anons who want to attack people they dislike. So better not to make it an option at all. You can't remove the problem by stopping anons being an ass. You can by only tripping when you need to trip.

And wanting to be recognized because you tripfag on here is really not something I'd call aspirational.

>>5223509
>>5223509

ITT: Anons who think they own the whole damn board

>>5223509
thisery
also i think a lot of what's wrong with the board these days is that people get into the meta bullshit arguments way too much
i admit to have contributed to that shit on occasion (i think a lot of us have, at some point) but i am working on cutting down on that
also, PT threads
seriously, i'd rather kipi spam over that crap
WHY DO PEOPLE CARE SO MUCH ABOUT HER AAAAA

>>5223509
This would be compelling and logical if all anons and all tripfags acting alike.

Actually encoraging each other instead of ripping into others and judging ourself for not reaching unrealistic standards of beauty, also don't be jelouse and try to cut down those who are beautiful.

It's quite sad that you can find better cosplay threads on /a/ than in here.

>>5223509

What kind of pathetic ass person wants to be remembered for tripping on /cgl/? Seems incredibly sad to me. Shouldn't you want to be remembered for the quality of your cosplay rather than a bunch of random letters and symbols after your name?

Tripfags. So desperate for attention it makes me depressed. :(

>>5223532

ITT: Tripfags feel so persecuted they drop their trip! Now just keep it off, faggot.

Drama threads get old after awhile especially for certain people
> PT
Cannot state an opinon without being called jealous or fat or a samefag
That being said the sheer amount of loli vendetta in threads are ridiculous
White knights are rampant
Most tripfags range from being unhelpful to being Dildos
Threads are a gigantic clusterfuck of off topic
Mods are either too lazy or don't give enough of a fuck

I could probably come up with a lot more given enough time because it's pretty bad

>>5223592
implying the trip is ever dropped

>>5223594 here
And I decided to use examples as to why this is one of the worst boards

>>5222893
>>5221001
>>5219949
>>5223326

>>5223596
Says the guy who has admitted to making threads with the trip off.

You're not the only one though. For some reason nobody in the "hi guys I'm from /fa/ and I wanna dress a little loli for Christmas" thread noticed that Chokelate was anonymously self-posting after saying "oh hey I found my pic on d_l teehee".

None of you seem to have a very good track record.

>>5223615
OH LAWDY I MADE ONE THREAD

CARR THE POREEEECE!

>>5223619
>ONE THREAD
>threads
Sure thing, it was only one thread, though I remember there being at least two. And how do you prove it isn't multiple anyway?

Honestly, at best you are one of those girls that goes to Gaia with a username like... well, like "dildos" to feel edgy. I know it's fun getting a response out of people, but I've seen you here literally every time I've been on /cgl/ just this past week. Do you really not have anything else to do?

>>5223630
> Arguing with Dildos
> Expecting results

>>5223630
nope 1 thread and im sure u know what it was.

>inb4 using another trip to make a thread = dropping trip


and i can post multiple threads with my phone or tablet from anywhere in like a minute

fockyea 4g

>>5223634
I would expect better results out of trying to train a hambeast to stay away from ice cream. I just don't understand the point of being online all the time. Even 4chan gets boring after a while.

>>5223646
For a lot of people, due to a variety of reasons, the internet is all they have. It's sad really, I'm leary of anyone who has more than 3 screen names of any type at this point.

>>5223592
ITT: Anons who can't identify who's who. Suck my dick, hambeast. This is exactly why I trip.

>>5221334

You've been here for what? A week?

>Improvement: less of these people who think they are gonna pick up all the ladies by posting in /cg/ in other words, cosplayers and lolitas posting in the cosplayer and lolita board.

1 - PT, I liked her threads when I first got here but now.. they're getting repetitive and just sad
2 - Drama-vendetta , I don't give a shit about what X did with Y
3 - circlejerk or derailing of a gthread because X tripfag posted ( example: logseux) did anyone see the last cosplay suggestions thread? as soon as an important tripfag posts it's all over the place (and it's usually anon that stirs the shit up)
4 - many tripfags don't bother me actually, it's just the few that start doing as mentioned above..

I see a lot of general tripfag hate in this thread.
>inb4 U JUST A TRIPFAG THAT DROPPED TRIP HURR
Also being a tripfag seems like you are part of some special restricted group, this is what probably irks everybody the most

>>5223733
oops didn't mean to blame logseux for everything (sorry)
In point 4 I meant the tripfags that circlejerked

Do away with the posts about drama. I seriously think that the time put towards posts that want to bring others down could seriously be used elsewhere. Does it make you feel good when you call someone names? When you post embarrassing photos? When you put out thei personal information? When you spark drama just to ruin someones life? Do you really feel like you've accomplished something? So what if the person is rude, making tower threads over it isn't going to change it for the better. I despise the PT threads because of that. (Shut the fuck up, I'm not PT nor a friend of hers) They're both just grasping for straws. No matter what, even if its just defending themselves or others, they're called faggots I get it, you're an anon and saying what you want is awesome and calling someone a faggot for trying to do right is O SO SUGOI! or you can't articulate yourself better.

But, it's the internet and no one knows who you are. Do as you please.

>>5223636

no trips would be great.

That said, this place is heaven compared to /v/. I come here to catch my breath every few hours of browsing that place.

>>5223777
Agreed. The time it takes to post and bitch someone out could be used to help them or talk to them about something. If the other party is unresponsive and still causes shit, cut them out of your life and move on. Be the better person.

>>5223509
>If tripfags are so exclusive and shut people out of their circlejerks,
lolwut? Who was talking about tripfags excluding others? The very nature of an attentionbro/whore is a desire to be noticed. For them there can't be too many people "mirin" them.

>>5223733
>Also being a tripfag seems like you are part of some special restricted group, this is what probably irks everybody the most
Anons are painfully aware tripping is not restricted in any sense of the word.

>>5223798

hey, hey dildongs, do you know that song "nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I think I'll go and eat worms..."?

>>5223813
wuuuut why would someone say that about you anon?

>>5223810
Critiques against tripfags in the past was that they were an "exclusive club" who were more interested in using a board with anon and not integrating with anon themselves. Times have changed, anon is more than willing to go to gatherings with tripfags meanwhile tripfags are mingling with anons on a CONSTANT basis.

>>5223589
Being a tripfag on /cgl/ is simply a label that you give to identify your work. It is NOT one's sole identity. Instead of Maguma saying "hey this is the guy doing the k', .hack and Akuma cosplay" in every single post asking him about his con schedual he just says Maguma and we all know who he is.

Again, there are people here who believe that 100% of the awful threads and posts are made by tripfags. Look at Jnig vendetta threads, PT threads, /soc/ threads and troll threads made against women. Sure tripfags do post in them but a majority of those posts are made by anon. Am I saying that anon is responsible for all the bad things here?

Here's the deal, there are good tripfags and there are good anons. Just as there are shitty tripfags and anons who come here just to troll people and cause a scene. Your issue shouldn't be with what handle someone posts with, instead actually READ what's being posted before you go and start complaining.

Hardmode:
Everyone gets laid and stops bleeding outta their vaginas for five seconds.

>>5224245
Nobody thinks your jokes are funny but you try oh, so hard to be liked.

>>5224245
>>5224275
Case in point i suppose. Ad Hominem attack to a logical argument. Tripfags aren't an exclusive club. A lot of us have become friends irl despite being new to the board. All you have to do is show up to a meetup and hang out with people at a con.
Also, the tripfags who shit up the board quickly give up. Summerfags happen. If people ignored them and saged properly, and didn't give them the attention they seek, then they would go away.

>>5224265
>Not bleeding out vagina: CHECK
>Getting laid: NOPE

Son of a bitch!

>>5223391
skinny and ottermode are really just opposite sides of the same coin

>>5224331
>Also, the tripfags who shit up the board quickly give up.

Give me an example. That ponyfag is still here.

Rampant /soc attention whores.

I remember the days when anon would ridicule those who posted their face everywhere. Why do you not do that any more anon? I am disappoint in you.

>>5222558
To be fair, they never said they hated it.

There are a ridiculous number of PT threads, though. She's interesting and all, but can't we just have a general?

>>5224441

/cgl/ always sucks during Winter. There aren't very many cons and the people with actual lives outside of the internet are busy with school or work.

>>5224441
Ok. Blue and Hobbes are still around, but post WAY less then they used to. Haven't seen Alpha/James forever. Many of the summerfags. BlakeRyan was gone for a while, but recently came back. Still posts less than before. Countless other people who are no longer remembered because guess what? They went away.

>>5224522
>still posting
>same as giving up

>>5224528
Those are people who I remember. There are many people that go away that I dont remember cuz their time here is so short lived.

>>5222947
You're right, though. Unlike /v/, we talk about our topic.

>>5224528
Don't forget about Eva expert. He's reformed where all of his threads are on topic and have healthy discussions.

Of course since he's a good tripfag now people no longer care and just completely ignore this as a good example.

I don't know if this has been said or not, but the reason we have so many tripfags is because this is the only board where have an identity actually matters. Why? Because unlike other boards /cgl/ regularly sees and meets(or at least has an easy opportunity to) the people we talk about. Things get confusing when you don't know who is saying and what, who's creating what, who is posting what picture, etc.

Now this wasn't a problem at first because the board was just for posting hot girls in costumes. But then as time flew by and conventions were getting more popular, it got personal. And when it gets personal, you want to know who is making claims to what.

>>5224275
My jokes might not be funny but my posts are at least relevant to the current discussion. Forgive me for not living up to the common tripfag sterotypes you believe in but I think you might confuse me trying to have a friendly personality on this board and not stirring drama as being a massive tryhard. Would it be more comforting to you if I use the phrase "you mad" more often and start using this place as my LJ?

I don't think you're doing a good job in proving that tripfags constantly post off topic. Why should I have to worry about starting irrelevant arguments when you're doing such a good without me.

Shine on.

I wonder how this board would be if it was 80% male instead of 80% female.

>>5224628
Oh hay, now we can have a long conversation all about you.

>>5224245
You're really cherrypicking when you're talking about tripfags and anons at gatherings. The anons who go to them may not be the same who dislike certain things about the boards, and the tripfags who go to them are usually not the ones who give tripfags such a bad reputation.

>>5224634
We'd have more ass and slut shaming threads.

>>5224678
I love shaming me some ass.

Back in the day it was largely a male-dominated board. Around 07. That's why there were Kipi floods, why people cared that JJ only had a Naruto headband around her tits and why there was an obsession with finding "n00dz".

>>5224726

Ive been lurking a few months now, I rarely post and I've on made like, two threads.
That being said, my reason for being on /cgl/ is that Im trying to study cosplay philosophy...
My reason for tripping is that I want to be accountable for what I post, good or bad, but thats just me.
So far there have been tons of ideas on how to make /cgl/ better.
I think that people should focus on what they can do to improve /cgl/ opposed to complaining and not doing anything.

Hardmode shouldn't be "what would improve it?"
Hardmode should read "what ARE YOU GOING TO DO to improve it?"

>>5224741
Yup, 08 would be when it changed, and the sort of thing I mentioned dried up.

Bump for a healthy (with a dash of drama) discussion

>>5224634
From what I've seen from cosplay threads on /a/, it'd be more image dumping and less drama.

>Post Sachie on /a/ and say she's sucked 12 dicks
>whatever, all 3D women are sluts anyway, got more pictures of her?
>pictures and more pictures

>Post Sachie on /cgl/
>Why are you self posting, Sachie? Are you still sucking dicks for booze?
>50 off topic drama replies

its a board on 4chan. of course its going to be terrible.

>>5225091
who are the idiots making up drama about sachi? she's fucking hot and that's all that matters.
if she really does suck that many dicks then how do I get her to suck mine?

Improve /cgl/ ? REMOVE THE FUCKING DRAMA. Srsly. Jesus CHRIST on a FUCKING CRUTCH the cattiness, backstabbing, rumor mongering and all around bitchiness is INSANE.
Also, can you PLEEEEEEEAAAASE stop posting Pixyteri every day? Bitch is fucking ugly.

if you wanna remove the drama then you'd have to ban women from /cgl/

>>5225091
That's because /a/ is full of dudes, and /cgl/ is full of broads

The reason I like this board is BECAUSE it's so shitty. It's the ultimate guilty pleasure.

never change, /cgl/

>>5225240
lol

>>5225240
in that case, I demand moar hot cosplay chicks. Plus nudes.

I liked /cgl/ better with broodmother. Just sayin.