> Any predictions on how it will look when completed?

No blank space. Everything will be wig shop ads.

I've been waiting for one of these ever since I saw this thread. Everyone thinks they look odd the first time they wear a wig, get over it.
http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=286366

>>5771676

The lack of a marketplace is killing me. The forum is alright, but I really hate not having access to my feedback.

>>5771676
>>5771678
Since someone posted these..

>>5771681
Sounds like someone I use to be friends with.

>>5771676
Did she seriously buy a pink wig for Nagisa, bahahaha

What happened to the one girl who kept complaining about her boobs and how everyone kept staring at them while posting her nude boobs in plain sight on her Deviantart?

>>5771711
She rage quit and barley posts.

>>5771713
barely*

>>5771711
After /cgl/ raided their forum to post the evidence she quit posting there for a few weeks but I think she might be back to posting now.

>>5771713
I'm still shocked and amused that the fully nude picture she posted was labeled "What should I cosplay?" on her DA.

>>5771681
Oh god I know this chick, she lives in my area. She has no manners at all and is an asshole to pretty much everyone.

>>5771713
>5 months later
>she's still uploading shit quality pictures onto Deviantart
At least she stopped coming to coscom, unless she got a different account.

/Off topic.

Omg the hotel bit there, literally JUST went over that with a friend. She claimed the room was over $400 and wanted the money immediately before she booked with her BOYFRIEND'S card.

I got fed up with the bull and booked it myself. Room was $329 with tax. What the hell? Then she pulled the biggest hissy fit and decided to get her own room (with her boyfriend's card) because there would be "too many people."

Six people. All of us have known each other for over YEARS.

>>5771676
Is she colorblind?

Ran the pic of her wig and the character through a Deuteranope colorblindness filter.

Doesn't explain how she's able to get the colors accurate on her other costumes though.

>>5771947
Shes "partially" colorblind. Basically she whips it out as an excuse whenever shes wrong.

>>5771976
Ah. Seems like she's missing her red cones or something.

Not really sure why she'd bother specializing the 'partial' thing though given that total colorblindness is so rare, so colorblind usually just refers to protanopia and whatnot.

>>5771845
We get it Spaz. You're too lazy to crossplay so you genderbend everything and you just loooove to show off your body.

Seriously, she's killing me with these ideas.

>>5772130
.....get out.

>>5772130
>i really want to cosplay shitty genderbend homosuck
>i don't really like homestuck

Every time I start to think "Well, I suppose it's understandable to cosplay something you aren't a fan of just because you like the design", shit like this always snaps me back to "WHY THE FUCK WOULDN'T YOU COSPLAY SOMETHING YOU LIKE YOU ATTENTIONWHORING CUNT" mode.

>>5772130
This is the textbook example of cosplaying something only to get attention. Homestuck is pretty much hated outside its own fandom but it's big enough that attention whores like Spaz will cosplay it just to have the most people possible give her attention.

>>5771976
Why the hell does she give advice on colors if she's fucking colorblind? Also, of course the scarf is going to look gray in the manga, unless the series is full color.

>>5772293
LOL just noticed her title of "makeup guru" under her name. How classy.

In my mind when I think of genderbends I cannot separate the term from her and her shitty attempts. There may well be some decent looking genderbends out there, but the amount that she goes on about certain things, then fucks them up anyway... yea. I can't even describe it anymore than "Why would you even bother at that point, idiot".

Holy shit, and people wonder why contact lenses are considered medical devices here in the US... because some people are so fucking stupid when it comes to using them.

At least the rest of the people replying were saying to go back to the eye doctor and ask for specific help.

>>5771984
Nah, in the original Strawberry Panic thread she gave some bullshit excuse for her colourblindness that's not really possible. I can't find the post now, so it's either been deleted/edited or I'm being stupid and missing it.
Also:
>To help, i tilted my screen til her hair looked burgundy, then proceeded to alter the picture in photoshop until it looked the color that i see on my screen normally.
http://www.cosplay.com/showpost.php?p=3678236&postcount=31
So she can distinguish between burgundy and pink, she's just stupid.

Sorry for the links, can't take caps at the moment.

>>5772555

>>5772536
....what a freaking moron.

Got a link to the thread?

>>5772555
>>5772560
Sometimes I just want to smack her. Either stick to female characters or actually be mature enough to bind and not genderbend just to show off your body without caring if it suits the character or not.

>>5772572
Here you go
http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=287009

I was mistaken, OP in that thread appears to be Italian. Still, it's no excuse to be a retard when it comes to your own health. It doesn't matter whether your country requires a prescription or not, you still should know what parameters you have. From questions I've seen posted on Coscom, I know there are plenty of idiots in the US doing stupid shit too/ignoring doctors orders, just like OP, that are the reason contact lens sales are so restricted.

>>5772589
Random question, anyone know how old she is? From the way she posts and what she says, she sounds like a high schooler/early college student desperate for male attention.

bump

I haven't posted on Coscom in a while and realized I had about two years' of costumes to add.

Am I tripping balls or is the costume interface somehow even more godawful than it was a year ago? Or did I just block out how painful updating Coscom is?

>>5773368
Probably worse. I've stopped updating my things there. Got tired of having to resize every single photo and having an exactly 100x100 icon/preview picture. Now that the marketplace is down and they're still claiming "It'll be up in a few weeks" when that was said nearly a month ago, there's no reason to even bother going there.

Axelai dramu again? Seriously guys, she doesn't even go on Coscom anymore...

So any better, juicy shit?

>>5773368
Despite Admin saying they were testing shit out etc, I never saw any changes to the shit layout through any of the tests he said they did. I think you perhaps have wisely blocked things out. Can't blame you there.

>>5773376
Despite having to deal with some retarded people, the marketplace was pretty useful. I sold a lot of things I didn't use anymore. I don't get why they had to even take it down other than stupid people ruining shit again. In the rules it said they were only providing space as is - people were responsible for the actual transaction. If they found people scamming/abusing, they could you know... just deactivate their accounts instead of taking the entire marketplace down, stupidly heavy handed action in my opinion. By that logic, if you had an ant problem in the spring, instead of getting traps and insect poison, you'd burn down your entire house to take care of the problem.

>>5774116
Pretty much this. People scamming and not paying for stuff is going to happen on any website that lets people exchange goods. Whining to the staff about it won't do shit, especially when there was a feedback system and even a review thread of the forum to make sure you had a better chance at not getting scammed.

>>5774147
That and I wonder how many people paid by an unverified method like Western Union, cash, etc.

When dealing with shit online I always use Paypal so it's documented etc. As much as I dislike the company, it is useful and widely accepted, plus they've backed me on several occasions where I did get scammed.

The other thing is, if you're a seller, why the hell wouldn't you use tracking and send that number to the buyer immediately, it proves that the items left your house. On the flip side, if you're a buyer, why wouldn't you demand tracking? It's 80 cents if you're mailing via USPS. Then you know for sure it has shipped.

Then again, I have to remind myself, I am an adult and most people complaining and getting scammed are probably teens who don't know any better.

Did anyone else catch any of these supposed layout changes while they were being tested? Everything looked exactly the same to me. Is he trollin' people by saying there will be changes?

http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=287014

>>5774165
Didn't know how much tracking was. My USPS guy always asks me if I want delivery confirmation instead so I get that.

I'm sort of in a sucky area right now. No bank account and since I don't drive, my ID has been expired for awhile so I can't really do the money order/check thing so most of the time if it's a low amount I ask for concealed cash. That's why the marketplace being down is screwing me over because of my payment methods I rely HEAVILY on my mass of positive feedback and now I can't access it.

>>5772130
As someone who wants to do a Rule64!Eridan cosplay and finds him to be an incredibly elegant character who'd wear conservative clothing, this sort of ruffles my jimmies

Because I can't shake the feeling it would just be some cutesied up version of March Eridan

>>5777140
Ah, sorry, I mean tracking as in "delivery confirmation" which yes, is only 80 cents. It may not update at every single stop along the way but both you and the buyer can see that the package has been shipped and made it to certain points. At least through paypal, if you upload a tracking number to the transaction it proves to them that you didn't just take someone's money and not ship anything.

I wonder if they will restore the marketplace fully with everyone's stats intact. Maybe I'm expecting a bit too much from a site that pretty much refuses to even look at the bugs thread that's been growing for years.

>>5777982
From what I read it said that the previous feedback wouldn't be wiped clear but lets not hold our breath.

http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=286663

>>5773555

LOL where did she go? did she finally get run off after being such an abrasive cunt for so long?

>>5778246
Tumblr, which is in the email field, and as of the last couple months she's started identifying as male.

I would recommend using a proxy or something to hide your ip with (like Tor) if you're so inclined, as he obsessively tracks his page stats and blocks like mad if you don't agree.

>>5778288
Do you think she's doing the fakeboi thing or do you think this is something legit? I haven't bothered keeping up to date with the tumblr account but she always seemed fake as hell to me.

>>5778240
Wtf is going on in that thread. OP is not what I'd call "too skinny". In fact she looks average to skinny fat. Seems like just another person looking for asspats and reassuring words of, "Oh you're not fat, they're just jelly".

>>5778314
She's always seemed fake as hell. You're not missing much as it's either homosuck porn, her poor cosplays, or lots of whining.

As for the fakeboi thing, I think it's just that.

>>5778345

yeah thought the same.
She's neither extremely skinny, nor "anorexic" like "her doctor asked her once if she was"
she's average/skinnyfat
and dat gun. she took the time to build in sound in that gun, but couldn't get the fuckin proportions right? srsly. learn to get the proper proportions before building fancy things in.

>>5778384
I take my previous statements back, now she's clearly looking for asspats. Reading the last few posts of that thread, it's pretty obvious.

What sad creatures. Jeebusfuck, why do people need so much reassurance to even exist or breathe. Holy shit, I know I'm ok where I am. Could I improve myself? Sure, but who couldn't. Still, going with my previous statement, I'm ok with myself, I don't need people to tell me anything and I don't need to make threads to get support. Kids these days...

>>5778704
You mean like this?

http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?p=4373858

Should I bring up that story where that one homestuck idiot filled a hotel bathtub with rubbing alcohol and broke open a shitton of sharpies to try and dye herself troll grey? I feel the urge to especially after seeing Annibanana's post about food dye and kool-aid. really wtf.

>>5778856
Do it. Not only is her method retarded but if she works, that probably won't come off right after the con. Why would anyone want to dye their skin?

There's a reason we have face paint.

>>5778384
"skinnyfat" is generous imo, I'd just label her average. She may be "skinny" in 'murica where more than half the population is overweight, but everywhere else in the world she is average.

>>5779216
And postuuuud. I decided to use my other account though. I don't want the newbies getting all pissy at me, which I know would happen.

>>5779241
Amerifag here, I wouldn't say she's skinny either. I'd actually say she's average to slightly chubs. In her Yoko pic you can see that her thighs and belly are not really shapely.

Skinny would be like classic Kate Moss or Twiggy. in her pic >>5778725, I'd probably say "thin".

>>5778314
Oh good, the only drama llama i follow.

axelai/patriotsheep/cosplaymallow identifies either as male or as non-gendered
i can't be assed to check which it is this week

but, to quote a post from a few days ago
>"Oh also, the guy at the 7/11 whom I bought breakfast from said “You look like a toy! Like a little doll!” I thought that was sweet UwU I spent a half hour on makeup to make myself look as doll-like as possible. I think it worked :3
Though no amount of makeup can cure my bad facial features :C oh well"

Now if he were non-gendered, that could be excused - although that's not really a gender identity I've ever come across - but I think that he's male?

>>5779329
I always wonder what's going through people's minds like that chick. What makes her think Kool-ade or food dye are good ideas? I love when newfags give terrible advice. It keeps me entertained.

>>5779455

>>5779455

What she is, is a fakeboi. Tumblr is a bastion of that shit. And since it's a fast way to get followers it's not a surprise she'd suddenly be a guy or "non-gendered".

Why is it that every time a Coscom thread comes up, Axelai is the main source of bitching? Is there anything new we could talk about instead, otherwise it defeats the purpose of having a new Coscom thread.

>>5781057
Probably because hardly any of us spend enough time on Coscom to complain about any of the new people.

Personally my rage is directed at the shit going on with them working on the site itself. Not to mention still using that half-assed "Our wig model just woke up so here's them in their pajamas modeling all our new wigs" theme as their official wig shop banners. Between that and the nightmare fuel wig head they have, I'm surprised if anyone buys from them anymore.

>>5781122
I agree on all points here. Axelai may be old news but she and the sunshine brigade pissed off a lot of people making a somewhat ok site lose all redeeming quality.

>>5781348
When was the last time you all elaborated on these brigade members? Every time I come in here, I see mention of them but not who exactly, what and why. Are all sunshine members just people who disagree with you? Or is there something extra special that makes them deserve a nickname?
TELL ME. I WANT REGALING TALES THAT I CAN CHUCKLE AT OVER AN ESPRESSO.

>>5781384
unless someone beats me to it, I will give you names and details when I get home from work at 4, fair enough?

It's way too much to type on my mobile.

>>5781348

Actually it was less of them actually pissing people off and more of you just having a personal vendetta.

>>5781384

Anyone that pretty much disagrees with cgl is slagged off by certain seagulls. But it's totally okay for seagulls to disagree with Coscom...

>>5781683
Hmm, users of a certain forum are biased towards their own opinions? I can't imagine why...

So who's this "Sunshine Brigade" then?

Not same anon as >>5781492 but here's my take on the brigade.

The brigade consisted primarily of the following people but other random forum posters looking to feel cool would join in as needed. While I would consider them annoying and stupid at best, they seem to have enraged many people because of they acted like drones and mindlessly backed anything another brigade member said regardless of how stupid, illogical, morally/ethically wrong, etc. it was. Basically the brigade indulged in the beliefs that "cosplaying is only about having fun so don't worry how shitty/terribad you look! You don't need a wig, makeup, costume, or footwear that looks like your characters (wear those dirty sneakers proudly!) If you dream it, you are cosplaying it already. People saying that you could get better reception for putting more work into cosplay are all elitist assholes who don't know how to have fun."

Aside from the collective derp behavior they each brought a unique flavor to the team:

Axelai: Well, I think everyone knows what this girl, er scuse' me now it's a non-gendered or male person" until the next flavor of the week surfaces, is about.

x-Steffi-x: Has some good opinions on her own but is very outspoken and generally butthurt. Anything that she can twist to be an insult about her weight and appearance will be twisted, and she will post many times about it.

>>5782292
SpazItUp: embodiment of a raging bitchfest. Also known for butting into any conversation and making her opinion sound like truth, the alpha and omega, etc.

Spazmodic: known for shitty gender bends, attention whoring, and mindlessly backing any of the brigaders

Shana05: known for stirring up shitstorms to gain sympathy and rally brigade droning/ collective asspattery. Reference the following for further reading: "Shana goes to Denny's in lolita and wonders why people stare" or "Shana feels her people are discriminated against for cosplaying at the mall with no intent to shop and getting kicked out".

Wasn't Stina also a part of the SB?

>>5782484
Yea, she was. I though anon's list was kinda short, but they got the most outspoken people

>>5782292
>>5782293
Nicely said!

>>5781986
>>5781384
The Sunshine Brigade in /cgl/ terms would probably be compared to the tripfag circlejerks. The Brigaders dominate the General Chat section of the forum and basically post about shit that no one cares about and take turns boosting each others egos to the point where the lot of them have their heads wedged firmly up each others arses.

They're generally just overall annoying and will show up in pairs or groups to defend anyone receiving criticism, even if the person receiving it doesn't want to be defended. Spazitup is usually the ringleader of these incidents and will continue to try and force her opinion on others until the point that no one is backing her up any longer.

Actually used to have screencaps of an incident where one of them (Spazitup I think) who flew off the handle at a comment taken out of context and wouldn't listen to anyone who tried to correct her and when she realized no one was on her side she tried to rope in a friend of hers who promptly told her "Hell no, you're on your own."

>>5782493

Is it just me or does the SB seem to have died down quite a bit in terms of praising each other and sticking up for each other. Stina is no longer posting much like Axelai, Steffi seems to have drifted from them, SpazItUp and Sapzmodic are frequent.
But yes, we all remember the dramu revolving them and that generated a lot of worthy lulz.

>>5782526
I haven't paid much attention so I wouldn't know but I'd be thrilled if Spazmodic followed suit and stopped posting as much.

>>5782526

Nah, I too think they've cooled off a bit since losing their grorious ringleader of retardedness, Axelai. The circlejerk still exists but is much less pronounced. That said SpazItUp's buttmad raging bitchfest-ness will never die down. I think she is the stereotypical angry feminazi type. Spazmodic just seemed too stupid to actually form opinions on her own and would go with whatever people said. If it was impossible for her to back a brigader or somehow reference it back to her bad genderbends and showing off her cheerleader body, she didn't say much at all.

I think the term I would use for the brigade besides anon's word "drones" would be "bandwagon-ers". These are the types of fools I'd expect to, figuratively speaking, rally with pitchforks and torches outside someone's home because that person made the mistake of implying one of them was not kawaii enough etc.

Captcha: hoot. eywithn
Yes, the brigade was indeed a hoot. So much lulz was had.

What's amusing me right now is that Proud Asian has made a few threads there and some people still don't get that it's one of the older trolls on the internet. They're raging and pleading with others to stop posting random shit and report the thread. It might be a record, the thread is still going, on pg 31 now, and was originally made at 2 in the afternoon. Where's Hime no toki at? usually she sweeps in and closes down those threads in minutes.

>>5783745
Must be doing something better than modding the forums cause all over the boards could use a clean up atm.

Any new shit going on?

Priorities. Coscom has them.

>>5787057

I can understand when people need to move it can be a disruption, but she's only moving from the US to the UK, so it's not like she has to learn a new language and whatnot and the culture difference isn't even that big.

>>5787057
Okay I'm all for coscom bashing (and this one seems like a special snowflake with the "I wear wigs out in public" shit) but aside from that I can't say I blame her. Do you like your plans being changed suddenly? The girl thought she was slated for one thing, and now her mom wants her to go abroad for a job...it's not exactly like her mom telling her to get a job in town. I can see why you think she's being silly or immature, but I honestly can see where she's coming from at the same time. Don't we have better things to bitch about?

How about that obnoxious girl posting all her ads and bumping them like 5x a day in the marketplace? I want her ass banned so much. She is too annoying for words. I think it's dying out a bit, but a week ago it was crazy. I love how they let people abuse the rules rampantly even though this is supposed to be easier for them to monitor and delete things as needed.

>>5787078
Not same anon who posted that but, she did say she was finishing up HS. I'd probably be looking to see what schools I could get into over there or if I could get employed right away, or since she's probably 18, she could even see if it's feasible to stay here. I think IRL stuff should take priority over cosplay/cons but I don't know if that's what the other anon was getting at.

http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=283426

This thread made me chuckle a bit. LOL

Whelp kiddies, the announcement has been made. The site is getting its much-needed facelift and will be offline May 3-5th.

Predictions: both good and bad?

>>5788350
There will be more wig shop ads, and they'll implement one useless feature (maybe Like/Dislike buttons) in an effort to appear current.

>>5788492
Speaking of their wig shop, I am on the fence about which was worse for modeling the wigs: Jia who looked like she'd been woken up and told to try on wigs that moment or their creepy manikin.

I also wonder how many other things will break during this transition. The last time they did anything was to switch servers I believe, much of the site and forum functionality got busted up too. I'm predicting more shit will break but Admin will say "LOOK AT THE PRETTY SITE LAYOUT - THERE ARE NO BUSTED-ASS FEATURESSSS" and brush the pieces under the rug.

>>5788528
Yeah, between the model and the wig head, I just don't even bother anymore. I've only ever bought one wig from them and when it arrived it was so thin that you could see right through it. This was back in 2007 and I was new to cosplay so I just assumed that sort of thing happened with all wigs.

>coscom
>wig store
>joke
I hate it! I used to buy from them when they first opened the shop on the site, and a year later BOOM, its one of the worst places to buy a wig!

>orders are never shipped on time
>they dont respond to e-mails
>over priced shitty wigs
>shit tier wigs

I bought a scruffy wig when they first opened, and it was a nice wig. A year later i bought another scruffy, different fibers and you could see the inside of the wig. Another time i ordered a Punk XL, 3 days later, AFTER they took my money, they sent me an email saying "Your color choice was out of stock, chose another color"(word for word). I replied "i needed it in that color, may i have a refund?" and it took them a month before i finally heard back from them, they told me they were waiting for my color to be in stock... bitch i just wanted my money back.

>>5788566
Don't feel too badly, back in 07' our wig choices were very limited anyway and you basically got to choose from different grades of Kanekalon. For many people there was coscom and conveniently a wig place so I think many people, myself included, bought into it thinking you'd receive something nice since hell, they're cosplayers running the store, they would treat you right, right? Oh so wrong.

These days there's a lot more to choose from and dem hiperlon heat-resistant fibers are fucking delicious. I am quite smitten with Fantasy Sheep wigs.

Coscom's main US competition would be from Arda but even their wigs do nothing for me. They are like they are the new "Cosworx" store now where noobs flock and buy without questioning or comparing quality. People pretty much bash you if you say you don't like the wigs no matter your reason. I don't like them because the wig caps are massive and sure, there are tutorials on resizing them by hacking and resewing them, but I don't want to have to do that if I already have to build a crazy style too. Add to that, some of their wigs are thin, like your photo. My Jareth wig was fucking terrible. Right out of the bag I could see all the mesh on the top of the wig.

Oh man this chick
Everything from her name to her spelling to her reasoning is like 9 kinds of whack

>>5788744
I can't even... just wat?

Where the hell are the knowledgeable people that used to be there writing and speaking knowledgeably about contact lenses?!

>>5788744
>kawaii neko
>imperfection is beauty

shit I lost it before I even got to the actual content.

>>5788799
Now now, don't hate on her for being so unique, creative, and kawaii desu. I bet it took her a bit of deep pondering to come up with "Imperfection is beauty".

>>5788744
>have allergy to contacts
>lol i'll wear them anywayz xD so many people have allergies & they wearz them
>thinking others allergies are them same as their allergies
>mfw

>>5788842
Oh, I guess I'm not young enough to be familiar with netspeak and this kind of shitty grammar. I thought she was referring to seasonal allergies though having allergies to lens materials themselves would make more sense in connection with the doctor saying she couldn't wear them at all.

Well this ought to be an interesting scene if she goes ahead and buys some somewhere because "other people have allergies and wear contacts too".

>>5788842

I can see where this is going - just like that girl (unrelated to coscom) who bought some dodgy contacts from a beauty store and cleaned them with water and slept in with them. Result? Blind in one eye.

High chance that it's just a troll post but I dunno... seems legit LOL

>>5789534
spoiler: flamingos eat shrimp, not fish.

they're pink, but that kid doesn't even know.
pretty sure is troll

>>5789534

He talks about specific one-colour only food. But food colouring isn't even a food. Yep, definitely troll post.

>>5789534
I'll admit, I loled at the post.

Troll or not, food coloring seems to be re-emerging as a possible cosmetic/dye lately instead of, you know, getting body paint.

>>5789534
this is only possible due to high beta-carotene intake resulting in carotenodermia.

and that is only because you blood is full of carotenoids..

At the most your insides would turn the shade or your excretions.

>>5790733
I don't think "tinting" can happen like it does if say an infant eats/is fed a ton of carrots. Now they can take on an orangey hue but nothing to the extremes of an "Oompa loompa". But as you grow, you'd have to eat more proportionally which would be pretty hard.

Besides, if you want to be orange, be Jnigs, and fake bake. insta-orange. LOL

>>5789534
better idea: hold your breath for really long.

>>5791406

it will only affect small areas of the body and you would also risk over dosing on Vitamin A

Also the only way the food dye would work is if it was fat soluble. So unless she is a chemist... I think you get my point.
saged cause its not important, she is obviously an idiot

All my what

>>5792209

Or, you know, give it time then sit your parents down and talk to them like an adult and give specific points as to why cosplay can be a good thing and provide examples as to past things you have done that was dealt with in a good, mature manner. Actin rebellious will just make you look foolish and childish, hence giving your parents more reason as to why you're not capable of handling tough situations. Just because teenagers often become "rebellious" following their way of life isn't mature, it'd be a phase at the most. Seriously, these newbies are becoming far worse than the SB.

>>5792209
Yes. please run away. I'm sure your family will let you cosplay then.

Checked coscom to see if they're down yet and I was met with rows upon rows of kawaii desu animu horror wig heads.

Damn the site is down, can't see any lulz?

So, instead how about people post some previous screencaps (please not too much Axelai) of old dramu for old time sakes.

>>5794696
If anyone has any. I had some regarding that busty cosplayer and some from posting them here but I deleted them all months ago.

>>5792770
>>5793552
My thoughts exactly. That post just fully backed up all the research: teenagers have not fully developed the part of the brain that allows them to look at consequences beyond the initial euphoria of getting your way.

Fact is, from the OP, the mother sounds like your average protective, conservative mom who's probably like "Animus are dangerous and so is cosplay" based on media hype. The last thing a parent like that wants is to send her child off to a con with thousands of strangers in funky costumes that cost money they shouldn't be spending. Furthermore, the kid running away would probably unleash otherworldly fury and overreaction.

Case and point, around here where I live, there have been a few incidents where teens went missing. The families did the initial "wait till it's legal to file a report" and then reported them missing. Come to find out, the kids usually were at friend's houses. Instead of just saying, "Listen, I need a break so I'll be over [here] for a while until I'm ready to talk" or sitting down and trying to have a sincere conversation with parents, yea, running away and making them think the worst is TOTALLY the best idea. Especially with over-protective parents. I believe some of the families ended up having to pay back the search and rescue teams.

There are good reasons for running and escaping like if you're in a truly dangerous situation like abuse of any sort or are just not in a safe living situation etc. but telling someone to run away because of cosplay? Unbelievably stupid, but what can I say other than "1st world middle/upper class problems".

>>5794901
Her lulz was posted farther up the thread here >>5771713
One anon had some caps from her Gaia posts. She wanted to do questionable/raunchy RPs... with gaiafags of all people.

Here's hoping the new site layout looks like it is at least from this millennium. The purple and white just looked boring and old. It would be nice I'd they updated the calendar to include 2012 cons and beyond. We shall see.

>>5797635
Here's to hoping. I'll just be happy to get the marketplace up but I'm nervous thinking they'll go "You know how we promised to bring your existing feedback over? Oops!" or they'll make some sort of new crazy rules to try and prevent scamming because those little teenage idiots are too stupid to realize a stolen image commission scam when they see it.

did anyone figure out what her medical problem was re: why she can't get dressed without breaking a sweat? i always wonder when someone has a problem like this why they wouldn't be fed up pretty quickly and go seek some help.

>>5800215

I call bullshit. Why does this person have to make excuses for a HOBBY? I mean seriously, how does this person cope with ordinary clothing for everyday life? Just stroll naked in people, you know, like you do...
A cosplay doesn't have to have multiple layers either. Just ridiculous made-up excuses, I bet he/she wasn't even going to cosplay a difficult character. I mean making a cosplay isn't all that difficult and if you can't make one, buy one or commission it. I'm just trying to get my head round as to why this person won't wear a full cosplay? If you liked the hobby that much and joined a COSPLAY WEBSITE, then surely you'd have an interest in it? Idk this person is just totally fucked up. I've had cosplays that were difficult to get in, but they didn't take me more than 15 minutes to get on and didn't break a sweat. If this "Purfect" thinks just getting changed into a cosplay is hard, wait until you physically go to a convention where you are walking every hour and posing and shit.

>>5800215
This girl annoys the shit out of me. Her entire photo album on Coscom was nothing but her with wigs on and normal clothes. Clothes that didn't even fit the character she was cosplaying.

>>5801306
I don't know, kids like her want to make excuses for everything but want attention slathered on them as well. My guess was she was there for the social aspect as well as asspats and attention whoring. IIRC she used to post in the "woe is me, i'm a fat cosplayer and people are so mean. others discriminate against my people! RACISTS" kinds of threads. Not saying people aren't mean/discriminatory to overweight people but there is a way to fix it, and it isn't sitting on the internet and posting in threads for support and doing nothing else.

Most of her gallery had horrible, dark, grainy webcam/myspace shit pics. Her main thing was "cosplaying" as Alois and Ciel from Kuroshits. To be fair, when I do test shots to see how things photograph, how my wigs look/makeup tests etc., I don't get into full costume but I change into the costume as much as the camera will show. So there's really no reason in her case that she can't throw on the appropriate shirt, neck bow thing, and Alois' purple jacket since her photos are always shoulders up and no one would know if she weren't in full costume anyway. However, I have my doubts she even HAS purhased any of the costumes she supposedly wears. Her gallery only has wig/head shots. Her "Alois" costume gallery was pretty much her + generic unstyled blond wig + sticking tongue out... every fucking shot. Her Ciel was much the same: dark wig + grump look on face.

>>5801363
I wonder if she even goes to conventions or if she just has wigs and derps around for photos in her room. Has anyone seen any con photos of her either on FB or coscom? Obv. we can't check coscom, but I thought some seagulls were her FB friends.

>>5805353
She goes to conventions, yes.

>>5805380
Oh goodness. Has anyone ever snapped photos of her at any of these conventions?

Take a look at the new layout. It actually looks better than I was expecting. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150817798334044.432915.158674749043&type=3

>>5808324
Oh wow! It looks really modern, too bad it took them this long to upgrade.

>>5807551

>>5808475

>>5808324
Wow, they did a pretty nice job bringing the site visually into this century. I agree with the other anon, it looks better than I was imagining. Maybe they didn't half ass this one.

>>5808479
>>5808475
And that is some scary-ass shit right there, wtf am I looking at?!

>>5808479

Woah, now I'm surprised at this picture. Much better than those grainy webcam pics. Shame she doesn't know how to apply make-up (or properly at that).

>>5809127
We tried giving her very simple makeup tips and help before. Much like many wayward coscomers who could step up their game with a little bit of foundation and eyeliner, she had many excuses as to why she couldn't ever get the makeup, or apply it, or whatever. Some people sincerely tried, but it's easier to play the victim and make excuses.

Well, just another few hours until Coscom is supposedly going back online. Cross your fingers!

>>5809451
More news, a few more hours before they open the forums, then the rest of the site will follow.

Update May 7: We will be reopening the forums late tonight (very late), and apologize for the delay. The rest of the site will follow, coming online bit by bit over the next 48 hours. The layout transformation is pretty much complete, however we're going through and making sure each section of the website is completely cleaned up and ready for launch.

Please note that for now, the forums section layout will be mostly unchanged, so it is not an indicator of the remainder of the site. You can view a few screenshots of our new layout on our Facebook page (CosplayComOfficial).

>>5811106
...okay, now I'm not even going to hold my breath for them getting everything up in 48 hours.