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Now normally I dont make fun of cos-players since I do the whole Renfaire thing..... but um that yagudos "mithra" friend, would have done a lot better had she dressed up as a galka...
An idiot like you could only dream of hooking up with a girl who's not only cute and Japanese, but also rocks an hourglass figure with DD's. Think twice before you "break stride" and decide to cut someone down like that on a forum they might be watching. Also, being compared to Fred Durst is NOT a compliment, so don't start getting a hard needle over it.
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just be happy u guys didn't see the one dressing as a Mandy...
over hyper and over size Mandy is all i can say... ^^;;
the costume was pretty good actually, but the cosplayer herself is a little over hyper and not really acting all that Mandy-ly. ^^;
As for the Mandy... showing up in a tight bodysuit with her figure might have been the best idea, because some morons will be insulting her as if they've NEVER seen someone with a pear-shaped figure before... get the f*ck over it, people come in all shapes and sizes. I give her major props for having the guts and the attitude for doing it. She did have a really good attitude and a lot of pep, I would definitely encourage that lady to show up to future events in costume to liven things up like she did.
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I really expected one of the Bards to place though, both Bard costumes were incredible. The Ranger one was quite good as well.
The judging was based solely on audience applause. All of the finalists had perfect costumes, but the Dragoon was a Dragoon. That fact alone gaurenteed her a winning spot over any other job costume because of huge support from the large DRG fanbase. Her costume was really great, but then again so were the excellently sewn and extremely accurate BRD, RNG, and WHM finalists' costumes; they just didn't have the same support from the audience. I think the gob's costume could have been a little better (I've seen a Japanese cosplayer with an astounding goblin costume), but it was still really good, I'd say he beat out the others on showmanship. He had been entertaining people throughout the event with his antics, a lot of people had fun with him around, and so a lot of people wanted him to win (and rightly so) because he was unique and had personality. He even threw a Bomb Toss into the audience during the contest... someone threw it back and the MC said "There's a BLU in the audience!" Yeah, the gob was a cool guy, really connected with the fans, and so he deserves credit for that. That's something the pics don't tell you.
I was the Yagudo, so me and the Goblin posed for a lot of pics together. Not just for fans either, the SE staff had us pose a LOT and for a LONG time. By that time, both of us were really sore from posing and bearing the weight of our costumes throughout the day. So, if you look at the later pics you might notice us half-assing our poses. Or at least I was. Oh, and I'm sorry to anyone that wanted a pic with me after the contest and didn't get to. A lot of people wanted to take pics with me and I was happy to oblige. But, by that time, I really needed to get out of that damn costume, I'd been in it too long. Our test-run of the costume was out here in the desert, so it's much more dry, and there were no problems at all with vision (aside from not having periphreal). I hadn't thought about the humidity and how that would affect my vision, but it did in a huge way. =
Oh, and here's a fun Fan Festival story. There's a restaurant right next to Rusty's Surf Ranch. One of the Live Quests involved collecting various items like "holy Water," "Crying mustard," "Shumayo salt," etc. We went in this restaurant on Friday to eat (not in costume), and my fiance also grabbed a salt packet and some pepper before we ordered. The guy working there goes "Hey that's not nice, you come in here and take my salt. That's not nice," getting all upset at us for taking ONE tiny salt packet out of 100's. Also, there was a sign that said "Please don't ask for mustard." So obviously a bunch of people from the event went there to acquire condiments for the quest and not buying any food there, and he was fed up and was being rude to them. So, we ended up leaving without ordering anything because he wasn't being hospitible in any way. Right before we leave he goes "Hey! Aren't you going to order?!" and we shout back "No! You're being rude!" So, we just went to the next restaurant on the pier, and he lost a sale.
... The next day, we're waiting in line in costume, and that same rude guy comes out of his restaurant, runs up to us, and asks to take our picture. WTF? And yes, we let him snap a picture.
Right up there with the 'How do Galka reproduce?' question was the 'Are there any Galka females?' question. 
