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    Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS

    Blizzcon Is Not For Financial Gain

    Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom Vs. BlizzCon

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    Image of troopzor troopzor
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    I'm gonna go with blizzcon, mainly because that draenei chick makes me go... Dat ass.
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    Penny Arcade simply because of Cammy. I'm not going to criticize the others because I probably couldn't do any better. lol
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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    The TGS gets my vote.....only because the girl cosplaying Bayonetta stole my heart

    She's just too damn HOT!!

    ❤❤❤❤(n‘∀‘)η❤❤❤❤
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    Image of ShaSt One ShaSt One
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    If you voted against PAX, you're simply a poophead.

    *looks at voting results*

    Looks like that's a lot of crapiums.
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    Edited by ShaSt One at 10/01/09 11:30 AM ShaSt One was starred ShaSt One was unstarred
    Image of ConDiomedes ConDiomedes
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    No Dragon*Con option? It had gaming (computer, board, card and live action) as well as an MMO track and a track talking about online issues. Where's the love?
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    Image of Brian Crecente Brian Crecente
    10/01/09

    @ConDiomedes: We weren't there. So sort of hard to take pictures of the cosplay.
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    Image of Strider_Kaijin Strider_Kaijin
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    Booth babes and guys in fatigues don't count, sorry. At least the pictures from TGS are all of actual cosplayers.
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    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    Wait, wait, Kotaku, you put up like 3 pictures of the same cosplaying Lightning but NO love for the Boss? Or Vyse? Or Heat and Serph?

    For shame Kotaku...for shame...

    That said, TGS wins...however the one that SHOULD win is Blizzcon (and I HATE Blizzard and WoW with fiery passions..) simply because of the Dyrider (sp?) chick that won the costume contest over there is a thousand badasses. (I don't think you fellas seen it, follow Kaybabakin's link)

    Although I SEVERELY doubt these pictures are the best that TGS can muster. For now, TGS wins.
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    Edited by Rachel Fogg at 10/01/09 9:47 AM Rachel Fogg was starred Rachel Fogg was unstarred
    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS

    Theres an option missing, which is the one that gets my vote: "Wherever Omi Gibson goes!"
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    Image of PomPo PomPo
    10/01/09

    @Shiryu: I third that motion
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    Rachel Fogg promoted this comment PomPo was starred PomPo was unstarred
    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    10/01/09

    @PomPo:

    Fourth, most definitely fourth..
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    Image of KayBabakin KayBabakin
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    Man, way to show only the lame BlizzCon ones. The finalists/winner at BlizzCon blow all these out of the water.

    http://us.blizzard.com/blizzcon/photogalleries/index.xml?rhtml=y
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    10/01/09

    @KayBabakin: Wow, you're 100% right... there are some stellar outfits in those galleries.

    Quite a few that put even the Tokyo stuff to shame.

    [EDIT] see if I can get the linking to work for easy clicky-clicky: [us.blizzard.com]
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    Edited by Yossarian at 10/01/09 8:48 AM Yossarian was starred Yossarian was unstarred
    Image of Araym Araym
    10/01/09

    @KayBabakin: Yep, I already mentioned it, but Kotaku never showed the better of the Blizzcon costumes. The Japanese easily beat everyone, except for the die-hard blizzard fans.
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    Image of Rachel Fogg Rachel Fogg
    10/01/09

    @Araym:

    I dunno, there are some DIE HARD japanese fans...

    It all comes down to who wants it bad enough, who has the most skill and talent, both West and East got them in abundance.
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    10/01/09

    In reply to Cosplay Shodown: Gamescom, Blizzcon, PAX and TGS
    The Japanese have the lock on cosplay. No one can compete with TGS cosplayers.
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    Image of incubushead incubushead
    10/01/09

    @KillerBee: I dunno, you should check out Sakura-con in the US. There's some pretty awesome American cosplayers there, that is if you can get passed the fact that the American girls are all much chunkier than the Japanese girls.
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    Image of KillerBee KillerBee
    10/01/09

    @incubushead: I don't know man. Looking through the Sakura Con images in this link, I am still going to say TGS wins by a large margin. Besides, when you have even one Heath Ledger Joker at your Con, it brings your average WAY down. Also, it should be noted that I don't mind a little chunk on a woman, as long as said chunk is sexy chunk....like Beyonce mmmmmm.

    [s99.photobucket.com]
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    Image of incubushead incubushead
    10/01/09

    @KillerBee: I completely agree but some people dont like that kind of thing.
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    Image of zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
    10/01/09

    @KillerBee: Japan is numba one in cosplay. the attention to detail in some of the cosplayers is astounding. there are a handful of good US cosplayers....

    with teh key word being "HANDFUL".
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    Image of ShaSt One ShaSt One
    10/01/09

    @KillerBee: Well I like variety, so I'll take the amazing Boomer, TF2 crew, Ratchet, and others from PAX over the gaggle of Square-Enixicity that is TGS.
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    Image of bnpederson bnpederson
    09/18/09

    In reply to Blizzcon Is Not For Financial Gain
    Blizzcon is one of the single best targeted marketing campaigns in existence. It's so good they get their target demographic to pay them in order to get in. And that's ignoring the fact that they've basically slotted themselves a month long media blitz every single year from the money they've put into Blizzcon.

    That "substantial loss" is probably paid for right from the marketing budget.
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    Image of IleneAntion IleneAntion
    09/18/09

    In reply to Blizzcon Is Not For Financial Gain
    "Not for financial gain?" Someone should tell their shareholders - they'll be pissed.

    Of course it's for financial gain. They may take a loss for the event itself, but it certainly helps them financially in the long run.

    This is a bit like claiming that television advertising is not for financial gain, since it actually costs money.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    09/18/09

    @IleneAntion: The point they're trying to make is that while it does have financial benefits in regards to the company as a single entity it doesn't generate revenue.
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    Image of avconsumer2 avconsumer2
    09/18/09

    @IleneAntion: As a shareholder - it's ok. We trust their judgment. We are also looking into a muzzle for Mr. Kotick.
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    Image of chronomasakari chronomasakari
    09/18/09

    In reply to Blizzcon Is Not For Financial Gain
    so... they are ignoring people who buy access through directv for digital pets? Cause I'm sure that'll push em even.
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    Image of Paradice Paradice
    09/18/09

    @chronomasakari: Somehow, I think a Blizzard VP has a better idea of their revenue than you do
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    ThisCharmingMan promoted this comment Paradice was starred Paradice was unstarred
    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    09/18/09

    @Paradice: I'm inclined to agree. As an attendee this year, I can tell you that this show is EXPENSIVE to put on. Ozzy's guarantee alone probably set them back at least 85 grand. Not to mention the legion of PC's, workers, convention center rental, security, crew to set up all those ridiculous displays...it's insane. They really don't have many sponsors either. All I saw were Alienware and Intel. Sure the event is good for their company in the long run. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out, but the event itself is not meant to generate revenue.
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    Image of Psychophan7 Psychophan7
    09/18/09

    @ThisCharmingMan: I think they were also sponsored by Pepsi/Mtn Dew. At every panel, each person had a bottle, with the label facing the audience. They didn't drink from it, but it was there.

    I think during the closing ceremony they showed their sponsors, too.
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    ThisCharmingMan promoted this comment Edited by Psychophan7 at 09/18/09 3:32 PM Psychophan7 was starred Psychophan7 was unstarred
    Image of ThisCharmingMan ThisCharmingMan
    09/19/09

    @Psychophan7: Yup, you're right, Mountain Dew definitely was a sponsor.
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    Image of Paradox me Paradox me
    09/17/09

    In reply to Blizzcon Is Not For Financial Gain
    Maybe once their second MMO is up and running alongside WoW they'll start handing out solid gold, diamond encrusted goblets filled to the brim with the Waters of Life.
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    Image of Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one Torgen got 99 problems but the PAXFlu ain't one
    09/17/09

    In reply to Blizzcon Is Not For Financial Gain
    Isn't PAX like two weeks later and they always show off the same games? Couldn't they just roll Blizzcon into PAX?
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