RazerStore SF Halloween Cosplay Contest | 29 OCT 2017

Hello Bay Area cosplayers and cosplayers around the Bay Area!


Join us at RazerStore San Francisco on Sunday, October 29th from 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM dressed as your favorite video game character! Come in, show off your crafting skills, and exchange tips with other local cosplayers throughout the evening!

Cosplay judging will be based on two categories:

Workmanship and Performance.

• Workmanship: Entrants are judged on both the overall appearance and the construction quality of their cosplay. If an outfit includes a combination of created and purchased items, any purchased pieces must be disclosed to the judges during the prejudging portion of the evening.
• Performance: Entrants are judged on their representation of their character and stage presence; i.e. how well they can act like their character and how well they present themselves in character.

There will be prizes awarded to first, second, and third place winners.

This competition will not have a skit section for performance due to time and space constraints.
There will, however, be a small "stage" area where you will show off 1-2 character poses for photos during the competition.

Depending on the amount of participants and time constraints, we may or may not allow music accompaniment during your turn on stage.

• Prepare a 30 second - 1 minute music clip on a USB stick to go along with your character poses.
• Make sure the music clip spans enough time for you to you walk up to the "stage", do your poses, and walk off.

What you can expect on the day of the contest:

• Before Halloween:
  • All participants are required to register by filling out a form on Google Docs.
  • Registration deadline is on Oct 30, 11:59pm.
• On Halloween:
  • Sign-in from 3:30pm-4:30pm.
  • Prejudging from 3:30pm-4:30pm.
    • We will take an up-close look at each cosplayer's costume. We will be inspecting the crafting quality of the outfit and props, as well as chatting with you to learn the story and efforts that went into creating your cosplay.
    • We can even start prejudging whenever you arrive at the store, if you get here earlier than the sign-in time and the judges are not busy.
  • Contestants should line up at the street entrance starting at 4:15pm.
  • Contest will start at 4:30pm.
    • You will be photographed performing your character poses in front of the THS logo.
    • The photos may be uploaded to social media or Razer Insider Forums.
  • Judging will take place ideally at or before 6:00pm.
    • This will allow for 20 mins of deliberation between the judges, 20 mins for announcing the winners and handing out the prizes, and the last 20 mins for taking photos of the winners with their prizes, a group photo of all the cosplayer participants, and other last-minute photo-taking.

RazerStore Cosplay Contest Rules

• All cosplay contest contestants must be registered with staff.
• Costumes that have previously won a costume competition at any venue are discouraged.
• No blatant nudity/adult related content. This event is rated PG-13 and we are located in a public space with glass windows. Please use discretion with your cosplay, props, and presentation. No nudity. No costume is no costume.
• Anything which is restricted or prohibited behavior within the confines of Westfield San Francisco Shopping Centre is applicable to RazerStore’s rules. Please keep bad language to a minimum level.
• Masks are prohibited within the shopping mall. For this event, please either refrain from cosplaying a masked character or keep the mask home.
• Purchased costumes or rented costumes will not be allowed to compete. If they are a combination of purchased and self-created pieces, this must be disclosed to the judges during pre-judging.
• Your entry must be finished before you get to the store; no additional construction. Final assembly of large pieces and/or props and unexpected repairs will be allowed.
• All weapons must be non-working and peace bonded by staff. No functioning projectile weapons – including water pistols, silly-string guns, and ping-pong pistols. Bladed weapons must be cased or sheathed at all times. By attending you accept any legal and financial responsibility for damage your weapon may cause to persons or property. Only props which are part of a cosplay and suit the costume will be allowed.
• Props may not be brandished, flailed around, or used for play-fighting or otherwise.
• Certain weapons are banned no matter what:
  • Anything which is illegal or restricted in Westfield San Francisco Shopping Centre, the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, or the United States in general.
  • Any object that can be considered a real weapon. This includes, but is not limited to: Live steel, baseball bats, paddles, whips, floggers, batons, edged weapons (i.e. swords, axes), glass props, or any object heavy enough to be considered dangerous.
  • Bows are not allowed strung, and arrows, if applicable, must be secured in the quiver
  • Firearm Props which could be mistaken for a real firearm. This includes airsoft, bb, and any training firearms (made of metal, plastic, or rubber).
  • Conditionally, firearm props must have non-removable orange tip which extends at least one inch up the barrel. They cannot have any functional parts, and must not be useable.
• All contestants must be able to move their costume on their own.
• Participants will be required to sign a liability release and a release for use of video and photo images.
• All applications must be submitted before 11:59 PM PDT of October 28th, 2017.

The Judges have the right to eliminate any entrant from the competition on the basis of taste, danger to the staff, audience, building or yourself, violation of any of the above rules, or any other reason deemed sufficient. We want everyone to be safe and have fun during our event.

Easy, right? Make sure you have favorite cosplay prepared and ready to go, because it will be your time to shine!

Sign up here!

Feel free to leave your comments, questions, and suggestions in this thread, and as always, see you there!

 

Awesome, that's the spirit!
I will be looking forward to see what you come up with

 

ATTENTION:
The date of the Cosplay Competition has been moved to Sunday, October 29th!

Hopefully, this change will allow more people to attend the event, thank you for your understanding.

 

A big, BIG thank you to all who entered, and a GREAT thank you to our wonderful judges of the evening: CV01, Ariel Ningyo, and Solomon Black. It was great seeing everyone hanging out and having a great time!

Here are some photos from the event:

Our five fabulous contestants (starting from the left: Protagonist from Persona 5, Star Guardian Ahri from League of Legends, Faker Ahri from League of Legends, Six from Halo, and self-named Green Skeleton) and two of our three lovely judges (starting from the right: Ariel Ningyo as Magical Girl Symmetra, and CV01 as Arcade Ahri).

Our two winners! Star Guardian Ahri takes second place, and Six takes first!


So many Ahris!

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Thanks again to all the participants; your costumes were amazing and I hope to see you all again next year!
And for those who weren't able to make it out here for the event, you've got 12 months, so start planning!

See you all again soon!
-Razer|SunnyDay