So, to keep you up and going, a small report of the EC prelims at Dokomi. Actually this is not about boasting how cool I am, and I know that EC is not of interest such as WCS. But I think EC as well as ECG is a cool idea, and people don't really know what's going on (at least in Germany - I was like: ok, I'm going to participate. What now?).
The prelims were held on Saturday. In the morning there was a costume/construction judging and it was a little chaotic as the con moved to different location this year. Nobody really knew where the judging was to take place.
At least we were 7 contestants, which was more than last year. I remember there were only two, and some Conhelpers ran around to find more.
However, all others contestants were really nice! The costume quality was on an ok-level as well. Not as big as WCS costumes, but I think this was natural considering how little attention the contest gets.
I wore Tira - Pictures to come when I did a proper shooting.
The stage show with the skits took place in early afternoon, but I didn't have much time in between. Looking for the room in the morning took some time.
Sadly we weren't able to watch each other, but the reactions of the audience reached us behind the stage and told more or less that most of the performances must have been quite entertaining.
I did a hula hoop skit and was very afraid that I'd either break my nose (which I almost did two days before XD) or throw my hoop into the audience by accident. Neither happend, gladly. Still, I'm not satisfied, but well.
I heard that some people asked why I didn't hoop with my ringblade, and that they were disappointed about that.
Intentionally I actually wanted to do this, but:
- The blade is too heavy and there was no chance for me to construct it to be lighter
- It breaks too easy (learned that the hard way when trying to hoop with it) because I wanted it somewhat light
- Hooping with tricks needs a lot of hand action. One has to grip around the hoop often and that's simply not possible with the blades. Only in three places, which is not enough.
Again, there wasn't very much time in between show and the award ceremony - I was of course really happy to get chosen! I love London and I'm excited to see a foreign con. Now it's a hard time to choose the costume for the finals. EC Cosplays are usually really big, and I'm not a great armor-maker. I narrowed my list, but I'll let you know when I finally chose a costume^^
There's another prelim for the second german contestant in the beginning of July. I'm really excited who will be the other part of "Team Germany" (Yes, I consider us a team, even though we're doing solo cosplays).
