Changes to cosplay contest

Bad internect connection killed my long post of much information, so here is the shorter version until I am well enough to rebuild the long post:

Ambushed Bill about announcing skill division just before conetst so he didn't get a shock ;) Told ok fine, hense the announcement ;)

New skill division is a reflection of all the new people entering who have wonderful costumes especially taking into consideration newness of skills and experience.

Two classes:
Novice: for those who have little or no experience in the skills and techniques used in cosplay. This will be fine tuned but we don't want someone who has heaps of experience in the fundamentals but just haven't entered the contest ;)

Open: for anyone of any level who is not a professional in any of the fundamentals techniques used in cosplay. This means new people who do want to challenge themselves may do so still!

This works out fairer, still offers challenges and safety nets for those who need them than creating a so called "master class".

This will mean a reworking of rules and prizes and I ambushed Bill again after to reinforce how prizes are more about bragging rights and having a momento of a win than anything else.

Nest to note is that all skits will be prerecorded from now. Tech and volunteer help was awesome this week and helped in feeling secure about this decision.
And as a heads up the easiest most convenient form will be an audio CD with just your skit on it.

The registration forms will also be adjusted to work with all of this too.

As always armageddon.cosplay@gmail.com for any queries you may be too shy to ask here.