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Same. I'm sure hosting is hard but that wasn't the way to treat the other contestants that came on stage. Shooing people like that can kill people's confidence
Also, the fact that was the NOVICE category. Like, that’s their first time competing, they’ve had enough stress already. Maybe don’t kill their drive in such a brutal way
"let's bring up our novices!" "no, not ALL the novices, OUR novices!" (essentially) that... really hurt to watch. the phrasing and shooing felt very "we don't care about you _losers"_
Exactly. Every person who took the time to go to YOUR competition, should be given credit and respect because they could’ve done anything else in their lives but they spend their time on the contest. That really would hurt towards almost anyone..
give me a whole ass video on "everything dreamhack did wrong for cosplayers" because if they are going to encourage cosplayers to come to a convention that is notoriously known for just being a gaming con, they should be a bit more welcoming to that cosplay culture they are also welcoming. Joe did great, As a fellow runescaper, I'm proud of his dance. He wins first place in the hearts of all quest masters.
The fact that they shooed MULTIPLE people off stage is wild, if I was told to come up on stage just to be told to leave, I would geninully break down in tears. Also the fact that the lady quite literally SHOOED them off stage was not only awkward, but also incredibly rude :(
Joe, fellow competitor from Dreamhack here! You did a GREAT job on stage and looked hella awesome. So sorry for how the coordinator treated you and the other novices. It was totally not OK. Wish you best with your next cosplay and con.
Yes, I would love a video about how awful dreamhack's cosplay contest was. Because "Hint hint, these 4 people won something" is actually horrifying and I 100% would have cried on stage.
that phrase 'this is not how you win a cosplay contest, this is how you participate' really helped me break out of my perfectionist anxiety about my first time making a costume for a contest. I lost sight of the fun of just making a costume and getting to be a part of something!
Okay no hate to the contest runner that shooed him off like that (I'm sure she was just acting under pressure) but yeah, she definitely could've done that in a more professional and dignified manner. I still think that the cosplay was great! Never heard of the character but I loved the little spin and dance he did! Keep up the amazing work Joe, and thank you Sarah for the great video!! :CORRECTED AND EDITED.
If it'd been me announcing, I'd probably just have all the novices get on then, let out a speech of appreciation for their courage and new skills they've developed, and announced the winners by having them take a step forward.
@@jjcymbolic That's such an obvious was to do things. I've never even heard of the way Dreamhack did it. I have no idea where they got that from, it's so much clunkier in every way.
Please feel free to rant about the costume contest. That was incredibly so unprofessional and rather disrespectful of the judges to signal out the winners and shoo the ones that didn't win an award. So heartbreaking! Super proud of Joe for doing his best on his cosplay and loved the Runescape dance!
I was the Zelda cosplayer you pointed out! My friends sent me this video multiple times and I want to say thank you for the kind words on my cosplay 🥲 you are so talented and seeing you say you liked my costume means a lot
As a fellow competitor at that contest, can confirm that it was one of the worst run contests I’ve been in. It was very stressful and chaotic. Most contests are much better than that for a first time competing
In my best Mistress Isabelle Brooks voice, "GATHER THEM SARAH!!!, GIVE US THE TEA!!!"" That was absolutely wild of how they handled that! I don't understand why the MC can't just be one of the judges, if not all of them/ take turns?
Looking at it, I think it can even be homemade :D The bracelet looks home croched, and it's fairly easy to find a slap bracelet that you could crochet around, the only part I'm not sure is how to secure the pin cushion on it 🤔
Joes “it tracks this is dreamhack” fully encompasses the horror that is gaming convention cosplay comps…. I’ve done a few and they’re usually awful, baby cosplayers please don’t have your first experience be a gaming convention competition, anime cons are much more accommodating and well organized!!!
It's wild to me how they're going to try and encourage people to actually cosplay at their con with free tickets and then immediately crap on that by doing something that will then DISCOURAGE people from joining their cosplay contests in the future. It doesn't even make any sense to only have "the winners" on stage before the prizes are announced. I danced competitively for a decade and that n e v e r happened. They don't even do that for children's pageants!
What aggregated me the most about the contest, from what i saw, was the shoo off anf then the "hint hint these people won something ". It already a bit hurts when you dont win something but to be shooed off like a stray cat then told basically you arent going to win something so you arent allowed on stage is so mean. If i was a novice i and that happened to me i dont think I'd do a contest for a while, even if i won I'd feel so bad for the others I'd hardly exknowledge I'd won something. Make that rant i want to see what other terrible chaos was happening
I cannot believe that they just make people who won line up backstage instead of calling them on stage BY NAME!!! That is so humiliating and dehumanizing, and takes away the whole comradery that comes from waiting to hear who gets called on-stage.
I always thought of Joe as stoic but he is adorable. The way he qouted the "break the neddle on the like button" and other moments made me appeciate him more
Shoo'ing people off the stage and saying "awkward" was surely awkward, but for them. That was so inappropriate of them. Well glad joe had fun creating the costume and performing on stage tho! Something to be proud of!
Omg he is so sweet and quiet, you are both so gentle to each other 😭💕 The way they shooed him off stage was insane!!! Glad u called out their masquerade issues, a lot of people put in sooo much work and emotions are so high. I would have cried immediately lol
Honestly delightful to kind of see a sewing project from a novice perspective- cos we tend to take for granted the sewing knowledge we have and forget what it's like! Gives you an appreciation for how much different skill is involved even in 'simple' projects!
"Hint hint, these four people won something." I would feel absolutely BROKEN! This is honestly one of the reasons I have always avoided costume contests. I would've been so mortified! Joe did an amazing job, and you were a fantastic teacher! I learned how to sew years ago but never was very good at it, and kinda lost the little touch I had with it. I was gifted a SINGER and it's been sitting in wait cuz I'm terrified to touch it. The idea of screwing up and ruining fabric is so scary to me. I have a costume that I've had sitting that needs to be reworked because I gave it to someone to sew (for a payment, too!) and he absolutely RUINED it, and everything is way too big! I need to seam-rip the whole thing and do it myself. What I'm trying to say is, sewing can be a very daunting task, and you were able to teach Joe so well! I'm jealous, I wish I had you as my teacher!
1) Watching you teach Joe how to make a cosplay was so sweet 🥺 2) Please make a video diving into the cosplay competition!! I'm glad he wasn't too bothered because I would've cried and stopped competing for a long time.
Some of my friends were in a contest recently and the prejudging was running 1.5 hours behind during the day, and the contest overran due to a ton of tech issues. Granted, it was the first time that con was in that venue, but that wasn't the only issue with the contest. The winner in the highest category had won in the same costume at another contest, which was against the rules. Being in a well run contest vs a not so great one can really impact how enjoyable they are.
Judging running being late is pretty common! It happens in even the best contests ive participated in. But yeah if its against the rules for someone to take a double win, thats on the organizers for not doing a quick social media check
Literally when I saw them shoo the novices off my jaw dropped, I can’t even imagine how awful that would feel. Idk what I expected from DreamHack after year after year of being scuff though 😭 def better contest to enter in Atlanta!
It might just be his concentration face, but Joe's completely straight face as he's listening to your instructions and sewing his first stitch cracked me up, as someone who also gets that hyperfocused when working 😂Congratulations to him on his first project!!! Also, so sorry for the poor contest experience, he definitely deserved better than that!!
I’d never been in the contest here before, but the selection process was a nightmare. I won best in show and it felt so awkward standing on stage while they call 2-4th. And being selected while in the crowd is so terrible, I have no idea why they would ever decide to do that. The whole thing was just insanely awkward and poorly handled for awarding, nothing like any of the other contests I’d been in.
Were you the skullkid? First of all your cosplay was amazing! I got a message earlier from someone else in the contest, who felt validated that I as someone who didnt compete could see all the cracks in what was going on and that they felt like they couldnt complain for fear of being labled a "Sore loser" So I think its even more validating to anyone who didnt place, that even the Best In Show felt like it was super awkward. And yeah I hope they stop doing it that way and just call people back up per award like everyone else does it lol
@@SarahSpacemanyes i was, and thank you! the organization and selection for awards was unlike anything i’ve experienced, and anyone in that contest (even spectators) would agree it was a bit clumsy and just awkward to be on stage with everyone like that at once.
The only being called on stage was a huge PTSD moment for me, the crown at NYCC did that for 2021 and 2022. We were all chillin backstage they randomly call 3 (first time) 6(second time ) names and they lined up in their winning order. We were all left just going ohhhh I guess we all lost and then at the end they made us all go out to pose while still comprehending what just happened.
As unofficial of a sewing lesson this was I learned a number of helpful phrases and things to mention when teaching someone to sew! I sometimes volunteer at an art mentorship youth group to teach sewing skills and I am always trying to find more ways to explain things for different people!
I can't believe they were so unprofessional and rude for the contestants! I'd love to see a video about what makes a good cosplay competition, things to look out for when thinking about signing up for a contest!
this is honestly such an iconic idea for a cosplay and it turned out so well for a first cosplay! also the fact that SEVERAL PEOPLE were shooed off stage is absolutely INSANE
my bf has the same energy as joe - cool as a cucumber, very difficult to read. from years of my experience i can tell how he's probably excited and happy on the inside!
Fellow Novice who competed, Joe did AMAZING! I'm so glad he got to experience this, even if it was a rough event. I'm definitely curious, as I think many of us who competed, your full thoughts on the competition, and I hope Joe competes again!
My respect to Joe for being so chill with him being kicked off stage like that, I would be so mad in that situation. Smartest thing would be them making all cosplayers getting on stage and ONLY announce the winners but praising overall all cosplayers. Anyway, Joe did an amazing job and his lil dance was so funny!
a video about the failures of the contest but also just cosplay contest red flags in general could be very helpful to people first getting into the hobby!
I saw the "what went wrong" breakdown video before I saw this one - wanted to pop over cause I thought I recognized the Mysterious Old Man cosplay, and it turns out I was right! Excellent choice man, you look great, and it made me really excited and happy to see people still enjoying Runescape in this way 😁
Joe did AMAZING on his cosplay!!! He picked up things so well and applied them so much better than I did when I first tried sewing, lol! Well done to you both on this endeavor!
Ok, one tip for beginners sewing knits - flat insert the sleeves! Instead of going shoulder seam, side seam, sleeve, armscye, go shoulder seams , armscye seam to bodice, sleeve and side seams in one go. It makes the whole thing a lot easier, less "stabby" and allows you to distribute any armscye ease more evenly.
Yes!! Not just knits, on any loosely fitted thing where the side seam and sleeve seams line up! I do it that way on all my shirts and nightgowns, and if you look at the underarm of modern button up shirts they're done that way too. It pains me to see so so many people doing it the harder and less efficient way :(
I did not know that you had to gather photos of your progress while building your cosplay. This is new to me. Sarah, if you would be so kind, I think a tutorial on how to create a good solid build book or at least a small in depth section on it would be super fabtabulous. But I’m not sure if you just covered all of the tips you have or not in like 5 ~ mins, but it now has been brought to my knowledge. But they’re your videos so you can do as you”d like. Hope you have a good day/night.
Joe's absolute slow and chill energy as you guys reached the con crunch period contrasted with your increasingly frantic energy is so funny, he did great btw and I'm sure this video will be helpful to other absolute beginners too! and I would also love to hear a breakdown about the cosplay competition, I would be soo mortified if I got shooed off stage like that ToT
Everyones touched on the dreamhack issues so, just!! The scream I did at Joe's dance!!! And then rapidly scrambling to pull up a gif to show my wife why I was so excited lol I was so delighted to see an old school runescape cosplay. I am definitely one of those people who really liked it. 💖💖💖
Competition aside, this video is absolutely adorable sjfjsjfjjd I hope he does cosplay again and you can make another video together it was really cute to watch
Anime Central in Chicago does the same BS with bringing back “winning” competitors to come across the stage again before actually announcing them. They don’t tell you WHAT you won until they call you anyways… it never sat right with me and why I only ever competed skit there primarily. I did craftsmanship once and I also didn’t like how only masters or groups (sometimes journeyman) got guaranteed judging times… and they would still be judging people DURING the event… everyone would eventually get judged but it just felt so weird. But I will say that their contest was one of my main pulls for coming back to ACen… till what happened in recent years and me being friends with one of the judges to hear all the tea lol
I competed in the Anime Matsuri cosplay contest last year and the prejudging was literally the worst... it was in front of every one and 2/3 of the judges only spoke japanese (its in houston) and I had like 30 seconds until they told me thanks and didnt even finish looking at my perfectly constructed build book. But id love a video on this convention lol
I remember watching the cosplay contest on Twitch and thinking it was so scuffed looking. "Hint hint: these four won something!" Like tf you say like that after just saying "Novice(s) come back up!" Just... tf?
I broke a needle on that like button. Ps. We can run one last session with the whole gang to see if y'all can YOLO strahd so your characters can have a conclusion, death or victory ✌️. The bucket cosplay deserves it!
lets GOOO WISE OLD MAN! been a joe stan since i saw osrs on his monitor in your older videos. i've been playing for just about as long as him. and that quest cape is sick, i want one!
Please do a whole vid of the problems with the con! I think it's important to call out bad practice and let people who are new what to expect and what's just not at all okay!
Absolutely love the cosplay Joe chose to make! I just got my Quest Cape yesterday in OSRS and I'm making a Mysterious Stranger cosplay from Desert Treasure II right now for an upcoming convention. Never thought I'd see Runescape cosplay tutorial :D
As someone who makes my partners costumes I might have them try this next time this is so endearing and cute!! Such a bonding experience too. I hope yall had sm fun!!
loved this video :) it sucks how people got shooed away from the stage tho everybody couldve stayed til they announced the winners . i loved joe on the stage during the patron read haha it's like he's cheering them on
1st off congratulations to Joe on making his first cosplay! and learning the process. He really did do a great job for his first! And honestly I looking forever to more to see him grow and approve. It kinda reminds me when my friends and 1 started sewing so long ago and just learning all that over years. He's lucky to have a great teacher. Now the bad part. That is an awful way to run the cosplay contest! The limitation of the judges bc them being stuck in Atlanta traffic... well that's just Atlanta in a nutshell, that cant be helped. Just weird they didn't wait longer or back up judges maybe? I don't know. But the stage rewarding situation yeeeeaaaaahhh... They should have either have everyone on the stage even if you lost or leave everyone back stage and call them accordingly to the stage, don't just take up the winner bc that's just mean and takes the excitment out of oooh whoes going to win?! If it was me in that situation I honest would just die crying. I've lost more contest then I care to admit. But to be publically shamed and the mc just kept going on about losing. Yeah I would just give up altogether in cosplaying and cried myself to death. My heart goes out to the one catfished on stage to only be shoo away and the ones in the back who were left behind. Dreamhack doesnt need to be the biggest cosplay contest like world cosplay summit but they have to do better then this.
Kudos to Joe for doing an awesome job on his first cosplay! Stretchy fabric is so hard to use for a beginner and he did a stellar job. Not to mention it's really scary to compete. I never would have done that for my first cosplay. He's brave! Boo to Dreamhack for how they handled the contest. I watched this after watching your vid on that and it was absolutely atrocious.
you're like the only person I listen to read their patron names cuz you rattling them off at that speed is so mesmerizing and impressive, I get invested lol
I learn so much from watching your videos as a baby cosplayer! However! Watching someone else who has little to no experience on a sewing machine make a cosplay helps so much!
Your teaching in this video is top notch! I only kinda know how to sew, so I’m watching this video thinking how nice it would be to have someone reminding me of all the steps I need to take lol
I'd really love to see you do a full video about everything that went wrong with the costume contest. If nothing else, it could be a good resource for convention organizers to have so they know what not to do.
YES I would love a video going more into the Dreamhack cosplay contest! Also if I was competing in that contest, and was shooed off the stage like that, ngl I might have cried from embarrassment/heartbreak. That was awful of them to do.
Joe, you did SO great and I thought you looked really cool on stage😁!! I would love to see it if you ever want to make another cosplay, contest or not!
Okay what the fudge, that costume contest was so horrible 😭 the emcee not being clear and calling everyone up only to then shoo them off was just so hurtful to watch.
I think it would be really cool to see a video on your opinion on this convention please. It would help me and maybe a lot of other people to see what to look out for when signing up for a convention contest.
I'm learning how to sew this year and have been watching a bunch of youtube videos. This one was one of the most helpful and encouraging ones I've seen. Sorry nothing at Dreamhack worked out for you, but you should feel very proud, the both of you.
Watching him make the costume was so sweet, he was so excited about it Seeing him and the others getting scooped off stage, was so disheartening. I hope everyone had a nice day dispite the disappointment
omg this was inpiring to watch!! I'd love to see his next cosplaying venture if its something he wants to share, it was so cool of him to try this out and I'm glad he enjoyed it!! also yall are so cute omg
My fiance taught me to sew in MUUUCH the same ways, and would remind me every time to backstitch the same way you did. I'm gonna watch this with them later it's making me emotional like I'm watching a secret recording of us back when we did this together or something! 😭✨
Idk why watching Sarah try to educate joe is so funny 😂but I love this. He looked amazing! PLEASE spill us the tea. My friend competes, and judges too, so I wanna make sure they see this horrible treatment.
Wowwwww. I've competed before at comic cons. And they got everyone on one side of the room (tiny freakin con space). But they called winners up and even contestents got to watch. But that's so horrible and ngl. I really hope this person who's running it isn't allowed to run any more. Holy heck that's so unprofessional what the frick?!? The cosplay looks amazing regardless!!!
So proud of Joe! He did an amazing job. It would be interesting to see your take on costume contests and more in depth on how they work and from your experience as a contestant and judge what goes on. Well done Joe
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They way they kicked him off stage was soo crazy
I was thinking the same thing 😱
Same. I'm sure hosting is hard but that wasn't the way to treat the other contestants that came on stage. Shooing people like that can kill people's confidence
@@cuty123 if that happened to me I would never compete again 😅
Also, the fact that was the NOVICE category. Like, that’s their first time competing, they’ve had enough stress already. Maybe don’t kill their drive in such a brutal way
@@cindiejuarez9036 Same, I would be traumatized ngl 🥺
"let's bring up our novices!"
"no, not ALL the novices, OUR novices!" (essentially)
that... really hurt to watch. the phrasing and shooing felt very "we don't care about you _losers"_
The bit where they said something like, "you're in a line if you've won something fyi" was such a twist of the knife :(
Exactly. Every person who took the time to go to YOUR competition, should be given credit and respect because they could’ve done anything else in their lives but they spend their time on the contest. That really would hurt towards almost anyone..
give me a whole ass video on "everything dreamhack did wrong for cosplayers" because if they are going to encourage cosplayers to come to a convention that is notoriously known for just being a gaming con, they should be a bit more welcoming to that cosplay culture they are also welcoming. Joe did great, As a fellow runescaper, I'm proud of his dance. He wins first place in the hearts of all quest masters.
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@@amelie_unicornqueen2145 I'm subbed to sarah so I saw it as soon as I got that ping!
The fact that they shooed MULTIPLE people off stage is wild, if I was told to come up on stage just to be told to leave, I would geninully break down in tears. Also the fact that the lady quite literally SHOOED them off stage was not only awkward, but also incredibly rude :(
They fact they shoo'd people off the stage is so awkward!! 😭 I would honestly enjoy a breakdown video of y'all's full experience!
Joe, fellow competitor from Dreamhack here! You did a GREAT job on stage and looked hella awesome. So sorry for how the coordinator treated you and the other novices. It was totally not OK. Wish you best with your next cosplay and con.
I'd watch you rant about the dreamhack costume contest any time
same tbh
definitely
same!!!!
Yes, I would love a video about how awful dreamhack's cosplay contest was.
Because "Hint hint, these 4 people won something" is actually horrifying and I 100% would have cried on stage.
Yes! That was so CRUEL. Why even feel the need to say something like that??
that phrase 'this is not how you win a cosplay contest, this is how you participate' really helped me break out of my perfectionist anxiety about my first time making a costume for a contest. I lost sight of the fun of just making a costume and getting to be a part of something!
Okay no hate to the contest runner that shooed him off like that (I'm sure she was just acting under pressure) but yeah, she definitely could've done that in a more professional and dignified manner. I still think that the cosplay was great! Never heard of the character but I loved the little spin and dance he did! Keep up the amazing work Joe, and thank you Sarah for the great video!! :CORRECTED AND EDITED.
She wasnt a judge! She runs the contest 😬 But yeah, absolutely could have been a better way to say "Oops, Im sorry, I didnt mean everyone"
@@SarahSpaceman That's even worse 😭. But yeah most definitely could've been handled better.
If it'd been me announcing, I'd probably just have all the novices get on then, let out a speech of appreciation for their courage and new skills they've developed, and announced the winners by having them take a step forward.
@@jjcymbolic That's such an obvious was to do things. I've never even heard of the way Dreamhack did it. I have no idea where they got that from, it's so much clunkier in every way.
Please feel free to rant about the costume contest. That was incredibly so unprofessional and rather disrespectful of the judges to signal out the winners and shoo the ones that didn't win an award. So heartbreaking! Super proud of Joe for doing his best on his cosplay and loved the Runescape dance!
I was the Zelda cosplayer you pointed out! My friends sent me this video multiple times and I want to say thank you for the kind words on my cosplay 🥲 you are so talented and seeing you say you liked my costume means a lot
As a fellow competitor at that contest, can confirm that it was one of the worst run contests I’ve been in. It was very stressful and chaotic. Most contests are much better than that for a first time competing
Please share the tea! That looked straight up disrespectful
In my best Mistress Isabelle Brooks voice, "GATHER THEM SARAH!!!, GIVE US THE TEA!!!"" That was absolutely wild of how they handled that! I don't understand why the MC can't just be one of the judges, if not all of them/ take turns?
I hear it in her voice, thank you for that lol!
OKAY BUT THAT SLAP BRACELET PINCUSHION IS GENIUS?? WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT??
honestly every time she brought it out I was like "....I need to make this for myself" lol
Oh my gosh yes!! I NEED one of these!
Looking at it, I think it can even be homemade :D The bracelet looks home croched, and it's fairly easy to find a slap bracelet that you could crochet around, the only part I'm not sure is how to secure the pin cushion on it 🤔
I actually just bought a little slap bracelet animal - works the same and has the added benefit of being super duper cute and comfy lol
Joes “it tracks this is dreamhack” fully encompasses the horror that is gaming convention cosplay comps…. I’ve done a few and they’re usually awful, baby cosplayers please don’t have your first experience be a gaming convention competition, anime cons are much more accommodating and well organized!!!
It's wild to me how they're going to try and encourage people to actually cosplay at their con with free tickets and then immediately crap on that by doing something that will then DISCOURAGE people from joining their cosplay contests in the future. It doesn't even make any sense to only have "the winners" on stage before the prizes are announced. I danced competitively for a decade and that n e v e r happened. They don't even do that for children's pageants!
What aggregated me the most about the contest, from what i saw, was the shoo off anf then the "hint hint these people won something ". It already a bit hurts when you dont win something but to be shooed off like a stray cat then told basically you arent going to win something so you arent allowed on stage is so mean. If i was a novice i and that happened to me i dont think I'd do a contest for a while, even if i won I'd feel so bad for the others I'd hardly exknowledge I'd won something. Make that rant i want to see what other terrible chaos was happening
I thought it would have been a nice gesture to get everyone onstage, have the audience clap for them, AND THEN give out 'extra prizes'.
Seriously, that last remark was so cruel and heartbreaking and I've never even been in competition.
I cannot believe that they just make people who won line up backstage instead of calling them on stage BY NAME!!! That is so humiliating and dehumanizing, and takes away the whole comradery that comes from waiting to hear who gets called on-stage.
Joe is so unphased, i laughed too much with the "this is the face of pride" moment HAHAHAHA
I always thought of Joe as stoic but he is adorable. The way he qouted the "break the neddle on the like button" and other moments made me appeciate him more
the total absence of emoting from that man is amazing. I love him with all my heart.
Opposites attract
I would have been CRYING if they kicked me off stage like that. Please give us the video of the whole experience bc that is insane.
Shoo'ing people off the stage and saying "awkward" was surely awkward, but for them. That was so inappropriate of them. Well glad joe had fun creating the costume and performing on stage tho! Something to be proud of!
Omg he is so sweet and quiet, you are both so gentle to each other 😭💕 The way they shooed him off stage was insane!!! Glad u called out their masquerade issues, a lot of people put in sooo much work and emotions are so high. I would have cried immediately lol
No, I want the damn tea. That emcee was *beyond* rude. What the absolute fuck?
Honestly delightful to kind of see a sewing project from a novice perspective- cos we tend to take for granted the sewing knowledge we have and forget what it's like! Gives you an appreciation for how much different skill is involved even in 'simple' projects!
"Hint hint, these four people won something."
I would feel absolutely BROKEN! This is honestly one of the reasons I have always avoided costume contests. I would've been so mortified!
Joe did an amazing job, and you were a fantastic teacher! I learned how to sew years ago but never was very good at it, and kinda lost the little touch I had with it. I was gifted a SINGER and it's been sitting in wait cuz I'm terrified to touch it. The idea of screwing up and ruining fabric is so scary to me. I have a costume that I've had sitting that needs to be reworked because I gave it to someone to sew (for a payment, too!) and he absolutely RUINED it, and everything is way too big! I need to seam-rip the whole thing and do it myself.
What I'm trying to say is, sewing can be a very daunting task, and you were able to teach Joe so well! I'm jealous, I wish I had you as my teacher!
1) Watching you teach Joe how to make a cosplay was so sweet 🥺
2) Please make a video diving into the cosplay competition!! I'm glad he wasn't too bothered because I would've cried and stopped competing for a long time.
Some of my friends were in a contest recently and the prejudging was running 1.5 hours behind during the day, and the contest overran due to a ton of tech issues.
Granted, it was the first time that con was in that venue, but that wasn't the only issue with the contest. The winner in the highest category had won in the same costume at another contest, which was against the rules.
Being in a well run contest vs a not so great one can really impact how enjoyable they are.
Judging running being late is pretty common! It happens in even the best contests ive participated in. But yeah if its against the rules for someone to take a double win, thats on the organizers for not doing a quick social media check
Literally when I saw them shoo the novices off my jaw dropped, I can’t even imagine how awful that would feel. Idk what I expected from DreamHack after year after year of being scuff though 😭 def better contest to enter in Atlanta!
It might just be his concentration face, but Joe's completely straight face as he's listening to your instructions and sewing his first stitch cracked me up, as someone who also gets that hyperfocused when working 😂Congratulations to him on his first project!!! Also, so sorry for the poor contest experience, he definitely deserved better than that!!
I NEED a video about how the DreamHack cosplay comp was shit, give me the TEA
I’d never been in the contest here before, but the selection process was a nightmare. I won best in show and it felt so awkward standing on stage while they call 2-4th. And being selected while in the crowd is so terrible, I have no idea why they would ever decide to do that. The whole thing was just insanely awkward and poorly handled for awarding, nothing like any of the other contests I’d been in.
Were you the skullkid? First of all your cosplay was amazing! I got a message earlier from someone else in the contest, who felt validated that I as someone who didnt compete could see all the cracks in what was going on and that they felt like they couldnt complain for fear of being labled a "Sore loser" So I think its even more validating to anyone who didnt place, that even the Best In Show felt like it was super awkward.
And yeah I hope they stop doing it that way and just call people back up per award like everyone else does it lol
@@SarahSpacemanyes i was, and thank you! the organization and selection for awards was unlike anything i’ve experienced, and anyone in that contest (even spectators) would agree it was a bit clumsy and just awkward to be on stage with everyone like that at once.
The only being called on stage was a huge PTSD moment for me, the crown at NYCC did that for 2021 and 2022. We were all chillin backstage they randomly call 3 (first time) 6(second time ) names and they lined up in their winning order. We were all left just going ohhhh I guess we all lost and then at the end they made us all go out to pose while still comprehending what just happened.
Me vibin with Joe learning how to sew going to the comments to see wholesome congrats on his new skills:
*learns he gets shooed off the stage*
i mean this in the kindest way possible but he always sounds so tired and chill lol
As unofficial of a sewing lesson this was I learned a number of helpful phrases and things to mention when teaching someone to sew! I sometimes volunteer at an art mentorship youth group to teach sewing skills and I am always trying to find more ways to explain things for different people!
I can't believe they were so unprofessional and rude for the contestants!
I'd love to see a video about what makes a good cosplay competition, things to look out for when thinking about signing up for a contest!
this is honestly such an iconic idea for a cosplay and it turned out so well for a first cosplay! also the fact that SEVERAL PEOPLE were shooed off stage is absolutely INSANE
A couple crafting together? 😘 BEYOND CUTE! Also Sarah seems like such a chill teacher.
my bf has the same energy as joe - cool as a cucumber, very difficult to read. from years of my experience i can tell how he's probably excited and happy on the inside!
Fellow Novice who competed, Joe did AMAZING! I'm so glad he got to experience this, even if it was a rough event. I'm definitely curious, as I think many of us who competed, your full thoughts on the competition, and I hope Joe competes again!
My respect to Joe for being so chill with him being kicked off stage like that, I would be so mad in that situation. Smartest thing would be them making all cosplayers getting on stage and ONLY announce the winners but praising overall all cosplayers. Anyway, Joe did an amazing job and his lil dance was so funny!
a video about the failures of the contest but also just cosplay contest red flags in general could be very helpful to people first getting into the hobby!
I saw the "what went wrong" breakdown video before I saw this one - wanted to pop over cause I thought I recognized the Mysterious Old Man cosplay, and it turns out I was right! Excellent choice man, you look great, and it made me really excited and happy to see people still enjoying Runescape in this way 😁
Joe did AMAZING on his cosplay!!! He picked up things so well and applied them so much better than I did when I first tried sewing, lol! Well done to you both on this endeavor!
Ok, one tip for beginners sewing knits - flat insert the sleeves! Instead of going shoulder seam, side seam, sleeve, armscye, go shoulder seams , armscye seam to bodice, sleeve and side seams in one go. It makes the whole thing a lot easier, less "stabby" and allows you to distribute any armscye ease more evenly.
Yes!! Not just knits, on any loosely fitted thing where the side seam and sleeve seams line up! I do it that way on all my shirts and nightgowns, and if you look at the underarm of modern button up shirts they're done that way too.
It pains me to see so so many people doing it the harder and less efficient way :(
I did not know that you had to gather photos of your progress while building your cosplay. This is new to me. Sarah, if you would be so kind, I think a tutorial on how to create a good solid build book or at least a small in depth section on it would be super fabtabulous. But I’m not sure if you just covered all of the tips you have or not in like 5 ~ mins, but it now has been brought to my knowledge. But they’re your videos so you can do as you”d like. Hope you have a good day/night.
This was actually such a helpful video because as a begginer I could see many breakdowns of "easy"/"obvious" steps !
Joe's absolute slow and chill energy as you guys reached the con crunch period contrasted with your increasingly frantic energy is so funny, he did great btw and I'm sure this video will be helpful to other absolute beginners too!
and I would also love to hear a breakdown about the cosplay competition, I would be soo mortified if I got shooed off stage like that ToT
Everyones touched on the dreamhack issues so, just!! The scream I did at Joe's dance!!! And then rapidly scrambling to pull up a gif to show my wife why I was so excited lol I was so delighted to see an old school runescape cosplay. I am definitely one of those people who really liked it. 💖💖💖
Competition aside, this video is absolutely adorable sjfjsjfjjd I hope he does cosplay again and you can make another video together it was really cute to watch
Anime Central in Chicago does the same BS with bringing back “winning” competitors to come across the stage again before actually announcing them. They don’t tell you WHAT you won until they call you anyways… it never sat right with me and why I only ever competed skit there primarily. I did craftsmanship once and I also didn’t like how only masters or groups (sometimes journeyman) got guaranteed judging times… and they would still be judging people DURING the event… everyone would eventually get judged but it just felt so weird.
But I will say that their contest was one of my main pulls for coming back to ACen… till what happened in recent years and me being friends with one of the judges to hear all the tea lol
Love that you guys are wearing matching outfits 10:25
I competed in the Anime Matsuri cosplay contest last year and the prejudging was literally the worst... it was in front of every one and 2/3 of the judges only spoke japanese (its in houston) and I had like 30 seconds until they told me thanks and didnt even finish looking at my perfectly constructed build book. But id love a video on this convention lol
I remember watching the cosplay contest on Twitch and thinking it was so scuffed looking. "Hint hint: these four won something!" Like tf you say like that after just saying "Novice(s) come back up!"
Just... tf?
I love the random polite crow lore
I would cry if that happened to me
Love that the hardest part was obviously relocated ze baby kitteh
I broke a needle on that like button.
Ps. We can run one last session with the whole gang to see if y'all can YOLO strahd so your characters can have a conclusion, death or victory ✌️. The bucket cosplay deserves it!
lets GOOO WISE OLD MAN! been a joe stan since i saw osrs on his monitor in your older videos. i've been playing for just about as long as him. and that quest cape is sick, i want one!
Please do a whole vid of the problems with the con! I think it's important to call out bad practice and let people who are new what to expect and what's just not at all okay!
Absolutely love the cosplay Joe chose to make! I just got my Quest Cape yesterday in OSRS and I'm making a Mysterious Stranger cosplay from Desert Treasure II right now for an upcoming convention. Never thought I'd see Runescape cosplay tutorial :D
As someone who makes my partners costumes I might have them try this next time this is so endearing and cute!! Such a bonding experience too. I hope yall had sm fun!!
this has motivated me to sew my own cosplay
loved this video :) it sucks how people got shooed away from the stage tho everybody couldve stayed til they announced the winners . i loved joe on the stage during the patron read haha it's like he's cheering them on
That experience being my FIRST contest experience would be enough to traumatize me out of ever doing it again 😭😭
BTW SARAH the b05 crafter has an automatic needle threader that you can use so you don’t have to push the thread through the needle hole
7:55 lmao yall are so cute, he's like 🙂and you're like "this is the face of a man beaming with pride"
1st off congratulations to Joe on making his first cosplay! and learning the process. He really did do a great job for his first! And honestly I looking forever to more to see him grow and approve. It kinda reminds me when my friends and 1 started sewing so long ago and just learning all that over years. He's lucky to have a great teacher. Now the bad part. That is an awful way to run the cosplay contest! The limitation of the judges bc them being stuck in Atlanta traffic... well that's just Atlanta in a nutshell, that cant be helped. Just weird they didn't wait longer or back up judges maybe? I don't know. But the stage rewarding situation yeeeeaaaaahhh... They should have either have everyone on the stage even if you lost or leave everyone back stage and call them accordingly to the stage, don't just take up the winner bc that's just mean and takes the excitment out of oooh whoes going to win?! If it was me in that situation I honest would just die crying. I've lost more contest then I care to admit. But to be publically shamed and the mc just kept going on about losing. Yeah I would just give up altogether in cosplaying and cried myself to death. My heart goes out to the one catfished on stage to only be shoo away and the ones in the back who were left behind. Dreamhack doesnt need to be the biggest cosplay contest like world cosplay summit but they have to do better then this.
Kudos to Joe for doing an awesome job on his first cosplay! Stretchy fabric is so hard to use for a beginner and he did a stellar job. Not to mention it's really scary to compete. I never would have done that for my first cosplay. He's brave!
Boo to Dreamhack for how they handled the contest. I watched this after watching your vid on that and it was absolutely atrocious.
you're like the only person I listen to read their patron names cuz you rattling them off at that speed is so mesmerizing and impressive, I get invested lol
I'm also a sewing novice, so I think this was my favorite video you've ever made! I loved watching you teach him 😊
Joe is so soft spoken and chill, I love him 😂
Expose them, tell us all the tea about what was wrong.
I would absolutely CRY if they told me to go on stage and then immediately shoo me off
I would 100% want to see a rant about the contest
I learn so much from watching your videos as a baby cosplayer! However! Watching someone else who has little to no experience on a sewing machine make a cosplay helps so much!
You two are so sweet and cute together during the sewing process!
Your teaching in this video is top notch! I only kinda know how to sew, so I’m watching this video thinking how nice it would be to have someone reminding me of all the steps I need to take lol
I'd really love to see you do a full video about everything that went wrong with the costume contest. If nothing else, it could be a good resource for convention organizers to have so they know what not to do.
My mouth dropped as soon as I saw how she shooed everyone off😨 I would be mortified too😭
YES I would love a video going more into the Dreamhack cosplay contest!
Also if I was competing in that contest, and was shooed off the stage like that, ngl I might have cried from embarrassment/heartbreak. That was awful of them to do.
OMG these two are freakin adorable together
Joe, you did SO great and I thought you looked really cool on stage😁!! I would love to see it if you ever want to make another cosplay, contest or not!
Okay what the fudge, that costume contest was so horrible 😭 the emcee not being clear and calling everyone up only to then shoo them off was just so hurtful to watch.
the stabbing of the fabric with the pin needles made me laugh haha, we all start somewhere afterall
I think it would be really cool to see a video on your opinion on this convention please. It would help me and maybe a lot of other people to see what to look out for when signing up for a convention contest.
I'm learning how to sew this year and have been watching a bunch of youtube videos. This one was one of the most helpful and encouraging ones I've seen. Sorry nothing at Dreamhack worked out for you, but you should feel very proud, the both of you.
Watching him make the costume was so sweet, he was so excited about it
Seeing him and the others getting scooped off stage, was so disheartening. I hope everyone had a nice day dispite the disappointment
omg this was inpiring to watch!! I'd love to see his next cosplaying venture if its something he wants to share, it was so cool of him to try this out and I'm glad he enjoyed it!! also yall are so cute omg
My fiance taught me to sew in MUUUCH the same ways, and would remind me every time to backstitch the same way you did. I'm gonna watch this with them later it's making me emotional like I'm watching a secret recording of us back when we did this together or something! 😭✨
Idk why watching Sarah try to educate joe is so funny 😂but I love this. He looked amazing! PLEASE spill us the tea. My friend competes, and judges too, so I wanna make sure they see this horrible treatment.
I'm going to a convention tomorrow and I haven't finished my display yet 😭 Please help, if I why I'm watching this and not sewing.
You got this!! And get back to sewing lol
You can do it!!💕 But remember to prioritize your health💕 You got this, I believe in you!!
I love his mild enthusiasm because it's just like my husband and I 😂
i love the support you are giving him super awesome and cute
Wowwwww. I've competed before at comic cons. And they got everyone on one side of the room (tiny freakin con space). But they called winners up and even contestents got to watch.
But that's so horrible and ngl. I really hope this person who's running it isn't allowed to run any more. Holy heck that's so unprofessional what the frick?!?
The cosplay looks amazing regardless!!!
I love watching you Overexplain Cosplay Construction with Joe!
He did such a good job!
Also tea tea tea tea tea tea tea ☕☕☕☕☕
So proud of Joe! He did an amazing job. It would be interesting to see your take on costume contests and more in depth on how they work and from your experience as a contestant and judge what goes on. Well done Joe