This week we had the pleasure of guesting on The Con-Ventional Podcast Ep 17 : Judging cosplay with LaVie cosplay! (podbean.com)!

Have you ever wondered what it takes to compete in a cosplay competition? Ever wonder what it takes to even get into this sort of thing let alone how it’s judged? Well good because so were we! We ask the dynamic duo of LaVie cosplay and the hosts of Sh*t cosplayers say these very same questions! Tune in and hopefully we get to answer your questions and our own!

Will Cloud not be hit? Will love live dance groups become the new hare hare yukai? Will technical errors be the bane of our editors existence? Find out today on another stellar episode of The Con-Ventional Podcast!

The Con-Ventional Podcast – You Think Going To Conventions Is Easy? It Never Is!

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The Con-ventional Podcast | Facebook We are the Con-ventional Podcast! You would think going to conventions is easy, but it never is! We are here to give advice, helpful tips, reviews and tricks to make going to conventions as easy as possible! We release a new episode monthly.

The International Cosplay League has announced that regardless of an in-person event for Japan Weekend Madrid this September, ICL shall be postponed until 2021. La Vie Cosplay, our teammate c80sthingamabobs, and the additional representatives chosen from Spain, France, and Portugal shall be moved to the 2021 event. For more information, see their official Facebook post:

https://www.facebook.com/internationalcosplayleague/posts/2639447789628626

For more information on the International Cosplay League, and it’s host event Japan Weekend Madrid, check out the links below:

International Cosplay League 2019, powered by Japan Weekend ICL is an international cosplay competition created and organized by Japan Weekend, the biggest convention of Madrid (Spain). The third edition will be hosted on September 21st at Feria Madrid. We select a duo and a solo, a couple and an individual contestant. The duo is based on the performance (60% performance and 40% craftsmanship) and the solo is based completely on the craftsmanship, so a performance is not required.

Japan Weekend Madrid – 25 y 26 septiembre 2020 en Palacio de la Prensa Japan Weekend is held in Madrid (where the largest and most crowded), Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Granada take place. We announce our dates months in advance to prepare everything: from your cosplay to your travel companions, everything matters! Hundreds of activities, contests, talks and experiences to live in Japan Weekend. Visit the website of your favorite event and find out what we have prepared.

We’re back after an AMAZING weekend in Chicago for our first trip to Reedpop’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). Elle had the honor of taking home First Place Solo in C2E2’s first-ever cosplay presentation-based contest. We’ll talk more about the contest, and the other shenanigans we had over the weekend in Episode 5 of our podcast, Sh*t Cosplayers Say. Be sure to subscribe at Sh*t Cosplayers Say (buzzsprout.com) or wherever you get your podcasts.

For more information on C2E2, check out the link below:
C2E2 C2E2 stands for the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. It’s the largest pop culture convention in the Midwest. C2E2 espouses that all nerds need a place to call home. Whether you’re a fan of comic books, cosplay, video games, anime, TV shows, movies, books, wrestling, comedy, or anything else – C2E2 is your home for good and geeky times.

We’re happy to announce our first official guesting spot for 2020 is Planet Funk Con. Planet Funk Con will take place June 26-28 at the TBK Sports Complex in Bettendorf, IA. We will be judging the cosplay contest and presenting a variety of programming, including the wildly popular Sh*t Cosplayers Say.

For more information about Planet Funk Con, please visit the link below:

Comics & Entertainment Convention » Planet Funk Con » Quad Cities Planet Funk Con is the Quad Cities premiere comics, art and entertainment convention. Featuring comics, toys, anime, games, and tournaments, and family fun! We are the Quad Cities Comic Con you’ve been hearing about! 

We’re thrilled to share with you a video of the performance we qualified with as the U.S. representatives for the International Cosplay League in 2020.

Judar, Magi, and Kougyoku Ren, Eighth Princess of the Kou Empire from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic by La Vie Cosplay. Lyrical re-write of “Hello, Little Girl” by Stephen Sondheim (Into the Woods).

For more information on the International Cosplay League, and it’s host event Japan Weekend Madrid, check out the links below:

International Cosplay League 2019, powered by Japan Weekend ICL is an international cosplay competition created and organized by Japan Weekend, the biggest convention of Madrid (Spain). The third edition will be hosted on September 21st at Feria Madrid. We select a duo and a solo, a couple and an individual contestant. The duo is based on the performance (60% performance and 40% craftsmanship) and the solo is based completely on the craftsmanship, so a performance is not required.

Japan Weekend Madrid – 25 y 26 septiembre 2020 en Palacio de la Prensa Japan Weekend is held in Madrid (where the largest and most crowded), Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Granada take place. We announce our dates months in advance to prepare everything: from your cosplay to your travel companions, everything matters! Hundreds of activities, contests, talks and experiences to live in Japan Weekend. Visit the website of your favorite event and find out what we have prepared.

We are honored to announce that we have been officially named the United State representatives in the “Duo” category for the International Cosplay League! The international qualifying event was held this past weekend at Youmacon, where U.S. representatives were chosen for the International Cosplay League, Clara Cow’s Cosplay Cup, and Cosplay World Masters.

For more information on the International Cosplay League, and it’s host event Japan Weekend Madrid, check out the links below:

International Cosplay League 2019, powered by Japan Weekend ICL is an international cosplay competition created and organized by Japan Weekend, the biggest convention of Madrid (Spain). The third edition will be hosted on September 21st at Feria Madrid. We select a duo and a solo, a couple and an individual contestant. The duo is based on the performance (60% performance and 40% craftsmanship) and the solo is based completely on the craftsmanship, so a performance is not required.

Japan Weekend Madrid – 25 y 26 septiembre 2020 en Palacio de la Prensa Japan Weekend is held in Madrid (where the largest and most crowded), Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Granada take place. We announce our dates months in advance to prepare everything: from your cosplay to your travel companions, everything matters! Hundreds of activities, contests, talks and experiences to live in Japan Weekend. Visit the website of your favorite event and find out what we have prepared.