The 1st Philippine Cosplay Convention

Cosplay Guidelines

1. Phil Cosplay Con cosplay event is open to all event attendees.
2. Phil Cosplay Con cosplay event will be an OPEN CATEGORY event where participants could cosplay any character that they want from any genre whether it's from an anime, manga, games, comics, movies, historical characters, western animation, visual kei, harajuku fashion, etc. Pls. keep in mind that Original Characters are not qualified.
3. Phil Cosplay Con cosplay event will be held on March 29, 2008. Both the SOLO cosplay event and the GROUP cosplay event will be held on the same day.
4. The cosplay registration will be both an on-site/at-con registration and an online pre-registration. The on-site/at-con registration will be both on March 29, 2008. Please refer to the Cosplay Online Pre-Registration procedure on each category.
5. All registrants are required to submit a reference picture of the character that they’ll be cosplaying upon registration. Pls. refer to the Picture Reference Submission section for the procedure.
6. Cosplayers under eighteen (18) years of age as of cosplay event date must have their parent/s and/or legal guardian/s sign the waiver/image release form which will be distributed at the event.
7. Fanservice (ie. yaoi, yuri, etc.) is allowed but should be “General Patronage”. Any kind of extreme kind of fanservice (ie. kissing, PDA, etc.) that is deemed inappropriate for minors are strictly prohibited. Keep in mind that the Phil Cosplay Con is a wholesome and a General Patronage event.
8. Costumes that are too revealing (ie. exposes private parts) are prohibited. Scantly clad and/or sexy costumes are allowed but are not encouraged. The Phil Cosplay Con cosplay team has the right to disqualify any participant on this ground.
9. All kinds of costume props must be handled with utmost care and must not be harmful to his/her fellow cosplayers, event staff and event attendees. Any kind of sharp and/or bladed objects that will be used as costume props that could cut human flesh are strictly prohibited. Any kind of pyrotechnic equipment/s that will be used as costume props that could render damage to the venue and/or property is strictly prohibited.
10. The Phil Cosplay Con cosplay team, Phil Cosplay Con organizers and its staff will not be held responsible for damage or injury resulting from mishandling and/or negligence of a cosplayer in his/her use of props/materials throughout the duration of the event.
11. Phil Cosplay Con organizers reserve the right to disqualify any cosplayer who ignores and/or violates any of the aforementioned guidelines.
12. Registration and participation to the cosplay event constitutes that the cosplayer gives the right and the authority to Phil Cosplay Con organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to take pictures and/or videos of registered cosplayers, cosplay groups and its members and will be the sole property of the organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to be used for future publications and/or advertising promotions.

Solo Cosplay Guidelines

1. There will be no entry limit for the Solo Cosplay. However, there is a deadline for the registration and anyone who registered before the deadline is included to the official list of Solo Cosplay participants.
2. Cosplay registration for the Phil Cosplay Con Solo Cosplay event will be both an online pre-registration and an on-site/at-con registration.
3. The online pre-registration will be done through http://www.cosplay.ph which is hosted by Cosplay.ph. To register, you will need to have a cosplay.ph account (registration is free).
4. Solo cosplay participants may not use human props or integrate any other cosplayer in his stage performance. Personal Assistants are allowed but must stay off-stage at all times.
5. Solo cosplay participants are not qualified to join the Group Cosplay event even as a minor role or as a prop.

Group Cosplay Guidelines

1. A cosplay group must consist of at least three (3) and a maximum of seven (7) members per group.
2. There will be any entry limit of ten (10) groups for the Group Cosplay. There is a deadline for the registration and anyone who registered before the deadline is included to the official list of Group Cosplay participants.
3. A member of a particular cosplay group can only join ONE COSPLAY GROUP and he/she will not allowed joining multiple cosplay group/s.
4. A member of a particular cosplay group is not qualified and allowed to join the Individual cosplay event.
5. Cosplay registration for the group cosplay will be both an online pre-registration and an on-site/at-con registration.
6. The online pre-registration will be done through http://www.cosplay.ph which is hosted by Cosplay.ph. To register, you will need to have a cosplay.ph account (registration is free).
7. If the 10 cosplay group quota has been reached but pre-registrants fail to confirm their registration from 10am-1pm, the next available slot(s) will be given to the on-site group cosplay registrants.
8. All cosplay groups are required to have a cosplay skit. Each cosplay group will be given a maximum of 5 minutes of stage time to do their skits.
9. All cosplay groups are encouraged to act out from a scene in the title that they’re cosplaying. We discourage any dance choreography/skit.
10. All BGMs that will be used for the cosplay skit must be in audio format (.CDA) or in MP3 format and must be within the limit of their cosplay skit. Audio CDs must be properly labeled and submitted at the event itself upon registration. A cosplay group is required to have a sound director/representative who will assist the Phil Cosplay Con technical team in the usage of their CDs.

Picture Reference Submission

1. Each cosplayer is required to submit a digital file of the picture of the character that they’ll be cosplaying.
2. All digital pictures must be in JPEG, GIF or PNG and must not exceed 10MB.
3. All digital pictures must not go below 144 x 288 pixels (wallet size) and must not go beyond 792 x 594 pixels (short bond paper size).
4. It is highly recommended to submit a full-body colored picture of the character that would be cosplayed. We’ll accept black/white pictures.
5. All digital pictures must be stored either on a USB thumb drive or on a CD.

Downloadable Forms

Solo Cosplay Category Form
Solor Cosplay Category (<18yo) Form
Group Cosplay Category Form

Instructions:
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Click on image and print or right-click and choose save as to save to your hard drive.