Animecon 2013 - ECG 2013 - OMGGGG :'D

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So.. me and Sophie entered the ECG preliminaries here in the Netherlands...
and we won!! We are going to the European Cosplay Gathering finals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We cosplayed Caithe and Faolain from Guild Wars 2

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I can't believe it! How lucky can we be??!! We didn't expect to win such big prizes one year after another with the 2 of us!!! o.O'
We are really amazed that now this summer we'll be going to ECG while only last summer we went to WCS in Japan. :heart:

The finals in Paris are going to be awesome!! And we are so proud to represent the Netherlands again. :love:

Ok about the convention itself:

Friday

Me and Sophie arrived very early to the con so we could build up our tree for the performance that day and so we could rehearse.
The whole rehearsal went quite smooth.

Then we got readyyyyy to put on our costumes and our make-up. We kinda disappeared in the dressing rooms from 13:00 till 18:00 ish? I think. It took a lot of time to put on all of our make-up and latex and stuff. Also the costumes themselves don't have any zippers or buttons so it is a long process to put them on and we need a lot of help from eachother. We didn't want our Sylvari to have any zippers or such since that would kind of break the illusion of us actually being those characters. So... it just takes a bit longer to put on. :D

When we were done we wanted to get some fresh air before the show which would start in about 1.5 hour. But we never managed to get outside. xD We kept on being stopped for pictures and by the time we almost reached the exit we already had to start going back to the theater. xD We were amazed by how many people wanted pictures and also how many people actually knew exactly which characters from Guild Wars 2 we were. I heard a lot of people shout out "GUILD WARS 2!!!"  but also some people went all "Omg.. that's Caithe!!! AND Faolain!!!!!!!!!" A lot of people even discussed the dungeon that Faolain is the end boss of with us. We didn't even knew the Caithe x Faolain couple had so many fans in the Netherlands, even though it is a canon couple. xD So that was amazing!

Okay so we went back to the dressing rooms to get ready for the show. We talked a lot with the other contestants and.. wow.. we were soooo amazed by everyone's costumes!! This year's competition was really superrrr tough!! *____* We thought we didn't stand a chance!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then the big moment was there... THE SHOW! We were announced and I sat down at my spot on the stage and... it stayed dark... I could hear everyone in the audience...... then I did feel the nervousness creeping up on me... But I refused to even move from my spot, they'd better put on the music soon and then.. ....... The music started playing and the performance had begun. :love:
It went really well. :D I loved how much interaction and contact me and Sophie had in this act because it made me feel so much more secure and brave because she was there and I could look her in the eyes at a lot of moments. :heart:

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When we got off the stage all the staff suddenly started telling us that everyone over the headset microphones of the theaterstaff were saying they got goosebumps of our act. :'D It really was amazing how well people reacted to our act!!

We then had some photoshoots and we got out of the theater again and got a lot of photos taken again and talked to a lot of super sweet people that gave us soooo many amazing compliments about our performance and our costumes. :heart:

Saturday

We spend most of the morning getting our make-up ready. We also had a lot of photoshoots this day and we met a lot of new people. Also we took this picture with TheLupin and LillynDK.  We tried to make it look like we were fighting and Nod and Mary from the new movie Epic had to break it up but... we were just having too much fun to stick to the concept at this moment:  xD

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We also went to watch the regular cosplay acts competition. There were a lot of good acts in there and we enjoyed ourselves so much to sit in the audience again. :heart: Sophie was really tired though since she couldn't even sit on a normal chair so she sat on the ground in the walking path and at the end of the acts she could hardly raise her head anymore. D': So I quickly guided her to our hotelroom. I felt bad for the people we ignored but.. that branch headpiece is (even though it isn't that heavy) quite a struggle to have on for too long. We didn't have energy to properly pose anymore anyway.. :( So we're sorry to the people who called out to us that we ignored.

In the evening we had dinner with some people we knew from the WCS and made a lot of new friends as well. :D We then had a nice party all together. Sophie had to bring me to bed at some point though.. xD She's so sweet. :heart:


Sunday

This day we actually finally got to see a lot of the convention. I mostly enjoyed the cosplay wig panel. It really gave me a lot of new information. :D Then there was the solo cosplay competition. just.. wow!! So many amazing cosplays and the performances were great!

Then before we knew it the ending ceremony was already there!! We didn't really know what to expect...
A lot of people said we had a big chance of winning but... we really didn't know! Everyone had great costumes and had worked so hard for this competition. We just.. didn't know if we had won something. When our names were called... we hugged.. we rushed on to the stage and... just.. wow! I almost had to cry again like I did when we won our first big competition. ... WOW!!!! I'M JUST SO HAPPY WE'RE GOING TO ECG!!! That stage you guys!! We can't believe we'll be on that amazing stage in Paris!

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We had an interview.. and a lot of people congratulating us and then we had a partttttyyyyyyyyyyy. :D Celebratiiingggg! :love:

Now we're home and we still can't believe this. The messages are just streaming in about us winning and.. Our cosplays even got featured on the official Guild Wars 2 facebook page!! www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi…
I'm just.. so amazed that all of this is really happening!

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We are already making plans of how we will translate our act to the different shape of the stage in Paris and we're just.. being in awe!
Also, we made a new facebook page. Like we had for the WCS. But this time we made one with our teamname so we can still use it after the ECG. xD
Here is the link: (just click the image ^^)
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Hopeless-Alchemist's avatar
I remember seeing you guys on the GW2 facebook post! :squee: I was just browsing through fanart and I saw your Tree's a Crowd picture (very punny).  I'm so happy for the two of you! Those costumes are absolutely amazing! You definitely deserved to win :)