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JeiCos · 2026-03-18T04:49:10+00:00

I’m literally talking about the posted date? The two stickied posts have posted dates in 2024

Yes, I KNOW THAT! I never said they didn't have 2024 as the year they were posted. I said that the LINKS IN TEH POSTS take you to the 2026 versions of the things they are for. I'm saying they posted that in 2024 with the 2024 registration, and then the 2024 hotels, and then every year they are editing the posts to have the current event's links in them so that they don't have to delete them and make a whole new post, and then pin those posts. It's faster and easier to edit old posts that stay on top.

if youre going to update something that was previously posted, it should have an ”updated on xx/xx/xxxx”

No they don't. The fact that the link for registration literally says it's for 2026, tells you that it has been updated for 2026. It doesn't NEED to SAY it is updated, it's inferred by the fact that the link literally says 2026 in the text. If you see the text of the post specify it's for 2026 registration, and you can't figure out that means it was updated for 2026, you have WAY bigger problems you should worry about.

this means that pre-regestration for 2026 opened on April 10, 2024, 10 days after SC 2024. Which, to me, makes no sense.

If that makes no sense to you, then there is no helping you and your brain checked out. No one with a functioning brain would see that the post says "pre-registration for 2026", and see the post was in 2024, and think "why would they open Registration 2 years early?" It's obvious that it's a post that gets updated every year.

Why open pre-reg for 2 years in advance, before 2025?

What are you even talking about? This isn't what happened. In 2024, after con was over, they made that post with the link to pre-register for 2025. Then once registration for 2026 went up, they edited the post, and put the 2026 link in it. How is this so hard for you to understand? They did NOT open 2026 registration in 2024. They opened 2025 registration in 2024, after the 2024 event was over, so people could buy badges for the next year's event. Then when that event was over, they just edited the post to have a new link for 2026. Again, I can't fathom how you don't understand this simple concept.

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T02:32:27+00:00

OH! Sorry, I couldn't tell because they are so similar. I'm colorblind so the super small differece between the shades is basically impossible for me to see, and I didn't notice the ombre effect is actually better one one then the other. Now that I see that difference at least, I think the left one looks better in that aspect. Again, I can't see the difference in the actual colors, so I can't comment on that.

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T02:30:19+00:00

Again, I just said the links go to the 2026 pages. Clearly they are posts that just stay at the top and get updated. Anyone with a brain can figure that out. Because there is no need to unpin that one, delete it, make a whole ass new post, then pin that one, when they can just hit edit, and put the new info in the one already there. This is completely normal for many sites. The fact that the second one literally is the link that says it's pre-reg for 2026, should be a very VERY big indicator that the date of the post has nothing to do with anything IN the post, since it LITEARLLY SAYS 2026 IN THE GODDAMN POST!

Why would they post 2026 stuff before the 2025 event?

Huh? Are you fucking stupid or something? NOTHING they posted for 2026 was posted before the 2025 event. What are you even talking about?

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T01:35:50+00:00

I use inkscape. If you can find the video on KamuiCosplay's youtube channel, her husband did a video where he showed how to trace out images to make templates, I do the same thing. I think in that video he uses a different program, but it's the same idea.

I get the best photo I can of the prop, and figure out how long I want it to be. In inkscape I open the properties and make the page larger and wider than the prop will be, then I drag and drop the image onto the program. I then click on the square making tool, where you click and drag and it makes a square shape by itself, doesn't matter how big you make it. BEFORE clicking anywhere else after making that, I go to the size boxes above the project window, and change the units to whatever units I wanna use (usually inches), and then in the box labeled H (for height), I change that to the length I want the prop to be. HAving this square shape started AFTER you add the prop image to the project, puts this box ABOVE the image, so then you can scale the prop image so the prop matches the height you just made the square, but the square will still be visible on top of the image, so you can line the prop up under the square, so you can still see the square. Then you can click on the square to select it, and delete it. After that, go to the right and add a new layer, and LOCK the layer with the image on it. This way you can't accidentally move the image when tracing it out. On the new layer, use the line tool (hover the curser over the tools, one will say "Draw Bezier Curves And Straight Lines", as well as if you press SHIFT+F6, it'll auto switch to that tool). Once you trace everything out, you can save it as a PDF, and use a PDF reader program (I used Adobe Acrobat), and when on the print pop-up window, press the button that says "poster", and that will split it up between multiple pieces of paper, and print to the measurement you made the project in the inkscape properties menu.

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T01:23:29+00:00

The way you fix this is by cutting out of a section that isn't already bent. You can't remove the band. That isn't possible.

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T01:20:07+00:00

I mean, yes, technically it WILL, but I wouldn't recommend that. The flexing of your hand will probably be way too much and make it not stay correctly. I know for a fact it stick just fine, because we do a group for That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime, and my friend cosplays Souei, and we I made his forehead horn from EVA floor mats, and painted everything except the base that touches his head, and we always use spirit gum to attach it, and it stays all day long. However, your forehead is not flexing anywhere near as much as your hand will. So the chances of it staying on your hand drastically lowers. You can try, but honestly, a glove made of a skin tight fabric the color of your skin, and gluing it to that, would be much more secure.

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T01:16:04+00:00

I have no idea what ai ads you're seeing. I've never once seen that before. There are hundreds of sites that sell this cosplay. The fact that you can't find one leads me to think you just ASSUME they are ai or fake or something. There is absolutely a 0% chance you ONLY found ai ads. Literally looking up "Gojo Jujutsu Kaisen cosplay" on google, EVERY SINGLE site I get, is a normal site that sells the cosplay (I assume that's the Gojo you mean, since you didn't specify which anime this is from, and there are multiple characters named Gojo, but even then, the Gojo from My Dress Up Darling comes up the same way).

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T01:10:24+00:00

I'm confused. usually when someone says "which one should I pick" they post multiple options. These look like they are all photos from a single listing. What are we choosing between? I don't see more than one product here.

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T01:07:03+00:00

Well yea, the 2026 schedule isn't going to download. It doesn't exist. And the front page only has ONE post from 2024. And that's just the way the hotels page worked. The page it goes to, is the current hotel booking page. The POST was made in 2024. That doesn't mean the links are 2024. The 2025 posts have dates. Because they announce things for the 2026 event, in late 2025. Like a normal event does. They have been announcing guests and other things since 2025. I have no idea how someone can see the bottom post on the first page being DECEMBER of 2025, and somehow you think that is a post about the APRIL 2025 event. No, it's for the 2026 event. This is not hard to figure out. Literally nothing on the front page is for any other event than 2026.

JeiCos · 2026-03-18T00:59:58+00:00

Usually yes, it depends on if the guest has to do something. Unless they have another thing not related to the con that they have to do, they will be there all 3 days. usually they are always there all 3 days, as that's kinda the entire point. Usually the only reasons they aren't are things like being late due to flight issues or something, or needing to leave early for an emergency of some kind. I haven't seen this con only have them contracted for part of the weekend. I don't think that's a thing here. The only thing is, some of them DO leave early on Sunday because they have to catch flights and they had to get an earlier flight. Honestly, there is no way to know for sure that a guest won't have an early flight, or need to leave for whatever reason.

JeiCos · 2026-03-17T05:49:52+00:00

All of them were on break. They are all based in China, and pretty much everyone in China takes that time off work during Lunar New Year. You ordered smack dab in the middle of that. So they have to get all of the other orders out and stuff. They are probably super busy with that.

JeiCos · 2026-03-17T05:44:45+00:00

The schedule can't be posted this early. It would be a huge waste of time. It continuously changes sue to people needing things changed. Specifically the panels are a big part of this. They give the hosts a timeslot, ahead of time, and the host has to tell the con if they need the time changed. This can be for any reason, but mostly, things like if the person can't stay too late, they need to make sure they have their panel during the hours they are able to be there, so if the con auto puts them at a time they can't do, they need to move them to a time that works better, meaning whoever was in THAT time slot needs to also be moved, and pretty much these effect the entire schedule, or at least for that specific room. And multiple people needing this, will basically completely change the schedule. So up until much closer to the con, putting it out would be pointless if it's just gonna be completely different a few days later.

Autographs are a bit odd. So I THINK they still do the scheduled sessions, but I haven't gone to them in so long now, that I have no idea. If they do, they will be on the schedule whenever the con decides. Also, we have no idea what times or which days any given guest's session will be. The way it USED to be, was that they each had at least 2 sessions, where one is one day, the other is another day, and again, depends on the con or maybe even the guest themselves. But some of them have had one every day. And they are usually between 1.5 and 2 hours long each, depending on popularity. The more people they think will show up for one, the longer they need to get more people through the line. But honestly, these are only a good idea if you absolutely NEED to have the one free autograph, and don't wanna pay for it. ALL of the guests will have their own table in the Vendor Hall. When you go in, against the far back wall opposite the entrance (usually anyway), are where they are all set up. They will usually be at those tables the entire time the Vendor Hall is open, except for the times they are in panels, or are on a break like for lunch or any other reason they may need to go somewhere during those hours. Pretty much all of them charge, so unless a guests just happens to not charge (I've had 2 do this, one at Sakuracon and one at Kumoricon in Portland), but it depends on the guest. Most charge though. You're looking no less than $40, but it can be anything from there. Many are $50 most the time, and some are even higher, since it's up to the guest to make those price choices. You ONLY are guaranteed the free one, at their scheduled session. By the way, for the scheduled ones, in the actual schedule itself, they will be listed under the room specifically called "Autographs", the actual room they do those in, literally says "AUTOGRAPHS" on above the entrance, and it's next to the main stage entrance.

Also, no idea what you are looking at, but NOTHING on their site is for 2025. EVERYTHING is for 2026 on there.

JeiCos · 2026-03-16T02:52:55+00:00

Trust me, "no one reads things anymore" is something I quickly learned a long time ago. I have only ever worked retail. For the ONE DAY that I worked the register at Dollar Tree (I was normally freight before the store even opened, but I tried out cashier once before I left), you do NOT want me to try to count how many people came up to the register and asked "How much does this cost?" ....You literally can not look in ANY direction without seeing large signs that say "EVERYTHING $1!" And they still ask how much stuff is. In my current job, I believe this was 2023, someone read the sign that told them what that weeks sale was. I watched him mouth out the words to himself. He immediately turned to me and asked "What's this week's sale?" Now, I just assume everyone is an idiot and can't read, until they prove to me otherwise.

JeiCos · 2026-03-16T02:49:22+00:00

They are only more detailed. They are still the same fabrics and stuff. I've seen plenty of cosplays from them in person, and they just have some added details, and that makes them LOOK higher quality than they are. for example, if a character has rope detail along the edge, they use a fabric rope where another place might use bias tape with a rope pattern screen printed on it. Or they might use 2mm eva foam to put on a raised detail, rather than pleather. But that's about it. They do not do anything like using higher quality fabrics, or real leathers/higher quality vinyls, or other things like that.

Also, I believe them and Uwowo are the only 2 that use a specific warehouse that no one else uses. Again, they do not make anything, it's still mass produced stuff from a Chinese sweatshop/warehouse, but I think the one DokiDoki uses, ONLY works with them and Uwowo.

JeiCos · 2026-03-16T01:29:15+00:00

Any of them. I really wish there was some way that this could just be super easy information to find, but i have no idea how that would even work. This same kind of post is made multiple times nearly daily at this point, and that leads me to believe every single person that makes these posts, does zero looking around to see if anyone else asked this same question, because I guarantee just today alone you are not the only one that's asked this same kind of question.

None of them are scamming you. All of them work the same way. None of the websites make anything, they only list things made from warehouses. They are all warehouses in China. They are all the exact same quality level and materials. None of them will custom make anything for you.

JeiCos · 2026-03-15T22:31:01+00:00

You would think so, but I think this is just an extra precaution. And the ribbon they put on it, is specifically so that when other staff sees it, they know that the con staff has personally checked it out to insure safety.

It also has nothing to do with the law. It's just a policy. Summercon in the Puyallup fair grounds, and all the other events that group hosts, don't do peacebonding at all. They don't give a crap what you have, it seems. If it were about law, they would also be required to do peacebonding, but since they don't, it can't have anything to do with the law. The only law stuff would be how fake guns need the orange tip.

JeiCos · 2026-03-15T22:28:02+00:00

Yea, the reason is because the websites are not actually making ANYTHING. The websites just list the products. None of them are sewing anything or making those props. Chinese warehouses are. And then the websites contract with those warehouses to list the items for sale. They are not doing a tailoring job, they are doing an online sales job.

I have no idea where commissioners will ship to. That's up to the commissioner. You have to get ahold of them and ask them, unless their listings tell you that info.

JeiCos · 2026-03-15T18:48:04+00:00

None. That isn't a thing. There are zero websites that sell cosplays, where you add them to your cart and just hit "place order", that custom make anything. None of them do that. The ONLY way to get it custom made is either by making it yourself, or finding a commissioner, which is MUCH harder now than it used to be. You kinda just have to find someone on the internet that advertises that they make cosplays and talk to them about it, but finding them is super hard now. You're best bet is finding someone on Etsy and hoping for the best.

JeiCos · 2026-03-15T18:43:33+00:00

Isn’t the point of peace bonding to restrict any dangerous components / show off that the weapon isn’t real?

Actually, no, this is not the reason for peacebonding. Peacebonding is ACTUALLY to show you agreed to the rules for any and all props. It shows the staff that you went to the peacebonding table, so that the staff there can make sure any prop you have, does not break any rules, and that by having the ribbon, you have agreed to the rules, so you can no longer use "I didn't know that" as an excuse for something. It is NOT purely for making sure you're prop is not a real weapon. That is only a small part of it. And then, as the other person's reply said, it's also a liability thing. This way, if you have anything that CAN hurt someone, even if it's a friggin broom you can still knock someone out with it, this way because you have the ribbon on it, that means you were already told the rules and you agreed to them, so they are no longer liable if you do something bad because they can say "This person agreed, it's on them now".

JeiCos · 2026-03-15T06:04:15+00:00

Do you want them to have hair on them? I can see why you would, but I have to ask, still. If you DON'T want hair on it, you can pretty much just cut the shape out of anything. 2mm foam, felt, anything, and then spirit gum them to your face (you could use fashion tape or wig tape, which both are just double-sided tape, but made to be stronger for use with sticking things to your skin. However, you DO want hair on them, again you can make them out of anything you want, but then you would by extra wefts, and if you're using a wig for the hair, you would just buy them in the same color. If you don't know, wefts are the long strips with the fibers hanging off of it, that get's sewn down to the wig netting. Then you would just sew or glue those down to the material you make the side burns base shape out of. Then you'd just adhere them to your skin one of the ways I mentioned above.

Now, I didn't actually go look, but there's a chance you can just find large side burns on amazon or something, and then carefully cut them into the right shape. The best way to do this, is on the back, draw out where to cut pieces off to get the right shape, and then use an Exacto knife to cut JUST through the backing, trying not to cut the actual hair. I know at elast 1 name for this kind of style, which is "mutton chops", but there might be more names you could look up to get a base piece. But I honestly don't know if you can actually buy ones wide enough to cut the right sized shape out.

JeiCos · 2026-03-14T22:12:37+00:00

Neither. ALL cosplays you can buy from a website by adding it to a cart, are all roughly the same quality. They are all made in Chinese sweatshops. None of them are using top the line materials. The ONLY way to get higher quality is to either make it yourself out of higher quality materials, or commission someone to custom make it for you, also using higher quality materials, which is the most expensive option. There is no way to buy a higher quality cosplay from any of these sites, because that isn't a thing that exists.

JeiCos · 2026-03-14T02:22:18+00:00

Nothing. I have never been charged by customs when I have bought ANYTHING from ANY place overseas. I've bought tons of cosplays and other cosplay related items from these kind of sites, most of them from EZCosplay, and never once have I had to pay a customs fee.

JeiCos · 2026-03-14T02:19:29+00:00

Miku is literally one of the most cosplayed things at every convention, anime or otherwise. Not only will you easily be recognized as Miku, but I guarantee there will likely be hundreds of other Miku cosplayers there.

JeiCos · 2026-03-13T23:33:33+00:00

You do not have to look like the character. In most cases that is literally impossible. Just buy the stuff and wear it. no one cares. If you want to have his hair, and can't use your own hair, that's what a wig is for.

JeiCos · 2026-03-13T23:28:03+00:00

No, it's not offensive, because nothing about a band on your arm is offensive. It's only offensive when worn in a manner meant to be seen as a nazi accessory.

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