Feed Back on "Semi-Serious Panel for the Semi-Serious Cosplayer"

[zimm]

Hey all, Zimm here.

We were all so, so psyched that you all wanted to come to our panel and sit listening to us ramble for two hours.  Seriously, you guys made our con.

So now that you all know how happy we were, we want to know how happy you were.  Did you like our panel, did you not?  Did we drone on for too long, were you falling asleep?  Was there anything you would like covered in more depth?  In less depth?  Anything we didn't cover at all that you'd like us to touch upon next time? 

Seriously, anything that crossed your mind, let us know!  We want to be there to help you! That's why we have a panel!  If we aren't helping you, then really, what are we doing but just rambling? 

Let us know!  We want to here from all you awesome people who attended! :D  Thanks again and see you all next year!

[Squirralfire]

It was interesting and helpful.  I enjoyed it.

[Charlie2Kairi]

I liked that panel ^.^ And im glad to see with all the work on the bow it was recognised in the masqerade!

[Griffin]

Oh yeah. I loved my, er, your panel.. yeah.

I learned a lot and it was fun, even though I talked a LOOOOt.

[Lissa]

I also really liked the panel. If you did it again next year, I'd definitely go. One thing I'd like to see talked about is how to make gloves and small, intricate accessories like jewelry or headpieces. Of course, I wasn't there for the whole panel (missed the beginning and then had to leave for a few minutes in the middle...), so I may have missed it if you did talk about any of those.

[SummerOtaku]

I got some good info on skits and props, but some of the sewing stuff was a little too advanced for me. Oh and there could be a little less inside jokes or talking talking to specific people in the audience. Like if you are going to talk to or refer to chibi or that woman who works at joanns that much put them on the panel.

How did the bow do in the prop contest, btw?

[Akurei]

Cary here. First off, thanks so much to everyone who's responded- we really really appreciate it and do take everything you say very seriously. After all, without you guys there wouldn't have been a panel and any hopes of future panels would've been crushed. That being said....

DeadJiana- that's a really good idea that we really didn't even think about. Part of the problem is that some of the things with accessories we haven't had the opportunity to try making. Some of our upcoming cosplays are going to involve actually making our own jewelry so if we do a panel next year or whenever, we'll be sure to include information on that. Thanks!

SummerOtaku- Sorry if it felt like there were too many inside jokes. We really didn't expect that to happen at all and probably should've conducted ourselves in a much more professional manner. It was our first panel and we were a bit nervous and we really appreciate you letting us know that you found that distracting. Also, since it was our first panel, we weren't really sure where most people were going to fall as far as sewing skills and such. Was there anything in particular that seemed a bit too advanced? We'll definitely keep in mind for next time that we should probably discuss more basic skills as far as sewing is concerned. The bow won Best Prop, by the way. Thanks for asking!


So once again, thanks to DeadJiana, Summer Otaku, Chibi Roxas, Angel2Kalen and Squirralfire for responding so far and any more feedback would be greatly appreciated!

[Harper Chancey]

Harper/Chancey/whatever my name is here...I know I didn't really have much to say during the panel (other than my obnoxious interjections, aha), but I just wanted to personally thank everyone who came and were so kind and attentive to us n00b panelers. We'll definitely take into account all of your ideas and suggestions and hopefully have another, better panel next year!

I'd also like to mention that the photos that I took at the panel are all up on our DeviantArt account and can be found here: http://princesssnowglobing.deviantart.com/gallery/#_browse/scraps Definitely leave us a shout-out if you were there! :3