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I like that idea! Con ethics is something that didn't used to be as widely discussed as it is now, and I feel like its increasingly important to crowds. We can list such info and leave it up to each congoer to decide if its a deal breaker or not for them.

Imo, its always worth celebrating the positives of a changing con culture. Like, I didn't know about Kuro-Neko con's mascot!! That's awesome! Likewise, even for the negative I think its good to be aware bc as a community we should be able to demand better from our cons. I know Sac-Anime lost a lot of veteran attendees due to some of their policies even before covid, and even more people due to some of their pandemic decisions.

While I think it was much too little, a little too late, after all the lockdowns ended they improved their policy at least a smidgen as...well..an attempt lol. But I digress lol.

This note option sounds like a good idea. Conventions are going through a big transformation right now. Some are posting and or enforcing new rules that haven't been seen before. Some are related to costume types, LGBTQ, ethnic groups, pronouns and so much more. If a convention posts specific rules we need to determine if they are important and if they are post what they are in thread. Also we need to be mindful of what the new rule is about and be respectful. Make sure to refer people to the Conventions website for more info. Directing people to the website will help them determine if the con is for them, Also we may have to check each year to see if the rules have changed. I have a feeling that we are going to go through confusing times for a while. Hopefully the cons can endure the changes and keep the fun alive.

I agree about making sure we check for changes. We should also keep an eye for each other. Like if someone hears something from a con in my areas please tell me. Sadly most of what I hear about is going to be the stuff that explodes or the stuff in my living area. Like I know a lot about Kuroneko Con because that was my home anime con for a long time.

The people who do AnimeCon.com also do a master site for all conventions FanCons.com. The list may be different depending on what website the info was submitted.

I have reached Goal!!!!

I was set out to have 150 tutorial list and I've made it. To be honest It's 158+, but I didn't want to make a listing for every single Final Fantasy or every Miyazaki Movie. That and my last bit was a list of 13 shonen all together going from 145 to 158 once finished.

I'll now focus a little more on general list and listing Anime Cons for my regions. I'll probably do more anime cons while I get things together on the general list.

Okay I need some opinions.

I'm working on creating fewer treads in the Tutorials Forum. I plan on combining things together and creating list. Originally I was thinking of making a mega thread, but I'm starting to see some flaws in that idea. Mainly there are so many subjects I could touch on and that if I need to alter the thread, it would be a pain in the butt.

I'm starting to think that breaking the thread into several smaller threads would be a better idea. I'm also wondering to what extent that I was subjects talked about.

That being said please keep several questions in mind when looking through my current plan and also please ask me questions if you have any. First does the subject fit the theme of the idea of tutorials? Would it be better in a different forum/thread? Is there anything that isn't talked about?

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I recognize that some subjects will crossover, but I plan on linking the threads together. Like if someone wanted to know about sewing a cape, then a link to the basic sewing page would be there.

I feel that these threads could be posted in the Cosplay Help Sub Forum or we could even create a new Sub Forum. Something to think about. Also we don't necessarily want the threads to be too long. In the end we want Guild Members to want to read and use them. The Tutorial threads are just fine. The Cosplay Help Sub Forum needs some work. Not sure what to do with Salsa's threads yet. There are useful things in the threads she started.

Okay to answer your questions. For the most part I'm thinking resource list, but Arisa you give me an idea. I Can block out a certain number of post and then open up for disccussion out the end. I may not do that for the more tutorial cosplay list like for making wings (as people can post more question in the cosplay help if the tutorials don't have an answer), but for the first thread idea it would work well.

I still may add notes for that first thread or any of the tutorial threads if I feel comfortable about doing so. I'm not an expert or anything, but I still may know that using a breathing technique during a cosplay contest walk-on will help a lot with keeping track of when to change and move or a note that if you're making a piece and there's an anime character with a similar piece, to do research on that character.

Maybe getting some Crew/VC/Cap to make quotes and tips if they have experience would help. It'll also make it fun and help to break up the post.

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