Terms and Conditions
GIRL GAMER 2020 COSPLAY RULES AND
REGULATIONS
1. ELIGIBILITY:
Anyone may enter in the GIRLGAMER Cosplay competition.
Entrants 13 and under must have their parents’ permission to
enroll, and MUST be accompanied by a legal guardian or
relative of age at the show.
2. HOW TO ENTER:
Signups for the GIRLGAMER Cosplay Competition will have
to be registered by February 12th 2020. To sign up, the
entrant will be required to submit this online form. All skit entries,
audio/video files & photos of the costume MUST be sent
before the February 12th deadline, in order to have enough
time for review of materials..
3. COSTUME GUIDELINES:
a. No costume is NO COSTUME. While many popular
characters’ wear what could be termed “street clothes”, a
single character in regular, everyday clothing isn’t very
engaging and thus, is disqualified. However, if this
character is a part of a performance where elaborate props
are involved, then the entry will not be disqualified.
b. Body Coverage: GIRLGAMER is a family friendly
environment and has to adhere to the rules and regulations
set forth by the organizers. All costumes need to be tasteful.
This means body paint, latex pasties, etc. are not
considered adequate body coverage without additional
clothing being worn over it.
c. Contest Guidelines: COSPLAY IS AN ALL-AGES
EVENT. There is only one category in this competition. The
Cosplay should be considered a PG-13 rated event at the
most. All music and pre-recorded materials will be screened
and all violators of this rule will be disqualified. The
judgement of what is acceptable is left to the sole discretion
of GIRLGAMER. Offensive language of any kind is not
allowed. (Racial or sexual epithets, cursing not allowed on
network TV, etc.) Sexual humour is not allowed. This covers
yaoi, yuri, mpreg, auto-erotica, tentacles, lolicon, etc. If your
joke/skit could not be performed at your workplace or in
front of your grandmother, then you probably can’t perform
it at GIRLGAMER. If you have a question about your
content, please feel free to ask the GIRLGAMER Cosplay
Staff if it is allowable.
d. Stage Rules: All entries must be able to get on and off
the stage safely.
Props: What goes on stage with you must come off stage
with you. For safety reasons, things like confetti, fireworks,
glitter, flash paper, rose petals, water and other small
messy objects are strictly forbidden to be brought into the
stage area. On stage, non-firing toy weapons will be
allowed without peace bonding, but be aware that any “live”
weapons will result in immediate eviction from the stage.
Also, no food, animals or remote control devices are
allowed on stage. And no throwing items into the crowd.
Martial Arts/Stage Fighting: All stage fighting of a like nature
needs to be limited to half speed and quarter strength. One
foot must remain on the floor at all times. This means no
jumps, leaps or rolls. Climbing onto the stage or leaping off
the edge of the stage are both prohibited and extremely
dangerous.
Time Limits: Each Walk-on entry will have 30 seconds to saunter
across the stage, pose and depart. Skits have approximately 45
to 60 seconds.
Sound: ALL SOUNDTRACKS MUST BE PRE-RECORDED.
(This rule applies to skits only.) This means all dialogue for your
skit, all music, everything. Soundtrack CDs MUST be received by
GIRLGAMER no later than 12th February 2020 for review and
pre-GIRLGAMER preparation. Should any skit soundtrack be
deemed inappropriate (See Section c.), the entrants will be
allowed to re-record an approved version ONCE. Should this re-
recorded version GIRLGAMER COSPLAY RULES AND
REGULATIONS still not conform to appropriateness guidelines,
that entry will be disqualified. (And the waiting list will be called
into play again.) Walk-ons will be performed to runway-style
music in keeping with the GIRLGAMER themes chosen by
GIRLGAMER Cosplay Team.
Costume Credit: All costumes must be made by the entrant(s) or
credited to the appropriate creator(s) on the entrant’s entry form.
Purchased Costumes: Purchased costumes (either
commissioned, store bought, or eBay costumes) may only make
up 50% of the costumes in your group. All purchased costumes
MUST be marked as such on your (or your group’s) entry form.
4. AWARDS:
There is a prize pool of USD 5,000! The award categories for
GIRLGAMER Cosplay Competition are as follows:
1st Place: USD 3,000
2nd Place: USD 1,500
3rd Place: USD 500