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