EQ2Wire: Costume Contest and Banquet Photos

[feldon30]

<p>We have just posted all of our photos from the <strong>Fan Faire Banquet & Costume Contest</strong>, including multiple shots of every contestant, and a ton of photos of the wedding proposal you've been hearing about. It was a great moment and it was tremendous to be present for it. Players really went all out on their costumes and it was a lot of fun to see the creativity and dedication put into them. <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_yMIgg369-do/TF-FS1bNNSI/AAAAAAAAHOw/EUvGTWB_uNs/s128/IMG_0211.JPG" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_yMIgg369-do/TF-FZfQrugI/AAAAAAAAHPQ/M1K4adxJURA/s128/IMG_0222.JPG" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_yMIgg369-do/TF-Ftcqf64I/AAAAAAAAHRU/GzmSCoWhSek/s128/IMG_0256.JPG" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_yMIgg369-do/TF-FyJvoJ3I/AAAAAAAAHR0/FnfgiBvmmW8/s128/IMG_0263.JPG" /> <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_yMIgg369-do/TF-F-xQqZmI/AAAAAAAAHTM/ZmzmCRIW5P8/s128/IMG_0289.JPG" /> <span style="font-size: 150%; font-family: Gill Sans,Helvetica;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/TroyCrossEmail/SOEFanFairePhotosSaturday" target="_blank"><strong>EQ2Wire Fan Faire Banquet & Costume Contest Photos</strong></a> (125 items)</span></p>

[EQ_Irving]

<p>Two older EQ2 people got engaged, is what I got out of those photos. Congrats to them!</p><p>Oh, and the moppet costume was awesome.</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Irving@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Two older EQ2 people got engaged, is what I got out of those photos. Congrats to them!</p><p><span style="color: #00ff00;">Oh, and the moppet costume was awesome.</span></p></blockquote><p>That was not just a moppet.... that was BILLY!!! <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>To bad Coytee isn't playing/covering EQ2 anymore I would have loved to see what he would have done with that. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Savanja]

<p>Oh, that might just find its way to Coyote anyway. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Solvantis]

<p>how so we see the footage from the backstage bloggers?</p>

[Rijacki]

<p>It was so much fun! And I loved that there were more categories and 3 places for each.</p><p>I am also really really really thrilled by how the crowd called for the panda to be part of the 2nd/3rd place cheer-off for People's Choice. Totally awesome and THAT was the best prize of all in my own book <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Yes, that was me *impish grin*</p><p><img src="http://www.eq2alchemy.com/rijacki/PandaProject/HotelHall.png" width="363" height="492" /></p><p>(I was also terribly amused when the EQ2 Q&A panel insisted I do the dance before I could ask a question *laugh*)</p>

[Eveningsong]

<p>Awesome panda costume <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  Looks like everyone had a lot of fun.</p>

[CorpseGoddess]

<p>Love the top 10 ways to die bit.  Briliant.</p><p>And congrats to the happy couple!  <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Deathbyshadow]

<p>One way to die in everquest and i love this one that was up their "Forget you are targeting yourself when you cast Ice Comet"  I was cheering so much at that lol =P</p><p>And this is Deathbyshadow btw =D lol or Death that sang at karaoke</p>

[ttobey]

<p><cite>Rijacki wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>It was so much fun! And I loved that there were more categories and 3 places for each.</p><p>I am also really really really thrilled by how the crowd called for the panda to be part of the 2nd/3rd place cheer-off for People's Choice. Totally awesome and THAT was the best prize of all in my own book <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /></p><p>Yes, that was me *impish grin*</p><p><img src="http://www.eq2alchemy.com/rijacki/PandaProject/HotelHall.png" width="363" height="492" /></p><p>(I was also terribly amused when the EQ2 Q&A panel insisted I do the dance before I could ask a question *laugh*)</p></blockquote><p>You danced the panda dance divinely! I can't wait for the othmir dance next year!</p>

[ttobey]

<p>I'm going to drop in a tougher panda dance when I have some time. We'll see if you can do the level 2 version.</p>

[Leonai_art]

<p>Those were awesome pics - ty for posting!</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>ttobey wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm going to drop in a tougher panda dance when I have some time. We'll see if you can do the level 2 version.</p></blockquote><p>Noooooooooooooooo *laugh*</p>

[Carpediem]

<p>Any idea when you're going to get the videos up Feldon?</p><p>Great work on covering the fan faire this year=)</p>

[Victor_Hugo]

<p>The Billy costume was Marlee from Mistmoore server. The costume was real burlap and the hair was handwoven, braided, and individually stiffened and placed. It required a basket and seperate pillow because of the weight. It took 5 solid days nonstop to make it. Underneath the costume was a frozen gel camelback, a chest fan and iced gel packs in a fanny pack around the waist. The feet were 24 inch diameter circles and very hard to maneuver. The stuffing was pillow stuffing and most importantly - flotation beads! There was enough beads in there, Billy would never have sunk at the pool party. And I'm sure he would have been thrown in had that been known. Should have had panda teach the panda dance to Billy.</p><p>That being said, the caliber of the costumes this year was phenominal.  True works of art.</p>

[Rijacki]

<p><cite>Victor_Hugo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The Billy costume was Marlee from Mistmoore server. The costume was real burlap and the hair was handwoven, braided, and individually stiffened and placed. It required a basket and seperate pillow because of the weight. It took 5 solid days nonstop to make it. Underneath the costume was a frozen gel camelback, a chest fan and iced gel packs in a fanny pack around the waist. The feet were 24 inch diameter circles and very hard to maneuver. The stuffing was pillow stuffing and most importantly - flotation beads! There was enough beads in there, Billy would never have sunk at the pool party. And I'm sure he would have been thrown in had that been known. Should have had panda teach the panda dance to Billy.</p><p>That being said, the caliber of the costumes this year was phenominal.  True works of art.</p></blockquote><p>Billy was utterly AMAZING!</p><p>I about died when I saw it.</p><p>I agree, too, about the calibre of some of the costumes. I was floored (and started my scheming.. err planning for next year *laugh* ohghods what I could do with an unlimited budget and infinite time *smirk*)</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Savanja wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Oh, that might just find its way to Coyote anyway. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Yes, but it would have been so much better if he saw it live and in person...as he ran screaming from the room.<img src="/eq2/images/smilies/908627bbe5e9f6a080977db8c365caff.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p>Thanks again to everyone who came out for the contest. It truly was awe-inspiring talking to each of the entrants and hearing about all the things they did to make their costumes. We were thrilled to be able to create a handful of categories this year so we could recognize more people and their hard work. Billy, the Blood Siren, Rijacki's Hua'Mein, the EQII dress...too many to name, and it was really hard to judge.</p><p>Can't wait to see what everyone does next year! We've already got plans to make it more organized and even better!</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Thanks again to everyone who came out for the contest. It truly was awe-inspiring talking to each of the entrants and hearing about all the things they did to make their costumes. We were thrilled to be able to create a handful of categories this year so we could recognize more people and their hard work. Billy, the Blood Siren, Rijacki's Hua'Mein, the EQII dress...too many to name, and it was really hard to judge.</p><p>Can't wait to see what everyone does next year! We've already got plans to make it more organized and even better!</p></blockquote><p>You forgot Antony Bell. <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Amnerys]

<p>Antony Bell was awesome, too. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Saw him in the casino/hotel later that evening. Lots of folks wanted pix with him, hehe.</p>

[denmom]

<p><cite>Victor_Hugo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The Billy costume was Marlee from Mistmoore server. The costume was real burlap and the hair was handwoven, braided, and individually stiffened and placed. It required a basket and seperate pillow because of the weight. It took 5 solid days nonstop to make it. Underneath the costume was a frozen gel camelback, a chest fan and iced gel packs in a fanny pack around the waist. The feet were 24 inch diameter circles and very hard to maneuver. The stuffing was pillow stuffing and most importantly - flotation beads! There was enough beads in there, Billy would never have sunk at the pool party. And I'm sure he would have been thrown in had that been known. Should have had panda teach the panda dance to Billy.</p><p>That being said, the caliber of the costumes this year was phenominal.  True works of art.</p></blockquote><p>I ran into her in the women's bathroom afterwards. She was trying to fix her costume, the feet had come unstrapped which is why she was holding the legs to walk.</p><p>I helped her get out of the costume a bit so she could shift things around, and omg, I've never seen that many floatation beads!  She even left a few in the bathroom as she tied the suit back on.</p><p>The headpiece was something else.  The hair was yarn she wove together, used stiffener on, and shoved thru the basket she used for the head.  They were very hard and sharp, hence the pillow.</p><p>It was very interesting to see the costume close up and the working insides, as it were.  And she was fun to chat with!</p>