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Pyromaniac Cosplay
mani writes "This is truly taking cosplay to the next level. Not only are they dressing and acting out characters from SNK/Playmore's King of Fighters series, but using actual fire to truly simulate the 2d fighting experience. Pictures and video included. Warning: site is most definately not in english."
Wow, that is some highly fucked up shit. Anyone want to provide a translation?
I've seen the term used in newsgroups now and then but I've never figured out quite what it is. After looking at the linked site, I'm guessing "costume fetish" - is this correct?
...just makes it more fun for those of us not really interested in the subject matter, because then you can imagine that the site says whatever you want it to say. :)
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why not use actual fire to make super-ultra-mega-extreme tuxracer?
/. not beyond reporting on video games!?
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"Warning: site is most definately not in english."
Warning: post is most definitely not in English
Cosplay (cohs'puhleh) noun. the Japanese word for masquerading, generally done at anime and gaming events (including the unique Comic Market events in Japan)
for those who can't read the characters and are looking for the videos, they're the blue links above the realplayer ads.
here it is in English. Oriental languages still sound weird when translated to me; why the hell can't the entire world switch to English(first choice) or Esperanto and save me the trouble of babelfish!?
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
And setting the tires of my DeLorean on fire wasn't good enough?
What about setting children's balloons at the fair on fire and screaming "OH THE HUMANITY!"?
We laugh and ridicule the less intelligent members of society, then we reward them when their antics amuse us. Hell, works for me.
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Am I the only one who looks at topics like this and says, "what the hell are they talking about?" Like the entire geek universe knows what Cosplay is EXCEPT ME?
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How do you go from being afraid to step one foot out of mom's basement to setting yourself on fire?
This is getting lame.
Please think up some new entertaining 'troll' posts for yourself and stop copying other people's ad infinitum.
Thanks and goodnight.
It's all in English.
Not like that makes it comprehensible...
Ok, a lot of stuff that comes out of Japan is cool.
But, seriously what are they thinking... "Let's set our arms on fire and fight with eachother to make it look like we are video game characters!!"
I don't even wanna go into the apparent obsession with tentacles and demonic monsters in their sexual fantasies....
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Oh shit, I've been coming here for free!
Please Mr. Taco don't send the net police after me!
I noticed this site is under the 'baka' (Japanese for stupid) directory.
You'll probably get modded down as offtopic, but I totally agree.
I feel Slashdot has some serious value and I often consider getting the subscription. Every time, though, a new dupe/bug/bias/malapropism rears its ugly head and I reconsider.
Maybe if the "editors" actually "edited" they might get some subscribers and boost that stock price.
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Pyromaniac Cosplay!!! more like celda
Come on. Throwing burning liquids at each oter is asking for a darwin award.
All Troll + "offtopic" mods are meta moderated as "Unfair", because you abused the system.
Well, I am not sure about the site, but the post is inglesh, definately
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The king-of-fighters was a cool arcade game back in '97. Still play it sometimes on my LinuXBOX, using MAME. God only knows how many bucks I've spent on KOF 97 alone... :\
This will most definitely revolutionize the fighting game to movie translation industry (couldn't Street Fighter starring Van Damme and Raul Julia have been better if all the actors' hands were on fire?).
Is it just me or do all Japanese sites seem to have some bizarre graphics on it like this? And whatever you do, watch out for this section of the site. I don't know what the hell is going on there, but I'm so afraid. There's also some sex pictures on that site. Fun!
Persons appearing in pictures definitely not clinically sane.
Translated from the box at the bottom of the page, entitled "Today's Damage"
... In both, every place burned. ... Both are total losses ... In both, every place burned. ... Both are total losses
A burn slight to a face
Some hair burned.
A burn slight in both hands
A burn slight to the bosom
Both hands are burned.
Costume play clothes
Fire-resistant glove
Costume play clothes
Fire-resistant glove
Wow, what a great site! Are all cosplayer this hella fine? She is one of the hottest girls I have ever seen on the web.... ahh... ummm... wow.
Ack, anyone can throw fire at each other (why you'd want to, I don't know). I want to see them do Mortal Kombat-like fatalities :)
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Wait till they see me in my pneumatic hardsuit with the built in atmospheric controls and health monitoring. I'm still trying to perfect my ego-border dissolution skill so I can turn people in to puddles of jello in act 3.
Turning them back isn't so easy. Sigh.
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So am I the only one who thinks this looks like a lot of fun? I could care less about the 'firefighter's nightmare' site, but some of those pictures off of the cosplay site look really cool. I'm one of those people who always look forward to Halloween to dress up, but if conventions like they show on this site were around here (brrrr...wisconsin), I would totally be there! I'm not a total anime nut (I do own a nice stock of them though), but most of those costumes look great! And I'm willing to bet the majority of people who go to those conventions are exactly the type of people I like to hang out with. Any of you been to one of these? What was your experience?
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Uhhhh... did he say .... "fire?"
Yeah! Yeah! He said, "fire!"
Mike Judge rocks
On the page, there's screenshots from the game, followed by real-life reenactments of the scene.
Here is a particularly interesting one, which is followed by 1, 2, and 3. But naturally, they skipped the most interesting part of the screenshot, the opponent bursting into flames.
Sigs are like bumper stickers.
First off I believe it's blatantly obvious to them, and to us as well, that the site was not in English. The spelling didn't hinder your comprehension so don't knock it.
Second why the heck were you concerned with that? People were setting their fricking limbs ablaze and you thought "You know what, they spelled definitely wrong."
Your priorities were really screwed up there.
Third isn't there some sort of agency in that country that would see that, hit them on the nose, and say no? People might not be dogs but dammit if they're going to act stupid someone should do something about it.
O o o h baby...
But seriously...
I'm all about blondes. And legs. And Blondes with great legs.
There are a few lookers, but then again, we're slashdotters. Do you think that they would stay if any of us went? Well, the above ones would... not the blonde... unless she was blind. And she couldn't smell.
The pic of the dude running to the ocean is priceless! It's a good thing they selected such a convienient location.
I wonder why they did it next to water... (hmmm)
Where did it all go so wrong......
Darwin isn't just rolling in his grave; hes shot the television, done a kilo of coke, and started a conga line with the girls from the strip club.
I mean come on. Do people really stop and say to each other:
Tatsuo!!
Yeah?
Mind if I throw some napalm/buring materials at your face?
Sure!!!! I've got the gasoline and styrofoam!
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There's also a major hentai cosplay scene out there. Yeah, it's blurred all to hell by Japanese censorship laws, but damn, you CANNOT compare to that.
Just because you can mod me down, doesn't mean you're right. Shoes for industry!
As you may already know, Japanese had done lots actual stuff to truly simulate the anime p0rn, and that's the origin idea of "cosplay".
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I could do without the costume, but in five words: damn, the girl is fly.
this and a little imagination
I think I speak for everybody when I say that what we REALLY want to see is cosplay with Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball.
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I'm quite a fan of KOF and fighting games and understand some Japanese, so I have a fair knowledge of what's going on.
In the first photos, you see these guys "Kyochin Yuzawa" and "Iorin Yamagi" facing off like their video game counterparts, Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami, respectively.
Kyo and Iori are fierce rivals, descendants of clans that have fought each other over the power of a god-like entity called Orochi (the Kusanagi to seal it, the Yagami to harness it).
In the game, choosing these two will produce the same taunt that's written below their pics: "Honou ga omae o yonderuze!" ("You called for this fire") says Kyo, "nara, moetsukiro, isagiyokuna!" ("Let's see if it's good enough") answers Iori.
The first animated GIF shows Kyo using his most powerful move (Orochinagi), which requires great reflexes and strategy to pull off and hit the enemy with it in the real game. Kyo executes it while shouting "kuraiyagaree!" (something along the lines as "take this!") and burn Iori.
The second GIF shows Iori performing his second most powerful move (Yaotome), Iori perfoms it while shouting "Raku ni shinenzo!", (something like "just die!") but they make fun when the flame comes short of reaching Kyo.
Then it begins to get weird. Kyo uses his second most powerful move (Mu Shiki), which has Kyo performing a series of flaming punches in the game. But this time, Iori actually blocks the punch (!) and counters it with his most powerful move (Saku Tsumagushi) in his greatest form, which ends with Iori pounding the opponent on the floor amidst purple flames.
But the funny thing is, Kyochin's hands were actually burning beyond the fireproof gloves, so he tries to put the fire off on the sea water, while he shouts "I'm gonna dieee!".
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Darwin potential.
I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
But yes, nice butt?
Number cannot describe her temperature.
Not of this world
it owed the minor burn...
Meaning is not recognized
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Now that is definitely a bad idea .. now TuxRacer... I'd throw on a Penguin costume and slide down the hill towards some well placed herrings ... Sounds like my average weekend really. (well ok .. the Herring could bugger off..)
Jon - TheSpork
Where can I find this new fake fire stuff?
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/yukimoto/cg/dark1/
Just to add: Those stats are for d&d/masquerade type stuff, not necessarily related to the actual game (but more than likely based from it).
This is quite possibly the most retarded, most loser-infested activity I have ever seen captured on film. Ever. Its like looking at Downs Syndrome porn. You don't know whether to laugh cuz they're retards or cry cuz they can breed.
Don't agree with me?
Well, guess what -- That means you're one of the losers i'm referring to. Work on it.
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Oi, you're lucky this is a general geek site. On a real games forum, thems would be fightin' words.
i'm waiting for people to play out Mortal Kombat "Fatality" moves on each other
they also have tried choping apple thats been taped to guy's forehead using samurai sword among other crazy stunts.
what people would do for their 15 minutes of fame...
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Surely after all the recent articles on the topic of ko^H^H cso^H^H^H cospli^H^H^H
oh stuff it.
So that's what happened to all the Star Trek geeks. They must have been off shopping for tights, etc. when Nemesis came out, and THAT'S why the movie tanked.
Pool Compatibility (Breathing Apparatus):
Poopy Suit: Yes
Hardsuit: No (amniotic fluid)
Protection against environmental hazards (jello):
Poopy Suit: Yes
Hardsuit: Yes
Protection against environmental activists:
Poopy Suit: Yes
Hardsuit: No
(oh well)
Smell:
Hardsuit: Smells like latex, saran wrap, and WD-40
Poopy Suit: Smells like poop.
Style:
Poopy Suit: Makes me look bloated. Also, so late 80s.
Hardsuit: White looks good on me. Also, shows off my boobs.
Verdict: Hardsuit, 10 to 8.
Available now at Walmart, or your local mecha ops surplus store
THIS THING CAN TURN ON A DIME, MACROSSZERO STYLE ALSO FUCK BETA, ~NYORON
Look at me mom, I'm an idiot.
Anime and Magna collection: $2,400
Sewing supplies: $59
2 reams of polyester: $22
A gallon of kerosene: $8
The look on your buddy's face when all that cheap highly flammable polyester melts to your burning skin: priceless.
You can tell programmers never want people to cosplay. The faces never match. The people just wear cheap tupperware and magic marker'd clothing in attempt to look cool when they do QUITE the opposite. That fire should go burn his entire body.
We need another poll. Who would you NOT rather have as a roommate, a furry or a cosplayer?
????!!???!!!! -- As in WTF????!!???!!!!
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Oh.. wait.. I probably should have installed the Japanese language pack for Mozilla, huh?
This looks like something that cosplayers have been doing for years now, and that's adding effects, backgrounds and touchups using computer graphical tools.(CGing, thier term, not mine)
This is nothing new. This looks like someone took normal photos and went nuts with the Fire filter in photoshop. Had these cosplayers actually been on fire, THEN that'd be something to post on slashdot...
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
How soon until Fox grabs that video and makes a 30 minute special "When Best Friends Get Burnt!"?
Wow, having watched such a modern and high-budgeted series as Speed Racer surely qualifies you as an anime expert.
You consider KOF a 'pretty weak 2d fighter'? Are you from the Universe Of Really Great 2D Fighters That Are Even Better Than KOF?
If you're hoping to be rewarded, you'll need to come up with some significantly more amusing antics.
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
Would you like to play Pyroball?
Grand Flaming Marshmallow Balrog Contest
Stop worrying about the risks of nuclear power and start worrying about the risks of not using nuclear power.
Thank God it wasn't Cho Aniki - Bakuretsu Rantou Hen.
why the hell can't the entire world switch to English(first choice) or Esperanto
Because even Esperanto is more complicated than Toki Pona, which manages to say almost everything with only 120 words.
Will I retire or break 10K?
I've never discovered the reason why Esperanto is supposed to be so good. I have a suspicion it's based soley on Mexico's proximity to the US. For countries with few spanish speakers, it doesn't make much sense at all...
You're confusing Esperanto with Español, the language of Mexico and Latin America (excluding Brazil). Esperanto is based on a mixture of several Western and Eastern European languages. Think Italian mixed with Polish mixed with the agglutinative structure of languages such as Finnish, Japanese, or Turkish.
Will I retire or break 10K?
Chief editor: Because, so it is to say, mountain wooden you.
"In Soviet Russia, mountain wooden YOU!"
OK, who slipped a Yakov Smirnoff easter egg into Altavista's Babel Fish?
Otherwise, it hasn't been properly translated.
You compare translation to paying for McDonald's food in another currency. But because most individuals can't afford to have proper translations produced, comparing proper translations to Babel Fish is more like comparing a dinner at a high-class restaurant to a McDonald's Extra Value Meal.
Will I retire or break 10K?
...But does this remind anyone else of Jack Ass ?
And that cosplay.com! Wow, who wudda thought female geeks are just as bizarre as male geeks?
The meme police, They live inside of my head
I hope theese fuckers fry themselves.
Japanese food does kicks ass compared to anything else I've ever eaten.
Does anyone really believe that being able to say "Tu est sourd-muet." makes me smarter? If not for my foreign language requirements I could be learning something more valuable during fourth period(; highly unlikely considering how much my school sucks.)
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.