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Life As A Soul Calibur Model

Posted by Zonk on from the sexy-ninja-man dept.

Tim Grube writes "Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a model at E3? The process is long and very tiring. Just think, what if you had to prepare to be a character from a videogame on stage that involves a sword fight. Professional stuntman and actor Ilram Choi has been in multiple commercials for Nike and Mountain Dew. At this year's E3 Ilram was cast as Soul Calibur III's Mitsurugi. Ilram wrote a diary on the days leading up to E3."

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  1. Hm... No... by Seumas · · Score: 4, Funny

    No... No... I've never really wondered, actually.

    Is the next article going to expose us to the life of wannabe starlets who think trade shows are their step to fame and aging strippers who need to keep putting cash in the kitty to afford their "habit"? Maybe we'll get to find out what it takes to be a food vendor at E3. Or how harrowing it is to be part of the janitorial crew...

    1. Re:Hm... No... by krymsin01 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Knowing most of geeks I know, I'd be willing to say the food vendor at E3 could claim hazardous duty pay.

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  2. Be honest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How many people thought the article would be about a female model?

    I haven't played Soul Calibur so I didn't know Mitsurugi is a guy.

    1. Re:Be honest by Mycroft_VIII · · Score: 2, Interesting

      That's a local cultural thing, names and thier genders that is.
      Anyone with the Name mitsurugi would get some odd reactions here (USA-Midwest) as it's not exactly Bob or Sue or Timmothy.
      I could see where it might sound more or less feminin or masculin depending one the cultural norms, or even era.
      I had Neighbor whoes middle name was Laverne. Currently that would be thought of us someones aunt, yet when he was named (around 1900!) it was o.k. to give a boy the name Laverne, at least for a middle name.

      Mycroft

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    2. Re:Be honest by FidelCatsro · · Score: 4, Informative

      http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2271.html
      a guide to japanese naming conventions
      "Not seldomly, the gender of a person can be guessed by the ending of his/her first name. First names ending with -ro, -shi, -ya, or -o are typically male first names, while names ending in -ko, -mi, -e and -yo are typically female first names."

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  3. Model? by borg1238 · · Score: 4, Informative

    To be fair, this guy's job wasn't really as a model. He performed an on stage fight sequence.

  4. Can't make this shit up... by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's nothing! I was reading the newspaper today... The local honor roll list. Some loving parents named their daughter Shiteria Nachelle Pissdale. Shiteria!?! WTF do you call her for short? Gee forever! I could hardly believe it. Man, I think I might just kill my parents in their sleep over something like that. Someone at the hospital shoulda intervened. I'm in eastern NC, FWIW.

    1. Re:Can't make this shit up... by CoffeeJedi · · Score: 2, Informative

      don't believe your prof:
      http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.htm

      i've had people tell me this one too, gotta love those friend-of-a-friend kind of deals

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  5. Looks like Namco's costume budget was on the cheap by Webapprentice · · Score: 2, Funny

    The stuntman's costume seems pretty mediocre quality compared some cosplayers' interpretations of Mitsurugi's 1P outfit.