Registration People Mover Dealers
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
WWW.YOUMACON.COM 1 Table of Contents & Hours of Operation Table of Contents 04 Letter From The Conchair Greetings from our democratically elected Dictator. Hours of Operations 05 Maid Cafe Get some cake and eat it too! Registration 06 Cosplay Located in Oakland Hall at the Cobo Center Thursday: 6pm-10pm (Pre-reg Only) Smile and say Otaku~! Friday: 11am-9pm (Pre-reg Only) 12 Special Guests 12am-9pm Saturday: 9am-7pm We are very glad to have them. Sunday: 9am-2pm 20 Video Gaming Dealers Room All your base are belong to us. Located in Wayne Hall at the Cobo Center 21 Table Top Platinum Hours Roll for initiative. Friday: 1pm-2pm Saturday: 9am-10am 24 Video Programing Sunday: 9am-10am Hours of Anime, new and old. Regular Hours 27 Fan Art Theater Friday: 2pm-7:30pm Saturday: 10am-7:30pm AMVs and other fan-made content. 30 Schedule Sunday: 10am-4am Knowing is half the battle. People Mover Located on 3rd Floor near CVS on 3rd Level on Renaissance 36 Map building and 3rd Floor of Cobo Thursday: 6:30am-2am X marks the spot. Friday: 6:30am-3:30am 40 Panels Saturday: 9am-3:30am Sunday: 8am-12am This is the other half of the battle. 2 WWW.YOUMACON.COM WWW.YOUMACON.COM 3 Letter From The Conchair & Volunteering Maid Cafe Letter From The Conchair Maid Cafe Youmacon started as a small convention, just outside of Detroit. Twelve years later, Youmacon has become one of the biggest conventions in the Midwest. With over 19,000 attendees last year, everyone on staff and especially myself are aware of how much we are still growing as a convention. However, we’ve only grown this much because of the dedication from the people who make all of this worth it, you, the fans. You are our lifeblood. You make every effort of time, sweat and tears worth it to make this convention a success. The heads of departments and their support staff are all fans who want to help you have a good time. We all love coming in and seeing all the different plans coming together to make a fun and exciting event for everyone to experience. Of course, we couldn’t do any of this without a place to gather. The GM Renaissance At Youmacon’s Maid Cafe our maids deliver a memorable experience Center has been a wonderful, welcoming home for us every first weekend of No- of delicious treats and conversation. You will have the opportunity to vember. Without their help, along with COBO Hall and all of their wonderful staff, we Hours meet our talented guests as they mingle among our attendees! would not be able to do what we have in the last seven? years. Since this year is special because of the elec- Located at 42 Degrees North Restaurant Admittance is $10 and tickets will be sold on the 4th floor near the Level 3 REN CEN tion, (unfortunately, we do have to acknowledge the real world at some point) we decided to make this year’s Friday: theme pirates versus ninjas. So pick a side and be ready for an interesting time! bathrooms. Platinum attendees will receive a voucher redeemable for 3:00pm-6:00pm either the maid cafe or the charity ball, you must redeem this at the Saturday: 11:00am-2:00pm As always we hope that every attendee, volunteer and staff member have a wonderful, safe time that is full of ticket counter for your ticket. We will not be accepting vouchers at long-lasting moments of joy. Convention time is a unique and exceptional occurrence that makes Youmacon the door. an event you crave coming back to. As always, I hope your time at Youmacon is an adventure! We are excited to announce that the Maid Cafe will be held on both -Morgan Kollin Friday and Saturday this year. “It was so much fun! Great food, great drink, and even better service. Interested in Volunteering? I can’t wait to attend again this year.” -Venessa Please like our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MaidCafeYoumacon Do you want to be part of the convention as more than just a paying participant? Do you want to see behind the show curtain? Here’s where you start! Youmacon Volunteering Operations is looking for willing victims... ahem, I mean...participants to help our hard working staff make sure that everyone (including staff) are safe, in some form of healthy (i.e. not dying from con plague), and happy during this convention! Earn back your registration cost back (up to $60) with 16hrs of work Earn prizes by being a top working volunteer! Potentially gain the opportunity to join Staff! Flexible Hours! Choose your own shift. Jobs Include (But are not limited to) Badgers: Volunteers responsible for checking badges for panels, events, video rooms, and so on. Gophers: Volunteers assigned to a certain department to help with whatever is necessary. Line Control: Volunteers responsible for line control and maintaining order. For more info, find us at; Renoir Room, 4th floor, REN CEN AND Room 140A, River Level, COBO 4 WWW.YOUMACON.COM WWW.YOUMACON.COM 5 Cosplay Cosplay Craftsmanship Judging Judging Categories During craftsmanship judging, our judges will evaluate the There are 2 types of overall costume types. quality and accuracy of the costume(s). Large groups may contain a mixture of costumes from all types of media these will be determined on a case by case • Costumes CANNOT be judged for craftsmanship if they were basis based on the breakdown of the group: primarily store-bought or commissioned. Children 12 and under are exempt from this rule. If modeling someone else’s • Classic(name subject to change): Japanese & Asian media work, the person who constructed the costume must be only present. • Other(name also subject to change): All other media • You must provide a reference for your costume. A picture, a figure, whatever. (We prefer paper references that we can keep.) The judges are not familiar with every series or video Everyone will also enter in one of these skill level categories: game. References are needed to check accuracy. Lack of a reference will hurt your chances at winning higher awards. • Novice: Cosplayers with no prior awards • The judges WILL inspect your costume up close. So be • Journeyman: Cosplayers with 1-5 awards prepared to have your costume touched and be asked to show specific details. • Master: Cosplayers with 6 or more awards • Entrants will only have 5 minutes per judging session (up • Youth: Cosplayers age 12 and under to 10 minutes for larger groups). So if you have something special that you wish to highlight to the judges, make sure to • Staff: Youmacon staff members point it out whether they ask you about it or not. Cosplay *Categories are based on any type of previous major award, • The judges will ask you questions about your costume. craftsmanship or presentation. Division qualifications are Be prepared to answer truthfully and accurately. subject to change to ensure even award distribution. Honorable Mention awards do not count toward your skill level category. • You DO NOT have to be in character while being judged. That wastes time and is unnecessary. Save it for the Signing Up stage. All attendees who wish to enter their costume in a contest require a judging • BE CONFIDENT. Please don’t tell the judges what you did appointment. There will be a sign-up table in the Cosplay Registration booth on Level wrong. They want to know all the wonderful things you did 4. There you can find the required forms, as well as the list of available appointment Hours right. times. Entrants will sign up for a craftsmanship judging time, a skit approval time, or both. You may enter either or both Friday and Saturday Hall Cosplay contests, and/or Judging Signup the Masquerade, provided that you have a different costume for each. Only Masquerade Hall Cosplay Contest entrants will appear stage during the Masquerade. Hall Cosplay contestants do not Friday: 3pm-9pm appear on stage. The Hall Cosplay contests give cosplayers a chance to get their craftsmanship judged without the pressures of an audience. This is also a Saturday: 9am-2am chance to get additional costumes judged. General Cosplay Rules Skit Approval Craftsmanship Judging Rules • No metal weapons, real firearms, or props loaded with high velocity projectiles are allowed. Realistic weapon props may be peace bonded Friday: 7pm-11pm • All of the general cosplay rules above apply. • You need to make a judging appointment upon cosplay at the discretion of security or Masquerade staff. registration. Be sure to show up to judging a few minutes Saturday: 10am-3pm • All participants must be registered for Youmacon and early in your costume. If you miss your appointment, you • Props should be carried and posed with in a way that does bring their registration badge to judging. may be rescheduled, time permitting, no guarantees. not inconvenience or risk injury to other attendees. • Participants must fill out a cosplay registration form with • Costumes in the Hall Cosplay contest must be able to • Costumes must be tasteful and cover appropriate areas of the body. Shoes must be legitimate information for award purposes. traverse the worn in public areas of the convention for your own safety. Youmacon hallways. • You may enter the Friday and Saturday Hall Cosplay • What is illegal outside the convention is still illegal inside the convention. contests and the Masquerade, but not with the same • Hall Cosplay awards will be announced at the end of the costume. Masquerade. • Costumes entered into the competition are encouraged and preferred to be of Japanese origin.