Linucon 2005: Cosplay, A tangled braid of life and technology

Many science fiction conventions I attended had a masquerade, but this was the first one where it was called cosplay. In any case, it’s just the rose by another name: costumers go on stage, pose, answer questions about their costumes, and are judged.

Rachael (left) and Anne, the Pink Chocolate Cosplay duo from One Hour Productions, are hosting the cosplay.

Pink Chocoloate duo hosts the Cosplay at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0893 Rachael (left) and Anne, the Pink Chocolate Cosplay duo from One Hour Productions, are hosting the cosplay.

Cathy Raymond, a lawyer, costumer, and wife of one of the Linucon guests, open-source personality Eric Raymond, is one of the judges of the Cosplay.

Cathy Raymond was one of the judges of Cosplay Linucon 2005 — CIMG0894 Cathy Raymond, a lawyer, costumer, and wife of one of the Linucon guests, open-source personality Eric Raymond, is one of the judges of the Cosplay.

Cosplay competitors Jay Maynard, a. k. a. The Tron Guy, and another cosplayer wait for their turn to go on stage. This time Jay Maynard was dressed as a guard program from Tron.

The Tron Guy and another cosplayer wait their turn at Cosplay at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0895 Cosplay competitors Jay Maynard, a. k. a. The Tron Guy, and another cosplayer wait for their turn to go on stage.

More Cosplay competitors. Left: a guy (nick)named Proz. Right: person in a death / Nazgul costume (I don’t know their name).

Proz and Death / Nazgul at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0896 More Cosplay competitors: Proz (left) and an unidentified person in a death or Nazgul costume

Cosplayer dressed as Death or Nazgul, and Anne (the hostess of cosplay)

Death / Nazgul costume, and Anne (the hostess of cosplay) at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0897 Cosplayer dressed as Death or Nazgul, and Anne (the hostess of cosplay)

A guy that went by nickname Proz, in a costume with six-pack abs

Proz in a costume with six-pack abs at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0900 A guy that went by nickname Proz, in a costume with six-pack abs

Proz answers questions about his costume from the Cosplay judges

Proz up close at the cosplay at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0903 Proz answers questions about his costume from the Cosplay judges

Jay Maynard, a.k.a. The Tron Guy, was one of the cosplay competitors. This time his costume was a guard program from Tron. Like his “trademark” Tron costume for which he is known, this one also had glowing strips. As he presented it on stage, he had the following exchange with Anne, the hostess of cosplay:

Anne: Why do you glow?

Jay: Programs glow.

Anne. No, I mean in the technical sense.

CIMG0906 The Tron Guy presents his costume at cosplay at Linucon 2005

The back of Jay Maynard’s “Guard program from Tron” costume, in which he competed at Cosplay.

The back of The Tron Guy's costume -- the guard program from Tron -- at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0905 The back of Jay Maynard’s “Guard program from Tron” costume, in which he competed at Cosplay.

Unfortunately, I don’t know this cosplayer’s name, or what her costume was supposed to be. Of course, the name of her costume was announced on stage, but I missed because it didn’t ring a bell.

A costume in green nautical motifs at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0908 A costume in green nautical motif presented at cosplay at Linucon 2005

The same cosplayer as above

I missed the name of this guy and his costume, too.

A cosplayer in chain mail and fox tails at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0916 A cosplayer in chain mail and fox tails

A guy in a pink wig and angel wings at Linucon 2005 cosplay

Cosplay was capped by two guys performing the D&D Song. I don’t remember their names or their band name. I only remember that it was homage to the archetype of a Dungeons & Dragons-playing nerd. It ended with a line “Virgins till the day we die!”

Dungeons and Dragons song performed at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0923 Two guys — I forgot their band name — perform a Dungeons and Dragons song

Anne from Pink Chocolate Cosplay (front), who was leading the cosplay at Linucon 2005, tries to get the audience to join in as the Dungeons and Dragons song is being performed. Behind her are Rachael and an unknown-to-me guy from One Hour Productions.

Pink Chocolate Cosplay tries to draw the audience in during a song performance at Linucon 2005 — CIMG0923 Anne from Pink Chocolate Cosplay (front) tries to get the audience to join in as the Dungeons and Dragons song is being performed.