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April 4-6, 2003 - Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center, Seatac, WA

Status as of 4-12-2003:
The pictures have been cropped, scaled, edited, uploaded, and attached to pages. Some comments have been added to the pictures, making this section more or less complete. All con pictures on raider3.com conform to Raider3.com Picture Standards. (version 1.0)

Il Palazzo from Quack Experimental Anime Excel Saga. Oddly, the main characters of Across were all named after hotel chains in Japan. What you don't see in this shot was the equally large Kenshin who accompanied Il Palazzo. I'll say this, I've gained courage to attempt cosplaying Kenshin, but I still need to drop the pounds anyway.
Fuu from Magic Knight Rayearth. A really nice costume, even with loose socks. ^_^
Every con is an adventure, and in this one, a giant Moogle appeared, in the midst of the Final Fantasy/Cosplay.com gathering in the lobby, offering everyone the option to save their game. I did, of course. Who could resist a giant, cuddly Moogle? ^_^;
There were quite a lot of folks in line to save their game. Nothing sucks more than having your hard work wiped out by a game glitch, loss of power, or getting killed by a cat pressing the Reset button, and having to start it all over again.
Midway through the photo session, disaster struck, as the batteries that came with the digicam were in danger of being depleted! Fortunately, I was prepared, sparing a few seconds to eject the spent alkalines, slap in a set of NiMH rechargeables, and jump back into cosplay action! (Now you know why I took a shot of the batteries.)
This one's for everyone in the Final Fantasy group shot above. I kept my promise, and there's even more. Click this pic for an even larger, non-watermarked version! (1024 x 768, about 490 kb, Jpeg format, as downloaded from the digicam.)

Interested in other perspectives? You may want to check out:

A Fan's View (Run by Kevin Lillard)
Usagichan Company Search And Rescue (Home of Linus Lam Network News)
Cosplay.com (The Internet's Premier Cosplay Community!)

Trust me, these guys have been at this with a lot more style than I have, and my nonexistent hat goes off to all of them for their dedication!

Note: Be careful, folks - Last I heard, Fan's View got knocked off the net temporarily by the demand... Pace yourselves, please!

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