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We are making a new website. Will you like your work to become part of the new Kigurumi Cosplay Society?


I am so thrilled of having the current website which got me to know so many great friends with similar interests. Lately I was strongly touched by the support of your friendship when so many of you responded with ideas and suggestions when I asked for help with the recent blinking eye project. I truly experienced how the effort of a group very quickly overtook what I could accomplish on my own.

After speaking to a few friends here, it seems like all the help I need has always been here and all I needed to do was to ask. Little do many know, that my website is being maintained, repaired and renewed by a few members and friends alike. But the truth is, everyone who are reading this and visiting this website is helping this place a great deal.

I have come to the decision of making this Kigurumi Cosplay Society a more useful place by providing kigurumi cosplay lovers with better services than just being a website showcasing just my own's work. Its true that the forum has been doing a fair job in sharing information and showcasing other people's work, but I think it can be better.

I am thinking of a redesigned Kigurumi Cosplay Society that will feature not just my work, but also other people's work in a non biased way.

To provide kigurumi cosplay lovers with a consolidated information on kigurumi cosplayers and kigurumi mask makers. Of course you will still be able to see my work on the main page. But I also want to allow other cosplayers to feature their work on the main page. The design for how this can be done is still being decided and is open for suggestions~

The purpose of this is not to make individual cosplayer websites redundant. On the contrary, it will help bring awareness of emerging websites to the masses and share the visitor traffic. The Kigurumi Cosplay Society forums is now a large gathering of kigurumi cosplay lovers and I wish for the website to promote and share kigurumi cosplay information more effectively.

Kigurumi cosplayers from many different places have posted their pictures and their work in the forum's gallery feature for a long time now. Like myself, all that everyone is after is for more people to appreciate their work and find someone to talk to. I do not intend to take that wish lightly, I think it will benefit everyone to share the community non selfishly.

In order to make this happen, I have found a group of friends which we will work together to solve the technical issues of building the new site. As for 99% of the functionality of the website, that will depend on you members, visitors and friends.

Initially the website will start slow, and like the forums, it will take time to gain the trust of the visitors and members. And then eventually become a lively community. There will be more and more kigurumi mask owners from now on and a centralised gathering place can be a good idea to have.The more support the website receive, the more everyone benefits and thrive. Any suggestions on how to allow kigurumi cosplayers to feature their work more prominently will be much valued.

Withholding the much needed support could happen, but such self centered behavior will not benefit the community as a whole. Ultimately, our goal is to bring kigurumi cosplay to the masses, to nurture understanding, so that future kigurumi cosplayers may be perceived better.

 Some features I will like the new website to have includes:

• Main page blog updates similar to www.engadget.com. All kiggers will have posting rights(A chief editor will proof and regulate like a current forum moderator)
• Feature slideshow show casing random member gallery images and links to their website.
• Links page with most recent emphasis
• Forums, tutorials, project discussions, general topics, mass orders (like current forum).
• Video chat integration. (Finding a way to integrate stickam which has a huge public audience but comments are limited to friends.)
• Mask makers information/products page.
• Member galleries similar to www.hongfire.com/cg style but open for suggestions.

The website is still in its planning stage. If anyone here has a great suggestion, don't hesitate to shoot it. A community that has a your contribution will always feel more homely and personalised. It is not done before, ain't that exciting? Will you like to give advisory to the new Kigurumi Cosplay Society?

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