Comic Fiesta 2010!!!

I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that many people around -and even outside of- Malaysia have heard of Comic Fiesta.

After all, it is Malaysia's biggest annual ACG(Anime, Comics and Games) event.
It's the event where you'd find hoards of otakus(anime fanatics) stalkingadmiring cosplayers(costume players) everywhere.
I thought it sounded like too much fun to be skipping such a huge event.
Plus, it was being covered by some of my BRATs buddies for the Star newspaper.




Admittedly, this was my first time attending Comic Fiesta in the 8 years(or am I wrong?) they've been going on.
Sad to say as I am somewhat of an anime fan as well, just not that hardcore.
I went onto the Comic Fiesta forum to find out what was there to look forward to and something promising popped up: Comic Fiesta Side Quest!

What we had to do was pretty simple.
They gave us a longlist of quests and we had to complete them. Sounded easy enough.
A team could comprise of no more than 5 people and my initial thought was, Tristan and I would suffice!
After all, I just thought of it as a way to have fun, not like I was hellbent on completing(some quests seemed almost impossible to complete.)
I was wrong... about it being easy, about how I thought only two of us were enough and how I thought I wouldn't even bother spending my time completing it.


Before I go any further, below is the list of achievements we needed to do.
I put it as a spoiler because it is just way too long.
Click and you'll see what I'm talking about


Click To Reveal Required Achievements


Zealot Achievements
ATTENDED (+20)
Breathe the Air of CF Day-1 (+3)
Look at CF Day-1 for 5 seconds (+3)
Scream "It's over 9000!" at CF Day-1 (+4)
Breathe the Air of CF Day-2 (+3)
Look at CF Day-2 for 5 seconds (+3)
Scream "It's over 9000!" at CF Day-2 (+4)


HERE AND COUNTED FOR (+30)
Participate in Art Competition (+10)
Participate in Cosplay Competition (+10)
Participate in a Stage Game (+10)


HORDER (+160)
Buy 1 Item from Any Artist Booth (+3)
Buy 5 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+15)
Buy 10 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+30)
Buy 15 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+47)
Buy 20 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+65)


TRIGGER HAPPY (+160)
Take Pictures with/of a Cosplayer (+2)
Take Pictures with/of 5 Cosplayers (+13)
Take Pictures with/of 15 Cosplayers (+33)
Take Pictures with/of 20 Cosplayers (+45)
Take Pictures with/of 30 Cosplayers (+67)


MASTER ZEALOT (+260)
Complete all Zealot Achievements


Hunter Achievements
BUFFER KING (+80)
Wanted: Sponsor/Retail (+8)
Wanted: Sponsor/Retail x3 (+27)
Wanted: Sponsor/Retail x5 (+45)


ARCHIVIST (+90)
Wanted: CF Committee Member (+3)
Wanted: CF Committee Member x3 (+12)
Wanted: CF Committee Member x5 (+25)
Wanted: CF Committee Member x10 (+50)


ADVENTURER (+40)
Wanted: Achievement Badge (+10)
Wanted: Achievement Badge 3x (+30)


HERO (+200)
Wanted: Achievement Badge 5x (+60)
Wanted: Achievement Badge 8x (+100)


HEAD HUNTER (+70)
Wanted: Cosplay Group Shot (3+) (+5)
Wanted: Cosplay Group Shot (5+) (+10)
Wanted: Cosplay Group Shot (7+) (+20)
Wanted: 3 Artist (+5)
Wanted: 5 Artists (+10)
Wanted: 10 Artists (+20)


SERIES HUNTER (+72)
Wanted: Bleach (+8)
Wanted: Full Metal Alchemist (+8)
Wanted: Naruto (+8)
Wanted: Final Fantasy (+8)
Wanted: K-On (+8)
Wanted: Vampire Knight (+8)
Wanted: Hetalia (+8)
Wanted: Vocaloid (+8)
Wanted: Macross (+8)


PROP HUNTER (+49)
Wanted: Armour (+7)
Wanted: Logo/Sigil (+7)
Wanted: Mask (+7)
Wanted: Wig (+7)
Wanted: School Uniform (+7)
Wanted: Gun (+7)
Wanted: Blade (+7)


THEME PLAYER (+49)
Wanted: Mecha (+7)
Wanted: Undead (+7)
Wanted: Magic (+7)
Wanted: Villain (+7)
Wanted: Hero (+7)
Wanted: Mascot (+7)
Wanted: Maid/Butler (+7)


13.37 Achievements (+)
The Troubled Committee (+450)
With Comic Fiesta growing with every year and volunteers scarce, can the organizing committee really handle it? Looks like they might be be in need of some help...


It's Over 9000! (+150)
There has been some strange energy readings within the hall! This cannot be! Go verify it for us! (Camera Required)


The Edo Hunt (+200)
Edo wants to test you! But what could he have in store...?


Friend of the Arts (+250...???)
The last event affected the event halls! It seems the artist booths were the most affected! Check in with WildDrive and see if everything's okay!


Looking at it, I thought, it'd be impossible for me to finish.
But heck, I wanted to give it a try.
They were gonna be giving away badges for each subquest we finished:D
AND SO, I decided to join.

DAY 1
On the first day of Comic Fiesta, my bro and I met up with Kim at the LRT station.
My phone was going on the whole day(battery didn't even last a day, much less my credit.)
Took the LRT to KL Sentral and joined Aaron and Jon(Missed them like heck, haven't seen them in months).
And off to Times Square!
Arriving on location, I knew the event was being held on the 14th floor, but the 14th floor is generally one humongous floor.
So, we rode the elevator up not knowing what to expect... the doors opened...
and the first things I see are cosplayers!
YES, what better sign to tell us we were in the right place.
Follow the cosplayers we did, they were sure to know their way around.

Arriving at 11(which was when CF started) was a stupid idea.
The queue at the tickets counter was -to put it bluntly- absofuckinglutely long.
My dearest brother lined up for a whole 30 minutes just to get the tickets for us.
10 of us altogether plus 2 extra for myself and brother for Day 2.

EJ, his two cousins and Egan(who I might add, is always a couple of hours late) joined us a little while later.
Guess what they did while my brother patiently waited in the queue for the tickets?
Monster Hunter on the PSP...

I can't believe they sat on the floor to play while waiting for the tickets=.=

Anywho, the Official opening started and Kim, myself and Tristan went in to scout out the place for interesting thingsbesides the cosplayers.
The rest of the boys decided to go to Starbucks to continue their game(I look down upon you!!!Only because my PSP's dead and I couldn't join you...)

Walked through the artist booths, saw so many things I wanted, bought a few(*sigh* money restraints!)

At 1pm, I registered for the side quest with my brother.
Since Kim tagged along, she ended joining our team too -thank God for that because she was amazing with her camera!*Snap snap snap!*
We registered under the name "Ferocious" at first but then I thought it was a little too feminine(Brother was in the team, thought I'd give him some peace of mind. Haha!) so I changed it to "Rebellion" instead.
You're reading my blog, you should know why. Hehe. 
Hint: Look at header

After registration, we went on a photo frenzy.
We took pictures of practically everything we saw.
Oooh, Naruto cosplayer!*snap* Ooooh, cute guy!*snap* OOOOOHHH, huge wings!*snap snap snap*
Oh, a NIPS wrapper....*snap*


You thought I was joking, weren't you...

Drawing some nonsense just to get a free poster. I'm such a cheapskate. HAHA.

Tristan trying out some racing game because apparently, the person with the fastest time would win a laptop.
He tried... and failed. It was harder than it looked. 

While running around, we heard the MC announce(numerous times) that there was going to be a lucky draw in which an extremely lucky person could walk away with an Ipad.
All we had to do was to drop our details at some booth.
What was the harm in that right?
We dropped our details and headed off to do the side quest again.

Well, if you read the Achievements List, you'd have seen a quest in which we needed to join an art competition.
Participate in Art Competition (+10) under Here And Counted For

That was exactly what we did!
Glad I did too 'cause I had fun designing the NIPS logo:D
Apparently so did my brother and Kim(too bad I didn't have a picture of her art).



Here was my simple design. I had no plan all right?! I just drew what came.

Here's my brother's. HE on the other hand had it all planned out.

I didn't have enough time to really do a good job of my NIPS copic design because I had to get ready by 6 for the lucky draw.
I quickly finished it and headed to the main hall and awaited the draw.
Many people -who had signed up for the lucky draw- had already left(the hall was still really full) and so they lost out on the prizes.

Shaun(the MC): *Says name, HP number and IC* Are you in the hall? Giving you five seconds to come and get your prize! 
Crowd: Burn burn burn burn burn!!!
Shaun: Not here? Buuuuurn!


Shaun: *says name of a girl and her HP number* Eh, guys, quickly remember her number, she might be hot!


HAHAHA. What an idiot!
He's so damn funny.
Anyway, none of us won anything from the lucky draw, if not I would be way too busy using my Ipad to be blogging. Hehe!
Oh well, day one of the lucky draw didn't go in my favour, maybe day two would!(But more on that later)

Amidst the chaos of everything going on, we managed to take a couple of camwhore pictures:P

By this time around, I took the side quest seriously since I found out what we were going to win if we had the most points.
Apparently, we weren't supposed to know but my brother and I somehow overheard someone without even realizing it.

Tristan: We're gonna win a PSP!
Me: Yeah, I know. IF we win.
Sidequest Master: Wait... How do you know?! 
Tristan: Some guy told me I think.
Me: I thought we all knew what the prize was*O.O*
Sideqeust Master: NO, who the f*ck told you?! Who the f*ck...
Tristan: Some guy that was in charge here?
Side quest Master: I'm gonna go find him and *censor censor*


HAHAHAHA. His reaction was priceless man.
Almost like we spoiled a surprise he had been planning for the longest time...(Wait a minute, I think that's exactly what we did)
In any case, I hope for the sake of the unknown blabber mouth that he isn't found out or he's in for some serious trouble. LOL

Anyway, bellow are the pictures for the rest of the achievements etcetera etcetera

Wanted: 10 Artists (+20) under Head Hunter.
Here are 4 of the 10 artists we took pictures of.
They are just so talented... I'm very jealous.

Wanted: Cosplay Group Shot (7+) (+20) also under Head Hunter
and
Take Pictures with/of 30 Cosplayers (+67) under Trigger Happy.
and
Wanted: Final Fantasy (+8) under Series Hunter.


Wanted: CF Committee Member x10 (+50) under Archivist.
4 out of the 10 committee members we found.
DustyHawk(who sadly couldn't remember me on Twitter but finally did on Facebook), BMJ(in charge of side quests aka side quest master), Mika and Patricia(Can't recall her nickname)

The following 5 pictures are under Theme Player(I can't remember what pictures we took for Mecha and Magic)
Wanted: Undead (+7) 
Very ugly costume... in the best way possible.
It's just so creepy.

Wanted: Hero (+7)
Nyahaha, short Sora(x

Wanted: Villain (+7)
Apparently, this Joker is from my current school.
It's funny how we would've never met if it weren't for Comic Fiesta since he's already graduated.

Wanted: Mascot (+7)
DOMOKUN! It's so bloody cute.
I took a few pictures of and with it. Haha!

Wanted: Maid/Butler (+7)

Somewhere in the middle of running to and fro, trying to complete the side quest(with a sudden burning passion), I managed to find Pam(BRATs friend)!
She cosplayed as Shana on the first day.
If you read this Pam, you look so chunted girl!
I can't stand how well you fit into cosplaying(especially because of your size:D)

Pammy -I mean Shana! 


Shot(read: took pictures of) random cosplayers along the way too.
It was no wonder Trigger Happy was the first achievement we completed. Hehe.


To quote Kim, "Gosh, Cloud. Where the Hell did your biceps go?" HAHAHA.
Right on Kim!


Wanted: Sponsor/Retail x5 (+45) under Buffer King
This was kind of a cheat shot since this one picture was considered as having proof of 5 sponsors.
Fail on the side quest organizer's part, but I'm not complaining;D

Below are the pictures with us plus the cosplayers.
Note: Couple of the pictures were used in the Series Hunter achievement.

Wanted: Full Metal Alchemist (+8)

Wanted: Bleach (+8)



While walking around the main hall, I spotted something very cute...

...LOL, it's so damn cute. 
Come on, you gotta agree with me.
Whoever adorned this costume, I salute you!

Aww... I just want to pinch those cardboard box cheeks! 

Another interesting choice of costume...

...Tetris block!

Last picture for Day 1 of Comic Fiesta.
A picture of pictures of Coffy and Tea(CF mascots):D

Click To See Accomplished Achievements By End Of Day One

Zealot Achievements
ATTENDED (+20)
Breathe the Air of CF Day-1 (+3)
Look at CF Day-1 for 5 seconds (+3)
Scream "It's over 9000!" at CF Day-1 (+4)
Breathe the Air of CF Day-2 (+3)
Look at CF Day-2 for 5 seconds (+3)
Scream "It's over 9000!" at CF Day-2 (+4)


HERE AND COUNTED FOR (+30)
Participate in Art Competition (+10)
Participate in Cosplay Competition (+10)
Participate in a Stage Game (+10)


HORDER (+160)(We bought badges mostly, buy 5 free 1 and the such, anyway, we really did want them! Just so happens we bought enough for this:P)
Buy 1 Item from Any Artist Booth (+3)
Buy 5 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+15)
Buy 10 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+30)
Buy 15 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+47)
Buy 20 Items from Any Artist Booth(s) (+65)


TRIGGER HAPPY (+160)(First one accomplished)
Take Pictures with/of a Cosplayer (+2)
Take Pictures with/of 5 Cosplayers (+13)
Take Pictures with/of 15 Cosplayers (+33)
Take Pictures with/of 20 Cosplayers (+45)
Take Pictures with/of 30 Cosplayers (+67)


MASTER ZEALOT (+260)
Complete all Zealot Achievements


Hunter Achievements
BUFFER KING (+80)
Wanted: Sponsor/Retail (+8)
Wanted: Sponsor/Retail x3 (+27)
Wanted: Sponsor/Retail x5 (+45)


ARCHIVIST (+90)(Most trouble we had for day one... finding comittee members. Why am I even surprised?)
Wanted: CF Committee Member (+3)
Wanted: CF Committee Member x3 (+12)
Wanted: CF Committee Member x5 (+25)
Wanted: CF Committee Member x10 (+50)


ADVENTURER (+40)
Wanted: Achievement Badge (+10)
Wanted: Achievement Badge 3x (+30)


HERO (+200)
Wanted: Achievement Badge 5x (+60)
Wanted: Achievement Badge 8x (+100)


HEAD HUNTER (+70)
Wanted: Cosplay Group Shot (3+) (+5)
Wanted: Cosplay Group Shot (5+) (+10)
Wanted: Cosplay Group Shot (7+) (+20)
Wanted: 3 Artist (+5)
Wanted: 5 Artists (+10)
Wanted: 10 Artists (+20)


SERIES HUNTER (+72)(Don't blame me, I don't watch MacrossD:)
Wanted: Bleach (+8)
Wanted: Full Metal Alchemist (+8)
Wanted: Naruto (+8)
Wanted: Final Fantasy (+8)
Wanted: K-On (+8)
Wanted: Vampire Knight (+8)
Wanted: Hetalia (+8)
Wanted: Vocaloid (+8)
Wanted: Macross (+8)


PROP HUNTER (+49)
Wanted: Armour (+7)
Wanted: Logo/Sigil (+7)
Wanted: Mask (+7)
Wanted: Wig (+7)
Wanted: School Uniform (+7)
Wanted: Gun (+7)
Wanted: Blade (+7)


THEME PLAYER (+49)
Wanted: Mecha (+7)
Wanted: Undead (+7)
Wanted: Magic (+7)
Wanted: Villain (+7)
Wanted: Hero (+7)
Wanted: Mascot (+7)
Wanted: Maid/Butler (+7)
So we went home with 8 badges in hand -all along my brothers bag strap if we're speaking literally.
Not bad for a day's work eh?

I have to mention this guy who tried doing the whole sidequest solo.
Thus, earning him the name SoloKing.
On the first day alone he got 12 badges! I have no idea how that happened... but he did it.
Obviously, my brother and I thought of him as our ultimate opponent. LOL.
Okay, maybe not that seriously since up till the moment I learned what was in it for us, I pretty much went into it half heartedly.
I don't regret it one bit though.
It was just way too fun.
It took up pretty much all our time just trying to complete a few quests:D
I like being busy rather than to be stoning mind you.

Anyway, it's 6.51 in the morning and I haven't slept yet, so I'll come back later in the day to edit this post on Day Two.
The pictures on Day Two are in the spoiler....(DON'T LOOK)
Nah, just kidding, look at them if you want, but you'll be missing out on the story and a whole lot of word diarrhoea from yours truly!
That is, if you don't come back to read it once I'm done;)
I've also got one picture I decided to upload only once I've done writing on both days 'cause if you saw it without the story, you wouldn't really get it and it would just spoil the surprise.
So, stay away from the spoiler if you know what's good for ya(x
[EDITED, INCOMPLETE]
Click To Reveal Day 2






Day 2
On Day 2, my father was free to drive us to Times Square.
Kim couldn't make it so we had make do with my handphone camera(a measly 3megapixel Sony Ericsson)
This time, we were smart enough to reach before 11.
It didn't really make a difference though because the ticketing counter was practically empty(everyone must've bought their tickets on Day 1, like me and Tristan did)
Met up with Andrew and lucky for him, he didn't have to line up 30minutes(like how Tristan had to) just to buy the tickets.


First thing we did after buying Andrew's ticket was head over to the Side Quest counter to complete the Attended achievement and get the badge.
So that was 9 achievement badges we got, which in turn earned us the Hero achievement badge.(To complete the Hero badge, we needed 8 achievement badges excluding the Adventurer badge)
Two in one!

Wanted: Macross (+8)
Thank God, Andrew was a crazed otaku, if not for him, I don't think I'd have found the last picture for the Series Hunter achievement so early in the day.
It's not my fault I don't watch Macross D:
All we were lacking now were Participate in Cosplay Competition (+10) and Participate in a Stage Game (+10) to complete all given quests under the Hunter and Zealot Achievements.
Since neither one of us(Tristan and myself) were cosplayers and the likely chance of us participating in a stage game was close to none, we went with the next best thing... members recruitment!

My brother spotted this guy talking to Pam before, so he went up to him and asked him to join our group.
No shame man. HAHA.
His name's Mirza, very...very friendly dude.

For the Stage Game achievement, we stole the guy in the middle. :P
He's Edward-you-can-call-me-Tiger-if-you-want.
Yes, he said I could call him Tiger...


I like these people not just because they helped us complete all quests under the Hunter and Zealot achievements but because they were so willing to help us even when we came out of the blue and dragged them to the Side Quest counter for registration.
They're just so friendly:D

Now we had to pay attention the 4 remaining quests.
These 4 were only unlocked once we completed everything else, so obviously they were gonna be harder.


13.37 Achievements (+)
The Troubled Committee (+450)
With Comic Fiesta growing with every year and volunteers scarce, can the organizing committee really handle it? Looks like they might be be in need of some help...
What we had to do: Find committee member, Mika and she'd tell us what to do from there.

It's Over 9000! (+150)
There has been some strange energy readings within the hall! This cannot be! Go verify it for us! (Camera Required)
What we had to do: Find ten things(If I recall correctly) that have anything in relation to "Over 9000".

The Edo Hunt (+200)
Edo wants to test you! But what could he have in store...?
What we had to do: Find committee member Edo and he'll tell us what to do from there.

Friend of the Arts (+250...???)
The last event affected the event halls! It seems the artist booths were the most affected! Check in with WildDrive and see if everything's okay!
What we had to do: Find WildDrive, if we didn't know who WildDrive was, find Kira Neko and she would tell us.



The Side Quest committee gave us 4 faced down cards to choose from, each with a different symbol on the front representing the different quests.

The first one we picked was Friend Of The Arts.













Among the 4 quests, I have to say, this was by far the one that took the most time.
We didn't know who WildDrive was and to find her looking like she did on the poster above was highly unlikely(read: Cosplayers change costumes all the time) so what we did was opt to find Kira Neko first.
She was the head of the art department so the obvious place to find her was the artist booths.
Running through the rows of booths -which were extremely cramped full with people, I may add- didn't do any good.
We decided to ask the artists for information and I managed to get KiraNeko's number.
Me: Helllooo? KiraNeko? I'm Tisha and I'm doing the side quest thing...
KiraNeko: Uh, okay yes?
Me: Where are you?
KiraNeko: Oh, okay, I'm in Bronx Two outside the main hall.

I bet she didn't expect a call for something like this. Haha!

Off to Bronx Two we went.
I have no idea what she was doing in there -probably hiding I bet- 'cause she was the only one there besides one volunteer who seemed busy with a computer.
Anyway, she asked us a few questions and we had to correctly answer them if she was to tell us who and where WildDrive was.

Q: What is the status of the artist booths?
A: Some are relaxing, some are busy?
Q: Okay, what are they doing?
A: Playing PSPs!
Q: So what game are the playing?
A: Err...(everyone in the hall was pretty much playing Monster Hunter...) MH?
Q: Smart! Okay, last question, Coffy and Tea are part of what animal.
A: FOX!
Q: Correct! Some people think they're part cat.


All questions answered, she told us where she was and even sent us a picture of her pre-cosplay.
(TO BE CONNTINUED...)



















Ciao for now!

Lotsaluv,
Tisha

PS, Photo credits go to Kimberly Too, Andrew Chong, Myself and I'm pretty sure I stole a couple of pictures from Comic Fiesta's Facebook Page, so please, if you own the pictures, don't hesitate to tell me!(:


7 Whispers:

alvinontherocks said...

The cosplay outfits look awesome! Plus shhhh... I'm secretly an otaku. No one knows. :p

Nice write-up girl !

Ferocious.Tisha said...

There were lots of awesome cosplayers, these were just the tip of the iceberg! Haha! Don't worry, your secret's safe with me! AND, thank you(:

Melody said...

Awesome! I'm so in love with the pictures. wish I'm there as well ! :D

Ferocious.Tisha said...

Haha, glad you love them. My friends and I worked hard to get them! You should've gone, it was really fun!

theyellowhammers said...

Wow. Looks really awesome!

Ferocious.Tisha said...

They look more awesome in real life, just imagine!

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