Mike
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Filipino cosplayers abroad are like Saiyans. They trained in an environment where the forces pulling them down were ten times greater.
Mike
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Mr. Brightside
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as what teens say: "IMBA"!
Disya.
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Out of morbid curiosity, what are those forces?
^What he said. I don't get it.
Mike
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Conservativism, amateurism, subcultural elitism, crab mentality...
Ah. What's amateurism?
Mike
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...those are just a few of the challenges faced by cosplayers in the Philippines.
I get conservativism, since there ARE quite a few old wisecrackers around
Mike
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Amateurism is an ideal that holds amatuers above professionals.
Ah. So that hampers only professional cosplayers.
Mike
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Believe it or not, there are Filipino cosplayers who believe no cosplayer should ever, ever get paid to cosplay.
Paid to cosplay regularly for events you mean.
Mike
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Paid to cosplay *for anything*.
Ah, okay.
I'd agree in saying there are forces, but not that they're that great.
Mike
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Some go so far as to deny the existence of professional cosplayers. 
Denial's a river for haters.
ShindenXHikaru
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...Lurk Moar...
ShindenXHikaru
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1. Go To Wiki 2.Search "Hobby" 3. ???? 4. PROFIT