Cosplaying can get you in some hotwater...

hypes · Post by **hypes** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:17 pm

For all you cosplayers out there...

Feds Pounce on Student Dresses As a Ninja

Wednesday, April 12, 2006
ATHENS, Ga. - Running through the University of Georgia campus as a ninja can elicit a prompt response from authorities, a UGA sophomore learned.

Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm agents, on campus for a community training project, detained Jeremiah Ransom of Macon Tuesday as a "suspicious individual" when they spotted a masked figure darting near the Georgia Center.

Ransom told The Red & Black student newspaper that he had left a Wesley Foundation pirate vs. ninja event when he was snared by agents with guns drawn.

"It was surreal," Ransom said. "I was jogging from Wesley to Snelling (cafeteria) when I heard someone yell `freeze.'" At first, he thought a friend was playing a joke.

University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said Ransom was released as soon as he was found to have violated no laws.

Vanessa McLemore, the ATF special agent in charge, said agents thought something was amiss when they "noticed someone wearing a bandanna across the face and acting in a somewhat suspicious manner, peeping around the corner" then breaking into a run.

Williamson said Ransom was wearing black sweat pants and an athletic T-shirt with one red bandanna covering the bottom half of his face and another covering the top of his head.

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Information from: The Red and Black, http://www.redandblack.com

No ninjas?! It's Nekocon all over again!

aesling · Post by **aesling** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:07 pm

Ninja discrimination!

amvwizard · Post by **amvwizard** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:17 pm

aesling wrote: Ninja discrimination!

haha

Reigna · Post by **Reigna** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:56 pm

I'm not sure if this is what the article is referring to, but Pirates and Ninjas are two groups with different attitudes and dance styles that tend to pop up around the rave scene. I don't know too much about it, but yeah, that's the first thing that came to my mind when reading that article.

Blanco22 · Post by **Blanco22** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:19 pm

First thing that popped into my head was Maddox, who's pro pirates, versus http://realultimatepower.net's Robert Hamburger, who's pro ninja. I think both sites are hilarious, and definitely worth checking out. Maddox's site is http://maddox.xmission.com.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:49 am

What happens at the cosplay event stays at the cosplay event. Once you re-enter the "real world" in your costume, expect a lot of strange looks, or worse.

Cornwiggle · Post by **Cornwiggle** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:28 am

RichLather wrote:What happens at the cosplay event stays at the cosplay event. Once you re-enter the "real world" in your costume, expect a lot of strange looks, or worse.

Only if you wear some weird crap. But stuff like a slightly altered jacket (think Kazuma from S-CRY-ed) can still work in life. Granted...I get weird looks no matter what I wear.

Awesome.

nekozumi_onigiri · Post by **nekozumi_onigiri** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:38 pm

That's really funny! I feel bad for that guy though, he musta been really embarresed.

gandy · Post by **gandy** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:56 pm

Granted...I get weird looks no matter what I wear. Awesome.

Ha! Me too, Cornwiggle.

paranoia_agent99 · Post by **paranoia_agent99** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:23 pm

omg. people thin i WAS cosplaying in the outfits that i usualy wear.