Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, with a Special Speculation...

SuperQuote:
"What a drag. I've been looking all for you guys. Why do I get struck with the icky jobs?"
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OH, HEY!

Looks like this post going to go public, huh? Hey, folks! Crysta's here at the front. Aeri's in the back, as always, doing only God knows what. Aeri! What are you doing?! (Oh, Crysta! Since when are you sitting there?) Since the very beginning of your life!.. You are not answering my question. This place looks like it had been struck with tornado! (Like those twin tornadoes in Nebraska? I don't think so.) [Give her the look] (Well, as you can see... I'm reading a novel I just bought, writing some notes for my upcoming secret fiction series, watching Now You See Me re-run show, listening to my whole new Linkin Park's playlist, trying to install this Watch Dogs game to my PC, and struggling to get past Level 5 of this freakin' game called Onet. All in one... Oh, damn! I think my brain's gonna be cooked) [Blank face] You know, Aeri. You are the most crazy person that I ever met. And you make me want to kill you right here, right now. But, tell you what. I'm in a merciful mood today. So, how if I... [turning off the I-Pad, shutting down the PC, lowering the Speaker's volume, changing the TV Channel, and getting rid all of the books scattered on the floor] (Hey!!!) ...just pretend that you are not ignoring me, and the readers, and suggest you to put your attention to this 'recently going public' post. What do you think? ([pouting] Crysta... You are so cruel today! If I don't finish all the things I started just now, I'll forget all about them. I have memory issues, not like yours!) And get your brain really cooked like those American cop dramas you always watch? Oh, I am cruel. So, stop whining like a 5 years old kid and greet our readers. This post supposed to be yours. Why the heck I'm in the front? (I'm just lazy, Crysta. You know me.) Oh, yeah, of course. I know you, so well.

Well, just ignored her. Move on to why this post finally leave the draft's containment. I think it must be because there were some issues about how I Wrote or how I Throw Cookies and Flames that Aeri's felt the need to be filtered somehow. And it seems to be done because she finally let me opened this account. Honestly, every one of us always having a habit to change the password if we don't want some particular post to be disturbed, until they were published. So, that started the Game of Guess. Confused? Obviously... I'm not getting into the detail here. Just wait for the Bridge.

Now, what is this post talking about that made Aeri's so worked up for? You could always guess from the Post's header. Yeah! It's about our awesome favorite games series, Kingdom Hearts! Here, I'm not going into the detail of it's production. So, if one of you never played this game before, you will be lost somewhere. And because of Special Speculation's hint, that means we are mostly talking about what will happen in the next-rumored-finally-confirmed Kingdom Hearts III and any other speculation through the released series. Oh, you can say that Aeri and I really obsessed with these games.


But, it's not only that. Remember the last post about some interviews with the guests? We'll talking about them here. Why those guests? (That's because they were just happened to be in the right place at the right time.) Oh, you're back. Good, then. Now, let's re-introduce them, then. The guest was Daikon Sky... with addition of one Pinky Lu Xun. You already knew that they were the judges of the Cosplay Competition held at the Day 5 of CEGACOM Fair '14. Daikon Sky also had performance in the last day of the event. We got the opportunity to have an interview with them before that, courtesy of Aeri's nice cosplayer friend.


Alright, Daikon Sky is a group of cosplayer that on the Day 6 of CEGACOM Fair '14 cosplayed the Kingdom Hearts' theme. They performed, a well made, fan-theatrical performance of Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. If you are going from the timeline of the production, KH: BBS was the 8th game released by the Square Enix in Japan right after the release of KH: 358/2 Days while KH: BBS Final Mix was the 10th game released right after KH: Re-Coded. If you are going from the timeline of the stories, KH: BBS should be the first story of the series. (Talking about the timeline, I have a guess that KH: BBS maybe wouldn't be the first story, after all. There's this KH: χ that told us about the time where there were so much Keyblade Wielder in the whole world, indicating a far back time even before the world was split considering Kairi's grandmother's stories.) But, it could be just another story that didn't have any relation with the canon ones, you know. (Oh, if it's true, I wouldn't make it looked that obvious.) Yeah, yeah... Stop that. Don't do any speculation here. We are talking about Daikon Sky right now. You can blabbering all about it later. (Alright! [smile innocently]) [rolling eyes]

(Teaser)
(Performance)


That was the brief performance of them plus the teaser, you could say it like an opening scene. It's pretty cool... (You know that was Awesome! And they used English-dub! Oh, I wonder if half of the audience could understand that. Hehe...) Now, you are just mocking them. Of course they were, or maybe most of them. (I always forget to ask them about the song in the teaser. I want to know who's the one singing that Simple & Clean version.) Oh, yeah. You are right. Never thought that a man actually could sing that song and reach the highest note. (I feel like changing the playlist right now. I'm going to hear the JT's all night long. Yeah!) [sighing] You are really so banged in the head, Aeri. JT? Like Justin Timberlake? (Yuppsie... JT has this really high pitch voice. Muse's vocalist had it, too. Isn't that awesome? Here now, It's Suit & Tie!)

Really... It's time to forget about her. Now, some addition of information that you maybe already knew that they were the representative of Indonesia in World Cosplay Summit 2013. The good part? They brought KH's theme, too. When ask about why they chose KH, they said that they want to bring something that they already played. They even considered to bring Megaman, but in the end, they finally chose the KH's theme.


Daikon Sky has 4 members: Naru, Echow, Sora, and Ryan. Two of the first I mentioned was the one who got the spot at that global competition. Almost forget, you can get the link to their fan pages at the bottom of this post. And for the video, you could always thanks the uploader by subscribe to their channel and give 'a thumb up' for their videos...


In the photo above, the order of the cosplayer from left to right was Sora as Aqua, Pinky Lu Xun as Yuna (Final Fantasy X), Echow as Ventus, Ryan as Vanitas, and Naru as Terra. Now, let's get to the interview... (Just want to tell you that that was my first time interviewed a group of cosplayer. Even though it's for the game itself, not the cosplay side, but it's different when you are interviewing 'a costumer' instead of 'a developer'.)

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SuperQuote:
"I must warn you again. The road will not be easy."
     "Fine. Let's jump right in."
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Maybe some of you already knew about the rumored (Confirmed!) of Kingdom Hearts III which will become the END of THE DARK SEEKER SAGA. That means, the end of the Xehanort and his dysfunctional Organization. In the last series of KH: Dream Drop Distance, we've been given several hints to what will the future say. Mostly about the mysterious 7 Heroes of The Light and how they will fight the evil 13 Villains of The Darkness. (I don't know that you like to make nicknames for those poorly-named-specified faction of power, Crysta.) Now you know. Well, I just can't help myself to call them The Dark Seeker. Why they need to search the dark? They practically are themselves... And hypothetically, if you close your eyes, you'll get them right away. (It's an expression, Crysta. You know, when you need to describe something in a more superfluous and ironic way. That's when you use them.) Oh, see if I care... Anyway, the first and second question was about their views of the next installment.

Q1: So, what do you guys hope will happen in the KHIII?
A1: Well, we hope that Sora could finally meet Ventus.

(That was an actual thing everyone would surely want to see, right? After they meet, what next?) Of course, they gonna do the clichè-crush-the-big-bad-guys-to-the-oblivion. (Kinda ironic that some of them had been ever resided in the aforementioned Castle Oblivion, huh?) Uh-huh... Actually, it's not really related, Aeri. (Oh, come on! Have some fun!)  You have too much fun already. So, cut it out and back to the topic in hands. What do you think, Aeri? Do we need to meet up Ven and Sora after all those... umm... Well, you can say about 10 years? (Yup! I think it's necessary for them to gather up. As King Mickey and Master Yen Sid already said about getting the former Keyblade Wielder's Team so they could get on par with Xehanort's Army. But, it could be just another way or a back-up plan for our heroes to shut Xehanort up.) And not to say about Riku's future trip to a look-alike pit of hell called The Realm of Darkness to save a Lost Master. We could just pretend that finally the trio of two generations plus King Mickey would be those 7 Heroes. (And yet, we already have this complication in Terra's case. He's just going dark, like really really dark. We could tolerate Ventus' case as he was in the comatose state and Aqua's strolling through the Darkness, though. As long as Sora could find a way to free Ventus' heart from his without turning himself to be some sort of bizarre creature. And of course, he need those safety checks and guarantees that he would come out alive and sober.) Oh, no need. Sora was a long away from being sober. I even thought that maybe he has some of this ADHD issues. (Just make him dyslexic and I will conclude that he was a Demigod, like in Rick Riordan's.) That's totally unrelated, Aeri. But you're right. In Aqua's case, just let Riku solved them. He always got his job done pretty well in the end, even though the process was still too messy for anyone's liking. And then, we can't forget about the Newly New Keyblade Wielder. The Obnoxious, Loud, Smart-Ass, Sentimental Jerk of TRAITOR of the TRAITORS, our lovely and previous nobody, AXEL or LEA. He could be just another Hero-in-Waiting if something happened with one of the proper Heroes, though. In his case, nothing clear at the moment.

Tell you what, guys. If you are in a real desperate need of some trivia or finely made-up stories and speculations about all the things goin' on in this, you should check the TvTropes site. It's the best place to have discussion about this kind of thing. And not to mention their sarcactic and insane way to put the nicknames and jokes. Everything's rational even though it could get dirty. They are obviously the best of the best. You could even have a better grasp of understanding when you were there. So, enjoy exploring!

On to the next question!

Q2: Do you guys think that Xehanort's existence really need to be there?
A2: Of course. It's an essential thing that he appear. He's the one who hold the mysteries that need to be discovered. He's the BIG-BAD-BOSS, after all. Without him, the stories couldn't continue fitly.

It's really getting troublesome. What's up with this silly old-man and his get the Special Key of Doom-obsession? Why he just can't stay dead?! Urgh... (That, I can't deny it. Apparently, he's just coming back to life after we put an end to his other. You see, I'm also getting tired of this. And I always find that almost all of the villain in a whole universe, either they want to rule the world or just plainly get to be the strongest, and rule the world in the end.) Way to put things up there, Aeri.

As you already knew, guys. That people in Kingdom Hearts Universe was made by three essentials; heart, body and soul. This is the source for all the confusion in this stories. If you can't make a grasp of it, you would never understand the whole purposes of this game, hence you will get lost. All of the drama's set up by Xehanort's really complicated but mind-blowing. His power and experiments practically could make him travel through time and achieve something a kind of immortality. He's the cleverest evil man I could think of. And he's such a hypocrite bastard. It's just like all of this game was one of his scam and everyone, yes, even The Wisdom of Yen Sid, practically fall right under his scenarios. Just think about it, every plan he has and did was superstitious, but somehow he could make it come true with means that any of us would never think. He could get away with everything. It's just like he have thousands back-up plans, and those back-up plans have back-up plans, too. MIND-BLOWING, right? That's why I love villains. They gave you the bestest idea.

(The quick summary of Xehanort's great plan was the separation of this whole being. Just assume that you have the strongest-determined mind that categorize you as a powerful person by heart and personality, not by force and physical. When you get struck by a Keyblade, your heart get unlocked from its containment, without any protection, it will get seduced by the darkness and then become a Pureblood Heartless. In Xehanort's case, his heart already filled with darkness. So now, we got Xehanort's Heartless, the Boss in the KH I. This lead into where the mind and soul were left behind, hence the born of Nobodies. Well, we got Xehanort's Nobody alive too as the Boss in the KH II. Apparently, when you defeat the Heartless and Nobody, it would trigger the Resurrection of this being. And yeah, congratulation! Xehanort's coming back alive!)

This is where you ask the concept of how one will die in those worlds. And what is actually the purposes of the Keyblade besides locking and unlocking thing? My conclusion is The Keyblade may actually NOT a weapon created to kill, but have the same effect with any weapons in any other world, CONSPIRATION. This question maybe have the answer coming from the story, after all. We can look in Terra's case. When Xehanort defeat Terra, his heart's separated from his body and soul. At that time, Xehanort have another plan to him. That was possessed him, making Terra become his 'young vessel'. How? Well, of course, invade his body and kick out his soul so it won't become a Nobody and getting interfered emotionally like how people usually get when possessed another. The theory was when the soul had been kicked out from the body, then it will guarantee the death of someone. Because, according to Secret Ansem Report 4, the soul is some kind of force that differ between the living and non-living being. So, without soul, you're dead. Unless you have a place strong end magical enough to contain it, hence Terra's Armor become The Lingering Will.

(Way too complicated. My head's gonna burst out. Let's stop talking about him.) [Ignore] Don't forget about The Evil Organization, too. (They are really not a very good example of organization.) Huh... That's a real understatement. Too much for a Not-so-Organized Organization. They need 13 people to fill the position. They currently only have 12 because the attempt to make Sora become on of the vessel was 'out of the window'. Big thanks to our ex-nobody, Axel, who always insist to be called Lea but now just giving in after his effort couldn't bring justice to anyone. (I honestly love Axel better than Lea. Lea's sound like a girl's name. And he was far from that.) Anyway, we already knew 5 of those organization's member; old-baldy-Xehanort, Ansem-Seeker of Darkness, Xemnas, young-Xehanort, Braig, and Isa.

Alright... Stop talking about the villains. Now, we off to the next question. Trivia Time...

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"Talk about blank with a capital B. Man, oh man, even the Dusks aren't gonna crack this one."
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Here we go...

"If I were ... (fill it with your KH Universe' people)
     I would ... (what will you do if you are him/her)"

ECHOW:
If I were "Sora", I would "save all of them (former trio keyblade wielder), except Vanitas".

(Awww... She's such a pure-hearted heroes look alike...) Not really... She wanted to abandoned Vanitas for some reason. (She's just being polite, you know. She practically said that she want to save the others like himself as Ventus, Sora as Aqua, and Naru as Terra. She said that so Ryan who act as Vanitas wouldn't feel left out since he's the villain in this series.) Villain who's coming out from Heroes... Terra's coming out to be a villain at the end, too, though. (The difference's just coming from the wills and mind. Terra's still had his lingering will somewhere that signified his allegiance to the heroes while Vanitas was born crazy.) Haha... Well, if you put it that way, it has the points. Vanitas actually going rough in the end. Even Xehanort has a hard time controlling him. You know, I will vote for Sora to save Vanitas. If you are going through what he had, I think you would go bonker, too. Vanitas just desperate because he was separated from his other half. Loneliness became jealousy and hatred. Pain became so unbearable that Xehanort manipulate him to believe that only by creating the χ-Blade then he could live in peace. But, Sora's somehow had already touch his heart, too. That's why he finally have an actual face that looks like Sora in a way. (Hufftt... Why are you always be the voice of a reason, Crysta? I'm trying to hate Vanitas so much here, and then you just came and state the fact that he's actually a really tsundere boy with an Insane Laugh and a softie deep within him. Oh, God Bless the dub-actor for his high-pitched laugh, Miyu Irino - you're the best.)
And that's Echow's answer. Because of her answer and what Aeri describe about her during the interview, let's just gave her a new nickname. "A Bouncy Not-so-Girly Girl". (She's just full of energy all the time. It's really good when she cosplayed as Sora. It matched.)

NARU:
If I were "Terra-Xehanort", I would "never going back to be Terra again".

(OK. He's just trying to be a villain here and antagonize me.) What a suggestion there... You know, Aeri, that we can't save everyone. There'll be a need to sacrifice something or someone. So, I will let Terra go and welcome the Terra-Xehanort for the Organization's member addition. Braig and Isa already confirmed to be the member. But, we didn't see Terra-Xehanort's face at all in the KH: 3D cutscene when Xehanort announce his plan to re-unite the Light and Darkness. (Oh, I just really hope that in the end all of the heroes could fight together.) And that's why you are a total-happy-ending-sap... (What side are you really in, Crysta?) What? Of course, I'm on the side of anyone who'll win in the end. It help me live this cruel world. [smile evilly]
So, what will happen if Terra somehow couldn't get back to his old self? (Then, we will lack the member of the 7 Light.) Nope, we won't. We still have Lea as back-up plan. We just need another back-up if somehow Lea wasn't do good to the job. (You are really a ray of sunshine, Aeri. Good job to make me gloomy.) Hey! I speak of my mind. What's wrong with the lack of one or to two heroes? They maybe just need a good farewell party.
And that's Naru's answer. (Oh, nickname, right? Let me get this one. I will call him "The Cool Wise Guy".) Cool? Wise? (That's because he's the most reasonable one of the group, I think. And I can understand his talking the most, hence the wise.) How about the cool one? (It's just his surface demeanor. That's what I can say about him.) Quite mysterious, huh? Alright, then. You got it.

RYAN:
If I were "Ventus", I would "not going after Terra".

Now, we got the funny one. He actually preferred to do the not-so-saving the world thingy instead of helping his friend get back to his sense. That was brilliant. (That was... the most unexpected thing that I get from him, alright. Since the beginning of the interview, I saw him as the Quite one of the group with a small smile and isn't that "blush"? in his face most of the time.) And yet he's joking. So you fall into his trap. (Oh, I really don't know how to comment about this one.) Then just pretend that he wasn't joking, then. What would happen if Ventus, at that time, be a good boy his age, obey the older one's order, and not meddle with something that doesn't has any concern to him at all? (The stories would get screwed up. Everything's gonna fast forward, like hundred times over. Xehanort's ambiguous plan won't fall, but not as expected would go down. Heck, maybe it would be a lot smoother than trying to provoke Ventus to do the honorable things. So, yeah. Everything would be just the same.) Right, my though exactly. So no need to be that conserned of this superficial thing, ok?
And that's Ryan's answer. Well, what would be his nickname? Aeri's describe him as apparently sometimes clueless and shy. But, he's got another side of him that Aeri's couldn't foresee. I think I will call him "The Deceiving but Not-so-Clueless Guy". (That's so mouthful.) No, really it isn't.

SORA:
If I were "Aqua", I would "beat Terra before he's gone".

Oh, I like her attitude, already. She's good. She plan to kick and punch Terra all the way to the other world and then just let him go. Unpredictable, really. (Hoho... I think it's time for Terra to get his priority straight and just hide for awhile. Aqua's strong and believe me, when she want to crash you into a bloody pulp, it will happen. Luckily she's not on the bad side.) A woman villain? You know we have one once, with the name of Larxene. She's really just a b****. (And that's why I need to filter this post before you publish it.) Urgh... Just let me be with my own dictionary. (Now, that I think of, how could Terra even go when Aqua practically pummeled him? And why did she even need to let him go with those conditions?) You are right there. Such an unclear answer. And you just realized now. Here I thought she would chose to be Sora because of her name. (Oh, she did. But, Echow got it first.)
And that's Sora's answer. Now, Aeri. Would you give her the nicknames? (Yeah! I will call her "The Great Snarky Girl"! She makes you want to cower under the table and it's awesome!)

Well, that was the first Trivia Games.

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"No one would miss me."
     "That's not true... I would."
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The next one will tell us about their favorite characters in KH Universe, start from the Original, Disney, and Final Fantasy Characters.

SORA:
Original Character: "Sora"
FF Character: "Leon"
Disney Character: "Jack Skellington"

RYAN:
Original Character: "Vanitas"
FF Character: "Cloud"
Disney Character: "Goofy"

NARU:
Original Character: "Riku"
FF Character: "Cloud"
Disney Character: "Hercules"

ECHOW:
Original Character: "Sora"
FF Character: "Zack"
Disney Character: "Simba"

I'm drained, couldn't comment any more. (Not only you, me too.) So, we'll end up in here then? (I think it's a good idea. But before that, we should put our own opinion about this whole thing, too.) Ok, then. You got the first, Aeri.

(What I really hope for the next installment is that everyone will get together again so they can settle this problem down as soon as possible. And they won't do anything to confuse further about this whole universe thingy.)
(About Xehanort? I just hope he will finally be dead, for good.)
(If I were "Demyx", I would "choose to be a rockstar than to spend my time hearing Xemnas' monologues)
(My favorite Original is "Lea", favorite FF is "Leon", and favorite Disney is "King Mickey".)

- What I really hope for the next installment is everything become clear. The mystery of the heart until the world. And also the fate of everyone can get better.
- Xehanort? Just let him do the job as an evil guy.
- If I were "Roxas", I would "be as sneaky as I could because do something obvious isn't really my style".
- My favorite Original is "Roxas", favorite FF is "Leon", and favorite Disney is "Jack Sparrow".

Huffttt... Finally end, huh? It's surely a hard way to write this. Before I end this post, I will give you the link of Daikon Sky's Facebook Fan Page and TvTropes site's Link. Here they are...

Daikon Sky's Facebook Fan Page:
https://www.facebook.com/DaikonSky
TvTropes for Kingdom Hearts
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/KingdomHearts?from=Main.KingdomHearts

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Thanks for staying with us until this long post get to an end. We will try to give you more interesting news. So keep waiting for our reviews. Crysta (and Aeri) sign out... Until next post...

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Speaking of CEGACOM FAIR '14...

SuperQuote:
"We have orders, we should follow them."
     "Following's not really my style."
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OH, YEAH!!! We're Back!!!

Hello, everyone!!! Aeri's in the front here! Crysta's at the back. Crysta! How about you greet our lovely reader out there? (Yeah... Hey, guys! How's life? Bet it's sucks, huh?) [facepalmed] What kind of greeting is that? Are you in your brooding mood right now? If it's a yes, then I won't talk with you. You will just make this post gloomy like some haunted house! (Funny... And here I think we're already in some kind of hell.) Wha..? Are you alright? Do you hit your head somewhere? You are mumbling incoherent words. It's not a good sign, for me anyway. (Oh, please! Just let me be! Don't you have readers to entertain?) Oh, yeah. You are right.

So, as I promised in the last post that I will tell you about my adventure at an event held in my lovely not-so-small town. It's CEGACOM Fair '14. CEGACOM coming from Celebes Gaming Community. Celebes is like a huge island where I currently live at. That means The CEGACOM is like the one who made this event. I admit that was the first time I heard about them, considering I play console gaming since I started Junior High School and like to play in a gaming place near my school when I was still in Senior High. Well, I would hear about those kind of community if there's one since I was such a social butterfly, at that time. Now? Not really. (Yeah, only YOU who would go into gaming nest until 3 in the morning and get scolded by your teacher. For God sake, you are a GIRL. Have some subtle! You are pretty lucky that you were just punished to be a night watch that day and the teacher didn't tell your parents about it.) Oh, please, Crysta. Don't remind me about that. It was a really beautiful night. Hehe... Anyway, this community maybe still very "fresh out from the oven". And not to mention about my absent in almost all of the Pop-Culture thingy for amount of time. So, maybe they were established when I was away.

It's quite a feat, you know. When I heard about this event, I was like... "Oh, really?" and "That's so cool!"... I'm on the big rest that week actually, so you can say that I broke so much rules so I could go to that event. You see, I always want to go to a "Game Exhibition". Merely, because I like to play games in so many different consoles and enjoy watched the live streaming gaming event held abroad. This particular "event announcement" made me hope too much of them. The reality was actually really different from what I imagined what the exhibition would be. When I was saying that I'm not disappointed would be a really big lie. I do felt that.

Now, not take them in the bad way. I enjoyed the event anyway. It was held for 6 days long. Started from May 27th to June 1st. That was an accomplishment. There wasn't so many event held that long. So, one point for them.




The "ADVERTISEMENT" said that there will be:
1. Game Exhibition
2. Game Tournament, Cosplay & Dance Competition, and Photography Contest with a total prize of 60 million rupiahs
3. Many Local Communities
4. Many Guests

Let's review them one by one. And by "review", that's mean I need you here, Crysta! (Hey! I'm not going anywhere! I'm at your back the whole time!) Oh, good then. I don't realize... Honestly, your presence aura's really like a ghost. (It's not. You are the one who get distracted easily.) Yeah, yeah... Stay put there. I need your entry for all the things I will say about this event. (I'm listening. read: reading. Will you do the usual, then?) Yup, of course. It won't be a review if it isn't as detail as it can be [evil grin].

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"I have an army."
     "We have a Hulk."
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Start from the days, then. It's freakin' 6 days long.
(If I need to come everyday, I would be bored to death.) You won't be if you were one of the participants. But, since I was just a passerby, it would be really a menace if I came every single day. And there were these entrance tickets, too. It's not too pricey, but it would be if I need to spent my money on them. (Don't forget about the location, too. It's a bit far from the town center, so you will need an extra effort to get there.) Yeah, you're right. The place was Celebes Convention Centre / CCC. It's a good place to hold any exhibition or expo because of its size. This place was designed so they could accommodate hundreds of people in one go. Almost every big expo in my town was held here. It's a nice place with spacious hall, corridor, and outdoor spot where a lot of exhibitors could stand a booth there. The inconvenience only came from the lack of public transportation to go there. It doesn't mean that there were none of them. Even though it's just a small number of them, we need to wait for a long time so we could get into our destination. (And God knows how you hate when people played with time.) I would be really jittery if I got myself late or if my schedule had a scratch even a slightest. I AM a BUSY Person, after all. (Too busy, if I may.) It's not helping at all. My house is in another part of the town. I need at least 30 minutes to reach the first stop. If I need to wait for another 30 minutes when the mini-bus finally left plus another 10 minutes on the way, I would reach the place at least more than an hour. I can't sit still for that long or I will start sleeping. (Well, you know the saying that "You shouldn't sleep in the subway". In our case, any public transportation. You will get mugged. Unless you have power like superheroes and start noticing the strange auras around you.) Urgh, anyway... It's really irritating. And don't get me start about getting a taxi.

There's not so much things to tell you about the "Game Exhibition" part because I attend the event on the weekend, 2 days only. I didn't know if I were the one who slacked or not paid too much attention to the event. What I'd seen was almost all of the games were PC console's games. There were not too much booths there, made the whole place looked so empty. And the most important thing that lacked in here was the Enthusiastic. Even though there were so many visitors, it wasn't change the atmosphere and it was almost drove me to boredom just stood around doing nothing.
What I imagined how it would be in the exhibition was like coming to E3 or TGS. Well, that was a really high expectation and an excessive standard. But, hey! How was it my fault that I lived only by watching the other country made a fantastic show? I never had any chance to go to the capital city to experience them myself. So, I spent my best of time to attend as I could whenever there were Pop-Culture Show in my town. And sometimes it's not too much for me.
My expectation for this game show actually not so much. I just really hoped that they, at least, would show some of the Eigth Generation of video game consoles and some of their newer games. We knew that some of them already got into Indonesia's market, namely Wii U, Playstation Vita or Nintendo 3DS. If it would not too much, they could even had a talk show about particular consoles or games. One of the business partner of this show could give their opinion about how the games would change in next generation or how's the games industry would have a significant progression for the last two generation. I know that maybe this was the first big Game Exhibition ever in my town. And I admit it's a really brave moves to get advance like this. So, I will give another point. (They already did their best, you know. They did have an open talk show with the guest. And do I need to remind you that you were only there for 2 days? They maybe had those talk shows and some games introduction when you weren't attending the event. You'll never know, right? And I bet, you wouldn't even going if your friends didn't shout at your head about it. Heh... Sometimes I wonder how are you still alive with all of the distraction implied in every moves you have in your life.) ...Do you know that you always have the best reason to put me down or even higher position? (That I DO best. [smirking]) Well, I admit you have some point there. They did had those free play feature, too. I actually considered this show was a Job Well Done!after all. So, no need to criticize any further.

Ok, move on. Let's talk about the competition. There were four types of competition. First, Game Tournament, of course. Second, Cosplay Competition. Third, Dance Competition. And Fourth, Photography Contest. The Games Tournament included the game of Defense of The Ancients / DotA 2, Point Blank / PB, League of Legends / LoL, Pro Evolution Soccer / PES 2013, and Tekken. There wasn't any from Lytogame. I didn't actively play any of the game that was competed. I was more into MMORPG. So, it made me a little bit of disappointed.
The organizer specifically made a square for all the gamers who want to compete so they wouldn't get too much distracted by another visitors. (But, considering the amount of visitors, the noise, and stuffy atmosphere, I thought it was distracting enough for them.) That's true. They called the square as The WARZONE.



That photo was taken at the last day. I didn't really pay attention why there were this long line of people and what they were queuing for. But, looked at where they formed the line, it must be about some free mini-game-contests or just another free play. (What a gate... [facepalmed])



And that was how the inside of the square. It's spacious, right? (The tiny divider didn't really help and got into their purposes. But, at least they kept another visitors who wasn't the competitor to enter the square, if only for a sign. Oh, God Bless those visitors who knew to not bothering people inside.)

Hmm... Next was the Dance Competition. There wasn't much to say about this. I didn't attend any of the performance because it was held on Thursday and Friday. So, I'll skip them out. I don't know much about the Photography Contest, too, besides they were fought over the best photos taken at the sites. I'll skip them, too. (So, will you now talk about the Cosplay Competition, then? I know you are one of those fangirls who like cosplay very much. But, instead of you do the cosplay, you always like another people who did it.) Oh, you know. I actually kind of distracted when the whole competition started. I watched the whole performance but actually forgot to take any pictures. Hehe... Forgive me? (What? Can you repeat that again? Distracted? Oh, you are so useless, Aeri. Where the hell you put your attention at?) Umm... The cosplayers or the guests / the juries maybe? I'm not really sure. I kinda forgot about that. [smile innocently]. (What kind of reason was that?! [sighing heavily]. So, what next? You will skipped it, too?) Oh, well, yes, no... I don't know. I actually got many photos of those cosplayers. And I even got to interview the guests. But, I think I want to make another session of that interview and focus with the whole event in this post. So, I will just upload some of the photos here, then you can put your opinion for them, and later I will made those special post about the interviews. Alright? (Huftt... I could careless about it after you'd done it for God knows how much already. And I don't know how many times I have to say this but, JUST GET ON WITH IT!..)

Oh, alright. I think Crysta's going crazy. So I'll let her in the corner for now.
Now, onto the next point, the Local Communities. The communities were Cosplayer Makassar Suki / CoMaSu, it's a local cosplay community, Perkumpulan Fotografer Makassar / PerForMa, it's a local photography community, Pertamaks Community, it's a community for toys collector, Makassar JapanHolics Community, it's a community for the lovers of all Japan thingy, DotA 2 Makassar, it's a local community for DotA 2 players, Makassar Otaku [Anime Manga Suki], it's a local community for anime lovers, Makassar TCG, it's a local community for Trading Card Game / TCG players, Makassar Game Developer, it's obviously a local community for game developers, and last the last was Shinseki48 Makassar, it's a local fans club of AKB48 & Their "Sisters", if you read the last post about Idol Group, they were the one we met on the booth. Actually, there were more communities, but I couldn't help myself to remember everything. And I just mentioned all the communities that was noted in the latest advertisement.

Next... We got the Guests. All of them was came from Jakarta. First was Honeybeat. It was a rising band with the genre of Japanese Jazz and Rock kind of music. They actually have so much fans here in my town, though I just barely know about them. Second guest was coming from Nixiagamer.com. What are they? It's a website about Nixia. Who is Nixia? A popular female gamer. Anything else to add? I honestly don't really know. The last guest was Pinky Lu Xun & Daikon Sky. They are cosplayer. They were the judges of the Cosplay Competition. They are really friendly and was a good judges. After the competition, there was an open talk show session about cosplay with them. It was interesting enough, even though the time was limited.



At the last day, Daikon Sky had a performance about Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. It's really cool! Knowing them had reach the World Cosplay Summit / WCS 2013, that was a brilliant achievement for every cosplayer in Indonesia. Well, I would talk about them in the later post.

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Finally, we got into the selected photos. These photos was taken at Saturday, the Day 5 and 6 of the event. Crysta! Are you done moping over there? I'm on my way to show the photos. Don't you want to comment at all? (I'm going to comment if I need to. Or maybe another time. I'm not in the mood. If I have time later, I'll just update the post with my comment. So, just put the photos for now.) Ok, then... Here we go...



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, those photos taken at Day 5. There were a lot more at the last days. Here they are...


 

 

 

     
    
  
  
  
  
  

 
  
  
  

Huffttt... That's all the selected photos. Crazy moments, yeah... It's really cool to be a cosplayer, you know. I used to that before, but not anymore. (You don't have any wish to cosplay again?) After everything I went through in the past? I doubt it. But, who knows what will happen in the future. Maybe I'm going to, maybe not. (You are such an indecisive little fussy. Do not be a half-ass stupid person. If you want to be an idiot, do it whole heartedly.) Do you need to be that harsh, Crysta? (Oh, you know it really well to be like that in front of me. I don't like slow, indecisive, and incompetent people. They are such a nuisance. I need to get everything done perfectly for me. That's why I need a lot more time and space to do anything.) Then, why do you put up with me. I'm all you said above. (Are you really? If it's a yes, this blog wouldn't exist. You need to raise your confidence a bit. We actually have more things in common, if you look deeper.) Well, if you put it that way, we are actually the same. I don't like slow and incompetent people, too. But, everyone have their own worth value. And you need to be more friendly. Not everyone can stay put with a stuck up people like you. (Now, you sound like insulting me. I always know that. I don't need to be told by you. I behave like this for a reason. And that will always be my "dirty little secret". [insert smug face]. You are always a hypocrite, Crysta.

Oh, almost forget one thing. There was a local community for Paper Replica Maker & Collector, too. I snapped some of their works. It's really cool, I admit...


 

 

So, that's all for this post. Oh, really. It took some time to write all of this. (And some fighting about what should be said or upload and what should not.) Next, I will post about the interview session with Daikon Sky as they performed the Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. We will talk more about the games side rather than the cosplay side. It would help us to make a good speculation of the future version of Kingdom Hearts Series. So, stay tune, guys...
(So, next post you will get the front again?) Hmm... I don't think so. If you want to, you can always do that. Just wait for the script later so you can decide. (Yeah, yeah... I need to make another script for future post, too. Do you realize that we need to make a Bridge soon?) Oh, I almost forget about that. Don't worry. I'll always at your back. (So, this is the only event you attend, then? Considering you disappeared for a long time. I thought you have more.) No. I actually still have another event. But, it'll take a time to write about that. Not to mention your future reference of Marvel and E3 2014 coming really soon make my head gonna burst. (You just need to focus for one thing at a time. I will try to cover the Marvel and E3 2014 while you got yourself stuff with the last event. I'll need your help when writing about E3, though. It'll be a detail review like this.) Alright, then. You can count on me. How about Marvel? (I already made some of the script a while back. I'm not planning to go Marvel crazy anytime soon. You can relax. I wouldn't do it without you, after all. I would just make a simple review about them.) Hmm... That's nice plan, then.

So, guys... You heard that? We will try to make our post more interesting every time. I hope you wouldn't get bored with a real long post like this one. Because you'll find it more later. Thanks for reading and see you next post... Aeri (and Crysta) signed out for now...

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