2009-10-30

Cheap and Easy Cosplay

Cheap and Easy Cosplay
Who doesn’t remember stealing the cardboard tube out from mom’s Christmas wrapping paper roll and using it to whack their brother or sister over the head whilst pretending to be a medieval knight or martial arts aficionado?I practically forgot all about the glittering gifts under the tree because, holy crap, I had a cardboard tube!Who could have foreseen that cardboard tube whacking would gain such worldwide popularity in the high tech 21st century?But alas, there’s an actual organization that is dedicated to having fun with cardboard. The Cardboard Tube Fighting League holds competitions all over the world where people join together in play…and show off their homemade cardboard armor. There is only shared victory. When you arrive at the event you are provided with a tube and colored marker to mark what side you are on. When the battle begins and you, along with your teammates, attempt to break as many of the opposing teams tubes as possible. A broken tube is any tube that is completely unraveled at the break, or is severed completely. The last teams with remaining tubes are declared the winners.