Legend
It was June in 2002. Some friends and I were at our very first Anime convention, Anime Mid-Atlantic 2. I made a Ryoko costume in about a week, along with a gigantic Ryoko wig made out of loopy. I looked great. Shutup.
Anyway, I got used to the con atmosphere quickly and was having an amazing time, and though my cosplay judgement skills were not as acute as they are now, I could tell the bad from the good.
This was taken at this past Anime USA, but Carpet Guy (or Carpet Bag) has been my cosplay hero since that June oh so long ago. Why do we call him Carpet Guy? No one really remembers what started it; whether it was a piece of his costume looked like it was made out of carpet or maybe he smelled like old carpets, ever since someone said “hey, did you see that guy in that costume with like, a pillow on his head or something??” he has been a legend. We would trade stories of him walking alone down the hallways muttering to himself, or stopping someone to ask if they liked his costume. Stacy even had the pleasure of talking to him when she was dressed as Yumi from Magic Knight Rayearth. She was walking to the bathroom when she saw Carpet Guy in the hallway. Her heart raced as he passed, and she almost choked on it when he called out to her “Yumi, from Magic Knights Rayearth. Voiced by Wendy Lee.” in a voice not unlike Jimmy from South Park.
I know you were expecting some serious hate on this guy, but I have nothing but weird respect for him. If you ever go to a con around the DC area, keep a lookout for Carpet Guy. He’s not hard to spot because this is one of maybe three costumes that he has. Strike up a conversation with him, take a picture. I will pay you for pictures of Carpet Guy. I WILL.
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November 24th, 2007 at 12:28 am
[…] Alia also posted a cosplay disaster blog about her long time friend Carpet Guy. I swear, that woman SNATCHED the damn camera out of my hands and ran off with it to take the photo. […]
November 24th, 2007 at 12:36 am
Those elevators were a bitch. Lyke srsly.
November 30th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
Oh my God!!!! This guy was at Nekocon, too! He entered the cosplay as a walk on, so I had to hear him practically ALL of saturday. He kept telling everyone that if he didn’t win an award he wouldn’t go to any more anime conventions. I even had to sit next to him at the cosplay after we did our walkons.
I mentioned him to one of my friends who staffs every year, and she said this guy says the same thing at every convention, and that they were all really worried that he might try to kill himself. O_O
And now that I think about it, I think it was him who tried to talk to me two years ago when I was dressed as Sailor Mercury. He said he had a dream about himself as a galactic warrior and Sailor Pluto was his queen and that Sailor Mercury was the general of his army.