In 2017 we not only celebrate 5 years since the start of Kuwait Battle Royale, but also 5 years since Fikra organized it's first cosplay contest! The GX 2017 cosplay contest will be part of GX 2017, which is Kuwait's largest gaming expo, held at the Kuwait International Fairgrounds Hall 5 from April 20-22. The cosplay contest itself will be on Thursday April 20th at 9PM, while the winners will be announced on Saturday April 22nd at 8PM. Since it has been 5 years since we organized our first cosplay contest, we wanted to make this years cosplay contest extra special and increased the prizes compared to previous years.

The prizes are the following:

1st Place: 1,000 KD
2nd Place: 500 KD
3rd Place: 250 KD

This makes the GX 2017 cosplay contest prizes one of the biggest, if not the biggest cosplay contest prize pool in the Middle East!

The Cosplay Contest Rules

- No metallic objects
- Dress appropriately
- 3 minutes to do your show
- You will be judged on your costume, performance, and creativity.

Registration

As usual the contest is open to anyone visiting GX and free to enter! To register simply login with your Fikra account (or make one! It takes 1 minute) and register, upload your mp3 file, and write in the comment box any relevant info you think we might need (how many people will perform with you, what your cosplay character is, etc) Registration will close either once we fill up the maximum number of participants or 10 days before GX 2017 starts, whichever comes first.

Visit this link to take you directly to the registration page

The Judges

Joining the judging panel as we announced last week will be artist/writer Larry Hama as well as Michael Wilson AKA Mageknight who is a Deputy Sheriff, stunt man and is widely known as one of the top male cosplayers in the world. Michael will be traveling to the Middle East for the first time. Michael has been cosplaying since 2012 and has created over 100 costumes. Michael is also an advocate for charity through cosplay with having been the recipient of The President's Volunteer Service Award from former President Barack Obama. You can find Michael in the US corner booth at GX 2017. For more information on Michael you can visit his Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/knightmage1

Cosplay Contest Video Uploads

For the last couple of years there have been issues with uploading various cosplay contests we have organized on YouTube, so this year we have created our own video player to upload this years cosplay contest, as well as older contests if there is any interest from our fans and visitors! Please let us know by leaving a comment below!

We look forward to seeing many amazing cosplay performances this year at GX 2017!