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'''Cosplay''': short for Costume Play; is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay ].
Cosplay is popular for many fictional properties, including Blizzard's. Diablo cosplay has long been popular owing to the many colorful and creative character looks seen in the game. The fact that most of the characters are humans, or at least roughly human in shape helps with cosplay as well since clothing and props, rather than elaborate construction and costumes, are all that's required.
Blizzard hosts a Costume Contest at each Blizzcon convention, with prizes and fame for the best outfits.
* Diablo.IncGamers.com maintains [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/602 a huge Diablo cosplay gallery] with hundreds of photos of fans in a wide variety of costumes.__TOC__==Background== ----* Full collection of [http://diablo.incgamers.com/media/cosplay Diablo news items concerning cosplay].
There have been many known Cosplayers over the years. Some examples of these are listed below:
* [[Rainyia]]-- Won the Blizzcon costume contest in 2010 in her [[Mistress of Pain]] costume.* [[Christina Estrada|Christina Simms]] -- Won the Blizzcon costume contest in 2011 in her Female [[Monk]] costume. (And was later hired as the [[community manager]] for [[Hearthstone]].* [[Rythos]] and [[Rampagingcoconut|RampagingCoconut]]* '''-- A married couple who met while cosplaying at Blizzcon 2009. Rythos was interviewed on [[The_Diablo_Podcast:Category:Cosplay_2011_Episodes#Episode_Six|All CosplayThe Diablo Podcast #6]]'''.
==Gallery==
A few sample images. Many others can be seen throughout this wiki, and Diablo.IncGamers.com maintains [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/602 a huge Diablo cosplay gallery] with hundreds of photos of fans in a wide variety of costumes.
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File:Cosplay-christina-estrada06.jpg|Christina Simms as the female Monk. First Prize Blizzcon 2010.File:COS_Rainyia_MOP.jpg|The [[Mistress of Pain]] by [[Rainyia]]. First Prize Blizzcon 2009.
File:COS_RAMPCOCO_WD.jpg|[[Witch_doctor|Witch Doctor]] by [[Rampagingcoconut|RampagingCoconut]]
File:Adria-cosplay1.jpg|Adria [[cosplay]].
File:Cosplay-d1-rogue.jpg|Diablo I rogue
File:Cosplay-fem-barb.jpg|Female Barbarian from Diablo III.
File:Cosplay-fem-dh1.jpg|Female Demon Hunter from Diablo III.
File:Cosplay-leah1.jpg|Leah from Diablo III.
File:Cosplay-lyndon-monk.jpg|[[Lyndon]] and a female Monk from Diablo III.
</gallery>
Anyone can create a cosplay. Just be sure to upload it to the [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/602|Diablo Cosplay Gallery]. Also make a post on the [http://forums.diii.net/forumdisplay.php?f=138|Fan Creations Forum] to show off your work there.