Not satisfied with piratey puns or bad jokes about the "poopdeck, " these people express themselves through cosplay -- the fan-centric practice of dressing up as fictional characters -- and take great pride in their imaginative creations.

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Check out some of these home-made cosplay costumes in the video below from the NVIDIA sponsored costume contest.

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Pirate cosplay allows people to escape the banality of work-a-day life, he said.

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Day-to-day life in Japan can be oppressively rigid, and cosplay is a creative reaction against the pressures.

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