Better. I expect that at least some of the people avoiding him were doing so because of the way he was dressed. (Notice the guy who wouldn't shake his hand.) Heck, I wouldn't game with him, and I've only been able to play a few times in the past five years!
It dawns on me the costume draws attention. That might have been a more important requirment than looking normal in order for this experiment to work. I suspect downtown San Francisco has a different attitude than Small Town USA would.