How to win AMV contests and alienate people

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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by outlawed » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:36 pm

Thread is clearly written from the perspective of an AMV creator that has been making AMVs longer than 5 years ago and may be on the verge of retirement. Cntrl-f "swag" and I found no occurrences. Clearly the OP is not aligned with the new breed. =p

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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by Pwolf » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:59 pm

He already retired.

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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by TritioAFB » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:40 am

Pwolf wrote:He already retired.
Old School advices :book:
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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by TheLuminaireShow » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:13 am

I'll agree to the use of memes. That's what I used to vote for when I was a younger. -_- Humor almost always wins. The Romance video that got me to laugh was the one I voted for then lol
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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by Mr Pilkington » Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:41 pm

When in doubt: Ponies

Cruise control for win.

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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by Fall_Child42 » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:29 am

You forgot the easiest way to win.

Be in CDVV.

We rig all the contests you know.
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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by JudgeHolden » Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:57 am

Fall_Child42 wrote:You forgot the easiest way to win.

Be in CDVV.

We rig all the contests you know.
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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by l33tmeatwad » Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:51 pm

Mr Pilkington wrote:When in doubt: Ponies

Cruise control for win.
Yeah, despite Avatar being taboo years ago, Ponies is somehow exempt from the same criticism/rules by coordinators...double standards goooooo......
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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by Radical_Yue » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:30 pm

l33tmeatwad wrote:
Mr Pilkington wrote:When in doubt: Ponies

Cruise control for win.
Yeah, despite Avatar being taboo years ago, Ponies is somehow exempt from the same criticism/rules by coordinators...double standards goooooo......

That's because Avatar videos are usually nothing but Avatar.

If you read just about any contest rules, as long as a video is a certain percentage of anime then it's allowed. My Little Pony is the hot thing right now so it makes sense for it be used quite often.
However, a shitty video with ponies just thrown in for the lulz will more than likely not do well in a contest. It's up to the editor to do a good job integrating the two obviously different sources. And if it's a good video that follows the rules, by all means, let it in.

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Re: How to win AMV contests and alienate people

Post by l33tmeatwad » Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:51 pm

Radical_Yue wrote:
l33tmeatwad wrote:
Mr Pilkington wrote:When in doubt: Ponies

Cruise control for win.
Yeah, despite Avatar being taboo years ago, Ponies is somehow exempt from the same criticism/rules by coordinators...double standards goooooo......

That's because Avatar videos are usually nothing but Avatar.

If you read just about any contest rules, as long as a video is a certain percentage of anime then it's allowed. My Little Pony is the hot thing right now so it makes sense for it be used quite often.
However, a shitty video with ponies just thrown in for the lulz will more than likely not do well in a contest. It's up to the editor to do a good job integrating the two obviously different sources. And if it's a good video that follows the rules, by all means, let it in.
I get that percent rules there, but at a certain point it's just an FMV and not an AMV. I figure you'll disagree, and neither of us will budge so it's pointless to continue exchange of words on this, but I feel it strays from the point of being an ANIME Music Video at a certain point. There are FMV contests for that reason.
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