Scintilla wrote:But the thing is, I personally <i>don't</i> believe that that is the general consensus, and I don't think I'm alone in that either.
I mean, look at Otakon 2003, where "Glory of Love", "The Need For Speed" (which, significantly for the purpose of this discussion, beat VicBond's AE-fest "Die Another Day"), "Searching", and "Lollipops, Sunshine, and rrrRRRrrr" were winners, and none of them used many effects at all.
At Otakon 2004, we had "Waiting For You", "AMV Hell" (beat my own "AEO:EB", again relevant), and "End of All Hope" as winners; same deal.
I don't think there's much of a general concensus myself. I do think that there's the illusion of there being one oftentimes.





