AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Castor Troy » Tue May 04, 2010 10:32 pm

The community is run by people who aren't in the community.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Athena » Tue May 04, 2010 10:40 pm

Castor Troy wrote:The community is run by people who aren't in the community.


If you mean the Administrators, we routinely bitch about that. Which is why they need to be more active themselves:

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If you mean the Moderators, that is not correct. They're mostly quite active. Just most of what they do is in specific areas, and an awful lot of it is not accessible by the general membership. So, we don't see it.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Megamom » Tue May 04, 2010 11:15 pm

Koopiskeva wrote:I think AMVs have definitely lost steam in terms of gaining popularity and the community getting larger. Also, a lot of the community has become more spread out due to Youtube and other video sharing sites, so the org itself just isn't quite the center of the AMV world anymore.

As for a lifelong hobby, I think many of us were very into AMVs at one point or another and will continue to keep tabs on this community for a long time even if we're not actively participating. So, I think the same people you're seeing from a few years ago may only still be around due to a combination of the lack of influx of new members and people just generally hanging out here despite not having anything new.

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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby inthesto » Tue May 04, 2010 11:16 pm

Castor Troy wrote:The community is run by people who aren't in the community.


I propose an alternate plan where the community is run by me.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Castor Troy » Tue May 04, 2010 11:46 pm

Kionon wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:The community is run by people who aren't in the community.


If you mean the Administrators, we routinely bitch about that. Which is why they need to be more active themselves:

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If you mean the Moderators, that is not correct. They're mostly quite active. Just most of what they do is in specific areas, and an awful lot of it is not accessible by the general membership. So, we don't see it.


No, I think Beo or Sammy mentioned it years ago, but even before YouTube, the community was being run by all of the famous Naruto editors like the guys who made Naruto's World, Whisper of the Beast, etc. Not in terms of actual "administration", but in terms of what the community was turning into. All of those editors made these really famous videos and never had any presence in the community. In fact, most of them only got famous off their one video and never made videos again.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Athena » Tue May 04, 2010 11:59 pm

I have never even heard of Naruto's World, and I have never seen Whisper of the Beast. Who are these guys, and what do they have to do with us?
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Panky » Wed May 05, 2010 12:31 am

If you think of the ORG like a place to place your videos in a catalog, and even UPLOAD them, it would leave us with a pretty good option years ago when mostly Youtube was one of those other options, and not even that well-known as it is today. It's also an advantage that it is oriented to what you're doing, and have a community that's probably used to what you're doing (this case, amv's). You could even upload your 70mb file and avoid getting it recompressed for other people to watch.

But today, with cheaper hosts, a LOT MORE of video upload sites (not only streaming, but megaupload, etc.), chances that most editors will fall down here are slim. Some might see there's a more wider range of exposition on streaming sites than in a forum/community, leaving separated the overall usefulness of that kind of exposition.

As for the lifetime addiction, it's like all things/hobbies in life, they come and go; you start to lose interest and that's it. Unless you're totally like it, and don't change that much, it's not likely to last all your lifetime.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Knowname » Wed May 05, 2010 2:10 am

Don't try to think about it Kio your head would asplode.

what he's saying is, like the vca's, it may have started off as enthusiast based, but it is now run by casuals, youtubers and the russian mob. He's saying amvs may have started with nerds but it's now driven by 12 year olds with furry fetishes and emotional complexes.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Bauzi » Wed May 05, 2010 4:01 am

There are so many websites, communities and groups these days that I really feel decentralized. I wish that there would be a site that combines a lot of them. I don't think that we do it now.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Athena » Wed May 05, 2010 4:06 am

This is the site. I think the fact that we are primarily English, North America, and have a reputation for being elitist has meant that we are seen as "That American AMV website." Nevermind that number of non-Americans we have, and the number of Canadians who would be offended by being called Americans.

Aside from adding language-specific subforums (and I doubt there is any support for that) I do not see how we can change that opinion. I for one do not see the org as English only or America only. I am quite happy responding in a combination of English and Japanese, French, or even limited Korean. I have done all three in announcements from the Japanese, French, and Korean editors.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Falconone » Wed May 05, 2010 5:47 am

subforums for other languages... hm i think the problem will be that this forum will be extremly long and so you will have problems to find all things. Also the people will most time stay in there subforum and will be not active in the other parts >_>
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Athena » Wed May 05, 2010 6:02 am

Precisely. Which is why I am not seriously suggesting it. I personally think it would be out of character. Much better if we just scrap the YOU MUST USE ENGLISH AT ALL TIMES de facto rule we have going on...
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Falconone » Wed May 05, 2010 6:09 am

if you scrap it, it would be a total chaos. If the russian people write stuff and french one, other people dont know whats going on. then subforums are better than that.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Athena » Wed May 05, 2010 6:16 am

I said scrapping AT ALL TIMES. Not scrapping a general rule for language.
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Re: AMVs: A Lifetime Addiction?

Postby Falconone » Wed May 05, 2010 6:17 am

ahh ok, i miss understood it hm... if that will be the right way?
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