The Otakon 2009 thread

[NightMistress85]

Thanks for the update! What do we do during the con to get our badges? Do we seek you out somewhere, or is it ready for us at registration? I'm only used to being a lowly regular .

The registration desk is very large, and the staff members rotate, so there's a very good chance that the badges will get lost. The Info Desk didn't seem too thrilled about handing them out, so last year I just kept them with me all con long, and people that needed them just asked. I also made it a point to keep ducking outside of the theater, getting on a megaphone, and pulling contest finalists out of the crowd to give them their badges. As ghetto as it is, this seems to be the best way to hand them out. I won't give them out before the con because I do not want them duplicated.

So long as it works I guess . Thanks.

[freya13]

Thanks for the update! What do we do during the con to get our badges? Do we seek you out somewhere, or is it ready for us at registration? I'm only used to being a lowly regular .

The registration desk is very large, and the staff members rotate, so there's a very good chance that the badges will get lost. The Info Desk didn't seem too thrilled about handing them out, so last year I just kept them with me all con long, and people that needed them just asked. I also made it a point to keep ducking outside of the theater, getting on a megaphone, and pulling contest finalists out of the crowd to give them their badges. As ghetto as it is, this seems to be the best way to hand them out. I won't give them out before the con because I do not want them duplicated.

Last Year before screenings I stood outside the enterance with said badges, Most likely I will be doing the same....... (as well as laminating those..... I'm so glad I asked for a week off for this >.<) umm...... those that don't know me just look for a girl by the door with ..... badges? ..... lol ..Idk Vic what should I tell them? lol

[Gamergirl89]

Well I got a question,
Though I'm submitting an amv for the contest, I can't make it to Otakon at all-so do I need note that somewhere when I fill out the entry form or what?

[freya13]

Well I got a question,
Though I'm submitting an amv for the contest, I can't make it to Otakon at all-so do I need note that somewhere when I fill out the entry form or what?

I'm fairly certain there's somewhere on the form for that. I know Vic's had some way in the past to know if weither someone's gonna be there or not

[VicBond007]

There is a checkbox on the submission form. Just...don't check it.

[Castor Troy]

I actually won't be attending the con, even though my confirmation says I was

Any way I can give out my tickets to someone else?

[VicBond007]

I actually won't be attending the con, even though my confirmation says I was

Any way I can give out my tickets to someone else?

Not if you're not there to sit with them. That just opens up the floodgates to a whole new way to abuse the system :-/

[Scintilla]

I don't see anything in the rules about blank leaders before/after for CD/DVD or FTP submissions. Do we not need any?

[VicBond007]

I don't see anything in the rules about blank leaders before/after for CD/DVD or FTP submissions. Do we not need any?

You do not need any for digital submissions. The purpose of black leader is to eliminate tracking errors and rainbow effects caused by weak flying erase heads in VCRs. In fact, last year I made room for an extra entry by trimming black area from submissions so that each had a max of 1 second.

[MisterFurious]

7:30 is no longer a music video. That's a whole concert.

I beg to differ, sir. I think Otakon is missing out on some good videos with so short a time limit. For example, it broke my heart that my "Signal to Noise" video was far, far too long to be entered at Otakon (for the record, it's 7:16). It won the Grand Prize at AX, but no one at Otakon has seen it, because of the length restriction. And the rule against previous winners competing wouldn't have applied, because it didn't exist at the time.

The point is, you shouldn't pigeonhole videos and stifle creators' creativity because their video falls within certain guidelines. Should we start prohibiting Naruto videos because there are too many of them?

Just a thought...