Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Otohiko » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:09 pm

I don't want to go into rants or debates with people, so I'll try to be brief.

I think the Iron Chef could be considered a success, but only at a level of a small, under-prepared anime-related gathering. The technical side of it was pretty hairy and the way things were organized was really poor, although was accepted well by a rather gracious audience that was all too happy when it was actually entertained.

When given that it's at AX, a gigantic anime con with the resources it OUGHT (though perhaps not to say does) have, this was really unprofessional and poorly run. Look, you can excuse this as much as you wish with the fact that it was all impromptu, last-moment and neglected by the larger con organization, but those things really won't make it look better to the average attendee or give much credence to Iron Editor competitions as a serious part of the con. Purely as a large AV event at a con, it was unacceptable. What saved it were entertaining videos and a generous audience, neither of which any of the (official) organizers of the event can take much credit for (besides editing credits).

So let's stop congratulating ourselves here and focus on what can be done for it next year. This shouldn't be about credit due, because very little is due. This should be about things to fix, of which there's many.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Pwolf » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:09 pm

MisterFurious wrote:Is that a problem, or would you prefer to dwell on the past and continue to rant about this year?


Yea, lets do that :P
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby MisterFurious » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:10 pm

Pwolf wrote:
MisterFurious wrote:lots of stuff


When did I say this? I was quoted out of context.... :P

Pwolf wrote:But yea, 2 weeks isn't a lot of time to do EVERYTHING. I think the fact that the IC was even allowed to happen is a good step towards bringing AMVs back into the spotlight at AX. I hope next year the tech problems are worked out and the show is more enjoyable for the attendees.


That is the plan.

Pwolf wrote:PS: I heard you guys were using CS4 as the editing software... for the love of god, don't use CS4 :x It crashes more and exporting causes problems in of itself. if you can get better hardware, CS5 is very stable and fast. For a cheaper solution, 6.5 or 7 would probably be the best choice of software IMO.


Premiere 6.5 was also installed on the machines. The editors were made aware of this, and of the technical specifications of the computers, but they both proceeded with using CS4. It was their call.

It's my hope that next year we'll have better machines capable of running CS5, but we'll leave CS4 and 6.5 in there, too, just in case.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby XStylus » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:11 pm

Radical_Yue wrote:First off I'm really not a fan of the way the competitors were chosen in the first place...If you're chosen as the main competitor, who would you choose as you challenger? An editor than you know/believe has better skills? Or someone you've never heard of and hasn't edited in forever? The obvious choice would be someone you think you can beat. No one wants to lose in front of a large room of people.
While I don't agree with the process, it's your choice in how you want to run it.

The method we chose mimics the real method that the original Iron Chef show functions. I noticed that other cons featuring such an event generally have the winner be the reigning champion that future challengers have to beat. I don't know if we'll be switching to that format, but since this was the inaugural event and there was no reigning champion, this was as good a method as any.

The secret source was pretty obscure. When it was announced and during the 3 minute clip of it playing the general consensus was "What the heck is that?" I personally believe in using sources that the crowd can be excited about seeing.


Obscurity was the idea. If you've ever been to other conventions that hold such an event, they choose ridiculous sources such as the DBZ live-action movie. I expect that we'll continue to choose sources that rank high on the "WTF" scale. As for the determination of what's "exciting," that's in the eye of the beholder.

Now as for the "success" of the competition...You do realize that you lost about 40% of the crowd within the first hour?


It was actually 20% actually, though Brad and I were expecting a rate of 40% churn. That's normal for this event at other conventions. And more interestingly, people started leaving roughly about the time when people were starting to line up for Masquerade. I think we managed to keep people's interest and attention pretty well throughout the event. If you and your cohorts weren't interested in the commentary, no prob. Niotex might enjoy some company.

The Iron Chef could have been muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better. But I'm really looking forward to talking with Nic (StudioHybrid/KagatoAMV) because he seemed really open to changing things and making this into an excellent event. I'd also like to invite him and any other to the Iron Chef even we're putting on at Nan Desu Kan in Denver, Colorado. You'd be more than welcome to join us.

While the chance to reciprocate in kind and nitpick at your event is tempting, I'll respectfully pass. Thanks.

...Though I will be at Otakon to see their Iron Editor event and gain insight on where we can improve. While our event doesn't remotely compare to theirs, I maintain that ours was as good as it could be for a first year event organized on the quick. This was a successful event, and it will only get better.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Radical_Yue » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:17 pm

MisterFurious wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote:My review of the event...Don't worry, I won't be Hitler this time around :P


Troy and I both edited Hitler vids this year, and he doesn't resemble you, so there is no need to worry about confusion. :P


It was a joke :P

MisterFurious wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote:First off I'm really not a fan of the way the competitors were chosen in the first place...If you're chosen as the main competitor, who would you choose as you challenger? An editor than you know/believe has better skills? Or someone you've never heard of and hasn't edited in forever? The obvious choice would be someone you think you can beat. No one wants to lose in front of a large room of people.



I wanted to emulate the way the competition is done on Food Network, not because I'm married to the show, but because it's a little more exciting than just having two previously-selected editors face off against each other. It gives the challenger a little bit of an advantage, in fact, since, just as you say, they will want to choose someone they think they can beat. This puts the pressure on the Iron Chef to step up. However, it didn't work in this case, so your argument that the strategy gives the challenger an unfair advantage was rendered moot.

And if someone doesn't want to lose in front of a large room full of people, they don't have to participate. That's the nature of a competition. There has to be a winner and there has to be a loser. If you don't like losing, don't play. Simple as that.

BaitMaster has nothing to be ashamed of. He accepted the challenge, chose an Iron Chef he thought he could beat, then stepped up his game by making a video more than twice the length of Wired Knight's, with a long lip-synch sequence at the beginning. Very impressive.


All I was saying was that I don't personally like the way you guys did it. That's all. If that is how you want to run it, by all means...do so :P


MisterFurious wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote:The secret source was pretty obscure. When it was announced and during the 3 minute clip of it playing the general consensus was "What the heck is that?" I personally believe in using sources that the crowd can be excited about seeing. Something they'll want to wait for 3 hours to see in a video. While AMV contests are about the best of the best, Iron Chefs would not survive without the audience who shows up to watch the spectacle and we've all seen how they cheer whenever they see an anime they know/like on screen.
It's kinda like showing up to a concert to find out that you don't know any of the bands and aren't really interested in the genre of music.


The editors knew five of the sources a week before the competition, and were allowed to bring any music they wanted. If the secret ingredient wasn't obscure, where would the challenge be? They all could have practically edited their videos at home and just re-created them at the contest.


I'm not saying that the secret ingredient has to be "obvious source is obvious." It'd just be nice if ANYONE knew what is was. It's always fun to generate the reaction of "Holy crap! This source! I love it! I can't wait to see how they work it in!" Or even something goofy that everyone KNOWS of such as the Star Trek animated series that was chosen one year for a previous Iron Chef. Obscure is fine, but just don't make it so obscure that the audience feel alienated.

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Radical_Yue wrote:Now as for the "success" of the competition...You do realize that you lost about 40% of the crowd within the first hour? And that they only came back when videos were being played... While QA is a great aspect to any AMV 101 panel it's NOT something that people come to ICs for. In case you didn't notice most of the questions were deep technical questions or basic "What's better, Vegas or Premiere?" Now, as for the tech questions...have you caught on to the fact that...when you answer this question the only one who understands the answer is the person asking and maybe 2% of the audience, if that. The rest of the attendees are forced to listen to droning tech nonsense for 5+ minutes.
While I kind of like the idea of "Hey, if you want to see what they're up to, feel free to walk around and take a look at their screens." Answering tech questions for long periods of time is NOT a way to keep the audience entertained. As for the more simplistic questions, you can rule all these out by passing around simple flyers that include information about basic editing programs such as Vegas, Premiere, etc...and the programs used for converting footage, IE the AMVAPP.



I totally agree (although I am skeptical of your 40% figure - I kept seeing the same people in the same seats through the whole contest). We went too technical, but if you recall from my previous posts, up until you and Kit approached and offered to get us some AMV's to run, we had precious few, so we were forced to fill time with a technical discussion.


Fine then, 30% :P Either way, every time I turned around I saw people leaving in large groups. Two weeks is a very short period of time to put together an Iron Chef but it takes about an hour before you leave for a con, where you know you'll be entertaining an audience, to fill a drive with plenty of fun/comedy AMVs.

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Radical_Yue wrote:I was sitting next to a young fan that I've never met before and each and every time the technical rambling would begin, she'd slam her head down on the table. She didn't understand anything, she wasn't amused and neither was the other 97% of non-editing con goers in the room.
People that want to edit will show up for the AMV 101 panel, people who are looking for a fun show with lots of AMVs go to an Iron Chef.
I could see her frustration and I started to explain the basic concept of other Iron Chefs to her; non stop videos being played, games being played and audience involvement that keeps everyone entertained. She told me that it sounded like one of the most fun events ever :P
Never once has our ace Iron Editor host Ashykun stopped to answer pointless tech questions and generate the feeling of "I could leave right now, come back...and he'd still be talking -_-" <-That's an actual quote from another attendee that I've never met before.


Once again, I agree. We got too technical. We'll have lots of AMV's to run, and the editors witll have desk lamps on their desks, so we can turn out the house lights to watch AMV's without bothering them. Moving on...

To be 100% honest, I don't understand the point of them needing lights. But if it'll help em, that's cool. (Most of the editors I know, myself included, edit in the dark >_>)

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Radical_Yue wrote:The Iron Chef could have been muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better.


Of course the event could have been better. It was the first year, and we only had two weeks to prepare. How much time have you had to prepare for Nan Desu Kan's Iron Chef contest? Would you have been able to pull it off in two weeks? How about if you had been trying to get Nan Desu Kan to schedule it, but they had been saying "no" for ten years? I think it's unfair to compare apples and oranges. As a convention, AX is horribly crippled by its own bureaucracy, so when presented with an opportunity to put on an Iron Chef competition there, we jumped at the chance to present it any way we could. Now that that's done, of course we want to do better.


To be 100% honest, yeah. I believe we could. I'm not trying to sound elitist but since I've been to quite a few Iron Chefs and I know many people that are involved I feel it would be an easy thing to set up. While finding the editors and picking the sources would be a bit of a challenge, the rest of the event is rather simple.
1) Get two computers of equal capacity (Which we already had before we even thought about doing an Iron Chef)
2) Fill a drive with AMVs to watch during the Iron Chef
3) Decide on some game to play with said AMVs
4) Profit? :P

I'll give you guys credit for the Iron Chef in general. All I'm sayin is that there could have been quite a bit more done in those two weeks. If xstylus was busy with the computers and Nic was busy getting the sources ready, couldn't you have been preparing a playlist? Not a work of art, just some fun AMVs to fill a couple hours. Kit did it while the contest was running with an external he wasn't planning to bring. I'd love to see what he could do with two weeks.

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Radical_Yue wrote:But I'm really looking forward to talking with Nic (StudioHybrid/KagatoAMV) because he seemed really open to changing things and making this into an excellent event. I'd also like to invite him and any other to the Iron Chef even we're putting on at Nan Desu Kan in Denver, Colorado. You'd be more than welcome to join us.


I am confused by this statement, since it seems to imply that I am not interested in improving this contest. I guess you haven't read my previous posts where I have invited everyone to make suggestions for next year, and I have promised to listen. You will note that I have tackled all of your points in this reply, and that I have even agreed with some of them. :shock:

I would love to come to Nan Desu Kan. I've been wanting to go for years, but I can't afford it. Does this make me a bad person?

Sorry, but Nic was the only one running this event that actually sat down, listened to criticism and didn't say "We'll think about it." We sat there and talked, he was friendly, open, and said "Those are excellent ideas! Let's do that!" Even when we attempted to talk to the two of you after AMV 101, you seemed a bit too busy on your iphone to even look me in the eyes :/ Hence why I'm a bit more excited about working with Nic. Not saying that you're a horrible person because you apparently had a lot going on at the time or something, but if you were put in that situation where one person was like "Holy crap! We can make this kick ass! Let's do it!" and the other person was staring at his shoes the entire time, what would you think?
I told him straight up what I thought about the events and the two of you and yet he still seemed really excited to work with us (Me, Kisanzi, etc...) on making these events spectacular.

Sorry you can't come, and you're not a bad person for it :P I was just extending the offer.
I'll try an organize it so the event is recorded so we can share certain aspects of it. In the meantime, feel free to watch the previous videos I linked.

MisterFurious wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote:You get a sideways thumb for this event only due to Kit saving it with the AMVs.
Lets make next year a :up:


Heck, I'm glad we had an event at all!


Now it's time to change it from an event to a real IRON CHEF TOURNAMENT :D


MisterFurious wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote:Also, two weeks meant that you had enough time to buy the computers and not test anything? At all? Such as the projectors...or maybe rendering, etc?


We didn't buy the computers. Troy had to piece them together from old server machines in his studio. AX gave us no money whatsoever. We tested as best as we could without being at the venue.


I know AX totally left you guys in the dust. All I was suggesting was to drop some footage on the timeline to make sure that a program you're completely unfamiliar with works.

MisterFurious wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote:Once again, not trying to be Hitler, but please, for the love of all that is good and holy...start taking advice from people that have gone to/worked on Iron Chefs.


I thought that was what I was doing. Am I not being clear enough in asking for advice for next year, or should I be posting in another language? German, perhaps? :P

I'm sorry we didn't contact you, but we simply didn't have time to consult with anyone once AX gave us the opportunity for this year's contest, and we thought it was better to put up a contest, any contest, no matter how slap-dash, rather than let the opportunity slip. That was a judgment call, and guess what? It worked out in the end. Sue me.


:roll: Just because something "worked out" doesn't mean it couldn't have been better.
But in the end, shoulda, coulda, woulda. I just want to fix it next year.

MisterFurious wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote:Look at this thread, everyone who says this is their first Iron Chef says it was amazing. Everyone who has gone to Iron Chefs in the past says that it avoided disaster by the skin of it's teeth.
Who should you be listening to?


I should be listening to the first-time attendees for this event, since it was, in fact, the first time at AX, and they will come back next year. However, now that we have time, we can listen to other, more experienced people for suggestions. Is that a problem, or would you prefer to dwell on the past and continue to rant about this year?


It's great to hear that people who have no idea what this event consists of had a great time. And I'm far from ranting. I'm actually quite calm. If you don't like my opinion, don't listen to it. I'll talk to the people who won't just sit there and say they're "open to suggestions" but those who want to put valid ideas and aspects of what make an Iron Chef excellent into effect.

Once again...
I'm not ranting. You wouldn't like to see me rant ;)
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby MisterFurious » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:19 pm

Otohiko wrote:When given that it's at AX, a gigantic anime con with the resources it OUGHT (though perhaps not to say does) have, this was really unprofessional and poorly run.


Whatever resources AX has, we didn't see any. We were given no money to set this up, only a mandate that whatever we did bring to the con had to conform to the mixing board they had already allocated for the room, which was basically a single video feed and a single audio feed, plus whatever microphones we needed. That was what we had to work with. With more time, we're hoping to secure some sponsorships, like we have seen at other Iron Chef contests, to provide us with the equipment we need to put on a proper show.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Pwolf » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:26 pm

MisterFurious wrote:It's my hope that next year we'll have better machines capable of running CS5, but we'll leave CS4 and 6.5 in there, too, just in case.


Personally, if I was running it, I wouldn't give the editors an option. To make sure everything runs smoothly, pick one and make sure it works from beginning to end. Also, you wont be able to run 6.5 if you're using CS5 due to the 64bit issue (unless you dual boot XP... not bad idea now that I think of it). CS5 is all 64bit and 6.5 wont install or run (unstable) on a 64bit machine. I'd ditch cs4. Install pro 1 or cs3 (kinda iffy still, should get more feedback on that) but don't give the editors an option to use it. If CS5 doesn't work for what ever reason, then try the other one as a backup (and only as a backup). I think above everything, the tech has to work flawlessly so the less reasons for it to screw up, the better :P
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby MisterFurious » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:36 pm

Radical_Yue wrote:It was a joke :P


You're right. This guy :P isn't funny enough. How about this guy? :D

Radical_Yue wrote:All I was saying was that I don't personally like the way you guys did it. That's all. If that is how you want to run it, by all means...do so :P


Just sharing the thought process, is all...

Radical_Yue wrote:Sorry, but Nic was the only one running this event that actually sat down, listened to criticism and didn't say "We'll think about it." We sat there and talked, he was friendly, open, and said "Those are excellent ideas! Let's do that!" Even when we attempted to talk to the two of you after AMV 101, you seemed a bit too busy on your iphone to even look me in the eyes :/ Hence why I'm a bit more excited about working with Nic. Not saying that you're a horrible person because you apparently had a lot going on at the time or something, but if you were put in that situation where one person was like "Holy crap! We can make this kick ass! Let's do it!" and the other person was staring at his shoes the entire time, what would you think?
I told him straight up what I thought about the events and the two of you and yet he still seemed really excited to work with us (Me, Kisanzi, etc...) on making these events spectacular.


Now that I see your description of the situation, I must apologize if you felt I was aloof after the contest. I was, in fact working frantically to get the videos to the Nokia Theater in time for them to screen during Masquerade half-time, to better promote the contest. I hope that once you've had a chance to work with me, you'll find me just as approachable as Nic. If not, no worries. We'll still work through this together.

Radical_Yue wrote:Now it's time to change it from an event to a real IRON CHEF TOURNAMENT :D


I couldn't agree more. Can I get a HELL YEAH?

Radical_Yue wrote:I just want to fix it next year.


So do I, believe me.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby MisterFurious » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:37 pm

Pwolf wrote:Also, you wont be able to run 6.5 if you're using CS5 due to the 64bit issue (unless you dual boot XP... not bad idea now that I think of it). CS5 is all 64bit and 6.5 wont install or run (unstable) on a 64bit machine. I'd ditch cs4. Install pro 1 or cs3 (kinda iffy still, should get more feedback on that) but don't give the editors an option to use it. If CS5 doesn't work for what ever reason, then try the other one as a backup (and only as a backup). I think above everything, the tech has to work flawlessly so the less reasons for it to screw up, the better :P


Solid information that I was not aware of. Thanks!
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Pwolf » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:46 pm

xstylus wrote:It was actually 20% actually, though Brad and I were expecting a rate of 40% churn. That's normal for this event at other conventions. And more interestingly, people started leaving roughly about the time when people were starting to line up for Masquerade. I think we managed to keep people's interest and attention pretty well throughout the event. If you and your cohorts weren't interested in the commentary, no prob. Niotex might enjoy some company.


I'd have to disagree with you there Troy. At every Iron Editor I've been to (a lot), once the room fills up (rather early), no one leaves (at least not in large groups). There's never any empty chair. But, considering the Masquerade, I can see why people would leave, it's the most popular event at AX. Also, to back you up a little bit, it's a new event at AX and the first one on the west coast, if i'm not mistaken, so I'm sure a lot of the con goers aren't familiar with it. Also, AX turned into a big cosplay con so the majority of the people there are more interested in cosplay then AMVs IMO. I think to expect a full room might be a little much for the first year.

Also wanted to add that you're not being very open to suggestion it seems. Brad is on the right track but you seem to be pushing those who want to help away. Granted, we are only seeing part of the story here. If more audience members (non editors) commented on their thoughts then I bet we'd have a better idea of where we are at but i don't think we will ever get that luxury. Unfortunately you're stuck with amv editors who are really passionate about this and want to put on a good show. Coming from someone who's boycotted AX for the past few years due to the lack of AMV content (more like not allowing more AMV content), I would love to see an IC at AX and more AMV programming. But if it's not up to par with the official ones done in on the the other side of the country, I don't think going to AX would be worth my time and money. I don't want to go to an event where I'm bored the whole time and looking at videos with crappy video and audio issues. If the amv editors are bored with technically questions then you KNOW the audience has to be bored also. We want more people to like AMVs and we want more people to want to see more AMV programming but we also want to make sure the program is top notch and the best it could possibly be, both entertaining and technically.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Castor Troy » Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:04 pm

One thing Ashyukun always does for the AWA Iron editors is have audience participation with some AMV games. Like having the crowd watch a massive multi anime amv and giving a prize to the person who can answer the most anime. Believe me, it's a lot of fun for the crowd. I'm sure Kit and Yue have quite a ton of videos for it. I would highly recommend more fun audience interaction videos to get the audience moving.

I also do agree that people want to come and watch videos more than ask tech questions (which should be for AMV 101).

Hopefully if we do get sponsorship next year, we need to have actual prizes for the winners.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby XStylus » Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:34 pm

Pwolf wrote:Also wanted to add that you're not being very open to suggestion it seems. Brad is on the right track but you seem to be pushing those who want to help away.


Honest truth be told, I think I've allowed my personal dislikes with certain people to color my responses which have made it sound that way, and for that I apologize. I am indeed open to suggestions when they are brought forth in a tactful manner (which, I will also admit, my own responses were borderline on).

I basically handled the logistics, booking, and equipment side of things. Is there room for improvement in the future? Hell yeah. Was there room for improvement given the time we had? Absolutely not, in my very firm opinion, and I've been taking personally any assertions to the contrary. But now that we have more time, yes, I will cheerfully take any realistic equipment suggestions and functionality suggestions and implement them as best as possible. As for how the event itself is conducted, I leave that to Brad. He's far better at that stuff than I.

This event was kind of a "proof of concept" where I wanted to demonstrate to staff how cool such an event could be at AX. I've got many staffers now on board to advocate for the event, especially Michael Underwood who has enormous pull as Director of Entertainment and all but promised at Masq that he'll do whatever he can to make sure IC happens again next year. I don't think he'll run into any difficulty with that at all, given how well received the event was (present company excluded).

I've got a large number of contacts and paths I can explore for equipment sponsorships. I will be exploring those to the best of my ability. I'll also be able to see if AX can include specific equipment in their tech blueprint for whatever room we land in so that IC can run more smoothly. If need be, I'll buy some equipment out of my own pocket. And as I said earlier, I'll be spying on other conventions and seeing what works, as well as where we can possibly add our own unique spin in some way.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby MisterFurious » Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:46 pm

Castor Troy wrote:One thing Ashyukun always does for the AWA Iron editors is have audience participation with some AMV games. Like having the crowd watch a massive multi anime amv and giving a prize to the person who can answer the most anime.


Never seen that before. AWA once tried a whole panel based on that game called "The Splice is Right", but it didn't occur to me to use it during IC.

In addition to prizes for the audience, I also want to get chef outfits for the Iron Chefs, monogrammed with their org user names. That way, if a challenger wins and accepts the invitation to return as an Iron Chef the following year, they, too will have have earned their own custom outfit. Granted, the prize is symbolic, but not quite unlike the director's chairs AX used to give out for the AMV contest.
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Pwolf » Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:04 pm

MisterFurious wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:One thing Ashyukun always does for the AWA Iron editors is have audience participation with some AMV games. Like having the crowd watch a massive multi anime amv and giving a prize to the person who can answer the most anime.


Never seen that before. AWA once tried a whole panel based on that game called "The Splice is Right", but it didn't occur to me to use it during IC.

In addition to prizes for the audience, I also want to get chef outfits for the Iron Chefs, monogrammed with their org user names. That way, if a challenger wins and accepts the invitation to return as an Iron Chef the following year, they, too will have have earned their own custom outfit. Granted, the prize is symbolic, but not quite unlike the director's chairs AX used to give out for the AMV contest.


LOL that's actually and funny idea... if anything, it embarrasses the contestants and gives the audience something to laugh about :P
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Re: Anime Expo 2010 Iron Chef AMV Contest

Postby Radical_Yue » Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:53 pm

MisterFurious wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:One thing Ashyukun always does for the AWA Iron editors is have audience participation with some AMV games. Like having the crowd watch a massive multi anime amv and giving a prize to the person who can answer the most anime.


Never seen that before. AWA once tried a whole panel based on that game called "The Splice is Right", but it didn't occur to me to use it during IC.

In addition to prizes for the audience, I also want to get chef outfits for the Iron Chefs, monogrammed with their org user names. That way, if a challenger wins and accepts the invitation to return as an Iron Chef the following year, they, too will have have earned their own custom outfit. Granted, the prize is symbolic, but not quite unlike the director's chairs AX used to give out for the AMV contest.


It's a bit of the standard nowadays. Everything from Con shirts, dvds, plushies, signed memorabilia, etc... can be won.


And x2 to what King Pwolf said. I lol'd.
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