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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby TnAdct1 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:35 am

Looking at the finalists, it's definitely shaping up to be an interesting AMV contest.

P. S. LOL at the comment next to Kosmit (after all, his Otakon was "interesting", to say the least).
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby alchemist4 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:54 am

I don't get it. If the amount of submissions is so low, why is it fair to pick 2 of one creator over someone who didn't make it in the contest. It isn't just one or two people, but a lot of creators got two videos in. I'm sure I'm in the minority in my opinion, but wouldn't it be better to allow more people to get in (unless their video broke a rule or was just downright unusable). Sure the audience might not think its the best, but there is a sense of reward in just seeing it on the big screen.

I mean I didn't think mine was that bad, so I guess I am a little surprised.
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby moonbunnychan » Wed Nov 03, 2010 1:12 pm

So happy I got in! Especially with a lot of big name amv people on that list.
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby VicBond007 » Wed Nov 03, 2010 6:40 pm

alchemist4 wrote:I don't get it. If the amount of submissions is so low, why is it fair to pick 2 of one creator over someone who didn't make it in the contest. It isn't just one or two people, but a lot of creators got two videos in. I'm sure I'm in the minority in my opinion, but wouldn't it be better to allow more people to get in (unless their video broke a rule or was just downright unusable). Sure the audience might not think its the best, but there is a sense of reward in just seeing it on the big screen.

I mean I didn't think mine was that bad, so I guess I am a little surprised.


My logic here, and it's ever-changing, is that the audience is the ultimate authority. If we bump "better" videos to make room for a wider selection of editors, then yes, we might make a few editors happy, maybe 5 or even 10 people, but then I have to deal with hundreds upon hundreds of audience members whining about how bad the contest was. I'll get that anyways, it happens at every con, but I do what I can to dial it down :) If you're making art for art's sake, then you can't complain if it doesn't get shown. If you're making something to entertain an audience, and the pre-screening team has determined that the audience would PROBABLY rather sit through something else, then you also can't complain because then you're basically saying "LOOK AT MY VIDEO, I DON'T CARE IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU'RE GONNA WATCH IT ANYWAYS" and I don't think that's the message that you want to send :)

Again, I can gear the contest towards the creators' interests and make 35 people happier, or I can gear it towards the audience's interests and make hundreds-to-thousands of people happier. I still treat every entry with the utmost respect in that I encode everything with care, fix technical problems (and BOY are there plenty!) and screen the overflow in the same room as the AMV contest (hell, this year we're doing it twice), but at the end of the day, the final contest is put together for the audience.
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Miracle_Falcon » Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:39 pm

Woo, got in again! I don't think I'll ever stop being nervous reading over the list - doesn't help that I didn't get into the last contest I submitted into.

Btw, can I ask which category I got into? I'm always torn between submitting this into comedy, upbeat or drama, so I'm curious as to where the judges placed it... Even if two of those categories are one now.
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Rider4Z » Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:10 pm

VicBond007 wrote:My logic here, and it's ever-changing, is that the audience is the ultimate authority. If we bump "better" videos to make room for a wider selection of editors, then yes, we might make a few editors happy, maybe 5 or even 10 people, but then I have to deal with hundreds upon hundreds of audience members whining about how bad the contest was. I'll get that anyways, it happens at every con, but I do what I can to dial it down :) If you're making art for art's sake, then you can't complain if it doesn't get shown. If you're making something to entertain an audience, and the pre-screening team has determined that the audience would PROBABLY rather sit through something else, then you also can't complain because then you're basically saying "LOOK AT MY VIDEO, I DON'T CARE IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU'RE GONNA WATCH IT ANYWAYS" and I don't think that's the message that you want to send :)

Again, I can gear the contest towards the creators' interests and make 35 people happier, or I can gear it towards the audience's interests and make hundreds-to-thousands of people happier. I still treat every entry with the utmost respect in that I encode everything with care, fix technical problems (and BOY are there plenty!) and screen the overflow in the same room as the AMV contest (hell, this year we're doing it twice), but at the end of the day, the final contest is put together for the audience.

can i get this engraved in stone somewhere? i'd like to whip it out when AX comes back around.
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Kosmit » Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:39 pm

VicBond007 wrote:CONTEST FINALISTS
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Doomimus » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:39 pm

How was the contest? Who was featured?
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Castor Troy » Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:53 pm

Rider4Z wrote:
VicBond007 wrote:My logic here, and it's ever-changing, is that the audience is the ultimate authority. If we bump "better" videos to make room for a wider selection of editors, then yes, we might make a few editors happy, maybe 5 or even 10 people, but then I have to deal with hundreds upon hundreds of audience members whining about how bad the contest was. I'll get that anyways, it happens at every con, but I do what I can to dial it down :) If you're making art for art's sake, then you can't complain if it doesn't get shown. If you're making something to entertain an audience, and the pre-screening team has determined that the audience would PROBABLY rather sit through something else, then you also can't complain because then you're basically saying "LOOK AT MY VIDEO, I DON'T CARE IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU'RE GONNA WATCH IT ANYWAYS" and I don't think that's the message that you want to send :)

Again, I can gear the contest towards the creators' interests and make 35 people happier, or I can gear it towards the audience's interests and make hundreds-to-thousands of people happier. I still treat every entry with the utmost respect in that I encode everything with care, fix technical problems (and BOY are there plenty!) and screen the overflow in the same room as the AMV contest (hell, this year we're doing it twice), but at the end of the day, the final contest is put together for the audience.

can i get this engraved in stone somewhere? i'd like to whip it out when AX comes back around.


Only when AX stops choosing crap. :bzz:

Who won the AUSA iron chef? Jeff's intro was awesome like always.
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Deuce Loosely » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:02 pm

Vic fell to his challenger this year.
I gotta admit, though...it was an awesome piece for being thrown together in under two hours.
I hope it's uploaded soon...
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Rider4Z » Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:12 pm

Castor Troy wrote:Only when AX stops choosing crap. :bzz:

crap is mightier than a vuvuzela :twisted:
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby HalOfBorg » Tue Nov 16, 2010 7:27 am

Is there official word about the contest? I've been told I have some reason to be happy. It'd be nice to be happy. What's it feel like?
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby Deuce Loosely » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:05 am

HalOfBorg wrote:Is there official word about the contest? I've been told I have some reason to be happy. It'd be nice to be happy. What's it feel like?

Your video, "Me, Myself, and Me" won its category (if I remember correctly).
It at least made runner-up because it was playing as I came into the AMV Award spotlight.
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby HalOfBorg » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:25 am

:D Thank you very much! :rofl:
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Re: The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Rules are live)

Postby TheLongshot » Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:40 am

Deuce Loosely wrote:
HalOfBorg wrote:Is there official word about the contest? I've been told I have some reason to be happy. It'd be nice to be happy. What's it feel like?

Your video, "Me, Myself, and Me" won its category (if I remember correctly).
It at least made runner-up because it was playing as I came into the AMV Award spotlight.


It did indeed win.

Since I'm posting, I will offer one complaint about the contest: if you didn't turn in your ballot after the contest, it was impossible to find the ballot box. At the end of the contest, they said that the box was going to be by the AMV room and I had until 2PM Saturday. Unfortuantely, I saw no sign of it and no one I could really ask. (since Iron Editor was going on at the time) I tried asking at the info desk, but they didn't know.

So, I didn't get to vote. :cry:
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