KATSUCON 2011 contest Winners AND Standings!

[Miracle_Falcon]

well i would be lying if i sad i wasnt a little disappointed with only 5th place but hey I'm glad I got in. congrats to the winners

For what it's worth, I talked to people after the contest, and asked what they thought the results would be. I remember asking a fellow editor this, and they thought that yours was a main contender - maybe it's just one of those things where editors like it more because they can realize all that went into it?

You tend to notice that trends change and from my recon at AMA I noticed some people vote on a video based on what series was used rather than the editing skills, which is okay I guess...

Yeah, I mean, it's their right. I still find it irritating, though that's probably just me being a sore loser. I honestly felt like I was gonna at least place in drama, and then was disappointed when I did see what won...

Actually, speaking of what won.

DRAMA - 377 total votes received
5. "Brothers in Arms" by Daniel Solon
4. "With Me" by Sky
3. "Letting Go" by Miracle Falcon
2. "Your Own Feet" by Bebop0083 - 108 votes
1. "To the Future" by Kazemon15 - 124 votes

Okay, maybe I'm nuts. But I was there yesterday, and "Your Own Feet" was announced as the winner, and screened, NOT "To the Future." Am I remembering this correctly....? I know that Gene called for Kazemon to come up, but I don't remember seeing To the Future screened yesterday - while I definitely remember Your Own Feet being played. So, the way I see it, there are three options:
1: I'm nuts, pure and simple.
2: Your Own Feet won some sort of special award and I'm just not remembering To The Future being screened (though it was my own category, and I think I'd remember).
3: Some sort of mix up occurred - perhaps Kazemon was correctly credited as winning, but the wrong video was paired with their name?

[l33tmeatwad]

You tend to notice that trends change and from my recon at AMA I noticed some people vote on a video based on what series was used rather than the editing skills, which is okay I guess...

Yeah, I mean, it's their right. I still find it irritating, though that's probably just me being a sore loser. I honestly felt like I was gonna at least place in drama, and then was disappointed when I did see what won...

People vote for videos of series they know for the most part. You can make what you think is the best romance AMV ever (and it very well could be), but if most of the audience doesn't know the characters, they don't have those "feeling" that you put into it and they don't "understand" the romance as much as someone who has SEEN that particular series. I personally try to use well known shows, but I try to use them at a time when they are not currently being overused.

Also, for the NSFW contest, did it still have the Judge's Choice, Coordinator's Choice, and Con Chair's Award's still or were they scrapped with the categories due to only being 8 videos?

[Kosmit]

So, no "nsfw" contest, then?

Oh, it happened.
BOY did it happen...like wow!
For a first-year contest it went over like it's been around for five.
I only have titles but I'm sure the detailed results will be posted shortly after Toni (Crona) gets home.
I can tell you the winner left the rest of the pack shattered in the vote count.
Like they got well over 100 and the others in single-digits.

3. "Nom Nom Nom"
2. "DPH" by CorpseGoddess
1. "the Darkest of Places" by Kosmit

Yay! I actually won something!
Wish I could see the audience reaction though...

[HalOfBorg]

Yay! I actually won something!

"Darkest" deserved it.

[NightMistress85]

Congrats to the winners! Pretty cool to have kicked off the contest. Sorry I missed meeting up with some of you at the con.

[Kazemon15]

well i would be lying if i sad i wasnt a little disappointed with only 5th place but hey I'm glad I got in. congrats to the winners

For what it's worth, I talked to people after the contest, and asked what they thought the results would be. I remember asking a fellow editor this, and they thought that yours was a main contender - maybe it's just one of those things where editors like it more because they can realize all that went into it?

You tend to notice that trends change and from my recon at AMA I noticed some people vote on a video based on what series was used rather than the editing skills, which is okay I guess...

Yeah, I mean, it's their right. I still find it irritating, though that's probably just me being a sore loser. I honestly felt like I was gonna at least place in drama, and then was disappointed when I did see what won...

Actually, speaking of what won.

DRAMA - 377 total votes received
5. "Brothers in Arms" by Daniel Solon
4. "With Me" by Sky
3. "Letting Go" by Miracle Falcon
2. "Your Own Feet" by Bebop0083 - 108 votes
1. "To the Future" by Kazemon15 - 124 votes

Okay, maybe I'm nuts. But I was there yesterday, and "Your Own Feet" was announced as the winner, and screened, NOT "To the Future." Am I remembering this correctly....? I know that Gene called for Kazemon to come up, but I don't remember seeing To the Future screened yesterday - while I definitely remember Your Own Feet being played. So, the way I see it, there are three options:
1: I'm nuts, pure and simple.
2: Your Own Feet won some sort of special award and I'm just not remembering To The Future being screened (though it was my own category, and I think I'd remember).
3: Some sort of mix up occurred - perhaps Kazemon was correctly credited as winning, but the wrong video was paired with their name?

I hope it's not a mistake, since it'll be my first win with that video. And against mainstream anime too. When I saw all those mainstream I automatically knew people weren't going to vote for it, because that's how people are sadly. "I love this anime/song! Im voting for it." Even when other people who edited better should deserve that vote....

But was happy to see that it won. Or at least....maybe won.

[Squancho]

Congrats to the winners! Pretty cool to have kicked off the contest. Sorry I missed meeting up with some of you at the con.

You have an award coming as well.
You coulda picked it up if you were at the award show Sunday.
I'm at a loss to remember which but it's among the three I have yet to fill in.

And regarding the Drama "controversy" ( ), I copied the vote count for each video directly from Gene's notes. I think it was a matter of placing the wrong video in the playlist. It's happened before. At least no one sniped an errant trophy.

[Kazemon15]

And regarding the Drama "controversy" ( ), I copied the vote count for each video directly from Gene's notes. I think he might have slipped and played the wrong video for the category. It's happened before. I think it was a matter of placing the wrong video in the playlist. At least no one sniped an errant trophy.

That's good to here. I would feel bad celebrating if I wasn't actually a winner.

Gongrats to everyone too!

@Miracle: If it's any worth, I downloaded and watched your Angel Beats AMV and it made me motivated to finish the series. I watched 2 episodes and I couldn't bare to watch anymore without something worthwhile happening. So good job on that.

[Miracle_Falcon]

And regarding the Drama "controversy" ( ), I copied the vote count for each video directly from Gene's notes. I think it was a matter of placing the wrong video in the playlist. It's happened before. At least no one sniped an errant trophy.

But I'm not crazy, right? I am remembering correctly that the FMA video was played yesterday as the winning entry, and that Kazemon15 was called up as a winner, but wasn't present?

@Miracle: If it's any worth, I downloaded and watched your Angel Beats AMV and it made me motivated to finish the series. I watched 2 episodes and I couldn't bare to watch anymore without something worthwhile happening. So good job on that.

Well, thanks. But yeah, Angel Beats SUCKED at the beginning - I watched the first episode and quit. It took a lot of time during lunch breaks and the encouragement of a friend to get me back on the horse for this show, then suddenly, around episode... 6, I finally had all the motivation I needed to keep watching. Sorry, I probably spoiled a lot of the ending for you, though.

[NightMistress85]

Congrats to the winners! Pretty cool to have kicked off the contest. Sorry I missed meeting up with some of you at the con.

You have an award coming as well.
You coulda picked it up if you were at the award show Sunday.
I'm at a loss to remember which but it's among the three I have yet to fill in.

OMG! Totally shocked as this is my first Katsu award. Man, I totally planned to go, too, but I had to drive my friend to the airport earlier than expected >_>. Thanks for the heads up!