Davis 51 wrote:I'm a bit curious about the Judges Choice and Con Chair award. I always find those choices fascinating, because they almost never coincide with the popular vote, and sometimes pick some really obscure yet cool stuff.
I love Katsucon for having such a wealth of judge awards. I really do think that the audience can miss stuff, and really good or well thought out AMVs can just go by without people batting an eye. To have 3 different, non-audience awards gives (at least theoretically) 3 different videos the chance to get recognition in a way they deserve, whether or not the audience noticed.
I'm actually always relatively curious about the best in show votes. I've seen the process of in category voting played out before, but I've never seen a list of just how the AMVs all stacked against each other for the ultimate winner. Not sure it's bad that I haven't seen it, though.