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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by Songbird21 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:22 am

I still think the prescreenings should be done over two days. That way people aren't so burnt out by the end.

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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by Warlike Swans » Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:07 am

kiarrens wrote: I'll weigh in here from my perspective as a contest coordinator.

Last year I tried something with my pre-screening. We had about 10 people and 100 videos to go through. It was a dry event. In the interest of the sanity of my pre-screeners, I instated a rule that if they UNANIMOUSLY voted to skip a video (it had to be REALLY bad), that video would receive a 0 score and be skipped.
That sounds like a good approach, if only so that the pre-screeners don't feel helplessly chained in to watching torturously bad videos.
Songbird21 wrote:I still think the prescreenings should be done over two days. That way people aren't so burnt out by the end.
This would probably lead to logistical problems.

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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by xDreww » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:31 pm

drewaconclusion wrote:
Shin-AMV wrote:pfft. I'm flying in from Minnesota to be there. :P

Also, I'm splitting the room on friday/saturday, but its just me on Thursday. So if you're still in need for a place for just Thursday night, send me a PM.
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xDreww wrote:Honesty, in my opinion. The "Audience" Which are also the "viewers" Majority of them vote for their favorite anime/song and don't really look into another video that took part in that one category, or the other, which had a lot more feeling into the winner, or finalist. I still think if you have a popular song, you'll make it, or and win. That's just me. Seen it happen plenty of times, which kind of sucks. Can't blame the viewers to not know anything about an actually concept for an AMV. About the judges who decide what videos make it to the finals. I don't even know.
I find your contempt for your audience and condescending to them rather deplorable. I thought this last year when you complained on the AB thread and I still think it now; you just sound like sour grapes.

Nope not really. I'm just saying the facts.
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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by kiarrens » Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:41 pm

xDreww wrote: Nope not really. I'm just saying the facts.
That an audience choice award is chosen by the convention audience? Yes, that is an indisputable fact.
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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by l33tmeatwad » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:13 pm

xDreww wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
xDreww wrote:Honesty, in my opinion. The "Audience" Which are also the "viewers" Majority of them vote for their favorite anime/song and don't really look into another video that took part in that one category, or the other, which had a lot more feeling into the winner, or finalist. I still think if you have a popular song, you'll make it, or and win. That's just me. Seen it happen plenty of times, which kind of sucks. Can't blame the viewers to not know anything about an actually concept for an AMV. About the judges who decide what videos make it to the finals. I don't even know.
I find your contempt for your audience and condescending to them rather deplorable. I thought this last year when you complained on the AB thread and I still think it now; you just sound like sour grapes.

Nope not really. I'm just saying the facts.
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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by Warlike Swans » Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:46 pm

l33tmeatwad wrote:
Got ya a cold one to drink while watching the AMV finalists for Anime Boston.
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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by Songbird21 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:50 pm

Warlike Swans wrote:This would probably lead to logistical problems.
How so?
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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by l33tmeatwad » Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:53 pm

Songbird21 wrote:
Warlike Swans wrote:This would probably lead to logistical problems.
How so?
Finding TWO days where that many people can come. If you don't have everyone return, then the results are skewed, or you have to throw out some of the scoring.
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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by Songbird21 » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:13 pm

Hmmm. Well, what about halving the prescreeners then? Have half of them show up on each day.

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Re: The Anime Boston prescreenings

Post by l33tmeatwad » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:16 pm

Songbird21 wrote:Hmmm. Well, what about halving the prescreeners then? Have half of them show up on each day.
Then you get very inconsistent results, that's a terrible idea.
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