hackerzc wrote:It just seems like last year everything was more formal as more creators were present and only a few non creator anime club members. This year it was the other way around. Only like 4 creators (that's including myself) were there.
It's up to the AMV makers to show up and make themselves heard. They are not little children who need to be held by the hand. I know I've sent out pre-screening notices both on this web board and by e-mail so that people have the necessary information available to make their plans. You were able to show up, and it is up to others to follow suit.
If people weren't able to make it to UMCP or NYC last weekend, please remember that there are screenings still coming up this weekend and the next. There are some creators getting tapes for at-home submissions as well. We are far from finished at this point.
hackerzc wrote:There was much heckeling going on.
At the beginning of the session I'm pretty sure I mentioned this topic. However, I will make a greater effort to remind people to act with greater courtesy next time. My attention was principally directed towards making sure that the screenings proceded despite obstacles, and did not get too far behind schedule.
That, and in remaining conscious because I had been up since about eight a.m. on Friday morning and stayed up overnight to make sure that the evaluation forms were done & duplicated, and that a backup plan was in place just in case the post office lost the regular screener tapes.
Also, I've been tallying up the evaluation forms and it seems that in the end people vote according to their own judgements, and not the judgements of the loudest people in the crowd. Funny, that.
hackerzc wrote:While I don't like this at all, I must confess that by the third tape even I was following suit, and I am discusted at myself for doing so.
If you disapprove of heckling, it's only you who can compel you to conduct yourself accordingly. This seems fairly self-evident to me.