mexicanjunior wrote:I also just wanted to add I loved that Yatta vid when I saw it at Akon ("bus! bus! bus!" :p ) and applauded when it stomped on my poor Sasami video. I think it has every right to compete in as many contests as they wish it to. If people don't like that, make something better and beat it.
Whatever tiny chance my comedy entry to Otakon had will no doubt be crushed by "Happaness" (which I haven't seen, BTW). But that's all ok by me. May the best vid win and all that.
To the bahara team: I hope you guys (and girls?) will ignore the naysayers and stick to your plan. GO for it...and good luck! (P.S. Send it to AWA, too!)
Hitori wrote:It got ominously quiet on the mailing list since TJ -asst AWA VAT director- posted his thoughts on the issue....I agree with him on everything TJ said!! *up*
Me, too - except I said it first

(my page-1 post to this topic). I don't know how many ways to repeat it, but these contests and exhibitions are not for us creators (with rare exceptions).
One other thing about suggestions that "trolling" (however defined) is acceptable at large conventions (AX, AWA, Otakon) but not at the smaller, local ones. This is exactly opposite of the way it should be. Submission limits can help to reduce the workload for the big contests. But a small con needs every entry they can get.
PortConMaine would have had only three vids, all by the same person (?), if trolling limits had been applied there. Anime Evolution's contest would be a half hour long, if that. Even Sakura-Con (my "local" con and not all that small) would be less than it could be without out-of-town entries and past winners.
This whole discussion has motivated me to drop my self-imposed limits when entering contests. I don't enter many of them anyway, but when I do, I'm going to try and evaluate each situation individually rather than apply some simplistic rules. I think this is what dwchang and Vlad are getting at and it's something I can agree with.
Now...back to the important stuff...digitallyimported.com & Perpetuous Dreamer.......