The Sacrifice to the Otakon AMV Gods Thread

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:05 pm

Rinny wrote:I think I'm finally starting to come to terms with the idea of not getting into the contest. You do a lot of hard work Matt, so I guess we have no right to complain.

Therapist: That's right, Rinny! Closure, closure! Beat that mental monster!

I usually don't worry about it too much. Otakon wil always play your videos in the overflow rooms anyways. Even though it's less recogonition than the contest, it's still a showing. One of the reasons why I respect Otakon alot

Darkseid · Post by **Darkseid** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 2:11 am

I'm just hoping for a showing at a relatively decent time other than 9am Sunday morning. That's all I ask. LOL

*realizes he'll probably wind up with 10am Sunday morning because of this post. oh well.

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Rinny · Post by **Rinny** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:38 am

Castor Troy wrote:
Rinny wrote:I think I'm finally starting to come to terms with the idea of not getting into the contest. You do a lot of hard work Matt, so I guess we have no right to complain.

Therapist: That's right, Rinny! Closure, closure! Beat that mental monster!
I usually don't worry about it too much. Otakon wil always play your videos in the overflow rooms anyways. Even though it's less recogonition than the contest, it's still a showing. One of the reasons why I respect Otakon alot

Unfortunately, the overflows are less than dignifying. After my first attendance to one, I've decided never to go again. People were literally booing the videos right off the screen.

Freako · Post by **Freako** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 7:00 am

Unfortunately, the overflows are less than dignifying. After my first attendance to one, I've decided never to go again. People were literally booing the videos right off the screen.

I actually liked that better ...... my other experience with AN AMV contest was ANime boston ... where every crappy video was cheered for. Made me sick. It is nice to see people's HONEST reaction to a video , no matter how ugly it may be .

Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 9:03 am

Freako wrote:was ANime boston ... where every crappy video was cheered for. Made me sick. It is nice to see people's HONEST reaction to a video , no matter how ugly it may be .

I disagree completly. Even the worst video had work put into it. Being honest and being an asshole is not the same thing, and booing someone's work is clearly being on the asshole side, while giving constructive criticism is on the honest side.

Tom

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 2:22 am

Tom the Fish wrote:
Freako wrote:was ANime boston ... where every crappy video was cheered for. Made me sick. It is nice to see people's HONEST reaction to a video , no matter how ugly it may be .
I disagree completly. Even the worst video had work put into it. Being honest and being an asshole is not the same thing, and booing someone's work is clearly being on the asshole side, while giving constructive criticism is on the honest side.

Ditto. These clowns and their "honest reactions" insult not only the audience, but also the contest organizers who have put months of their personal time into hosting an entertaining event.

Freako · Post by **Freako** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 7:11 am

These clowns and their "honest reactions"

I dont' appreciate you taking an obvious shot at me , because of my opinion. Not to mention a level of hypocracy that can only be rivaled by . . . . . screw it , I'm not that smart .

Jerk off.

DBZ sucks .
(just in case I didnt piss off everyone else)

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:32 am

Freako wrote:I dont' appreciate you taking an obvious shot at me , because of my opinion....

Hmmm...I wasn't actually thinking about you when I wrote that, but I can see it could be read that way. So, apologies if I offended.

All I know is that if I were running a contest, I'd be seriously P.O.'d if this kind of disruption was happening. A well-run contest is not just the responsibility of the staff. It's a community effort; the audience has its part, and the AMV creators, too.

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genestarwind21122 · Post by **genestarwind21122** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 8:22 pm

I've been told that if your vid doesn't get shown in the contest it will at least get shown once and they'll send you out an email to let you know when it is. Possibly twice depending on the number of videos.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 8:25 pm

genestarwind21122 wrote:I've been told that if your vid doesn't get shown in the contest it will at least get shown once and they'll send you out an email to let you know when it is. Possibly twice depending on the number of videos.

Well, yeah, but who cares about the general screenings? =P

In all seriousness, though. As much as I just want to get SYLN shown, I wouldn't want it crammed in the middle of all of the entries that didn't make it... everyone'd be sleeping or have left by the time SYLN started playing, knowing my luck =P