TnAdct1 wrote:outlawed wrote:I will keep this fairly short.
My advice:
Keep the same plan but scratch the invite only. Make it so those people who have won an Otakon category before MUST submit into the new contest (let's call it advanced) for that category and CAN NOT submit for that category into the regular contest (let's call it beginner). This will give people who have won before stiffer competition and allow new submitters or past non-winners a better chance to win a category. Also it will allow you to present the high quality 2nd contest (i.e. best of the best) for your audience which is what I gather you made this 2nd contest for.
One thing to add here (if the Masters contest does take place at Otakon 2005): have first runner-ups also be eligible as well. If memory serves me right, there's currently 22 people or groups that have won the Otakon AMV contest, and of those 22, some of them have retired from the AMV creation business, which means there's less people who will be eligible for the Masters. Also, with the first runner-ups being in the Masters, this would mean more of the experts of AMV's (i.e. VicBond007 Productions, Aluminum Studios) will be involved in that part of the AMV contest as well.
Joe Klemm
If you include runners-up as well, remove te mandatory "MUST enter Masters." Not every "runner-up" entrant is worthy of being a Master - cruel as this may sound, some people make finals because the other entries _JUST_ _SUCKED_ _EVEN_ MORE._









