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Postby Rider4Z » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:05 pm

whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O
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Postby zanedomain » Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:21 pm

Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.
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Postby Rider4Z » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:17 pm

zanedomain wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.

rofl XD
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Postby Kazemon15 » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:32 pm

Rider4Z wrote:
zanedomain wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.

rofl XD


Whatcha talking about? Drama is the best category! XDD :lol:
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Postby NightHawk » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:58 pm

Rider4Z wrote:
zanedomain wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.

rofl XD

That is actually pretty funny.

Sad, but true. A lot of people don't like the sappy vids that are usually in Drama.
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Postby zanedomain » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:12 pm

Hey, It works. We packed the room with standing room only after the first few AMV's and it remained crowded.
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Postby CorpseGoddess » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:42 pm

NightHawk wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:
zanedomain wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.

rofl XD

That is actually pretty funny.

Sad, but true. A lot of people don't like the sappy vids that are usually in Drama.


They mixed up the entries at AE this year, and I thought it was fantastic. I find the problem isn't necessarily the drama vids in and of themselves (although they do tend to be the audience's least favourite to watch), I think it's the "tl; dr" syndrome. It's like getting smacked with a wall of text---you know that for the next 20 minutes or so, things are going to be slowly paced, no action, etc. Drama/romance vids don't tend to break out of their respective editing moulds much so people get...bored.
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:01 am

Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


Then you've never been to the cons I run contests for :wink:

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Postby Ryvannis » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:41 pm

CorpseGoddess wrote:
NightHawk wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:
zanedomain wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.

rofl XD

That is actually pretty funny.

Sad, but true. A lot of people don't like the sappy vids that are usually in Drama.


They mixed up the entries at AE this year, and I thought it was fantastic. I find the problem isn't necessarily the drama vids in and of themselves (although they do tend to be the audience's least favourite to watch), I think it's the "tl; dr" syndrome. It's like getting smacked with a wall of text---you know that for the next 20 minutes or so, things are going to be slowly paced, no action, etc. Drama/romance vids don't tend to break out of their respective editing moulds much so people get...bored.


Not true, at all. Everyone has their own way of enjoying a drama video and I can say that makes no sense at all. Whats the point of having the contest then? Do you not enjoy them?

Think about the people that put a good amount of effort into the videos and then say they are boring. It's drama, it's supposed to create emotion.
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Postby CorpseGoddess » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:01 pm

Ryvannis wrote:
CorpseGoddess wrote:
NightHawk wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:
zanedomain wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.

rofl XD

That is actually pretty funny.

Sad, but true. A lot of people don't like the sappy vids that are usually in Drama.


They mixed up the entries at AE this year, and I thought it was fantastic. I find the problem isn't necessarily the drama vids in and of themselves (although they do tend to be the audience's least favourite to watch), I think it's the "tl; dr" syndrome. It's like getting smacked with a wall of text---you know that for the next 20 minutes or so, things are going to be slowly paced, no action, etc. Drama/romance vids don't tend to break out of their respective editing moulds much so people get...bored.


Not true, at all. Everyone has their own way of enjoying a drama video and I can say that makes no sense at all. Whats the point of having the contest then? Do you not enjoy them?

Think about the people that put a good amount of effort into the videos and then say they are boring. It's drama, it's supposed to create emotion.
I can say the same thing about action and comedy videos, but I wont.


I wasn't saying the videos *themselves* are boring. I said that people get bored after a solid block of them.

No offense was meant. And obviously this is just my opinion based on my experience. I'm certainly not saying that people don't get bored during a block of action vids, because yes--*those* tend to look and sound all same-y too.

Perhaps what I meant to convey is that drama/romance vids tend to be longer than the average amv (again, in my experience) and that the songs tend to be quieter and slower. And that can make people antsy.
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Postby Kazemon15 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:32 pm

CorpseGoddess wrote:
Ryvannis wrote:
CorpseGoddess wrote:
NightHawk wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:
zanedomain wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


We tried that but had problems, we mix them up to keep people from leaving during Romance/Drama category.

rofl XD

That is actually pretty funny.

Sad, but true. A lot of people don't like the sappy vids that are usually in Drama.


They mixed up the entries at AE this year, and I thought it was fantastic. I find the problem isn't necessarily the drama vids in and of themselves (although they do tend to be the audience's least favourite to watch), I think it's the "tl; dr" syndrome. It's like getting smacked with a wall of text---you know that for the next 20 minutes or so, things are going to be slowly paced, no action, etc. Drama/romance vids don't tend to break out of their respective editing moulds much so people get...bored.


Not true, at all. Everyone has their own way of enjoying a drama video and I can say that makes no sense at all. Whats the point of having the contest then? Do you not enjoy them?

Think about the people that put a good amount of effort into the videos and then say they are boring. It's drama, it's supposed to create emotion.
I can say the same thing about action and comedy videos, but I wont.


I wasn't saying the videos *themselves* are boring. I said that people get bored after a solid block of them.

No offense was meant. And obviously this is just my opinion based on my experience. I'm certainly not saying that people don't get bored during a block of action vids, because yes--*those* tend to look and sound all same-y too.

Perhaps what I meant to convey is that drama/romance vids tend to be longer than the average amv (again, in my experience) and that the songs tend to be quieter and slower. And that can make people antsy.


=O
My drama vids arent quiet and slow... lol.
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Postby zanedomain » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:43 pm

Personally I like the drama/romance category. But I like all categories. :D

I've been to other cons where they play the contest in blocks sorted by category and it can drag a bit. That is why I mix them up, to keep the audience on edge the entire competition.
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Postby Rider4Z » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:07 pm

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Rider4Z wrote:whoa... i've never known a con to not play them by category o_O


Then you've never been to the cons I run contests for :wink:

Vlad

well being on the other side of the continent... you see where i'm going :roll:


and i understand about the drama category. AX always tries to keep it towards the beginning, while comedy will be towards the end.

drama's just an emotionally draining category, so a lot of "casual amv viewers" tend to get bored.
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