Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - RESULTS AND WINNERS

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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby OtakuGT18 » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:40 pm

deuceloosely wrote:
OtakuGT18 wrote:Good job trying to advertise YOURSELF in this thread in the midst of a thread about the AMA 2009 AMV Contest. Isn't that...a little rude?

Also I'm sure if Bryan needed your assistance he'd tell us on the forums as an entirely new topic "Need New Staff!" on the forums.

:roll:


Hey, avoid it all you want but you not giving much of a response doesn't provide much an argument. Ain't no hard feelings but srsly you could do that somewhere else. Just sayin'.

Like I said though, I'm looking forward to the contest.
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby zeiram_00 » Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:09 am

otakugt18,
why are you so negative to everybody? You call other people rude for "advertising themselves" but you are the one being rude. it is generally understood that the things posted in a forum are opinions. this is the original design for a forum: for rants, discussions and general knowledge is shared. the forum is not supposed to be used to bring others down or to insult their opinions or attachments (to their own work or loyalties). by nature forums advertise those who join them. a username in itself is an advertisement and most give a single facet of the user him or herself. with usernames most people advertise an alternate persona of themselves while you advertise how much of a nerd you are (a bit arrogant one might say). people choose different names just as they choose different amv styles or have different opinions.
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby OtakuGT18 » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:40 am

zeiram_00 wrote:otakugt18,
why are you so negative to everybody? You call other people rude for "advertising themselves" but you are the one being rude. it is generally understood that the things posted in a forum are opinions. this is the original design for a forum: for rants, discussions and general knowledge is shared. the forum is not supposed to be used to bring others down or to insult their opinions or attachments (to their own work or loyalties). by nature forums advertise those who join them. a username in itself is an advertisement and most give a single facet of the user him or herself. with usernames most people advertise an alternate persona of themselves while you advertise how much of a nerd you are (a bit arrogant one might say). people choose different names just as they choose different amv styles or have different opinions.


i only called ONE person rude (other than yourself when you made that whiny post. Don't deny it; you set yourself up for that one.), and that was deuce loosely. Of course if you want to pit me with the thought of myself doing that to multiple people go ahead; I don't care what you think. Get mad if you want. (It IS the intrawebs after all)

I'm not so opinionated that I hate opinions or shoot down others; this isn't 4chan and I sure as heck don't act like anyone at all who goes there. I just found it rude to, in what I saw, cock-block the thread randomly to advertise something he/she was doing. No big deal, it's just myself calling it as I saw it.

By the way, this is a REALLY old name I made when I was 18 (now 23) and ran out of ideas of usernames, and I haven't even used this account for a LONG time, so before you go randomly making this "let's make this a name game and call him an arrogant nerd while we're at it" read what I said about it. I don't even know how you derailed to talking about how it all related to everyone having a different style/name/opinion, I simply just found something that somebody found rude.

But no if you want me to act arrogant I can because I was simply being cordial. :)
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby zeiram_00 » Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:44 pm

being cordial is breaking down other's posts and basically telling them they are wrong?
and i'm not sure you're the same person as before (you didn't break down my post sentance by sentance this time). that is a bit annoying. and calling someone out for not replying to your post is very argumentative. so don't act like you're not doing the same things as everyone else in a forum.
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby plankster » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:00 pm

The videos in the torture the audience category are really bad, and i think the worst video is the power rangers one, it's so bad that it made the anibad video look good. The power rangers one uses same clips over and over again, it's very annoying. The Anibad one looks bad too, but the effects are good.
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby HalOfBorg » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:26 pm

plankster wrote:The videos in the torture the audience category are really bad, and i think the worst video is the power rangers one, it's so bad that it made the anibad video look good. The power rangers one uses same clips over and over again, it's very annoying. The Anibad one looks bad too, but the effects are good.


LOL My son was laughing today saying if I don't win that "Your worst isn't bad enough!".

I did re-use scenes, but not enough maybe. And I just KNEW I should have added subtitles!!! Or left the cartoon network logo I added show better! :D


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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby OtakuGT18 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:37 pm

plankster wrote:The videos in the torture the audience category are really bad, and i think the worst video is the power rangers one, it's so bad that it made the anibad video look good. The power rangers one uses same clips over and over again, it's very annoying. The Anibad one looks bad too, but the effects are good.



>the videos in the torture the audience category are really bad,-

Stopped reading right here.

THAT IS THE POINT OF THEM GENIUS. :roll: :lol:

Why do you think it was called "Torture the Audience"? Jeez.

zeiram_00 wrote:being cordial is breaking down other's posts and basically telling them they are wrong?
and i'm not sure you're the same person as before (you didn't break down my post sentance by sentance this time). that is a bit annoying. and calling someone out for not replying to your post is very argumentative. so don't act like you're not doing the same things as everyone else in a forum.
its all opinions and its all us calling em as we see em.


If I have to break down someone's post to get my point across, I do it but I don't always do it with the intention of sounding like a dick. Although if you want me to, I can very well do that too.

If someone is going to get offended because I either called them out for something or because they think honest-little-me then either it was true (and they don't like reading it) or I hit a nerve on some point and it's just annoying. TO which case I lol.

Believe me I'm the same person as I was then and as I have been, but I don't post the same way each time so I don't turn out looking like a troll every time.

Too long;didn't read summary: Please just get over yourself.
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby OtakuGT18 » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:43 pm

HalOfBorg wrote:
plankster wrote:The videos in the torture the audience category are really bad, and i think the worst video is the power rangers one, it's so bad that it made the anibad video look good. The power rangers one uses same clips over and over again, it's very annoying. The Anibad one looks bad too, but the effects are good.


LOL My son was laughing today saying if I don't win that "Your worst isn't bad enough!".

I did re-use scenes, but not enough maybe. And I just KNEW I should have added subtitles!!! Or left the cartoon network logo I added show better! :D




With a proud smile I can say that THAT video was a real good Torture video.

Though many think otherwise, i actually liked the DB Movie that came out recently but I was amongst the many that went "ohoooooooo!" or likewise when the sudden DB:E screenshot popped up.

Man that song will haunt me for awhile.
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby HalOfBorg » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:38 pm

OtakuGT18 wrote:Man that song will haunt me for awhile.


:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: Bwaaahaaahhahaahhaaaahaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby Deuce Loosely » Sun Jun 21, 2009 10:49 pm

HalOfBorg wrote:
OtakuGT18 wrote:Man that song will haunt me for awhile.


:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: Bwaaahaaahhahaahhaaaahaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

The Power Rangers vid was funnier but yours was absolutely more annoying. The song itself is pretty monotonous and repetitive by midway through (it's in my mp3 library somewhere, and I'll be damned if it isn't stuck on a loop in my head now). Personally, I think this "Torture" category should remain with up to five entries and be distributed as was during the contest: in between categories. I wasn't convinced that the category would work but it was executed right, and now I believe (aaaaaaaaa-men! :P). Please for to consider keeping it?

Aside from the special categories and awards, I saw plenty of evidence to support our decision at NekoCon's AMV contest to take general category voting out of the viewers' hands. They'll decide Best in Show but we're making sure nothing is miscategorized and that the playing field is leveled by having a panel of unbiased judges decide the winners.

The results? Oh, a trailer that was semi-amusing won for Comedy because that's the category it was in. A dramatic video which largely lacked action won the Action category. My initial choice for Drama didn't win but it took a second look at the winner to understand why it won. And for once I actually enjoyed the Romance entries (wonderful piece, Jaddzie, and congrats!). While I would have rather seen the "Russian dance" video win for Upbeat, the winning entry had all the special effects and extras one expects within this category.

But the thing that nailed it for me about "one viewer, one vote" was how the Best in Show award was explained. First of all, Vlad totally delivered with his entry. I voted for the "Killer Tomatoes" video to win Comedy but, as it was told, Vlad would have won that category by popular vote but was only awarded the Best in Show, making the actual 2nd place vote-getter the category winner (the trailer). The runner-up (actual 3rd place) was "Lollipop"...poor Alucard. :P Had judges been in charge of voting, I'd have to say the trailer would have been looked at as just that, Alucard might have won, and "Killer Tomatoes" would have made runner-up.

But the bottom line is this: the decision to not allow Vlad to win both category and Best in Show not only nullifies democratic vote but goes against past years when the awards were given to who won them, regardless if they won multiple awards. If a video is that good and everyone agrees, the decision shouldn't be negated because the fans thought it deserved those honors. For this reason, if the fans happen to agree that their choice for Best in Show was also our choice to win a category, so be it. The video was that good.

Never mind the fact this system will take the rabid fangirls out of the equation. It's been made evident that any video with overt yaoi references, no matter who is being shipped, will do well because of them. This way, a more stable curve is maintained. Also, since there's a substantial amount of dissension among the viewers on who "should have" won and why based on their personal criteria, a panel of judges will balance the scales for them. The yaoi fangirls won't have to hate the critics and the AMV editors won't feel like they'd been snubbed because they didn't choose the popular anime or song for the time.

*sigh*

Just sayin'. I don't mean to sound harsh but some things just struck me as "off" this year.

Anyway, congrats to the winners. And Vlad...excellent PSA! Has it been posted anywhere?
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby OtakuGT18 » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:59 am

deuceloosely wrote:The Power Rangers vid was funnier but yours was absolutely more annoying. The song itself is pretty monotonous and repetitive by midway through (it's in my mp3 library somewhere, and I'll be damned if it isn't stuck on a loop in my head now). Personally, I think this "Torture" category should remain with up to five entries and be distributed as was during the contest: in between categories.


Hey smart guy. Guess what?

THERE WERE ONLY TWO VIDEOS. Not even 5 which would be your "limit" you propose here.

Not sure what you're complaining about as I think a load of people misinterpreted of what Torture videos were. Personally, I had to roll my eyes at both, so they did what they did; tortured me.




deuceloosely wrote: I wasn't convinced that the category would work but it was executed right, and now I believe (aaaaaaaaa-men! :P). Please for to consider keeping it?



I heard that there wouldn't be one but I don't know...D:

deuceloosely wrote:Aside from the special categories and awards, I saw plenty of evidence to support our decision at NekoCon's AMV contest to take general category voting out of the viewers' hands. They'll decide Best in Show but we're making sure nothing is miscategorized and that the playing field is leveled by having a panel of unbiased judges decide the winners.



So wait..

Just because YOU didn't like what was shown and because YOU disagree you feel a false sense of security thinking "Man I sure do feel superior that my staff handles everything better because the viewers aren't really doing anything except juding ONE category! Awesome!"? Are you really....that egotistical?

In one way I see you being a complete douche. Can I call you doucheloosely?

Okay so here's the thing douche...

If you only have one category for people really to vote, what much incentive is there for anyone to stay at the contest? Someone who's easily bored could just simply write a number/name of who they're voting for just to get out but anyone *myself included* who comes to a contest and sees multiple categories that I'll be voting for "best of" makes me want to stay to see the rest.


deuceloosely wrote:The results? Oh, a trailer that was semi-amusing won for Comedy because that's the category it was in. A dramatic video which largely lacked action won the Action category. My initial choice for Drama didn't win but it took a second look at the winner to understand why it won. And for once I actually enjoyed the Romance entries (wonderful piece, Jaddzie, and congrats!). While I would have rather seen the "Russian dance" video win for Upbeat, the winning entry had all the special effects and extras one expects within this category.


WOW IT SURE IS LOLOPINIONS IN HERE!

A trailer that was submitted was funny. Loads of people loved it. People love One Piece and people love movie-trailer-parodies. Get over it. When concerning that Gurren Lagann inspirational AMV, I was told it'd only make sense for something immensely loved (I think that "We Need You" video was favored) to win the entire show (Best in Show), and not just that category (Comedy). Maybe they had to move it down to ALLOW something like that video to win the entire show so that it wouldn't win Comedy? I mean I can't imagine the guy who has to deal with knowing his video got beat by another video that (would have) won two categories, "Best In Show" included. I'd be going "What the hell does he need two awards for? He won Best in Show, why should he get Best in Comedy too? That's basically winning it twice!".

See my point?

...and wait..

Wait...an AMV with LARGELY lacking action? The Claymore video? Haha...you're not serious are you? Oh wait, you are? HAHAHAHAHAH. Hellooo-oooo? THERE WAS A GIRL WHO WAS BEHEADED NOT EVEN HALFWAY INTO THE SONG HOW IS THAT NOT ACTION ENOUGH? Just because it's an Action AMV doesn't mean senseless violence HAS to endure all the way throughout, and I think a lot of people noticed that. Maybe you just need to get your head out of your ass. Or get a less biased opinion, I'm not sure which.


deuceloosely wrote:But the thing that nailed it for me about "one viewer, one vote" was how the Best in Show award was explained. First of all, Vlad totally delivered with his entry. I voted for the "Killer Tomatoes" video to win Comedy but, as it was told, Vlad would have won that category by popular vote but was only awarded the Best in Show, making the actual 2nd place vote-getter the category winner (the trailer). The runner-up (actual 3rd place) was "Lollipop"...poor Alucard. :P Had judges been in charge of voting, I'd have to say the trailer would have been looked at as just that, Alucard might have won, and "Killer Tomatoes" would have made runner-up.


You sure talk like you know how the judges think. Why is that?

Anyways that "Killer Tomatoes" video was funny.................for about the first minute until it died down. The song or the video itself presented little to nothing extra throughout the rest. Sure it had its moments but I do notice that a lot of what people found "Funny" is the majority of the audience who voted for it were old and could relate to the original movie with said theme.


deuceloosely wrote:But the bottom line is this: the decision to not allow Vlad to win both category and Best in Show not only nullifies democratic vote but goes against past years when the awards were given to who won them, regardless if they won multiple awards. If a video is that good and everyone agrees, the decision shouldn't be negated because the fans thought it deserved those honors. For this reason, if the fans happen to agree that their choice for Best in Show was also our choice to win a category, so be it. The video was that good.


I heard the reason being a lot of this was done (with the multiple winning bit) that controversy keeps getting spewed about *at AMA* either the audience or the judges being biased *or other slander being spread* when it came to voting. I mean if that video won both categories don't you think people would start going "It just won because it's Gurren Lagann and the host himself is a cosplayer for a Gurren Lagann character" or so forth and so forth?

All I'm saying is that tons of crap can happen and people spout useless banter that hurts people and reputations so maybe the judges considered that and made it easy for EVERYONE to win something.

Again, if Vlad understands that by winning "Best in Show" that he won the WHOLE CONTEST then maybe he won't be pissed about not winning Comedy. I doubt that by his humor in the video that he'd be pissed at all. Unlike yourself it seems.

Because you know...that only makes sense.


deuceloosely wrote:Never mind the fact this system will take the rabid fangirls out of the equation. It's been made evident that any video with overt yaoi references, no matter who is being shipped, will do well because of them. This way, a more stable curve is maintained. Also, since there's a substantial amount of dissension among the viewers on who "should have" won and why based on their personal criteria, a panel of judges will balance the scales for them. The yaoi fangirls won't have to hate the critics and the AMV editors won't feel like they'd been snubbed because they didn't choose the popular anime or song for the time.

*sigh*


...uhm.

Did you NOT see that the very video that had Yaoi in it had Yuri as well and several accounts of clips being hinted at shown ecchi? Everybody gets a taste of fanservice, why are you complaining? Personally all you are doing at THIS point is shouting "Waaaa they pulled the Yaoi fancard now the video I wanted to win won't win because editor X did that waaaaah!".

Also, it's more than just having a popular song to make something work. I think that was very apparent in this whole contest as I saw it.


deuceloosely wrote:Just sayin'. I don't mean to sound harsh but some things just struck me as "off" this year.

Anyway, congrats to the winners. And Vlad...excellent PSA! Has it been posted anywhere?


Yeah.....I don't buy you saying "don't mean to sound harsh" when you just wrote a very polite post hinting at yourself REALLY going "F*** all of the winners" even though I could be wrong on some things.


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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby meleechampion » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:14 am

OtakuGT18 wrote:tl;dr

Uh.... aside... (to bryan)

Thanks for running the contest?
I'm sure it wasn't perfect, but you did the best you could?
Take six months off then read anything anyone has to say?

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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby Moonlight Soldier » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:21 am

meleechampion wrote:
OtakuGT18 wrote:tl;dr

Uh.... aside... (to bryan)

Thanks for running the contest?
I'm sure it wasn't perfect, but you did the best you could?
Take six months off then read anything anyone has to say?

(suggestions)


Oo'
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby Deuce Loosely » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:56 am

Seriously, Brian...not about you at all. People are gonna have differences in and reasons for administering their AMV contests as they do and that's fine. I'm just shooting from my perspective based on past years at AMA and other AMV contests I've seen. Katsucon didn't even award anything to the runners-up, much less announce them, and I thought that kinda sucked. Leaving those in is just as much validation as winning; you just don't get the big trophy.

Between TekkoshoCon 2008 and 2009, I've very much enjoyed watching and hearing the audience respond to my entries whether or not I was mentioned during the award ceremonies. It's been a testament to my improvement overall as an editor after the first 2 1/2 years without making a ballot.

Anyway, I really wanted to enter the Torture category and would have, had it not been for long-standing computer issues being finally resolved after the submission deadline. That and I had to put a rush on AMV Salad 3. I should go ahead with my idea anyway and throw it at the next open contest to see how it lands. ;)

Just keep doing things how you see fit. Never mind whatever negativity or dissent may exist in this forum. I'm not trying to be right. Just sayin'...y'know? Take my rant or whatever as you will.

Bottom line: this is the first AMV contest I've stayed all the way through since last AMA. There were a few obvious clinkers, going by audience reaction, but it was more entertaining than anything. Although my initial choice for Torture was the Power Rangers clip, it turned out to be funny just the first time. The winner truly earned this award... :P
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Re: Anime Mid Atlantic AMV Contest - FINALIST

Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:07 am

Well, now that the fist fight has hopefully died down, I'd like to say congrats to all the winners...

And for the record, quite honesty, if the audiance enjoyed my video then I'm more then happy with that (after all, that is the reason I made it in the first place) If it won Best of Show (and I'll wait for the offical results), well that icing on the cake...

Honestly people, we all may have our views on how things should go and opinion are fine, but lets no spoil it all here for al those who entered. The fact of the matter is, did the audiance enjoy the show? Did they chear on a lot of the videos? Was the room full? Those are the sort of things I would like to see discussed.. :wink:

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