
Kazemon15 wrote:What if, for example, the discs get damaged in the process of getting to the coordinator? Who's fault is it then?
There's also that little percentage that the package could get lost in the mail and never arrive.
As much as I hate to help perpetuate yet another argument in this thread (which I'm sure it will inevitably lead to), that's total bologna. I've had contest submissions where I was absolutely sure, based on everything I could tell, that the file I had submitted worked perfectly fine. I had played it back myself and had other people play it and it worked completely fine. Then I get a notice from the coordinator that the file isn't playing back correctly. I remember in one case, something had fucked up in the upload and I hadn't noticed. I re-uploaded, and everything worked out just fine. Are you honestly going to tell me that not knowing that an upload had worked properly means that I didn't do my due diligence and that I shouldn't be allowed to enter? Or any number of unknowable mess ups? Sorry dude but that's fuckin' bullshit.xstylus wrote:Niotex wrote:I don't want to sound rude or anything. But given how early the deadline was this year compared to the actual con date. I always assumed this was in place already. There was no excuse to not open the files real quick as you got them in, scrub through them looking for any major issues. And then if something was wrong getting back to the editor. Shooting them a non personal automated message to fix said problem. This honestly takes less then 5 minutes per faulty video. 20 seconds top's for a problem-less video. Given the sheer volume of entries for AX one should expect 2 afternoons/evenings tops going through this. Then having people resubmit within a week. If entry doesn't comply then, then too bad. Doesn't sound unreasonable or hard if you ask me. A system like this is used at contests like an Acen etc. I've personally used this system for all the contests I've run in the past 3/4 years now. I think you'd be surprised with how small the workload really is.
Yeah, you do sound rude. It is not a coordinator's responsibility to check and notify the editor of fuck-ups that the editor is supposed to have checked prior to sending.
If a contest coordinator of any convention provides such a courtesy notice, it is just that -- a courtesy. If the coordinator wants to be a hard-ass and let the creator reap the consequences of their shoddy proofing, that's his or her prerogative.
Relying on the coordinator to do what is the most basic responsibility of the editor is a total lack of professionalism.
Rider4Z wrote:The Wired Knight wrote:Michael you may want to try this, it served me well for Yaoicon for a number of years.
Set two deadlines for submissions, an early deadline and a late deadline. Mark the early deadline as for those who are uncertain about the technical aspects of their video and that if a video submitted BEFORE the early deadline sufferes from certain issues that would otherwise DQ it, that you will notify them and they have until the late deadline to get the video back in with the appropriate fix.
The late deadline recieves no leeway and videos submitted by that one run the risk of being DQed for the problem. You just have to leave yourself enough time between the two to know that you will have sufficient time to review whatever videos get submitted before the early submission deadline.
I stopped doing this only because I found not enough entries were taking advantage of it but frankly yaoicon has so few entries on average I never worried about it too much. However for AX I think the early deadline will not only improve quality of entires but also give you more flexibility on the ability to disqualify videos for technical reasons without having to worry about being too nitpicky.
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xstylus wrote:total lack of professionalism.


Niotex wrote:I'm merely giving advice from one coordinator to another.
Niotex wrote:Then don't speak for DP.

Niotex wrote:Then don't speak for DP.

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