Brakus wrote:I know I'm late, but....
It would have helped immensely if Bryan actually attended the crash meeting back in May. Not only am I on staff at AMA, but also I (co-)run the DDR contest at AMA, and I made sure I attended the crash meeting so that I could make sure timeslots are straight and equipment is all taken care of. As Bryan was in charge of the AMV contest, I'd have hoped he'd make it to the crash meeting, but if he didn't, he needs to make sure he talks with Programming and Logistics to make sure he's got everything he needs for the contest. And for other stuff that the convention can't provide, Bryan needs to make arrangements to have his stuff there, or at least a network of friends who can provide stuff.
Okay Brakus I told the con-chair and I told you both I had military duty that weekend. Before you go saying I should have asked it off, I have an obligation to the my unit. Also before you say I had an obligation to the contest, I know I did. However when I was at Katsucon I heard from the con-chair that he talked to you about the contest. You had a chance to run it but turned it down. I took one for the team and ran the contest this year. I plan on running a more organized contest. Eventhough the behind the scene stuff was messy, the actual showing went off well. Despite the one speaker issue and DVD Player on Saturday. I am going to make sure that the equipment is all there ahead of time and inform the con-chair to give me more time to set up on Saturday so there aren't any problems and no delays. I sent an email out to the con-chair and tech staff about equipment I would need, nobody responded to my email. I called the con-chair personally and talked to him about it. He assured me everything was going to be there.
Oh and may I mention I only had 4 months to get the contest set up, get the rules online, gather prizes (which I'll be contacting everybody about for I had to think on how they were going to be sent out and other things plus they are in Richmond right now and need to pick them up), get some help with the ftp server, and try to think of what equipment I was going to need. Also I came up with a new judging system for the contest compared to the past years to make it a more balanced contest. The yaio video that finished 2nd for judges award in romance would probably not have finished 2nd if we were just judging on enjoyablity, but we had a detailed process of judging so enjoyablity only counted for a small part of the score. And I had to work this all around my military schedule. For everytime there was a meeting I had drill except the one time.
Mr.Oni]and the dvd player skipped and only one speaker worked. [/quote]
[quote="Brakus wrote: That's when you call Tech Crew.
I would have done a test first on the system and tried each video but the charity event only left me with 15 minutes to get setup for the contest.
Kind of hard when the crappy walkies they give you don't work. Besides I was already half way through the contest before any problems occured. I've learned my lesson that I stuff goes wrong at conventions and staff members move equipment because a problem occurs, so eventhough I don't have the time I should have checked to make sure its all wired probably and is the same equipment I had before even if it means delaying the contest an hour. I'm sure that goes over really well with the con-goers. I know I don't like it when stuff is delayed. However that's what happens at most cons though.
On top of this half of the staff were very rude to us and the attendees we went to con opps to count ballots for the contest and were sent to the con suite while up there we were then forced to leave by others.
Brakus wrote: Con ops is NOT a place for you to count ballots. Also if you are not staff, you're not allowed in the staff suite, period. I don't believe AMA provides access to staff suite for panelists. Bryan could go in there if he wanted, but he can't have non-staffers tag along. Staff suite is supposed to be where staffers go to "get away" from the Con for a while.
I personally asked the con-chair if I could use that back room to count the ballets. Since we had 6 staff members to count ballots and do line control and collecting the ballots and do seating. I made sure I had enough people to do the job and make sure the whole seating and ballot process went smoothly. So basically the left hand didn't tell the right hand at con-ops at the time what we were doing. Then they said to use the staff suite. The person up in the staff suite said we could use it as long as they weren't busy then we had to leave. Then she got a report of staffers coming up and expected us to move immediately. Well we we're in the middle of counting the votes. I asked her where would you like us to count the ballots for I have no idea where to go that can hold the group of people I have. And she took offense to that and told us to get out or she would call security.
Brakus wrote: You could have ordered pizza/Chinese and have it delivered. Of course, you should be one to talk about questionable hygiene, MrOni, especially since you left your clothes back home for the entire weekend.
Now that was very inapproiate to bring up here. I mean seriously I've left in a hurry before and forgot things at home. Actually I think I forgot socks and my shaving supplies at home on time for a convention and had to go out and buy things. Mr.Oni is not some slob as you are saying he is.
Anyways it was alot of miscommunications on both ends. I am holding myself responsible for not being more persistent on getting the equipment and having more time. I am already working ideas for next year. I'll have my own personal dvd player so I don't have to rely on the equipment at the con. As for the speakers I'm talking to the con-chair about assigning equipment to the rooms. So that way it will never leave those rooms and if something breaks have the back-up equipment in storage as replacements and not take it from other rooms. Once they are in there, they stay there so it doesn't mess up screenings and the event schedule. I still had a great time when I wasn't running around with my head chopped off. I have many ideas for next year and a better idea on how to run the contest. Overall I'd give myself a C, for running the contest in my first year. I mean there could have been alot more things to be done better, but doing it on short notice and being it was my first time and the Friday Screening going flawlessly I'd say that was amazing.
Brakus I think you need to back down at least I had the courage to run the contest this year. I could have turned it down and told them no I want to enter AMA AMV Contest this year for I want a chance at my video being in the finals. Instead for having high respect for the AMV Contest I did not want to see it not happen this year for they couldn't find anybody to fill Joykiller's spot.
It was an honor to run AMA's AMV Contest. I'm working on next year's contest already for a new intro design and getting an FTP setup for everybody.
Gene Starwind 21122
Oh and Adv1sor thanks for your complement for now I know what it is like to run an amv contest and have a lot more respect for the other coordinator's that run them.


