Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Deuce Loosely » Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:35 am

machina21 wrote:Comedy is hard, man.

Comedy is probably the most unpredictable category in terms of the constantly changing preferences of the viewers. What was funny last year may be "old meme" this time. Also, humor is an element that almost has to be inspired. No matter how random someone's idea may be, there's a number of people out there who will think it was well planned and clever. It's all a matter of aesthetics and hoping you can tap in to what the majority of viewers will find "LOLworthy."

And Upbeat...while a video needs the right song to the right video, it's mostly technique and timing that gets you over. It takes a great deal of ambition to accomplish half of what I've seen in some of these videos (sync, masking, keyframing, etc). You're almost competing with the song in terms of keeping the viewers' attention on your visuals. Stuff like "Magic Pad" and "Word Play" is tough to approach and that prospect scares some editors into other "easier" categories.

I sincerely hope, for the future of AMV contests all over, that more editors will find inspiration to create comedy and upbeat videos again, or at least take a chance and submit the videos they've been hiding from public view thinking their work "isn't good enough..."
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Deuce Loosely » Mon Oct 05, 2009 1:26 am

UPDATE:

We have two mailed entries which did not include an email address with their info forms. :nono:

If you mailed your entries but did NOT receive a confirmation of your entry being received, please PM me with your video title, name, and email address so we may confirm that we have your entry. :book:
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Nya-chan Production » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:14 am

deuceloosely wrote:Here's a general update on the contest status.

Due to two of the five categories being light on entries this year, Upbeat and Comedy will be consolidated into one. Furthermore, the number of finalists for Drama, Romance, and Action (the most competitive category this year) has been increased to 7. We're trying to level the playing field while also making the contest as competitive as possible. Another reason for this move is to save about $100 on trophies and invest that money in bigger prizes in addition to the trophies.

This wouldn't be an isolated scenario, though. I've been looking at the ballots for conventions this year and noticing that, oddly enough, editors have been trending away from Comedy and Upbeat (further evidenced by a Trailer winning Best Upbeat at Katsucon in February). Strange but true. I think the same thing happened with Romance for a while so maybe it is just a trend?

Anyway, no one should get the impression anyone is getting into the finalist pool "by default" in light of this development. We still have a scoring system to adhere to when screening these things. We're also determined to never have a lame contest. One thing's for sure, though: next year, the promotion machine behind this contest will redouble its efforts to make sure as many people as possible know about it and bring more competition to NekoCon.

I've probably rambled on enough. Stay tuned for further updates...


You might start with getting wider video support, this MPGEnc keeps giving me headaches for two straight days.

Btw, I *hope* I can get my entries in today (the last day). If not... well, it's bad. For you. Since I actually finished, it'd just mean fail in my encoding or uploading... ;____;
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby gotenks794 » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:52 pm

So its today by midnight right? I really need to get uploading......
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Deuce Loosely » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:10 pm

gotenks794 wrote:So its today by midnight right? I really need to get uploading......


Okay, people...12:01am Wednesday morning is when the servers close. From here you have 27 hours and some minutes...GO! :sweat:
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby gotenks794 » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:42 pm

deuceloosely wrote:
gotenks794 wrote:So its today by midnight right? I really need to get uploading......


Okay, people...12:01am Wednesday morning is when the servers close. From here you have 27 hours and some minutes...GO! :sweat:


Oh. Well I'm uploading now anyway. It's for the better, I suppose. :P
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Deuce Loosely » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:32 am

For those of you who still need to upload, you have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to do it.

For the mail-in entries, we have yet to hear from the two who forgot to include their email address with their info. If you DID NOT receive a confirmation email that we received your entries, please PM me with your name and email address.

As for the rest of you, good luck. I eagerly await the finalist screening...
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Nya-chan Production » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:03 am

Should be uploaded, thanks to the mysterious god ;x
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby gotenks794 » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:25 pm

Will I get a confirmation that my entry was received and is good and stuff?
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Deuce Loosely » Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:25 pm

gotenks794 wrote:Will I get a confirmation that my entry was received and is good and stuff?

Once your entry is received and tested, you'll hear from our DH. As long as your FTP program gave you the "upload successful" message, we have it. I'd say to not panic but it's a month to con and now the real work begins for AMV department... :sweat:
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby drewaconclusion » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:12 pm

deuceloosely wrote:For those of you who still need to upload, you have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to do it.



Sheesh. I had stopped reading the thread days ago after realizing I had missed the deadline. Had I known it got extended, I would've sent in a new video.
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Deuce Loosely » Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:13 pm

drewaconclusion wrote:
deuceloosely wrote:For those of you who still need to upload, you have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to do it.



Sheesh. I had stopped reading the thread days ago after realizing I had missed the deadline. Had I known it got extended, I would've sent in a new video.

No extensions...we only allow the extra days for receiving entries mailed in / requested for FTP on the last day. If you didn't mail or request an FTP account by October 1, you were out of luck.

And seriously...the guidelines clearly state we ONLY accept mpeg2 yet we have quite a few AVI and MP4 entries coming in. Why??? :nono: Frustration, people. Not a good thing when on such a tight schedule... :down:
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Deuce Loosely » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:26 pm

Just a quick update.

The "tentative" scheduled times for the AMV contest programming:
Friday showing: 3pm
Saturday showing: 1pm
Award Show: Saturday 4:30pm
Overflow Screening: ??? (I didn't get the times for that :oops: )
There may still be a Sunday Award Show replay so stay tuned.

If I'm wrong about any of the times, I'm sure lilith2003tr can correct me on that. They should be within a half-hour of the actual scheduled time if I'm off. ;)
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby gotenks794 » Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:59 pm

I never got a confirmation....is this bad or am I just paranoid?
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Re: Nekocon 2009 Submission deadline October 1 2009

Postby Onibakun » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:09 pm

Hey... when will we know who makes the cut for teh contest?
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