Niotex wrote:I'd run over a few suggestions but I'm honestly afraid they'll fall on deaf ears.
Pwolf wrote:Well, considering that I wasn't there but from the few people I know that were, I wouldn't call it an "Unbelievable success" in the sense that it sounds like you guys would've been completely screwed if it wasn't for John and other AMVers stepping up to fix technical problems and provide content.
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:oh, and who won, or was that posted as well and I just missed seeing it?
Vlad


OtakuGray wrote:Sometimes anime can branch out to a younger audience and this is one of those times where you wish children would just go die.
Stirspeare wrote:<Stirspeare> Lopez: Vanquish my virginity and flood me with kit. ["Ladies..."]

MisterFurious wrote:lots of stuff

Radical_Yue wrote:My review of the event...Don't worry, I won't be Hitler this time around
Radical_Yue wrote:First off I'm really not a fan of the way the competitors were chosen in the first place...If you're chosen as the main competitor, who would you choose as you challenger? An editor than you know/believe has better skills? Or someone you've never heard of and hasn't edited in forever? The obvious choice would be someone you think you can beat. No one wants to lose in front of a large room of people.
Radical_Yue wrote:The secret source was pretty obscure. When it was announced and during the 3 minute clip of it playing the general consensus was "What the heck is that?" I personally believe in using sources that the crowd can be excited about seeing. Something they'll want to wait for 3 hours to see in a video. While AMV contests are about the best of the best, Iron Chefs would not survive without the audience who shows up to watch the spectacle and we've all seen how they cheer whenever they see an anime they know/like on screen.
It's kinda like showing up to a concert to find out that you don't know any of the bands and aren't really interested in the genre of music.
Radical_Yue wrote:Now as for the "success" of the competition...You do realize that you lost about 40% of the crowd within the first hour? And that they only came back when videos were being played... While QA is a great aspect to any AMV 101 panel it's NOT something that people come to ICs for. In case you didn't notice most of the questions were deep technical questions or basic "What's better, Vegas or Premiere?" Now, as for the tech questions...have you caught on to the fact that...when you answer this question the only one who understands the answer is the person asking and maybe 2% of the audience, if that. The rest of the attendees are forced to listen to droning tech nonsense for 5+ minutes.
While I kind of like the idea of "Hey, if you want to see what they're up to, feel free to walk around and take a look at their screens." Answering tech questions for long periods of time is NOT a way to keep the audience entertained. As for the more simplistic questions, you can rule all these out by passing around simple flyers that include information about basic editing programs such as Vegas, Premiere, etc...and the programs used for converting footage, IE the AMVAPP.
Radical_Yue wrote:I was sitting next to a young fan that I've never met before and each and every time the technical rambling would begin, she'd slam her head down on the table. She didn't understand anything, she wasn't amused and neither was the other 97% of non-editing con goers in the room.
People that want to edit will show up for the AMV 101 panel, people who are looking for a fun show with lots of AMVs go to an Iron Chef.
I could see her frustration and I started to explain the basic concept of other Iron Chefs to her; non stop videos being played, games being played and audience involvement that keeps everyone entertained. She told me that it sounded like one of the most fun events ever
Never once has our ace Iron Editor host Ashykun stopped to answer pointless tech questions and generate the feeling of "I could leave right now, come back...and he'd still be talking -_-" <-That's an actual quote from another attendee that I've never met before.
Radical_Yue wrote:The Iron Chef could have been muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better.
Radical_Yue wrote:But I'm really looking forward to talking with Nic (StudioHybrid/KagatoAMV) because he seemed really open to changing things and making this into an excellent event. I'd also like to invite him and any other to the Iron Chef even we're putting on at Nan Desu Kan in Denver, Colorado. You'd be more than welcome to join us.
Radical_Yue wrote:You get a sideways thumb for this event only due to Kit saving it with the AMVs.
Lets make next year a
Radical_Yue wrote:Also, two weeks meant that you had enough time to buy the computers and not test anything? At all? Such as the projectors...or maybe rendering, etc?
Radical_Yue wrote:Once again, not trying to be Hitler, but please, for the love of all that is good and holy...start taking advice from people that have gone to/worked on Iron Chefs.
Radical_Yue wrote:Look at this thread, everyone who says this is their first Iron Chef says it was amazing. Everyone who has gone to Iron Chefs in the past says that it avoided disaster by the skin of it's teeth.
Who should you be listening to?
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