The Otakon 2010 Thread (OK now panic)

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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby irriadin » Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:51 pm

Jefferys wrote:The general upshot is that the whole of AMV Contest Screening is usually blocked off to last around the 2.5 hour mark.


Isn't it always 2 hours?
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby SailorDeath » Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:58 pm

irriadin wrote:
Jefferys wrote:The general upshot is that the whole of AMV Contest Screening is usually blocked off to last around the 2.5 hour mark.


Isn't it always 2 hours?


Nah that's acen, we just love sticking it to the amv creators by limiting the contest to just 2 hours, that way we can crush an additional 30 minutes of people's dreams.
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby VicBond007 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:44 pm

Jefferys wrote:
msanogi wrote:How many AMVS are in each category traditionally? =0


There are usually around 5 or 6 finalists in each category.

Categories being: Action, Drama/Serious, Romance/Sentimental, Comedy, Trailer/Parody, and Upbeat

The general upshot is that the whole of AMV Contest Screening is usually blocked off to last around the 2.5 hour mark.


Again, Jefferson's not an AMV staffer, he just plays one on TV.

The AMV contest is timed to 2 hours and 5 minutes (2:02 contest including title cards + the intro). The remaining time in the 2:30 block is used to get everyone out of the room.

1st place winners also get sexy trophies in addition to swag. They are the same design as last year, just bigger. I don't want to take them out of the box to take a picture right now.

Barring any further changes, the current category breakdown is as follows:
6 action
5 comedy
6 drama/serious
6 romance/sentimental
4 trailer/parody
6 upbeat
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby Jefferys » Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:04 pm

VicBond007 wrote:Jefferson's not an AMV staffer, he just plays one on TV.


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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby CodeZTM » Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:05 pm

DAng. Tough cuts. :lol:
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby Doodleplex » Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:31 pm

So 33 huh? 100 videos gone poof. Where will the finalist be announced? On the first page or a new response in the thread or a new thread entirely...?
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby irriadin » Fri Jul 09, 2010 3:52 pm

Based on the number of videos, it doesn't look like many longer videos made the cut. There were 34 finalists last year and that was with the six minute time restriction in place.
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby chui101 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:18 pm

irriadin wrote:Based on the number of videos, it doesn't look like many longer videos made the cut. There were 34 finalists last year and that was with the six minute time restriction in place.

Well, you can't statistically draw that conclusion without comparing the standard deviations of the lengths of the videos as well. Just because the means are similar doesn't mean the distribution of times is the same.
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby VicBond007 » Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:41 pm

chui101 wrote:Well, you can't statistically draw that conclusion without comparing the standard deviations of the lengths of the videos as well. Just because the means are similar doesn't mean the distribution of times is the same.


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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby CodeZTM » Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:51 pm

chui101 wrote:
irriadin wrote:Based on the number of videos, it doesn't look like many longer videos made the cut. There were 34 finalists last year and that was with the six minute time restriction in place.

Well, you can't statistically draw that conclusion without comparing the standard deviations of the lengths of the videos as well. Just because the means are similar doesn't mean the distribution of times is the same.


Somebody that understands statistics! Now that's rare. :awesome:
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby irriadin » Fri Jul 09, 2010 6:57 pm

chui101 wrote:
irriadin wrote:Based on the number of videos, it doesn't look like many longer videos made the cut. There were 34 finalists last year and that was with the six minute time restriction in place.

Well, you can't statistically draw that conclusion without comparing the standard deviations of the lengths of the videos as well. Just because the means are similar doesn't mean the distribution of times is the same.


That is true. There could be 32 videos 1 minute in length and 1 video 1 hour 33 minutes long for all I know!
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby moonbunnychan » Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:02 pm

irriadin wrote:
chui101 wrote:
irriadin wrote:Based on the number of videos, it doesn't look like many longer videos made the cut. There were 34 finalists last year and that was with the six minute time restriction in place.

Well, you can't statistically draw that conclusion without comparing the standard deviations of the lengths of the videos as well. Just because the means are similar doesn't mean the distribution of times is the same.


That is true. There could be 32 videos 1 minute in length and 1 video 1 hour 33 minutes long for all I know!


That would be the best contest EVER.

...now I kinda want to make a 1 hour 33 minute video....
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby CodeZTM » Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:05 pm

moonbunnychan wrote:That would be the best contest EVER.

...now I kinda want to make a 1 hour 33 minute video....


OOH. OOH. USE A vuvuzela! :bzz: :bzz: :bzz:
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby Honou_Miko » Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:12 pm

irriadin wrote:
chui101 wrote:
irriadin wrote:Based on the number of videos, it doesn't look like many longer videos made the cut. There were 34 finalists last year and that was with the six minute time restriction in place.

Well, you can't statistically draw that conclusion without comparing the standard deviations of the lengths of the videos as well. Just because the means are similar doesn't mean the distribution of times is the same.


That is true. There could be 32 videos 1 minute in length and 1 video 1 hour 33 minutes long for all I know!


Hoping for that, myself. :ying:
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Re: The Otakon 2010 Thread (Almost time to panic!)

Postby TheTsunami » Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:24 am

Code wrote:
moonbunnychan wrote:That would be the best contest EVER.

...now I kinda want to make a 1 hour 33 minute video....


OOH. OOH. USE A vuvuzela! :bzz: :bzz: :bzz:

And include many people falling down dramatically.
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