Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby XStylus » Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:37 pm

Castor Troy wrote:I had a fun time at the AMV Chef and thanks to Rider for accepting my challenge and also to everyone who showed up! I hope everyone also enjoyed my "surprise". :)

xstylus, any idea when Rider and I can get our AMV Chef videos to post?


Will message you with a link on where to download your vids. :)

So, opinions on this year's event, anyone? It was bumpy at first (tech fail) but once the ball was rolling things went very well in my opinion. Next year will be even better.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Rider4Z » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:18 pm

xstylus wrote:So, opinions on this year's event, anyone? It was bumpy at first (tech fail) but once the ball was rolling things went very well in my opinion. Next year will be even better.

i wasn't really paying attention. :dino:


however i heard a lot of regular noise from the audience so my opinion was they enjoyed it.


that was seriously the fastest 3 hours of my life.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Radical_Yue » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:31 pm

xstylus wrote:So, opinions on this year's event, anyone? It was bumpy at first (tech fail) but once the ball was rolling things went very well in my opinion. Next year will be even better.



I lumped all of my opinions together here: viewtopic.php?p=1395895#p1395895

I chose not to comment on the tech part because I figured it went without saying and hopefully, you'll have the time to test it beforehand next year. If anything, it can be used as a good example that they should give you a tad bit more time for setup/takedown. ;p
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:08 pm

First of all, the computers are amazing. Literally no lag between switching programs (I used Premiere, AE, and Photoshop) and insanely fast rendering times.

I did hear quite alot of noise and videos (thanks to Nic for playing "Reunion" as a change of pace from my more "famous" videos!), but I couldn't really make out what was going on, nor did I have the time to figure it all out. I was glad to see the "Trainwreck" video during the AMV awards. :P

Since I was up on stage the entire time, I really can't comment on the audience stuff that happened, but I had a pretty fun time regardless of my stomachache from the $8 burgers during the first 2 hours. :sweat:

When I get home from work and post my AMV Chef video, I'll put my thoughts about that experience in the description.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Kazemon15 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:40 pm

This was the first time me going to AMV Chef, actually.

And I have to say, some parts were fun, others, not so much. Though it's just my opinion, I guess I couldn't get into it because I had no idea what was going on besides the AMVs that played. The audience participation seemed a little unfair to me, but I can't really complain about it because I am a unique case.

Though, I am very curious about how one can participate in an AMV Chef challenge...that looked fun to me, especially Rider up there trying to edit as fast as her hands can take her. XD
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:42 pm

Kazemon15 wrote:This was the first time me going to AMV Chef, actually.

And I have to say, some parts were fun, others, not so much. Though it's just my opinion, I guess I couldn't get into it because I had no idea what was going on besides the AMVs that played. The audience participation seemed a little unfair to me, but I can't really complain about it because I am a unique case.

Though, I am very curious about how one can participate in an AMV Chef challenge...that looked fun to me, especially Rider up there trying to edit as fast as her hands can take her. XD


If you apply to be a judge, then you can be eligible to become the opponent. I was chosen as the challenger this year and had to pick from the judges as my opponents.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Rider4Z » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:46 pm

Kazemon15 wrote:Though, I am very curious about how one can participate in an AMV Chef challenge...that looked fun to me, especially Rider up there trying to edit as fast as her hands can take her. XD

which was tricky considering i was freezing up there. :cry:
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:57 pm

mexicanjunior and BigDave said it best at their Akon 2003 Iron Chef: Extreme silliness. :ying:
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Kazemon15 » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:46 pm

Interesting...

Though those rules seem so long and complicated. It appears AMV Chefs at cons are much more simpler. XD

Maybe I'll sign up for next year's AX AMV Chef.... :P
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby XStylus » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:59 pm

Castor Troy wrote:If you apply to be a judge, then you can be eligible to become the opponent. I was chosen as the challenger this year and had to pick from the judges as my opponents.


The way one becomes a judge is by defeating a chef. This year was an exception since it was chef vs. chef, with Kisanzi substituting for Castor's vacated seat. :P

The way one becomes a challenger is by letting Nic, Brad, or myself know. We then confer, review the petitioner's AMV history, and decide which petitioner would bring the best challenge.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:43 pm

AMV Chef videos by Rider and myself are now posted!
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:57 pm

For those who wanted to know my reasons for challenging each of the judges, I actually had this all prepared for a speech, but due to time constraints, I couldn't do it.

Wired Knight (Sean): Sean and I worked together for 6 years (2003-2009) on the VG Projects and challenging him would be a good opportunity for him to get me back every time I nagged him saying "Is your video done yet? Is your video done yet?". :P Challenging Sean would have been a good battle between former coordinator and subordinate. Plus being last year's AMV Chef winner, it would have been exciting to have him defend his title.

NightHawk (Kerry): Ever since Kerry started entering AX, I haven't had the opportunity to face off against him in my 5 year absence from the AMV contest and would have like to see how I would have fared against him. However, Kerry came up to me during the AMV 101 panel and said he wasn't really prepared. Kerry was actually going to be my 2nd choice, but I honored his request to decline.

Kisanzi (Matt): Matt's a hardened Iron Chef veteran and literally had a battle plan all laid out to defeat me. :shock: Since Matt's been absent from editing for a while, it would have been a good opportunity to get him back into it and he would have given me the best challenge.

Rider4Z (Victoria): Ever since AX2006, I've owed Victoria a rematch, but I haven't been able to get into the contest since then (I didn't enter in 2007, and I've entered every year since 2008, but wasn't able to get in until now). Because of the ever changing nature of contests, especially AX's, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for us to settle the score just in case neither of us made the contest in the future. Victoria was always my first choice, but I also contemplated challenging everyone else for the reasons I stated above.

As for her video, I just rewatched it and it's far better than she actually gives it credit for. It flows quite well, the scenes actually fit the mood, and was quite experimental with the multiple audio sources. I personally thought I was resorting to fan-pandering with mine, but I thought more of a con audience first over artistic merit and I thought Victoria's video had a bit more of artistic merit.

For next year, I'd like to return just as a regular judge and give someone else a shot so I can at least help with the "trainwreck" video and check out the audience participation stuff I missed.

Overall, the entire event looked like it was a blast for the audience and I'm glad it went over well. :)
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby XStylus » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:28 am

Castor Troy wrote:Challenging Sean would have been a good battle between former coordinator and subordinate. Plus being last year's AMV Chef winner, it would have been exciting to have him defend his title.


I was kinda surprised when you chose Rider because early on you had originally told us you were going to challenge Sean. :P

Anyway, I'm glad everyone had a good time. We, as coordinators, learned far more from this year than from last year. Practically the only thing that wasn't experimental was the computers, and now we've got a better idea on what works, what doesn't, and what needs polish. We'll be using what we learned (and the feedback from here) to make next year even better.

And hopefully by that time I'll have figured out the Lagarith glitch I kept running into that made me want to skull-fsck the writers over the hell it put me through the day before con.
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Re: Anime Expo 2011 - AMV Chef is BACK!

Postby Pwolf » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:01 am

xstylus wrote:And hopefully by that time I'll have figured out the Lagarith glitch I kept running into that made me want to skull-fsck the writers over the hell it put me through the day before con.


Speaking of, did you run a RAM check on those systems?
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