AWA pro thoughts/followups?

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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby Warlike Swans » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:56 am

jingoro wrote:
I'm sorry, I just spent ~6 hours getting voting working at all, and the password reset is still broken. I'm afraid this will have to be considered for next year.


No worries. ^^ (I like the site & how voting is set-up, btw.)

jingoro wrote:I continue to believe that, if you are voting Best Drama, you should be voting for the best drama in the category. If you are considering another factor instead of it's dramatic use of audio and video, such as its placement in another category, then you're not judging best drama. You're judging best drama that isn't also X. Yes, we do this in Expo, and yes, nothing in the rules state you can't do it with your vote in Pro. It is your vote. Just my two cents.


I'd place the italics on drama in that sentence. In that category I'm voting for the best video I feel suits the category rather than the best video nominated to it.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:15 pm

Warlike Swans wrote:
jingoro wrote:I continue to believe that, if you are voting Best Drama, you should be voting for the best drama in the category. If you are considering another factor instead of it's dramatic use of audio and video, such as its placement in another category, then you're not judging best drama. You're judging best drama that isn't also X. Yes, we do this in Expo, and yes, nothing in the rules state you can't do it with your vote in Pro. It is your vote. Just my two cents.


I'd place the italics on drama in that sentence. In that category I'm voting for the best video I feel suits the category rather than the best video nominated to it.

That's actually an important distinction: "Best video that exemplifies the caracteristics of <category X>", rather than "Best overall video that happens to be in <category X>"

TBH, I always assumed people did a little of both at some level. A contest like this complicates things, because you have this nagging feeling that overall video qualities outside of how much it fits a given category (enjoyibility, tech stuff, etc.) have to be factored in somewhere, but you can't tell yourself that was taken care of in the previous (nomination) round if you don't feel like you actually did that with your previous round of voting. When the nomination process is hidden from you (like with prescreening of an audience judged contest, for example) you can quiet that voice a little by taking for granted that it was. Of course if you're a jadded cynic, all bets are off. :lol:

EDIT - How you choose to weight those things is really what defines your voting style, and, really, your mindset when it comes to critique of a contest as a whole. I can't really say one combination is better than another. Both sides need to be taken into account at some point. I guess it's where you feel your responsibility lies along that line.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby ngsilver » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:19 pm

I was originally going to make a TWIA vid reviewing each entry, but I figured that'd be giving too much away for a blinded contest. I may still do something after the con if ya'll want. I then was gonna do my review via pics of my face after watching each, but I was too lazy to set the webcam up while I watched each vid. So instead enjoy a bunch of MLP memes to sum up my thoughts on each vid.

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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby SailorDeath » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:59 pm

Heya Jingoro, just out of curiosity, how many entries did you receive for the commercial contest? I've actually not heard anything about it in particular and was curious what the competition looked like.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby l33tmeatwad » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:17 pm

ngsilver wrote:I was originally going to make a TWIA vid reviewing each entry, but I figured that'd be giving too much away for a blinded contest. I may still do something after the con if ya'll want. I then was gonna do my review via pics of my face after watching each, but I was too lazy to set the webcam up while I watched each vid. So instead enjoy a bunch of MLP memes to sum up my thoughts on each vid.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby Mr Pilkington » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:59 pm

You're not Todd and you never will be
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby SailorDeath » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:59 pm

Mr Pilkington wrote:You're not Todd and you never will be



He is not me. Nor am I him
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby Castor Troy » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:01 pm

Todd is often imitated, but never duplicated.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby SailorDeath » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:02 pm

Todd Serge, accept no substitutes.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby Mr Pilkington » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:18 pm

I'll take a Todd on the rocks.


Make that a double :ying:
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby SailorDeath » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:41 pm

While we wait for final voting to finish, why don't we step over here and have some fun:

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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby SailorDeath » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:43 pm

I'm surprised, usually right now there's a bunch of people ponying up to their creation that didn't make it. I know I'm not the only one who had a video that didn't get a nomination.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby Mr Pilkington » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:57 pm

Many of the videos that didn't make it... would YOU claim them?


for that matter, about of the video that did make it.... (?)
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:12 pm

SailorDeath wrote:I'm surprised, usually right now there's a bunch of people ponying up to their creation that didn't make it.

Nate already took care of the ponying up.
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Re: AWA pro thoughts/followups?

Postby jingoro » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:04 pm

In no particular order:

Yes, that's what I thought I said.

Five.

I have your hot Toddy right here.
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