OTAKON 2003 Deadline 5/31

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Postby jbone » Sat May 10, 2003 9:01 pm

flint_the_dwarf wrote:
jbone wrote:Wow, my submission fits the optional theme perfectly, and I submitted it long before I even knew there was a theme... what a kowinkydink.


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Postby Cybermat » Mon May 12, 2003 10:29 am

MistyCaldwell wrote:Up to their eyeballs in digital submissions to convert!


Last year's batch of amv submissions broke down to be 70% CD/DVD and 30% VHS/SVHS, and I have no doubt that the ratio will get more extreme as time goes on.

I've actually had people ask me why we "still bother accepting tape submissions", which is an indicator of how gung-ho people get about the latest technologies.

Kind of annoying because from a practical point of view, handling digital AMV is not nearly as easy as everyone thinks it ought to be (or actually is). There's a much higher rate of fatal errors in digital submissions than in videotape submissions.

MistyCaldwell wrote:Actually, I think the video entries peaked a couple years back and then was down last year.


In 2001 we had 155 submissions and for 2002 we had 109. I think some casual submitters from 2001 didn't bother for 2002 because the tape-duping policy was reined in a lot -- dups of the contest tape are available only to finalists now instead of all submitters as previously -- because it was taking me literally months to accomplish.

Our planning for the Otakon AMV Contest is based on being able to handle two hundred single submissions without collapsing. But I think if we hit 200 then something's gotta give....
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Postby dokidoki » Mon May 12, 2003 11:33 am

Cybermat wrote:But I think if we hit 200 then something's gotta give....

If they were still all tape submissions, then I would say your desk. :)

I remember when you brought all the entry tapes to the panel a couple of years back...
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Postby BogoSort » Wed May 14, 2003 1:00 am

Cybermat wrote:In 2001 we had 155 submissions and for 2002 we had 109. I think some casual submitters from 2001 didn't bother for 2002 because the tape-duping policy was reined in a lot -- dups of the contest tape are available only to finalists now instead of all submitters as previously -- because it was taking me literally months to accomplish.


Speaking of which... Did you ever get your VCRs fixed to work make the dups of the 2002 tapes? I don't think I've managed to get mine yet...
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Postby MistyCaldwell » Wed May 14, 2003 6:54 pm

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Postby Cybermat » Mon May 19, 2003 8:21 pm

BogoSort wrote:Did you ever get your VCRs fixed to work make the dups of the 2002 tapes? I don't think I've managed to get mine yet...


I've been bumming dupes off of my friends, so the copies are getting done (slowly). I'm just about at the point money-wise where I can replace my cheap VCRs and do copies myself again.

Anyone know a good place to shop for SVHS VCRs on the web? :-) My local stores have only one SVHS VCR in stock and it doesn't even have a flying erase head.

In other news, got fourteen packages (plus one clueless pre-registration) in the rented mailbox today! Hoody-Hoo!
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Postby iserlohn » Mon May 19, 2003 10:13 pm

I'd suggest either onecall (http://www.onecall.com and where I bought my SVHS from) or J&R Music World (http://www.jandr.com and where I bought my DV camera from. They price match.) Both sites have excellent reputations and speedy service.

I mailed my video in today on both CD (MPEG-2) and VHS so it should work on one of the two, so watch for it! And yes, like a smart Otaku, I put a tracking number on it so that the PO can't find a good excuse for losing it =)
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Mon May 19, 2003 10:46 pm

Well, I uploaded mine about a week ago...Hope to get a confirmation before the mail in deadline just in case....

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Postby BogoSort » Wed May 21, 2003 11:50 pm

Whee. Just finished rendering the final cut of mine. And now to mail it off. You should be expecting a package from me in a few days. Maybe I'll be lucky and win[a copy of the contest] this year. ;)
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Postby iserlohn » Thu May 22, 2003 12:09 am

Well, my submission's in before the deadline. Thanks to USPS Delivery Confirmation, I was able to find out that my package arrived at the arrival point this afternoon. I hope that Matt & everyone else likes my video, it only took a year or so to make...
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Postby Cybermat » Tue May 27, 2003 10:24 pm

Whoo. Got a big sack of packages to open, log, and acknowlege. There goes my weekend.... :roll:

Quick reminder: if you're submitting an AMV to Otakon using the Otaku Video online service, please also fill out, print out, sign, and mail your submission form to the postal address in the rules. It'll save me a lot of time e-mailing everybody individually about it.

(I'm told we need to have a signed submission form so we can prove we have your permission to use your AMV at Otakon.)
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Postby Ashyukun » Wed May 28, 2003 8:25 am

Guess I'll need to get that form off in the mail.

Are you going to be posting the rules for the Parody contest as well, Matt?
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Postby Tenken » Sun Jun 01, 2003 12:57 pm

I submitted my vid via otakuvideo, but I haven't sent in the registration form by snail mail yet. Otakuvideo says I have until 2 weeks before the con starts to do to. I'm want to confirm this, because I'm sending off the form this monday. (6/02)

So am I ok?

P.S. - I live in MS, so it's going to be hard for me to make this con, especially since I'm just a college sophmore now. If I plan now, I MAY be able to make it. If i do, it'll be my first con. :D
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Postby Cybermat » Sun Jun 01, 2003 1:26 pm

Tenken wrote:Otakuvideo says I have until 2 weeks before the con starts to do to. I'm want to confirm this, because I'm sending off the form this monday. (6/02)


I think that's some old text from another convention that Quu helped out in the past. For Otakon I need the submission forms at the same time as the AMVs. If people haven't sent in a signed permission form, please don't delay! A 37-cent stamp will get it here fast enough. (I'm not gonna be harsh on people if I get the form only a week or two after the deadline but I really do need them sooner rather than later.)

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In other news, picked up over five dozen AMV packages from the mailbox this morning... and I still haven't finished with the last pile of them. :o When Quu gets back from Jacon we'll have to total up how many online submissions there are in addition to that....
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Postby Tenken » Sun Jun 01, 2003 1:39 pm

Cybermat wrote:
I think that's some old text from another convention that Quu helped out in the past. For Otakon I need the submission forms at the same time as the AMVs. If people haven't sent in a signed permission form, please don't delay! A 37-cent stamp will get it here fast enough. (I'm not gonna be harsh on people if I get the form only a week or two after the deadline but I really do need them sooner rather than later.)


That's cool. I'll send it tommorrow. :D
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