But really, the suspense is killing me. I can't wait to find out if I got in or not. My therapist calls it "closure".
Ashyukun wrote:Rinny wrote:Anou... I know I'm probably going to look like a real dumbass for this, but what does "CLATU, VERATA, NIKKTU" refer to...?
Not a dumbass- just less of a nerd than a lot of us. It's from two places, actually- I'm sure of one, less sure of the other.
Originally, if my memory is right, it's from The Day the Earth Stood Still, and was a password/invocation to activate a robot (never actually seen the movie, sorry...).

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:That's what he calls it now... but next week he could be calling it failure
Ali Wildgoose wrote:WHY MUST THEY TORMENT ME SO?
Cybermat wrote:Believe me, I'm tabulating as fast as I can.
Beside easing the strain on the anxious submitters as soon as possible, I have publications deadlines to meet for the ballots (printing over 10K ballots is not something you can dump on Kinkos the Friday of the con), and before then I gotta figure out who got the highest marks, weed out the trolls, and then figure out how many can fit in the contest, sans bumpers.
Bye bye, sleep.
dwchang wrote:10k ballots?!?! Oh man Vlad wasn't lying when he said thousands would see the videos.
Cybermat wrote:dwchang wrote:10k ballots?!?! Oh man Vlad wasn't lying when he said thousands would see the videos.
Err, well... in actuality, it's probably gonna turn out to be 18-20K. It's such a large number to print, more because every registration packet gets one than because that many people will (or can) attend the AMV Contest. For the contest screenings, there's about 4-5K of seats in main events for Friday night and about 2-3K in Hall A for Saturday afternoon.
TnAdct1 wrote:By the way this is worded, does this mean that there's going to be no Friday afternoon showing of the contest this year?
Cybermat wrote:dwchang wrote:10k ballots?!?! Oh man Vlad wasn't lying when he said thousands would see the videos.
Err, well... in actuality, it's probably gonna turn out to be 18-20K. It's such a large number to print, more because every registration packet gets one than because that many people will (or can) attend the AMV Contest. For the contest screenings, there's about 4-5K of seats in main events for Friday night and about 2-3K in Hall A for Saturday afternoon.
We looked at the logistics of it, and while it would be cheaper to only print, say, about 8K ballots and hand them out one at a time to each person who came to watch the contest, it'd take tons of manpower & slow down seating anyway.
Plus, we might run out if 8,001 people wanted one. With this method, there are tons of freebies to put out on the Free Stuff table after the voting is done.
Cybermat wrote:TnAdct1 wrote:By the way this is worded, does this mean that there's going to be no Friday afternoon showing of the contest this year?
I'm afraid so.The schedule is really packed full of stuff this year, so I was able to get 2 big showings but not 3. Sorry if it impacts peoples' planning of their Friday afternoon at Otakon this year....
Vlad G Pohnert wrote:The first showing will be Friday night then..... Hmmm So do creators get a seat or if you are at the event prior (last year it was Mystery Theater), will everyone get kicked out and have to get into the massive line again... I see it being a sold out event in this case.....
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