Kai Stromler wrote:Boys Be... has been out (to 6th volume) on both VHS and R2 DVD since December 2000. (links go to VHS, since not everyone's DVD setup will do R2)
AbsoluteDestiny wrote:
Not to mention that the official Indoensian release, which is a Region 0 DVD and has english subtitles has been out since 2001 I think.
Kai Stromler wrote:
Ideally, the idea of using unbugged source should get the same currency in the community that the idea of buying CDs to rip songs from has; perhaps honored more in the breach than in the observance, but current enough so that people know they shouldn't, even if and when they do.
MCWagner wrote:Well...I'd have artistic qualms with a contest that disqualified on relatively minor technical flaws (as opposed to major qualms like "destroyed my VCR" or "has inaudible audio). Taking them into account is expected, especially if there will be a limited prescreening block. Disqualifying them automatically is less so.
That, however, is my opinion. It's perfectly fair if it's specified in the rules. It's their contest, they can conduct it however they like. Hell, we have to have rather stringent submission rules just so we don't spend six hours trying to get the file to play on our system.
MCWagner wrote:Taking them into account is expected, especially if there will be a limited prescreening block. Disqualifying them automatically is less so.
MCWagner wrote:IIRC, you have a pre-screening, and the audience votes on the winners, right? Well, you already have to prune the submissions way down in order to have a reasonable number to show in the prescreening, right? (Really, I don't know.)
MCWagner wrote:Are they pruned for artistic or technical quality? Stuff with low tech quality is generally by newcomers, so they are usually lower on the artistic scale too.
VicBond007 wrote:The prescreening is open invitation, so in other words, that same audience that is in control at Otakon, determains what makes the final cut, so, in theory, the random sample of prescreeners "should" ideally pick out the videos that would be most enjoyable to the audience, since they themselves are just a general audience.
VicBond007 wrote:However, quite a few videos this year hurt to watch and take extra time to compile, so I guess what we're really looking for is something that a general audience finds distateful so we can eliminate those videos from the contest screening ahead of time.
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