I hate to have to disagree somewhat here... Otakon has a small room full of anime fans choose the videos, so does that really mean the videos are better?? (This has sort of been my issue with Otakon somewhat)... So your back to a "top Ten" list as picked by fansgenestarwind21122 wrote:The top 10% can be rigged and while some are good on there others are well terrible. That's why I don't like it. The true way a video is known as one of the best or is liked alot is when it is shown in a contest. (Otakon, AUSA, Katsucon, AnimeExpo, Anime Next and so on.) These are the videos that deserve the attention and they prove it in the contest.
The only real way to "somewhat" have the better chocies is to have a panel of balanced jusdges who have some everprience in AMVs (or know what to look for) pick them.. Maybe not the perfect system, b ut much more accurate I find in the end. Several contests do di it this way...
Vlad