gotegenks wrote:You're hung up on the idea that all sources are made equal, when they're not. If you were to edit with images then are the images of a high school art student going to be equal to paintings from a trained professional? (typically, not saying it's impossible)
sure, a better editor can pwn a worse editor that uses a good source by editing a "bad" source, a good editor can make a bad source look good, just like a bad editor can make a good source look bad. It depends on the editor.
THIS is the point... You are assuming editors are always on the same level when ICing each other, similar maybe, but I doubt equal in every aspect. If editors are on the "same (exact) skill level" then the IC is to prove who can make a better presentation in a short amount of time, or to challenge each editor to improve upon themselves by editing under pressure.
As I mentioned before that is why video source should be randomized, not tiered*.
jaddziadax wrote:if someone takes an anime you hate and puts it with a song you hate and edits it WONDERFULLY in a style you hate are you going to like it?
There are some people out there who can appreciate things they dislike. I can see the talent and time and effort in a video where I dislike all the sources.
I was mostly trying to argue his ability to like anything based on quality of editing alone. LIKE it, not appreciate.
I don't have to entirely like every single thing about a video for it to win a vote from me. As I said, most of weather or not I "like" a video is not based on sources but weather or not I like the concept and execution. In other words: the EDITING. You must be getting some pretty bad judges if they can't see past the sources. IC in my opinion is rarely about the sources, but more so about the editor's ability.
Ah yes, and since your "god tier" is so easy to edit with it's sweeping camera movements and intentional music sync, and your "shit tier" is so hard with all its duplicate animation and still frames, shouldn't it be named the other way around? Cause the way you make it sound, it's as though you need to be a "god editor" to be able to work with and win with a "shit tier" anime.
*Anyway as someone already mentioned the "quality tiering" would all be subjective... if you really wanted to make an IC completely fair you would use
the same exact sources as your opponent.