You've more than convinced us all that <i>you</i> have faith in him, considering you've taken more time than you really should be taking to defend him.genestarwind21122 wrote:I guess there is no convincing anybody that I have faith in him that he would do a better job.
However, Gene, if you've noticed? You're the only person in the AMV scene who's defending Geoff right now. Why isn't Geoff himself on the board, begging forgiveness for the job he's done? Shouldn't the person in charge of one of the country's most respected AMV contests be more reachable than he was? The fact that he has no CAR and that the King of Prussia prescreening (the first one) had to be cancelled because a third party had a car accident is a major, major problem.
I don't place *all* of the blame on Geoff, but I also place some of the blame on the people who decided he'd be a good coordinator. Personally I think we'd be better if Matt Pyson came back. Otakon 2003 had pretty much no problems whatsoever, and I consider it to be the smoothest-run AMV contest I've seen. Matt was easily reachable and not only knows his stuff, but knows many of us creators and is on good terms with us (unlike Geoff, who seems to have pissed most of the established AMV scene off to no end). Sadly, the chances of this happening are probably as slim as the chances of anyone else coming out to defend Geoff.
With hesitancy, I say that while the new guy should be given an opportunity, he should be held on a very, very short leash. Two years of in a row of a muddled AMV competition could ruin the reputation that the Otakon contest has (or as of now, used to have...)
-DOKool
