OTAKON 2003 Deadline 5/31

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Fri May 09, 2003 5:32 pm

I'd liken it to a dam bursting...trickle at first, then a deluge at the end.

No idea if it's really the case, but it's a grand image.

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Fri May 09, 2003 5:41 pm

^_^ yeah I bet they love it! Up to their eyeballs in digital submissions to convert!

Actually, I think the video entries peaked a couple years back and then was down last year. At least that was what I heard happened last year I think. I could be wrong.

Of course most of them are probably like me....if I actually submit one, it'll be last minute post-marked just-in-time tax day style!

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Fri May 09, 2003 7:43 pm

Submissioned were less last year.... I think it's do to so many contests now out there... Well, my newest video is now finished and I'll be sending it to Otakon.....

Vlad

jbone · Post by **jbone** » Sat May 10, 2003 11:40 am

Wow, my submission fits the optional theme perfectly, and I submitted it long before I even knew there was a theme... what a kowinkydink.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Sat May 10, 2003 2:08 pm

jbone wrote:Wow, my submission fits the optional theme perfectly, and I submitted it long before I even knew there was a theme... what a kowinkydink.

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jbone · Post by **jbone** » Sat May 10, 2003 9:01 pm

flint_the_dwarf wrote:
jbone wrote:Wow, my submission fits the optional theme perfectly, and I submitted it long before I even knew there was a theme... what a kowinkydink.
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Cybermat · Post by **Cybermat** » Mon May 12, 2003 10:29 am

MistyCaldwell wrote:Up to their eyeballs in digital submissions to convert!

Last year's batch of amv submissions broke down to be 70% CD/DVD and 30% VHS/SVHS, and I have no doubt that the ratio will get more extreme as time goes on.

I've actually had people ask me why we "still bother accepting tape submissions", which is an indicator of how gung-ho people get about the latest technologies.

Kind of annoying because from a practical point of view, handling digital AMV is not nearly as easy as everyone thinks it ought to be (or actually is). There's a much higher rate of fatal errors in digital submissions than in videotape submissions.

MistyCaldwell wrote:Actually, I think the video entries peaked a couple years back and then was down last year.

In 2001 we had 155 submissions and for 2002 we had 109. I think some casual submitters from 2001 didn't bother for 2002 because the tape-duping policy was reined in a lot -- dups of the contest tape are available only to finalists now instead of all submitters as previously -- because it was taking me literally months to accomplish.

Our planning for the Otakon AMV Contest is based on being able to handle two hundred single submissions without collapsing. But I think if we hit 200 then something's gotta give....

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Mon May 12, 2003 11:33 am

Cybermat wrote:But I think if we hit 200 then something's gotta give....

If they were still all tape submissions, then I would say your desk.

I remember when you brought all the entry tapes to the panel a couple of years back...

BogoSort · Post by **BogoSort** » Wed May 14, 2003 1:00 am

Cybermat wrote:In 2001 we had 155 submissions and for 2002 we had 109. I think some casual submitters from 2001 didn't bother for 2002 because the tape-duping policy was reined in a lot -- dups of the contest tape are available only to finalists now instead of all submitters as previously -- because it was taking me literally months to accomplish.

Speaking of which... Did you ever get your VCRs fixed to work make the dups of the 2002 tapes? I don't think I've managed to get mine yet...

MistyCaldwell · Post by **MistyCaldwell** » Wed May 14, 2003 6:54 pm