Kumoricon 2011 - Deadline CLOSED !!

[Geirr]

Well, my ISP pulled a switcheroo on me and changed their servers.
The new URL for the AMV contest is:

http://users.opusnet.com/guy1656/k2011-amv.htm

which is also mirrored at:
http://www.kumoricon.org/amv-contest

EDIT: We now have ONE WEEK TO GO.
The LEAST filled category is now "RETRO."
Brief Definition: Audio & video have to be at least FIVE years old, and
the number of years old the video is PLUS the number of years old
the audio is has to total to at least 30.

Thanks for everyone who has been sending in stuff !!!

Good luck to all!

[Geirr]

Thanks to everyone so far - there has been some GREAT STUFF coming in!
Keep it up - you guys are awesome !!!

- G

[Rider4Z]

i think i can send a couple things into this....

[Geirr]

OKAY - that's it we are ALL IN.

Watch the "Live Blogging" thread for entry stats (some I will post here as the tallies come in.)

http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?topic=15699.0

The judges begin screening at noon tomorrow.

[ProjectBarcodeError]

i like the idea of the live blog. kinda nice

[drewaconclusion]

accidental post

[Cannonaire]

This is the second time I have submitted a video to a convention. Hope it's in the final lineup!

Any other editors gonna be there? Maybe we can all meet up at some point.

[Geirr]

Any other editors gonna be there? Maybe we can all meet up at some point.

We usually have a gathering on the Friday evening before the actual con starts.

This year, the con is in the Vancouver Hilton, but with over-flow rooms (and some activities) at the nearby Red Lion.

I looked at the Hilton Hotel restaurant:
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/P ... /dining.do
and visited with the maitre'd, and he said that in the evening, dining in the restaurant is pretty much full-dinner, off-the-menu fare.
Definitely a torpedo hit to the wallet. They also won't seem to offer the bar happy-hour munchies to be served at the table.
I will be working with the hotel to see if they can offer some kind of munchie-menu, finger foods, etc.
I also may bring out one or two wines from our private cellar (for those who are of age.)*
(* now enjoying a basic, 2007 Ecole 41 fruit-bomb w/ a little Shropshire and also some Basque goat cheese, unsalted almonds, and rye crisps...)

I have temporarily reserved a table in the rear of the restaurant with a handy-dandy AC plug so I can set up a monitor and modest sound and we can go through some of the highlights, and also screen anything anyone wants to see. (PG though - this is in the middle of a restaurant, and so we don't want to freak out some other couple or family unrelated to the con who is visiting the restaurant for a nice Friday out.)

I will be visiting the Red Lion tomorrow to see if they have a more convenient option. I will make my decision in the next day or so following the meeting. I want:

- 8:30ish to 10:30ish
- cheap finger-food available
- not to bust everyone's wallet
- AC plug so I can have sound & video
- out of the way alcove so we don't bug non-convention diners

Watch THIS FORUM over the next week for details.
A thread will appear there with the location, time & other details.

Since this is not an official con event, then editors who are not convention members would also be welcome to drop by and join us, if you are in the area or in driving range.

[Cannonaire]

Unfortunately I almost certainly have work that Friday night. Hope everyone else has a good time though! I can meet people at an AMV panel or something.

[Geirr]

Here's the AMV Meet-up dinner discussion thread:
http://www.kumoricon.org/forums/index.php?topic=15798.0

It'll be at the Vancouver WA Red Lion, 8pm in the "Restaurant at the Quay."
They will have a side alcove set aside for us.

Date: 2-Sep-11
Time: 8pm.