Nekocon Battle of the Greats CANCELLED!

[Gene Starwind 21122]

BATTLE OF THE GREATS

So you think your winning AMV is good enough to be call one of the greatest? Do you want to be the best? The best no one ever was. Then let’s put that to the test. If your AMV has won 2 or more MAJOR AWARDS then you can enter this contest. This is BATTLE OF THE GREATS! The audience will be able to see their all-time favorites on the big screen. Big name Editors, Big time competition. Does your video have what it takes to make the cut and win it all? Let’s see what you’ve got!

DEADLINE FOR THE CONTEST IS OCTOBER 16th, 2015 1159pm EST


Submission Form

You must include a separate form for each AMV that you submit.
The form should be nothing more then a normal .txt file that contains the following information:

- Title of AMV
- Full legal name
- Nickname, if applicable
- Mailing address
- Telephone number (including area code) - It is not necessary however if we need to get a hold of you immediately about your video this could be the quickest way of getting an issue resolved.
- Email address
- Song title(s), artist(s), and recording label(s)
- Name of source video footage
- Name of category you are submitting to

You must include ALL of that information before your video will be considered for the contest. If you are unsure about any of the information please look it up, as it is all crucial information.

To make things easier, we would prefer that you use the naming convention of “Editor’s name – AMV title” to name both your AMV and submission form so that we can make sure to keep them together.
(i.e. “John Smith – My AMV.avi” and “John Smith – My AMV.txt”).

Categories

Romance / Sentimental

Dramatic / Serious

Action

Upbeat

Comedy

(NO MYSTERY CATEGORY FOR THIS CONTEST! IT’S A STRAIGHT UP BATTLE!)

If you are not sure what category your video falls under select the one you think fits it best. We will contact you if we think that your video may be better suited for another one. You do have the choice of saying no I want to compete in this category as you are the editor. We will not make any changes without your permission.

Submission Format

All submissions must meet the following standards:
- 720x480 resolution minimum
- 23.97 frames per second or 29.97 frames per second (or whatever else may be the standard today.)
- Non-Interlaced video (Progressive)
-Please have high quality audio. If it doesn’t sound like it came from a CD or high quality from itunes then we are not going to accept it. Remember these videos will be played louder than what you would normally play them at home.

Any of the following encoding formats may be used, provided that they meet the above standards:

Video:
- MPEG 1 or 2
- HuffYUV avi
- Uncompressed avi
- Divx avi
- Xvid avi

-If you don’t have one of these formats I can probably convert it. Just make sure it is high quality as these videos are going to be displayed on an extremely large screen

Audio:
- Uncompressed wav (PCM)
- MPEG audio (mp3, mp2, etc.)

Rules

1) All entries *MUST* conform to the formats listed above.

2) A maximum of three submissions per person, one per category is allowed.

3) Entries must be at least 30 seconds not exceed 5:30 minutes running time in length.

4) Submission can be of any age. Submission need to have won two or more major awards. Meaning if your entry has won 2 awards or more awards the video will still be eligible for our contest. We want to have amazing videos in the contest.

5) The following excessive materials are not allowed: nudity, violence, racial or verbal obscenities.

6) Dubbed sound from licensed commercial translation is NOT allowed. Please keep audio from the original animation to a minimum, remember this is a music video contest.

6a) Titles of Anime Shows or Credits from Anime Shows will not be allowed. The Titles will not be allowed due to the new fan art policy a company has pushed out, but still is allowing the use of the characters / shows for the artist. If you want further information please email me and I'll send you the link to the article.

7) Subtitles will only be allowed if you put them in there yourself. If we think that the subtitles are from a fansub we will disqualify your video.

8) All entries must be accompanied by a completely filled out submission form. (see above)

9) WE ARE ONLY DOING ONLINE SUBMISSIONS : PLEASE EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSIONS TO genestarwind21122@yahoo.com

10) Only the best quality submissions will be eligible to compete. Submissions with significant audio or visual degradation will not be accepted.

11) Prizes will be presented during closing ceremonies on Sunday. If the contestant is not attending the convention, he/she is responsible for arranging for receipt of their prize at their own expense however, plaques and certificates will be mailed out after the convention courtesy of Nekocon. All prizes not claimed by December 7th,2015 will become property of the convention.

12) Copies of the contest will not be available due to legal concerns.

13) Nekocon is not responsible for lost, stolen, misdirected, or damaged entries, prizes, etc.

14) We reserve the right to reject any video for any reason at any time. Although unlikely, rules are subject to change. If any major changes are necessary to your video, we will attempt to contact you.

15) This is a given anybody on the AMV Staff can not submit to this contest but still can have their videos shown as non-competing entries. Other staffers will be permitted to enter the contest as the judging for these videos will be done blindly. Nobody watching the videos will have any knowledge of who made them. (That is unless the video is already online and they happened to see it before the screening.)

Any questions you can email me at amv@nekocon.com or genestarwind21122@yahoo.com for more details.

Good luck everybody and hope to see some great videos for this year’s contest.

Gene Starwind 21122 (2014 Nekocon AMV Coordinator)

[Gene Starwind 21122]

AMV Contest for Battle of the Greats is cancelled due to lack of entries....

[drewaconclusion]

Doesn't it seem to be a bit premature to cancel the contest due to lack of entries before the deadline lapses?

[shorisquared]

Doesn't it seem to be a bit premature to cancel the contest due to lack of entries before the deadline lapses?

^My thoughts exactly

[Sephirothskr]

Don't count your chickens before they've hatched! I planned on submitting too!

[Xophilarus]

A lot of people tend to submit last minute to contests so I feel like it is always best to wait it out to see if the entries or interest takes a sudden spike ^^

[Gene Starwind 21122]

We had 0 entries for this contest at the time. And nekocon has already too much to schedule. So to help i decided ot would be best to cancel for this year. At least battle of the greats. It will return next year.

[UnluckyArtist]

I've been pretty confused by the two Nekocon contests anyways, they look identical. I think this one could be included in the main one as a bonus category.