Passing on the torch?

[trythil]

Ya only got one life to live people, so don’t consider leaving something just because you think you’re too old.

As a clarification, since these two ideas are mixed together in this thread:

Shifting interests isn't the same thing as "feeling too old". I think that being able to periodically change your interests from one set to another is, instead, a sign of a strong mind.

If you indeed only have one life to live, you shouldn't spend it all in one place.

[Fall_Child42]

Ya only got one life to live people, so don’t consider leaving something just because you think you’re too old.

As a clarification, since these two ideas are mixed together in this thread:

Shifting interests isn't the same thing as "feeling too old". I think that being able to periodically change your interests from one set to another is, instead, a sign of a strong mind.

If you indeed only have one life to live, you shouldn't spend it all in one place.

Thats why you should visit Canada.

[OmniStrata]

Ya only got one life to live people, so don’t consider leaving something just because you think you’re too old.

As a clarification, since these two ideas are mixed together in this thread:

Shifting interests isn't the same thing as "feeling too old". I think that being able to periodically change your interests from one set to another is, instead, a sign of a strong mind.

If you indeed only have one life to live, you shouldn't spend it all in one place.

My mind is strong. If that's the case... heh* Some people, myself included, do get tired of things and try out other stuffs. My amv editing tolerance is kinda low. I haven't edited for decades like some of our other 'veterans' here but I will get tired of eating pizza everyday.

Wait, that analogy sucks...

[XenoDrake]

I can't believe this place still exists like this, what with Youtube and everything. I retired from editing ages ago, but i still watch anime. not much of a fan of AMVs anymore because they just aren't the same. AMVs used to have heart, and nowa days it's just not there, not like it used to be. I toy around with the idea of editing again for fun, who know's. I make music more now.


~Xeno
www.myspace.com/xenodrake

[Vivaldi]

Not much of a fan of AMVs anymore because they just aren't the same. AMVs used to have heart, and nowa days it's just not there, not like it used to be.

Wait, what?

That's a rather arrogant thing to say, don't you think? The heart's still there, you're just not willing to receive it.

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[Devolution]

Not much of a fan of AMVs anymore because they just aren't the same. AMVs used to have heart, and nowa days it's just not there, not like it used to be.

Wait, what?

That's a rather arrogant thing to say, don't you think? The heart's still there, you're just not willing to receive it.

Style=\=Heart

i'm in the same boat as Xeno on this. i will say that there's some REALLY good stuff being made out there right now(not a lot, but there is some), but most of it just doesn't FEEL right to me. it's just not nearly as entertaining to me as some of the stuff i watched when i got into this hobby. but you are right about the whole heart thing, i admit that much. there IS heart in what's being made by newer editors nowadays, i'm just not willing to receive it. but it doesn't keep me entertained, so why should i? :\

i've been wanting to post in this thread since i first read it, just haven't gotten off my ass. i really do have something to say here, but i'm very tired right now, and i have work in the morning, so the whatever i have to say will have to wait till later....

[inthesto]

As a clarification, since these two ideas are mixed together in this thread:

Shifting interests isn't the same thing as "feeling too old". I think that being able to periodically change your interests from one set to another is, instead, a sign of a strong mind.

If you indeed only have one life to live, you shouldn't spend it all in one place.

Unless that place is Street Fighter, in which case trythil is shitty.

[outlawed]

Unless that place is Street Fighter, in which case trythil is shitty.

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BTW,

The usual reason some people say AMS don't feel the same is because their heydey is past and of course the environment AMVs exist in changes. This is what most people end up meaning. It doesn't feel the same because something HAS changed. Usually the person talking about the AMVs finally grew up and quit doing things little kids do (watch anime!) or they just simply no longer relate as much to the environment that is current.

2007-Current - Everyone and their brother is making disposable AMVs. You can get footage that is pretty good quality using bittorrent the day a show airs in Japan and you can make decent quality AMVs before the show even hits DVD. The big thing of the day is streaming sites like youtube and AMVs getting linked on blogs. If one is luckily enough to make a mega hit AMV like Skittles you might even get the JP on Nico Nico Douga to like it ^_^

2002-2006 - I tend to think of this as the dwchang & friends era. # of contests have exploded. amv org has now become the defacto watering hole for AMV fans and creators. Certain large groups of editor friends begin to leave a sizeable footprint on the org. Some mistakenly view this as celebrity status when in fact these people's videos just tend to get a lot of press and views because they have a large number of friends which hang out on the org and actually discuss (something which the previous era hardly ever did). # of known female AMV creators expands greatly. # of editors in general has grown greatly. It is now impossible for someone to dominate the scene.

98-01 - My era =p. Internet scene truly begins and booms with the start of the AMV ML, Dimension video FTP, Mdenny/Hawaii FTP, (and subsequent ftp). Small group of convention submitters compete for epeen.

Pre-98 - Fansubbers made AMVs or their friends used their footage to do so. WTF is the INTERNETS?

[outlawed]

02-06 - DVDs and ripping software is now the defacto source. Almost no one is using capture cards or analog sources.

98-01 - What will become an enormous success, the DVD market truly begins. This means BALLERS like me who paid obscene money for for LDs so they could make AMVs or Fansubs will gradually be phased out during this era. (Macross Box set? import shipping gonna be a bitch!)

P.S. The coolest thing is when people comment on a 10 year old AMV of mine. It is also usually amusing because commenters hardly ever note the creation date.

[Fall_Child42]

2002-2006 - I tend to think of this as the dwchang & friends era. # of contests have exploded. amv org has now become the defacto watering hole for AMV fans and creators. Certain large groups of editor friends begin to leave a sizeable footprint on the org. Some mistakenly view this as celebrity status when in fact these people's videos just tend to get a lot of press and views because they have a large number of friends which hang out on the org and actually discuss (something which the previous era hardly ever did). # of known female AMV creators expands greatly. # of editors in general has grown greatly. It is now impossible for someone to dominate the scene.

SCREW YOU!

I'm famous

some people like me.

I have friends.

SHUT UP

;_;