AWA 2010 - Pro downloads active; Expo 4 days left, August 20

[Moonlight Soldier]

1 - Sooo panty shots? Didn't feel like there was much to this.

2 - Ehh this would have been better suited to something much shorter imo, like amv hell or SAST. Got old real fast for me.

3 - I see this as boy is frustrated girl he likes can't see how beautiful she is because she's getting bullied. @_@

4. - Lol. Oh [Editor's name.]

5 - I watched this a few times and still don't really know what's going on. Edited kewl though I just need context ...

6 - I see a lot of DN ops/ends and a fast forward tale of the series.

7 - You know what, I usually find FSN amvs boring, but I actually really liked this one

8 - lol wut?

9 - Wooo captain hammah.

10 - Neat retelling of Coraline. Really liked the editing at the bridge

11 - I'd miss a thing.

12 - Cute

13 - I thought this was really sweet :3 Could have been a bit faster paced, but I dug it.

14 - Ah Fern Gully.

15 - I feel like I just watched part of a yu-gi-oh episode =/

16 - Probably a bit too much random action mecha'ing going on, but I dug it.

17 - I had a hard time following it through the filters ._.

18 - Ahh paranoia. I like the mood in this and the frenzy. Cool representation of that panicked feeling you get in the pit of your stomach.

19 - I got bored and skipped through most of this :X sorry.

20 - I see what you did thar X3 Felt it almost should have been a bit faster paced at the beginning, but otherwise, fun upbeatness

21 - I'd seen this at another contest and it's still good

22 - Dramatic bunnies are dramatic.

23 - Dawww.

24 - Heh nice. Well produced ;o

25 - Mmm not my favourite ordinary day video, but not bad either. I just couldn't get into it.

26 - I loled.

27 - I feel we've gone back in time to 2001 except Eva is pretty. Nice editing.

28 - Would have liked to see this go a bit further.

29 - I was supposed to laugh at this right? >>

30 - I'd like to see this with less text. I think you could pull off the same concept without having line after line distracting me from the feeling of it. Also, maybe change up the font/size/positioning, because it felt less integral to the video and more like subs.

31 - I was expecting something derp-ish from the title and the song credits but this had spunk and is easily one of my faves from pro this year. I like the use of colour and I think the graffiti was a good call.

32 - Liked the retro feel.

33 - Mmmm got kinda bored with this. Too many speedline/punch shots for my taste that don't really pull me into the video =/

34 - I'm not sure what's going on, and to be honest I really don't care D: (Is that Otohiko?)

35 - Whatever this is I want to see it. Fun stuff.

36 - OMG Erasure. A bit long, but amusing

37 - Noice. I'm probably biased because I love the song and that's one of my fave actresses. :X But I definitely like the feel.

38 - I'm offended by the fonts in this amv D:

39 - Noice! So far, one of the better action-types. I liked the pacing.

40 - Redundant at this point :X

41 - See comment for 2

42 - AMV hellish things are really only fun when watching with an audience. So this was kinda bleh for me sorry.

43 - Fun \o/

44 - lol yay. A resident evil vid I'm not afraid to watch :3

45- I liked this so much I watched it twice It has a little bit of je ne sais quoi. There's an underlying rhythm that's just catchy.

46 :3

47 - Cute

48 - I liked some of the sync but I couldn't get into it ._.

49 - I'd like this without the text. And I'm not sure why there was some serious/drama-looking scenes in there. Rather have it all fun and rawr sexai. But overall I liked it.

50 - Godzirrrraaaaaaa~! (I fast forwarded through this >>)

51 - Ehh, Crank at frenzied pace. It is what it is.

52 - Good blendin' probably would have toned down the colours though on the letters etc. though, they clashed a little ;o

53 - Liked the concept but I'll agree some of the dialogue felt a bit outdated and probably would connect more with the audience with, I dunno, more modern hatred/paranoia?

54 - I lol'ed. Especially when I stuck in vdub and read all the profile info X3

55 - Epic (I hissed a little when I saw Twilight in there though D:)

56 - Nicely edited, but typical PB amv.

57- 60 OMG hate me guys, I'm one of those people who doesn't like watching Hentai videos. I skipped through them and noticed the appropriate amount of penis/vagina/jizz though, so good for you

P.S. Bold = videos going in the saved folder.

[Ileia]

So many reviews! Honestly, I think we're doing well in feedback so far. Usually it seems there is one person who posts a big list, and then others just say what #'s were their favorites.

Edit: p.s...... The form with the list of videos was very helpful. We printed it off and used it when we watched the videos. \o/

[Kitsuner]

-to the 2 videos using large collections of movie trailers, woohoo lots of flashy pretty pretty FXs and movement

Are you sure those two weren't just the one really long video?

[Nessephanie]

Alright, I wasn't going to post anything, but since my comment kinda started it all, I'd just like to clarify a bit.

I didn't just blindly decide not to watch the H vids. Yes, for the most part I didn't watch them but it wasn't without some knowledge on what the vids were like. I had people who know my tastes watch them first, and tell me what they were like, and I based my decision to watch/not watch them on that. Perfect solution? no. But that's what I did. H vids are not my cup of tea, but if I were to be told by someone who's judgment mirrors mine and knows me well, that there was one in there that I really should watch, I would have, I wasn't told this by anyone who saw them, and the comments here mirror what I was told. I watched the Perfect Blue one when I was told it wasn't just 'lol boobs'. And if there is an H category, I won't vote in it. If an H vid makes it into a category I want to vote in, I'll watch it to be fair.

It seems like most peoples opinions are pretty black and white, because of my personality I feel there is a grey area, and I did what I thought was best to deal with it, without totally writing any vids off only based off the content. Some people won't agree and that's fine, but I don't feel I did anything wrong.

I shall post up my opinions tomorrow, it's sleepy time!

[Cenit]

01 - weird stuff ... didn't get me - 2,5/5

02 - nice fanservice but way too long ... sleeping-raid begins - 3,5/5

03 - ok i guess ... solid editing but bored me quiet hard - 3/5

04 - even if nothing is really going on it was intresting to watch - 3,5/5

05 - quiet artistic ... a joy to watch for a while but for the end you lost me - 2,5/5

06 - at least there was some kind of story to follow ... didn't acchieve anything but was watchable - 3,5/5

07 - boring ... liked the end but all in all it couldn't win me over - 2,5/5

08 - LAWWWWW ... love it - 2/5

09 - very funny but the good thing on this one was more the song than the video ... still decent - 4/5

10 - great concept ... song and film match but it could have been way better - 3,5/5

11 - sleeping times here we go again ... bored me even with that epic song - 2,5/5

12 - really really boring ... it's not the allover down but damn it was a pain to watch ... sorry dude - 1,5/5

13 - checked the categorys possible and this really qualifys for nothing ... way to inconsistent ... it's not drama, not romance, not any other ... just random whatever ... and then that song - 1,5/5

14 - It fits ... not that new but glad finally someone made a video to what everyone else was thinking ... good job - 4,0/5

15 - this could have been so much more if it was better edited and shorter .. a nice idea poorly executed - 1,5/5

16 - boring uncreative stuff ... guess thats why i haven't watched blassreiter - 1,5/5

17 - nothing special but kinda liked the song ... guess that made it for me - 2,5/5

18 - no real editing ... you didn't really care about the footage ... just some effect-toying to random scenes - 1,5/5

19 - worst video of the contest ... hated watching it ... hate everything about it - 1/5

20 - finally some upbeat ... worked for most of the time but a big lack of creativity and ideas ... everything about this has been done before and better - 2,5/5

21 - love it ... this really worked out ... great combination of music, footage and editing - 4/5

22 - what the fuck am i watching ... funny shit - 3,5/5

23 - decent editing but the film seems to be crap compared to the anime - 3,5/5

24 - loled hard ... that song ... could have been better as a video but still it turned out good - 3,5/5

25 - beautyful ... enjoyed it the whole way through ... lovely - 4,5/5

26 - yes yes so much ... thats me everymorning when getting to work ... fuck yeah - 4/5

27 - a concept seen million times before ... still worked out in its way - 3,5/5

28 - i know why godix likes this but srsly i can't give points for that shit ... or can i - 2,5/5

29 - i guess this is comedy is it ... well it made me smile but it didn't go far enough - 4/5

30 - random chillout story stuff ... quiet good actually ... enjoyed it while watching - 3,5

31 - finally some real upbeat ... very enjoyable but very random ... definitly good work - 4/5

32 - nice effects but unspectakular amv ... enjoyed - 4/5

33 - decent storytelleing and editng overall but kind of long - 3,5/5

34 - sleepingraid again but omg that effects in the beginning totally fucked me over ... probably the best of its kind - 4/5

35 - epic vid is epic ... one of my favorit of the whole contest ... need to get that series ... good job - 4,5/5

36 - is it mirko? ...or sanya? ... dunno what to say about this - 3,5/5

37 - simply love it ... could have been better but i really enjoyed - 4/5

38 - lame stuff ... lame effects ... didn't get me - 1,5/5

39 - rageragerage ... goodlooking but boring and uncreative ... seen a million times before ... probably - 2,5/5

40 - yaaay more sleepingtimes ... funny but probably the worst of them - 2,5/5

41 - i see where this is intended to be funny but it isn't ... more like watching with a facepalm - 2/5

42 - amvhell all again - 1,5/5

43 - seen this song with haruhi ... was pretty much the same ... same concept/idea but execution is worse - 2,5/5

44 - NONONONO thats not how you do it ... or is this intended to be comedy??? ... looks like you don't know it yourself - 1,5/5

45 - quiet intresting ... made me intrested - 3/5

46 - boring but decent editing - 2,5/5

47 - made me rage ... i could scream hearing that music … hated it. Had some other music running in the background to atleast focus on the editing - 1/5

48 - solid editing but yet another karas ... mostly the song choosen did it for me - 2,5/5

49 - random without a point ... Switching from sad to happy scenes … lack of constance - 2/5

50 - looked like fun in the first place but couldn't keep it up until the end - 2,5/5

51 - quiet watchable but could have been better - 3/5

52 - i loled ... Kinda liked ... Solid video. Rotoscoping at the end didn't work that well - 3/5

53 - well executed. Not that it is that much different from the show but i liked the final product - 4/5

54 - OH MY GOD. LOVE IT! ... truely awesome! - 5/5

55 - FUCKING AMAZING STUFF ... well it's mostly trailerfootage but damn edited so well ... you totally got me with that! - 5/5

56 - Solid editing. Well done. Not a new concept but i kinda enjoyd it due to the song choosen - 3,5/5

57 - Another hell ... and i liked it all the way through. Good Job - 3,5/5

58 - Solid as well, but that euphric effects didn't work out … would have been better without - 3/5

59 - caramell dansen ... kind of fun but srsly after such a long time even hentai won't make me smile about that ... ist just old. - 2,5/5

60 - best of show 4sure ... have to watch it over and over again to really get it's awesomeness! - 6/5

[Scintilla]

- 'hey, they've remade an older series, lets make another video thats the same as all the other videos that were made the first time the series was around' and is NGE cool again because its been redone to look really pretty???

No, NGE is cool again because Anno stopped wangsting, they got rid of the filler (the second movie covers up through Zeruel!), and they're taking the plot in a whole new direction.


Oh, and knowing that they'll have enough of a budget to fully realize their vision for the ending this time around never hurts.

[BasharOfTheAges]

This whole thing has been really telling. It sure says a lot about who you can trust to be a fair and honest judge. Probably a good idea to archive this thread for posterity.

I don't see how not watching a video because it makes you feel personally uncomfortable has anything to do with being a "fair and honest judge".

The fact that it makes you feel uncomfortable is immaterial and should have been dealt with at the sign-up phase where the disclaimer was posted. The fact that it wasn't and that people don't exclude themselves before hand says something about their character when it comes to fair judging. Namely, that they are unable or unwilling to be fair or that they think exceptions should be made to fairness to accommodate their own comfort. That's not how impartiality (the cornerstone of judging) is supposed to work.

[Prodigi]

This whole thing has been really telling. It sure says a lot about who you can trust to be a fair and honest judge. Probably a good idea to archive this thread for posterity.

I don't see how not watching a video because it makes you feel personally uncomfortable has anything to do with being a "fair and honest judge".

The fact that it makes you feel uncomfortable is immaterial and should have been dealt with at the sign-up phase where the disclaimer was posted. The fact that it wasn't and that people don't exclude themselves before hand says something about their character when it comes to fair judging. Namely, that they are unable or unwilling to be fair or that they think exceptions should be made to fairness to accommodate their own comfort. That's not how impartiality (the cornerstone of judging) is supposed to work.

But in my eyes I am being fair and impartial. I know that even if I did watch the videos I wouldn't really know which to vote for in most cases because I'd have no real inclination of anything being better than another because they all fall outside of my own comfort zone. It's like asking a 5 year old who loves kids music to listen to two death metal bands and tell you which is the better. The kid has no idea. I have no idea. So the only way I can be fair and impartial is to remove myself from the voting of those videos, which I will do. I can still provide judging to the rest though.

If you don't like it well whoopee. I was never informed that I would be enforced to watch/vote upon all videos, and if that's a rule in future I won't enter again, but as for this year I don't really care what you say

[BasharOfTheAges]

Lack of categories means you judge everything against everything else. The content doesn't need to enter into it. Or are you saying you judge action videos done with moeblob sources differently than action videos done with mech sources?

Do you understand that your reasoning holds no more weight and is no more in the spirit of the contest than if someone were to say they plan to skip all metal videos because they hate metal?

If there isn't an assumption that everyone is willing and able to preform their duties as a judge there can't be any confidence in the system and it falls apart.

To be 100% up front here, I've never entered Pro. I don't think I ever will if this is the attitude people have about it. It's really sad and terribly unfortunate that people can't seem to be honest in a contest that's generally considered to be quite praiseworthy.

[Prodigi]

To be 100% up front here, I've never entered Pro. I don't think I ever will if this is the attitude people have about it. It's really sad and terribly unfortunate that people can't seem to be honest in a contest that's generally considered to be quite praiseworthy.

I see where you're coming from, but where I'm standing I am being honest. I know that my personal feelings towards those videos might affect how I judge them so I just don't watch/judge them. Not an ideal solution I agree, but it's either that or don't enter, which I may have to consider in future.

Anyway that's all I'm saying on this matter.