JCAs 2011 - Results in on page 6!

[BasharOfTheAges]

I still think an intercommunity contest, if there will be one, should *NOT* be the JCAs. The JCAs were specifically designed as a compliment to the VCA, which inherently ties them to the org.

Agreed 100% we shouldn't lose our contest unless every other community is willing to drop theirs as well.

[Hagaren Viper]

I would just like to drop by and apologize for my 493+ vid, I had no idea it caused people to drink...

Congrats to the winners, everyone~

[Kosmit]

You gotta love the drama Being a judge - as any JCA judge can tell you - isn't easy as you might think. It requires lots of time and making many difficult decisions with which someone is bound to disagree. On the other hand it is well worth the effort, since you get to watch TONS of awesome stuff you missed throughout the year.
From my side I can tell you this: yes, I'm part of the org community, but I'm also keeping track of what's happening in the Russian and Polish communities and I tried to promote videos unknown to the .org to the best of my abilities (with some success, ie. COLOLOR). Still, I am fully aware my preception is very limited - I have no idea what's going on in, let's say, French, Italian, Czech or Hungarian communities. It is simply impossible to track every possible community (time limitations, language barrier etc.) - that's why we need judges from various countries. Plus some other minor improvements in the JCAs formula. I'm to tired and/or drunk to write about them now

In the end, running the JCA's is worth it if you get comments like these:

And honestly I had a lot of fun to read the judges' comments and the special prizes
(...)
The main purpose of VCA/JCA is (for me) to discover all the good videos I missed during the past year.

[Castor Troy]

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bleh

[CorpseGoddess]

You gotta love the drama Being a judge - as any JCA judge can tell you - isn't easy as you might think. It requires lots of time and making many difficult decisions with which someone is bound to disagree. On the other hand it is well worth the effort, since you get to watch TONS of awesome stuff you missed throughout the year.
From my side I can tell you this: yes, I'm part of the org community, but I'm also keeping track of what's happening in the Russian and Polish communities and I tried to promote videos unknown to the .org to the best of my abilities (with some success, ie. COLOLOR). Still, I am fully aware my preception is very limited - I have no idea what's going on in, let's say, French, Italian, Czech or Hungarian communities. It is simply impossible to track every possible community (time limitations, language barrier etc.) - that's why we need judges from various countries. Plus some other minor improvements in the JCAs formula. I'm to tired and/or drunk to write about them now

In the end, running the JCA's is worth it if you get comments like these:

And honestly I had a lot of fun to read the judges' comments and the special prizes
(...)
The main purpose of VCA/JCA is (for me) to discover all the good videos I missed during the past year.

offtopic = yay Poland! (my maiden name was Krawiecki)

[Chained(E)Studio]

Best Collaborative Video (36)
Blame It On 2009: A Good, Good Year (31)

It's Smoky Today (27)

Open Your Eyes (24)

Thanks for that number 3 =D That makes us very happy :3 And thanks Code for that comment, we plan to edit something else like that in the near future w/ another editor as well : )

I also was looking over the Judge's Pick for Best Collab, that It's smokey today was definetely a great Collab, its too bad its not on org D: Its a favourite of mine.

I think VCA's& JCA's turned out great : ) think the outcome is nice, and we should be happy with results.

[Melichan923]

I haven't finished reading this thread yet, but I have to say I was so happy/shocked I practically screamed when I saw the results. Thanks so much and congrats to all the other winners as well.

[Melichan923]

I haven't finished reading this thread yet, but I have to say I was so happy/shocked I practically screamed when I saw the results. Thanks so much and congrats to all the other winners as well.

^ Was supposed to be in the VCA thread, had too many tabs open to read. But if I didn't I probably would have forgotten to go through this one tonight. I hadn't even realized I also won Best Trailer in the JCAs yet as well. Holy moly. I've only gotten through some of the commentary/sheet so far that's posted from the judges, but I really appreciate everything put into these contests. It was fun to be able to participate. Thank you very much everybody.

[Warlike Swans]

Dr.Dinosaur

The Pinkie Pie Party Time Award - Hare Hare Youkai

Thank you!

I also have something to say about disqualifications for best first video (and the like)... First off, Hare Hare Youkai wasn't my first AMV, so it certainly deserved its disqualification... I didn't even know it was nominated for the VCAs/JCAs until tonight...

But I'm pretty certain no one on this site could tell from looking at my sister's youtube account which AMV was the first I worked on... so I'm inclined to thinking that maybe people should just ask.

[dreamawake]

Absence of VCA drama mean arrival of JCA drama. *gets popcorn and waits*