STOP what you are doing and read my rant.

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Ok.. Ok.. FIXED once again...

Fixed

1. expect certain contest results
2. get worked up over contest results
3. question validity of contest
4. get into a big argument about the contest
5. get worked up over argument
6. vent anger
7. face consequences
8. Get a Nice Letter from lawyers banning you from the con (hey, it's happened!)

do you mean lawyers? I spent about half a minute trying to figure out what "layers" was.

[Pwolf]

the first letters of "nice" and "letter" are capitalized.

[Castor Troy]

lawlers

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Watch it, or else I'll have to get the org lawyers to send you a nice letter too

Vlad

the first letters of "nice" and "letter" are capitalized.

[Pwolf]

Watch it, or else I'll have to get the org lawyers to send you a nice letter too

Vlad

I'm sure you have something planned for SakuraCon also... i'll keep my mouth shut

[Kaream]

lol'ers

[outlawed]

Forget the drama and join in the AMV NCAA bracket imo
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/forum/v ... 1&t=104090

More fun than the VCAs and everyone will agree that their pick got screwed.

[Seijin_Dinger]

Fixed

1. expect certain contest results
2. get worked up over contest results
3. question validity of contest
4. get into a big argument about the contest
5. get worked up over argument
6. vent anger
7. face consequences
8. Get a Nice Letter from layers banning you form the con (hey, it's happened!)

I think there is a copy of that letter on a certain persons Encyclopedia Dramatica entry

[Seijin_Dinger]

Ok now since I replied, I will also try and add my viewpoint to this

I have to agree that the Org site itself isnt the community. But over the last 10 years a community has evolved from it that is centered on its site. And speaking from personal experience, that community (while it has its trolls) Also has had great helpful people on both the forums, as well as the chat room.

The VCA/JCA contests should remain Org specific, BUT there should be more work to try and work in the other non English speaking communities. As Vlad pointed out, the Org's main purpose was as a catalog of AMVs.
Find a way to work with them and encourage more to enter their videos into the database.

Ok now, Popular vote versus Judging. MEH we are all human, we all have different tastes in what we feel is good and not. I like using both with the judging portion being just an average score based system of 0-5 (no negatives allowed) and well the audience vote is IMO the best way. You wont make everyone happy, hell there are years where I wonder "How the hell did X beat out Y when Y had greater technical merit" but that was the will of the masses. People will never ever agree on anything and there will always be someone who wants to whine and even threaten over the results of either process. Let them. You cant bend over backwards to try and make everyone happy, or else you will wind up with your head up your ass.

[Beowulf]

sorry guys, I accidentally posted this thread under pwolf's account