AWA 2011 Pro Video Discussion Thread

[l33tmeatwad]

girls girls, you're both pretty! No go back to watching videos.

NO I'M NOT, I'M A FAT PIG! *runs off crying to eat ice cream and chocolate*

[macchinainterna]

girls girls, you're both pretty! No go back to watching videos.

Oh, but sitting in front of the computer for that long is terrible for my complexion!

- SEE?!

[l33tmeatwad]

I would like to point out btw, I'm not hating on the ponies in the contest, I did nominate some of those videos for stuff; I just simply didn't enjoy them to the fullest that they were intended.

[Warlike Swans]

Ok, I give.

About video 18.
I enjoyed it.

Have none of you people seen this?
Power - Kanye West
Video 18 is a parody of an actual music video.

I enjoyed it too, & I did watch the Kanye West video afterward... It is also screen saver, though not one I'd want.

Also Kanye West punched one of my friends.

Finished my nominations.
(proof i'm doing my part to be fair and unbiased by giving every decent video a shot at winning)

First off, while limiting bias is good, the point here isn't objectivity; AMVs are an art. Secondly, you very clearly demonstrate a preference for action vids/editing style in your scores, so your bias speaks for itself.

I'm a harsh critic

I think "picky" is more accurate, as some of the videos you gave high scores for (#16 is a 5/5? really? It's rather mediocre and there was really nothing special about it...) weren't that great, technical or concept wise. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind criticism of my of my own video, but I expect more out of someone who claims to be a "critic"...

"Harsh" seems accurate to me, so does "Erratic." ...Then again if I had a spread sheet generating random scores it would correlate to mine a lot better than mine correlates to zeiram's, so perhaps I'm just incapable of comprehending such an alien mind.

Finally:
I'm not too psyched about the categories chosen in general. I wish Romance & Sentimental were combined since Sentimental is such a small pool (and Romance isn't a large pool.) I also feel that there is a huge overlap between Best Video, Best Artistic Endeavour, & Best Technical. (Especially between the first two since they are essentially synonymous.)

[l33tmeatwad]

Finally:
I'm not too psyched about the categories chosen in general. I wish Romance & Sentimental were combined since Sentimental is such a small pool (and Romance isn't a large pool.) I also feel that there is a huge overlap between Best Video, Best Artistic Endeavour, & Best Technical. (Especially between the first two since they are essentially synonymous.)

Yeah, I have to agree, the final categories were rather random. I'm also not really a fan of "ponies" getting their own category. That said, I would have the same objection to ANY category because of the high number of videos from a certain show.

[CodeZTM]

Ok, I give.

About video 18.
I enjoyed it.

Have none of you people seen this?
Power - Kanye West
Video 18 is a parody of an actual music video.

OK, this video makes SO much more sense to me now.

[Fall_Child42]

edit: (in reference to the video source categories)

Same thing happened for the last two years. It's becoming like a fun tradition now.
"sleeping with hinako"
and before that "Shinkai"
no reason to stop now!

[l33tmeatwad]

edit: (in reference to the video source categories)

Same thing happened for the last two years. It's becoming like a fun tradition now.
"sleeping with hinako"
and before that "Shinkai"
no reason to stop now!

Well I guess that makes sense, this is my first AWA contest participation.

[Quu]

Re: Categories....
you have only your fellow creators/submitters to blame

[StarTrinity009]

Lol yeah. If you hadn't seen that music video, it's a little wtf. It made me chuckle though.

Ok, I give.

About video 18.
I enjoyed it.

Have none of you people seen this?
Power - Kanye West
Video 18 is a parody of an actual music video.

OK, this video makes SO much more sense to me now.