Anime Boston 2016 - Winners Announced!

[WinterRaineeDay]

I'm still new in this convention stuffs but the less than 1 year of freshness , does it mean the entries which previously already been uploaded on Youtube can be submitted?

[LantisEscudo]

I'm still new in this convention stuffs but the less than 1 year of freshness , does it mean the entries which previously already been uploaded on Youtube can be submitted?

That's correct, as long as it was first available to the public less than one year ago.

[BasharOfTheAges]

I'm still new in this convention stuffs but the less than 1 year of freshness , does it mean the entries which previously already been uploaded on Youtube can be submitted?

That's correct, as long as it was first available to the public less than one year ago.

I thought it was based on date of completion (the only date the form asks for... and what it explicitly states in the rules).

[LantisEscudo]

I'm still new in this convention stuffs but the less than 1 year of freshness , does it mean the entries which previously already been uploaded on Youtube can be submitted?

That's correct, as long as it was first available to the public less than one year ago.

I thought it was based on date of completion (the only date the form asks for... and what it explicitly states in the rules).

Forgive me, I'm not normally that imprecise. Note to self, no more responding to threads before breakfast.

Yes, the freshness rule is based on the date you complete your video, but we can only enforce that using publicly available dates: either a YouTube upload date or the deadline of another contest. So if you finished a video and then sat on it for a year before sending it anywhere, you're technically in violation of the rule, but we can't prove that.

In practice, there's usually so little difference in time between completion and either upload or submission that it hasn't mattered.

[Rider4Z]

... So if you finished a video and then sat on it for a year before sending it anywhere, you're technically in violation of the rule, but we can't prove that.

Just curious, why do you care when a video is finished more than when it premieres? Like you said, that rule is unenforceable.

[LantisEscudo]

... So if you finished a video and then sat on it for a year before sending it anywhere, you're technically in violation of the rule, but we can't prove that.

Just curious, why do you care when a video is finished more than when it premieres? Like you said, that rule is unenforceable.

Because it's a remnant from earlier incarnations of the rules and will be rewritten for next year.

[Rider4Z]

Gotcha

[WinterRaineeDay]

Submitted an entry ^^

[Ileia]

I sent you a couple videos! The first is a bunch of genres, so I would not be offended if you moved it into another applicable category.

[LantisEscudo]

Hey, everyone!

We're down to the last day! If you haven't filled out the form and uploaded yet, get cracking! There's less than 24 hours left to do so!

If you uploaded your video in the last day and haven't seen a confirmation email yet, I'll be verifying your entry in the morning and you should see the email come in then.

If you uploaded longer ago than that and haven't seen the email, send me a PM or an email through the Contact Form and I'll check what's up.

To everyone that's already submitted, thank you! We have a ton of great videos so far, and it's looking like we're going to have an amazing contest this year.