. It really sucks that ACen is right around the deadline and I have to make my entry for that as well as other things. Either way, I certainly hope they don't change the deadline. If anything, I'd like it in mid-June if possible.[/quote]
YOU FOOL! Make your ACen entry your Otakon entry!dwchang wrote:Uhm...isn't Otakon's deadline in May? For an August con? Seems pretty well in advance to me. If they change the deadline to something like February or March, I can almost guarantee I won't have a video ready for it. I also have a feeling a lot of creators need that time to finish their Otakon entries. Maybe I'm wrong and everyone already startedFreako wrote:I would say push the deadline back a few months, and talk with people running other cons to see if Otakon could set up a few prescreening panels for those slow SUndays. I realize that its too late in the game (maybe) to do that this year .. but certainly next year.
The Otakon deadline has always been late May/early June. I thought that's actually not enough time, seeing as how many entries Otakon receives per year.dwchang wrote:Uhm...isn't Otakon's deadline in May? For an August con? Seems pretty well in advance to me. If they change the deadline to something like February or March, I can almost guarantee I won't have a video ready for it. I also have a feeling a lot of creators need that time to finish their Otakon entries. Maybe I'm wrong and everyone already startedFreako wrote:I would say push the deadline back a few months, and talk with people running other cons to see if Otakon could set up a few prescreening panels for those slow SUndays. I realize that its too late in the game (maybe) to do that this year .. but certainly next year.
Oh I *really* hope the entry deadline isn't in April. Last year it was *late* May IIRC and even that was a bit too early for me (and hence why I used my Acen entry). So at the same time, moving it a month earlier will only hurt a few of us editors.Superios wrote:I don't know who did it, but someone posted an entry/deadline marker on the ORG's calendar, which I did not do....I wasn't going to do it, until mid-january. This person says that the deadline for recieving entries is April 19. This is wrong. It's NOT 4/19 (or as I call it, Pie Day). Matt suggested I make it april 25 (Saturday, or as I call it...Saturday)...but I haven't set anything yet, but when I do, you all will be the first to know, as I'm posting it (with rules) here first (AMV ML 2nd).
I agree wholeheartedly. The Otakon 2003 deadline was perfect because I finished school and had plenty of time to edit at home. I don't know about others, but editing while taking classes tends to be detrimental to my work habits and my GPA, so I support as late a deadline as possible.dwchang wrote:Anyone else feel similar?
Hmm...this will be one of the easier parts of my job...sort of, as I have to have a Master VHS copy of the contest by the end of June at the latest...I'll jot some notes down and come up with a couple of deadline possibilities and bring them up here, ok?dokool wrote:
....so I support as late a deadline as possible.
Oh crap! I totally forgot that Otakon wasn't in August next year. At the same time, you need to have a *master* copy by the end of June for a End of July Contest? That seems a bit too early to me, but at the same time, earlier is better.Superios wrote:Hmm...this will be one of the easier parts of my job...sort of, as I have to have a Master VHS copy of the contest by the end of June at the latest...I'll jot some notes down and come up with a couple of deadline possibilities and bring them up here, ok?dokool wrote:
....so I support as late a deadline as possible.
Again, keep in mind, Otakon is the last weekend in July, and I'd like to have the prescreenings done before June 20th.
We'll see what happens.
Geoff
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