Greedy People

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:38 pm

dwchang wrote:
Scintilla wrote:And I'd say that becoming a forum regular probably helps somewhat as well.
I'd say forum presence only matters on this site's awards and I'd say that's not the entire picture either. People like Aluminumstudios, Kusoyaro and Fluxmeister don't post that often, yet make great videos that most people recognize.

I wasn't really talking about winning awards; by "recognition" I meant the more general concept of people getting to know one's (screen) name.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:42 pm

dwchang wrote:I'd say forum presence only matters on this site's awards and I'd say that's not the entire picture either. People like Aluminumstudios, Kusoyaro and Fluxmeister don't post that often, yet make great videos that most people recognize

It's true!

Less time spent on the forums = better videos.

Pyle · Post by **Pyle** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:04 am

Tsunami Jones wrote:And I personally wouldn't care how few reviews i got on a vid as long as at least one of them was helpful

I felt like punching the screen when I read that. Of course, all that would accomplish was a bleeding hand and a 200$ bill, so I didn't do it.

I strive all the time to get noticed on this website. That's one of the reasons I flame Koop and AD all the time. They have all the equipment they need, they have all the ops they need, they have all the fans they need. And I can't get any of that.

All I have is WMM2, and it's physically impossible to get noticed when your using that (unless your Mexican Junior, who, I might point out, no longer uses WMM). I want ops, and lots of them. I'm willing to exchange...as long as the vid is around 50 megabytes or less. I run off 56k and have WMM, so the chance of fame for me is little to none.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:26 am

Pyle wrote:All I have is WMM2, and it's physically impossible to get noticed when your using that (unless your Mexican Junior, who, I might point out, no longer uses WMM). I want ops, and lots of them. I'm willing to exchange...as long as the vid is around 50 megabytes or less. I run off 56k and have WMM, so the chance of fame for me is little to none.

One word: Arigatomyna.

And the only fan mail I've ever gotten, as far as I can remember, was over my very first video, which I made with WMM1.

There are plenty of great videos out there that are simple enough, from an editing standpoint, that they could have been made with WMM.

As has been pointed out before, submitting to conventions helps; you might want to try that if you haven't already.

godix · Post by **godix** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:37 am

Pyle wrote:I strive all the time to get noticed on this website. That's one of the reasons I flame Koop and AD all the time.

Ummm, why? I seriously don't understand this. Don't you enjoy making videos? At the end don't you get a sense of satisfaction watching it and going 'I did that'? Don't you feel any pride at saying 'Yeah, this was better. I'm improving'? Why is being recognized needed for you?

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 1:05 am

Scintilla wrote:
Pyle wrote:All I have is WMM2, and it's physically impossible to get noticed when your using that (unless your Mexican Junior, who, I might point out, no longer uses WMM). I want ops, and lots of them. I'm willing to exchange...as long as the vid is around 50 megabytes or less. I run off 56k and have WMM, so the chance of fame for me is little to none.
One word: Arigatomyna.

x 10

And she doesn't do it for fame, she does it for herself. And on top of that, her videos are an unpopular genre. It just takes a lot of effort, and some time. But it's possible.

FallenPhoenix · Post by **FallenPhoenix** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:46 am

Heh, all this talk about recognition and popularity, and all I can think about is the fact that Scintilla has a link to one of my sister's vids in his signature. I still, still find that absolutely amazing. My sister can suprise me sometimes. 8)

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:10 am

Arigatomyna wrote:... I was thinking of the VCA. Most of the videos that won were seen by hundreds (and many were reviewed by at least 50) before they were nominated. That's what I meant by recognition - you need people to watch the vid if you want people to nominate the vid....

Now that I can agree with completely.

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:21 am

Pyle wrote:I strive all the time to get noticed on this website. That's one of the reasons I flame Koop and AD all the time. They have all the equipment they need, they have all the ops they need, they have all the fans they need. And I can't get any of that.

I'd feel sympathy if you didn't have such shallow selfish desires.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 3:32 am

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:
Pyle wrote:I strive all the time to get noticed on this website. That's one of the reasons I flame Koop and AD all the time. They have all the equipment they need, they have all the ops they need, they have all the fans they need. And I can't get any of that.
I'd feel sympathy if you didn't have such shallow selfish desires.

Whatever floats his boat.

Pyle wrote:All I have is WMM2, and it's physically impossible to get noticed when your using that (unless your Mexican Junior, who, I might point out, no longer uses WMM). I want ops, and lots of them. I'm willing to exchange...as long as the vid is around 50 megabytes or less. I run off 56k and have WMM, so the chance of fame for me is little to none.

I'm sure MJ got popular through having a good attitude and being a cool guy in general despite the programs he had to work with. All of us were nobodies at one time, but the ones who are still going and are well recognized were the ones who didn't complain about fame.