watching amvs before a convention

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Fri May 21, 2004 10:28 am

little question,

if a creator releases a video submitted to a convention before the convention, is it worth watching beforehand, or does that 'spoil' the experience of watching it for the first time at the con?

Herbert West · Post by **Herbert West** » Fri May 21, 2004 10:36 am

I prefer to not watch the amv beforehand, but if its available for download i can't resist

TnAdct1 · Post by **TnAdct1** » Fri May 21, 2004 11:08 am

My general rule when it comes to AMV's is this (using examples from last year's Otakon): I usually avoid downloading finalists videos until after the convention unless one of the following happens:

1. I can't wait to watch the video (i.e. Stop the Rock and Who Let the 'Fros Out?)
2. I downloaded it without any knowledge of it being entered at the convention (i.e. The Two Shall Meet)
3. I saw it at another convention
4. In the case of Katsucon and sometimes Anime USA, I downloaded the video either for fun or because it was popular at a "big three" con (I consider the "big three" to be AX, Otakon, and AWA).

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Fri May 21, 2004 2:59 pm

If I knew a certain video was going to be shown at a con, I'd probably wait. Contests are more enjoyable for me if the videos being shown are mostly ones I haven't seen. But it's not so important to me that I'll go out of my way to find out which vids have been entered in order to avoid seeing them beforehand.

bubblehead · Post by **bubblehead** » Fri May 21, 2004 4:45 pm

I wouldn't knowingly watch vids before a convention they had been submitted to, because my best AMV watching experience is when it's both my first time seeing the video, and it's high quality on a big screen (the first time I saw an AMV, it was at the Fanime '03 finalist showing).

So no Fanime '04 AMVs for me 'till... a week from tomorrow.