Machine wrote:
You would have recieved new videos anyway if you had just said "We are having a contest."
-_-.
It's not that my skills aren't up to it...its just the way things are run at Ushicon that makes me not want to partcipate and save my better ideas and videos or better CONs who actually know how to run contests.
Machine wrote:Why don't you get an actual Ushicon AMV contest going...then maybe, just maybe more people may be interested in the CON itself and the Iron Chef competition
Well, gee. Kinda a catch 22 here isn't it?
Several Texas AMV creators asked for an AMV competition. Ushicon now has 2. And now you're knocking us because things are run badly?
Realistically, aside from AWA, how hard is it to run one of these things? Provide guidelines for submission. Check. Provide electronic transfer option. Check. Post to the ORG to tell people about it. Check. Have time and space set aside at the con for the event. Check. Provide prizes. Check.
Yeah, I'm new at this. Yeah, this is the first Ushicon with AMV contests. But surfing through the message boards, I've never seen anyone ever actually say "You didn't have a contest before. Therefore it must not be run competently. QED I shall not submit." If you want Ushicon to have a good contest then submit. Show up. Watch what we do. Post constructive criticism to the forums. Hell, volunteer for the con for that matter. Damning us because we haven't done this before is counterproductive. We were happy with the Showcase. We set this thing up because several Texas AMV creators, YOU AMONG THEM, asked us for it. So we didn't go with straight tradition. Sorry. I didn't realize that themed contests were so onerous. Yes, perhaps, we stifle the creative juices because you can't just submit anything for the contest. That, however, is why we still have a Showcase. It hasn't gone anywhere.
You know where the UT Anime Club meets. You know how to find me in person, and you're more than welcome to come talk to me about this stuff. Thus far, I think we're doing better than last year. We have 2 contests where before there were none. And the vid head is actively listening to the folks on the ORG. What complaint can you have thus far? Tell me what it is and I'll try to do something about it. If it's just "I'd rather not make a theme video" though, then I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do for you.
