OtakuCon "Best of Show" Prize - a 42" Plasma

[ecamac01]

OtakuCon Miami Beach, in case you haven't heard is giving away a 42" Plasma Screen to the winner of the "Best of Show" Category!

The winners of any category get to compete in the International Competitiion taking place a year later to get a State of the Industry PC valued at $12,500.

Full Real-Time Editing package from Canopus
3 30"+ LCD-HDTV Displays
1+ Terrabytes of SATA and SCSI Harddrive space
AMD64 FX-55 Processor

just to start you off.

there are more details on the www.otakucon.com site

you can register for the convention and the contest online and submit your videos through the website.

there will be an extension of the date for the AMV contest. so get those videos ready, the con is around the corner!

P.S. We want AMV's from all over the world...the AMV contest will be simulcasted on www.animefurystudios.com and www.krradio.com during the event, so anyone anywhere can view the show and their videos if they are not able to make it to the event. there will be 2 feeds, one of the videos and one of the audience viewing the videos.

Moa'dib

[greenjinjo]

That TV would look nice in my dorm room, and that computer may actually be able to play Half-Life 2

*Makes something in a hurry*

EDIT: Ok on the site it says today is the deadline, you mentioned an extension, any ideas?

EDIT #2: Ah, the reason I didn't submit to this one in the first place. "You must be registered to the convention to submit." Does this rule still go?

[Vlad G Pohnert]

OtakuCon Miami Beach, in case you haven't heard is giving away a 42" Plasma Screen to the winner of the "Best of Show" Category!

The winners of any category get to compete in the International Competitiion taking place a year later to get a State of the Industry PC valued at $12,500.

Full Real-Time Editing package from Canopus
3 30"+ LCD-HDTV Displays
1+ Terrabytes of SATA and SCSI Harddrive space
AMD64 FX-55 Processor

42" plasma!!! wow, how did you guys manage that...

Sadly I not going to tthe event, nor do I have time to get something new made...

Vlad

[DrngdKreationz]

wait you tell us this TODAY!?!? and the Deadline is today?!?! can we get an extension of some sort?

[Vlad G Pohnert]

And considering that pre-reg ends today (it says 11.31.04 so I assume that today) and you have to be registered with the con to compete, it's pretty much past the point of entering....

Vlad

[ecamac01]

Fear not...

the deadline is being changed tonight to December 15th and the registration deadline as well will be changed.

we were origianlly giving away a 30" LCD-HDTV but decided to go with a 42" Plasma FP.

so you guys have 2 weeks to get those videos cracking

you dont have to submit the video now

but you can register the video on the site and send an e-mail notifying us that the video is "in progress" and submit the file by 11:59PM December 15th

to answer another question, yes you would need to be registered to the con to compete. not to submit, if you are not registered your video will play but it will not be able to win anything . (we have to pay for the prizes somehow...lol)

ok, go run, dont read - crop, time, edit, RENDER!

Moa'dib

[Ashyukun]

It kind of looks like the contest rules were never totally completed (or really looked over well...). For starters, right after saying (all quotes from the convention AMV contest page)

Video's must be submitted without any identifying factors…NO Bumpers!

The rules go on to explain...

Studio Bumpers utilized in the viewing should be no more than 15 seconds at the beginning of the video and no more than 15 seconds at the end of the video.

So, which is it?

And of particular interest to many people, I'm sure-

All the categories for the competition will be available shortly, and prizes are to be announced.

Could we get a listing of the categories? And what (if any) are the rules on videos that have been to other conventions/trolling rules?

And finally- the site merely says that you must be registered for the convention to be eligible to win- but nowhere does it say whether that has to be a full 3-day registration, or if a 1-day registration is acceptable.

[greenjinjo]

I can answer the first of your questions for you, I'm pretty sure I read this just a bit farther down the page. They want for sure a NON-bumper video for the judging contest, but if you want bumpers for when they show them to the audience, then give them both a video with and without bumpers.

I'm pretty sure that's how I understood it.

I'd like to know as well about the 3-day or 1-day pass.

[dwchang]

I don't mean to sound overly suspicious, but how can a convention afford to give a Plasma TV as their AMV Prize when a large convention like AX and Otakon give things such a trophies and plaques and are (I hear) strapped for cash with respect to prizes?

My guess is there was a deal struck somewhere or something along those lines, but it sounds a bit unrealistic.

If it turns out to be true, I'm definitely gonna regret not finishing the two videos on my HD

[AquaSky]

As tempting as that is, I'm afraid I still won't be able to attend. That's smack dab in the middle of Christmas break, which I go home for. I really wish the coordinators would have scheduled it for a more practical time. Even without the aspect of people leaving town for the holidays, you still have the fact that few can afford the expenses of a convention right before Christmas. Maybe if Otakucon '05 is held earlier in December, or pushed back a few weeks to early January, I'll look into heading down there for it.