AMV Creator vs Forum Presence

anneke · Post by **anneke** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:08 pm

I've met alot of 'major' AMV creators, and then there are those creators who are 'big' on the forums. Some times I look at a name and want to remind myself what 'big' videos the person has made (and to remember if I met them or not), only to find out that despite a large forum presence, they don't have any videos I've heard of. Does anyone else find this happening, and abit interesting?

Anneke

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:11 pm

Some people post endlessly on this forum and have never made anything of consequence. Other people have created classics and hardly ever post here, like Tash.

I doubt theres any sort of reasoning behind it other than personality types.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:13 pm

A bit, I guess. For one, angelx was a really odd example for a while, becoming a top poster on the forum despite being an AMV creator.

I guess it depends where and how you mainly find AMVs, too. A lot of my favorite AMV creators I know from the community and have more or less frequent contact with; but there's quite a number of high-profile editors without a big forum presence, either (although, as an odd exception, I knew the editors of the now-infamous "Whisper of the Beast" from another forum).

I like being able to get in contact with creators, myself - and in frequent contact, even more so; maybe it shouldn't, but it does actually give me another level of appreciation and understanding of their work (a perfect example of this are the Animasia editors, whom I would've liked just on their own, but a few of them have become my favorites as I watched in context how their worked developed and how it reflected their own leanings and personalities. I can now actually recognize a couple of them just by the way they edit videos).

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:14 pm

Otohiko wrote:A bit, I guess. For one, angelx was a really odd example for a while, becoming a top poster on the forum despite not being an AMV creator fairly recently.

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SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:15 pm

Beowulf wrote:Some people post endlessly on this forum and have never made anything of consequence. Other people have created classics and hardly ever post here, like Tash.

I doubt theres any sort of reasoning behind it other than personality types.

wait wait wait

hold on.....

did you just post a logical and coherent reply?

o_o

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:32 pm

Otohiko wrote:
Otohiko wrote:A bit, I guess. For one, angelx was a really odd example for a while, becoming a top poster on the forum despite not being an AMV creator fairly recently.
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Woot! I'm a counterexample!

Though I have to thank the old Off Topic forums for that one.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Tue May 16, 2006 1:58 pm

Hmm... I think I have somewhat of a presence here (do I really though?) but, honestly, i've made little of consequence yet...

JaddziaDax · Post by **JaddziaDax** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:43 pm

I'm suprised my crap gets as much attention as it does O.o

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:48 pm

Actually, from the other perspective...

I don't think I can overemphasize the influence of the forums on my AMVing. Honestly, if not for the OT-era .org forums, I wouldn't still be here, let alone making AMVs. The community is what ultimately ended up making me stay and do my own AMVs.

Likewise, if I actually have any popularity as such, then I certainly owe it to the forum crowd and my forum presence. Since I don't really make AMVs that would do well with a general audience, the forums more or less bring the more interested and more unlikely audiences to me by virtue of my constant presence.

In other words, for me - forum presence = major factor.

Ladymercury · Post by **Ladymercury** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:20 pm

I don't care much for forum presence, if you haven't noticed with my join date and how I am not just posting.

I usually come here for help and to give help but I do not dabble on topics other than AMVs.