Otakon 2006 Contest Finalists!

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:19 pm

Castor Troy wrote:
Jesus Christ that trophy is fucking huge.

Not really that huge.. I got an idential one in 2002...

Vlad

ReligionX · Post by **ReligionX** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:29 am

dwchang wrote:I surprisingly still have a picture of my 2004 trophy on my site from when I posted con pics 2 years ago for Otakon'04:

On the top it says:
"Otakon 2004
Hiroko-Chan Award"

And on the bottom:
"2004 AMV Contest Winner
Romantic/Sentimental"

"Hiroko-Chan Award?" I just did a bit of research. That's apparently the Otakon mascot. That character! I didn't know that she was "The Mascot." I didn't know that the mascot had a name. I didn't know that she is based off of another source. I didn't know that that anime is called Otaku no Video. I didn't know that Otaku no Video was a real anime. I went to see some event called "Otaku no Video" at Otakon a year or two ago, and if I remember correctly, it doesn't look anything like the original OAV screenshots that I just pulled up. It actually looked quite like a fan-made-video.

All the while, I was hoping to find some over the top, incredible story. That Hiroko-Chan was the first person to submit an AMV to Otakon in the first year. Her AMV was stitched together on 8MM film with Scotch Tape, and the audio was on a vinyl disk. There was only one showing of her video, as the film caught on fire after the only screening. It was a "Stairway to Heaven" AMV set to Bubblegum Crisis, and it is the best AMV ever created to date. The AMV was only seen by 24 other people. The video lives on in their hearts and dreams, and with them alone. Some say, that on dark August nights... that if you're watching an AMV screening with 24 other people... you can hear "Stairway to Heaven" between the videos.

And I have also come across some hidden texts, on the Otakon website, revealing that, there are, in fact, awards given for the AMV contest.

But! I haven't found any mention of an award ceremony for the AMV Contest winners. And there doesn't need to be. Did I mention that I'm still having AMV Editors Block?

Jefferys · Post by **Jefferys** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:31 am

ReligionX wrote:Did I mention that I'm still having AMV Editors Block?

I can proably beat that as I've been going through my own AMV Motivational Block myself since 2003. It's probably just as well, though, because this current heatwave is killing me and my brain cells...very slowly, though...

Music currently listening to: Janis Joplin - "Summertime"

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:31 pm

hackerzc wrote:Meh, we can go bigger.... maybe for next year say 3 feet or so? Muhahaha.

Please don't! Assuming I enter (and of course win again), it would annhilate my trophy area -_-;;.

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:
Jesus Christ that trophy is fucking huge.
Not really that huge.. I got an idential one in 2002...

Vlad

If 2002's is the same as 2003, they made them even taller for 2004 and 2005...Dad.

To be honest, I actually liked th 2003 size more, even if it's shorter. The taller one just has an unusually high middle section while the 2002/2003 is more...balanced.

Size doesn't matter?

Speaking of which, you're not going to Otakon because of AE again eh? : |

ReligionX wrote:All the while, I was hoping to find some over the top, incredible story. That Hiroko-Chan was the first person to submit an AMV to Otakon in the first year. Her AMV was stitched together on 8MM film with Scotch Tape, and the audio was on a vinyl disk. There was only one showing of her video, as the film caught on fire after the only screening. It was a "Stairway to Heaven" AMV set to Bubblegum Crisis, and it is the best AMV ever created to date. The AMV was only seen by 24 other people. The video lives on in their hearts and dreams, and with them alone. Some say, that on dark August nights... that if you're watching an AMV screening with 24 other people... you can hear "Stairway to Heaven" between the videos.

This story amuses me greatly. I hope to meet you at Otakon and share a beer with you to which you will become intoxicated and thus tell me more amusing stories

ReligionX · Post by **ReligionX** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:58 pm

dwchang wrote:This story amuses me greatly. I hope to meet you at Otakon and share a beer with you to which you will become intoxicated and thus tell me more amusing stories

I am of the non-alcoholic breed. I am, "designated driver man," and, "make you 'clean up your own vomit' friend." Oh, the things that people do, and the funny stories that come from them. I love intoxicated people. I can say all stupid things I want, and they'll never remember. I can tell them that I'm drunk, and they believe me, and it's just as good as being drunk.

Last year, I escorted my good friend who decided to attend Otakon drunk, and stay drunk for the duration of the event (shh. don't tell anyone). That boy can't dance, but let me tell you that he was there for the dance until he couldn't stand no more.

I'll be attending Iron Editor, unless some type of Concert Event is going on.

MousePotato · Post by **MousePotato** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:07 pm

dw, ill take some of your trophies off your hands.

Accually we should talk about doing a co-op amv.

Videogame4 · Post by **Videogame4** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:12 pm

Eh. This makes 0-5 for Otakon. Though it'd be nice to get to finals once, I'm not going to stress about it. I do it because I enjoy it, though I would like to know when it's showing in the Overflow. I missed mine being played last year and heared it got a stellar reaction, so that's a bit of a bugger.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:23 pm

dwchang wrote:Speaking of which, you're not going to Otakon because of AE again eh? :

NO, not really, just no much there at Otakon for me.. To be honest, the contest is not what is use to be...

Vlad

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:33 pm

Videogame4 wrote:Eh. This makes 0-5 for Otakon. Though it'd be nice to get to finals once, I'm not going to stress about it. I do it because I enjoy it, though I would like to know when it's showing in the Overflow. I missed mine being played last year and heared it got a stellar reaction, so that's a bit of a bugger.

The problem with this year is that Overflow is only 2 hours (instead of the 10 or 12 it used to be), so it's not like they can just loop it the entire weekend. I imagine they'll play it once or twice a day so you'll have your shot, given how small the room for the contest is rumored to be you might even have a bigger audience over the course of the weekend than the finalists

MousePotato · Post by **MousePotato** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:42 pm

i hope the bcc fines otakon a large sum of money for violating fire codes from the inevitable massess of amv fans trying to see the finalists