Anime Expo [sort of] steals $100, news at 11

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:55 pm

ssj4lonewolf wrote:The video still won a damn award at ax for those of you who dont know.

http://www.amv-contest-lists.org/data/axca2006.htm

I'm not sticking up ax for its politics involving the amv contest, however I am sticking up for the people that make the amv contest happen every year, James and Katy Dodd.

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That's nice, but this thread never made any negative mention of either of those people. "Anime Expo" is not "James and Katy Dodd".

TommyRude · Post by **TommyRude** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:40 am

Corran wrote:I've seen their AX forum and amv mailing list posts so I know Katy and James are trying, but I'm not going to support AX out of pity.

There's somethin' to be said for that, but a little pity may be in order. From what I've heard James an' Katy have been runnin under a siege mentality for the past couple years. Some powerfull people in the SPJA flat out don't want an AMV contest no matter how popular it is. Getting anything AMV related into the con is said to be a job in an' of itself. If a small handfull of people have to spend 361 days a year running through red tape an political bullshit to sneak a couple things supporting OUR hobby into the program schedule, only to get a bunch of ungratefull whining in return, how long do you think it'll be before they turn around an' say "Fuck it, it just ain't worth it no more."

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:27 am

Illia Sadri wrote:First rule of running an amv contest is to ALWAYS have a plan B

thats rule 3.
rules 1-2 are "don't talk about amv contest"
that way it sneaks up on us to bite our nuts when the submission deadline is 3 days away.

remember metrocon LAST year? the computer for their overflow room asploded and they didn't have a backup. so no overflow room that year

speaking of metrocon and all of this "nobody sent my shit" discussion, im having a similar issue with my prizes from this year's metrocon, which i couldn't attend at last minute because of a family emergency.

i emailed roy harms about a week or so after the contest. then again when i didn't get a reply after a couple of weeks.
still no reply. i post on the metrocon forums and all i hear is "he's busy"

over 2 months after the first email, and still no reply. how can someone run a con and not check his email for 2 months?
around this 2 month mark, i bump my thread and he finally replies with " I'll have to go try to find that. I don't remember seeing it."
that was a week ago. hasn't posted again in the thread, hasn't sent me an email.

this is more of a case of really bad communication than not shipping prizes though .
unless he's just avoiding me so he doesn't have to send the prizes. i hear from friends i trust though that roy is a nice guy, so i don't think that he's withholding my prizes

outlawed · Post by **outlawed** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:11 am

ssj4lonewolf wrote:A lot of people dont relize what James and Katy go through, with the board breathing down their necks about the contest. Mainly because the spja is afraid of getting sued...

AX appears to have had this mindset over the years based on the stories we hear. Are they all true? Who knows. The fact remains some of it is truth or hints to the truth.

None of the early posters in this thread are upset with James or Katy. My basis for saying there will be no contest is that it is in everyone's best interest so I have always envisioned this happening. AX is worried about the legal ramifications, AMV coordinator have to go through a hassle to run the show, AMV creators are always complaining. The end result is that AX sanctioned AMV activities will/should cease.

anneke · Post by **anneke** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:11 am

Minion wrote: remember metrocon LAST year? the computer for their overflow room asploded and they didn't have a backup. so no overflow room that year

Your talking about 'overflow'. Twice AX has had major computer asplotions as you say, but with the 'contest'. They don't do AMV Overflow at AX despite years of begging.

-Anneke

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:02 am

i was refering to metrocon. i'm aware that AX doesn't do overflow.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:37 pm

anneke wrote:
Minion wrote: remember metrocon LAST year? the computer for their overflow room asploded and they didn't have a backup. so no overflow room that year

Your talking about 'overflow'. Twice AX has had major computer asplotions as you say, but with the 'contest'. They don't do AMV Overflow at AX despite years of begging.

-Anneke

Yet, they play Tenchi Muyo in Love EVERY YEAR... I think.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:20 pm

It's quite simple... If AX does not want an AMV contest and James and Katy Dodd have to work under stressfull conditions just to make it happem, then maybe the should do what AX want and just don't have it anymore... That way AX gets what it wants and the fans don't... I think it's sad, but honestly, if AX is not behind it and is hurting it, it's just going slowly loose all respect form creaotrs and people who care and that make it even worse..

As for Technical issue, I agree that it's impossible to control everything, but good planning as mentioned (plans B, C, etc) is pretty much a requirement in my opinion... I've done video production type stuff for the past 16 years for cons, and contests for the past 4 and the audiance rarely has every seem any issues... Yes, issues happen, but if your prepaired then the audinace or even creator should never know about them...

As I said, if the coordinators are too stressed over little support, have to fight for everything and/or don't have the time to to the proper job required due to AX getting in the way, if it really worth doing?

Vlad

Unlimited Rice · Post by **Unlimited Rice** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:16 pm

Minion wrote: stuff stuff

speaking of metrocon and all of this "nobody sent my shit" discussion, im having a similar issue with my prizes from this year's metrocon, which i couldn't attend at last minute because of a family emergency.

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they gave prizes this year? I don't remember any announcement on prizes this year.. they just announced the AMV contest.. played it out..and then that was it
(i don't think they gave prizes out last year either... I know they did '04 b/c they announced they had prizes then)

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:13 am

i know they had plaques this year, and i assume dvds or some other swag. they just didn't do an award ceremony type thing, i'm told