So much text to read while I was sleeping getting ready for my 3rd shift tonight....
Copycat_Revolver wrote:And for that matter, man up and throw your hat in. Will you pledge to send something new in next year? Come on now, enrich the contest.
But what if I already threw my hat in? It has been my decree (except in 2006 when I submitted Dance 2.0 just so I could be part of the contest since I couldn't complete a video in time) to send something new and also something different to pro. I actually hold off on making the best video I can until pro every year just so I can send something creative and different from what I usually make in and see what my peers think of it. Some years it's better then others, but often it fails, but at least I get those honest opinions. I did the same this year. And while my decree in the past has always been to submit at least 1 new video to Pro that is like this, I will often submit a 2nd that is more in line with what I would normally make or something that people may have seen before. But I can honestly say, this year, I worked my ass off to have something new and interesting in pro this year, and so far most of you hated it. You hate it for exactly the same reasons I figured you would, some of it is my fault, and some of it is just what I'd expect either way considering the audience I have available in pro. I will continue to deny my involvement in entry #6 until I'm proven as the creator, that's just bad form and seriously who would want to copy something I make for the hell of it when I get enough gifs and a good song, and why would I send that to Pro, that's always been my Expo entry and I often will vow to premier these vids elsewhere. You'd think I'd have learned my lesson after the thrashing Dance 2.0 got in 2006.
Either way, If any of you read through the rules for Pro, you'd see that new entries are encouraged. That's actually in the rules. I know, I went back and re-read them all once again after I took on the job of handling the entry system. Honestly, I think that's really enough on the coordinator's side. Pro should be whatever we the entrants make it. And the experience should be what we get out of it. I have always held Pro up as my own kind of Academy Awards, but for AMVs. I send my best work all year to it, I send it to Pro first and often retire the video after unless coordinators beg for more entries, and I above all else make sure not to beta the video(s) with anyone who I know is entering Pro. I find a lot of the fun in pro is guessing who made what. It's why I dealt with the videos from pro this year almost exclusively via entry number, not paying attention to who submitted what video, I didn't want to ruin that fun. TBH, I have no real clue who sent what beyond the editors who already released their videos on the org and thus I've already seen them as part of my weekly AMV watching routine.
So yeah, what I'm really trying to say is... Sure, I'm with ya on this Copycat. I can't say that I'll find the time to make 2 new videos for Pro and 1 for Masters, but I can say that I'll work on at least 1 new video for pro (and not send anything not new to it if that's the case) and I'll attempt Masters, and both will be the best videos I can make, and everything else, as usual, will go to expo.