The AnimeUSA 2010 Thread (Results all up in here)

[HalOfBorg]

I enter several contests, but if a video does well I withdraw from as many as I can.

[Squancho]

This is something I research in the contests I help administer.
I go back over the last year's contest results on the 'org and count how many "major" awards any entry has won.
If it's won three or more, it's disqualified without prejudice.
I get rather irritated when I see a video competing somewhere after I know it should have been retired.
Move over, give others a chance, and make a new video...yanno?

[BasharOfTheAges]

This is something I research in the contests I help administer.
I go back over the last year's contest results on the 'org and count how many "major" awards any entry has won.
If it's won three or more, it's disqualified without prejudice.

I hope, for your convention's credibility's sake, that this is explicitly stated in the rules.

[Squancho]

This is something I research in the contests I help administer.
I go back over the last year's contest results on the 'org and count how many "major" awards any entry has won.
If it's won three or more, it's disqualified without prejudice.

I hope, for your convention's credibility's sake, that this is explicitly stated in the rules.

Always.
In fact, whenever I'm involved I make sure there is anti-trolling included.
It would be unfair to enforce an unwritten rule, ya?

[Kazemon15]

ACTION:
Winner: The Bridge Effect by Otaku Lounge Productions
Runner-Up: Break by CornDog VidVids (Ileia)

SERIOUSLY?? that's awesome. now maybe this'll motivate my editors to get me their finals for the rest of the project... *hint hint kaze*

Hey, I was the most motivational person here!

Sent you a PM about it.

Anyway, congrats everyone. Wow...I was so proud of my new video and thought it was really epic. Guess I was wrong.

[NightMistress85]

Who won the AUSA iron chef? Jeff's intro was awesome like always.

I did

The experience was a pressure cooker, but a lot of fun, win or lose. And for anyone that asked me about posting it, I plan to slightly extend the original version (sans the secret source) and post that when I can relax from working 13-14 hours days. I hope to work on it over the next couple of weekends.

Sorry I missed the actual contest though. Based on the awards it looked like a good show. Just too much else going on .

[Squancho]

Awww...the secret sauce was so EPIC, though! \m/_^v^_\m/

[moonbunnychan]

AUSA doesn't have a trolling policy...which in my opinion really is just kind of unfortunate. Which, no offense to those of you who had your great videos in there, as you did nothing against the rules (and I don't wanna sound like a sore looser or anything). But I know a LOT of people around me left after the action videos because they were like "Ya...we've seen all these". There were a couple in there I'd seen at every con I'd gone to in the past year and just from a viewing standpoint doesn't make for the greatest of shows.
I was also kind of confused as to how one person got two videos in the romance category, which after re reading over the rules also seems ok but still seems sorta unfair.

Congrats HalOfBorg though...your win was VERY well deserved. I laughed so hard. I was super impressed by the Iron Editor winner too...it seriously looked no different then an amv that somebody had spent a week on as opposed to a few hours.

[HalOfBorg]

Congrats HalOfBorg though...your win was VERY well deserved. I laughed so hard.

Thank you! I'm glad it was enjoyed! And congrats to all the other winners!!

[TheLongshot]

AUSA doesn't have a trolling policy...which in my opinion really is just kind of unfortunate. Which, no offense to those of you who had your great videos in there, as you did nothing against the rules (and I don't wanna sound like a sore looser or anything). But I know a LOT of people around me left after the action videos because they were like "Ya...we've seen all these". There were a couple in there I'd seen at every con I'd gone to in the past year and just from a viewing standpoint doesn't make for the greatest of shows.

Unfortunately, of the rest in the Comedy/Fun category, I thought HalOfBorg's entry was the only one deserving an award. It would have been a pretty weak category if the other two videos weren't in there, and that's saying something for what is usually the strongest category for most contests.

I was super impressed by the Iron Editor winner too...it seriously looked no different then an amv that somebody had spent a week on as opposed to a few hours.

The young lady sitting beside me during the awards ceremony was confused by it, since she didn't see it in the contest. I had to explain to her what Iron Editor was and she was really impressed. I was impressed by that video as well. I hadn't seen an IE video turn out so well.

Am I guessing correctly that the secret ingrediant were the "live action" parts?