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Post by SarahtheBoring » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:03 pm

I was like that for a little while, with another show. It didn't last long; I couldn't keep up. Meh.

How do you choose? Star score, song choice, theme... I read the description, and if it doesn't look idiotic it has a pretty good shot with me. And sometimes I'll randomly download things that don't look very promising out of curiosity.

As for space, I burn everything off onto CD when it gets beyond a gig or two. Separated into Action/Serious and Upbeat/Comedy. Then it gets to be a problem of "I have this stack of unlabeled CDs" and not "my hard drive is full of other people's videos again."

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Post by Flint the Dwarf » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:03 pm

SarahtheBoring wrote:I read the description, and if it doesn't look idiotic it has a pretty good shot with me.
That's what I do. I don't usually bother checking score, but sometimes number of opinions. So, first I read the descriptions, because usually those who put thought into the descriptions also put thought into the video. If I can't choose just from descriptions, I pick the one with the highest number of opinions, regardless of score.
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Post by prettysoldiersailormoon » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:20 pm

Thanks to everyone for their help. I hope no one took me seriously. I mean yes I'd like to see everyone's perspective on Sailor Moon and eventually see my fair share of Sailor Moon amv's. But I guess I should have put haha at the end of my post.

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Post by JaddziaDax » Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:25 pm

I once tried to download ALL the Cardcaptor Sakura videos it died off around 200, I couldnt keep up.

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Post by devilmaykickass » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:28 pm

I...never did this. o__O

I did used to download videos when I saw what anime and song they used and was like "ooo cool I gotta watch this!" but now I pay all my attention to ratings and crap...how shitty, it was so much better when I didn't do that. :(

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Post by WhereNext » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:29 pm

Several factors will help me decide. How many hits the video has, how many ops it has recieved, what its scores from the ops are, and finally if it is a creator i recognize.

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Post by noiZ from Zion » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:58 am

I don't wanna speak like the artistic guy, but I never read the comments of the creator of the amv, for one reason :
if something is good (amv, music, book, movie, etc), it has to be good in itself. if you have to understand an underground private joke made in 1975 between two nerds to appreciate the amv, then maybe there is a problem.
although AMVs can't really be classified as "art", it is still a medium that has one and only goal : to create emotions (whether is it laugh, tear, love, fear, etc, is up to you).

so I never read the comments, where some authors might try to save their sorry asses by giving a poor justification of their defaults. However, when I really envoyed an amv, from time to time I will go and see what the author has to say (maybe stealing some good editing tips too :wink: ).

I don't look at the stars given either. In a world where brainwashing real TV shows seems to please everyone, it may be clever not to believe the majority's opinion, in order not to be turned into a cheep. Not that I place myself on an upper level ; I am a cheep as well, but still running free from the stupid barking dog.

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Post by donone » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:15 am

i actually have a little device on my desk that wizzes round and round and round, and when it stops i look what its pointing to- and if its an amv i watch that - elsewize i normally watch tv or play boardgames. nah im just kidding i roll a dice

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Post by Scandia » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:53 am

Glad my fave anime have few videos to them.

Anyhow, for ones that have more videos, I would first download the ones that have songs I like or feature characters I like.

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