KATSUCON 2011 contest Winners AND Standings!

[Kazemon15]

well i would be lying if i sad i wasnt a little disappointed with only 5th place but hey I'm glad I got in. congrats to the winners

For what it's worth, I talked to people after the contest, and asked what they thought the results would be. I remember asking a fellow editor this, and they thought that yours was a main contender - maybe it's just one of those things where editors like it more because they can realize all that went into it?

You tend to notice that trends change and from my recon at AMA I noticed some people vote on a video based on what series was used rather than the editing skills, which is okay I guess...

Yeah, I mean, it's their right. I still find it irritating, though that's probably just me being a sore loser. I honestly felt like I was gonna at least place in drama, and then was disappointed when I did see what won...

Actually, speaking of what won.

DRAMA - 377 total votes received
5. "Brothers in Arms" by Daniel Solon
4. "With Me" by Sky
3. "Letting Go" by Miracle Falcon
2. "Your Own Feet" by Bebop0083 - 108 votes
1. "To the Future" by Kazemon15 - 124 votes

Okay, maybe I'm nuts. But I was there yesterday, and "Your Own Feet" was announced as the winner, and screened, NOT "To the Future." Am I remembering this correctly....? I know that Gene called for Kazemon to come up, but I don't remember seeing To the Future screened yesterday - while I definitely remember Your Own Feet being played. So, the way I see it, there are three options:
1: I'm nuts, pure and simple.
2: Your Own Feet won some sort of special award and I'm just not remembering To The Future being screened (though it was my own category, and I think I'd remember).
3: Some sort of mix up occurred - perhaps Kazemon was correctly credited as winning, but the wrong video was paired with their name?

I hope it's not a mistake, since it'll be my first win with that video. And against mainstream anime too. When I saw all those mainstream I automatically knew people weren't going to vote for it, because that's how people are sadly. "I love this anime/song! Im voting for it." Even when other people who edited better should deserve that vote....

But was happy to see that it won. Or at least....maybe won.

[Squancho]

Congrats to the winners! Pretty cool to have kicked off the contest. Sorry I missed meeting up with some of you at the con.

You have an award coming as well.
You coulda picked it up if you were at the award show Sunday.
I'm at a loss to remember which but it's among the three I have yet to fill in.

And regarding the Drama "controversy" ( ), I copied the vote count for each video directly from Gene's notes. I think it was a matter of placing the wrong video in the playlist. It's happened before. At least no one sniped an errant trophy.

[Kazemon15]

And regarding the Drama "controversy" ( ), I copied the vote count for each video directly from Gene's notes. I think he might have slipped and played the wrong video for the category. It's happened before. I think it was a matter of placing the wrong video in the playlist. At least no one sniped an errant trophy.

That's good to here. I would feel bad celebrating if I wasn't actually a winner.

Gongrats to everyone too!

@Miracle: If it's any worth, I downloaded and watched your Angel Beats AMV and it made me motivated to finish the series. I watched 2 episodes and I couldn't bare to watch anymore without something worthwhile happening. So good job on that.

[Miracle_Falcon]

And regarding the Drama "controversy" ( ), I copied the vote count for each video directly from Gene's notes. I think it was a matter of placing the wrong video in the playlist. It's happened before. At least no one sniped an errant trophy.

But I'm not crazy, right? I am remembering correctly that the FMA video was played yesterday as the winning entry, and that Kazemon15 was called up as a winner, but wasn't present?

@Miracle: If it's any worth, I downloaded and watched your Angel Beats AMV and it made me motivated to finish the series. I watched 2 episodes and I couldn't bare to watch anymore without something worthwhile happening. So good job on that.

Well, thanks. But yeah, Angel Beats SUCKED at the beginning - I watched the first episode and quit. It took a lot of time during lunch breaks and the encouragement of a friend to get me back on the horse for this show, then suddenly, around episode... 6, I finally had all the motivation I needed to keep watching. Sorry, I probably spoiled a lot of the ending for you, though.

[NightMistress85]

Congrats to the winners! Pretty cool to have kicked off the contest. Sorry I missed meeting up with some of you at the con.

You have an award coming as well.
You coulda picked it up if you were at the award show Sunday.
I'm at a loss to remember which but it's among the three I have yet to fill in.

OMG! Totally shocked as this is my first Katsu award. Man, I totally planned to go, too, but I had to drive my friend to the airport earlier than expected >_>. Thanks for the heads up!

[Squancho]

But I'm not crazy, right? I am remembering correctly that the FMA video was played yesterday as the winning entry, and that Kazemon15 was called up as a winner, but wasn't present?

Nope.
I think you got it right.

[spk1983]

Congrats to all the winners!

I can't say I'm surprised that my entry came last in its category though - it isn't exactly a well-known song, but I'm honoured to know that it would have at least been shown...wish I could find out how many votes (if any) mine got.

[SammySamaProductions]

"I love this anime/song! Im voting for it." Even when other people who edited better should deserve that vote....
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*nods* yep that's what I mean. It's my opinion that the general audience votes based on what they like (be it song or series) and editor's vote based on skill. That's what I try to do anyway. I STRONGLY detest Naruto and anything associated with it but if someone makes a kickass AMV with it regardless of how I feel about the series I'll vote for it.

[Squancho]

Congrats to all the winners!

I can't say I'm surprised that my entry came last in its category though - it isn't exactly a well-known song, but I'm honoured to know that it would have at least been shown...wish I could find out how many votes (if any) mine got.

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[CorpseGoddess]

Ha, I feel you on the runner up blues. I have more second places now then I can even remember. Although I'm still happy enough people liked it to vote, honestly I'm just happy to have things I made even make it in to be seen.
And I loved all the "Awwws" after my Romance video this year.

Congrats to everybody!

I used to freak out about "runner-up" and "second place". But now, just do what I do...basically, the way I look at it is, if I don't win, I've lost; standings don't mean a piffle to me at all. Relieves so much anxiety and tension.

Or, more honestly, as Penny Arcade recently put it, I'm a combo of #1 and #3: