Otakon 2005 Finalists (unofficial)

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:47 am

Kusoyaro wrote:What I find odd is that AX managed to whittle down its finalist list in a single weekend (at least, that's what it seemed like to me), and the list had very little controversy. Otakon, on the other hand, takes nearly 3 months to pare down its list, and when the list finally comes out, it's apparently so out of wack that everyone questions whether or not it's actually real.

(this comment only applies to this year, btw)

Well, more like after a week of delays, they posted it in a single weekend.

ANTDrakko · Post by **ANTDrakko** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:50 am

::imagines the Overflow Room to be packed even more than usual this year::

~Seen

anneke · Post by **anneke** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:56 am

I'm curious to find out what people thought of my entry, now that I've figured out which video I did end up sending in. It was called Choices, and used Kenshin, Trigun, Vamp D., and X. It was one of so many in the 'serious' category. (I also aggreed with JBone, but I've seen this whole 'popular' thing happen for a long time now...shrugs...)

-Anneke

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:01 am

ANTDrakko wrote:::imagines the Overflow Room to be packed even more than usual this year::

~Seen

It should be. Even if the videos we thought would make it did (or do), there were still a good number more good videos worth seeing that there just wasn't room in the contest for.

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:22 am

crazy

>_>

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:25 am

ANTDrakko wrote:Anyone want to take bets whether this is the Final list? I'm thinking that it is

I'd hate to be the poor sucker who finds out that their video didn't make it into the final list after all (me

).

SnhKnives · Post by **SnhKnives** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:27 am

Kusoyaro wrote:
ANTDrakko wrote:Anyone want to take bets whether this is the Final list? I'm thinking that it is
I'd hate to be the poor sucker who finds out that their video didn't make it into the final list after all (me ).

x2

however, from what I heard, there was a hell of alot of competition in serious/drama this year

o_o

congrats to everyone who made it into the finals in that category

Ashyukun · Post by **Ashyukun** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:40 am

SnhKnives wrote: however, from what I heard, there was a hell of alot of competition in serious/drama this year

o_o

congrats to everyone who made it into the finals in that category

Drama alone was about 1/3 of the total entries in the contest from what I remember, and there were quite a number of good ones in the category. IMO, it was easily the toughest category to make it into based on the competition.

silver_moon · Post by **silver_moon** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:09 pm

Ashyukun wrote:I am personally hoping that there are some changes between the initial list released and the final- like DW I am rather surprised neither of the Canadian Wonder Twins' (the Fremmerlid sisters) videos made the final cut, because they were not only extremely well edited and had beautiful source, they were also videos I would have expected to score well in an audience vote.

Lol.

Yeah, I was really surprised that Phenomenon didn't make the cut either... it's so popular on this site already, and with it being a flashy Naruto action video I would've thought it would be popular among an audience too.

Oh well, if this is the final list then it's not too late to enter AWA Expo.

ANTDrakko · Post by **ANTDrakko** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:10 pm

Ashyukun wrote: Drama alone was about 1/3 of the total entries in the contest from what I remember, and there were quite a number of good ones in the category. IMO, it was easily the toughest category to make it into based on the competition.

Yeah? I didn't go to any of the prescreenings, so I wouldn't know. Though, even if that *is* the final list, I feel better about not getting into the category.

Now to contemplate other ways to successfully pimp my video

~Seen