*cough* *cough* Sakuracon should invite me as a guest also... I am a King after all >.>MisterFurious wrote:I'd love to, but I can't afford it. Now, if Sakuracon were to invite me as a guest (did I mention I am also a voice actor and cosplay host?)...Vlad G Pohnert wrote:Come to think of it, you should come to Sakura-Con one of these days and see the biggest dedicated AMV room in the world for yourself
I'm looking forward to seeing you at the meet and greet too, but it sucks that you can't see the contest man, even though I knew ahead of time that you wouldn't make it lol. I'm sure if anyone needs dethrone you, they would have to get Best of Show, especially with Rider with her insane demands for your current vid.Castor Troy wrote:Yeah man, looking forward to seeing you at the Meet and Greet. I regret that I won't be able to see your vids on the big screen this year.Ryvannis wrote: I'd really have to thank you for getting me into AMVs in the first place or else this would have never been the case, I really have to shake your hand this year.
This is a complete step-up from the Pre-Show, but I thought my chances were slim due to my main entry having several bad frames (doh). People can finally enjoy my work in the masses, the fact that it's in AX means a lot to me, so I don't care if I win or anything, just to be in the competition itself is the reward,
Even though it's content to make the contest and be shown, don't feel too bad about having a desire to win. I think Rider has been trying to "dethrone" me for years when in reality I've made it into less AX contests than she has at this point.I consider it a friendly, yet really entertaining and hilarious rivalry which makes it a really fun reason to enter the contest.
If they gave me the money to do it again I would happily do so. Its not a matter of integrity, its a matter of finances. Though I did manage to get them to agree to an unexpected prize for best of show. The details are in the final stages of being ironed out and should be able to be announced soon.MisterFurious wrote: If AX has any integrity, they'll start giving out the director's chair again, just so Rider can have one. She certainly deserves it.
Also, thanks to the judges for their hard work viewing the many many submissions. *Wonders how many days it took*
well in order to head off Judge burnout after last years 47 Drama videos back to back...I decided to break it into two viewing sessions and split drama evenly between them (there were 67 Drama entries). To help break things up a bit we would watch a few drama then a couple from another category. On the second viewing session the Judges elected to bite the bullet and sit through all the remaining drama vids back to back then finish up with the remaining other categories. I think in total there are approximately 14 hours of view time after subtracting the controller failure on the external drive (just pulled the drive out of the enclosure it came in and put it in a new external which works much better. )(Moral of that story: Despite the price to size break. Don't buy the Seagate 1.5 TB externals from Costco. Though now that the actual drive is in a separate enclosure it is chuggin away happily.)Melichan923 wrote:My video didn't make the cut this year, but grats to all the finalists!
I don't recognize many of the submissions, but I'll be downloading them and viewing as soon as I can. Good luck to all.
That was a smart idea to try to break the drama videos into sections. As much as I enjoy AMVs (and Drama has always been my favorite category) 67 videos back to back, especially with sad elements to them would be pretty hard to take!DigitalPanther wrote:well in order to head off Judge burnout after last years 47 Drama videos back to back...I decided to break it into two viewing sessions and split drama evenly between them (there were 67 Drama entries). To help break things up a bit we would watch a few drama then a couple from another category. On the second viewing session the Judges elected to bite the bullet and sit through all the remaining drama vids back to back then finish up with the remaining other categories.
Oh really? Ouch. I think I remember reading somewhere that Seagate external hard drives aren't very reliable, but at least it's working now. Sorry to hear that.DigitalPanther wrote:I think in total there are approximately 14 hours of view time after subtracting the controller failure on the external drive (just pulled the drive out of the enclosure it came in and put it in a new external which works much better. )(Moral of that story: Despite the price to size break. Don't buy the Seagate 1.5 TB externals from Costco. Though now that the actual drive is in a separate enclosure it is chuggin away happily.)
That's true that no video is a sure thing. I know some very talented people who have sent their very best to a conventions and missed the cut. Everyone has their own opinions on what's great and I think that it's spectacular to hear that there will be many varying editing styles in the AX contest this year.DigitalPanther wrote:I have to admit I was a bit surprised at one to two that did make it vs a few that didn't. But I verified the numbers and they are accurate.
I am also impressed by the range (in style) of the finalists that made it which makes me glad to have picked a diverse group of judges with varied tastes.-DP
i'm gonna say what i said in the expo forums.Castor Troy wrote:Didn't make it in this year. Looks like Rider has to wait for me to upload my video.
hey thanksDigitalPanther wrote:So was I actually. I was very impressed with that one!Kazemon15 wrote:Well, congrats to Ryv, Hagaren and Rider.
I'm kinda very surprised Curtain Call did not make it in...
-Michael
so maybe we'll be seeing this in the preshow....? 
WOW thanks a lot brad!MisterFurious wrote:Speaking of snowball's chance in hell, everyone else in the contest must bow before Rider! I'm putting my money down for this video to take it all - Best AMTV-Pro, Creators' Choice, Judges' Choice, Staff Choice, Audience Choice, Best of Show. It'll be the biggest landslide since the Kevin Caldwell era. If AX has any integrity, they'll start giving out the director's chair again, just so Rider can have one. She certainly deserves it.DigitalPanther wrote:AMTV-Pro:
“Lord Of The Anime” by RiderG (Victoria Galietta)
i think you're shootin the moon there but hell any of those'd be great! 
yeah i'm still mad you took action from me in 06Castor Troy wrote:Even though it's content to make the contest and be shown, don't feel too bad about having a desire to win. I think Rider has been trying to "dethrone" me for years when in reality I've made it into less AX contests than she has at this point.
Well.... Methinks you will just have to wait and see ne?Rider4Z wrote: hey thanks
rock onDigitalPanther wrote:Well.... Methinks you will just have to wait and see ne?
Though I do plan on putting alot that didn't make it in the finals in the pre-show along with a mix of other stuff and hopefully a surprise or two. This year we don't have T-Pop sponsoring so I have 90 whole minutes to do whatever the hell I want BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHCOUGHHACKWHEEZE
-Michael
Wow, that's like enough time for another amv contest in itself.DigitalPanther wrote:Well.... Methinks you will just have to wait and see ne?Rider4Z wrote: hey thanks
Though I do plan on putting alot that didn't make it in the finals in the pre-show along with a mix of other stuff and hopefully a surprise or two. This year we don't have T-Pop sponsoring so I have 90 whole minutes to do whatever the hell I want BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHCOUGHHACKWHEEZE
-Michael
Sadly my 2 attempts since then haven't led to our inevitable rematch, but next time we meet, I shall go FULL POWER!Rider4Z wrote: yeah i'm still mad you took action from me in 06
