The Otakon 2009 thread

[VicBond007]

Any word on when we'll get a category specific list?

I will probably release the playlist, sans video titles, a week before the con, just to keep things interesting.

[Honou_Miko]

OH MY GOD, I MADE IT. (Curry Mutton Pizza Productions; my username here is old haha) I LITERALLY SCREAMED AHAHAHA.
My video last year had a good concept but very amateurish execution and didn't make it... and now after becoming completely addicted to editing, it's paid off!! As well as my boyfriend's wonderful Christmas/birthday gift of good software... XD

It's such a thrill to see my name in there with some of the bigger/more established names. God this is so exciting. Congrats to everyone!!

[SilkAMV]

Any word on when we'll get a category specific list?

I will probably release the playlist, sans video titles, a week before the con, just to keep things interesting.

Damn you...

[CptNerd]

OK kids, just heard back from the HMFIC (look it up) so I'm ready to announce the contest finalists. I will only list studio names. If you want to say which AMV you entered, by all means go for it, but please don't "blow it" for anyone else if you know what they sent in!

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Not Finalists
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Nerdwatch Productions
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Well, dang, I had my hopes up that I'd be the Miracle Rookie, but no such luck this year!

I'm working on another one, maybe I'll submit it next year...

[Pockying]

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Contest Finalists
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Re-Evolution Studios (Kristyn)

I can die happy now Q_Q
Wait I'll wait till after I go to Otakon..

[DarkXPower]

Shit, thats beat. I finally submit a video after 10 years of editing, just to be shunned. Oh well, I still get to see it on the big screen and thats all I really wanted anyway...at least i HOPE I get to see it.

[dragonsong12]

Nah, don't even worry about it! I got you beat, I've failed three years straight! (And this last one I entered in a category that no one else ever does, so I'm forced to assume I was the only one cut)

If nothing else, I've learned what a horrible editor I truly am.

...perhaps it's time to throw in the towel...

[Brakus]

OK kids, just heard back from the HMFIC (look it up) so I'm ready to announce the contest finalists. I will only list studio names. If you want to say which AMV you entered, by all means go for it, but please don't "blow it" for anyone else if you know what they sent in!

If the results look...interesting...it's because I took Scintilla's advice and ran everything blind this year, which lead to some pleasantly surprising results. I see people that I don't know making the finals list, and creators that I'm familiar with, not doing so. I didn't realize just how much a name can carry an entry until this year, and I can't imagine going back to a non-blind pre-screening format after seeing this year's results.

I didn't make the cut (and I wasn't expecting to, quite frankly, given that the video I really *wanted* to enter is still not yet finished). What surprised me was that BRAD DEMOSS didn't make the cut either! Among other people I noticed that usually *do* make the cut at such high-profile contests! I'm reading the list and just going "Wow! _____ didn't make the cut??"

Regardless, I'll still have a video to show at Otakon, at Iron Editor. That's one heck of a consolation prize, if you ask me. In any event, congratulations to all the finalists!!

[Brakus]

Nah, don't even worry about it! I got you beat, I've failed three years straight! (And this last one I entered in a category that no one else ever does, so I'm forced to assume I was the only one cut)

If nothing else, I've learned what a horrible editor I truly am.

...perhaps it's time to throw in the towel...

Took me 4 years before I finally made the cut last year. Didn't make the cut this year, but frankly, I didn't expect to. Still, keep trying!!

[Honou_Miko]

Shit, thats beat. I finally submit a video after 10 years of editing, just to be shunned. Oh well, I still get to see it on the big screen and thats all I really wanted anyway...at least i HOPE I get to see it.

Make sure you try and go when you think your studio name will show up - they do it alphabetically, and last year I missed mine because my studio name starts with C, and they played it towards the beginning of the overflow. If you catch it before they play yours, I think you can request to have it played while you're there, even if it's out of order. But they wouldn't play mine again due to time constraints. Keep in mind also that it spans across both of the overflow showings, and the second showing is NOT a repeat, but the second half of the overflow. Hope you get to see it!