The Otakon 2010 Thread (OK now panic)

[Ryvannis]

Can I get a critique on my video? It's the latest one in my profile. I'm wondering that if it not getting into Otakon and AX is a sign that I'm out of taste for the judges, or contests in general.
Anyways, congratz to all the finalist!

[Adv1sor]

...proving that it's who you know and not what you can do...

[Jefferys]

It looks like i missed alot. can someone fill me in on everything ?

Otakon is apparently unhappy that the AMV contest and AMV Overflow are such popular events and are doing everything they can to try and screw it over this year. Or so it seems...

Don't forget fan parodies, which is also in a related vein to AMVs...

[Ashyukun]

Yay, I actually remember my login password. Yeah, I've not logged on for a while or realistically done much of anything regarding AMVs... all my spare time has been taken up working on cars lately.

But, I did want to set one thing straight- the credit for trying to set things right at Otakon doesn't belong with me, it belongs with my department head and one of Otakon's Vice Chairs, Mike Lee. He found out about things, asked for my take on it from a bit more of an inside perspective (though I had to read up on things, having no knowledge of any of this prior to his asking about it...), and started taking action from there. I will be serving as the interface with Otakon's A/V union though since I've worked all the parties involved before and can readily pull Mike into things if there are any problems that need higher-ranking firepower than I count for.

So, I'll definitely be working to try and make sure things run as smoothly as they can in my capacity as one of the tech staff, but don't deserve the credit for getting the ball rolling back in the right direction.

[msanogi]

Comedy
Scintilla
Jubjub2
Cyanna
VivifxAMV
@ Productions

Despite all of the mayhem... I'd be lying if I didn't say I was excited to (potentially) make it in. I started yelling last night on my shoot when I saw that (much to the confusion of everyone else) XD

Congratulations and good luck to everyone!

Thanks for your hard work in trying to make this contest the best that it can be Vic!

And

Go go super Ashyukun/Mike Lee!

[jubjub2]

Wow - I made it in!

After reading through all the pages, I want to give a big thank you to Vic for all his hard work and keeping us up to date on the inside information. It's good for fans to see what happens in the planning stages to make these large cons come together, even if it is not necessarily what we want to see. Hopefully the powers that be will have more willingness to listen to what the con-goers want, and keep the convention as a fan gathering rather than morphing into a trade show.

Sooooo.... If companies are sponsoring/paying for convention space and time, will that mean admission prices for the fans will drop?

[NightMistress85]

Sooooo.... If companies are sponsoring/paying for convention space and time, will that mean admission prices for the fans will drop?

Psh. I'm betting next year $75 will be the early bird registration rate.

[Vlad G Pohnert]

AUSA was the first place I saw an AMV and it's always been the best con for AMVs. Just knowing there is a room where you can stop by almost anytime of day or night and see some good AMVs, wow.

I don't know, I beg to differ somewhat, Sakura-Con gives a room 850+ in seating size with main stage sound and huge screen/projector to AMVs all weekend long Anime Evolution has had a room as big as 650+ cap for AMVs, and this year I get a 400 cap theater with plush seats .. So I think there are other cons with great AMV rooms too

Sad to see such an issue with Otakon... seems more cons taking a back seat to AMVs although they fill rooms.. I don't know, I always figures con should do what the fans want to see... I guess a dedicated AMV room at Otakon is now totally out of the question ...

Vlad

[Mroni]

How can they be losing rooms the freakin convention center added a hotel and the con just gets bigger. Im at a loss this is bullcrap.

[Jefferys]

You know, for some reason, I'm a bit surprised nobody used any songs by Phoenix for this contest...or is my memory cheating me slightly?