The Sacrifice to the Otakon AMV Gods Thread

Cybermat · Post by **Cybermat** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 1:46 pm

dokool wrote:Well, yeah, but who cares about the general screenings? =P

Hey now, let's be nice.

dokool wrote:In all seriousness, though. As much as I just want to get SYLN shown, I wouldn't want it crammed in the middle of all of the entries that didn't make it... everyone'd be sleeping or have left by the time SYLN started playing, knowing my luck =P

The general amv screenings are everything we got, including the contest finalists, so it's not like they're without quality amvs.

Plus, with 180+ entries for 2003 there are more good videos than the AMV Contest can accomodate, so the general screenings have got that going for them too.

Plus, if you're an iconoclastic and opinionated anime music video fan (and who isn't?), you can find virtue in many amvs that the philistine, blinkered, pig-ignorant, biased mass audience -- all of them people who wouldn't even recognize qualities like QUALITY and SINCERITY and CREATIVITY and EFFORT if they danced naked on a harpichord in front of them singing 'Happy Days are Here Again' -- have overlooked.

Only if one were so inclined, of course....

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:02 pm

Cybermat wrote: Plus, if you're an iconoclastic and opinionated anime music video fan (and who isn't?), you can find virtue in many amvs that the philistine, blinkered, pig-ignorant, biased mass audience -- all of them people who wouldn't even recognize qualities like QUALITY and SINCERITY and CREATIVITY and EFFORT if they danced naked on a harpichord in front of them singing 'Happy Days are Here Again' -- have overlooked.

The question is, can one sit through that many hours of quality and sincerity and creativity and effort dancing naked on a harpichord singing 'Happy Days are Here Again'. 7 tapes even after the DQs, I've heard?

I suppose I've been a bit too down on the general screenings. I keep forgetting that there were 4 tapes <i>other</i> than what we saw at KoP, and undoubtedly those have a lot of amazing entries that may not make the competition. I'm sure the GS won't be that bad at all, but admittedly what I'm looking forward to most is the competition, regardless of whether or not I'm in it.

-DOKool

Rinny · Post by **Rinny** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:03 pm

Speaking of, is it true that the finalist list won't be released until the Thursday of the con?

Cybermat · Post by **Cybermat** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:18 pm

I should be ready to announce the names of the finalists to the submitters this weekend, probably on Sunday. Doubtlessly, one of them will post it up here in short order.

I realize that everyone is waiting to hear, and I apologize that it's taking me so long to do everthing. It's just that we've got so many amvs this year it takes more time to slog through all the necessary steps.

dwchang · Post by **dwchang** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:32 pm

Cybermat wrote:I should be ready to announce the names of the finalists to the submitters this weekend, probably on Sunday. Doubtlessly, one of them will post it up here in short order.

I realize that everyone is waiting to hear, and I apologize that it's taking me so long to do everthing. It's just that we've got so many amvs this year it takes more time to slog through all the necessary steps.

Nah, we understand. I'd imagine it's pretty hard to organize something liek this with only a few entries and you have a lot more than a few. I'll just sit here patiently and be thankful you're doing all this.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:33 pm

dwchang wrote:Nah, we understand. I'd imagine it's pretty hard to organize something liek this with only a few entries and you have a lot more than a few. I'll just sit here patiently and be thankful you're doing all this.

Agreed. Matt, you've done an amazing job on the contest so far, and the guys at Otakon should be dissapointed that this is the last year you guys are running the contest for them. (Which it is, IIRC. Right?)

-DOKool

Rinny · Post by **Rinny** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:41 pm

I agree...but I never heard about the switch before. Who's gonna take over?

teknoboy · Post by **teknoboy** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:00 pm

i believe Matt told us at the College Park prescreening that it was. If i knew where i was gonna be next year and had the equipment to do the tape processing i'd volunteer to take it next year since i'm interested in the whole contest thing... we'll see. I believe if anyone else wants to do it all they have to do is talk to the Otakon Staff (higher ups) about it. But it seems to be a lot of work, but i bet its more than i amagine... I'm just thankful that Matt puts his freee time toward this for us and the Otakon attendants. Thanks Matt.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:03 pm

Otakon won't be the same without you Matt, but thanks for all the hard work and for always responding to my emails