Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - WINNERS POSTED!

[dokidoki]

We decided to rename, redefine, and rebalance two categories: Comedy/Humor, and Fun/Dance.
The revised category names are "Fun/Humor", and "Upbeat/Dance".

Doki Doki said Comedy was on life support many years back.

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[Vlad G Pohnert]

wow.. Even Doki reads this

Vlad

[l33tmeatwad]

wow.. Even Doki reads this

Vlad

Everyone enjoys the AX thread...

Spoiler :

DRAMA

[XStylus]

Just a note to ya'll: This year's AMV Chef theme and sources will be announced later today (May 15th) in the AMV Room thread.

Epicness is assured.

[BasharOfTheAges]

I agree. I'll repeat what I said earlier: "It balanced things out tremendously." None of the entries in this category have anything to feel sorry for. It's a good category and I'm very pleased with how it came out.

I'm not saying the videos would be bad, just saying straight up comedy tends to trump at most cons...although from that statement I'm starting to think there weren't any real strong straight up comedy videos this year.

From an audience entertainment perspective, I can see the appeal of having a good comedy video or two compete directly with other good videos even if the outcome is pretty much guaranteed... The alternative is either not having enough entries to have a category or allowing entries in that are so far below the level of the rest of the contest that it reflects poorly on the contest as a whole. It's more entertaining when the sacrifices can put up a fight.

[NightMistress85]

Not sure if the actual editors work so that their stuff can be sacrifices putting up a good fight, but if they wouldn't be in the finals otherwise then something's better than nothing. But usually people don't compete for that. Most want to win though I'd be content with finals since it'd be a first for me

[l33tmeatwad]

I agree. I'll repeat what I said earlier: "It balanced things out tremendously." None of the entries in this category have anything to feel sorry for. It's a good category and I'm very pleased with how it came out.

I'm not saying the videos would be bad, just saying straight up comedy tends to trump at most cons...although from that statement I'm starting to think there weren't any real strong straight up comedy videos this year.

From an audience entertainment perspective, I can see the appeal of having a good comedy video or two compete directly with other good videos even if the outcome is pretty much guaranteed... The alternative is either not having enough entries to have a category or allowing entries in that are so far below the level of the rest of the contest that it reflects poorly on the contest as a whole. It's more entertaining when the sacrifices can put up a fight.

Oh I totally agree that it is better for the contest, however it doesn't change the fact that several good videos might be getting the shaft in the process, but it is what it is. I do feel sorry for those that happen to be affected, as I've had videos not intended for comedy thrown into comedy categories before and I knew before the contest began it had no chance. That said, I personally would rather the contest have a good show than win, as cheap no-contests wins aren't as fun

Not sure if the actual editors work so that their stuff can be sacrifices putting up a good fight, but if they wouldn't be in the finals otherwise then something's better than nothing. But usually people don't compete for that. Most want to win though I'd be content with finals since it'd be a first for me

Indeed, while I tend to be okay with it since having a good show for the audience is more important than a silly award, not all editors feel the same and might be discouraged to have the video they worked hard on at a huge disadvantage in the contest.

[Ryvannis]

We decided to rename, redefine, and rebalance two categories: Comedy/Humor, and Fun/Dance.
The revised category names are "Fun/Humor", and "Upbeat/Dance".

Doki Doki said Comedy was on life support many years back.

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This made me laugh way harder then I should have. But I still can't help but bite my fingers in anticipation of the finalists this year. Can we (me) at least have an idea of how many entries that were received for both drama categories?

[XStylus]

This made me laugh way harder then I should have. But I still can't help but bite my fingers in anticipation of the finalists this year. Can we (me) at least have an idea of how many entries that were received for both drama categories?

Curious to see how much competition you're up against, eh?

After adjusting for disqualifications, Rom/Sen was the third largest category, which was one less than Drama, which was one less than Action.
The fourth largest "category" was Disqualifications, which was one less than Rom/Sen.