Many of us in the AMV community have a large fear about this contest and that fear does not involve problems or failure. Our fear involves success. If AX 2008 is the first successful AMV contest after many years in the eyes of the AMV community we will lose a very important tradition of post-AX AMV contest drama.
If AX can no longer maintain its underdog role in AMV contests I will be happy for the success of DigitalPanther and his staff but I will also be somewhat saddened that a long held tradition in the online AMV community may come to and end.
For the staff there is probably the same fear that any other AMV staff faces. If the contest is successful you may very well have to come back and do it all again next year. This is a dangerous thing and can consume massive amounts of productivity that could otherwise be spent playing World of Warcraft or something that has worth instead of these stupid AMVs.
Good luck to all of those who entered