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Er... I have no idea who they are either.irriadin wrote:Ask the popular editors on YouTube who Qwaqa or Umika is.
irriadin wrote:I feel like AMV editing has become a lot more egalitarian and is no longer focused around a core group of "elite" editors. Ask the popular editors on YouTube who Qwaqa or Umika is. Both very popular editors within our competitive sphere. It's likely they'll have no idea who they are.
I don't know if it's so much "egalitarianism" as the fact that YouTube doesn't promote editors as much as the videos themselves. I think it'd be more accurate to say that AMV viewers on YouTube probably know videos by qwaqa or Umika, but have no idea who made those videos.AceD wrote:I think Umika is one of the most known editors on youtube tbh, it seems almost impossible to believe that anybody who isn't closed off to genre/anime-specific videos only won't know that name...
That's the point I was trying to make, actually. It's become more about the product than the name behind it, which is rather unfortunate for editors.CrackTheSky wrote:irriadin wrote:I feel like AMV editing has become a lot more egalitarian and is no longer focused around a core group of "elite" editors. Ask the popular editors on YouTube who Qwaqa or Umika is. Both very popular editors within our competitive sphere. It's likely they'll have no idea who they are.I don't know if it's so much "egalitarianism" as the fact that YouTube doesn't promote editors as much as the videos themselves. I think it'd be more accurate to say that AMV viewers on YouTube probably know videos by qwaqa or Umika, but have no idea who made those videos.AceD wrote:I think Umika is one of the most known editors on youtube tbh, it seems almost impossible to believe that anybody who isn't closed off to genre/anime-specific videos only won't know that name...
Yup, I'm a long-winded idiot sometimesirriadin wrote:That's the point I was trying to make, actually. It's become more about the product than the name behind it, which is rather unfortunate for editors.
No worries. I should have been more specific in my first post anywayCrackTheSky wrote:Yup, I'm a long-winded idiot sometimesirriadin wrote:That's the point I was trying to make, actually. It's become more about the product than the name behind it, which is rather unfortunate for editors.
Umika's probably Kevin Caldwell.XStylus wrote:Er... I have no idea who they are either.irriadin wrote:Ask the popular editors on YouTube who Qwaqa or Umika is.