Anime Expo 2015 AMV Competition - WINNERS POSTED!

[XStylus]

ok sent in my second commercial Troy...

I think you meant "first". Check the submission roster.

lol I used the AX 2014 form for the other commercial... fixed

[facepalm]

[LC_Lapen]

given how many AMVs are made out there, good luck enforcing that second rule XD
I like the Hot Dog vendor idea though

Best pick a foodstuff incapable of damaging a video screen when thrown at high velocity.

[MaboroshiStudio]

ok sent in my second commercial Troy...

I think you meant "first". Check the submission roster.

lol I used the AX 2014 form for the other commercial... fixed

[facepalm]

so lazy Troy... you had the perfect opportunity to use a facepalm gif

[Dragonrider1227]

given how many AMVs are made out there, good luck enforcing that second rule XD
I like the Hot Dog vendor idea though

Best pick a foodstuff incapable of damaging a video screen when thrown at high velocity.

XD
I like your icon btw

[XStylus]

I guess I'll do the obligatory "any ETA on the judging?" this year

Second week of June, at the soonest.

This may be slightly premature, but suggestions to make next year's contest even better:

*Live-stream the judging process. Nothing matches the excitement of having your hopes crushed in real time!

Wouldn't work for how we do judging. The judges are provided access to the entries and are given three weeks to give us their results, so they do it on their own time. We have them use a very complex ranking system that's similar to what's used at SakuraCon which practically forces them to rewatch each vid multiple times, so they pretty much need all of those three weeks.

And even if we did still do the old method of locking a bunch of people in a small room and marathoning 200+ AMVs while mildly inebriated, the kind of commentary the judges used to shout regarding some entries was certainly not the kind I'd want leaving that room.

*Music freshness rules! You may only submit AMVs using songs that have never been used for any AMV in history!

That'd limit a LOT of material, and that'd also be an epic pain to enforce. Trying to manage 260+ vids is hard enough already.

*At the show, instant audience voting via those awful iClicker things they use in schools. Watch your hopes get crushed in real-time!

Not everyone has a smartphone.

I'm in no hurry to find a digital replacement for the ballots. AX and SakuraCon have the nicest ballots of any con out there and I'm rather proud of that.

*Less dubstep!

Then send less dubstep.

*Hot-dog vendors for those of us who forget to pack snacks and realize we are dying of starvation at the 3-hour mark!

Aramark would be none to pleased with us if we did that.

*Live Twitter feed along the bottom of the screen at all times during the contest! Watch your work get insulted in real-time!

I know the perfect person for the job. [looks to Yue]

*Moar dubstep!

Then send more dubstep.

I'll install a disco ball for you though.

[Scintilla]

AX and SakuraCon have the nicest ballots of any con out there and I'm rather proud of that.

I demand photographic evidence.

[XStylus]

AX and SakuraCon have the nicest ballots of any con out there and I'm rather proud of that.

I demand photographic evidence.

Spoiler :

SakuraCon's came out even better, in my honest opinion...:

[Hagaren Viper]

My gosh AX's A5 video is awful.

[Tigrin]

I still have my AX ballot from last year... somewhere... I think I kept it to look up videos after the con.

[Scintilla]

Well damn, color me impressed. Even if I associate that font much more strongly with Otakon.

How tall do they have to be to make everything legible? 11"? Or is 8.5" enough?