Best New Creator

[EarthCurrent]

I make em for the hawt chicks.

damn lesbians...

wait...your a guy... keep forgetting that...
I guess it's okay then...

[Akashio]

I realized yesterday that I have never won a single award EVER! I find this amazing, and I decided that now is my time. This isn't difficult, everyone, I was only nominated for ONE award. So I am asking you all too please vote for me for "Best New Creator", out of pitty, out of respect, out of anything that will compell you to vote for me. Because, Gosh darnit, I think I deserve at least this! So I ask for your vote now! Please vote for me in "Best New Creator".

But you're not....

[Vlad G Pohnert]

I would agree under most normal circumstances... but really, none of my videos got nominated. -_-
I'm only pissed about the nominations because I didn't get a single one of the nominations I wanted. In that respect I agree with jbone, this particular award is kind of... odd. (at least it's not "Most Improved" though -_-) The only reason I want it so bad is because I have NEVER won an award. And I wanted a VCA from the moment I stepped into the comunity, which was actually even longer ago than a year ago (the math is funky because I'm still working on videos I started working on two augusts ago.)
Anyway, the point was, I just wanted to let you know that I want that award. It's my own shameless advertisement, and let that be that.

Yea, well you've been around for only very short time so don't get so impatient for recognition. I myself have been making music videos for over 16 years now and never felt the need to win an award. The fact that people enjoyed my videos and gave me compliments over all those years was all I ever needed. I didn't win a thing untill about a year and a half ago and I'm 37 years old! So my point don't be in such a hurry or feel you must WIN something in order to get recognition. Hec, some indivuduals here who have never won a thing have more recognition for thier work then some who have won. I thing some would even be shocked to find out how much thier vides are really liked.

Just to get nominated or be a finalists is an honor and recognition of your work and quite frankly winning really don't make a creator any better the all the rest or even more recognized. I myself love the work of a lot of prople here and they include those that never won anything and have been doing it for a lot longer then you have.... The only thing I can say is that you will probably understand what I'm saying a lot better as you get older and spend more time creating videos or antthing else for that matter that others enjoy...

Vlad

[Castor Troy]

point I was trying to make: that video was created SPECIFICLY for the "Best First Video" category. I wanted more than anything when I came into this comunity to earn that award. I even went out and advertised to people to nominate it. Friends, family, whoever would create an account (I refuse to box stuff, or create a whole bunch of accounts or anything, I was getting honest votes, in a sort of in-honest way) but lo, and behold, I didn't even get nominated in that category. It's just a very humiliating thing to have something that I worked so hard on seemingly trashed, and in some instances to videos I thought OBVIOUSLY inferior. I guess it can all just be seen as artistic difference. As style. It just seems to me like there should be some universal goal... like... the scenes fit together... or... the timing is right. Maybe I'm exagerating, but it feels like that sometimes. And it's hard to deal with as an artist.
I don't mind begging, I just want some freaking recognition. But hey, even if I don't get the award, I'm still going to be at AX with my vids, and fanime, and elsewhere I'm sure. I apreciate those of you that took this seriously, and I'm saddened by those that took it any other way.

I think you are taking this way too hard on yourself. If you know you made a great video and others have seen it and told you the same, shouldn't that be enough?

I don't know. That's just my thoughts.

You are not me.

I have a bloodthirsty desire to win everything I attempt. If I don't win, there was no point in having played the game. That is just how I think.

Well... whatever motivates you to make videos... I guess. At least you're being honest.

But are awards truly what they're cracked up to be? There is such a thing as a poor winner.

[Leanan]

I make em for the hawt chicks.

Me too

[Koopiskeva]

I make em for the hawt chicks.

Me too

Whoa... arousing

[Leanan]

point I was trying to make: that video was created SPECIFICLY for the "Best First Video" category. I wanted more than anything when I came into this comunity to earn that award. I even went out and advertised to people to nominate it. Friends, family, whoever would create an account (I refuse to box stuff, or create a whole bunch of accounts or anything, I was getting honest votes, in a sort of in-honest way) but lo, and behold, I didn't even get nominated in that category. It's just a very humiliating thing to have something that I worked so hard on seemingly trashed, and in some instances to videos I thought OBVIOUSLY inferior. I guess it can all just be seen as artistic difference. As style. It just seems to me like there should be some universal goal... like... the scenes fit together... or... the timing is right. Maybe I'm exagerating, but it feels like that sometimes. And it's hard to deal with as an artist.
I don't mind begging, I just want some freaking recognition. But hey, even if I don't get the award, I'm still going to be at AX with my vids, and fanime, and elsewhere I'm sure. I apreciate those of you that took this seriously, and I'm saddened by those that took it any other way.

I think you are taking this way too hard on yourself. If you know you made a great video and others have seen it and told you the same, shouldn't that be enough?

I don't know. That's just my thoughts.

You are not me.

I have a bloodthirsty desire to win everything I attempt. If I don't win, there was no point in having played the game. That is just how I think.

Everyone can't be the best at everything.

[Leanan]

I make em for the hawt chicks.

Me too

Whoa... arousing

^_^ too bad none of the cute girls like me

[Vlad G Pohnert]

Just one more thing to add here, the main reason I got back into making AMVs back in 2000 is to meet and talk with all you talented individuals here... Contests have always been a part of this community and I have very much enjoyed them regardless of it I've made it into them or won anything. I see nothing wrong with them as long as we respect each other and the decision of the judging. Yes we may not all agree with all of our or the judges decisions, but that no reason we have to have heated debates or Flame wars over it.

It would really be a shame to start to hate contests just because we can't have respect for the nominees or the winners as well as EVERYONE who entrees them... All the anime fans out there so much enjoy the contests and all our videos so in a way everyone who enters to make them possible are winners....

Vlad

[Koopiskeva]

^_^ too bad none of the cute girls like me

stop that! I cant hold it in anymore!

...

Marry me!