Otakon 2003 Creator Get-together (and stuff...)

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Post by BogoSort » Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:57 pm

SarahtheBoring wrote:Yyyyes, because as we all know, one wins contests and gains worldwide recognizability because of showing up at one con without a video. :roll:

Look guys, if you're going to mock me, at least have some creativity. You know I have a point, or you'd be able to disprove it, now, wouldn't you. I guess you just have some kind of mental block against the fact that your videos are fucking huge.

Trust me, that kind of false modesty is annoying. But enjoy your meet 'n greets with the plebes and autograph signings and whatever else, guys. I'll be in the commoners' thread and won't bother you from now on. Okay? 8)
Jeez... Looks like I hit a nerve. Without trying even. Usually I go to all sorts of effort to get that sort of reaction from people.

False modesty? That'd imply that I had some significant amount of skill to show off. If I had that skill, I'd be winning all of the big amv contests, getting tons of trophies to show off my L33T amv making skillz. Fanboys and fangirls would be chasing me around, obeying my every whim. I'd be able to wave a hand, and animes would bow to my will and arrange themselves onto a timeline to make the ubervideos that make people drool on themselves.

As it stands now, my trophy shelf is bare, I have no minions to do my bidding, and I slave away for hours attempting to get Premiere to do what I want, and still never quite get there. These so called amv bigwigs seem to be getting put on pedistals to be worshipped. They are all merely people, or at least the ones that I've met anyways. If I'm one of these supposed bigwigs, then I'm missing out on some serious diefic power. Cause dude, the power of head-explody would come in real handy sometimes when some crazy soccer mom cuts me off in her gas guzzling SUV...

My point in all of my blabbing is that from what I can tell(though I am dense sometimes) there has been no attempt to exclude anyone from this gathering. Somehow in your mind, you're wallowing in self-pity, and this is manifesting itself in you deriding yourself publicly for attention and lashing out against people who are trying their best to be friendly towards you. Sure you might feel better about yourself if you decide to avoid coming to this gathering. You can tell yourself that everyone who felt like meeting was an elitist bastard, and that you are better than that. However, I think that if you take a chance and try attending such a gathering, you won't find a bunch of snobs cockfighting and bragging about their L33T skillz. Instead, I suspect that you'll find a group of fun interesting people to hang out with. Then again, I've never been to any of these such meetings, so I suppose I could be completely off track on this one.

Sorry if this isn't original at all. My brain's still in the mindset of my last video(which was, by design, banal, gaudy, and ultimately unoriginal).

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Post by SarahtheBoring » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:32 pm

Oh, I never said that you guys were mean. When did I ever say that? I just said that you were different from the rest of us, and you know it. (You call everybody "fanboys" and "fangirls" instead of "other org members," start threads like "Who wants to room with the famous {name}", have meet'n'greet sessions and signings etc.)

I'm sure it's one big happy family as mentioned. But don't pretend that it's for literally everyone. There ARE other people out there apart from your group, and I find it a little insulting that you say that everyone who's not in your group doesn't exist.

Now. Publicly deriding myself? Where was that? I'm not the one up there whining about an empty trophy shelf.

Bah, like I said, I'm staying in the commoners' thread, and I will STAY there. One of you guys invited me to your meet'n'greets, pfft - as I said on LJ, you can kiss my ass. If you are too big to talk to me like an equal, you can piss off.

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Post by BogoSort » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:40 pm

I give up. I tried. I failed. Thus my lesson is: Never try. So how about that wacky crazy time that we're all going to have at Otakon this year?

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Post by Rinny » Tue Jul 22, 2003 10:59 pm

:roll:

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Post by VicBond007 » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:02 pm

I clicked reply, 'cuz I wanted to say something...but I've run out of things to say. so um, yeah. Thursday evening after badge pickup sounds good. Gonna have to call around and see what places are open...wow...the mood just died...just like that.
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Post by Metro » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:17 pm

Well I'm up for dinner

How about a place that serves crabcakes?

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Post by Leanan » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:41 pm

I'm not going to Otakon, but I've been following this topic. Sarah, I think you put too much emphasis on who is a so-called "big wig" and who is a "commoner". That kind of thinking (in my opinion) just divides the community. Everyone who has posted in this topic seems friendly and wanting to hang out with everyone. I think you should go and just enjoy yourself.

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Post by paizuri » Tue Jul 22, 2003 11:54 pm

Actually, I generally don't go to these creator gatherings, because you know, I don't make AMVs. :roll:

That being said, I don't think people are discouraged from coming. And what better way to meet all of those famous AMV celebrities! You know, the ones that are NORMAL EVERYDAY PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU. As insulting as it may be to be talked down to by falsely modest people, it's equally insulting when you tell someone your honest opinion and they basically tell you that you're lying and to fuck off. So let's not do either, okay?

Anime conventions are supposed to be fun joyous gatherings of like-minded individuals and Otakon should be no exception.

And why the hell am I even posting in this thread? Oh yeah, my name was invoked! Muahaha.
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Post by Leanan » Wed Jul 23, 2003 12:19 am

Just ignore my statement. I think that trying to convince you, Sarah, is probably the wrong thing to do. You should just stick to your thoughts/opinions and everyone continue with the topic. Sorry.

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Post by Nightowl » Wed Jul 23, 2003 12:20 am

This thread is full of tension now... I want to get drunk with people at Otakon... that's all... :(

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