2013 AMV feedback

Halloween Kitsune · Post by **Halloween Kitsune** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:11 am

Ok, not to sound like a total idiot but...the winner of Best Other. What the heck were those animes?.....

Post by **LantisEscudo** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:41 am

Shinobi Kitsune wrote:Ok, not to sound like a total idiot but...the winner of Best Other. What the heck were those animes?.....

This is the feedback thread from last year, just so you know.

But to answer your question (and to point you toward where you can find more answers to similar questions), in the Ballot and Winners thread, there's a link to most of the videos' pages on A-M-V.org, which list all the sources used. Infinite Darkness used Natsume's Book of Friends, Another, and Kanon 2006 as sources.

ModifierMR · Post by **ModifierMR** » Tue May 28, 2013 7:48 am

This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.

RapaxGuardian · Post by **RapaxGuardian** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:44 am

ModifierMR wrote:This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.

Personally, I felt "Les Poissons," and "Gay Fish" were in the right category. "Call Me MayBuu" was just incredibly awkward

Shiroikami · Post by **Shiroikami** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:23 pm

With only a couple of exceptions, I thought this year's submissions were really amazing. I had a very difficult time choosing just one video in almost every single category.

This is the quality that I love to see. Except for those two videos that were cringe-y... although one of those was still very well made (7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.

Congrats to all!

drewaconclusion · Post by **drewaconclusion** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:39 pm

Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.

That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.

RapaxGuardian · Post by **RapaxGuardian** » Tue May 28, 2013 12:51 pm

drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.

I saw your name on the ballot and squee'd, you're one of my favorite editors (I'm the one from AAC that kept riding you to upload Kount Krausula

), and that video was just.... bwah, my ears ;A; Well-edited, but ear violation!

drewaconclusion · Post by **drewaconclusion** » Tue May 28, 2013 1:40 pm

RapaxGuardian wrote:that video was just.... bwah, my ears ;A; Well-edited, but ear violation!

Heh, that's just how the original audio is.

Post by **Sayoria** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:12 pm

RapaxGuardian wrote:
ModifierMR wrote:This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.
Personally, I felt "Les Poissons," and "Gay Fish" were in the right category. "Call Me MayBuu" was just incredibly awkward

I felt the same exact way. Those two were the only ones I felt that worked in comedy, but I also didn't laugh to anything. Maybe it's about time I take another stab at comedy. I am so good with it IRL, but putting it in video form is one hell of a task.

kiarrens · Post by **kiarrens** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:16 pm

drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.

...Drew. Your avatar. You're just doing it to mess with me now, aren't you?

Btw I voted for you in Other.

Thalirin · Post by **Thalirin** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:28 pm

Yeah, I agree: "7 Days" was super-creepy but incredibly well-done. Props. :)

The winners of Comedy and Upbeat probably should have switched categories. As for Call Me Maybuu, I don't even know what people were thinking. I agree, it was just awkward. o_O

Post by **Sayoria** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:43 pm

About "Call me Maybuu", I heard about 5 people behind me saying "Why is this even in comedy? Sure, nut shots might be funny if you are 13."

I dunno though. I heard laughter, but none of it was from people in my area of the audience.

drewaconclusion · Post by **drewaconclusion** » Tue May 28, 2013 3:49 pm

Kiarrens wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.
...Drew. Your avatar. You're just doing it to mess with me now, aren't you?

Not specifically you, just those saying they were creeped out by my video.

Kiarrens wrote:Btw I voted for you in Other.

I know. You showed me right where you wrote "I HATE DREW" instead of marking it with a check.

Thalirin wrote:Yeah, I agree: "7 Days" was super-creepy but incredibly well-done. Props.

Thank you

Thalirin wrote:As for Call Me Maybuu, I don't even know what people were thinking. I agree, it was just awkward. o_O

Well, it's a very obvious troll; should be pretty evident what the thoughts behind it were.

YouTube · Post by **basharoftheages** » Tue May 28, 2013 6:13 pm

idk - the constant stream of feedback I'm getting is a resounding "hysterical" elsewhere.

I'm gonna be over here hating myself for posting that now...

Shiroikami · Post by **Shiroikami** » Tue May 28, 2013 6:14 pm

drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.

You succeeded there 100%. I was... actually afraid to vote for it. Like, legitimately terrified. Please tell me we're not all going to die in *checks date* four days. o.O

Post by **LantisEscudo** » Tue May 28, 2013 6:23 pm

Shiroikami wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.
You succeeded there 100%. I was... actually afraid to vote for it. Like, legitimately terrified. Please tell me we're not all going to die in *checks date* four days. o.O

I've seen it about fifteen times over the last six weeks. I think you're safe.

YouTube · Post by **basharoftheages** » Tue May 28, 2013 6:24 pm

LantisEscudo wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.
You succeeded there 100%. I was... actually afraid to vote for it. Like, legitimately terrified. Please tell me we're not all going to die in *checks date* four days. o.O
I've seen it about fifteen times over the last six weeks. I think you're safe.

I think you're a zombie.

drewaconclusion · Post by **drewaconclusion** » Tue May 28, 2013 6:35 pm

Shiroikami wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.
You succeeded there 100%. I was... actually afraid to vote for it. Like, legitimately terrified. Please tell me we're not all going to die in *checks date* four days. o.O

Check your voicemail lately...?

Post by **Cave** » Tue May 28, 2013 8:22 pm

RapaxGuardian wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.
I saw your name on the ballot and squee'd, you're one of my favorite editors (I'm the one from AAC that kept riding you to upload Kount Krausula ), and that video was just.... bwah, my ears ;A; Well-edited, but ear violation!

I learned my lesson from having seen it at AAC. I had my ears covered from the beginning, but I still forgot that last screech at the end. >< lol Still a great video, just not much rewatch value for that reason alone.

I voted for the Natsume one, Brian voted for 7 Days because he thought "it'd be funny for it to be played at Masquerade."

I felt the contest was about the same as last year. Though I felt that action was probably the weakest category. I voted for the Eva one, but only because it was the least bad. It was a good, solid video, just did not appeal to me personally much. I explained to Songbird that I loved her Soul Eater video, but the second half of it was not as strong as the first half. Of course, in comedy, my favorite was Hamstar's Higurashi video. At the showing, it definitely had the most amount of laughs, so I was really surprised it didn't win. :/ I think I chuckled a couple times during the Madoka one (sorry Basher), just not my taste, I guess.

This will be mean to say, but I was honestly very disappointed with best in show. It isn't even so much that the video was a fan-pandering (if that is the right word) video, but it was also not up to Warlike-standards and I love Warlike videos (as if me being a total fangirl doesn't make that obvious).

I was excited at the beginning of the video, had a good laugh, and was expecting a quite awesome, funny parody, but then found it boring after the first 15ish seconds. Sorry for being harsh, but it is honestly how I felt while watching it. On a positive note, Gay Fish was my second favorite video in comedy!

Post by **Chairman Miaow** » Tue May 28, 2013 9:34 pm

drewaconclusion wrote:
Thalirin wrote:As for Call Me Maybuu, I don't even know what people were thinking. I agree, it was just awkward. o_O
Well, it's a very obvious troll; should be pretty evident what the thoughts behind it were.

Call Me Maybuu can be considered a warning to all amv artists who should ever attempt to troll the pre-screenings again. Glob as my witness, we will troll 1800 people just to get back at one person. The other 1799 of you were regrettably just collateral damage. Such is our resolve.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Tue May 28, 2013 9:54 pm

Chairman Miaow wrote:Call Me Maybuu can be considered a warning to all amv artists who should ever attempt to troll the pre-screenings again.

Well, looks like I might as well retire

YouTube · Post by **basharoftheages** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:18 pm

Chairman Miaow wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Thalirin wrote:As for Call Me Maybuu, I don't even know what people were thinking. I agree, it was just awkward. o_O
Well, it's a very obvious troll; should be pretty evident what the thoughts behind it were.
Call Me Maybuu can be considered a warning to all amv artists... Don't trust us to make legit decisions - in fact don't bother to submit at all, because we value a cheap joke more than the effort you put in to the stuff you send us.

FTFY ('cause that's all that the vast majority of people submitting that don't come on these forums will see it as)

JupiterAscending16 · Post by **JupiterAscending16** » Wed May 29, 2013 12:14 pm

First of I would like to congraulate all of the winners, you all did a wonderful job!

Second, I thought this year's AMV contest was great! There were some excellent AMV's (especially Kiarrens

)and it was really hard to choose a winner in some of the catergories. There was one AMV though that I really didn't understand the point of and it was Call Me Maybuu. Did anyone else understand the meaning behind it?

Bashar of the Ages: Loved your AMV as well I have the Pokemon song stuck in my head LOL great fun and very entertaining

RapaxGuardian · Post by **RapaxGuardian** » Wed May 29, 2013 12:22 pm

GlaDosLovestoTEST wrote:There was one AMV though that I really didn't understand the point of and it was Call Me Maybuu. Did anyone else understand the meaning behind it?

It was a troll video and we were all collateral damage ;A;

Post by **hamstar138** » Wed May 29, 2013 8:43 pm

RapaxGuardian wrote:
ModifierMR wrote:This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.
Personally, I felt "Les Poissons," and "Gay Fish" were in the right category. "Call Me MayBuu" was just incredibly awkward

Well despite me losing, I did hear great laughter with my Les Poissons AMV. ^_^ So I am content and happy to make other laugh to it, wether comfortable or not.

RapaxGuardian · Post by **RapaxGuardian** » Wed May 29, 2013 11:26 pm

hamstar138 wrote:
RapaxGuardian wrote:
ModifierMR wrote:This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.
Personally, I felt "Les Poissons," and "Gay Fish" were in the right category. "Call Me MayBuu" was just incredibly awkward
Well despite me losing, I did hear great laughter with my Les Poissons AMV. ^_^ So I am content and happy to make other laugh to it, wether comfortable or not.

Bravo, Hamstar! I had turned to my friend and even asked, "How do you make a comedy out of Higurashi??" and then you surprised me and I loved every moment!

You got my friend and I's votes!

Post by **Sayoria** » Wed May 29, 2013 11:59 pm

RapaxGuardian wrote:
hamstar138 wrote:
RapaxGuardian wrote:
ModifierMR wrote:This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.
Personally, I felt "Les Poissons," and "Gay Fish" were in the right category. "Call Me MayBuu" was just incredibly awkward
Well despite me losing, I did hear great laughter with my Les Poissons AMV. ^_^ So I am content and happy to make other laugh to it, wether comfortable or not.
Bravo, Hamstar! I had turned to my friend and even asked, "How do you make a comedy out of Higurashi??" and then you surprised me and I loved every moment! You got my friend and I's votes!

There was actually a Higurashi comedy video a few years ago to the "Ferrets" youtube video.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Thu May 30, 2013 1:59 am

Yukito Kunisaki wrote:
RapaxGuardian wrote:
hamstar138 wrote:
RapaxGuardian wrote:
ModifierMR wrote:This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.
Personally, I felt "Les Poissons," and "Gay Fish" were in the right category. "Call Me MayBuu" was just incredibly awkward
Well despite me losing, I did hear great laughter with my Les Poissons AMV. ^_^ So I am content and happy to make other laugh to it, wether comfortable or not.
Bravo, Hamstar! I had turned to my friend and even asked, "How do you make a comedy out of Higurashi??" and then you surprised me and I loved every moment! You got my friend and I's votes!

There was actually a Higurashi comedy video a few years ago to the "Ferrets" youtube video.

Is everyone forgetting Al's Higurashi video? Really? Get out of here, you're all fired.

kiarrens · Post by **kiarrens** » Thu May 30, 2013 9:32 am

dokool wrote: Is everyone forgetting Al's Higurashi video? Really? Get out of here, you're all fired.

You're not happy enough!

Hamstar, your video was excellent, I loved it. It was the only video that actually made me laugh in comedy. Well done!

YouTube · Post by **basharoftheages** » Thu May 30, 2013 10:17 am

Kiarrens wrote:
dokool wrote: Is everyone forgetting Al's Higurashi video? Really? Get out of here, you're all fired.
You're not happy enough!

Hamstar, your video was excellent, I loved it. It was the only video that actually made me laugh in comedy. Well done!

kiarrens · Post by **kiarrens** » Thu May 30, 2013 11:32 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:

Yours was more... disturbing-funny than laugh-out-loud-funny. But we've known for a long time that you and I have very different senses of humor.

Post by **Cave** » Thu May 30, 2013 8:52 pm

dokool wrote: Is everyone forgetting Al's Higurashi video? Really? Get out of here, you're all fired.

Seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX8vfqG-sJY >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scy7-CIj9Pc

Post by **LantisEscudo** » Fri May 31, 2013 12:04 am

BasharOfTheAges wrote:
LantisEscudo wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.
You succeeded there 100%. I was... actually afraid to vote for it. Like, legitimately terrified. Please tell me we're not all going to die in *checks date* four days. o.O
I've seen it about fifteen times over the last six weeks. I think you're safe.
I think you're a zombie.

While I do desire brains, it's more a wish for people to use them, rather than to eat them.

drewaconclusion · Post by **drewaconclusion** » Fri May 31, 2013 12:12 am

LantisEscudo wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:
LantisEscudo wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Shiroikami wrote:(7 Days, I'm looking at you *shudders*), creepy as hell, but still very well made.
That was mine. It's supposed to be creepy as hell.
You succeeded there 100%. I was... actually afraid to vote for it. Like, legitimately terrified. Please tell me we're not all going to die in *checks date* four days. o.O
I've seen it about fifteen times over the last six weeks. I think you're safe.
I think you're a zombie.
While I do desire brains, it's more a wish for people to use them, rather than to eat them.

So you say...

tobiinpajamas · Post by **tobiinpajamas** » Fri May 31, 2013 12:54 am

Chairman Miaow wrote:
drewaconclusion wrote:
Thalirin wrote:As for Call Me Maybuu, I don't even know what people were thinking. I agree, it was just awkward. o_O
Well, it's a very obvious troll; should be pretty evident what the thoughts behind it were.
Call Me Maybuu can be considered a warning to all amv artists who should ever attempt to troll the pre-screenings again. Glob as my witness, we will troll 1800 people just to get back at one person. The other 1799 of you were regrettably just collateral damage. Such is our resolve.

I'm sorry, this was just stupid. Dokool's troll was legitimately funny. This was not and it did not deserve to make the cut to finals.

chaobunny · Post by **chaobunny** » Fri May 31, 2013 9:28 pm

I actually thoroughly enjoyed the contest this year. Drama and Action were so fantastic that I couldn't predict what was going to win. Other was also very good, and I enjoyed a few of the romance ones (much better than romance last year. Romance seems to be lacking in recent years. I may go for a romance entry next year). But overall, great contest. And like I said this at the editor's choice meeting, I really liked the addition of the summary section at the end of each category.

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:55 pm

Ugh, wish I'd seen the contest. I am making a list, however, of all the AMVs which made the finals and am putting it in my "to do" bucket to watch.

JupiterAscending16 · Post by **JupiterAscending16** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:11 pm

Bashar of the Ages my apologies I goofed up your AMV with the person you did the Pokemon theme song to Bleach. I loved magic and that cat is sooo cute but sooo evil

lyndsey said that AL had a video in the contest this year? What was his video? Thanks!

kiarrens · Post by **kiarrens** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:47 pm

GlaDosLovestoTEST wrote:Bashar of the Ages my apologies I goofed up your AMV with the person you did the Pokemon theme song to Bleach. I loved magic and that cat is sooo cute but sooo evil lyndsey said that AL had a video in the contest this year? What was his video? Thanks!

He did not, I was mistaken. Thought he'd submitted but he didn't.

Elli21486 · Post by **Elli21486** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:20 pm

hamstar138 wrote:
RapaxGuardian wrote:
ModifierMR wrote:This years AMV's did not seem as good as last year. Many videos I found, in my opinion were mis-catagorized. The comedy section this year absolutely sucked because none of the AMV's were funny. They should have been in the "other" category.

All of the winners that were selected I feel were indeed the best of the lot.
Personally, I felt "Les Poissons," and "Gay Fish" were in the right category. "Call Me MayBuu" was just incredibly awkward
Well despite me losing, I did hear great laughter with my Les Poissons AMV. ^_^ So I am content and happy to make other laugh to it, wether comfortable or not.

"Hee hee hee hoo hoo hoo" Yea, that part had the entire room laughing. As for the contest, I was actually surprised your Les Poisson didn't win Comedy.