Prescreening Date: March 8, 2008

Elder_God · Post by **Elder_God** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:00 pm

The prescreening date has been set. Mark your calendars accordingly.

That is all.

^_^

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:08 pm

Hmm, a one-day prescreening, which means that either you guys got a maximum of around 100-125 videos or you're gonna need alcohol sometime in thep rocess to get through it all.

On a vaguely related note, when do the Creator's Statements come into play? Are they read at the prescreening or is that afterward?

Elder_God · Post by **Elder_God** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:22 pm

[quote=dokool]Hmm, a one-day prescreening, which means that either you guys got a maximum of around 100-125 videos or you're gonna need alcohol sometime in thep rocess to get through it all.

On a vaguely related note, when do the Creator's Statements come into play? Are they read at the prescreening or is that afterward?[/quote]

We're gonna try and get through it in one day. We start around 11:00am and go for as long as we can. If we need to do the Sunday as well, we will.

And yes, copius amounts of Alcohol are involved. That's part of the fun. ^_^

Creators statements are read during the technical judging, as the panel narrows down the winners.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:26 pm

[quote=Elder_God]And yes, copius amounts of Alcohol are involved. That's part of the fun. ^_^ [/quote]

Awesome, I've been told that I should have included a note on my comedy video to imbibe before viewing, so it's good to know you'll have that covered.

YouTube · Post by **basharoftheages** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:59 pm

Go Adam! I can't wait to hear the results, and feel for your pain in having to pre-screen that many vids.

algonzal · Post by **algonzal** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:14 pm

Good Luck Adam. Here's hoping that everything goes relatively smooth.

Post by **Sayoria** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:13 am

Yeah, exactly how many are there total? 3-5 minutes a video, times 100 = 300-500 minutes of sitting down for that one day.... 5 - 8.33hours of video viewing. Fun.

Oh...and theres the Hentai exhibition now too. How many total did you get for that one too?

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:06 am

[quote=Yukito Kunisaki]Yeah, exactly how many are there total? 3-5 minutes a video, times 100 = 300-500 minutes of sitting down for that one day.... 5 - 8.33hours of video viewing. Fun.

[/quote]

My only mass-prescreening experience was Otakon 2003 (here's how long ago that was - the prescreeners were on tapes), and we did 75 or so videos in one day and even then we were all kinda going out of our minds. That said, one of the tapes was people who submitted through the FTP or in 'other' formats, which means that the majority of the videos were submitted by people who didn't know how to encode for contests. I still have nightmares about that day.

That said you'd be surprised at how many short videos will be submitted, plus trailers, so if you really pushed it you could do it in an afternoon/night with sufficient breaks, as long as everyone stayed sober, you could. The catch-22 is that you kinda need to drink to sit through that many videos.

Post by **Sayoria** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:32 am

^ Touche. Yeah, I forgot about the trailers and disqualifications. Either way, it is nothing I could ever desire to do.

MeliChan · Post by **MeliChan** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:49 pm

[quote=Elder_God]
And yes, copius amounts of Alcohol are involved. That's part of the fun. ^_^ [/quote]

Lol! :p Good luck!

[quote=Yukito Kunisaki]^ Touche. Yeah, I forgot about the trailers and disqualifications. Either way, it is nothing I could ever desire to do.[/quote]

Even considering the trailers, short videos, and disqualifications I'm sure there is still at least 6-8 hours of videos. That's a lot of watching and judging.

Post by **Sayoria** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:02 pm

[quote=MeliChan923]Even considering the trailers, short videos, and disqualifications I'm sure there is still at least 6-8 hours of videos. That's a lot of watching and judging.

[/quote]

Totally. Like said, there are the Hentai videos he has to watch too, which I am sure Adam will enjoy every minute of.

....Normally, I have a hard enough time sitting still to watch a movie, let alone a few hours of AMVs.

ZelosWilder · Post by **ZelosWilder** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:25 pm

Yeah I know that side of you all to well, Yukito.

Way to tease Adam.

Anyway *marks his calendar* I think I could stand a couple hours of AMVs (wait I do every year

) but THAT much may be a bit much for me

in one sitting anyway.

Hinano · Post by **Hinano** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:42 pm

[quote=Elder_God] And yes, copius amounts of Alcohol are involved. That's part of the fun. ^_^

[/quote]

That's good! I think my video is better viewed drunk!

chaobunny · Post by **chaobunny** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:18 pm

W00t, something else to look forward to

I have to say, March of this year is the most exciting for me. (I also am going to find out shortly whether I got into a young writers conference thingy) Then, AB itself

And my vids won't get immeditaly disqualified this year, because I'm not longer an idiot. xDDD

Post by **Sayoria** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 11:39 pm

[quote=Chaobunny]And my vids won't get immeditaly disqualified this year, because I'm not longer an idiot. xDDD[/quote]

chaobunny · Post by **chaobunny** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:22 pm

Oh my that was not intentional xD

*feels like an idiot again*

I'm counting down the days until the finalists are chosen, I'm really excited

And I wish I could get a job watching AMVs all day long. That would be awesome :3

ElitePirateUpsilon · Post by **ElitePirateUpsilon** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:12 pm

Be careful what you wish for...

Mewohkie · Post by **Mewohkie** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:03 pm

Will whoever are chosen as finalist be notified?

kiarrens · Post by **kiarrens** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:36 pm

[quote=Mewohkie]Will whoever are chosen as finalist be notified?[/quote]

Usually, yes...

[quote=FAQ]
When will you announce the results?
We will not announce finalist videos until the Thursday before the convention.[/quote]

YouTube · Post by **basharoftheages** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:47 pm

[quote=Kiarrens][quote=Mewohkie]Will whoever are chosen as finalist be notified?[/quote]

Usually, yes...

[quote=FAQ]
When will you announce the results?
We will not announce finalist videos until the Thursday before the convention.[/quote][/quote]
Wrong quote I think. Emails usually get sent out to the people that made it in. That general announcement that will happen on the Thursday before the con is the full contest ballot (they have to put it in the bags at pre-reg pickup, now don't they?).

Elder_God · Post by **Elder_God** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:24 pm

[quote=BasharOfTheAges][quote=Kiarrens][quote=Mewohkie]Will whoever are chosen as finalist be notified?[/quote]

Usually, yes...

[quote=FAQ]
When will you announce the results?
We will not announce finalist videos until the Thursday before the convention.[/quote][/quote]
Wrong quote I think. Emails usually get sent out to the people that made it in. That general announcement that will happen on the Thursday before the con is the full contest ballot (they have to put it in the bags at pre-reg pickup, now don't they?).[/quote]

That's a holdover. What I've done the past few years is email the finalists after their video has been chosen, and then we will distribute ballots at the AMV showing itself as people walk in, and collect them when they leave.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:37 am

[quote=Elder_God]That's a holdover. What I've done the past few years is email the finalists after their video has been chosen, and then we will distribute ballots at the AMV showing itself as people walk in, and collect them when they leave.
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Will pencils also be distributed? I don't recall if they've been in past years, but it'd be nice to get the ballot totals up.

Post by **Sayoria** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:46 am

[quote=dokool][quote=Elder_God]That's a holdover. What I've done the past few years is email the finalists after their video has been chosen, and then we will distribute ballots at the AMV showing itself as people walk in, and collect them when they leave.
[/quote]

Will pencils also be distributed? I don't recall if they've been in past years, but it'd be nice to get the ballot totals up.[/quote]

If they were, I sure don't remember. That is one thing I remember not liking was the lack of pencils where needed at the con. I will have to remember to bring one.

nightwalker · Post by **nightwalker** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:57 am

hope u guys drink a LOT of coffee!

Elder_God · Post by **Elder_God** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:01 pm

[quote=dokool][quote=Elder_God]That's a holdover. What I've done the past few years is email the finalists after their video has been chosen, and then we will distribute ballots at the AMV showing itself as people walk in, and collect them when they leave.
[/quote]

Will pencils also be distributed? I don't recall if they've been in past years, but it'd be nice to get the ballot totals up.[/quote]

I hadn't planned on distributing pencils. That's be an awful lot of pencils and most wouldn't come back.

It's a trade off. Stuff them in the reg bags, and most people won't bother to vote. Pass them out and collect them at the door, the vote totals shoot WAY up, but some people will not have pencils and will have to borrow from friends.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:49 pm

Just get boxes of golf pencils, they can't be that expensive, can they? Or hand'm out to every 3rd person or something. I think if people have pencils in their hand when they have a ballot they're more likely to vote than anything.

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:11 pm

Then there'd be the pencils that wind up all over the floor, someone falls and breaks their neck, etc. etc. @_@ But I do agree pencils would help with the vote count.

Hmmm...you could redesign and perforate the ballots so people just tear off their favorites and then drop the little slips of paper in the ballot box when they leave. It would be easy to ignore ballots that weren't little slips of paper (vs. taking the time to figure out someone's pencil antics) and easy for people to carry them to the door - I'm usually clutching so much stuff that keeping my ballot ready for drop off is a slight challenge, nevermind with a huge crowd of costumed folks shoving me around. You could even go crazy and color code them somehow so it would be a no-brainer to sort them out by category. Might approach pencil expense, though...

Finding a printer than can custom perforate cheaply on short notice might be a bit difficult, of course. hehe

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:28 am

[quote=DriftRoot]Then there'd be the pencils that wind up all over the floor, someone falls and breaks their neck, etc. etc. @_@ But I do agree pencils would help with the vote count.

Hmmm...you could redesign and perforate the ballots so people just tear off their favorites and then drop the little slips of paper in the ballot box when they leave. It would be easy to ignore ballots that weren't little slips of paper (vs. taking the time to figure out someone's pencil antics) and easy for people to carry them to the door - I'm usually clutching so much stuff that keeping my ballot ready for drop off is a slight challenge, nevermind with a huge crowd of costumed folks shoving me around. You could even go crazy and color code them somehow so it would be a no-brainer to sort them out by category. Might approach pencil expense, though...

Finding a printer than can custom perforate cheaply on short notice might be a bit difficult, of course. hehe [/quote]

Because hanging chads are exactly what AMV contests need. *facepalm*

ElitePirateUpsilon · Post by **ElitePirateUpsilon** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:50 am

Golf Card pencils perhaps? Small, dirt cheap, easy to buy in bulk, expendable..

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:59 pm

[quote=dokool]
Because hanging chads are exactly what AMV contests need. *facepalm*
[/quote]

AHAHAHA!! I KNEW you were going to say that!!! :p

I was going to say it myself, but it's much, much more amusing if someone else does.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:44 pm

[quote=DriftRoot][quote=dokool]
Because hanging chads are exactly what AMV contests need. *facepalm*
[/quote]

AHAHAHA!! I KNEW you were going to say that!!! :p

I was going to say it myself, but it's much, much more amusing if someone else does.

[/quote]

I actually spent 5 minutes considering whether or not your suggestion was actually serious but knowing you it sounded like something you could actually believe would be feasible in the face of all common logic.

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:50 am

[quote=dokool][quote=DriftRoot][quote=dokool]
Because hanging chads are exactly what AMV contests need. *facepalm*
[/quote]

AHAHAHA!! I KNEW you were going to say that!!! :p

I was going to say it myself, but it's much, much more amusing if someone else does.

[/quote]

I actually spent 5 minutes considering whether or not your suggestion was actually serious but knowing you it sounded like something you could actually believe would be feasible in the face of all common logic.[/quote]

Guess this proves you don't know me as well as you think you do, eh?

I have no problem coming up with outrageously outside-of-the-box ideas and airing them publicly, it gets the creative juices flowing. Besides, if I had been serious, you know I'd be haranguing you about the fantastic properties of perforated paper right now. lol

I was also going to throw out an Applause-o-Meter, a "Millionaire" type of electronic audience voting device and the concept of giving each audience row one writing instrument and making everyone share...but that would have completely blown my cover.

dokool · Post by **dokool** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:38 am

[quote=DriftRoot]I was also going to throw out an Applause-o-Meter, a "Millionaire" type of electronic audience voting device and the concept of giving each audience row one writing instrument and making everyone share...but that would have completely blown my cover.

[/quote]

AB penny-pinches enough that I could see them handing out pencils to every 3-4 people to save cash.

And remember, applause meters have been used in the past (mostly at AX, I believe), to disastrous results.

Robin291 · Post by **Robin291** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:01 pm

My past AMV voting experiances have been pens stolen from our hotel rooms and dragged down to the contest. normally shared between 2 to 6 people{at Otakon it was me, my two friends, and three people we didn't know}
So remember, throwing the hotels pin in your registration bag might save you come contest time.

YouTube · Post by **basharoftheages** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:37 pm

I usually always carry some sort of pen or pencil with me at all times, but I know from experience that even having to ask someone for a writing implement is often too much effort for some people. We had several boxes of pens @ AAC this year and a much smaller audience and people still handed in blank sheets because they couldn't wait 2 minutes for someone to be done with a pen.

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:52 pm

[quote=Robin291]My past AMV voting experiances have been pens stolen from our hotel rooms and dragged down to the contest. normally shared between 2 to 6 people{at Otakon it was me, my two friends, and three people we didn't know}
So remember, throwing the hotels pin in your registration bag might save you come contest time. [/quote]

It had crossed my mind that making some kind of pen an official part of the Con grab bag might be a solution (and I'm not joking around this time.) I'm fairly sure people would be more careful with an AB pen than a cheap little golf pencil. Who knows, maybe some company would even be willing to sponsor the pen - make it a promo item. Way too late for this year, of course.

The main problem with an official pen serving as a solution to AMV balloting is that not everyone carries around their con bag 24/7. Giving out pens would still dramatically increase the sheer number of writing instruments floating around, though.

kiarrens · Post by **kiarrens** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:59 pm

Either that or we can just not let people out of main events unless they fill out a ballot and stick it in the box. }:| Bwahahaha

DriftRoot · Post by **DriftRoot** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:13 pm

[quote=Kiarrens]Either that or we can just not let people out of main events unless they fill out a ballot and stick it in the box. }:| Bwahahaha[/quote]

I think it'd make hanging chads look like the best idea EVAR.

kiarrens · Post by **kiarrens** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:33 pm

Well, by now the vids have most likely all been watched. I'm excited, and hopeful that Adam will send out finalist confirmation emails in the near future!

Robin291 · Post by **Robin291** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:00 pm

hahahaha scary, but effective^^; I vote no matter what every contest but it might get people to vote. then again, the room would clear out slow and the next event might grow claws and eat us. O.O eee your right, the amv's should all be watched. once Adam gets his sanity back, the e-mails should be out.