VicBond007 16 Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) =========== OTAKON INFO =========== Game-time folks! Here's the important stuff! AMV Contest Times ------------------- Friday 4:30PM - 7:00PM Saturday 4:00PM-6:30PM Sunday 9:00AM-11:00AM All 3 screenings are in Video 1, which is Hall A in the BCC. The Sunday screening is an encore screening and there will be no voting then. The contest runs 2 hours and 2 minutes. The last half-hour on Friday and Saturday is to give the room time to empty out. Please be advised that during the Friday and Saturday screenings we will be packed to capacity. If you don't get in line early enough, you may unfortunately be turned away. Also, since we will be packed like sardines, if you have to leave the room for any reason, you will not be permitted re-entry. There are bathrooms and water fountains inside the theater, so please plan accordingly. AMV Non-Finalists (Overflow) Times ---------------------------------- Friday 9:00AM-11:00AM Saturday 9:00AM-10:00AM We have 5 hours worth of non-finalists but only 3 hours to show them in due to too much awesome being on the schedule this year. The playlist will be arranged differently this year. We took the top 3 hours of non-finalists based on their prescreening score, randomized them, and moved them to the top of the playlist. IF YOU ARE AT AN OVERFLOW SCREENING AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR VIDEO IS PLAYED, PLEASE COME BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND REQUEST IT! We will bump your video to the top of the playlist if it hasn't already been played, regardless of where it "placed" during pre-screenings. We want to give priority to the creators in attendance, but some people have picked up on this and started indicating on their submission form that they would be at Otakon, when they never showed up. This is the best way that I could come up with to ensure a good show and make sure that everyone gets to see their work. AMV Creator Badges -------------------- If you entered the Otakon AMV Contest and didn't get disqualified (non-finalists are safe!) then you are eligible for special creator badges. Each creator gets 3 badges for them or their friends, and the badge allows the wearer to skip the line for the AMV Contest and get seated in the good seats. To make sure that you get a seat, please show up no later than 15 minutes before the AMV contest starts, or we will give away what's left of the reserved seats to the public. AMV Creator Badge Pickup -------------------------- You may pick up your creator badges in room 312 in the BCC. There should be a sign outside that says "AMV Ops". The room will be open to the public at the following times: Friday 11:30AM-2:30PM Friday 7:00PM-9:00PM Saturday 10:00AM-noon There will also be a sign posted outside of Video 1 with this information. Iron Editor and AMV Awards --------------------------- Iron Editor is set to take place from 7:30PM-10:30PM on Saturday in Panel 5. This room is in the Hilton, one of the hotels connected to the BCC. We will play the winners of the AMV contest throughout the duration of Iron Editor and present the winners in attendance with their trophies and swag. =============== OTAKON FINALISTS =============== I will only be listing the studios that made the finals. If the studio wants to reveal what video they sent in, then they may do so. If they want to keep it a surprise, more power to 'em AimoAio alexmichur00 AngelDragoon Anicsi BecauseImBored1 Camichan19 Centurione CityLightSumerNights CorsairAMV DJ Crocker drewaconclusion E-Designs GhetAMV GuntherAMVs Hagaren Viper Iron Solari Kazemon15 KushiiSmiles Kyssifur KyuuYuKi LC_Lapen Lone Wolves Productions Lussuriioso Machina21 MycathatesyouAMV Nightmistress85 One-Winged Angel Productions Parodic Productions PieandBeer PixelBlended Studios Re-Evolution (Cassie) Rider4Z SelfishPromise Shin Studio Hawk Studios in Technicolor SVProductions Syliyn Xophilarus ============================= OTAKON PRE-SCREENING TIDBITS ============================ So we had an Otakon pre-screening. 15 judges. 138 videos. 2 trash bags worth of beer. 2,070 votes later, the finalists are decided. Compared them to all of the winners of all the other 2013 cons thus far. Surprisingly, there were a lot of "trolls", but none of them even qualified for Otakon finals (yet) so no conflicts there. ============= OLD NEWS ============= Hi all. The Otakon deadline is passed and all entries have been collected. The next step is to decide which videos move on to the final competition. If you have nothing else to do on July 6th, there is limited seating still available for you to help decide the contest finalists! Otakon pre-screenings are going to start at 11AM Saturday July 6th. If you want to come earlier and stay later, that's fine too since we're making a weekend event out of it, though the actual video-watching will only occur on Saturday. The location is in Sicklerville, NJ. PM me for more details. ------------------------- Due to AnimeUSA moving to September, I will be accepting submissions to both Otakon and AnimeUSA simultaneously. This introduces a few new moving parts but also makes a few things easier as well. The official rules for both cons are up and viewable at this address:http://vicbond007.net/2013_rules/ They are also linked to by their respective conventions. FTP is operational at this time. any downtime will be announced on the rules page. The submission process now allows you to use 1 form to send your video to two conventions at once, but this comes with extra stipulations so please be sure to read the new rules very carefully. Submissions ARE CLOSED FOR OTAKON. FTP deadline for Otakon was 1AM EST 6/17. The mailing deadline was 6/16. Edited August 4, 2013 by VicBond007 Link to post Share on other sites
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