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Post by obsessive24 on Dec 22, 2011 3:09:28 GMT -5
1. Haha, I pwned you at the TCAs. Well, I didn't really, but I just wanted an excuse to say pwned.
2. Did you get review-writing burnout? Because initially at the TCAs (Tolerable Cruelty Awards, my first awards site circa 2005/06) we offered free concrit, and then after a while we realised people were asking for reviews just so they could copy and paste them at their website without even reading the concrit. (And if they'd actually read what we wrote, they probably wouldn't have posted them quite so joyfully under the heading of "look at all these nice reviews I got on my vid!")
3. I love the tournament format like burning. The strategising that went on! ;D
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Post by dragonchic on Dec 22, 2011 4:49:42 GMT -5
1. hahaha, like I said, that first bit of concrit you gave me was extremely valuable. Not sure who else would've ever told me that.
2. I was okay with review-writing, not that many people asked for it. I made it clear that reviews would include both positive feedback and constructive criticism. I think specifically saying the reviews would include both what I liked but also what kept them from winning an award kept people who didn't want any negative feedback from asking for reviews.
And LOL, I remember seeing TCA reviews at a couple vidders' sites. I was like, "Erm, did you actually read what you just posted here?"
3. Tourney strategizing was super-interesting from a judge's perspective too! So many times I was like "OMG you're entering that??" It was fun to infer the level of paranoia regarding a particular opponent from the quality of a submission. ;D
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Post by obsessive24 on Dec 22, 2011 6:09:07 GMT -5
It was fun to infer the level of paranoia regarding a particular opponent from the quality of a submission. ;D Haha, so much. But it's hard to gauge things like that; if you love someone else's work, it's hard to think of your own work on a par with them, if only because it's your own and you can see all the seams and it always seems so clunky in comparison. Of course we've seen it go the other way too, where an entrant clearly underestimated their opponent and ended up with a surprise early exit. Drama all around, but that's all part of the thrill of a tournament. |
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Post by dragonchic on Dec 22, 2011 12:46:24 GMT -5
Yeah underestimating an opponent always made me shake my head. Sometimes I wondered if they even looked at the opponent's work. I know everyone's busy but even a quick look at a couple recent vids can give you an idea of what you're up against. I purposefully made everyone include a link to their vid library, there's no excuse!  Of course I think sometimes the "underestimation" was more a miscalculation, in which a higher seed assumed a lower seed would also be planning for the long-run and so wouldn't send their best work out early. There's also no excuse for that, I specifically warned people to watch out for that in the guidelines.  |
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