Post by GeneStarwind21122 on Aug 8, 2005 0:34:20 GMT -5
Well I am very proud to say that after 2 years, 11 months and 2 weeks of editing that I finally won my first convention. Back To Paradise won "Best Action" at Anime Festival Orlando 6. I'm very proud of it.
The story of the contest starts out like this. First the contest was judged ahead of time. I was sitting down and they said they'll be showing all of the non-winners first, mixed, followed by the runners up and winners of each category. Also he said that there wasn't enough time to show all the videos. So some of the amv's got cut out. So I was watching the videos and the 4th one to come up was Pain of War. It didn't win either runner up or first place for Drama/Romance. So I'm thinking I still have two more chances here. Then about half way through Fighting For Your Love got played, so it didn't win either. I'm then like, okay I have one last shot with Back To Paradise. The screening stops for the non-winners and then goes to the Runners Up/ Winners. I was nervous thinking okay "Back to Paradise" didn't get played yet does this mean it is one of the final two. The first category was action and the runner up video was created by Eddie Hall. Then I was thinking there is only one video left did "Back To Paradise" get cut or did it win. Then I saw the first screen come up saying Action Category Winner and it fades over to the title screen "Gene Starwind 21122, Metallica - Of Wolf and Man, Wolf's Rain, Back To Paradise" At this point I was so happy to see that I won I had tears coming out of my eyes. This was my first amv convention contest win. I mean the reaction the video got was unbelievable. This contest has even inspired me more. Well sorry for my rambling I just needed to type this up. Hey Scoob do you think you can update my profile here and possibly your contest list. Well I going to look at my plaque. See you guys around.
Gene Starwind 21122
The story of the contest starts out like this. First the contest was judged ahead of time. I was sitting down and they said they'll be showing all of the non-winners first, mixed, followed by the runners up and winners of each category. Also he said that there wasn't enough time to show all the videos. So some of the amv's got cut out. So I was watching the videos and the 4th one to come up was Pain of War. It didn't win either runner up or first place for Drama/Romance. So I'm thinking I still have two more chances here. Then about half way through Fighting For Your Love got played, so it didn't win either. I'm then like, okay I have one last shot with Back To Paradise. The screening stops for the non-winners and then goes to the Runners Up/ Winners. I was nervous thinking okay "Back to Paradise" didn't get played yet does this mean it is one of the final two. The first category was action and the runner up video was created by Eddie Hall. Then I was thinking there is only one video left did "Back To Paradise" get cut or did it win. Then I saw the first screen come up saying Action Category Winner and it fades over to the title screen "Gene Starwind 21122, Metallica - Of Wolf and Man, Wolf's Rain, Back To Paradise" At this point I was so happy to see that I won I had tears coming out of my eyes. This was my first amv convention contest win. I mean the reaction the video got was unbelievable. This contest has even inspired me more. Well sorry for my rambling I just needed to type this up. Hey Scoob do you think you can update my profile here and possibly your contest list. Well I going to look at my plaque. See you guys around.
Gene Starwind 21122
