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Aislynn · Last edited by Aislynn on Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:09 am; edited 1 time in total

Welcome to the 2011 LVI Video of the Year Tournament and Member's Choice Awards! This is the 7th Tournament and our very first since becoming fully multifandom in June!

Just as LVI has changed over this past year, we've also updated and streamlined the Tourney and MCAs. Instead of running concurrently, the Member's Choice Awards are up first. We have 36 awesome categories running the gamut from some new fandom-specific ones to many old favorites for your viewing and voting pleasure.

The MCAs will run from November 1st to December 4th, which gives you almost 5 weeks to get in all of your voting. On December 5th, all of the winners from each of the categories will be randomly paired in the first round of the Tournament, which will then run for the next week to Dec 11th. Barring any tiebreakers, each subsequent round of the Tournament will start on the following Monday until we're down to the last round with the final 3 vids somewhere around the first part of January. (Again, tiebreaker rounds and such can affect the ending date so it's only approximate as of right now.

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Now, you may be wondering what happened to the entries that you submitted back in September? You'll find each of them in one of the Member's Choice Awards categories.

The MCAs are made up from both your submissions and vids that the Council Members chose from all of the rest of the eligible vids on site. We went through a rigorous process to assign all of the vids to the best possible category we felt they should be in to give each and every one of them an equal chance to shine!

And now that our work is through, it's time for yours to begin! As you vote, please be sure to watch all of the vids in each category to make a fair decision. Please do not vote simply for a fandom, pairing or character that you like but try to really determine the best vid for that category. Who knows, you may discover some fantastic new fandoms along the way!

For more on voting, please see the full MCA rules.

Also, if you're unable to vote, please contact a Council Member right away and we'll be glad to assist you!

We've made every effort to make sure that all vids have a working link but Youtube is infamous for suddenly disabling, muting or blocking vids in certain countries.

So if you should come across a link that doesn't work, be sure to check the comment thread itself (via the "watch and discuss" link on the main site and also accessible through the Video sections of the forum board). Hopefully there will be other working link options available! If not, please let us know and we'll do our best to contact the vidder and get a new link up as soon as possible! And also be sure that your own links are all active as well. We suggest going ahead and adding an alternative link in addition to just a Youtube link to each of your vids in the MCA, that way they'll have every chance to be viewed by everyone!

The only way LVI could've made it to its 7th year is thanks to the loyalty of our wonderful members who continue to keep the site and forums active, to the Council Members who keep things going day after day, and to the vidders who share their fantastic work with us.

Here's to an awesome 2012; we hope to see you all here voting, commenting, interacting and, of course, submitting your vids! But in the meantime, let's take the next few weeks to look back on all of the fantastic vids that 2011 brought us!

Enjoy the Member's Choice Awards, stay tuned for the Tournament that will be kicking off in December, and happy voting!

Aislynn · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:50 am Post subject:

There's one more week to go before the Member's Choice Awards close on December 4th, so be sure to finish up your voting if you haven't already!

Aislynn · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:38 am Post subject:

The MCA's are down to the wire now. Be sure to finish your voting by tomorrow night, December 4th!

Aislynn · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:33 am Post subject:

The Member's Choice Awards are now closed. Thank you so much to everyone who participated and voted!

Congratulations to all of the winners who have now been randomly paired in the first round of the Tournament. Round 1 will run from December 5th to December 11th so be sure to get your votes in before the deadline!

Round 1 is in progress here.

Aislynn · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:22 am Post subject:

Round 1 will be finishing tomorrow so be sure you've got your voting done!

Aislynn · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:52 am Post subject:

Congratulations to all of the winners of the first Tournament round!

Round 2 will run from December 12th to December 18th so be sure to get your votes in before the deadline!

Round 2 is in progress here.

Aislynn · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:52 pm Post subject:

Round 2 will be finishing up tomorrow so be sure to get your voting done!

Aislynn · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:14 am Post subject:

Congratulations to the winners of the second Tournament round!

Round 3 has upped the stakes with 3 awesome videos now competing against each other in each match. You have from December 19th to December 25th to get your voting done, so be sure you give yourself plenty of time to make the deadline!

Round 3 is in progress here.

Aislynn · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:22 am Post subject:

Round 3 is complete and has brought us our first tie.

Please go here and vote as soon as possible, since a tiebreaker round is shorter than a regular one. You have from Monday, December 26th to Thursday, December 29th to get your voting in.

Aislynn · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:10 am Post subject:

Round 4, the final round, is now in progress! Be sure to get your voting done before Friday, January 6th, 2012!

Aislynn · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:52 am Post subject:

The 2011 Tournament is now over. The results and the winning banners will be posted ASAP.

Thanks so much to everybody who voted and participated!