Lost Video Island

ebizmybef74 · Intermediate Vidder Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 2641

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I won't disagree. Some of the videos that don't make the top three are amazing. But the reality of it is these are contests and we have to weigh them differently then a normal submission. They are critiqued a lot hard then normal entries because of teh fact it is a contest. If we gave every entry a council pick then in a way that takes away from the top 3 winners because they all look the same. It would be like us giving a council pick to every single video on the site. If we do that it takes away from the significance of what the council pick says. It's always hard to vote on these contests because all the entries have so much work and effort put into them but it is just something we feel has to be done to show the winners from those that didn't place in the top 3.

On a side note Warren is on the council and when talk about not giving honorable mention videos council picks he didn't challenge it knowing his video didn't make the top 3. Like I said we don't like making those choices but with the way we have LVI set up givng every contests entry a council pick just isn't logical.

I hope that answers your question.

Yes, that answers my question very well. And I didn't mean to make it sound like every contest entry deserved a council pick, just a few. But now I understand the concept of it. Thanks for replying so quickly!

Hobbes · Council Member Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 11211

I think it would be cool if we had a different kind of seal for the contest winners. It would be nice to give that extra bit of recognition to the 4th and 5th place spots, if we were to have 1rst, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th, seals. Unfortunately, it would be kinda tough to do that, so we never have. But otherwise, Lostcalier put it really well. Though I am still a little sore about that video of mine >.<

Thanks for thinking it deserves a council pick anyway

appreciate it.

Enchirito · Council Member Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 2211

Yeah, I agree that would be pretty cool. I just wish I would have thought of it when I designed the way the seals work. doh.

Oh well. Hobbes, you and me will just have to deal with those non-winning contest vids messing up our other wise straight A profiles.

Hobbes · Council Member Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 11211

speaking of "non-winner"; does anyone else still think it's a bit harsh calling the losing videos "The Losers"?

It's not about my record!

It's... it's.... uhhh.... okay, yeah, it is.

But I was TRYING to be helpful to others in the process at least

Jeez...

lostzilla · Expert Vidder Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 7246

I was just thinking that Warren.

so.. what should we call em?

Enchirito · Council Member Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 2211

oh yeah. Losers. haha. That isn't a very nice label is it.

Hobbes · Council Member Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 11211

For the record, I'd just like to note that I had no say in that initial title...

"Non-winners" I think I heard from the great Aislynn!

But suggestions would be nice.

Mir · Advanced Vidder Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 12

Hobbes wrote:

Starchaser wrote:

I keep getting this page every time I submit a vid. http://www.lostvideo.net/scripts/ It happens when I click "submit vid to LVI" at the Preview page. I'm not sure if the vid got through... it's my May contest entry - Sawyer the Boar Hunter.

needless to say... that ain't right

lol Thanks for telling us, E will handle it as soon as he can. Stay around for questioning!
Yep, the vid went through okay, which is strange, but anyway, it's on the site now.

For some reason, I have the same problem as well! Was anyone able to figure out why the script page keeps popping up?

Thanks!

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

Hobbes wrote:

"Non-winners" I think I heard from the great Aislynn!

But suggestions would be nice.

*giggles* I love it when I'm "great!"

I also suggest "other entries." Nice, neat and to the point. I was really bothered by the "Loser" title, as well. Just because you didn't win a prize, doesn't make your vid a "loser." Even worse, it might actually make the vidder feel like that label was being applied to them. LVI is classier than that.

There's my two cents.

~Aislynn

lostcalier · Council Member Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 2850

Aislynn wrote:

Even worse, it might actually make the vidder feel like that label was being applied to them. LVI is classier than that.

There's my two cents.

~Aislynn

Once upon a time they were all listed nder the lable of "Honorable Mention with the Judges Picks getting a special Judges Honorable Mnetion area. I'm not entirely sure what happened but I'm going to try and get it back to that way because when I discovered the "Loser" category I didn't much like it myself. So I'll get this issue remedied just as quickly as I can.