Lost Video Island

[DaisyAdair]

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The golden seals you may have seen next to videos on the site are Council PickCouncil Pick seals. They are awarded by the LVI Council to any video that we feel is superb enough to deserve it. Videos listed with CPs (Council Pick Seals) don't win anything specific, except a badge of honor showing that the video is deemed by us to be something truly special, and deserves to be seen by everyone. We hope that, in this way, people out looking for good videos will find them more easily, and the best vidders out there will get the recognition they deserve. Every video that goes through the site is viewed by our panel of judges, the LVI Council. If a video gets the approval of three judges, it is given a CP. Congratulations to all the winners out there, and thank you for making such great vids!

I just wanted to know a little more information on how you pick counci pick videos.

[Polarbear]

First three votes of yes or no means it gets one or it doesn't. The main thing we look for in quality vids is originality. Usually that has to be coupled with good editing and story. Council Members get awarded CP's automatically not because we think we are so good that it doesn't matter lol it's just a perk of the job, a reward for the work we do.

[Hobbes]

Not to mention it's also really uncomfortable to vote on each other's vids... and we choose each other to be in the council for having good vids, and after seeing a few hundred vids, you kinda get the feeling of what makes a good vid good

Well, there are two things that get a video a Golden Council Pick Seal: A well made, well edited video, with a well-focussed theme, beats, and one that keeps the viewer's attention throughtout; and an original, different idea. The premise of a Council Pick is that it's an award signifying a one of a kind video that anyone would like. It means the video can stand alone in front of any vidder and be seen as great, not just because it has a nice song or was merely well edited, but followed a basic, boring "stencil". For this reason, many of the standard shipper vids, that we get constantly, are often well-made, but have absolutely nothing new to bring to the table, and so they do not get a CP. It's a shame, and we're not all that happy with that fact, but with so many videos coming in, it's tough to change that. However, we are taking measures towards this, and in the next little while you should see a big change that will make LVI much more accessible to those vidders who can't quite make it to the top, but are still awesome vidders.