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| Welcome to the new multifandom LVI! 6/4 - new info |
Author:
Aislynn ::
Posted:
Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:04 am
After 6 years of accepting only Lost-related vids, we're thrilled to at last open our doors to vids of any and all fandoms! 
But before you head over to the Submit Page to start sending in your awesome other fandom vids, please take a few minutes to read this post over.  Whether you're brand new to LVI or have been a long-time member, there are a few things you'll need to know. (And if you are brand new, also be sure to have a look at the "New to LVI? Start here!" thread! )
At this time, only Lost and Multi-fandom have forums dedicated solely to them. If the need arises to give other fandoms their own section, then we'll make sure they get them. But as that we're working with some limitations of our current forum build, we have to be careful not to create too many forum sections unless it's truly necessary.
Character/ship tags are now working for ALL fandoms, yay! Please read below to see how to use them for your vids.
Submitting a vid: tagging
When you submit a vid, please check to see if your fandom is already in the list of available fandoms in the pull-down menu. If so, please choose it from there. If it's not, then feel free to write it in. Try to use the full, proper fandom name instead of an abbreviated version: "Doctor Who" instead of "DW" or "Battlestar Galactica" instead of "BSG."
The character/ship tags are now working for all fandoms. However, it relies on the character/ship name that is written in being the same as the name that we've established for that character for the tag to properly link to other vids for that character. In other words, if you submit a Lost vid tagged just as "Jack," it now will no longer link to other Jack vids because we've standardized all fandom characters to use their first and last names (and nicknames as well, if applicable ), so Jack is now tagged as " Jack Shephard." Nor will a vid tagged with "Charlie/Claire" file with vids already using the existing "PB&J" tag.
The easiest thing is to simply have a look at our existing tags and choose your fandom and see if the character or ship you're looking for is already in Major, Minor, Non-Regular or Slash. If it is, please tag your vid with whatever exact name is being used for your character or ship and your vid's tags will automatically work. 
However, if you make a typo or forget to check the tags first, don't worry, the Council Members can edit the tags for you. But it would definitely help us a great deal if you can catch as many of those on your own as you make your submissions, thanks!
If you're submitting a vid for a character or ship that does not yet have a tag for it or if it's for a new fandom, then just tag it the best you can. All new tags have to be created by the Council Members before they become working tags, so we'll take care of that for you. There may be certain times when we feel like a tag is not needed yet, for an obscure character that might not be likely to have more vids made for them, for one example, and in that case we'll hold off making a new tag for them until we see if there's a need for it.
Submitting a vid: song and artist names
The site is case-sensitive so (for an example coming to you straight from the 1980's ), it will create separate tags for "New Kids on the Block," "new kids on the block," "NKOTB," and any other variations. Whenever you can, please try to use the generally established name and spelling for an artist and the song title. If you truly can't find what that might be, then just go with your best guess and we'll straighten it out later. But it really will save us a ton of work editing those millions of variations down the line if you can help us keep things standardized right from the start.
If you're not sure what the name of the song or artist is (or if there is no song or artist, such as using a vid that's all sound effects or source footage audio) please use "N/A" (both in capital letters and without the apostrophes ). If you have more than one song or artist, please use "Various."
Thank you so much for your help with keeping the tags consistent! We really, truly appreciate it!
Submitting a vid: custom mature theme warning
Now that LVI allows all fandoms, the one-size-fits-all mature theme warning no longer is as helpful as before. Maybe your song contains strong language, maybe the video contains graphic violence or nudity and sexual situations. Whatever the case, many people like to have an idea of what they're in for before they watch a vid so here's your opportunity to let them know.
The submit page now contains this text box instead of a ticky box:
| Quote: | | If your video contains mature themes (e.g. language, nudity, violence), please list them here |
So all you need to do is write in whatever applies to your vid.
You'll find that your older vids already on site that were tagged with the previous mature warning now all have "language" as the default. Feel free to edit that to whatever best applies to each vid. If you have any trouble editing the warning, please just let one of the CMs know and we'll be happy to help!
Forum rule change
We're asking that you please be sure not to share any sorts of file links anywhere on the forum board. For more specific information in terms of vidding help, see the following threads:
Song Help
Scene Request - all fandoms
Thank you so much for your help and understanding!
Monthly vid limit, Viewer Pick voting and monthly contests
At this time, we'll still be accepting only 5 vids a month (plus a contest entry) total per each vidder (not for each fandom for each vidder ).
Viewer Pick voting will still work the same as before. Here's the Keeping voting fair thread for a reminder of some of the do's and don't's of voting, which definitely applies to vids that are of any fandom, not just Lost.
We'll still be holding monthly contests, just now with a multi-fandom flair! (Though we still may hold a fandom-specific contest of some sort in the future, tune in to see! ) Just as with the original LVI, Council Members still are permitted to enter the contests. However, we're implementing a new "blind" system of voting that will completely exclude that CM from the voting process, from any sort of participation down to even being able to see any part of the voting while it's on-going. While we have always taken extra steps to insure that the playing field is as fair and level as possible in our contests, we hope that this extra step will reassure any potential lingering concerns anyone might have.
Collab Videos
Videos made as collaborations by 2 or more vidders are pretty common now and always make for cool videos! We welcome collab videos at LVI, but we want to be fair to all vidders involved. If you would like to submit a collab video, we ask that the participating vidders make a separate jointaccount. Please do not submit a collab vid under your personal account.
For those of you who've been with us for many years now, thank you! Without you, LVI would've have never survived all of these years and we're truly grateful and fortunate to have you! For those of you who are coming here for the first time, welcome! We hope that everyone will be as excited to participate in this newest incarnation of LVI as we are! So dive on in and submit your vids and watch and vote on the vids on site, both new and old. Or stop by one of the forum threads and have a chat!
Welcome to the new Multi-fandom LVI! Now, let's have some fun!
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| "TKS- Chapter 4 - Scarred" by TheKindredSacrifice |
Author:
TheKindredSacrifice ::
Posted:
Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:21 am
***Automated Message***
"TKS- Chapter 4 - Scarred" 05-31-2011
Kate has problems committing to what Thirteen is asking of her and Addison desperately wants to find love.
Fandom: Multifandom
Song: The Winter by Balmorhea
Vidder: TheKindredSacrifice
Length: 4:06 (200mb mov)
Warning: Contains Mature Themes
Link(s): %20http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hdas6qI-4U
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| "Jack Othello" by Jemmz (Lost) |
Author:
Jemmz ::
Posted:
Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:12 am
***Automated Message***
"Jack Othello" 05-31-2011
The story of Shakespeares Othello with a Lost twist.
Fandom: Lost
Song: Duel (edited) by Harry Gregson-Williams
Vidder: Jemmz
Length: 4:43 (39.1 wmv)
Warning: Contains Mature Themes
Link(s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOfckWOB8oI
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| Questions, concerns or complaints |
Author:
Aislynn ::
Posted:
Tue May 31, 2011 11:09 pm
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about anything on LVI, feel free to post them here or to PM a Council Member directly.
To start, here are a few Frequently Asked Questions:
1. My vid had a Gold/Silver/Bronze Viewers Pick and now it's dropped to Silver/Bronze/None. Why?
Viewer Pick voting is on-going and fluid, which means that the last vote is just as important as the first vote. With each new vote, the VP result is recalculated, with consideration given to the "weight" of the rank of the member who is doing the voting. Novice vidders carry less weight than an Expert vidder, for example. If you notice you have a variety of VP votes, say both Gold and Silver, then your VP is on the line between the two and the next vote could cause it to sway it one way or the other. It's not that one vote that's changing the VP so much as the consensus of all of the votes your vid has received.
2. I think that somebody has it out for me and is purposefully trying to vote down my vids.
That's something we take quite seriously and if you have reason to believe there's some sort of unethical voting taking place, please do bring that to our attention right away, either on this thread or by PM-ing a Council Member. We'll look into the votes on whichever of your vids you feel something is amiss on and we'll do what we can to make it right.
That said, we're not trying to be the voting police, telling people what they can and can't vote. When we upgraded to allow the entire membership to vote, we placed our trust in you that you'll vote fairly and ethically. That means DON'T base your vote on whether you like/don't like the song, you like/don't like the ship/character/fandom, or whether you like/don't like the vidder themselves personally. Don't trade votes (in other words, offer to vote Gold for someone if they vote Gold for you) or solicit for votes (ask people to go vote Gold on your vid). Vote for the reasons you would want somebody to use to vote for your own vids: the quality of the editing, the originality of the story, how well the effects were used to convey the meaning, those kinds of things.
If everyone sticks to voting for the actual quality and skill of the vid itself, then we'll have a lot less worries about the voting system being misused.
3. I'm still not satisfied with my VP result. What can I do?
Obviously we can't guarantee everyone a Gold VP with every vid. But if you would like a detailed review of your vid covering things that we think you might could improve on in the future, feel free to make use of this thread and let us know which of your vids it is and whether you'd prefer to be answered in the thread itself or by PM. Or also feel free to PM a Council Member directly and we'll get back to you as soon as we can with our feedback.
4. Council Members can participate -- and sometimes win -- the monthly contest. Isn't that unfair?
When Lostcalier (site founder), Enchirito (original webmaster), Hobbes (Warren, current webmaster) and the rest of the original LVI Council set up the monthly contests, they came up with a clever way to allow CMs to participate without receiving an unfair advantage. With this newest multi-fandom incarnation of LVI, we've opted to tweak that system a bit further by completely excluding a CM who has entered the contest from being able to even see the voting process, much less have any influence over it. CMs have never voted on their own vids in the contests but now with this new "blind" voting system we've implemented, they no longer can even watch the process unfold. Hopefully assuage any concerns that CMs have any unfair advantage in the contests.
Every contest vid is judged individually and with a series of criteria that includes most predominantly if the vid followed the rules for that specific contest and how well it fits the contest. Often we'll see vids in the contest that are, on their own, excellent vids, but they either didn't follow part of the contest rules or they simply don't "fit" the contest well.
We never sit down and basically say, "Who do we want to 'give' first place to this month? Why not Vidder X? I like her! But I don't like Vidder Y, so lets make sure she doesn't get anything! And Vidder Z did that ship I can't stand, so nothing for him!" We work hard to vote fairly, impartially and with intergrity, focusing ONLY on the vid, not the song, ship, character, vidder or anything else. Just only the merits of the vid itself.
We also don't base our contest voting on who are friends are or whether or not the vid we're judging at the time should happen to belong to another CM.
5. How are Council Members chosen?
We look for a lot more than just great vidding skills (though those are definitely a plus! ). We look for active members, for people who are willing to devote the time and effort into keeping the site running, for those who aren't just willing but eager to help. First and foremost, we look for people with integrity, who can be trusted with the responsibilities as well as the privileges that come with this position.
We always have our eyes open for the next person we'd like to extend an invitation to, so if this is a job you think you'd like to have, the best way to impress us is to keep making great vids, stay active on the forums, and show us that you're trustworthy, considerate and willing to work to keep LVI up and running!
6. It's been (X) number of days and my contest vid hasn't gotten a Council Pick. Does that mean it's not going to?
Not at all! Because contest vids are judged after the deadline for that particular contest has passed, Council Members often don't cast a VP vote for a vid before that time. So if you submit a vid early in the month, it might not receive a CP until almost a month later, once the deadline has passed. However, there's no rule that we can't cast our VP votes as soon as we see a vid (Viewer Pick voting is individual to each CM and separate from the contest voting, so we can do that whenever we'd like). So some contest vids may very well end up with a CP before the contest, while others not until after and, of course, there's no guarantee that a vid will receive a CP at all. (See # 3 on this list for what to do if you're not satisfied with your VP vote results.) It's just all a matter of individual preference for the CMs.
Hopefully this will help clear up confusion on this matter.
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Which contest idea should we use for November?
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