Here is a review from 2009 awards. From all contests I arranged during years, this competition looked correct.
Amount of voters was large enough to avoid any claim in the voting and results.
sensei wrote:...fans voted for art that represented series that they personally loved, not for images that were good examples of animation art.
I remember have wrote a line about before the submission, an award ceremony is like a market study tainted with native english expectations and souvenirs.
What this situation simply shows is the fact that we are too young (hell I'm over 30) to be yet disconnected from affective. That's really interesting and educative.
I had this discussion with a Auction House animation department head, that confirmed that on long range people focus on aestethism because they simply don't have the reference to the art.
See as an example my Astro b&w pic, a kid (5-12 y.old) that saw the episode in 1966 must be at least 45 to 56 years old nowadays.
As average age on Anime Beta board is 20-30 year old, this art is disconnected from what I'll call "affective" youth choice compared to "esthetism".
Goldknight wrote:Just because someone paid $2K for a cel and didn't place while another person paid much less and placed has nothing to do with it.
Additionnaly to this note, what makes a price ? Is a price overquoted ?
Do people buy cels to gain a social position as they do with the latest smartphone, videogame entertainment system, jewels...
Demand drives price, collector countries too (latest Sothebys publication in fine arts : 1st US, 2nd UK, 3rd China, France that was during decades in 3rd position had beem propelled to 4th position).
Same applies to almost all collections hobby. So this price question (opened previously in another thread) is definitively a lure especially when addiction enters in the equation.
The main root cause is : why are people thinking that an art is 'better' than another.
All is a matter of criterias, that are totally mesmerised from a people to another.
JWR wrote:Each has certain opinions as to shows , artwork style , character design and story that they find great while others may hold an opinion entirely oposite.
Exact, that note allows me to continue the review of the 2009 awards. Each collector motivations are different, but such kind of events allows to identify tendances and mainstreams.
Claim about others collections are definitively steriles, there may be group of opinion, clans, or individuals.
JWR wrote:I would not be surprised if the difference between 1st and 4th was as little as 4 votes.
Here are the possible points that can be ameliorated :
One personnal opinion about the amount of Firsts, Seconds and Thirds in a category.
Well, this can be intereting that when you've ex-aequo or draw, this need to be less awards available.
See in one category, 2 "first" award, so the next need to be "Third" position like in any sport competition.
Additionnaly, what could be likable is the computer blocking vote to your own submissed arts.
A last point that I asked previously to AL by e-mail is the non participation of organisers, that gains in readability and avoid claims about.
Bottom line :
Nice competition, I'll be there next year with other hot items
