Anyone got vid of Puttin' on the Ritz?

>>1985708
Ooh, that's another one I wanted to see again. What the hell, why didn't these get taped? Wish it had occurred to me at the time...

I want to see GL Colorguard as well.

>>1985734
Otakon discourages video taping because the videos are technically IP of the 1st Mariner Arena. Only press is allowed to take video, and no more than one skit in succession. Not that that stops most people, they probably only have that policy to make the Arena happy and don't enforce it at all. I was filming a lot of skits and nobody cared.

>>1985741
post your videos dammit

>>1985741

This year, Otakon is selling DVDs of the Masquerade and that's part of the reason why video recording isn't allowed.

Regardless, people obviously did it.

>>1985741
I heard that they were enforcing them. Apparently they'd stand over people until they deleted the file.

Aw man, the Naruto martial arts demonstration was A-FUCKING-MAZING. At first I was like "A Naruto skit? Yeah whatever!" But the Sasuke and Rock Lee guys were really skilled at what they were doing, and they even followed the fighting styles of their characters. I used to play the fighting game a lot and that one part where they were sparring it was just AA->BA etc running through my head. I was so pissed they didn't get any sort of award, they were easily one of the top 10 skits this year.

Please tell me someone got a video of that

>>1985754
Any kind of link to this info? If it's true, I'd gladly pay whatever they're charging.

>>1985785

Sauce is from my buddies in the Ritz skit.

I guess they were told that DVDs would be sent to the participants afterward and that Otakon intended on selling them as well.

>>1985799
Excellent. Even if Otakon doesn't end up selling them, it's safe to say that at least one of the contestants will rip it.

>>1985771
Anyone have a video?

>>1985799
I didn't hear that they were selling them; it simply said in our masq participant packets that we'd all receive DVDs of our own skits. Who the hell knows when that will be, or if it will happen at all, though? After hearing about what a fiasco the whole thing was (and being extremely relieved that we decided to do it exhibition only), I don't really trust that I'll ever actually see that DVD.

>>1985925
That all sounds about right to me. If you don't mind me asking, which skit was yours?

>>1985943
Ours was the last one, the Young Frankenstein one. We went well over time and got disqualified purposely, then left to go get Indian food instead of sticking around for the awards, but everything I've heard about the whole masq since then has made me rage more and more, so I have basically zero faith in this whole "performance DVD" thing now.

>>1985954
You were the putting on the ritz guys!? That was awesome, we were all cracking up. I agree on the DVD thing (I don't think Otakon's ever done that?), but if by some chance you get one, you gotta upload it.

>>1985925
good luck getting those DVDs. I heard the masq director was just fired

>>1986043
what for?
all the BAWWWWWWing over awards???

>>1985754
is it legal to sell DVD representations of licensed material? I think not.

>>1986053
do we really need to ask why?

>>1986053
As far as I'm concerned, when a group that had half bought costumes wins Best in Show, someone needs to be fired. I'm not sure if it was entirely the director's fault, though. I've heard several people villainized over the whole debacle and since I didn't even go for craftsmanship judging I really didn't see enough of the process to figure out who was in charge of what. So I also don't know who was handling the supposed DVDs. I think that the masq packet said something along the lines of "you may have heard we were sending out DVDs, and you'll be pleased to learn that that's still the case", but it didn't give any more info than that.

So yeah, I'm hoping that maybe somebody got a shitty bootleg video of our skit since otherwise I might never see it at all.

>>1986053
hmm, let's see:

-refusing craftsmanship judges from attending the halftime judging
-rushing presentation judges and forcing them into decisions within 5 minutes
-allowing craftsmanship judges to take up to 40 minutes to judge groups while later being forced to rush later groups
-allowing an FFVI girl to yell at the judges in private
-allowing a presentation judge to throw out craftsmanship numbers
-beginning the award ceremony before the judges were even finished deliberating
-changing the craftsmanship judging locations
-not giving the presentation judges skit descriptions, but only numbers
-openly admitting to hating cosplayers and masquerades

how about how last year's BiS winners were disqualified because they showed up ONE minute late, mostly because the masq security staffer held them

how's this for a start?

>>1986105

Wow, why do you give a fuck? What's got your panties in such a knot? You seemed perfectly chill backstage

Sage because the answer here is obvious people. Otakon was run by AnimeBoston staff. You all sound surprised there were so many fuck ups, did you not hear about the masquerade from AB2008?

>>1986105

What the fuck? Did you even WATCH the Baccano! skit? It isn't based on costumes alone (and their performance blew everyone away), and even then, considering the designs, why wouldn't you buy something for cheaper and easier than you can make it?

What the fuck, I agree with >>1986208, you seemed pretty chill backstage :/.

>>1986208

Who said my panties were in a knot? The masquerade was fucked up, and people are just supposed to shrug and not hope that they change who's running it and make it less shittastic next year? If I'd been competing in it, I'd be pissed. As it is, I just think it blows that it was botched so badly. I was chill backstage because I was hanging out with the participants and they were all cool. The people running the thing were the ones who fucked up, not the people in the masq.

>>1986220
I didn't say I didn't like the Baccano skit. They deserved an award for their performance, because their skit was the best. But Best In Show implies that you were the best all around, not just the best skit, and the judges gave it to a group that didn't make all of their costumes. I can't say that I'm cool with that.

>>1986227

While I agree with your points...

>As far as I'm concerned, when a group that had half bought costumes wins Best in Show, someone needs to be fired

>:[

>>1986237

Best In Show is generally awarded to the group with the best combination of craftsmanship and skit. If you want to focus on one or the other, that's great, and there should be awards for craftsmanship and awards for performances. But to win the award for being the best all around when you didn't make all your own costumes (or, theoretically, if you didn't write your own skit) is not something I can approve of.

>>1986142
How does one win Best in Show if one is disqualified?

>>1986254
I think they mean last years winner was DQed this year

>>1986236

That group was perfectly honest at least about not making all their costumes. I asked a couple of them about things and they said outright they didn't make them. They had 3 or 4 people who entered into craftsmanship.

I would rather see Best In Show go to a group with a better performance, the only thing that should nullify that is if all costumes are bought, are held together with hot glue, or if the group doesn't enter craftsmanship at all.

If the FF6 group is so butthurt, they should have entered hall cosplay and swept that for the weekend (which is clearly what they wanted). Their performance was a total snooze.

I do agree someone high up in masq needs to be fired based solely on the fact that there were two different FF6 opera skits. The poor single girl that went first, she seemed so upset, because no one knew until it happened they were doing the same skit. Who in the masq lets something like that happen?

>>1986286
I don't blame anyone in the Baccano group for anything; I don't think they did anything wrong. They did an amazing job on their skit and they looked great, and it's not like I've never bought parts for a costume. There was nothing dishonest or wrong on their part. I just think the award they got was inappropriately given since Best In Show, to me, carries an implication of both best craftsmanship AND best performance, and I'm sorry if they took my disapproval as a personal attack.

And I fully agree about the opera skits. A staffer told me early on before the first girl went out that there were two, and after the first one I went out and saw the girl in the second one practicing and looking so incredibly nervous it broke my heart. I really wanted someone to get cockpunched over that, though the staffer I talked to also said that they didn't know they had two opera skits until everyone had checked in and one of them told them that that was their skit as well. I'm not sure if that's true or not since he was just a green room attendant, but it might be.

>>1986302

Not from the Baccano skit, but I see where you're coming from. I feel a bias to stick up for them as half of them are my friends, but I understand your point.

We can all agree the masq fucked up with letting both those opera skits though, they were both great and it's a shame a group overshadowed a singular performer

>>1986302

Both of those green room attendants looked like they were just given clipboards to sit around and pretend they were green room attendants.

>>1986286
nazi

>>1986309
I agree with the Nazi statement. Fuck you for saying one person can do a skit, but if a second comes along they're kicked out. There are a million Naruto or KH skits, but they're fine even if they're mirror-imaged dance shit. Again, fuck you Nazi. Sorry masquerades didn't consult your own tastes ahead of time and I'm sure it was the second group's fault for not consulting the first FFVI girl's feelings. Shitheads.

>>1986286
>If the FF6 group is so butthurt, they should have entered hall cosplay and swept that for the weekend (which is clearly what they wanted). Their performance was a total snooze.

As someone who knows multiple members of the group, they didn't just want craftsmanship awards. They wanted to be able to perform for people. Can you really fault them for that?
And, they're mostly butthurt because they were told after it was all over "You would have won everything in this division if you were in this division, but you're not. LOL SRY." I think they're allowed to be miffed at that.

>>1986427

Got a little bit of a rage problem there buddy?

Am I the only one who thought the dancing was a little sloppy? Everyone knew the choreography, but the technique seemed pretty... clumsy?

>>1986439

Could have been nerves?

There were quite a few Otakon skits that seemed a bit jumpy, that arena is rather big and holds a lot of people. I heard a participant say you can see everyone in the audience from stage too, which is pretty intimidating

>>1986439
That's what happens when you have two days to practice as a group really :/

>>1986451

For whatever reason, the house lights were on--so yeah, you could see every single person in the audience.

I assume the house lights were on because they possibly wanted to make sure no one was filming, but Otakon's masq was the first one of it's size I've ever seen where they had the house lights on. Kinda weird, really.

>>1986142
yikes! That is quite a few mess ups. Understandable why the coordinator was fired. Hopefully Otakon will be able to get some one new who knows what they are doing.

>>1986439
It kind of was. Especially Zack, but he's an uncoordinated fuck anyway. Maybe once he gets his dick chopped off he'll be able to balance better. Oh wait...

>>1986481
what? and ruin cgl's fun?

Take the awards out of the masquerade. You're there to entertain, right? Last time I checked awards weren't given to people like Siegfried and Roy or Wayne Newton and they all weren't in the same venue trying to rip open each other's jugulars for a trophy. Walking off to the sound of screams and thunderous applause can be incredibly gratifying.

>>1986552
This. All of the masquerades I've ever entered have been done with the "Let's do our best, and if we win something, that's a nice bonus" mentality.

>>1986471
Fuck you, house lights. Just speaking for myself, one look at the crowd was enough to up my nervousness by a hundredfold. I mean, yes, you know you're perfoming in front of thousands of people, but to SEE them while you're doing it?

>>1986451

This. There's a thrill that comes off of performing, but it can also be really scary. Even more scary when you can see the whites of the eyes of the person all the way in the back of the arena. I almost shit a huge brick right on stage. How would THAT have been for best overall performance?

One of my friends that could go told me about the Naruto-fighting one, and I really want to see it. Unfortunately some fucker brought the flu to the con and I ended up with it Friday night and spent the next three days in my hotel room. Really can't wait for it to be up on YT or somewhere so I can finally see it!

The FF6 skit was a bore, and I'm an opera enthusiast. Considering that was more of a classical style she had going on and not really opera (Your voice has yet to mature and have the strength to sing without a damn mic until you're trained well into your 30s.)
And the costumes looked amazing on the outside... but the inside is a whole other story. I got a peak of fraying seams and hemlines.

The Baccano skit deserved it. An entertaining skit with an original concept, a lot of practice on their part (two of the girls actually took swing classes), and the costumes may not had been as advanced looking as the FF6 people, but they were at least well made.

I really don't think if the FF6 people would had entered for hall, they would get a big award. Probably a judges award.

does anyone have the list of the winners of the hall costume contest?

Hm. I expected it to be on Otakon's web site but I can't find it there. I only know a couple off the top of my head. Let's see... epic Trinity Blood group got Best in Show. Kuroshitsuji pair got 3rd place Journeyman. That's all I got.

baccano! had no craftsmanship. I'm not sure anyone was a clear winner for BiS

>>1987266
I just watched the Baccano! skit. It was okay. Most of them just stood around the whole time and only 2 or 3 of them looked like they knew what they were doing.

Any video up yet of the FFVI skit so I can compare?

>>1987266
except three of them made dresses and one of them made a suit. Even if it's not hand beading and huge petticoat dresses, that's still craftsmanship.

>>1985616
http://www.acparadise.com/acp/cons.php?cyid=1778&t=3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNrdKmITTwI&feature=channel_page