My friend and I restarted our team's animation in 2012. We taught ourselves 3DS Max to the best of our abilities (read: not very well) in three months and were very proud of what we had accomplished come that February. We spent the entire post- and pre-season improving our skills only to find out that next December that our entire skill set had been eliminated, leaving little turn around time to join a new subteam.
Thank you for the further explanation as to why the award was cut. We appreciate it. At the time, there wasn't much being said about it. Thanks for dedicating a Friday to the animators
We look forward to the new award.