[Koko Ed]

Well, the animations that win regionals tend to be more humerous and action oriented with high concepts while the ones that win the overall aniamtion awarded by Autodesk is more straight laced.
This causes a biut of friction between the animators and Autodesk (in 2003 the winning animation didn't even win a regional and the animators felt univerally insulted and G3D was born. Things have clamed down since). Basically do what you do best and don't worry what Autodesk or even otehr teams like and do something that you can be proud of.