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I don't think it should be like Chairman's award, but I do think there should be regional animation award winners. If you don't win at a regional, it wouldn't eliminate you from future competition at nationals, but there would be a limit as to entries (meaning you only enter one regional animation competition, then all those entries go to nationals).. Not only would it prevent a team sweeping everything, it would take care of shipping concerns for a lot of teams. Two years ago, our team didn't even get judged because FedEx messed up. If we'd just been able to hand our entry to a judge at a regional, it would've gone a lot smoother.

However, one issue looms. There are a <i>lot</i> of regionals that take place before the animation deadline. This year, we finished before March even started, so we would've been fine, but I have a feeling that if there was a regional animation competition at the KSC regional, we would've won by default because we were the only animation entered.

Personally, I don't believe that, with the current system, a regional animation competition would be feasible. However, I believe that the judges should release a specific top 10 or 15 list. Still just the grand prize winner would get the big trophy, and the honorable mentions would remain the same. The other entries in the top 10 or 15 would receive a plaque or some other kind of trophy and one copy of 3d studio to give to their team Animation Champion. They wouldn't even necessarily have to show the animations during the awards ceremony (most people think it's long enough as it is), but they could certainly recognize more teams than they do.

Just a few ideas from a somewhat underappreciated animator (aren't we all?)