Seriously?? No Finalists Yet??

[Navid Shafa]

Originally Posted by scrubsfan1793

..."bash" Autodesk. Sharing a bit of criticism isn't a bad thing.

I was under the impression that "bashing" and criticism are nearly the same thing. If it's constructive and it ends up inspiring change for the future, then that's great.

Yes, they should have got things out when they said they would. Yes, they should have notified us of any changes. I just saw this post, and from first glance, It looked like the start of a thread that we wouldn't be proud of anyone from Autodesk seeing. I just think from Phil's shoes what it must be like. They had plenty of nightmares of their own with submission of the 3D models and their storage systems. These problems and understaffing I'm sure have both combined to make it one of the hardest seasons for them. They have less time to judge both competitions because of it. They'll figure it out though, they always do, and they do it well.

Also, I rescind my "rather rude" comment, emotion is often difficult to perceive online, if they were truly asking whether Autodesk uses CD or not, then I apoligize for the mis-understanding.

I assumed that we'd be hearing within the week leading up to World Champs as per the past, but it makes since, considering the circumstances. I'll shoot Phil an email and see what's up.

I'll post what I find out here ASAP. Once again, sorry if anyone felt the need to get defensive. I wasn't trying to attack anyone, just trying to play devil's advocate and trying to emphasize what the volunteers are doing.

[inventor_phild]

All,

I have read your posts and passed on your comments to the folks looking after the animation submissions.

Hope to have an answer soon.

[jgoldfin]

Hi everyone,

As you have noticed, we did have some changes in process during the 3D Animation competition this year, and we are aware that this resulted in some confusion at times. Some of this had to do with new people (like myself) coming on board the project, and we were also doing our best to streamline things as well to try and make it easier. All i can say is, we learned some valuable lessons for next year, and it will get better.

We do have a few things planned for this year to share the results of the competition with everyone.

I'd like to start by saying thank you to the 168 teams that participated this year. The entries were amazing, and we are very pleased with the way everyone ran with the idea. I hope everyone has looked over all the entries, you can find them here: http://autodesk-firstanimation.skild.com/PublicVote.jsp

For our regional winners, we are in the midst of compiling a highlight reel with all the winners that will be available on YouTube and linked from the Autodesk Education Community - this will be available by Monday, May 2nd. We'll also provide a full list of all reginal winners.

Also, for the Championship finalists and winner, we'll be providing the list of the top 8 entries, along with the industry judges who selected them, on or before (not the winner of course) May 2nd, on www.autodesk.com/first

I hope that clears up some confusion, and i do apologize for not responding to your posts sooner.

Best Regards,

[ktress357]

I just have two questions. First for the Excellence in 3D design, not the animation part, will the finalists be announced before championships this weekend. Also will the winners of the award still be announced at championships?

[scrubsfan1793]

So does that mean that the #1 ranked animation will be announced and awarded at the national event?

[jgoldfin]

The 3D Animation AND 3D Design awards will both be announced at Championships this weekend.

After reading all your posts, we are working on posting the 8 finalists for Animation before Friday, as well as a summary of all the regional winners and overall videos that were submitted.

Thank you -

[Bob Steele]

Jennifer,
Will you be posting the 3D design award finalists also on or before Friday?

thanks!!

bob

[jgoldfin]

Hi Bob -

There won't be any finalists for 3D Design, the way the competition was structed there wasn't any this year.

You will see the results of the winning design on the community!

Jennifer

[Kevin Thorp]

Will there be Phillies & Wilbur awards at the Championship, like last year?

http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=first_championship

Those presentations are a lot of fun.

[jgoldfin]

Yes, stop by the Autodesk booth for exact location. I believe they are taking place on Thursday night, at 6pm.