A challenge to all 2006 Regional AVA winners

[Kevin Thorp]

To all 2006 Regional AVA winners:
It's unfortunate that Autodesk doesn't have the resources to judge the Regionals but we can do something to reward the creativity & hard work that goes into these entries.

What if all the 2006 Regional AVA winners sponsored an animation award at their 2007 Regionals?

We (Team 342) won the AVA at the Palmetto Regional . This year we're going to present a trophy to the team competing at 2007 Palmetto Regional that creates the best 3D animation. Of course we're disqualified from winning our own award!

This is not connected with the Autodesk Visualization Design Competition, but just to keep things simple we're going to use the same rules (30 seconds long, must use 3ds Max, "Think Green" theme, same judging criteria, etc.).

So, 2006 Regional winners, what do you think? Ready to share the excitement?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Kevin342

To all 2006 Regional AVA winners:
It's unfortunate that Autodesk doesn't have the resources to judge the Regionals but we can do something to reward the creativity & hard work that goes into these entries.

What if all the 2006 Regional AVA winners sponsored an animation award at their 2007 Regionals?

We (Team 342) won the AVA at the Palmetto Regional . This year we're going to present a trophy to the team competing at 2007 Palmetto Regional that creates the best 3D animation. Of course we're disqualified from winning our own award!

This is not connected with the Autodesk Visualization Design Competition, but just to keep things simple we're going to use the same rules (30 seconds long, must use 3ds Max, "Think Green" theme, same judging criteria, etc.).

So, 2006 Regional winners, what do you think? Ready to share the excitement?

Sounds like a party to me!

[BuddyB309]

Hmmm... I like it. Being winner of St. Louis last year, I think it would be fun to have an underground competition. How would the grading work?

[RoboJedi75]

We're all for it. We were discussing about placing an animation award on our list of Team Awards. My team's going to New Jersey and Chesapeake.

And here's a scoring option: Get all the animation leaders from the teams at each regional to judge the animations. That would be an unofficial peer judging!

[wt200999]

Is there a way to contact all teams that won from all regionals. Maybe I should mail to the winning team from the SBPLI and/or Rochester regionals

[BuddyB309]

Originally Posted by wt200999

Is there a way to contact all teams that won from all regionals. Maybe I should mail to the winning team from the SBPLI and/or Rochester regionals

Or at the reigional you go around asking for the animation leader and then give him an invitation to the judgeing

[T3_1565]

Thats a pretty neat idea!! I like it a lot and I'm not the one who makes the animations

[Ryo Chiba]

Won the Buckeye Regional last year, won't be going there again this year, but I'm eager to join the bandwagon. St. Louis Regional and Boilermaker Regional are ones that our team will attend this year. Already have an idea planned out for the award.

I'm ready for the excitement.

[114Klutz]

114 would be happy to host regional animation awards at PNW, SVR, and Sacramento.

[Dan Zollman]

Once I can determine how much of a time commitment it would be to organize this, I could probably help at Philly. Some questions:

How would animations be submitted and viewed by judges? I guess teams could be asked to bring DVDs, and all the peer judges would view them at once?

How can all the teams competing at a given regional be contacted with enough notice before the competition?

Are team-sponsored awards usually presented during the awards ceremony, or separately?

[114Klutz]

114 is willing to set up a webpage to do the voting online.

I would do this, on thursday, voting begins, on friday, the highest two teams are selected, and then run off against eachother.

If a team lacks internet access, they can drop by our pit to cast their votes.

[Lil' Lavery]

116 has been toying with this idea for a little while now, and we will see what happens with VCU. No guarantees at the moment either way.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by worldbringer

How would animations be submitted and viewed by judges? I guess teams could be asked to bring DVDs, and all the peer judges would view them at once?

Autodesk said that they would still set up a display with the Animations running at the regionals, but they would not be judging them due to a lack of manpower. Seems like we've found that manpower!

Wetzel

[Rick-906]

interesting idea, ill speak to our animation guys...

[Kevin Thorp]

Looks like this grass roots competition is really taking off!

To keep it simple I suggest we keep the same judging criteria that Autodesk uses:

• Concept - 35 points
• Creativity - 35 points
• Technical Execution - 30 points

For judges we have two options

1. Student Judges
Done at the Regional, just like last year. One student from each team that submitted an animation can judge. The Organizer (2006 Regional AVA winner) would have to find a quiet area to set up a TV/DVD player or laptop with all the animations loaded. They would have judging forms printed and arrange viewing times for the student judges. After every judge has submitted their forms the organizer will tally the results & present the trophy.

2. Professional Judges
The Organizer will find a couple local industry or academic professionals (in computer arts and/or broadcast) to judge the animations before the Regionals. The results would be kept top-secret until the trophy is presented to the winning team.

What do you guys think? The first option has more student involvement but could be very difficult to organize.