Freebirdnflorida Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Any word on the 2019 videos and contest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. P Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 They usually have so many videos to go through that you normally won't hear anything till around Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) This year it changes to a computer drawing, the entries were not individually looked at. You would have probably known by now. Some of us made the honorable mention or whatever they called it and our videos were placed on YouTube. That was last year with the honorable mentions. It was released around Aug 2019 for the 2018 season. This year 2019 season started the computer generated winners. JR Edited March 29, 2020 by dibblejr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMassey Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 8 hours ago, dibblejr said: This year 2019 season started the computer generated winners. Well, that makes it pretty much worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLH lites Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 JR, Please explain "computer generated winners" ,just curious how that works ? Are they using some sort of AI ? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebirdnflorida Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 So basically its not how good your display is but how quickly their computer can spit it out. Hmmm Shouldn't have worked so hard to make a great display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibblejr Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Freebirdnflorida said: So basically its not how good your display is but how quickly their computer can spit it out. Hmmm Shouldn't have worked so hard to make a great display. I don't know about you but its not about a contest. Its about the children and the good spirit that our shows bring to on lookers. I believe all of what I said above was in their announcement for the show and or in the rules for entering. JR I would like to change the wording of my previous post though. I don't mean to make you think they were not looked at. They were still looked at, they just wasn't judged the same way. A lot of people received honorable mentions and videos posted on youtube so obviously they are being looked at. Edited March 30, 2020 by dibblejr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehoyt Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 i see the mad grab sale has been announced. Has anyone heard who the contest winner is yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euro92 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 It was not a contest but more of a lucky draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightORamaDan Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 This year it is a lucky draw. We do still view and prep the the videos and once that is complete we make the selection. The selection made using the random function in a windows excel spreadsheet. All entries are assigned a random number. Then all entries are sorted (ascending) using the random number assigned. The entry at the top of the result of the sort is the winner. We will inform the winner shortly. We may go back to a more traditional way of doing the contest this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehoyt Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Dan I have been paying for a vimeo account for the vids I entered. I assume by now all the vids have been downloaded by you and I can deactivate that account. Is that correct? Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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