THF MC 2014 Final Voting Round Discussion

Oh hi there everybody, it's me; Impossibly hard choice, good to see you again.

How cool is it to have a montage from almost every Halo in the top 5? that's so sick.

Why the shin dig can we not see the votes.

Went with Fat Rat, edit was too smooth and gameplay was the best in the comp.

kinda hard for me to go with TranQ after watching the 2012 summer editing contest, which basically included his best mlg clips minus a few new narrows clips that were in the video. i just expected a bit more out of the gameplay portion the more i watch it. Stormy, Ruxs, and Trunks' mlg videos, which were knocked out in earlier rounds, i felt had just as good of gameplay, minus the sheer quantity. I mainly persisted to vote this video through because of how much i enjoyed the intro and the quantity of so much good gameplay, but i don't know if it's memorable enough to win. 

I think I'm just gonna abstain from this vote because every time i watch roots, i realize i can't give a fair evaluation of that video like many others here can. Starting to question my prior choices a bit more now as I begin to realize how naive my evaluations of videos are the more i watch old-school videos. Going to the articles section of the forum reminded me how much of a novice I am here in comparison to all the other members. Experience matters. Good luck to all these videos, i thoroughly enjoyed them all. 

Gotta go for toasty, im a reach kid through and through

Also who's doing all this art? Its nice

i know last time i asked it was stated literally in the title, but i gave it a second look this time and still couldn't find, so: till when can we vote? 

I voted for Roots.

Congratulations to you that made it to the finals, you've already beat a lot of really good videos.

My personal final top 5:

5 - into the tranq. Amazing intro and good editing overall. Gameplay was ok but besides a few really sick clips there were also a lot of clips that weren't very entertaining (boring triple and overkills). Maybe I would've enjoyed it more if those were taken out and it was only about 5 minutes.

4- Immortal 3. The flow is good, editing is not anything too great but it fits the overall flow well. Gameplay is pretty impressive but it just isn't my favorite kind of gameplay to watch. So yea it really comes down to my personal preference on this one but overall really nice video though.

3- Toasty HRM1. Impressive gameplay and smooth editing. Definitely a really good montage but it just didn't have that special x factor that made it really stand out in any way. Just a reach montage with really good gameplay and nice editing.

2- Roots. The gameplay is really cool, I especially really liked those spawn prediction sticks. But the overall flow of this montage is what really made me fall in love with this montage. The song is absolutely perfect for the gameplay and the entire thing is just really well put together. I've rewatched this one already a lot of times and every time I seem to enjoy it more and more, awesome montage.

1- Fatrat m3. the flow is really nice, I especially love the transition from the 1st to the 2nd song. But this one obviously deserved my vote because of the gameplay, it is absolutely insane. It's some of the best social Halo 3 gameplay I have ever seen. I quite like multi kill montages but they are rarely between my favorites, only if they really stand out and this one definitely did. Amazing video.

Also, thanks to everyone that entered this contest and helped organizing it, I loved watching every single video.

Damn, all of these montages are incredible! Can't wait to see the results. 

Also, when is the voting for the other categories?