Thanks this is all very interesting information. I had noticed that a lot of my perception of the VVC aesthetic (which I was not sure was in any way accurate!) was that it preferred the big, shiny-editing but simple-concept ideas. Not to insult the skill needed to make such a vid, but just that vids that depended on deeper, contextual understanding of the source to get the point seemed rarer. It's interesting to hear that you also have that opinion and it certainly makes sense that it would be the case given the wide variety of fans present.

Also having been to one other con where vids were played on a giant screen (just a small fan-gathering in Germany when I was staying there with a friend, but it was good fun nonetheless), it was definitely a very different experience with many people watching rather than one. Actually one of my favourite memories of that weekend was falling asleep an an air mattress to a looped reel of Farscape vids.

Anyway, thanks for your impressions - interesting reading! :)