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Re: June 2001 MOTM contest
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Sun, 27 May 2001 21:40:04 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Anders Isaksson writes:
> "Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:GDyo23.666@lugnet.com...
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> > http://www.ldraw.org/motm/
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> Hmm, does this selection show that it's time to have two classes: 'LDRAWn' and
> rendered. I mean, there are many modelers that maybe haven't mastered POVRay
> (or other renderers) yet, but might still have good models.
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> MOTM is more and more looking like a raytracing contest...
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> All IMO,
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> Anders Isaksson, Sweden
> BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
> Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery/index.htm
Interesting point, Anders.
But what would be an allowable entry in 'LDRAWn'? A bmp. output of the
actual original LDraw? Or include outputs or screenshots of LDLite, MLCad,
LDView, BlockCAD, and others?
Perhaps restrict model entries to a basic rendered output available through
using a tool such as L3P in default mode, with no supporting scene creation
allowed? Thanks to Lars, that requires no mastering of POV-Ray. It pretty
much is a no-brainer.
It's a fact that a quality render, with a scene supporting it, doubtlessly
affects the judgement of the voters. Is that a good thing? Or bad? I
don't know. I myself like a good model. Having a good scene is nice, but I
still look at the model. Others might not. I am sure that many will vote
for the simple model with a clever supporting scene. I have to admit it is
appealing.
And your right. That does sorta make it look more like a raytracing contest.
To be honest, I like the idea of having a 'pure' model-oriented contest, one
where the merits of the only the model are used to pick the winner.
But on the other hand, I do like and appreciate a good scene.
But I also don't really want to have to manage two contests. Sounds bad of
me, I know, but it's true.
What do others think? Should we have two categories?
A "basic" category that features no supporting background or scene.
And a "scene" category for those wishing to put the effort into creating it.
Opinions? Thoughts?
-- Terry K --
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 | | Re: June 2001 MOTM contest
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| "Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GE0K6s.Ew@lugnet.com... (...) For an LDraw.org run contest, I would restrict entries to models which have been generated with DAT utilities. (...) I wouldn't restrict model entries to bare (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
| | | Re: June 2001 MOTM contest
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| (...) Well, if these two are created, I probably wouldn't be voting in the model-only contest. It sounds too much like work <G>. I vote for MOTM because there's nice eye-candy and it's fun. The model-only contest implies that I have to scrutinize (...) (23 years ago, 28-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: June 2001 MOTM contest
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| "Terry K" <legoverse@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GDyo23.666@lugnet.com... (...) rendered. I mean, there are many modelers that maybe haven't mastered POVRay (or other renderers) yet, but might still have good models. MOTM is more and more (...) (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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