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Subject:	Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:27:26 GMT
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With 64 messages in 4 days, the discussion regarding by proposed changes is good. I'm posting this message to refocus the discussion and tie all the fragments together. Here's a point by point breakdown of my proposal and some thoughts about the current issues. - All submissions will be in LDraw DAT or MPD format. First the issue of public source code. I do not want to limit participation in this contest simply because someone doesn't want to publicly release the source. I never intended to have the source available during the voting process, only for the winning entry after the contest had concluded and then only with the permission of the author. The only technical requriment should be that you are, at the very least, the co-copywrite owner of the source. Second the question of whether or not the presentation is just as significant a part of the model as the model itself. In a perfect world, the contest voter would look past the presentation to the model itself but I realize this isn't the case hence why I want the presentaion to be uniform. Remember, the best looking product isn't always the best product. - All submission will be rendered by the contest coordinator using a rendering program of the coordinators choice I would prefer this to be human powered and not automated (at least while I'm running the contest). I don't really have a good rational for this except for it allows me to change the rendering program with reconfiguring the server. - The voting page will present specified number of renders for each submission I'm flexible on the number and location of the camera position. I'm also leaning towards the author specifing 1-3 camera views that would highlight what thay feel to be nifty aspects of the model. Again, if you disagree with anything written here, do not just post saying you disagree. Please suggest a viable alternative with your post. -Orion

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		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) The one thing that I would like to see, is that if the author agrees, have the DAT available during voting. I think that would allow better access to the models, and also motivate more people to actually try installing LDraw, which in turn can (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) The one problem I see here is that the contest allows unofficial parts (or unofficial versions of parts), which the coordinator might not have, and different submitters might want to use different versions of unofficial parts. The problem goes (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

		Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
(...) Sounds fair enough. I for one would be unlikely to pick through the .ldr file for every entrant anyway, but it would be cool to get a closer look at the winning entry. (...) This is true enough, although I still can't see why a rendering (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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		Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
After formal running the MOTM contest for a month, I've becomed concerned with the fairness of the contest. In response to my concerns, I'd like to make the following changes to the rules for MOTM in order to level the playing field. - All (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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