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Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
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Tue, 6 Jan 2004 20:13:06 GMT
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At 05:27 PM 1/6/2004 +0000, Orion Pobursky wrote:
>  - 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.

I agree entirely with Orion here. And I also think that making the LDR file
available for the winning entry would be a great idea, but *only with the
permission of the entrant.*

I recommend it be strongly encouraged.

> 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. • [snip]
>  - 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.


I prefer the idea of the entrants rendering their own files, but with these
guidelines:

- To make the entries more equal, each model might be rendered with a
plain-colored background. Not even a ground plane (which is what I did on
my Cessna entry last month...and I threw in the sky against my better
judgment).

- Radiosity renders might be disallowed in the MOTM. The SOTM is a better
place to showcase more interesting rendering techniques.

- Strongly encourage (not require) entrants to submit up to four views of
their choosing. I believe as that is done more commonly, most entrants will
want to show off more of their model at once.

What do you think?

--Ryan
http://users.ifriendly.com/fourfarrs1



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  Re: Proposed changes to MOTM Submission guidelines
 
(...) I still like the idea of all the renderings being the same with the same camara positions and 1-3 special views suggested by the author. -Orion (23 years ago, 10-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 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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