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Re: Motorbike contest anyone?
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Sat, 12 Jan 2002 22:44:27 GMT
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> UGH! CAD entries present a slew of problems for such a contest. You've
> outlined most of the reasons why CAD is BAD. What is completely unfair • about
> the use of CAD for such a contest is it allows a near infinite number of
> RARE parts in rare colors for such a project. If you wanted to invest the
> time, energy and cashflow into tracking down the parts you need, then I • see
> a project that is both well developed and a true labor of love for this
> contest. CADing an entry doesn't require nearly as much effort as building
> it for real given the time constraints we are facing.
Oh, I disagree! I don't want to start a war (which I'm sure has been faught
*many* times before) so I'll try to stay fair:
All the reasons you just pointed out for cad being unfair are true.
However, those benefits of cad do come at a price. While it's true that we
don't have to go through the extra effort of spending money and learning how
to use brickbay, we do have to learn how to use cad. It takes some getting
used to. If you've ever tried to rotate a part by anything other than 90
degrees in Ldraw, you know what a pain this can be (though I just recently
discovered MLCad - it's much easier than ldraw, but it's still a lot more
difficult to make odd angles/SNOT design in cad than in real life).
I don't know about others, but for me, it is virtually impossible to 'build'
in cad. I don't think those who have never used cad understand this - it's
a lot harder than it looks. You have to be able to think in 3 dimensions
while building in 2. I personally can't do this, and I don't think many
people can. I always build in real life, then I use the cad for getting the
colors and the lighting right. You should see the real life versions of my
Blacktron entries - they're a colorful mess! :)
So it comes down to a judgement call by whoever's holding the contest. CAD
can give some an unfair advantage, but it can give others a fighting chance
where there was none before. In the end, it's in the contest holder's
hands. I'll respect either decision you make (and I'll enter the contest
regardless :) but I just wanted to make sure both sides of this arguement
are clear.
~ Tom
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| (...) This seems like the only way to encourage new entries. After all, that is partly why many of us entered multiple entries in the Hoverthing contest. One entry=one vote for someone else. (...) This is fairly obvious AFAIAC. Voting for yourself (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.space)
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