Gilles Tran wrote:
> 
> Ken wrote:
> 
> > I was thinking of showing two Battle Mechs sitting at a table playing checkers :)
> 
> Hey, that was my Fortress entry ! Anyone who does it gets sued for plagiarism ;-)

And then some French juge will impose povray.org to implement an
A.I. that detects and prevents people from submitting images remotely
resembling images submitted by French people? No way!  :-))

> Kidding apart, the trouble with topics that lead to literal images is that less
> "obvious" images are likely to be considered as off-topic, even if they are on topic
> on a more abstract level.

I think the difficulty in that case, for the authors, is to make
a less "obvious" image that is still obviously connected to the
topic.

E.g. through humor or metaphor, though it doesn't always cross
cultural gaps, as we've seen with the handful of "porcelain gods"
in the "Worship" rounds. On the other hands, when it works, it
gives the viewers a great feeling of awe. "Now, that is a brilliant
idea". This is how entrants (should) earn points on "Interpretation
of theme", I think.

To make myself clear, I'm always a bit sad when I have to read
the text description that comes with a submission to finally
understand how the author connected it to the theme.

E.g. a simple shot of several drugs on a bedtable wouldn't
probably make me think "warfare", until I read Tom's explanation.

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