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  Re: Why I won't enter PoVComp again.  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 25 Feb 2005 18:11:44
Message: <421fb0b0$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> 
>>No I believe one judge in a few comments indulged in proselytizing 
>>against the viability of mesh modeling.  And that that is dangerous 
>>because when stated by an official, can induce a generalized set of 
>>values and preferences.
> 
> 
>   So basically you are saying that the judging principles were
> (probably) ok, but the judges' comments published along the entries
> could have been more mature and careful at some points (because as
> they are they can give the wrong impression to some people)?
> 
>   If that is your point, then I suppose I can't argue.
>   I just got the impression from your post that you were also attacking
> the judging process itself and that you got the impression this was
> an "sdl-only" competition.
> 

That is correct.  I hope that distinction was evident from my first post 
  though I admit that my choice of words there was very strong.  Maybe 
too strong.  I really abhor this particular prejudice as I have 
struggled from the beginning to employ mesh modeling in a continuum with 
other techniques.

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