In article <3f748490$1@news.povray.org>,
 "Gilles Tran" <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote:
>IRTC, and well above the competition. And yes, it's completely off-topic and
>(possibly) done last year so that's 2 violations and on these grounds alone
>it shouldn't have been allowed to run. Still, if I had voted in this round,
>I probably would have voted it best picture since there's no "on-topicness"
>note (the concept for this image is very good too so there's no reason to
>vote it down there).

According to the FAQ, there *is* good reason for voting it down on 
concept/theme if the picture is not on-topic. I haven't entered in quite 
a while, but I do keep that in mind when I vote.

"The third category, concept/theme, is in some ways a contradiction--the 
more creative artists get, the less some judges think they are adhering 
to the theme.  The original name for the category was "creative 
interpretation of theme". How you interpret this category--as reward for 
creativity or punishment for failing to stick to the topic--is up to 
you."

So either way is fine, but there definitely *is* reason to vote it down 
if you think it isn't on-topic. It just isn't required--but then, 
nothing is. You can vote a high technical score because they used a lot 
of blue if you want. "They mean whatever you want them to mean, in         
general."

Jerry
-- 
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and you've
depleted the lake."--It Isn't Murder If They're Yankees
(http://www.ItIsntMurder.com/)

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