POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Short code contest : Re: Short code contest Server Time
31 Jul 2024 20:26:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Short code contest  
From: Paul Bourke
Date: 24 Sep 2006 21:25:00
Message: <web.45172ef755b9135e5a039020@news.povray.org>
> > I wondered about adding a new twist to make it harder .... under 256 bytes
> > and use only spheres. I'm up to organising it if there is sufficient interest.
>   I agree with Christoph that, while this would increase the challenge,
> it will most probably cause the results to be less spectacular because
> the images will be much simpler than in a "freeform" contest.

On second thought, yes I agree. Enough that it is a short code contest, no
need to restrict the content.

>   Also I think that, while this *is* a "short code" contest, perhaps a
> bit ironically, less weight should be put into the actual length of the
> code (as long as it's inside the required limit). Putting too much weight
> in it only causes extremely short-code images to get illogically good places
> which they don't seem to deserve on basis of their visual content.

Again agree, this time judged purely on merit and no judging weight put on
the length.


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