On Thu,  3 Jul 2008 11:15:33 EDT
"milco2006" <mil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> > Thanks very much for that Stephen, much appreciated. The 20/20/20
> > system is something that will probably be implemented in time for the
> > next voting,
> 
> I have to say that adding a bonus of 20 to everyone who votes seems a
> little strange as the only reason I did not vote (as discussed in
> previous thread here) is that I could not, thus those who vote gain a
> good boost by getting 20 extra points for each section for voting.
> Surely it would be more logical to add their average score to their
> overall to make up the difference.

And in a previous message, I found: (Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:49:50 +0100)

> If you enter the next round,
> you will get rating and commenting privileges. It's designed to keep
> members interested and possibly entering, and, as we all know, feedback
> on any given image is always good too. :)

So, effectively a first entry would receive 20/20/20 points less than
one from an established (and voting) member? Maybe we should give an
initial submission 20/20/20 for free to equalize the field?

Conceptually I don't understand how voting could improve the artistic
value of a submission (or concept, tech value, for that matter)... Mixing
apples and oranges? (of course I understand the need for voter
incentive, but is this the right way?)

Anyway, I would suggest that having a completely separate site for these
competitions does no good to increasing the exposure of the competition
(or raytracing in general). Though the work of St. is surely appreciated,
wouldn't being a part of something more popular boost things a little?
(maybe - just a suggestion - something like deviantart.com?) It would
solve things like 20/20/20 - participants should be excluded from
voting.  The votes should come from the general public (IMHO).

It would also help with promoting TC-RTC - put 'raytracing competition'
in Google, and the initial 5 pages of links, none points to TC-RTC.

Please take these (radical?) ideas as suggestions, not criticism. I don't
want to start a flame war...

John

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