Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> Congrats to PoolShark!!!  That was an amazing selection
> of entries, I thought, but I also had PoolShark as #1....
> Anyone who hasn't downloaded this one should do so -- it had
> all the elements (except sound :)) of a quality animation.
> 
> But some negative comments about voters:
> 
> * In the comments, one voter note he was unable to vote
>   on some images since ActiveMovie doesn't display images
>   sized in nonintegral multiples of 16x16 pixels.  If
>   he was unable to view the images because he has only
>   obsolete software and can't be bothered to find better
>   software (like one of Microsoft's other free viewers),
>   he shouldn't vote at all -- voters have the responsibility
>   to view all accepted entries.  To submit arbitary scores
>   is just unacceptable.

I was that judge; if I hadn't voted at all, the scores would have
been essentially the same (same 1st, 2nd, 3rd places, and the same 3
honorable mentions).  In my defense, however, the rules do say that
320x240 is the recommended frame size:  "The MPEG file may have any
frame size or frame count.  We recommend frames of 320x240 pixels,
however, based on current widespread hardware and software
limitations."

I have since downloaded VMPEG 1.7, and so this problem is fixed at my
end.

> * I really hate to "name names", but r### [at] kol44kauhajokifi 's
>   comments were just plain out of line.  I don't know who this
>   "individual" is, but (s)he clearly has a major attitude problem.
>   I strongly recommend all entrants from this round ignore
>   anything (s)he wrote, as he had basically nothing good to say
>   about anything.

But *read* the feedback that really is feedback:  I read mine in the
April-July round, took the advice to heart, and got compliments on the
things I did differently.

> And one more comment :
> 
> * It's too bad Mousetrap didn't make the deadline -- it was
>   quite good, I thought.  To those who haven't seen it, it's
>   available at
>   http://www.irtc.org/anims/1998-10-15/view.html
>   for downloading now.

Yes, it's quite good.

And the good news:  I note that the file size limit is now 5Megs
again.  This means that we can turn out better animations than
before, with longer stories to them.  Let's go for it!

Regards,
John

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