"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
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> The word "midnight" is not ambiguous at all.  It is well defined in every
> English dictionary.
>
> Personally I am really disappointed that a few people here try to infer
> bad
> intentions by default and challenge even the most basic and common terms
> of
> every day life.

My guess is that you were part of the rules-making process.  If so, I think
you did a great job!  But with anything new, there were bound to be some
misunderstandings.  If several people have the same stupid question,
sometimes it's worth clarifying.  That doesn't mean that the rules
themselves were misleading, it simply means that the same sentence can mean
different things to different people.

There were a few comments made regarding rule changes, but most of the rest
of the discussions simply related to possible interpretations of the rules.
I don't know if you generally read through the IRTC newsgroups, but rules
questions often come up there as well, and the IRTC is an established
competition.  I don't think anyone honestly believes that the organizers
created this contest in bad faith or with bad intent.  Clarification of the
rules is part of the process.  In the end, everyone involved benefits from
this discussion.

For me, the competition was a very positive experience.  I'm aware of
several people dropping out, but they dropped-out for personal reasons
unrelated to the competition itself.  I hope there was a large drawing,
because I would like to see more competitions like this in the future.  And,
I'm looking forward to seeing the other entries!  I like to be awed.  :-)

> IMHO this is not only inappropriate but also uncalled for.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

If you would like to continue this discussion in off-topic, I'd be happy to
respond, and perhaps others would feel more free to respond there as well.
My impression is that this competition has been very positively received,
but perhaps I'm not seeing the bigger picture.

-- 
Jeremy
www.beantoad.com