St. <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>     Does it matter if I entered or not? What did I post in my first post? It 
> wasn't a "Great image" contest, it was merely a "Great PoV-Ray" contest. 
> Full stop.

  And your point is?

  Perhaps we should have allowed 3DStudioMax renderings as well to
satisfy your needs?

>      Yes, and as good as they were, not one of them won. *Pure* PoV won.

  Because it happened to be the best image.
  It did not win because it did not use any external models. It won
because it was the best image. The fact that it did not use any
external models at all was commendable, but basically a coincidence.
It could have used some external models and still have won.

>     Yes, emotional, but they understand, they 'know' MY points. Listen RD, I 
> sent my image to one of the *judges* on a friendly basis, not knowing that 
> person was one of the judges, how do you think I feel now?! How do you think 
> he feels??

>    I'm glad I didn't enter, I respect the person I sent it to, and wouldn't 
> want to spoil that. This is why I'm arguing that it should have been set-up 
> properly.

  You are not making any sense here. I don't understand what do you mean.

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