Renderdog wrote:
> Thanks for your input, Jim. I'd like to make the bonus as
> inclusive as possible. My main goal is to encourage people
> to use POV-Ray and share their work, not make the event
> more competitive or limit artistic creativity.
> 
> Here's my first pass on judging criteria:
> 
> 1) Source code must be submitted with the entry to the IRTC
> (not including huge meshes, copyrighted models, etc)
> 
> 2) A tutorial or "Making of" on the web is encouraged
> (begun before the bonus award, maybe at the new POV-Ray Wiki)
> 
> 3) New, innovative and/or useful macros will score well
> 
> 4) Well-commented POV-Ray code is a plus
> 
> 5) The image does not have to score highly in the IRTC judging
> 
> 6) MegaPOV code and external modelers are okay
> 
> 7) Use of other's code and models will not be penalized
> (The very reason I want people to share their work)
> 
> 8)  In the event of a tie, two $100 bonuses will be awarded
> (I'm sure three-way ties will be very rare :-)
> 
> How's that look?
> 
> 
> 
> 
That looks great to me.  I think the formalizing of code posting should 
indeed lead to more code posted.  I don't think that the reluctance to 
post code has necessarily to do with people being secretive or 
ungenerous.  I  expect it is more a matter of shyness and 
self-consciousness in many cases.  And it really is part of the fun.  I 
sometimes think some of H. E. Day's code should be framed as art in 
itself, just for its sheer over-the-top, manic qualities.

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