[Previous post got lost; reposting]

I think this is an excellent idea. My two cents:

(cent one) I think that, as interesting as it will be to have technical
competition, the artistic possiblities of POV have only rarely been
explored ot their full potential; it might be equally interesting to have a
few 'rounds' that go exactly in the opposite direction and be as completely
artistic as possible. Of course, it is the synthesis fo the tow that makes
the most interestic scenes (to me), but limiting one's self is always a
good exercise.

(cent two) I always used the IRTC less for competition and more for a
deadline (gasp). Entering the IRTC was a NaNoWriMo-like experience for me,
forcing a project to completion. It might be fun to have some uber-short
*time* contests; 24 scenes, that sort of thing (in addition, of course, to
the others)

Brainstorming now, would it be sensible to instead just build a structured
site in which *any* member could start a contest, administer it, give all
the rules, etc, prizes, whatever? Then you can have a constant flow of new
contests without any one person getting sick of the work. There would,
inevitably, be many contests with no entrants, or just one or two, but at
the same time, there would be no backseat drivers. *shrugs* I don't know if
that would be the smart way, but it would certainly be the _internet_ way ;)

Finally (and in conclusion; that is, to wrap up) I am pretty comfortable
doing web-based programming (PHP, ASP, perl, mySQL) and would happily
donate some time and energy to this project, if you wanted it.

Sam Bleckley
http://enso.freeshell.org/

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