IRTC: Is IRTC for povray users only?

[Jaime Vives]

At 19:44 19/11/97 +0100, you wrote:

>Though it still looks like you HAVE to use Povray if you wants to win. I'm
>useing Impulses 3D proggy called Imagine, and soon Organica too. Organica
>is a new blobsmdeller from impulse. Check out www.coolfun.com 

 I like Imagine render quality!

>When I look at the comments and info text on the images that enters the
>IRTC, then it looks like only Povray users can win. Then people might go:
>"That because povray users are better". There will allways be a better 3d
>artist than youself. But sometimes it looks like povray-useing voters are
>giving lower score to a picture, if the picture wasn't made with a free 3d
>proggy.

 I don't agree with that. I can't think POVRay user are so bad voters. IMHO,
this is a question with 2 aspects:

  1) The most used program, and with difference, it's POVRay. So, it's not
     surprising that the winners habitually use POVRay.
  2) IMHO, and also in many others opinion, POVRay is the most realist
     raytracer. Even with no much work it gives very real images, since in
     other packages its really hard to get realist images. (This is also
     the reason why I rate high good images done with other non free packages).

>Please tell me that I'm wrong. I ALLWAYS vote on how the picture looks.
>That it. I'm used to faking stuff in Imagine, like VL. And if it looks like
>the real thing, then why bother? It's the final images that counts, no
>matter what tools have been used. IMHO.

 Nooooooo! I think you entered the wrong competition. This competition has
3 rating sections, you know. And you MUST vote in all of them. If you vote
only on how the image looks, how you rate tech? You are giving the same 3
rates for the image?

 For example, if someone picks an amazing picture from other and submits as
his image and gives no explanation about techs in the txt, are you sure that
you want to give it 20-20-20? I'm not!

 Well, I think I've started again the "rating system" discussion... sorry!

 Bye!