Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wucs1!wuphys!lel From: lel@wuphys.UUCP (Lyle E. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: BADGE contest suggestions Keywords: eggplant Message-ID: <585@wuphys.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 20:17:00 GMT References: <5299@louie.udel.EDU> <18426@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Reply-To: lel@wuphys.UUCP (Lyle E. Levine) Organization: Physics Dept., Washington U. in St. Louis Lines: 38 In article <18426@ames.arc.nasa.gov> mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick) writes: > >I'd like to add one further note to this BAADG discussion if I may. >And this is, that this year's contest really wasn't all that exciting. >Let's face it, for all of the hype, announcements, and articles in >Major Publications, the majority of the entries were late and gave >new meaning to the word "mediocre". They weren't all that good folks. >So the question is, where the heck were you guys? Huh? Where was all that talent >that this Net embodies? Most of the entries were tool-based, many of them >showed little cleverosity, and even less overall skill, yet some of those >guys are going to be walking away with prizes. If there ever is going to >be another contest, and I hope that there will be, start work NOW, don't >wait until 3 weeks before the deadline, and ship a half finished program. > > I'm VERY SORRY to hear this... I don't know what kept others away, but I know what happened to me. I spent a good 3 months working on what would have been an excellent demo (Those who saw my preliminaries said they beat RGB cold). Unfortunately, the first announcement of the rules killed it. I may have misinterpreted them but it looked like it had to run on a 2 disk drive machine with one of the disks being a workbench disk. I needed 2 disks for the demo. Also, I required > 1 Meg to run it (1.5 needed). Also, it required red/blue glasses to be worn. The demo followed all good programing practices and released everything when done. I can understand why the rules were made so restrictive but it may have had the effect of seriously cutting down on the number and quality of entrees. I know that if the rules would permit it, I would seriously consider finishing off my demo for next year. ========== IBM is a Division of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation "their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws." - "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish" Lyle Levine: Paths -> ihnp4!wuphys!lel Best way: (314)889-6379 uunet!wucs!wuphys!lel