"BDC, you are allowed to refer to the fact that the image is entered into a contest in the notes with the image. The problem is (or was) using the gallery to announce/launch contest on Renderosity that we were aware of and therefore couldn't make sure the proper guidelines are used."

Jeny,I totally agree with this and this is why I got so angry with you in particular...this was the heart of my argument and I was told in no uncertain terms that this would not be a problem and I have already stated the situation with Fergusen to prove my case in this regard.But if none of the admin step forward to publicly address this and explain what happened...to accept accountability so it can be put to rest,then people like me who took part are made to feel as if we did something wrong when the single term in the TOS that you refer to does not say one way or the other if this was a violation or not.

People are happy to see their art going back up,but other than you're making a boneheaded mistake here...not one admin that I've seen so far has stepped forward to say they knew about it,that they encouraged it and they did nothing to stop us from doing it.

Again...we didn't have to sponsor these in the gallerys,it was just more fun and to a degree got more people involved and people who aren't always at the top were winning these things.It was more fair in all of these regards...but it also relied heavily on the honesty of those holding the contests and the search engines ability to find all the entrants (which is a nightmare and why I didn't do a second one).

So again...maybe I owe you an apology Jeny,but someone owes us one as well for encouraging these things in the gallerys when voices were raised early on saying exactly what you just said here!!Amen Jeny...you finally got me agreeing with you as to the why~but until someone steps forward to explain why the admin wouldn't act earlier this is going to be a sore issue.When members from my site voice such concerns as this,someone's gonna hear from me until that wrong has been righted...and this ain't righted til the admins who should have acted earlier step forward to apologise. "The galleries were not meant to be a place for contest, and contest there will not be allowed and would have never been had we even known." But of course,untrue statements like this do tend to ruin any understanding of your actions upon reflection...how much proof do you need Jeny to prove the admin knew about this thing

Message edited on: 09/17/2004 22:03

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