How are people supposed to be inspired to learn new techniques and processes if members who KNOW the tricks of the program are not allowed to display their works without being blasted as covert advertisers.

Who better to teach people how to use a program than THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED DEVELOP IT!

I seldom jump in and get angry about an issue posted on these forums, but this one has bothered me for a very long time.

Nosfiratu's deleted two very good renders for no logical reason other than a desire to keep the peace. The loss of the images was a disservice to this forum for a couple of reasons.

First, because the images were great technical demonstrations of what the firefly engine can do. They generated the very type of questions that a learning forum should: questions about the models used, the time required to render, the render settings used, etc...

Second, because it is a reinforcement of a dangerous trend. Renderosity has become so obsessed with remaining ad free on anything but the ad forum, that people are becoming rabid about it and jumping the gun on anything that might be misconstrued as an ad. No one said anything about, "Now in the Marketplace", or "On Sale Now at Curious Labs." There was no marketing involved at all.

Renderosity needs to rethink its policy on advertising and how it is handled. Blatant spam is one thing to jump all over, but in cases like this, things are going too far.