Hrm. Methinks you may have something there Chuck. I suggested a juried 20, with the same idea at heart, but I think that if the logistical issues of implementing your system can be overcome, it would certainly be the better plan.

I don't know how much work it would be for the good folks that run Renderosity, but there's a function on eBay that bears mention here. They run what I believe is a CGI script that allows sellers to block bids from a seller-defined list of buyers. That might help to alleviate the problem. Just some food for thought, o ye powers-that-be. :)

I would have to agree that it's the not the program but your experience with it that counts. I use (brace yourself) Carrara for the most part, and I have no trouble modeling fairly detailed human forms in a relatively short amount of time. I'm not saying that I'm great at it, or that it would be possible to model a complete human form in an hour with Carrara, but that the fact that I'm fairly experienced with it makes me much faster than someone who got their copy yesterday. I also think that your personal working habits (process, technique, etc) can either add or take away from a particular app's effectiveness for you.