B3D Shader Competition - any chance of Benchmarks too?

Joe DeFuria said:
When a deadline is established, this sets up certain work parameters, goals, and plans of attack. If someone knew they would have more time to submit their entry from the get go, a whole different approach / shader might be attempted. Now, this late in the game, you can't just give that time back.
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I imagine that the deadline will be moved just a couple of days at most. I don't think that would have made a serious difference to anyone's plans.
 
Reverend said:
Joe, with all due respect, you are not in the competition, have not submitted an entry and therefore this competition does not affect you. Thanks for your comments, it is understandable as well as appreciated.
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Seriously, I gave my opinion precisely because of the fact that I am not in the competition, and that it does not effect me, and therefore I'm 100% impartial observer.

Let us handle this.
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Of course...just throwing in my $0.02....
 
well, Joe, you have a very valid point. if I were in the competition and the deadline were extended a sizable ammount then I would be quite unhappy. However, I think it unreasonable to assume that the B3D staff is not aware that a significant delay would be unfair and would not do that.
 
Although I think that if the deadline was postponed considerably, only a person who had planned from the start for such a delay would have benefitted. Either that or someone who made a really bad time assessment (which is certainly possible, given that we're programmers. :)).

Come to think of it, I could use more time now, since I did a rewrite and art reworking today, after I've read that you're postponing the deadline. I think that I'll be able to finish the program tomorrow, but that'd be at the expense of sleep. :) So when's the new deadline? And what time zone counts for the date?

Anyway, it's after 3:40AM, and I hope to go to sleep by 4, so good night everyone.
 
Just cruious, when will the shaders be judged. IIRC, the results where supposed to apper around Sept 15(or maybe a bit later, I can't remember the exact details). Does this mean that the results will be available sometime at the end of September, or are they still going to be released ~ Sept 15? Thanks,
Jesse Laeuchli
 
That's quite an extension. I guess I'll be going back to sleep. :) Can you tell us why 2 weeks more? Stilll, I think that I'll try to finish it today, even though this means taking a day off work. Might as well get it over with.
 
ET said:
Can you tell us why 2 weeks more?
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Hopefully it should come a little clearer a little later...

laeuchli said:
Just cruious, when will the shaders be judged. IIRC, the results where supposed to apper around Sept 15(or maybe a bit later, I can't remember the exact details). Does this mean that the results will be available sometime at the end of September, or are they still going to be released ~ Sept 15?
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They will be judged in the few weeks after the 15'th, announcements with announcments after that.
 
DaveBaumann said:
ET said:
Can you tell us why 2 weeks more?
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Hopefully it should come a little clearer a little later...
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Hmm...

A fully loaded Shuttle PC with a Radeon 256MB Graphics board for the winner
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Keep in mind that the other prizes specifically state a Radeon 9800 card.

But whether it's to do with the first prize or not, smells to me like an annoucement...
 
DaveBaumann said:
Hopefully it should come a little clearer a little later...
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Is it with that 1st prize "radeon board"? :) Or is it with DX9 Summer SDK update (that _should_ be in "summer")?
 
2 week more hey.... should give me just enough to to make an icon for my app. I think it would be unexcusable to submit an entry with the default DirectX logo if we've got another 2 weeks. :)
 
You know, maybe I'll change my program's name from "DepthOfField.exe". Nah, waste of time.
 
Maybe I'll get the time to actually figure out a good idea instead of submitting the no-name stuff I got now :p
 
@Colourless:
Nah, who cares about icons anyway. ;)

@ET:
Mine started out as EnhancedMesh... But that was from the DX8 SDK! :oops:
 
Colourless said:
2 week more hey.... should give me just enough to to make an icon for my app. I think it would be unexcusable to submit an entry with the default DirectX logo if we've got another 2 weeks. :)
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Just make sure it's got a 48x48 version, when Windows scales up from 32x32 it looks dreadful o_O :)
 
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