[ASM scene] Assembly graphics compo question

[Bent Stamnes]

> If I suggested that demo compos should include a bit where key  
> scenes get played back in wireframe, or that musicians should expect  
> their stuff to be replayed with tracks randomly muted, you'd rightly  
> think I'd gone mad,

Correct. :)

> so why  should graphics entries be treated like that? I don't  
> actually have  the answer, but I guess it must be something to do  
> with 'trickery'  being regarded as acceptable or even positive in  
> some disciplines  more than others.

I don't have an answer either (and Truck has some good points indeed),  
but I think that perhaps it is that graphics is so easily faked. Demos  
(or music, unless it's just a complete rip) are not.

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Bent Stamnes
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