Quote: "Anyhow, just to be above the board, I want to say that I don't have some crazy sleeper project or anything, just a handful of unreleased assets that I would like to have access to. Obviously, I could not enter any compo without scrutiny after having brought up these topics but I'd think it would be quite easy for an entrant to slip something under the radar. It would seem tempting to do so because of the fabulous prizes at stake."
LOL...I hear you, man.
I think we can filter out what has been created after the entry date. All files, no matter what you try to do to them, have signatures.
Though it may not seem this way at times, I am result oriented. I abhor task oriented methodologies. However, a contest must have a set of rules that set the standard for all entrants. As time goes, we can take individual circumstances case-by-case. If we feel an entry is fair, yet it is not entirely within the rules, we can put it before the community of entrants and see what we (as a whole) feel. If the community allows it, then we'll allow it.
Alternate ideas to this suggestion welcomed. At a minimum, the original rules will stand.
EDIT: There is a loophole for this situation...the same one that existed for the nVidia compo: Just re-create the media after the start date. Re-Create means "create it again". Not "copy it to a flash drive so the date changes"
~Dave
Phoenix Sentry Programmer