Proposed Rule Change: Eligibility of Reproduction Cels
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 4:32 pm
The 2013 Cel Contest went very smoothly indeed, a good sign for the future. However, a few situations arose during the event that suggested that the rules (cut and pasted from the 2011 Contest with a few changes) needed to be tweaked in some places to make them clearer and fairer to all contestants. To keep the discussions focused, I will start a thread for each. These changes are intended to be uncontroversial, but if there is any concern, I'd be happy to start a poll for any one of these.
1. Eligibility status of reproduction cels. In a 2010 poll thread a plurality of Betarians voted that repros should be included in the contest, but only in a separate category of their own (similar to "Settei" and "Industry Art"). A previous thread showed sharp difference of opinion on whether repros or rilezu should be included in all categories. In the end, rilezu were included, and (in the 2010 contest) repros were given their own category.
Neither the 2011 nor the 2013 contest had a repro cel category. Thus confusion arose as to whether a repro cel was or was not considered eligible as a type of rilezu. The following rule change clarifies this issue, using the 2010 contest discussion as a guide to the thinking of the majority of Betarians on this issue. I also propose to make "Reproduction Cel" a standing <u>Optional</u> category, along with "Settei," and add the following rule after Eligibility #2:
3) Rilezu, or unique post-production cels, are eligible in any category, so long as they are studio-approved and one-of-a-kind. Reproduction cels, those sold by studios in a series of more than one identical images are eligible only in their own Optional category.
And, under the Category list, among the Optionals:
Reproduction - Made by studios in a series of identical cels. Reproduction cels are not allowed in any other category.
1. Eligibility status of reproduction cels. In a 2010 poll thread a plurality of Betarians voted that repros should be included in the contest, but only in a separate category of their own (similar to "Settei" and "Industry Art"). A previous thread showed sharp difference of opinion on whether repros or rilezu should be included in all categories. In the end, rilezu were included, and (in the 2010 contest) repros were given their own category.
Neither the 2011 nor the 2013 contest had a repro cel category. Thus confusion arose as to whether a repro cel was or was not considered eligible as a type of rilezu. The following rule change clarifies this issue, using the 2010 contest discussion as a guide to the thinking of the majority of Betarians on this issue. I also propose to make "Reproduction Cel" a standing <u>Optional</u> category, along with "Settei," and add the following rule after Eligibility #2:
3) Rilezu, or unique post-production cels, are eligible in any category, so long as they are studio-approved and one-of-a-kind. Reproduction cels, those sold by studios in a series of more than one identical images are eligible only in their own Optional category.
And, under the Category list, among the Optionals:
Reproduction - Made by studios in a series of identical cels. Reproduction cels are not allowed in any other category.