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[quoteIn this context, this means 'exploiting liberally-defined rules to do obnoxious things.' [/quote]

I was totally unaware of this particular usage (although I'm well aware of a more literal application of the expression). In my business (I'm a tax lawyer), we call this finding loopholes. I guess I now have a new expression to use when somebody asks just what it is I do.

Robert Rothman

Would it be fair to assume that authoring a piece to go with one's own art would fall within the scope of taking the piss?

Robert Rothman

That's... okay if you really want to do it, I think. I'm not entirely sure why you would, since you can make your own art for your own game on any day of the year, but it doesn't really hurt anyone.

Actually, it's not something I want to do -- I just wanted to understand the scope of the rule. Thanks.

Robert Rothman

Sorry, didn't see that in the OP.

What if there aren't enough pictures? Will only one author be allowed to pick a certain picture, or can more than one author work with the same picture?

Since it is considerably easier and less time-consuming to submit an attractive but minimally-manipulated photo than it is to produce even a fairly small IF game, I think this possibility is highly unlikely. As insurance, I've already prepared fifteen or so images to get us started.

If by some freak of probability we do end up in this situation, we can appeal for emergency images or something. But I sincerely doubt it'll come up.

I think it'd be more interesting if everyone started with the same picture, kind of like those contests where everyone designs a game based on the same walkthrough.

But either way, this sounds intriguing!

Oooh, I hadn't heard of those. Can you recommend any games from these? Sounds like they'd be a hoot to compare.

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