First, I don't think they're forbidding all automation, just automation that reduces the quality of the work. They want the finished vendable run to be of the same quality as the prototype they juried.
Second, I think that participants in this project probably don't consider the two bucks per item the primary thing they get back from it. Professionals and semi-professionals quite likely think of it as advertising, while for an amateur it could be worth it just to have your work acknowledged.
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Date: 2003-02-26 09:38 pm (UTC)First, I don't think they're forbidding all automation, just automation that reduces the quality of the work. They want the finished vendable run to be of the same quality as the prototype they juried.
Second, I think that participants in this project probably don't consider the two bucks per item the primary thing they get back from it. Professionals and semi-professionals quite likely think of it as advertising, while for an amateur it could be worth it just to have your work acknowledged.