CompuServe Thread

Many months ago I entered the Autodesk University Image and Animation Contest by sending a VHS videotape of an extensive Animator Pro animation recorded in real time (along with the 20 MB flic and 8 MB sound file and script for playing in real time full screen 640 on computer). Apparently Gary Yost was so impressed by it that the Image Archive person at the time (B. Griswald) called me to request that I send a new copy on Betacam SP, because it might even be included in the Siggraph demo, even though that demo was originally intended to be for 3DS only. (That's what she told me!) Because of that warm reception, I thought the animation might have a good chance of winning in one of the twenty two specialty categories of the Autodesk Contest, but apparently it didn't. I received a message one day from Gary Yost saying that my animation was not considered for the siggraph demo, even though he liked it, because, of course, it wasn't 3D Studio. So now I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if perhaps 2D animation (Animator Pro) is considered so unimportant or unimpressive as a medium that it is no longer even seriously considered when entered in contests, etc? Or the 8-bit color limitation? Does flashy high-tech realism always win out over approaches? As I recall, the instructions on the entry form did sound like there was a strong bias toward, or expectation of, 3D productions. In any case, if someone, like one of the judges, would be kind enough to tell me how my 4-minute production, "Hybrid Vigour", compared to the other animations, I would be *most* appreciative. I can find no address for the Yost Group.