My collected thoughts on the Minecraft Competition situation:
In case you are unaware, what we were referring to as pixel art is 2D imaging where a website or program is used to chunk up a user uploaded image into the significant pixels and their colours so that a person on Minecraft (or, hell, I've seen it done on Excel spreadsheets) can just fill in 'pixels' with appropriate colours and dimensions. I personally believe it should be considered some form of cheating or simply not a qualified entry as it is unfair to all those creating original 3D pieces of art for their entries into the competition. It's like having a 3D drawing competition and having a 2D stencil'd piece win.
Some people like Minecraft more than others and it may be considered only a minor competition but an improved regulation of entries would make the creative minds of some entrants a bit more at ease. At the very least they can say oh well I lost to someone who created a massive 3D Mexican bandito firing a pistol from the hip and carrying his stolen taco over his shoulder. (Of course recreated from memory!)
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