All the votes are in for the January-April 1999 round of the Internet Ray
Tracing Animation Competition, and the winners are:

   First place:   Mars Conquest (mars.mpg) by Neil Alexander
   Second place:  The Machine (machine.mpg) by Todd LeGare, David Whiteman
   Third place:   Jar-O-Matic 2000 (mtgadget.mpg) by Matthew Tunnell

And our Honorable Mentions for this round are:

   Artistic Merit:   Rusty & Boxer's Bogus Adventure (bogus.mpg) by John VanSickle
   Technical Merit:  Tatooine POD RACE (tatooine.mpg) by H. E. Day (Howard Earl)
   Concept/Theme:    A Bugs Death (bugdth.mpg) by Sammy Fischer

The complete tabulated results of the public vote are available:

   ftp://ftp.irtc.org/pub/anims/1999-04-15/zipped-up/results.txt
   http://www.irtc.org/anims/1999-04-15.html

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in the
competition.  Please join us for the current round!

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The IRTC Admin Team