Well, yes. But in that case we'd better bear in mind that not all computers
have had Zip interpreters ported to them. Maybe we should only accept
games written in minimal Basic, so as not to "disallow" the last 0.1 0f
all prospecitve voters from voting? But in that case, what about those voters
who don't have a Basic interpreter?
Let's not forget that there is also another choice: if we only accept
Inform entries, we're "disallowing" that majority of IF authors that
don't use Inform from competing. Sure, they can learn Inform, but
learning Inform isn't easy and do you really expect all IF authors to
go through the hassle of learning Inform just to enter the contest? Better
make the prizes rather big in that case...
Personally, I'd like learning Inform, some day. I'd also like learning
Japanese, Russian, and a lot of other interesting things. The problem
is that I have just barely enough time to write IF as it is. Possibly,
I may have to choose between entering the contest and learning Inform,
but not doing both.
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>Personally, although I'm currently using a PC, in fact I only play text
>adventures on my Psion3a, which currently limits me to Infocom/Inform games.
Well, my heart is bleeding for you. Are you seriously suggesting that
all prospective competitors switch development tools just to satisfy
your personal taste? (Since, clearly, it's not the case that you
*can't* play TADS games, just that you *won't*).
Magnus