[Andrew Schuetze]

Originally Posted by Mazin

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My guess is that most teams are already acclimated to Max and that some people might seize the opportunity to learn Maya but not use it for the AVA. Autodesk may or may not give out Maya.

BTW, "allowed most any animation software except Maya" is misleading. More like, 3ds max not Maya.

You are right on the to the point message in the AVA rules.
Your other comment leads me to start a poll to find out how many teams have familiarity with Maya...