FINAL WINNERS

[Yan Wang]

Originally Posted by ThetaDot

No i do not think you are correct, I looked at that also.

It simply says the rookie DESIGNATION is given to teams that have only submitted an animation for the first time.

A team still must win at the regional level for it to be considered in nationals, as the section before the one you quoted states.

Based on that section, there is NO prerequisite required for a ROOKIE-designated team to be judged at championships for the Rising Star award.

Read:

The “Rising Star” award will not be awarded on a regional level.

Ok, the above is clear enough.

For the purposes of this award, the
“Rookie” designation is given to any school that has not submitted for the Autodesk Visualization Award
previously.

Ok, so rookies are teams that haven't yet submitted an animation yet - I already said this.

Teams submitting with a “Rookie” designation (R plus team number) will also be part of the
Autodesk Visualization Awards being judged at the regional level if they have met all the qualifications and
pass the prescreen process. Schools that have submitted previously but have been disqualified do not qualify
as “Rookie” teams under these Guidelines.

Ok, so the above said that if a rookie passes the prescreen process, they can be judged at the regional level. Also important is that teams who have submitted before but have been disqualified (was not judged) are NOT rookies.

Should a “Rookie” team win the 2004 Championship Award, there
will be no ”Rising Star” Award presented.

And that says a Rookie-designated team that wins the Championship Award results in no Rising Star award.

I just went through the section you and I referred to quite clearly. The section does not state the qualifications of a Rookie-designated team in regards to being judged at championships for the Rising Star award. But more importantly, it does not state in the above quoted sections that a Rookie-designated team MUST have won at the regional level.