| If you intend to abuse the IOCCC rules, indicate so in the program
-remarks.md file. You must try to justify why you consider your rule abuse to be
-allowed under the IOCCC rules. That is, you must plead your case as to
-why your entry is valid. Humor and/or creativity help plead a case.
| If you intend to abuse the IOCCC rules,
+indicate so in your remarks.md file. You MUST try to justify
+why you consider your rule abuse to be allowed under the
+IOCCC rules. That is, you must plead your case as to why
+your entry is valid. Humor and/or creativity help plead a case.
+As there is no guarantee that you will succeed, you might consider
+submitting an alternate version that conforms to the
+IOCCC rules.
| If do bypass the mkiocccentry(1) warnings about Rule
+2a and/or about Rule 2b
+and submit an entry anyway, you MUST try to justify why the IOCCC
+judges should not reject your entry due to a rule violation.
Abusing the web submission procedure tends to annoy us more than amuse us. Spend your creative energy on content of your entry rather than on the submission process itself.
diff --git a/next/guidelines.md b/next/guidelines.md index d87cb9738..15fe7e3be 100644 --- a/next/guidelines.md +++ b/next/guidelines.md @@ -796,10 +796,19 @@ have an entry that might otherwise be interesting, you might want to submit two versions; one that does not abuse the [IOCCC rules](rules.html) and one that does. -**`|`** If you intend to abuse the [IOCCC rules](rules.html), indicate so in the program -`remarks.md` file. You must try to justify why you consider your rule abuse to be -allowed under the [IOCCC rules](rules.html). That is, you must plead your case as to -why your entry is valid. Humor and/or creativity help plead a case. +**`|`** If you intend to abuse the [IOCCC rules](rules.html), +indicate so in your `remarks.md` file. You **MUST** try to justify +why you consider your rule abuse to be allowed under the +[IOCCC rules](rules.html). That is, you must plead your case as to why +your entry is valid. Humor and/or creativity help plead a case. +As there is no guarantee that you will succeed, you might consider +submitting an alternate version that conforms to the +[IOCCC rules](rules.html). + +**`|`** If do bypass the `mkiocccentry(1)` warnings about [Rule +2a](rules.html#rule2a) and/or about [Rule 2b](rules.html#rule2b) +and submit an entry anyway, you **MUST** try to justify why the IOCCC +judges should not reject your entry due to a rule violation. Abusing the web submission procedure tends to annoy us more than amuse us. Spend your creative energy on content of your