I'm probably one of the very few here who doesn't game. I'm a girl and I look at the Wyrd minis and think 'oooh, they're pretty', and the back story is interesting in that it helps me to understand the character and how I might paint them. However, the truth is I don't care about gaming; I've never gamed, and wouldn't know how to. Bearing this in mind, it seems only fair that, given I can enter a painting comp without needing to game, isn't it only fair to let others enter a gaming comp who don't paint? Of course, if you want to paint your troops and make them look nice, then that's fine and you should get extra kudos. Maybe my lack of gaming experience means that I'm oversimplifying this a little, but it seems to make sense to me. So far as Wyrd is concerned, this is the only forum that I'm on, and I can safely say that it embraces all aspects of the hobby. I for one don't feel in any way like painting is neglected by Wyrd (in fact Wyrd encourages it more than most), and I think that the term 'gaming company' is probably a bit harsh and doesn't reflect the diversity of the hobby embraced by Wyrd.