Well, your point is correct but the take is to emphasize on cutting skills. tbf, In the general sig/ava competition, you'd have to cut out a pic usually to make a sig/wally, in general. That's what most people do So that's a regular thing and not much a finer task to do that. But to primarily emphasize on renders, pictures that are suited for this comp are used where you have to get a cleaner, better cuts and the judging is solely upon that, mind you.
So in a lot of ways it's better as it is as it's focussed on Renders first, everything else is secondary. I hope you got my point.
Never the less from the next week it'll be slightly better.