NightWallkers gesammelte Probleme und Fragen

Easy, Gentlemen...

If messages travel between multiple languages, things will, not may, get lost in translation. If someone writes in his native Czech, then sends his contribution through an electronic translator to achieve English, nuances will get removed. Then the second step to German is taken, electronically or not, and again, meanings will change.

Please cut each other some slack here and do not assume aggression unless clearly there and delivered in the original language.

Und dasselbe nochmal in Deutsch:

NightWallker hat hier in Tschechisch geschrieben, was seine Muttersprache zu sein scheint. Sein Beitrag ist dann offensichtlich durch einen Übersetzer geschickt worden, um ihn auf Englisch zu übertragen, und was automatische Übersetzer mit Texten machen, wissen wir alle. Bestenfalls gehen nur Nuancen verloren, schlimmstenfalls kommt was völlig anderes raus. Und dann ging die Reise weiter in den nächsten Übersetzer, und erst dann kam Deutsch raus. Daß nach zwei abenteuerlichen Reisen durch Google-Translate ein Text nicht mehr der ist, der er mal war, ist offensichtlich.

Darf ich zum alten Grundsatz "Im Zweifel für den Angeklagten" einladen? Nicht immer ist etwas, was nach zwei Übersetzungen leise aggressiv klingen mag, auch so gestartet.

Der Screenshotwettbewerb ist, so wie er ist, eine schöne, lange eingespielte Tradition und wird zweifellos auch in 3 wieder aufgefrischt weiterleben. Und auch ohne daran teilzunehmen, schaue ich mir immer wieder gerne die Bilder an und sehe, wie viel Mühe in ihnen steckt.

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Yes, I won't say anything, if you're rewarded for it, for example, by the winner receiving 8 euros on a PayPal card, then there would be some logic to it, for example

That’s no problem—we can make that happen. You simply donate €10 to the website every month using the tag "SSC," and from now on, the winner will receive the money each month.

Well, it's still quite simple.

People submit screenshots here just because they want, and every month the submitted screenshots are voted for by the community.

What you get from winning is the knowledge that you are able to create good-looking scenarios - so good-looking in fact, that you outcompete the other contenders. As an added bonus, you also get to choose the theme for the next month.

People here just do it because they want, the competitiveness is just playful. There has never been any demand for winning anything of monetary value, and by design this would be hard for a community-driven contest that exists just to admire the scenes others come up with.

I've spent nearly 8 years on this forum, and in all this time you're the first person that questions this system and (seemingly?) has a problem with it.

Please just accept that this contest doesn't want to achieve any wider goals but entertain the audience.

The reference of MaikC was that if you have an issue with the fact that one doesn't "gain" anything from this contest, then you're free to provide the money that could be used as a price. Until now, nobody has seen any reason for a price to be necessary here, though.

NightWallker, this contest has been run for a long time and still many people are entertained by it. Either by taking part themselves, or by just enjoying a look at the contestants picture entries. If You take a look at the entries over the years, it seems that indeed a sizeable group of people not only come up with new themes, but also with pictures, to keep it running.

What it is not is: obligatory. If someone likes to take part, he is most welcome to do so. If the contest is not to another ones liking, he can just walk past it and do something else with his time he finds more worthy of it, noone will try to hold him back.

See it as a friendly contest. See it as inspiration for Your own maps. See it as a challenge. See it as a thread to drop by in once in a while to look at what the community came up with, both on their maps and in their modding hobby, for Your personal enjoyment. Or see it as a pointless thing to spend Your personal time on, maybe even start an own contest under the rules You propose and see where this leads. All this is up to You alone.

Consider that some things are simply enjoyed for what they are and that some rewards are not monetary in nature, but may be even more desirable than a few shilling. So please abstain from trying to rain on the parade here.

NightWallker

Thema "freies Bauen"? Ganz einfach. Am Wettbewerb teilnhemen, gewinnen und das Thema / kein Thema wählen... - oder wie oben erwähnt: Eigenen Bereich aufmachen. Stellt sich nur die Frage, woher die Belohnung für den Sieger kommt. Anscheinend reicht Dir ein Gewonnen nicht...

Mir ist es total unverständlich, warum Du in dieser wehemenz Deine Meinung zum "Screenshot Wettbewerb" äußern musst. Schwerer Fall von Meinungstourette?

Vorsichtig Oberhausener, am Ende glauben die Leute noch, dass wir das hier aus Spaß an der Freud' machen - das will doch niemand 😏

Stimmt, das ist kein Spaß. Männerlastiges Forum und Eisenbahn: Das ist toternst!