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Monte Carlos
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 364 |
Event id #3165 : Anti (Ukraine) war demo competition
Maybe we can consider the end of the war as a soft deadline?? |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
Quote: Quoting Frostbytebut maybe it could be just an event, not a compo.
This.
Yes. |
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MuZZa
Registered: Nov 2020
Posts: 16 |
We humbly did our demo as a political statement against the war, of course. Not this particular war, all wars. We usually make political entries and we know that more than one in here considers them unnecessary (demoscene and politics don't mix, they say), and of course the intention isn't to provoke or annoy anyone but the fact that these things continue to happen in this world actually makes us think that the discussion regarding intolerance has to be continued and maintained. Even in this little freaky niche that we belong to. We were also present at the Barcelona demonstration. One interesting thing about CSDB is that we're meeting many European and American nationalities. call me naive but I think this is also a good place to make small agreements that erase stupid differences. Maybe we agree with all of you about our lack of good taste and know how to programming but that's another conversation. We thank you anyway that despite the desire to vomit that you have looking at our entries, you share the space to express ourselves xD cheers! |
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Mixer
Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 454 |
I suppose that a scener naturally makes a demo to express his reaction to the events of the world when someone else might tweet or post something on their FB page, in that context I approve. The events of the crisis are discussed literally everywhere now, and in that context I'd keep the discussion elsewhere. As Raistlin pointed out, it will get out of hand very quickly. Also, I do not see any Ukrainian or Russian demos, and there is no discussion or "solving differences" without both parties expressing their thoughts. |
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Brush
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 22 |
Gents, you will do what you want and i admire any gestures comming stright from a good heart. But if you really want to help, i will loosely paraphrase a twitter thread i've read recently: if you, the (mostly)IT guys want to support Ukraine in a meaningful way and don't know how - the answer is simple: earn as much money as you can with your skills and donate to the professional organisation that do actual help now. The time for "statement demos" is before the war (or after). During the war it's time for some concrete action. "xx bytes for Ukraine" will not help us here in Poland to feed the 1million (and counting) refugees and will not help tha brave Ukrainians to defend themselves in Kiev or Mariupol. If you don't know any good organisation - donate directly to Ukrainian National Bank (https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-rahun..) . I'm not judging anybody so please don't be offended. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11390 |
Depending where you live, you may also want to ask your local organization of choice about what you can do to help them/refugees locally. They need manpower just as bad as money. |
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Frostbyte
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 183 |
I wholeheartedly agree, we should be (and many of us already are) helping in all ways we can. However, helping and statement demos aren't mutually exclusive. And I don't believe anyone in their right mind thinks a statement demo constitutes as help any more than thoughts, prayers and picture frames on Facebook. Just wanted to make that clear, at least from my side. :) |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2261 |
Quote: Quoting Frostbytebut maybe it could be just an event, not a compo.
This.
Just don't compete for "winning" then (compo/event, i.e., guess noone hopes to win war with a c64 production) and don't do any ranking after it's over |
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