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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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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: 2259 |
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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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2259 |
Dudes...
... more releases (or none if it ain't your thing for whatever reasons)
but less flaming about whether or not you or anyone may/should say/do/quote/link anything or not or who's a dork... (everyone is, at least at times AFAICT) |
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Monte Carlos
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 364 |
I think the debate was not so bad, actually. It's ok to have different opinions and share them.
May it be called event or competition does not matter so much for me. However, it matters what we make of it. |
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