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I have been in the middle of discussions about professional modelers before.

What constitutes a professional modeler? I built a couple of kits for a company in the US to show off their resin upgrades for said kits, and got paid for it, does that mean I am a professional modeler? I certainly don't feel that way.

On the topic of forum posts....you have 100 times the number of lurkers that you do people that participate on the forums. So just because they don't talk on the forums, ie: don't have many posts, they should not be allowed to enter? You can have (and I am sure there are) people on here that have been with SMA since the beginning, yet probably don't have more than 25 or so posts because they like to look at other people's work, but don't like to respond to the threads. They shouldn't be allowed to enter because they don't have many posts? Entry qualifications should be tied to how much you participate on the forums, that is getting into a form of minor discrimination if you go down that road.

I can tell you that people didn't join the website at the last minute to "clean up" because the site registration was shut down about a month before the end of the contest (I believe, Scott G can correct me on this).

Again, as I said above, if people pay their entry fee, start and complete multiple kits within the prescribed time of the contest, and win multiple times with their multiple entries, then I believe that they are "entitled" and "deserve" the prizes they receive for their entries. What they choose to do with their prizes afterwards is their choice. IF they want the extra prizes they won to go to another entrant, then they can and should contact Scott G to tell them that. If they just want to give the extra airbrush they won to some unsuspecting entrant because they want to be nice and brighten someone's day....then the more power to them, and if they want to keep all their winnings for themselves then that is their right as they were "CHOSEN BY THE ENTRANTS" as the winner and should receive said winnings.

<blockquote data-quote="Elm City Hobbies" data-source="post: 72705" data-attributes="member: 37">I have been in the middle of discussions about professional modelers before. What constitutes a professional modeler? I built a couple of kits for a company in the US to show off their resin upgrades for said kits, and got paid for it, does that mean I am a professional modeler? I certainly don&#039;t feel that way. On the topic of forum posts....you have 100 times the number of lurkers that you do people that participate on the forums. So just because they don&#039;t talk on the forums, ie: don&#039;t have many posts, they should not be allowed to enter? You can have (and I am sure there are) people on here that have been with SMA since the beginning, yet probably don&#039;t have more than 25 or so posts because they like to look at other people&#039;s work, but don&#039;t like to respond to the threads. They shouldn&#039;t be allowed to enter because they don&#039;t have many posts? Entry qualifications should be tied to how much you participate on the forums, that is getting into a form of minor discrimination if you go down that road. I can tell you that people didn&#039;t join the website at the last minute to &quot;clean up&quot; because the site registration was shut down about a month before the end of the contest (I believe, Scott G can correct me on this). Again, as I said above, if people pay their entry fee, start and complete multiple kits within the prescribed time of the contest, and win multiple times with their multiple entries, then I believe that they are &quot;entitled&quot; and &quot;deserve&quot; the prizes they receive for their entries. What they choose to do with their prizes afterwards is their choice. IF they want the extra prizes they won to go to another entrant, then they can and should contact Scott G to tell them that. If they just want to give the extra airbrush they won to some unsuspecting entrant because they want to be nice and brighten someone&#039;s day....then the more power to them, and if they want to keep all their winnings for themselves then that is their right as they were &quot;CHOSEN BY THE ENTRANTS&quot; as the winner and should receive said winnings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elm City Hobbies, post: 72705, member: 37"] I have been in the middle of discussions about professional modelers before. What constitutes a professional modeler? I built a couple of kits for a company in the US to show off their resin upgrades for said kits, and got paid for it, does that mean I am a professional modeler? I certainly don't feel that way. On the topic of forum posts....you have 100 times the number of lurkers that you do people that participate on the forums. So just because they don't talk on the forums, ie: don't have many posts, they should not be allowed to enter? You can have (and I am sure there are) people on here that have been with SMA since the beginning, yet probably don't have more than 25 or so posts because they like to look at other people's work, but don't like to respond to the threads. They shouldn't be allowed to enter because they don't have many posts? Entry qualifications should be tied to how much you participate on the forums, that is getting into a form of minor discrimination if you go down that road. I can tell you that people didn't join the website at the last minute to "clean up" because the site registration was shut down about a month before the end of the contest (I believe, Scott G can correct me on this). Again, as I said above, if people pay their entry fee, start and complete multiple kits within the prescribed time of the contest, and win multiple times with their multiple entries, then I believe that they are "entitled" and "deserve" the prizes they receive for their entries. What they choose to do with their prizes afterwards is their choice. IF they want the extra prizes they won to go to another entrant, then they can and should contact Scott G to tell them that. If they just want to give the extra airbrush they won to some unsuspecting entrant because they want to be nice and brighten someone's day....then the more power to them, and if they want to keep all their winnings for themselves then that is their right as they were [u][i][b]"CHOSEN BY THE ENTRANTS"[/b][/i][/u] as the winner and should receive said winnings. [/QUOTE]

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