KingBiBiK
I'll just comment on the stuff where I was mentioned.

They did not have the winner in mind when they ran the competition. For instance, before the competition was announced, I already mentioned that I will be there. I later found out that the competition actually has better perks than what I have, such as a visit to Shanghai, with lodging and air tickets covered. I did joke with them that maybe I should participate in it to get the better perks. They said go ahead, but I didn't because it was probably for the best not to do so, since it will incur criticism. My line of thinking was that I already had a partial invitation and it's better to leave it to the readers. They didn't expect Meh to win when they did the calculations.


As you can see from our conversations, it was quite unexpected that Meh won and the QI staff was very afraid that readers would stir it into a drama about it being some unethical competition...which kind of just happened.

As you can tell, the competition was planned very last-minute. The event is in less than 3 weeks. I gave them some ideas what to do, such as a 'scavenger hunt' on the website but that was just too complicated to do with the tight time constraints.

In the future, the rules will be probably be made more clear, such as TLs/EDs are not eligible, etc.

Also, I don't think any of the Qidian-contracted translators and editors joined the Beyond the Language competition. You might have misunderstood by what I said, but some translators and editors helped in giving comments on the novel submissions to aid the Editors in shortlisting novels. Ultimate decision is theirs.

      King, it is a shame that you didn't win the competition but I feel, as you have so beautifully put, won something else. Whether or not QI had some underhanded dealings in this competition it takes courage to speak out as you have done. Happy new year and all the best going forward, your financial situation is something you can and will change :)

      I don't know anything about this comp but a rule if thumb is corporations are evil and they want your money #conspiracy

      For real though, it's a shame a reader couldn't win. Imo it was a bad move to allow tl to participate. It's like if a radio show had a competition and one of the hosts won.

      WAKE UP SHEEPLE

        KingBiBiK

        It's quite a shame that the sponsored 'winner' by the Snowman Clan didn't win... But at least you're still a part of us now because of it! So what would you like your snowman to have? Look at ucoqid's (squiddy) snowman! It's so cute:

        http://prntscr.com/hu5rsc (SEE THAT? oml... so cute!) Come onto the Discord server again so we can make it together! :3

            I don't know everything about the competition and whether there were under-handed transactions and whatnot, so I can't really comment on that, but there is at least one thing that's true. You made new friends and joined the Snowman Clan (the best clan)! It's as @Cilliez said!

              Neverfire7 looks like to me you start to accept your snowman avatar even though you keep complaint. adorable guy.

              Cilliez very cute indeed.

              KingBiBiK its ucoqid not ucoqiud 😅 no matter how the facts really is, at least you told us hows your feeling. don't worry about it. i joined the mess when it nearly at the end, so i have not an opinion. come to clan channel more often.

                      NineNeatherBird

                      The reasoning for the name is because I was singing the "Do you wanna build a snowman?" But instead said "Do you wanna build a (snowman) Clan?" And some random dude picked up on "Snowman Clan" he was like "Snowman clan?" And then everyone started using it as well. And I'm not gonna be the bearer of bad news and be like "No... not allowed!" So it became the Snowman Clan....

                      But I love the picture lol! And the movie, I've never watched it but we may have to give it a shot :D xD

                      OOOOO Clan uniform... I should design something... Like a white robe or something, that would be so cool!

                          N0xiety Well, it's one of many reasons why there are so many novel about shamelessness in qidian, some type of Brainwashing i guess -

                              CKtalon Tbh it does seem unfair to me that translators can win as more people will vote for them if they read their translations.

                              It doesn't even need to be intentionally rigged, though as long as he didn't post a chapter note asking for votes i'm fine with the end result as nobody broke rules, but like you said hopefully next time there's an exclusion of translators/editors.

                                  Mute They didn't really think it through as they were in a rush to begin the competition (considering the VISA issues) and by the time they realized that it might be unfair, it was a little too late. Meh did not seem like he would win either. If you see the last 24 hours thread, Meh was ranked third with quite a sizable gap from @KingBiBiK

                                    CKtalon Yes, I know you said that in a joking way like the boss saying them to enter the competition to get a better deal or something. Sorry to mention you in this awkward situation. I just used it to be a little sarcastic.

                                    I have immense respect for you and as one of the translators who responds all the time you are like a brother to us. I hope I did not bring you trouble.

                                    Mute CKtalon

                                    Now let me clarify the issue. Since I wrote a long post it is easy to miss and misunderstand things.
                                    (The assumptions are just assumptions and even I do not believe them)
                                    I DO NOT HAVE an issue with translators competing.
                                    I DO NOT HAVE an issue with Meh winning.

                                    The problem is...
                                    The thing that triggered me is the final result announcement that states the original time while giving the results of a different time. (Along with those comments).

                                    That's it. as simple as that.

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                                            Search up our clan thread, if you send at least one reply on there, then you're good.

                                            And Nevie Neverfire7 gave you the discord link for the clan.

                                            But if you don't wanna join on Discord then no worries, you can be a part of clan in the thread as well~

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