I’d like to be “that person” and complain about this. The large majority of the entries are not battleships, which has a specific definition, and is not the same as “(large) warship”. Under a loose definition, the age of sail “first rate” ships with the 3+ decks of guns could count as “line of bat…

They won’t care in my experience. Blatant disregard for the theme will be removed only after a community member reports each individual one. Close, and they will let it stay. A boat is likely close for this one. Report one and see what happens, maybe they have improved, but they often appear to f…

I have been on a tirade reporting those things. Really pisses me off that makerworld is not doing anything about this. I would even argue that you can stretch the rules a little bit. But at the least, speedboats, ocean liners, and pirate ships are not battleships.

No, but if you never complain there will never be change

I’ll respectfully disagree. However don’t let that stop you. Good luck.

[image] What does this contest even mean? MakerWorld I know for sure that they are not even taking down models that are reported. The consequences do not matter if makerworld is not going to recognize that there are being rules broken. It is also a culture issue. I feel l…

[image] user_3754332687: I have been on a tirade reporting those things. Really pisses me off that makerworld is not doing anything about this. I recall public shaming worked last time… there was a contest about half a year ago… don’t remember which one… and a handful of people created “publi…

Shenanigans in a contest?! Well, I never! [image] Eponymous: ask yourself I often do [image] user_3754332687: are not battleships. Sure they are [image] user_3754332687: pirate ships You’re battling the government trying to stop you from pillaging the seas [image] user_3…

https://makerworld.com/en/collections/10430271-irrelevant-battleship-contest Here is my collection of irrelevant battleship contest submissions (78/327) x 100% = 23.85% Almost a quarter of them. And I dont even think that makerworld is loading all of the models for me too look at. I only counted …

[image] Eponymous: Otherwise, please ask yourself, “is this thing on makerworld actually a battleship?”. Battleship also applies in sci-fi, it doesn’t only refer to naval vessels, yes there is a class of naval vessels but any armed ship fit for battle could quality as a battleship I mean jus…

Thee Battleship competition is full of non-battleships

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I hope I can do at least a little bit. At least call people out for being idiots.