I hope this is allowed here, if not, then I'm very sorry and will delete it after a message from an Mod.

It's very hard these days, so forgive me for this Text. Our Situation is very hard and we try everything to get out, but not easy.

Hello dear friends, my name is Steven Hörr and I am 30 years old.

Unfortunately, I or we, I and my father are in a situation in which it is difficult to survive. Life is getting more expensive, but what you get is not enough to cover everything.

My father has been a graphic and web designer for over 30 years, but the competition is tough, especially since many People want to save and therefore they go to cheap designers, where the work looks more than shitty in the end.

If they knew what other designers earn/get for their work, they would not longer say it is too expensive. Other designers charge at least 2000 Dollar and more.

My father might get / earn around 150 to 500 Dollar. Those who came to him were always satisfied and impressed, and he was praised every now and then.

But in spite of everything, he is the only one who can work, unfortunately I have nothing because we cannot afford it. Since little money comes in, there is nothing left to save, as important as things may be.

I would like to do something, work, earn money and be able to afford something, would like to be proud of myself for having achieved something, but unfortunately that is not possible in our situation. My father does his best, but he isn't a magician and it hurts him too cause of our situation. I can see that.

It's all very, very complicated, a long and sad story at the same time.

I can't and don't want to talk about it, it doesn't just affect me, many people have made us crash very deeply and we just can't get out.

We've been fighting for years, but it's a cycle of hell, if it were really that easy, we'd be out long ago, believe me, better yesterday than tomorrow.

What I'm doing here, I don't like to do, I have or had to read crap very often from people who have no idea about my / our situation, think they know everything better and make fun of it, etc. Fight enough with the stress / pressure here and there, then having to read something like that, that I have no more words for it.

The virus has made things worse and more complicated, unfortunately. Hope it's over soon and you're all fine, take care of yourself and stick to the rules, please don't take it lightly, too many think it's just a joke and that's sad.

So many people have died all over the world and many people have lost a loved one and then there are idiots who think it's all a lie. That makes me so angry, honestly. You have no more words for it.

About my situation, would like to have fun again, work and do a lot of things, talk to friends etc.

Unfortunately, I need between 3000 Dollar and 5000 Dollar. Sounds a lot, but it's not really. For the things that I want to do, I need reasonably good equipment. What I need and for what, I write down below so that you can understand it better.

To be needed:

PC for:

Making Let's plays.

I would like to learn how to program mobile games.

Would like to make audiobooks, read them out and upload them to YouTube. And even more, you need a really good one for all of this.

I would also offer myself as a translator for games or other things. I would like to try that too.

TV is actually clear, nothing works without a picture. 😉😛

Keyboard & Mouse

Headset

Desk & Chair

2x 2 TB external hard drives for a lot of data, also for what I want to do.

1 cell phone or tablet to have a cell phone number for certain things and also to test things to see if it works.

Video camera for unboxing videos, presenting things, advertising for people / companies who may / send/ Sponsors.

Would like to do that, among other things, but there's another one? behind, because of, the situation, virus etc.

Recording recorder to record Xbox for Let's Plays among other things.

Soldering station for repairing the Xbox

Xbox capacitors

Various cables & speakers for the PC, nothing is without sound. 🙄

That’s it by and large, for that I need unfortunately around 3000 Dollar to 5000 Dollar. It is always good to calculate more, at least a little, you can definitely get something cheaper.

Prices always change back and forth. I did some research and came up with at least 3000 Dollar and hope that's really enough for everything. But i really can't go much more down here, as much as I wanted to. But this helps me / us to get back on our feet and to get rid of some of the pressure and to regain a little joie de vivre.

I know, not only we / I feel shitty, the whole world pukes, especially because of the virus, but everyone has to survive somehow and unfortunately I can't because I have nothing, just a cell phone where the battery is broken and is always empty quickly.

I write the text piece by piece, not so good, to be honest and getting a new battery, impossible, since you have to go to the manufacturer for service and they have closed, only certain shops have open, like buying food etc.

If the rear part weren't broken, you wouldn't be able to get the battery and unfortunately I have to charge it externally, because the cell phone's charging slot is broken, so the cables on it and leave it on, do not become empty is impossible.

In short, everything sucks for all of us in the world. I don't know what you're thinking now, when you read the long text, I don't really care either. Only I ask you for one thing, do not post any stupid comments, you do not know how the situation really is, why, why and why.

As I said, it would be that easy if we were out long ago and I wouldn't have to write this. I've had to read so much shit that I just didn't feel like having to explain again and again why something doesn't work.

It can happen to anyone, no matter where you sit. It can happen very quickly, that you need someone to get up again, I don't want anyone going through that, I or we have to go through and above all, many people are to blame for it, from whom one would have least expected it.

I don't force anyone to send / donate / borrow anything, for those who want or can and do it, I thank them from the bottom of my heart and would do everything I can, to repay it one day when everything works and I have everything.

I would really hang in there, cause I lost so much time. It means really, really everything to me and to be honest, I have a stomachache while writing this text.

Because I don't want people to think of me that I just want money to make myself a good life. No, I'm not like that, what I need is just a small step to come back into daylight and to come up myself.

I or we just need a couple of helping hands, as I said, once that's done, the rest will go by itself. I have a lot of ideas, dreams, goals, but if you have nothing and are on the ground, then these dreams are very far away.

Thank you in advance for your patience / time / help and for your understanding. I'm very sorry for this long text and as I said, nobody is forced to do anything, I know that you too have problems and are struggling to survive.

I wish you all the best that you and your loved ones stay healthy and take care of each other. All of you feeling hugged.

Kind regards

Steven

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I could just ignore this post, but I didn't want to.

All of your requests are pretty much bs. (Actually, the whole post is bs.) Would you like to hire a masseur as well so he/she can take away the stress that comes from playing games?

If you are really (somehow) honest about all of this, go look for cheap as fu.. used computers that are more than enough to code stuff. And tell your father to learn to charge the right amount of money.

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Some people are greedy piep .....

I have and use a Pc without a graphic card.
And translate game(s) with it too....

So if you really want to do something you would do something with the equipment you have or cheap stuff.

But because you only beg, very greedy, it is very clear what type of person you are.

So take your story to a place where the sun not shine...

3 years ago
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Sorry man, but if i had to pick the 3 key differences between your post and any other scammer post from India i would be in a pickle.

All the best though!

3 years ago
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tl;dr

But it seems from the comments the correct respone is: lol.

3 years ago
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I hope this is allowed here, if not, then I'm very sorry and will delete it after a message from an Mod.

Your hope is henceforth crushed. Begging is against the site's guidelines. The fact that you literally want to wait till a mod comes by to personally message you, when you could just have read guidelines 3 times over in the time it took you to write this post makes this whole thing seem quite dishonest.

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while I dont know about your circumstances, about why you cant find a job, even a small one.... i wonder how you came up with that kind of project.

this doesnt seem to be a good source for income especially since you have to invest that much into equipment first...
just because you started making videos or streaming doesnt mean you will get any payment at all. there might be some ppl doing donations.... but only if they like your stuff.not to mention any bigger sponsors or youtube themselves.
i mean... there are so many ppl doing videos/streams, only a handfull gets famous enough to make decent money.
my husband made like 70€ streaming stuff for 2-3 month. he did that just for fun though. seems like a waste of time if you only want to do this to earn some.

same with making apps

maybe look for a different kind of project with a more secure kind of income and invest in that.

whatever you decide and if you still look for donations, maybe look into "go fund me". dont know how that works though.

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This is actually insulting on an extra level as well that you'd think you could easily make a good profit off of becoming some sort of entertainer or game designer instantly. Even with the money to gather all the equipment, you're still going to be basically in debt for many more years until you get the equipment together, make the product, release it, and wait for enough people to take notice.
Even if people wanted to help you, they'd just be aiding in running you into the ground because it's highly unlikely you'll be able to throw yourself into that market and get recognition as fast as you'd like or at all for that matter considering your thoughts on it just being fun while also able to change your situation somehow.

3 years ago
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The money amount is quit ridiculous as well and sort of insulting.
I bet most users here don't even have such expensive PCs / setups .. I definitely don't have one

For regular users and even so for someone who apparently doesn't have anything 500 dollars should do fine for second hand PC, regular phone which works as camera and as a microphone.

3 years ago
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Frankly, it's weird that you're still not suspended 4 hours later, this qualifies as begging and is forbidden here. Also, yeah, I wouldn't mind getting $3000-5000 out of thin air as well, but that's just not how it works in real life. Might I ask why you can't get a job?

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My guess:

I can't and don't want to talk about it, it doesn't just affect me, many people have made us crash very deeply and we just can't get out.

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I know you’re not looking for advice, but maybe saying this will help someone else even if it’s useless to you. I can’t comment on making videos, but I’ve made one free game and a demo for a commercial game. Rpgmaker and ren’py will run on a toaster if you want to make games. Whatever you used to type this can probably run them. You might say these are looked down on, but it doesn’t sound like you have the luxury of choice, and plenty of wonderful games have been made and sold using them.

You need some proof of concept / a demo if you want donations for making games. At least some concept sketches and writing. Saying you want to make a game won’t mean much to potential customers, because anyone can say that. It’s often harder and takes longer than expected to make a game. I’d advise trying to start with making literally a 5 minute game and see how it goes. It might be wise to choose between streaming or making games, because trying to do two new things at once will mean each only gets half your effort.

Also, neither of those paths is a good choice if you desperately need an income right now, because both could take years to see income or might never become profitable. It’s more honest to say they’re your passions than saying they’re your safety net. They actually sound like risky ideas in a desperate situation. I’m sorry you’re going through tough times and hope things improve.

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I could actually get behind this if it were for food, clothing, and shelter. You know ... necessities.
But you seriously expect people to donate (pretty much) everything so you can attempt to become an internet entertainer?

Not so much.

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Closed 3 years ago by Gaffi.