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Yeah, I have a Turkish passport and I live in Germany with a residence permit. I joined with two German colleagues, hoping that would be OK.
by egeozcan 13y ago
Yeah, I have a Turkish passport and I live in Germany with a residence permit. I joined with two German colleagues, hoping that would be OK.
- omahlama 13y ago(Disclaimer: I'm not part of the organizing team, but I do work for Reaktor - so this is just my opinion, not an official position.) As I've understood, the same country requirement works just like in sports: you need to be a citizen of the country if you want to play in the national team. I would suggest contacting the organizers about your situation.
- jwr 13y agoI think what people are trying to point out is that within the hacker community the concept of a "national team" is obsolete.
- no7hing 13y agoI think that comparison is flawed as there's only one team per country (and discipline) sent to e.g. the Soccer World Cup or the Olympic Games, whereas here it could be potentially way more. As a sibling already mentioned: there shouldn't be any artificial borders in a global (hacker) community.
- bencoder 13y ago> you need to be a citizen of the country if you want to play in the national team. Citizenship and Nationality are two distinct concepts. I am a citizen of the UK, but I do not have UK/English Nationality
- egeozcan 13y agoIt would be a shame if they disqualified me/us. I'm in this for fun. I guess everyone is. If I can travel freely in Europe and have no problems being in a "German" team, I think there mustn't be any problems.