I'm always happy to have a nice conversation too (rare these days in most other forums, because a lot is about money, promotion, sponsoring ... resulting in "putting others down in order to look better yourself" ... you know these people - mostly affiliates of shops/companies or shop owners themselves) getting more and more. We both agree on the most important aspect: It only matters what you think and feel about your own work. If you can impress/surprise yourself with your own abilities, because you know "I (you in person) could not have done it better", then you have achieved something, which many humans never experience. And it has nothing to do with computers. So don't care what others think about your systems, don't think about MDPC, don't think about Oscars ... only think about "what could I have done better ... and why don't I just do it better?"
At least that's my personal attitude. Maybe it makes sense

Thanks for being such a nice and thoughtful XS member!