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Originally Posted by mitic
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critics are your best friends
Unless they criticize in a manner that cause you to feel totally devastated...
...in which case, maybe they aren't your friends because they are insensitive to you?
...in which case, maybe you're too sensitive to the criticism?
...in which case, maybe you realize the accuracy of their critique and realize just how much you may need to correct changes you have implemented?
...in which case, maybe you had unrealistic expectations of your friends the critics; you expected them to support you no matter how wrong you were?
anyways, critics are your most loyal players or they would have left the server already
think about it before we keep this self-adulation going and yes, without nilbog we would all still play wow or any other b-rated mmorpg out there.
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I'm yet to find a critic that has made me feel totally devastated. When I find one I'll let you know. Critic's don't mean shit overall. How can you even begin to form a basis of criticism when our goal is laid out, but our method is not? How can you begin to form a basis of criticism when we do this at no predetermined pace or promise of a pace? These would be blatant bitching & whining. You can certainly have an opinion, but we don't give a shit about opinions outside of the dev room. So, to this I say that all critics as you have outlined are baseless with regard to the project and provide no general benefit.
Those that are of benefit are folks like MMiles08 who does his research. Jete is another example. THOSE are the true fans of the project. The ones that take their time to help us along the way. The ones that give us good data and feedback. Not the sense of entitlement Children of Warcraft that have been fostered by gaming these days. This is nearly a black and white issue: You either help with the scope of the project, or you hinder. I say nearly because there will be those that experience nothing they perceive out of the ordinary. The ones that find bugs and don't report them or worse, exploit them are a hindrance, and those that report after research are the helpers.
Besides, being nice, concise & intelligent goes way, way, way farther than "YTOUR SIHT"S BROKE YOU DUMB FCUK!". The 2nd route gets your issue moved to the "Sometime after Velious" box.
Ask yourself which side of the line you fall on with regard to help or hindrance and then, maybe you'll begin to get on track with what we try to do here. This isn't coombaya, it's trying to resolve and recreate something that has been called impossible.
And to that end, I will continue to break down those that choose to sit on a high horse and talk down to the development staff of this project. I'll rip you off your god damn horse then draw and quarter you with it. We don't ask for adulation or reverence, all we want is the respect that
normal people show each other. If that is a too foreign a concept, please hoist yourself by your own pitard.