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Regarding the locked thread from 'shockwave'

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Kildor:
Tread was not locked when I read BTaxis responce. And user deleted himself after it. Anyway, I guess, ppls should read before write theys "brilliant advices", if they don`t want being disappointed. Especially about destructible terrains.

Sir DOC:
I've been lurking this forum for quite some time now, and in this time I've seen the same topics come up again and again. At the same time, I've seen the answers from the project team to those repeated topics getting (understandably) more "harsh": from open and reasoned discussion to 4 words dismissal of the comment.
I think that Duke's suggestion is a good one: instead of just dismissing the comment, using the same 4 words to point the guy to a summary thread could save us some bad mood (bans, thread locks and the like).

One final word: this game is fantastic!  ;D

richlv:
i don't hang out much in forums, but yeah, btaxis can be quite blunt :)
that can turn people away, so having a wiki page listing rejected proposals would be great... hey, we have that :)
http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/Trash_Can
so that page should be improved and linked (politely !) when such threads come up.

rudeness never ever helps as the first reaction (and i'm not the most polite person around).

hotdog:
I'm hardly ever on (as in logged in) but I do check up on the forums a lot. I have no idea what was rude in BT's response. I see him saying no to a couple ideas and one of which he cuts off before it becomes another Pro vs Con topics.

It may have been a bit blunt but I honestly think shockwave was a little drunk or just not smart enough to read it the way it should have been read. (Now that was rude)

I understand what it is to slap together a game and even a game mod (I do it a lot) but I also understand the difference between these two terms.

Difficult: A term used to say "It's too hard for me to accomplish at this point." in a single word. The reasons can vary. In which case I agree that features are not *hard* or *difficult* to implement.
Time Consuming: A term used to sum up "It would take up a lot of time that could be better spent elsewhere." in two words. Again reasons can vary. In this case I would say that this is the primary thing. It's not *hard* to put in new content. All you are technically doing is playing around with a computer. I fail to see how typing and clicking is *hard*. HOWEVER. Time consuming is a whole new can of worms. A can I tend to think people mean to open when they say "It's too difficult." Why they say Difficult rather than time consuming I will never know. (Stupidity or habit?)

When it comes to it though I sincerely believe that most devs mean the task is too time consuming to achieve quick enough so they don't lose interest. Not everyone is like me...I have whole days to piss away because I don't work anymore. If I want to do something I can but I don't so right now I piss away everyday doing things I like to do. This includes modding games. As such I typically can get things done quicker than most since I don't have things like school, work, family, or other misc. things on my mind. I can completely focus and even when I have something to worry about guess what? I HAVE WHOLE YEARS TO WHIDDLE AWAY AT IT! So it doesn't worry me as much as it might someone like Winter who is trying his hardest to write his books and helping with this on the side. Or BT who does this and no doubt MANY other things just to stay alive and be happy. My point is that I feel partially responsible for people acting like "GIVE ME THIS NOW OR SHOVE YOUR GAME UP YOUR @#$%!" because I fall into that catagory of people who's life is making and modding games because their life is their hobby thus I ask people for ideas and do it because I don't have enough of my own. I apologize in advance if this is really the case.

Speaking of life though...what does BT do with his time he isn't slapping this together? (Mystery of the ages people XD)

We should take bets on it! I bet he's a spy or in the military in some secret unit he can't talk about :-X

richlv:

--- Quote from: hotdog on December 09, 2008, 03:46:02 am ---I have whole days to piss away because I don't work anymore. If I want to do something I can but I don't so right now I piss away everyday doing things I like to do. This includes modding games.
--- End quote ---

hmm. maybe we can get you to code for us ? ;)

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