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thunderfoot
Deleted Due to Inactivity
Former MSFC Member
Kinda gonna rant here a little bit. Sorta upset. Starfox1701's Super Star Destroyer v2.0 has now been available here about two weeks. Been available over on A2Files nearly the same amount of time. D/L count here is 4. D/L count over there is about 92. Adjusting for disparity of membership sizes and extrapolating off this, the D/L count here at MSFC for this mod should be higher, should it not?
Going through the entire A2 portion of the Downloads section, it is uncommon to find D/L counts above 10 or 12. Why is this so? Is it worth the time and effort it takes to upload something here when a modder could just as easily send a YouSendIt retrieval code to the three or four people who are interested in something the modder's done? Could we not spare Majestic and the others whom contribute financially to the upkeep of this site the extra expense of DLC? That's right, people. The reason no adverts are popping up every five seconds and this site always loads smoothly in minimal time is Majestic and some others pay for this site out of their own pocket. If the Downloads Section is going to be used so little, why should they continue the extra expense?
I am not advocating a policy of, "I only get my D/Ls from MSFC" by any means. Some of the A2 DLC available at A2Files or AFC simply isn't available anywhere else. Nor is all of it ever going to be available anywhere else. Just as some of the things available here are exclusive as well. Exclusivity isn't always a bad thing as it allows a modder a little control over his work. But it surely would be nice for the MSFC Downloads Section to get a little more support from members registered here than it currently does. In a nutshell, I feel strongly MSFC should be a little more equal than it is.
A lot of modders (myself definitely included) are motivated by positive response to our public releases. When Sally Field said what she did at the Oscars, 'You like me. You really like me!', some of us can identify with this. Big surprise. Turns out TF has an ego the size of Alaska after all. Only on some things, people. Only on some things. What about someone who just got into modding A2, or any other game for that matter? How does this person feel about all that hard work when there is little or no response to the effort they've put into something? Yup. That's right, Mr. "Mod for Yourself First" just wrote what you just read. The newer people modding need a little positive feedback. The easiest way to provide this is to D/L here something they've released here.
Again, I'm not advocating a policy of "Download ONLY from MSFC". Nor am I suggesting Staff or Admins relax the controls in place on the Downloads Section. It works well the way it is currently set up. What I am unhappy about is it seems if something is available at a site other than MSFC as well as here then it gets D/L'd from the other site. Even if it was available here first.
Note: I like me some spirited discussion now and again. With strongly held opinions forcefully expressed being thrown back and forth like hand grenades with a very short fuse. As long as it doesn't fall into name calling, trolling, and all the other unpleasant things usually referred to as flame wars, then speak your mind and do so plainly. Just because I disagree with or dislike your opinion does not mean you do not deserve the courtesy of my attention and respect.
Going through the entire A2 portion of the Downloads section, it is uncommon to find D/L counts above 10 or 12. Why is this so? Is it worth the time and effort it takes to upload something here when a modder could just as easily send a YouSendIt retrieval code to the three or four people who are interested in something the modder's done? Could we not spare Majestic and the others whom contribute financially to the upkeep of this site the extra expense of DLC? That's right, people. The reason no adverts are popping up every five seconds and this site always loads smoothly in minimal time is Majestic and some others pay for this site out of their own pocket. If the Downloads Section is going to be used so little, why should they continue the extra expense?
I am not advocating a policy of, "I only get my D/Ls from MSFC" by any means. Some of the A2 DLC available at A2Files or AFC simply isn't available anywhere else. Nor is all of it ever going to be available anywhere else. Just as some of the things available here are exclusive as well. Exclusivity isn't always a bad thing as it allows a modder a little control over his work. But it surely would be nice for the MSFC Downloads Section to get a little more support from members registered here than it currently does. In a nutshell, I feel strongly MSFC should be a little more equal than it is.
A lot of modders (myself definitely included) are motivated by positive response to our public releases. When Sally Field said what she did at the Oscars, 'You like me. You really like me!', some of us can identify with this. Big surprise. Turns out TF has an ego the size of Alaska after all. Only on some things, people. Only on some things. What about someone who just got into modding A2, or any other game for that matter? How does this person feel about all that hard work when there is little or no response to the effort they've put into something? Yup. That's right, Mr. "Mod for Yourself First" just wrote what you just read. The newer people modding need a little positive feedback. The easiest way to provide this is to D/L here something they've released here.
Again, I'm not advocating a policy of "Download ONLY from MSFC". Nor am I suggesting Staff or Admins relax the controls in place on the Downloads Section. It works well the way it is currently set up. What I am unhappy about is it seems if something is available at a site other than MSFC as well as here then it gets D/L'd from the other site. Even if it was available here first.
Note: I like me some spirited discussion now and again. With strongly held opinions forcefully expressed being thrown back and forth like hand grenades with a very short fuse. As long as it doesn't fall into name calling, trolling, and all the other unpleasant things usually referred to as flame wars, then speak your mind and do so plainly. Just because I disagree with or dislike your opinion does not mean you do not deserve the courtesy of my attention and respect.