Drama on these forums is nothing new,I have seen a lot worse than what recently went on between individuals around here. People come and go whatever the reason and its no different now nor will it change.
If you think there is less community spirit around here than there was since you joined that may seem true, but those who have been around a long time know this is simply what happens now and again and that it will swing around.
If you think there are less WIP threads its because of new and stricter rules in how these may be presented, the showcase for instance had a huge amount of threads removed as they simply should not have been posted there in the first place, the fact its down to so few threads speaks for itself and its actually better for it.
The models and media board has less posts for the same reason as above, there was a time you had to wade through threads filled with boxes of 'my first model' with screenshots taken in the modeling software having nothing to do with fpsc. There would be occasional flashes of genius from the likes of Butterfingers, s4real,Locrian,Schwartz and others displaying something never seen before or showing sparks of genius with things thought 'undoable' in FPSC.
We have always had people moaning about the lack of response to posts giving out free media and they either stop giving it out or simply ignore it and get on with it, I think there was a short perod where there was a lot of really good and high quality media being distributed here by the likes of Cosmic Prophet and he encouraged community participation in contributing to these.
Lets be clear these forums were not always like this and will say it again, it comes and goes,and should not be used as a yardstick for how they are now, in the same way that the current state (as seen by some) should not be held up as an example of how these forums are going to continue.
My point with this is that new users are the future of these forums and maybe it would be better to simply encourage these rather than creating competitions which, lets face it, only those with enough 'know how' with the software can enter.
I know everyone feels that these forums are their own personal ball field and have their own individual group of friends on here (much like junior high) and thats how life is in everything, but that doesn't mean there is a problem, the problem is with how some perceive themselves as important around here and let ego rule over common sense then threaten to spit out the dummy and leave because someone disagrees with them.
This is not a dig at the OP or anyone else who has posted here (including myself), but sometimes when drama occurs its simply best to ignore it rather than try to fix it.
If the title of this thread was 'lets get back to game making' without 'cut the crap' I would have thought better of it.
Just to clarify things , since peopeleseem so quick to judge, Spudnick
is ill, just not in the way he described, my argument with him was mostly personal as I felt he was doing stupid things and hanging out here when he had more important things to deal with, please dont judge him based on what you see rather what you know.
Awesome! Its one of those threads.
