by andylegate » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:10 am
The only thing that upset me about the new policy was how they worded things. The way it is worded now, you could have some Mod who might be heavy handed, or go a bit overboard, and delete posts and whole threads because someone asked a question and someone posted an answer with links to either this form, the GoW Wiki or the GoMa forum.
Now, while people have responded saying "Oh, well that means a specific post or page." that's based upon their view of how one defines the words "Web Page" or "Web Site".
And while RAWA may have said that "we're all on the same page" as far as the mods go, some mods over there have shown that not only do they not seem to be on the same page, but their reading a whole different book!
And that leads to the other problem: "A certain Mod decides to just completely delete a post because it had a link to let's say, the GoW. The person that had their post deleted could complain and say that the link was simply to the index of the GoW forum, not a specific page or post. Complaints about the mods have fell on deaf ears for years now.....especially when you don't have your post to show in the first place. But now, with the way the policy is written, the mod in question can simply quote the forum policy saying that the post violated this policy."
They don't want us to talk about hacking Uru:CC/POTS over there. Fine, okay, got ya. Talking about hacking MOUL is fine however......even though we don't have enough to get a lot of hacking done just yet (they gave us the Food (plugin) but not the plate and silverware (a way to test things made with said plugin)). Okay, fine.
Getting people over on the MOUL forum that have not been here yet to know that there are a LOT of people over here that are experienced at making Ages, programing, etc, etc is my main concern. New people, or people that have been gone for a long time that are interested in making new content, or at the very least wanting to experience new content that is fan made, need to know how to do it (and for now that means having Uru:CC/POTS, and using tools such as Drizzle and OfflineKI). We don't want them thinking that being able to do any of that stuff is MONTHS and MONTHS of more waiting. In truth, they can do it NOW.
But a over zealous mod would be able to keep those people in the dark. And they (the mods) were just given a loaded gun to do so.
Don't get me wrong. For years Cyan has never even acknowledged what we do with Uru. And while now that they finally have responded, it was not what I hoped for partly, but I was pleased to see that they DID say it was okay to start hacking and working on MOUL:a.
And I'm sure that many of us know that while Cyan as a company has never acknowledged what we do with Uru, many of the people there as individuals have. Mark (aka Chogon) has said many times at how amazed he is at the things we produce (Ages, Tools, Modifications). He even posted on the MOUL Forum that he was amazed at TheMagician's video tutorials, and told me in a PM that he sure wished that they'd had my Max tutorials that I'm making for their artists back when they were building Uru.
I don't think too many people are going to forget all the hard work and effort that people here have put in. While it may be a taboo subject on MOUL, most people (at least those that have been involved with trying to makes Ages, and those who just wanted to play them) who have been here, the GoMa know and won't forget.
To me, the GoW Plugin for Blender, Drizzle, the OfflineKI, PlasmaShop, H'Uru, PrpShop and the ALCUGS servers were practice. All of us that have worked on or with these things are better prepared to work on what is coming up: Hacking and modifying MOUL:a.
I know for a fact that if it had not been for the tools I listed above, there would be NO way I could have made the tutorials that I've been making for Max. So without all of your hard work and dedication to hacking Uru in the first place, I would not even be here.
So thanks from me anyways. I'm sure others will feel the same way.
