Originally posted by Twenty Four
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i'd like to start by saying that i've contributed more than my fair share to this game over the years. i've volunteered just as much as the next guy, so don't tell me i need to back up my words with action. now the reason this comment pisses me off is because you're throwing people under the bus, and it's bullshit. you call people incompetent, yet you have no comparable competencies when it comes to this sort of development work. you say that people are backing out and not saying they would do what they said they would do. let me paint a more accurate picture as to how an assignment is typically delegated amongst tw staff.
upper staffer> hey you've helped us with web dev stuff in the past, wanna do <this> and <that>?
jason> i might be able to help a bit, but i'm pretty busy so i can't guarantee any specific deadlines
upper staffer> great so you'll do it!
now bear in mind that the specifics of <this> and <that> are never spelled out in enough detail. in virtually every project in which i've ever been involved, communication as to expectations, what is to be done, how is it to be done, and when is to be done by, none of this is ever adequately discussed and communicated. there's simply no organization.
with respect to this specific situation, i actually have had a very busy (and rough) time of it in my real life. i prioritized and took care of myself and my family, as absolutely any normal human being would do. i did not have the presence of mind to first stop in and let a spaceship game staff member know about my situation. i didn't have the time to do so, and frankly, who is ever going to think of spaceships first when shit's hitting the fan?
so without knowing the true nature of the situation, you make this post to save face. you pass blame along onto others. and to add insult to injury, you complain that you must now spend a few measly hundred of the thousands of dollars in donation money to hire a company to do the work for you. where was this offer of money when i was asked to do the work? you'd pay a stranger who has no ties to this community and then bitch about it, yet you wouldn't think to offer compensation to a long-standing member of the community? to a colleague? i need to make it very clear, i don't care about the money. it's the principle of the thing. you get all impatient and act as if it's no big deal for all this major development to just get "taken care of" and not once do you ever concede that the type of work you're asking for is of a level that requires a certain degree of professional experience and expertise. you simply expect for people to spend countless hours of their free time to get it done and make you look good in the process.
furthermore, any dev (and i truly mean pretty much any person who's spent any of their time to develop maps/tilesets/events/bots/websites/etc) will tell you they've become disheartened at some point or another. the sad fact is, this community is so full of undeserving, sniveling little bitches it's not even funny. is a little gratitude on occasion too much to ask? hell, i think most would even settle for simply not having to hear the constant whining. the community doesn't need to hand out pats on the back, but it sure as hell could stuff all the pissing and moaning straight up its collective ass.
so you come to people who have already paid their dues. people who have given as much (if not more) than they've taken from this game. you expect these people to continue to develop for an absolutely ungrateful and dying population. and then the second they don't deliver you call them out?
how dare you point the finger at anyone else? how fucking dare you?
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