Not that anything I say matters, but usually receives an acid bath to do so,…
Anyone who volunteers time out of their life to contribute items in attempt to better the game, or just a simple change of pace, probably earned some form of respect in their efforts, personality conflicts aside.
Mistakes may be made, concepts may fail, skills are developing, things will be fixed, but putting their name on the line to try should never be discouraged with ridicule. There are those who volunteer time, and those who don’t. You’ll get a lot more done with sugar than salt.
I was taken back a bit when I came to AH in 2000. Never once was I or anyone else who volunteered contributions in AW. Yet the AH masses tend to ridicule and discourage such the end product by SOME. My contributions here in early days were mostly safe behind the curtain. Today, the heat I got from some for simply learning how to make a decent video is beyond vomit worthy, worse by former players with nothing but their inflated know-it-all ego in the community. This just didn’t happen in AW, ever.
Last thing we did was to hand a disgruntled former player a microphone, their intent is not the same as yours or they would be playing, water and oil. Worse, some hang here hoping to witness the end. Some predicted it will end within a year, for 10-15 yrs. Thats called hoping it dies because they aren’t in it and the end would justify it and prove their “vast wisdom”.
I didn’t care for buzzsaw simply because it put an arcade-ish face on the game. However, I respect the volunteered time and work in an attempt to better the game. To do so I consider kicking a gift horse in the mouth. My first vid and last is a vast difference, a skill is evolving, same with others.
Between AW and AH I have 10s of 1000s of hours in efforts. But never got bashed until I did it here. It only encourages to do less.
No offense intended to anyone, nor any one person. Consider the discouragement in growth.
No one is asking for praise, just not be bashed. Constructive criticism is encouraged.
My acid bath is waiting
