One Reason (of Many) Why FB Forum is So Great

KristopherWindsor · Post by **KristopherWindsor** » Mar 20, 2008 5:33

...By relative comparison!!

I'm glad we don't have threads like this here:
http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=350729

There is no need to read the whole thread; each page is practically a repeat of the first, and nothing ever happened there.

Mainly, open source has prevented threads like that. :-)

Conexion · Post by **Conexion** » Mar 20, 2008 5:54

HD_ · Post by **HD_** » Mar 20, 2008 8:59

It gets interesting from the second page- the moderators vs the morons.

notthecheatr · Post by **notthecheatr** » Mar 20, 2008 13:25

Hmm, wonder if that's why they've gone offline now - "temporarily."

I can't even see the page you're linking to, it gives a 404 error...

Z!re · Post by **Z!re** » Mar 20, 2008 14:46

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notthecheatr · Post by **notthecheatr** » Mar 20, 2008 15:47

Nothing wrong with selling games... or running a service that buys games for cheap and sells them. But it does seem kind of unprofessional, especially since his posts are riddled with misspellings and bad grammar.

@Z!re:
I personally prefer open source. This might sound kind of pathetic, but I'm a cheapskate personally and I like to be able to get things for free - so in return, I like to make things for free too. If I did make something worth selling, though, then I'd probably sell it to a more professional person who I think I can trust and who I think could actually do something useful with my game. But in that case, I think I'd rather just have him distribute it for me, not actually buy the rights. That seems to be a cheap way to get rich of someone else's work without doing much yourself (although admittedly he apparently has graphics skills, if nothing else).

But I think the real problem in that thread is not Amen-Ra, who's simply offering to buy peoples games, but all the suspicious losers who have nothing better to do than ridicule him and his ideas. Like HD_ said. The moderators (and other intelligent people) versus the morons.

edit: If you want some real laughs, just look for strange threads like http://78.129.174.221/index.php?showtopic=364666. This is the inherent problem with using something like GM instead of a real programming language - you simply won't get a fundamental understanding of the way things work at the low level, and you end up with all kinds of misconceptions about things.

1nfektion · Post by **1nfektion** » Mar 20, 2008 16:23

I think you're just jealous that you will never be able to make a program that someone would pay for.

Post by **counting_pine** » Mar 20, 2008 17:16

... and I think we should just leave it there now.
The point has been made, and the rest of the thread seems only to be contradicting it.
Please try to remember this forum is for Community News, we're starting to veer into Off-Topic conversation here.

Dr_D · Post by **Dr_D** » Mar 20, 2008 19:23

Agreed. FB forum rocks! :)

Z!re · Post by **Z!re** » Mar 20, 2008 19:54

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Lachie Dazdarian · Post by **Lachie Dazdarian** » Mar 20, 2008 23:22

We should really be happy we have the likes of 1nfektion and Z!re in our community.

dabooda · Post by **dabooda** » Mar 21, 2008 1:07

To Lachie:

"I'm picking up the sarcasm."

"Good, because I'm laying it on thick."

- Tommy Boy

To the Rest:

Freeware Rulez!! I could make something worth buying, but honestly someone will end up cracking it anyways and downloading it illegally like all the apps I have on my pc....um....nevermind. I'm poor so I like free software, therefore I create free software. Besides who the hell would pay for a goofy 2D game anyways, which is all I create. I program for fun and thank you Freebasic for making this even more fun!!

DaBooda Out....

notthecheatr · Post by **notthecheatr** » Mar 21, 2008 2:42

dabooda wrote:I program for fun and thank you Freebasic for making this even more fun!!

Amen.

Z!re · Post by **Z!re** » Mar 21, 2008 12:31

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