I appreciate the comments mate
Look, I'm a big boy now and I can take a little bit of criticism. It's made all the more simple that there are friends I have who stick up for me. The situation is simple, but would probably take some time to explain but time is something I have at the moment so here goes.
I've stuck my head over the papapet lots of times over the last few years and I've released several productions to pouet.
So far the ratings have been;
6 Hour Blobs: +0.45(8/10)
Alpha Blur: - 0.17(4/10)
Amorphous Darkness: 0(5/10)
Bubbles Intro: +.0.25(7/10)
Message Board Intro: +0.29(7/10)
Flame Intro : +0.23 (7/10)
S!P II Promo: +0.23 (7/10)
Rituel Cracktro: +0.07 (5/10)
Only one production has been rated as below average, on balance I have had fair ratings. I don't actually think my programs are worth more than they have got in comparison to the rest of the scene, perhaps apart from Amorphous darkness which had great music and gfx, and rituel cracktro which is actually one of my favourite ever prods but I'm sure time will even things out there.
So I can't fault Pouet like that.
Where my rant is aimed is that people who haven't released over there beofre won't. They will not do it because they are scared. They are not scared of the rating they will get, they are just scared of spineless twats like Waffle and Las who will add their stupid and thoughtless comments.
There is no problem with a thumb down if a production is not to someones taste, the problem is the culture over there, the nastieness. and there always was some of that in the scene, but not like Pouet.
I just decided not to release my shit over there any more, I know that there are a lot of people who do appreciate the sort of stuff that we code so keep on doing it.
My posts and rantings over at II, well.. What can I say except that I know where my friends are and I might well be thinking about where my priorities are, but let me assure you that I am proud of these forums. They are nothing without the people who participate in them, the posts of each and every one of you are appreciated, please don't worry if I am upset by some thoughtless postings because all the therapy I need is right here and I'll never give up this place while I still have a hole in my arse.
That's one reason why I am a vehement supporter of II, it's essentially somewhere you can go to D/L intros, whilst being at the same time the complete antithesis of Pouet.
Keep on coding what makes you happy folks, especially you Drew
And smile when you are doing it!
