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Modding has its pros and cons. On one hand, when a game is moddable, one can really fall into searching mods, testing, deleting, searching, testing, and so on. In the end of the day it can kill enjoyment in a game. On the other hand there are some great additions and mods, often for free, sometimes paid, that really improve the game or enrich its content.
The community however... The "war" between "scratch" modders and converters. There I can see and respect the viewpoints of both sides. In the end of the day in 99% of the cases scratch made content wipes the floor with conversions in terms of quality. But it takes a hell of a lot of time to create.
But in the last weeks and months, the "war" between converters and converters... I can hardly understand it. Yes, you might have created something, but whatever you did, you skipped 90-95% of the long and tedious work of creating a model. Yes, hate those who take your mod without credits and claim it's theirs. Yes, hate those who convert or take other's work and sell it for money. But my dear... if you are credited and someone just wants to improve something and is selfless enough to share it with the community, why take vendettas? Why take down sites? In the last week we lost Reboot and Reworked. Land also has problems very often. Does it make AC better, waging these wars? Do some people really need such ego boosts?
And the "sheep" on Facebook just nod, praise you how nicely you asked to take the mods down and how can such thieves exist, and just fuel your ego. All while you are also taking the work of someone else (model) and improve it (which is the very reason you wanted to take the mod down). Double standards.
(This is directed at no-one primarily. It's just sometimes frustrating being part of this community...)
The community however... The "war" between "scratch" modders and converters. There I can see and respect the viewpoints of both sides. In the end of the day in 99% of the cases scratch made content wipes the floor with conversions in terms of quality. But it takes a hell of a lot of time to create.
But in the last weeks and months, the "war" between converters and converters... I can hardly understand it. Yes, you might have created something, but whatever you did, you skipped 90-95% of the long and tedious work of creating a model. Yes, hate those who take your mod without credits and claim it's theirs. Yes, hate those who convert or take other's work and sell it for money. But my dear... if you are credited and someone just wants to improve something and is selfless enough to share it with the community, why take vendettas? Why take down sites? In the last week we lost Reboot and Reworked. Land also has problems very often. Does it make AC better, waging these wars? Do some people really need such ego boosts?
And the "sheep" on Facebook just nod, praise you how nicely you asked to take the mods down and how can such thieves exist, and just fuel your ego. All while you are also taking the work of someone else (model) and improve it (which is the very reason you wanted to take the mod down). Double standards.
(This is directed at no-one primarily. It's just sometimes frustrating being part of this community...)
Thanks in advance.
