Maatuser_Re said:
How rich! LOL - a conversation from a year ago! I DON'T CARE WHAT HANGUPS YOU HAD THEN AND NOW. Yes, I discussed "REALISM", and for the 10th time - SO WHAT?! "Oh, well, you can't mod that - you newbie - how dare you waste precious forum subject and thread relevance and FORCE me to answer you". Well, gag me with a flippin' ladel. Did I discuss themes? NO. Yet, I still have absolutely NO PROBLEM doing so. I asked a very simple question (And, yes, I realize precious egos and territoriality are at stake. I realize there are so-called "modder pragmatics". I never claimed to be interested in any of that, or even modding necessarily. Only the subject of realism, ultimately. (childish nonsense!)
I believe that everything that I posted has been meaningful and appropriate. I answered your question fully and explained the limits of modding for both your own benefit and that of newcomers.
My citation of one of your previous posts was not meant as a denigration of your character or some other form of slight against you, it was an attempt to draw a contrast between some of your criticisms of the base version of the game and what may be addressed by a mod. Since your criticisms, both of mods and of this base version, have frequently been related to game mechanics rather than such features as those that may actually be modded I felt this to be appropriate.
I have never accused you of wasting anyone's time. If you are drawing that from my comment that "you continued to discuss specific features after they were identified" as implausible, I was simply stating a fact. I used this for the purposes of outlining what can and can not be done in a modification to the game.
I'm actually a fairly relaxed person. I can't think of a single person in either my day-to-day persona or my online correspondence who would accuse me of being "egotistical" or "territorial". I ask questions, I admit when I'm wrong, and I enjoy constructive discussion. I never feel "forced" to answer you or anyone else that I see posting in forums.
If you would care to take a peek around, you would notice that I have been a frequent poster in neither the TRP nor CORE forums. I've followed both mods development and have registered on both of their private boards, but I have no personal stake in defending or attacking them. In reference to the past relationship between myself and yourself, I believe that any third party would consider my behaviour to have been entirely civil and that your own behaviour towards me has been, up until this thread, fairly civil as well.
JRCCrow said:
...In any case, I would like to axpress my personal gratitude to the core team. the efforts they have put into this game are increadable and an intense amount of dedication and thought has gone into it.
Thank you core team members where ever you are
I'll echo Crow's closing comments. I was concerned with the ambition of the first release of CORE 2.0, with such a long development cycle. But at this point I'm fairly confident that the end-product will be as enjoyable and appreciated as the late-stage versions of CORE 1.0 was.