Quote: "1. Any grown man who fancies a child’s toy or to be clearer a little girl’s toy has mental issues. Please don’t bring your ice cream truck or tented van with candy to my house or near my neighborhood. "
Probably aimed at the bronies. People like well scripted and well written TV shows, some people don't care about their manlihood so much to not be bothered by the fact something's marketed towards children or girls for that matter. Many adults enjoy kids' TV, the reason they enjoy it is because a good kids' TV show will be written to be entertaining for children and adults alike as parents watch TV with their kids. Whilst not all bronies are parents (heck I know one member enjoys the show with his daughter), but hey, a lot of people who are 18+ absolutely love Spongebob, because they think it's an awesome show (and it is). Same thing but a lot more feminine.
Quote: "2. Your game clearly sucks. Your art looks like a bunch of preschoolers had a meeting and made finger paintings. "
His stuff is stylistic and I think actually looks pretty cool. Though I guess you must know some pretty talented pre-schoolers, because from what I've seen, pre-schoolers do a lot worse.
Quote: "3. I agree with the post prior. This thread should be locked. At no point was this post different then the millions of team posts prior to this one in the history of this site. The only reason it was not locked is because it was created by a mod. To be honest, no example was set. If this is your idea of “setting an example” of how a team request should look, well you might want to review the 50 million post prior to yours. "
Obviously you've not paid attention to the team request rules or listened to other posts other than Old_school's. Heck, Josh said he'd lock it if other mods felt it didn't meet their criteria. Team Requests is an incredibly grey area and generally put down to moderator discretion more than anything. If you're unsure before you make a team request, as I said, email a moderator.
Also note Josh Mooney's thread isn't only team request to be accepted and another thread type that are generally considered spam are the "please donate money" threads, we've got 2 open right now. But they're from members (not mods) who are settled into the TGC community and are 2 very promising projects.
Quote: "4. Stop giving people bad advice period. Dark Basic is not the best language in the world and C++ is not the greatest thing since sliced bread. A good developer can tell you every language has its place in the world. Stop BSing people to sell your product. "
Show me where anybody has made these claims. People think both are fantastic but most realise that people will stick to the tools that are best for THEM. Sometimes that's DBP. Plus it's not
our product, TGC staff very rarely post in here - the mods aren't staff and they're not here to sell a product either. Usually staff post to give us new information, get feedback or pop in to tell somebody their project looks great.
Quote: "5. Stop “mod vision” and banning people who disagree with your moderators and their “godly” views. A good portion of your moderators do a poor job of representing their self in a professional manor or even being friendly/providing good customer service. Talking down or “bashing” as you kids call it members for posting something you do not view as “acceptable” does not mean and should not mean open session for talking down to that person or degrading them. This is programming. You can program the same program 50 million different ways. What works for you may not work for someone else. Get a life and move out of your parent’s basement. "
If and of this was true, I'd be banned and not a valued member. Whilst I value their opinions on programming, but on other topics such as religion, politics, piracy and other sensitive topics, I've definitely had disagreements with moderators, but because we're civil and we calm down before things get out of hand then nothing happens. In those discussions, we keep it respectful, anybody who isn't usually gets a warning and if they persist a mod slap and the thread gets locked. Sometimes a mod can pre-empt this and lock a thread before anybody says anything they might regret. Latest example, Kony 2012 thread.
As for bashing, people generally give constructive criticism, mods included. If you're talking about old_school, a lot of the time he doesn't listen, he gives a lot of bad advice to people and makes a lot of wild claims. We don't know if they're true or not, but I think some moderators and not just moderators, some members too are getting a little tired. We've been direct about that (heck, so have I).
And professional? Moderators are members not staff. They have their own views, opinions and flaws. From what I understand, they're not meant to be any different from the rest of us - you don't kiss their butt and you're welcome to voice your opinion even if they disagree. Again, if you couldn't, I'd have been banned a long time ago. They are mods because they are trusted enough to be able to moderate fairly and judge situations properly, as moderators here don't lawyer the rules (from what I've seen), they see what the situation is first.
Quote: "6. This is a business, so treat your customers with some respect. Same goes for customers to owners. You people complain more then a monkey addicted to cigarettes on both sides."
Whose business? TGC? None of us belong to TGC. Josh Mooney's business? What exactly has he said to tick you off?
Nobody here, except you, is disrespectful. The only person I can think of who hasn't been cut too much slack is old_school (probably why people are assuming you're a friend of his) but he doesn't listen very well and I dunno, I guess people use sarcasm other methods to illustrate a point? Not to mention are growing tired.
I'm sure if you're a reasonable man you'll get that. If not, then don't let the door hit you on the way out. We prefer people who are a little more respectful. If you have a problem with someone, this is not the mature way of doing it.
However, as Josh Mooney hasn't done anything to belittle anyone or put them down, I suggest you offer him an apology.
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Sorry if that was a long rebuttal. Figured if he's reasonable but got the wrong end of the stick, an itemised response might see reason. Unfortunately, when somebody opens up with a load of insults, it's rarely the case.
