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How Not to React to Criticism 101

04/01/2011 04:26 PM

I'm pretty sure it's just an epic troll job.

Asking for donations

03/31/2011 10:37 PM

author=Creation
I was hoping that Clyve would develop his point of view further as so far it has been limited to ROLF. Care to develop your opinion?

Nope, my point stands firm.

In my opinion, this whole topic is ridiculous and was blown way out of proportion. "Accepting donations is immoral" for someone who is making a game in their own free time is ROFL.

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03/31/2011 10:22 PM

I would love making games for money. Unfortunately, I lack the skill set to do so.

Sure I can make a nicely balanced DQ style game, but I don't have all the auxiliary talents necessary to make something that truly stands out that's worth paying for.

Some day, though, I will make the perfect game - Adventures of the Goatse Man, and people will flock to it.

Boston Reboot

03/31/2011 09:57 PM

author=Creation
You're right, it's not, but that's partly beside the point.

The point would be that you would be accepting money from a game which uses resources which do not belong to you and which you did not make. You can rationalize this to: ''Well it's not commercial so it's fine.'' You're probably right from a legal point of view but I don't think it's fair to people who unwillingly thus contributed to your game that they would get nothing (unless of course, you will split your revenue with everyone who participated which would be the ethical thing to do).

When someone takes some of their free time to contribute something for free to a community so that those people can contribute something else in return, it's the principle that everything should remain free. Do you honestly think a person would change their mind about if they learned that you were making cash through donations? It doesn't matter where the source of the money comes from and you know it, the end result is the same: you'd be making money by using things that don't belong to you.

Following your logic, I'm assuming you'd be fine if I start asking donations for the French version of Eyes Without a Face? It's only donation, right?

Anyways, I think what you're doing is morally wrong and I hope you'll reconsider because I would then regret helping you out. I certainly wouldn't have translated Eyes Without a Face if you were accepting donations for it (unless you then distributed your revenue to everyone who contributed).

^ ROFL