UNITY'S PROFILE

1. We are elitist
Eh, maybe a little bit? I don't think it's to a damning degree, though. It's certainly something to keep in mind, but I think we're okay for right now.

2. We hate noobs
I can see some making this claim, though the validity of it is up for interpretation. We get a lot of noobs wanting more than just advice, which is evident by the "Hey I have never done anything and don't know how, please form a team to make my game" threads that pop up with some regularity. Getting noobs who want to put in the time and effort to learn seems a bit rarer. We've just got to make sure we treat those noobs with the respect they deserve.

There's also the chain of events where a newbie posts their first game, having just learned the utmost basics of game-making. Then they get a review, that (either fairly or harshly) rates their game 1-2 stars. Then the newbie gets upset and never contributes again. I don't know how often this occurs, but I've seen it happen, though we do get wonderful exceptions where the newbie will decide to buckle-down and get to learning, and come back with an impressive improvement for their next project.

3. We are highly critical
I think this is a little true, especially in some areas. While this is overall a positive, I feel, as it drives all of us to improve, I can understand if it can cause frustration. Overall, I don't think being critical is bad, as long as you don't present that criticism in a way that discourages growth or chases away new people.

4. We only support Rm2k3
I think we've gotten pretty supportive of just about everybody's engines. From my limited point of view, at least.

5. We have low standards (yeah, and elitist at the same time :\)
Nope, unless you're just going by pure download statistics or something, and even then I think that's mostly untrue.

6. We have a ton of shitty games that "clog" up RMN
Who was it that said that 90% of fiction was crap, or something? I think in any community, you're going to have waves and waves of "shitty" content, as people need to get those bad games out to learn how to make good games, and if that's a byproduct of improvement, then I have no problem with it.

7. We have a giant boner for 8-bit graphic games
Because 8-bit graphics are awesome. Er, I don't see anything wrong with that, provided that we aren't poo-pooing games that DON'T go the 8-bit route. NEXT POINT!

8. We have a boner for Eartbound games
I hope this isn't a bad thing, as I've got a future project somewhat-inspired by Earthbound coming up. Adding to that, we have excellent Earthbound-like games in production already, including Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass, Hanging On, and of course Eagleland.

I think we get a LOT more games taking inspiration from Final Fantasy and the like than games that take inspiration from Earthbound. And I freaking love Earthbound so I'd actually like to see a few more Earthboundish games (which is part of the reason I'm making one in the future XD)

9. We are nothing but a factory churning out RMVX game clones
"Clone Overdrive" is a staple of any indie community, from what I hear. Any huge, successful game is bound to inspire people to make countless clones. But some people learn from these experiences, and make their own unique games, or put enough of a spin on what they're cloning to make the new game fresh. Again, I think this is an okay byproduct for what we end up getting out of it.

10. We don't promote good games
This is a hard thing to comment on, because if there are a bunch of high-quality games that aren't being promoted that I haven't played, then I have no idea that they currently exist XD;;; But having said that, I agree with Cash that we've been pretty on-point in promoting promising projects. The front page is great for this and it's always fun to check in and see new games being promoted.

11. We don't do scripts
Don't we? I've gotten plenty of scripts from this site, as well as scripting help in general. We may not have a massive all-encompassing library, but I think we're doing okay.

13. Fuck resources!
My, my. Never on the first date. :P But seriously, we depend on users to provide those. Perhaps that next MOG project you mentioned would be perfect for this. When everything gets settled down after the next IGMC, of course.

14. RMN is dying :'(
I demand proof of this, 'cause I don't see it.

15. RMNers are pigheaded and unreceptive to (obviously superior) advice
Some of them are. Some of them aren't.

16. We're all a bunch of dicks (why are we all such dicks?)
On the internet, dicks thrive and dickish behavior is hard to stamp out. I think we do a good job against people that cross the line, though.

17. The review system is broken
How so? I mean, aside from the way that any review system that depends on individual reviewers with different tastes, methods, etc to determine scores. We have a great group of reviewers here and I think that, for the most part, they do a damn good job and I'm totally thankful for their efforts.

18. We need to develop and retain young talent
Maybe. But that goes back to not being too mean to newbies and scaring them off, I guess :P

19. We're contradicting (not hypocritical)
We're made of many different users with vastly different opinions.

20. we're all stuck in our ways
This may be true to some degree, but not enough to be a real problem, I think. Some of us are open to new ideas, some aren't.