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« on: 2005-11-25 08:45:25 »
Wow, it's bitching about bitching, and then bitching about bitching about bitching! Meta-bitching!
Seriously though, I don't think the problem is that people comment on SaiNt's hard work by suggesting new features and fixes. As a developer, I know that we usually do appreciate ideas for the next step of our projects. The problem would be the lack of good, realistic ideas. Some people have absolutely no idea how ridiculous their suggestions are (in terms of "fix", "improvement" or "completely new project"), while others don't bother first checking if what they're wondering has already been said and answered. Most appear generally ungrateful by not commenting at all on what has already been done (through long nights of blood, sweat and tears) and just comment on what would be needed to make the patch a good thing in their eyes.
I realize that a project like this for a game as popular as this does get quite desirable and widespread through word of mouth, so there'll be a lot of people who just catch wind of the patch and see that it's almost usable for them. Still, I imagine it's not very motivational to read that 90% of the response to your work consists of people less intelligent than you feeling a need to ineloquently inform you that your work is inadequate.
I don't think this is going to change much, no matter how hard we try, whenever there's a high-profile project. Possibly we can limit the effects in the future when we'll have public and private areas, so that foremost the classy people can comment on the work, with a public "junk" thread for anyone's suggestions. Something like that would at least make it easier to sort the decent suggestions and comments from the rotten-awful ones.
In closing, no need to get steamed up over it. We've danced this dance before, and for now raising your voice about it isn't going to help much.