Goodness me. I popped over to VPF today for the first time in several months, to see if anything noteworthy had been released. Sure enough, there was a PD version of Monopoly, which seemed well worth investigating, so I followed the instructions and looked for the "Pacdude tables" link on this site, and was most baffled when I couldn't find it anywhere.
Several long pages later I managed to establish that the section didn't exist any more, although after about an hour of looking at this forum and VPF I still haven't actually managed to find out why. I eventually found the table elsewhere, so I'm happy.
My point, though, was that in looking for the source of all the kerfuffle, I noticed that this "community" is, if anything - and who would have ever believed such a thing possible? - even more of a fucked-up mess of backbiting, whining, lying and political bullshitting than it was back in the dark days of the "unauthorized" modding "debate". And, y'know, I'm not here to drag up all that again, nor even to bother correcting the lies that I see the likes of tiltjlp are still telling about those times. I'm here to offer a solution.
Change your name.
I see all the same old people here, still dragging around all the same old baggage, still bearing all the same old grudges. Why not leave it all behind and start with a clean slate? Pacdude, why not open a brand new account as "Jesuslover" or something? Destruk, be "Kreate-o The Magnificent". Shiva, become reborn as "SuperPinballGuy45". Refuse to hint at, or even acknowledge, any previous identities. Wipe the memories, forgive the sins, and start from the beginning, with nothing but a shared love of pinball.
Since nobody knows anyone else's real name, it'll work if you want it to. Try not to get hung up on power trips, and imposing rules that even the creators of them will break if they feel like it anyway. If somebody does something you don't like, ignore it and get on with doing whatever you DO like doing, be it playing, creating, modding, bug-finding, whatever. Live and let live.
There's no other way of repairing the unbelievable, farcical mess that's been made of this community by people who could and should have known better, but who I'm not going to waste my time identifying. As long as everyone's staggering under the weight of six years of baggage, there'll be nothing but misery for all.
You might be able to guess who I am. It doesn't matter. I'm just fleetingly passing through, and the state of things, after all this time, made me sad. Wipe it all out. You can forgive each other without having to back down and lose face, because everybody will have a brand new face. Politics is shit. Pinball is ace. Start from there.
Peepo
(the artist formerly known as someone else)
Several long pages later I managed to establish that the section didn't exist any more, although after about an hour of looking at this forum and VPF I still haven't actually managed to find out why. I eventually found the table elsewhere, so I'm happy.
My point, though, was that in looking for the source of all the kerfuffle, I noticed that this "community" is, if anything - and who would have ever believed such a thing possible? - even more of a fucked-up mess of backbiting, whining, lying and political bullshitting than it was back in the dark days of the "unauthorized" modding "debate". And, y'know, I'm not here to drag up all that again, nor even to bother correcting the lies that I see the likes of tiltjlp are still telling about those times. I'm here to offer a solution.
Change your name.
I see all the same old people here, still dragging around all the same old baggage, still bearing all the same old grudges. Why not leave it all behind and start with a clean slate? Pacdude, why not open a brand new account as "Jesuslover" or something? Destruk, be "Kreate-o The Magnificent". Shiva, become reborn as "SuperPinballGuy45". Refuse to hint at, or even acknowledge, any previous identities. Wipe the memories, forgive the sins, and start from the beginning, with nothing but a shared love of pinball.
Since nobody knows anyone else's real name, it'll work if you want it to. Try not to get hung up on power trips, and imposing rules that even the creators of them will break if they feel like it anyway. If somebody does something you don't like, ignore it and get on with doing whatever you DO like doing, be it playing, creating, modding, bug-finding, whatever. Live and let live.
There's no other way of repairing the unbelievable, farcical mess that's been made of this community by people who could and should have known better, but who I'm not going to waste my time identifying. As long as everyone's staggering under the weight of six years of baggage, there'll be nothing but misery for all.
You might be able to guess who I am. It doesn't matter. I'm just fleetingly passing through, and the state of things, after all this time, made me sad. Wipe it all out. You can forgive each other without having to back down and lose face, because everybody will have a brand new face. Politics is shit. Pinball is ace. Start from there.
Peepo
(the artist formerly known as someone else)