Spastic Lagomorph, on 24 June 2015 - 06:57 PM, said:
Well, not to defend Max Payne, but I must admit that as a non-mapper, responses like this:
"ck3D, on 07 March 2012 - 12:30 PM, said:
have you ever released a map ? just curious, i don't get on this forum much, i see you post criticism all the time and i'm just curious as to whether or not you have ever released something"
...to non-mappers commenting on maps might possibly cause them to become antsy to post future commentary.
Are we now saying that one is not required to be a mapper or have mapping experience to be qualified to post reviews? Because that's a bit of a change from what I remember.
hey, that was me. not too sure as to what is so disturbing about that one specific post (which is here displayed as cut short and out of context, by the way). i just so happened to be genuinely curious as to whether or not that particular guy had ever released a map. no second thoughts whatsoever about potential 'reviewing politics' (a saying that sounds just as ridiculous and pompous as the idea behind it). turned out I was mixing him up with some other new dude on the boards back then anyway...
plus my next post in that thread you got the one you quoted from actually contradicts the point you are trying to support, in a rather explicit way :
ck3D, on 08 March 2012 - 05:05 AM, said:
it was a honest question though. criticism is good but it's also nice to know the standpoint of the person who emits it, whether it's purely from a player, purely from a mapper or from someone with experience in both playing and mapping. i usually find it more interesting when criticism comes from someone who plays duke more than they map for it, because mappers are often caught up in their knowledge of technicalities and how stuff works 'behind the scenes' and dismiss the actual gaming experience a bit. strict players can make some unfair remarks sometimes (when their bad experiences have more to do with limits of the game itself that they are not aware of, than with the actual mapping), but when you look past this and focus on the sincerity of their experience, as a mapper you often have a lot to learn.
about blue lighting, turned out that i had him mixed up with that nerdkoopa dude who released ethanol fever a few months back, but my question still stands, out of curiosity
so yeah, I actually agree with the point you are trying to make. not saying you are 'wrong' for bringing it up in any way, just rectifying that re-using that one post of mine as a counterexample is incorrect.
hmm, not too sure how I ended up skimming through this thread in the first place anyway. please carry on !