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Did you really just now take offence over someone saying something stupid about modders on tv? EDIT: I'm not trying to rile you, but given the fact that the gaming industry is rivalring (if not already bigger) than the film industry and given that even espn is running special programmes on esport, there is no need to justify ourselves to anyone at all anymore.

You two are massively talking past each other.

Need more info on "that Skyrim modder".

Pretty much my thoughts on this as well. They are already getting people to pay for beta testing their games too. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.

Except that 3/4s of said donation goes to Valve, so it's far more of a donation to Valve than to the modder. But I guess at least it's legal, more so than just putting up a paypal link on the page.

They certainly can do as they please, but I think many of the things they do are not particularly good for the consumer, especially in this case. The deal is also pretty atrocious for the modders (you only roughly get 1€ for each 5€ item you sell) and given that the early access model has shown that people like to get incomplete content out, get paid for it, then abandon it to start something new so they can get paid for something else, I'm not even sure if this is good for getting high quality stuff out there. Although I definitely believe people should be paid for some of the amazing things they make, I think the way Patreon does it might be the only way forward in providing people with a financial incentive to mod, but at the same time undermine pump and dump patterns of behavior.

That was my first thought too. It's a DLC scheme where the devs don't even have to generate the content themselves, and given that many older games have a vibrant community only because of the modding scene, it's a means for the devs to generate income even from older titles without having to resort to subscription based models. Given that the devs are taking a cut, I'm wondering if good modders would not be making more money by merely providing users the opportunity to donate some dollarz (although I'm sure even that is a bit of a legal grey area). Especially so given that Valve is apparently taking 75% of the price. EDIT: Apparently the devs don't get all that much from that and it really is mostly just Valve getting 75%, which is pretty ridiculous.

Looks interesting, but the quality of the trailer is atrociously bad. I'm a bit surprised that in 2015, people still haven't figured out that there are excellent alternatives to third-party video capture programs (and there really is no excuse for using third-party capture programs for anything but streaming to begin with). If I managed to capture constant 30 fps footage back in 2004 on the highest settings with a high res, maxed out FSAA etc on a PC that could barely run jka with textures on, then you guys can do the same. You've put so much effort and work into that mod, I'm sure taking the time to do a bit of research on video capturing and then bringing out a trailer that does justice to the mod would be an excellent idea.

Ah man, the sweet joys of sabering at below 10 ping. I'd recommend not installing any mods whatsoever and just organizing some tournaments on pure base.

So why is Dark Forces relevant to Rogue One? I haven't played any of the DF games yet, but they seem to be special in some regard and I'd like to know more. Don't really care about spoilers.

Given that his harshness is entirely unjustified and he's just being an ass for the sake of being it, I think it's a good thing that people are having a hard time accepting it. I'd like to see more of that, actually.

I think the only person who is trying to push anything here is you.

His point is that the only people who get to decide what is canon are the people in charge of the license. I cannot see how it is reasonable to argue against that. However, I did drop the hint that engaging entertainment reasonably might be against the point of entertainment.

The point of engaging SW media is having fun. If what it takes for people to have fun is to have an unorthodox take on the media, then why not? Suspension of disbelief works the same way.

You are only entitled to your point of view if it is reasonable.

People like to headcanon. No need to get your panties in a bunch over it.

Schopenhauer's Parerga.

You came at the right time.

I'd say fix it. It makes for a better release regardless.

Madness!

I use the keyboard to satisfy all my emulation needs, but using oldschool gamepads has of course its own appeal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Fjc1hBwuE

Sounds like a rootkit, yeah. The usual malware removal programs should have sufficed, but maybe you need specialized software to deal with it.

Apathy is death...

I'm not modding for JK....