Originally Posted by MarkShot

At the risk getting snapped at again ... here goes.

You look at all this and see negativity. You see that, because you start from a posture which is already defensive.

Yes, it is true that I perhaps only played the stock game 1.4b for about just a week.

You take it to mean that I wanted to move on to immediate deconstructing and begin assailing GWX.

On the contrary it could mean that I felt that anything beyond a week with the stock SH3 was a waste of my time. I actually started with GWX 1.03 and only went to the trouble of upgrading to 2.00 after you explained to me how the campaign layers had been rewritten to vastly improve randomness and convoy behavior. I had shelved SH3/GWX for six months for reasons that had nothing to do with the game.

However, I resumed with GWX and not one of the other total mods. If you weren't caught up looking for negative attacks, it might be seen that I picked up GWX, since it held the reputation of being the top contemporary WWII sub simulation available. It might be seen that I continue to play it, analyze it, and post about it, because it holds great interest and presents an interesting challenge. My life isn't so small that I have time to waste tearing apart the work of you and your team. You might see these post (all very polite) for the enthusiasm they are.

Instead despite knowing my background in games and systems, you reject my sincere interest in examining the game closely (as I do with all games I play). I understand quite well the limitations which not having the source code imposes upon modders. So, I probably know better than most how much you've done with what the limited tools you had. Finally, everyone gets touchy when other games get mentioned. Well, this is, in fact, a subsim Web site as opposed to the UBI forums. It should be possible to mention other titles if it they are discussed in the context of SH3.

Bottomline: You and the rest of your team could just easily find praise and respect in my posts if you weren't on the defensive to begin with. The way this thread turned out is a shame. In general, it is better for the health of GWX and its evolution to encourage discussion and risk someone degrading it, than to be seen slapping down someone who is sincerely interested in it as has happened here. Too much of this and you end up with the Harpoon community where there are nothing but feuds and noobs learn quickly not to post.