when I joined this Board a year ago,
I was suprised about the athmosphere, calm and peacefull to be honest.
now because of some mods made SH3 very popular more people hopped in and with the release of SHIV Subsim.com became even bigger.
but it also changed the athmosphere to be honest, especialy since the last releases of Mods for SH3.
Competition between Modding teams is GOOD , as it can push both teams further in developing and discovering things they never seen before, and releases it in a supermod and give it away free to download. to be honest without these spended efforst SH3 wouldnt have grown this big as it is right now. Now I been here just for a Year, and I'm amazed what people have done to work on mayor projects that are mindblowing.
It came to me to notice that besides Modding teams releasing their projects , there is also politics involved. if it civil, I dont mind it is healthy , but when its just plain rude dumb comments, back stabbing and draging mods throught the MUD is just PLAIN RUDE. I dont actually understand the fact ''Why'' do they say such thing.
those comments can do enough that Modders throw their caps on the ground and say ''I've had it I leave'' and sometimes it can be a big loss.
something we all must remember its FREE, yes, the only thing in return is that you respect the hard work as it can be a YEAR of hard work, if you just drag it into the Mud by posting it on a message board because you dont like it and that its for example UNREALISTIC and dont tell WHY it is, sorry dude. if you just deleted it. nobody get hurt. as nobody forces you to download it. you are a free man(oops females too) you can whatever you like with mods and your SH3 game.
Subsim has grown big, the more the merrier I say as long it stays civil and fun.
just my thoughts
HunterICX