[Audyssey] disrespect for gamers: was Re: Lunimals version 2.5b

[The Addictor]

Isn't funny how many people want to jump down our throats for using vb6, 
when our games are free?  When somebody makes a game, or games, there should 
be a hundred times as much gratitude and constructive criticism than there 
is complaining and negative criticism, but it's the other way round most of 
the time.  I have been brought to the edge of simply stopping programming, 
just because people here are so gung-ho against vb6.  We devs--most of us 
anyway, are very well aware how out-dated vb6 is, that Microsoft doesn't 
support it, (as if that matters much since they're constantly disarranging 
their software to make it "better,") and so on.  Found a bug?  Great--tell 
us about it.  Got a way for the game to work better?  That's great, but stop 
grinding our noses into the fact that vb6 is so old.  Jim Kitchen, Jeremy 
and I use it, and it's what we know.  Sorry if this causes discomfort and 
inconvenience.  For my part, if a great open-source audio game comes out in 
vb.net, I'll look at it and eventually switch over, since I know how 
versatile .net is and so on.  Until then, I'm happy to use vb6, and I'm not 
in a hurry to rush around and change up everything right away, especially 
since I make my games mainly for my own enjoyment, as do my colleagues.  If 
I were trying to sell these games, the complaints about using outdated 
software would be relevant, but I'm not.  (The exception, of course, is 
Phrase Madness, but that's written in Basic4PPC and uses .net framework, so 
it's up to spec--relatively.)
Also, since I'm venting, there is one other thing I have to point out, and 
that is this.  Even if a game is abandonware, it's not cool to just modify 
it without the programmer's concent.  Damage Extreme is an attempt to make 
Enemy Attack even funner to play, and I would have gladly concented to the 
rewriting of it, but I wasn't asked, nor was the work I did on Enemy Attack 
even mentioned anywhere in the game.  I'm not one who cares about such 
things in general, but this is different.  It's not about feeling ticked 
because my name wasn't on the credits page--this is different.  It's about 
respect due to game makers.  It's about simply stealing a person's game, 
tweaking it here and there, and releasing it as completely your own idea. 
I've tried to let this go, tried to just swallow my pride or whatever, and 
all I've done is found my convictions on this more deeply.  I'm not asking 
that the game be taken down, or even for my name to appear on a credits 
page, only that devs are respected more in future.  If you're going to rip 
on sighted games, who cares--but audio games are developed by one person and 
take months if not years to put together, So please, let's have a little 
more respect for the game devs, okay? 


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