RjBeals wrote:OliverFA wrote:You know? What I find funny is that I am being asked to continue the map...
Is like telling a kid that Santa Claus doesn't exist and later expecting him to enjoy Christmas...
I asked - because you're one of the few carto's with a good noggin.
I was not talking about you. I apologize if it seemed that I was complaining about you. And by the way, thanks for starting the thread. I was talking about Gimil and, unless he corrects me, about the full CC staff. They lock my thread without even warning me once. Then they contact me by PM with a lot of nice words which, I won't deny are very beautiful and nice, but that can be summarized as "We did that because we had to. You understand. Do you?". That is. Nice words but not real discussion. Not even a chance for me to explain myself. The only chance comes from this thread which, once again, I thank you for opening. If they have found about t-o-m involvement in this map is because neither he nor me have hidden it. Some images were linking directly to his imageshack account. Too much for someone that want to be secretive. Isn't it?
Maybe if they had investigated they would have realized that this map started before he was banned. So, when he got banned, I had the chance to kick him away, or stay with him. I don't know about site admins, but I have the principle not to kick away someone who has helped me and been kind to me. If I told him to go away, I could save my map, but that would say a lot of negative things about me as a person. No, he was the one that helped me with the graphics, and I only have reasons to be grateful to him.
RjBeals wrote: I would feel the same if I was in your shoes. So much time goes into a map development. That thread is a big part of your life. Then to visit one day and see it locked has got to be a "disappointment" - enough to make you angry.
Thanks for the understanding
fortunately, I think you are wrong about this. Of course, you are not wrong about the fact that I have put a lot of effort in the map. And you are not wrong when you say that, in addition to being disapointed, I am also a bit pissed. But you are wrong when you say this is a big part of my life
Thanks God, I have a job that allows me to realize as a person and as a professional. Consequently, CC is just an entertainment for me. This means that I don't need Research & Conquer to feel well with myself. On the contrary, I will feel better with myself if I feel that I satayed faithful with my principles than if I feel that someone attacked me and I defended myself instead of surrendering. I put many hours in the map. Many of them were hours taken from sleep time. But I won't continue with the map if no real discussion is taken about it. And I say real discussion. CC has all the right to make up stupid rules in its own site. But I am in my own right to take my very limited free time and invest it in a project somewhere else where they will appreciate me instead of hurting me "because they have to".
RjBeals wrote:But you've got to flip the situation and see it from gimils side (and the staff). I have nothing against tom myself. In fact he always gave good feedback in my map threads. The simple fact is though he abused his forum rights by spamming other forums, not the foundry - and so his posting privileges were taken from him.
I think that it is extremely unfair to t-o-m to dissolve our association becuase he was banned. Hell, being banned is bad enough for me to add something else to this disaster. The map was started prior to that ban. The first drafts were very nice (and by the way, before knowing he is the one making the graphics everybody said they were nice graphics) and he didn't do anything bad to me or to R&C. It would be unfair to tell him to go.
Plus, lets face it. Some people say "oh look for someone else". Where is that someone else? The foundry is plenty of map ideas that don't get any artist and simply die. Go check it and you will see.
RjBeals wrote:Anyway - hopefully after the holidays you'll find a new cartos and continue development. You have a great idea. In fact, it's grand. It needs a better gfx artist anyway. You have a very complicated idea - and if the grx aren't there, you may lose people.
Thanks for the support, RjBeals, but I see it very difficult to happen.
