Death-Destiny
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Artillery said:
Well, tecnically, I think DD should do what feels best for him. When all is said and done, he's the mapper. We're here to help with suggestions, and beta testers are there to help with some serious suggestions.
In the end, we all want to see a quality mapset that we'll enjoy. Pulling-off 32 maps on your own is quite a task. Speeding 32 maps on your own, while making them at the same time quality works is respect-worthy on it's own.
You're one of the few people who seems to understand this concept. Making a megaWAD in ~3 months is not easy, and it's even harder to make them good. Here, let me explain to you people why I feel I can assert my opinion so confidently.
Back when I was discussing difficulty settings, I was getting the vibe that unless I conform to what eveyone else says and especially people like Belial, my mapset will fail. I've looked at Belial's HR max demos like you said. To signal out one, Belial got 10:00 on HRmap15. I got 9:56 on the same map:
Proof for the non-believers: http://files.filefront.com/DDHR15lm...;/fileinfo.html ,recorded with Zdoom V2.0.1
To use you people's own words, that makes me one of the "most skilled members in your community, bordering on ridiculous", one of your "Doomgods of insane skill". I've been playing doom nearly since the day it was released and have been mapping for some number of years as well. How the hell do you guys think I can map so fast and still do such good work. Am I a natural talent? No... I became this good through time and experiences. I'm already familiar with all the standard methods of mapping and the most common pitfalls of the art.
The reason I want to tell you this is that I doubt my maps will suck if I challenge other peoples suggestions. I'd tend to think my own judgments are pretty sound and probably more valid than a lot of yours, so it is silly to suggest that my maps will fail if I don't take the advice of key people. The only substantial differance between me and people like Belial, Dutch Devil, and others is that you've never heard of me before, and so I have no reputation to back me up. I've mapped most of my career for recreation, and DP is no different. Remember that the first thing I said was that this project is for my personal interests and that I'm only releasing it because you people asked me too? I don't need your acknowledgement to have confidence in my abilities, and I don't need to release DP either if you people refuse to work together with me and prefer to make judgments.
Now, now, the person who refuses to hear the suggestions of others, regardless of skill, is a fool. All I'm asking is that you realize to whom you speak. You're allowed to give polite advice and, if you seriously disagree with me, you can at least inquire on why I did something the way I did, since I tend to know what I'm doing, though I'm perfectly capable of making mistakes.
I know by now that you Doomworlders tend to over-react, so before you do, I'm not dissing anyone, I'm not trying to have an ego, and this post is meant to be read objectively. I do still want to work together with the community and I'm appreciating you input. I just think it's important to understand that if I do something you disagree with, I probably have a reason. We should discuss it without antagonism. Also, FYI, if we compare merit-based rank, I probably outrank most of you. =) I apologize in advance for this post...
If you didn't read this whole thing, then don't even think of responding until you do. =)
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04-21-08 23:25 
