I do not know really where or how to start this, or why I decided to post but here it goes...
I used to be a Core Developer for CLU(Honorbuddy), I would always strive to create the best possible DPS scenario for the CCs there to make sure I had the closest to human output in raid environment. I kept getting disappointed when I would destroy a dummy, but once I would get in a raid environment no mater what Bot Base i used (LazyRaider, Raid Bot, etc) It would slow WAY down. This was due to HB running checks on every single person and entity in the raid environment dramatically slowing it down. One of the other devs mentioned PQR in passing, talking about creating CCs around the same simple concept and that it would be better than PQR, because PQR was "slow".
So i decided to come here and do some research, boy was I surprised, it was not slow at all. I tried a few profiles out and was not happy with the capabilities of them, since for the most part(as with HB as well) there was not enough attention to detail to really use them in top tier content without drawing negative attention to your lacking DPS. So I dove in.
I created some profiles based on the classes I was playing at the time (Boomkin/Warlock) and fine tuned them to the best of my ability using the format that I used in CLU and it worked out surprisingly well. So the first thing I did was put up a free version of what I had done. In that week I had added the remaining features I wanted, then saved that version to release as a private version of what I used to those willing to "donate" or "pay".
Now while I am on the subject of "donating" I do not mean to beat a dead horse(well, it really is not dead). There was a lot of hate and discontent running around because I have been asking for a set donation amount to receive a certain product. The majority of those complaining about it, had orange names, or did at one point in time. Lets identify what this Orange name means...
For a $15 donation to support OwnedCore and its wealth of great content you will receive the following site features:
- Added to the Donator Usergroup
- Ad-Free Site Browsing
- Ability to post links in your signature
- Access to the private forums (Private Lounge (Donator and up Section), Private Guides, Exploits, and programs)
- Access to the Site Shoutbox to chat live with other users and staff on the site 24/7 (50 posts required to view).
- Private Message Storage of 150
- Beta to all new site features
- New Colorful Username
- Priority support with model editing and emulator server creation
- Larger Avatar Size restriction (120x120) 100kb
- Larger Profile Picture Size restriction (180x200) 150kb
- The good will knowledge that you are helping keep OwnedCore alive!
Now, as irrelevant as it is(I have been quiet about it long enough, I can at least give my 2c on it) the fact that I had Donators, and a administrator arguing for me to not use the word "Donate" when referring to a certain dollar amount when they not only support it, but in the case of a administrator, USE it blew my mind. While I know this was just one more thing to complain about to the guy who is going against what the spoken majority wants, it still is very low when you promote and support the same concept on a different operation.
Failroad, as much of a D-bag as he is provided some good work. I am not going to stroke his epeen too much, because he did not take care of his people, so if you can't put something out there and support those who pay for it then you are a 1 trick pony...There are many other coders out there, and I will not list them all because if I leave someone out on accident I do not want them to be offended. Just know and understand that every contributor and dev out there is amazing and i greatly appreciate the work that you do.
Again, I do not know the direction im going here, so when making a reply on "you post has no point etc" jut keep in mind i am simply expressing how I feel, something I have not done since I have came here.
The amount of negative feedback I have received from me selling profiles has dropped dramatically. Perhaps I did go about it the wrong way, out of the gates full speed. I have quite a large base of supporters (most of which don't comment on my threads, hell most i don't even know their OC names, just the amount of emails I have received after sending them profiles). Though every day I feel measures are being taken to slowly weed me out of the forums. I don't understand why I(and others) are being outcast to the trade forums where our profiles get swallowed by the account, powerleveling, goldselling threads. Can we not make a paid profile section? They are out there, not just PQR, and they are not going away. People like them, people hate them, but people buy them, LOTS of people buy them.
Why am i asking for this? a few reasons. I don't like being treated as a outcast because I choose to ask for something in return for the time i put into my profiles. Not everyone is the same. I also want to be able to better support my buyers, but when they post in the one place they know of (because they are human and don't read every fine detail before posting) I am unable to support them in the thread because I will get a infraction for TALKING about paid profiles.
The community has changed, it is not as friendly as it used to be. I will come out and say it right now, it is not because people chose to sell profiles(im telling you this hostility started when Failroad came here and me and personal opinions got the best of everyone) it is because a majority of the veteran members refused to support change. So in turn they lashed out and pushed some of these people to irritable levels.
Im going to close this out, I just scrolled up and saw how long this got. I am just at a point right now to where I do not know what I am going to do. I have some many ideas that I would like to continue to produce, and I will. It is really just up to the community if I will be allowed to keep them out here with the way I like to do it. When all of this went down, I do not think enough people spoke out in defense of myself and other paid writers. So we never really had a chance.
I have devloped great relationships with a lot of the OC contributors and Devs, I really enjoy working with you guys and seeing some great ideas come to life. Things have changed, and I would just really like if instead of putting so much effort into creating ways and rules to push us out of the forums you would just give it a chance and see where it goes.
Thanks again for the support to all of those who it applies to...
~Soapbox