Why don't you want to share your stuff?

[Anarchy]

I get asked for help with things quite often. One thing that really bugs me is when people refuse to post ideas or source code on the forums for help.

Why don't you want to post your source code? You think it's special? Unique? Get off your high horse and realize your shit isn't even a wee bit special if it doesn't work. It isn't special if people never see it. If you need help, post the code. The code says more than any description, especially when you're too dumb to turn a textual bug fix into code. Even if it does work, post it. People will learn from it, and their game will be better because of it. That's all that matters in the long run around here anyways, we're a place to learn and have fun. Help people out. "Gracious Professionalism" is a great term coined by FIRST Robotics. Compete like crazy, but share your ideas and the things you do with your opponents. They'll benefit by learning from you, and you'll benefit by having to learn to stay ahead. Win-win.

Why don't you want to share your ideas/stories/plans? You think they're special? Unique? Get off your high horse and realize your shit isn't even a wee bit special if no one likes it. It isn't special if people never see it. If you have some thoughts, post them and get some feedback. Do you think game designers in the "real world" say "I have this great game idea but I need someone to make it for me but I am not going to tell them what I want!" Yeah fucking right. Post your shit people.


So the next time you ask for help, you better link me to an in depth forum post on the subject that include CODE. Meaningful code. If you post your entire project for a "Subscript Out Of Range" error, I'll personally put your head on backwards.

So the next time you have the next great game idea, and just need a programmer, graphics artist, mapper, musician, and moderator team, you better post your story and ideas and what makes your game so awesome. In the post. If I have to PM you to see what you have in mind, I'm going to delete your post because you don't deserve to waste our bandwidth.


/rant
Lea

Poor Lea, having troubble with the noobs again XD

Might seem like people can just rip off your game, but if they're taking your code in the first place, you know deep down that there game won't be half as good as yours.

And you know your source inside and out, they dont. Which means you could have hella fun