MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: Ungrateful spray from little squirt.

Dear Gamerfan,

Mame Devs contribute their valuable time and expertise and often their own money to further the MAME project. They do this both for their own reasons - INTRINSIC VALUES; and for the benefit of the project or for and the enjoyment of others and the MAME Team as a whole - EXTRINSIC VALUES.

I see you trolling away from under your insignificant little bridge with your feeble little arguments about why these people - people who already give away much of their valuable time and expertise as a donation to the project as a whole, are either purposefully trying to undermine you and your enjoyment by withholding new releases - or should do more for you as you have the loudest voice. You being the hungry, ungrateful troll child under the bridge.

Others who already do so much for the project may have their own reasons, or reasons that you do not understand not to do something at this immediate point in time.

To quantify, something that you Gamerfan the troll are demanding right now is Wyvern FO to be uploaded and playable right now. I seem to remember something about Wyvern F0 having unknown hardware and as being unmameable from a previous discussion.

Anyway, if I put $6000 of my own money towards buying a rare and undumped game I might well wish for some other rookie MAME fan to contribute to the purchase price.

I see you have squirmed out of the donation option in your second letter. Your excuse being your seemingly poor current and future employment prospects, prospects which are probably related to your poor attitude towards others working within a group.

Before you aim your pointy stick in my direction I feel that I have a right to speak on this topic as I have spent between $10,000 to $25,000 on buying PCB's, artwork, control panels and other assorted stuff to contribute to the project. (I don't keep a tally and don't wish to.) Example - The Japanese version of Space Intruder cost me $1,000 Australian to buy.

I myself have some rare artwork that I am holding onto ATM. As it is large and I don't have the equipment to scan it / photograph it and put it into MAME it is not in MAME yet.

I am not hoarding it. I intend to put it into MAME - but the lack of access to the money to have it done professionally, or access to expensive technology such as a high resolution camera prohibits me from doing so ATM.

I have just seen another needed PCB for $150 and some artwork that is $50 + shipping to Australia. Better save my bucks, not living on a lot at the moment being a full time uni student and all that.

Then I suppose there is no real rush - I'll buy them when I can afford it.

Cheers,

Tingoes.

Edited by Tingoes (06/11/11 08:08 AM)