I would like to post my distaste to recent comments on my master skin Saboteur. Calling my work "not master skin quality" is below the belt. Especially when it is a drive by comment and the skin has not even been downloaded.
I think if you are going to comment on any skin, it should be at least downloaded and tested before inacurate comments and assumptions are made.
I personally believe that if you have nothing constructive to say about a skin, then please say nothing at all.
I spend many weeks and hours on every skin I do. I pour passion, talent, and knowledge into them. They are tested in every possible way that a skin can be tested, and only then is it submitted. The same goes for cursors, icons, and any matching accessory I make.
I can handle criticism, but only if it is constructive, and accurate based on the downloading of the skin itself.
"Po' Smedley For President"
"Blame Skinhit"
These are sentiments mirrored in teh eternal artistic works of Moe, Larry and Curley.
Even Mohandas K. Ghandi (the Mahatma) was quoted (when being arrested in South Africa) as having said, "I do not blame Jan Smuts. I blame skinhit."
So, in the interests of peace all over the world (I have sent M. Abbas and B. Netanyahu telegrams suggesting they comply and so has Hillary), non-violence and economic recovery (as well as preventing swine flu):
"Blame Skinhit.... Yes We Can!"
No. You became the bad guy because of the way you said it. There's a difference.
Every time an opinion is posted, there's a person reading it. If you write it as an attack, it'll be interpreted that way. You could easily just have pointed out the issue without yelling plagiarism.
It's not just you though, it's common all over the internet. There's a huge difference between criticism and accusal. Posting criticism is fine, but the kind of accusations people tend to post (claiming it's criticism) is just not right.
I never intended my accusation to be criticism. It was an accusation. Period. I did post about not having a decent screenshot, one in which the majority of the skin parts could be seen. That was criticism. I know my accusation should have been put into a Private Message. But I didn't feel like it this time. I'd had enough and said something about it. Something others may have wanted to say but didn't because they are afraid of getting bashed, or maybe hurting their reputation on here or their chances at promotion...whatever.
In the end, I don't care what anyone thinks of me on these forums. The people that know me, know me. I speak my mind, I say what I want to say be it on a forum, or face to face. Whether you like it or not.
I don't have a vendetta against vampothkittymaloneika. I'm not out to get her. Normally, I don't comment on her skins even though I do download them to check them out. Why? Because she thinks I'm out to get her. So if I leave any type of constructive criticism, there's a possibility that she'll be having a bad day and assume that I'm out to get her. So I usually stay away.
But then she puts up this crybaby post calling attention to herself. Well, she got some attention didn't she. Not exactly what she wanted though. One possible good thing that came from this post is a few people maybe understand a little better about using resources and crediting the authors if they request credit.
Vampothika, I will never again comment on any of your skins, or your other threads. That, I'm sure, will make you happy, but I do this for the sake of the community, not for you.
Yet people will look at a picture of a (insert any fast food item here) and marvel at the appetizing look of it. When they get it home it has the thumbprints of the cook embeded in the bun. The cheese is half on the sandwich and half running down the side of the bun. The meat is cold and the lettuce is hot and brown. The french fries appear to have been used as rectal thermometers at some point in their already long life, and your soda is so out of mix that all you taste is carbonated water.
They eat it anyway and go back for more in the future. All while having spent twice as much as what these master windowblinds cost. Truely amazing...
Where are you eating man?
It's not a burger we are talking about here. The old SS is an exact representation of what the theme looks like applied. It doesn't change after applying, like meshugga said. Anyone with any graphical sense can judge a theme enough by it's screenshot to realize how good it is or isn't. It doesn't have to be bought and then applied to figure out they don't like it. And to say that someone who isn't a master can't judge a skins quality is retarded. (That comment isn't attributed to Phoon)
Penguin Point in Huntington... (yeah, i know they closed it years ago...)
Yummy Rectal-Fries with Wally Sauce!
Not really. At this point in time the dollar is worth about nothing.
What a palaver....
^
Actually, I don't find that hard to believe at all. Can't walk around being smart all our lives... We 're all all act like idiots in quite a huge lot of situations during our lifespan.
Some still don't get it, intentionally or not.
People can criticize skins, it's the coordinated effort "behind the scenes" that is the problem.
Penguin Point in Huntington
Phoon, there's still one in Wabash
I would like to note that all you get in the download is the .wba file. I can't find any related content. If there are supposed to be icons and a wall, the people who purchase it are not getting it.
For the record, Vampothika, you will need to up your game if you want to continue to get Master skins approved. You will need to provide XP support and create works that are as good, if not better, than what are in your gallery.
Also, for Master skins ALL art has to be owned by you. Create all your own work and then you don't have to worry about "accidentally" infringing somebody else's right.
Yeah right, it's a big conspiracy. What's the saying? Put up or shut up?
I didn't accuse you, so don't be so defensive. It's a general statement, mmmm'kay. So my advice would be to let it go.
I didn't say you did, but you keep saying that. I'm the only one that said anything like that in this thread, so if you aren't accusing me, who are you accusing and why? I see the "end it now" advice, which means that this thread is probably soon to be locked because the mods/admins don't like what's being said or called out. I guess I should just get back up in my f-ing tree, like the song says right?
*messiah gets his bananas and climbs back to his cozy spot.
That's a church now.
I'm not lokcing the thread. If I do it's because it gets out of hand, no because of your "opinoins".
Okay, I couldn't resist... is it...
Penguin Point Baptist Church
-or-
Waddling Tux Community Church?
A skin needs XP support to be considered a master skin? Imho that's ridiculous. I can understand if Windows 7 support would be required as it's the most recent version of the OS, but as long as compatibility is clearly stated in the description, any legacy compatibility should be optional.
Ofcourse, I'm not Stardock and ultimately it's whoever is in charge there who dictate the rules... Just stating my opinion.
Coming into a thread pointing a finger at her IN PUBLIC like that is really a hit below the belt. YOU as moderators passed that skin, if you agree with someone complainig it's not "up to standard" it's YOUR failure.
*messiah gives ID a big, stinky, monkey hug. In a manly, non-gay way. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I love Kitty's work. Her Master ststus is well deserved. I would have bought this skin if it was for XP and Win7. Cash is tight these days, why would I buy something I can't us on all my computers?
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