thread: 2006-08-27 : Kerflufflizing
On 2006-08-28, Vincent wrote:
Neel, if you're convinced you're convinced. But "keeping critical analysis secret" is a terrible characterization of what's happening and what I'm proposing. It misses the point bad.
Here's what I'd say instead: being an artistic community, there are issues of criticism that we simply have to deal with. That there's money involved, multiplies them. That we're trying to deal with them in public, also multiplies them. Do away with the money, do away with the public eye, the underlying issues remain.
Also to consider: the Forge's years doing this have shown, over and over again, that people play games they paid money for over games they didn't. If you want people to really play your game, sell it to them for money. So, even if money were the root of bad feelings, instead of just an enhancer of bad feelings, it's nevertheless essential to what we're trying to do.
