First of all, I have no real hatred of my little pony or whatever. What I don't like is pandering.
What I recommend as a complete alternative is a public database of a buncha modpacks that are available for addition to the launcher rather than sorta shoving this stuff into our launchers and hoping a vast majority of people like it and possibly alienating a few people who just don't really care much for ponies.
Personally the fact that it's just there rustles me a bit. I didn't sign for this, y'know. I signed for FTB, that one modpack with the piss-easy mod addition and the high compatibility with everything.
I mean, I'm just this whiny piss-ant here, you can ignore me if you want, but I think it's kinda undignified to have one of the main packs out of sevenish just a single pony skin mod accompanied by more UI mods, y'know? And if it was made for kids, ask yourself; 'how comparably hard is it to make it easy to access, yet not constantly there?'
Shit, all you gotta do is code a 'marketplace' tab (I use that term loosely and without monetary implications), then just add everything to the marketplace rather than the original list, allowing people to drag-n-drop items from the marketplace to the modpack list. Considering what's been coded already, it'll be super easy. Not only that, but it'll allow more people to make modpacks out of things they like and share them through a URL.
But that's just my own idea; if you take anything away from this, it's that not everyone enjoys what some other people enjoy, so it's a good idea to keep neutral on that and allow people to pick what they wanna see themselves rather than telling them 'they don't have to install it if they don't like it' when they bring up concerns about it. Saying that sort of thing really rattles my bones, y'see. Because not liking something and voicing that you don't like it doesn't always mean you're being rude. Sometimes you're simply uncomfortable.
It's like liking wolf spiders. There are people who love adorable little wolf spiders. But sometimes, when you show someone that spider, they'll be scared of it. That's their bag, so openly displaying that spider will still give people a bad kinda tingly feeling, whether they have to like it or not. Let's not show off our proverbial wolf spiders unless someone says they think they're cute. 'Cause that's just socially unacceptable, now ain't it?
Sorry for rockin' the boat, if I have at all.
By the way, please save any 'hater' comments for a poorly-worded outrage thread; I don't really mean harm, so it'd be really unwise to even begin to do that. I mostly just wanna see if there's something doable that satisfies everyone, y'know?
What I recommend as a complete alternative is a public database of a buncha modpacks that are available for addition to the launcher rather than sorta shoving this stuff into our launchers and hoping a vast majority of people like it and possibly alienating a few people who just don't really care much for ponies.
Personally the fact that it's just there rustles me a bit. I didn't sign for this, y'know. I signed for FTB, that one modpack with the piss-easy mod addition and the high compatibility with everything.
I mean, I'm just this whiny piss-ant here, you can ignore me if you want, but I think it's kinda undignified to have one of the main packs out of sevenish just a single pony skin mod accompanied by more UI mods, y'know? And if it was made for kids, ask yourself; 'how comparably hard is it to make it easy to access, yet not constantly there?'
Shit, all you gotta do is code a 'marketplace' tab (I use that term loosely and without monetary implications), then just add everything to the marketplace rather than the original list, allowing people to drag-n-drop items from the marketplace to the modpack list. Considering what's been coded already, it'll be super easy. Not only that, but it'll allow more people to make modpacks out of things they like and share them through a URL.
But that's just my own idea; if you take anything away from this, it's that not everyone enjoys what some other people enjoy, so it's a good idea to keep neutral on that and allow people to pick what they wanna see themselves rather than telling them 'they don't have to install it if they don't like it' when they bring up concerns about it. Saying that sort of thing really rattles my bones, y'see. Because not liking something and voicing that you don't like it doesn't always mean you're being rude. Sometimes you're simply uncomfortable.
It's like liking wolf spiders. There are people who love adorable little wolf spiders. But sometimes, when you show someone that spider, they'll be scared of it. That's their bag, so openly displaying that spider will still give people a bad kinda tingly feeling, whether they have to like it or not. Let's not show off our proverbial wolf spiders unless someone says they think they're cute. 'Cause that's just socially unacceptable, now ain't it?
Sorry for rockin' the boat, if I have at all.
By the way, please save any 'hater' comments for a poorly-worded outrage thread; I don't really mean harm, so it'd be really unwise to even begin to do that. I mostly just wanna see if there's something doable that satisfies everyone, y'know?
