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Ashzification

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I've been doing a lot of thinking about the mod pack I've been working on.
I was wondering what the community thinks about having direct input on the updates/changes that occur in a modpack.
Example: there may be an issue involving one mod, I'd like to ask the community to decide if it updates or not (with me still having the final updating decision of course)
 
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Tristam Izumi

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It's an interesting idea. I'm of the personal opinion that each server should have its own customized pack depending on the vision of the server and the players on it. For them, they have an idea of what they're aiming for, and can accurately judge if a mod update fits within that vision.

For a "public" pack, I'm not sure if this would work, as there are as many opinions and visions for what a proper pack should look like as there are people on the forums (more than, but I digress). This is evident in the numerous balance threads and epitomized in the Challenge v. Reward thread we had recently.

True, in some cases, deciding whether to update a particular mod can be as simple as "it introduces this bug, we won't update it until it's resolved", but in other cases, it may introduce new/remove old features that divide the community.
 
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lavarthan

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I agree it is a good idea in theory, but you will not please everyone and you will always have people who will get mad at you. It is probably best to do a pack that works together and let the community add or remove mods as they wish like they do now. Thanks for the option to decide though.
 
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Jess887cp

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I like the idea, except this particular community has shown itself to be bi-polar and fairly ADD. Mostly just because it's a tad too large.

That combination might work out for you though. If you held democratic-style votes, then it would still need tweaking though. If one side wins by less than 20%, then you'd have a problem. Of course, you could do that whole electoral thing with the senators and representatives.

I personally like the idea. You should do it! Even if it fails, you'll have some data for the next time.
 
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Protocurity

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Considering that it seems like any thread of any considerable size has to have mods constantly reminding people to be civil and behave, I'm not sure it is a good idea. A community mod pack seems like the kind of thing that would cause the divides in the community to grow wider. Now, a lot of the arguments are just about not respecting other people's opinions, but a community mod pack would be different. Now, the people who disagree with you would have a legitimate stake in the outcome. Their wants/needs/nonsense can now add on things you hate, or remove the things you love, from the very game that you are playing.

However... I'm not sure that is a bad idea, either. There's a chance that, instead of people just becoming invested into the pack, most people will just go to other things, leaving a smaller subset of more like-minded players who would contribute to the pack and make it something that couldn't be found anywhere else. For all the doomsaying above, there's always the chance that it'll work wonderfully.
 
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Yusunoha

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it's quite dangerous to do so, but it'll mostly depend on the community itself. if the community is made from players who're all about the same in regards to their playing style and such, this could be a good idea. if it's just a community of everyone who can join, it can be a really bad thing.

if it's a friendly community of players who're alike, I'd allow them to suggest mods or remove mods and discuss the mods in those topics along with any possible configuration changes. if it comes to a point where the community needs to make a decision, I'd put up a poll-only topic and based on the results of those polls take actions. if people would disagree with a change you can refer them to the poll topics and mention it's a community decision
 
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b0bst3r

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You'll divide the community down the middle, half which like the changes and half that wont, as the old saying goes ... you can't please all of the people all of the time.
 
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Saice

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I have to agree with the over all feel of the posts for far.

A mod pack for the poeple by the people only really works on a small scale like that of just the people on a server. The larger your group that has a voice the my devided it can become and at some point you will end up with many things in stalemates or changes that 49.9% whine about. Also there is less chance of mods being inculded removed becuase of their popularty alone if the people voting are the same people using the pack everyday.
 
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egor66

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MHO is your server your rules, set ground rules & select the mods, nerf/balance as you see fit, if players dont like it they will not stay, if they do you will have a nice little community.

"build it they will come", now where did I hear that before ?.
 
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TheAbstractHippo

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Maybe you could have a pack for your own (public?) server, and then post your modpacks if you have the permissions. People can then download the pack, and suggest new ones, which you may or may not include.
 
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Darth Sith

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Ashzification said:
I've been doing a lot of thinking about the mod pack I've been working on.
I was wondering what the community thinks about having direct input on the updates/changes that occur in a modpack.
Example: there may be an issue involving one mod, I'd like to ask the community to decide if it updates or not (with me still having the final updating decision of course)
Click to expand...
Sounds like a great idea you should continue to go forward with that.
 
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The Skeptical Tech

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I'm currently working on a base mod pack that will have the "ok to include in a mod pack mods" and just the configs of the mods that are not allowed to be distributed this way.

The idea is that it will be a mod pack that saves a bit of downloading and ID conflict fixing time, and serve as a foundation for other mod packs.
 
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