As the title suggests, do modders get jealous in some way when their mod gets in a way replaced by another
Do modders get jealous?
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If it's something like what happened with RedPower, I'd think they'd be proud that their work has such a dedicated fanbase.
I think it's fine to be a little jealous but also think how awesome it is if someone took what you did and made something better
modders are humans aswell, it's not a suprise if they'd get jealous aswell
people can get jealous on the most stupid things
people can get jealous on the most stupid things
Not that your saying it's a stupid thing, I'd be bummed if my mod got beaten after being popular or something
Personally, I doubt they feel human emotion.
there's always people on the world that are more talented than yourself, I've learned to accept that and actually admire it aswell
Given that particular situation, the jealousy is pretty warranted IMO.
Yes, but probably never so jealous as the fans of mods. Hence the automatic fight by is X better than Y.
Celestialphoenix
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Well we're all human. Except Jaded. She's a cat. And Reika the dragon. Rawr.
I get jealous at other modders' abilities because they often surpass mine. Instead of letting that bog me down, I let it push me to learn more, and try harder. I've also never released anything truly substantial, and a lot of that is because of the feeling of inferiority when you see the product others are putting out.
I can see someone feeling a sense of injustice when they work really hard on a mod and it gets largely ignored because someone with a bigger name makes basically the same thing. This is evident in LiquidXP vs OpenBlocks and Framez & RIM vs Funky Locomotion. It bugs me a bit when a "popular" modder decides to create something that is truly already there as created from someone less well known. I understand the concept of innovation and all but there is also such a thing as trying to improve the original existing thing, which is often possible with open-source projects.
I can see someone feeling a sense of injustice when they work really hard on a mod and it gets largely ignored because someone with a bigger name makes basically the same thing. This is evident in LiquidXP vs OpenBlocks and Framez & RIM vs Funky Locomotion. It bugs me a bit when a "popular" modder decides to create something that is truly already there as created from someone less well known. I understand the concept of innovation and all but there is also such a thing as trying to improve the original existing thing, which is often possible with open-source projects.
I believe the argument is tho if you have a modder who maybe more experienced or not but who can produce a mod which operates well and doesn't produce well, then almost as natural selection people will shift to it.
except the MC modding scene is dominated by the popular streamer/youtuber, if they start using a mod then their fans will also start using it in favor of what could be the better mod
as long as most of them are using their favorite the rest of the community will follow. For example (from my experience) enderIO has been around a while but only recently gained popularity once DW20 put it in his pack and spotlighted it in his let's play
I think it is important to keep a friendly competition here. I have a good example of how it should be myself. As some may know I recently made a dimension builder in my RFTools mod which can be seen as a more technological version of Mystcraft (not exactly but almost). This was not made as a replacement for Mystcraft. I still love mystcraft very much and actually use it in my own world. I like the mystical feel that mystcraft gives. RFTools dimension building is much more technological. Anyway, what I'm getting at is that apparently XCompWiz (Mystcraft developer) feels the same. He recently commented in my forum saying the following:
That's what I consider the right spirit and I would feel exactly the same way if someone else make some other mod that does something similar to mine.
Cool! This dimension generator stuff looks neat.This mod seems to provide a more tech-themed variant of what Mystcraft does.
Your dims aren't as fully fleshed as Mystcraft's, but I expect that will change over time.
If you want any tips be sure to shoot me a message! I'd love to hear how you handled things as well.
That's what I consider the right spirit and I would feel exactly the same way if someone else make some other mod that does something similar to mine.