This problem affects no one here. The problem was solved by GregoriusT and mDiyo within a day of cropping up. The decision of whether it stays in the Ultimate pack is SlowPoke's. All other packs have their respective developers to make that decision for them, so if you don't play Ultimate: Complain to your packs' developers and not here. The people who hate GregTech here are the minority in the face of SlowPoke who put this mod in every version of the pack and whose decision it is. Meaning, that SlowPoke is in all likelihood a firm supporter of GregTech.
So let's go over the facts:
- Yes, we all know Greg is Dick. I'm not arguing on that point.
- Yes, Greg made his mod crash-on-startup if you had a certain version of Tinker's Construct installed with it.
- Yes, that was a bad thing to do. But it is GregoriusT's mod. Not yours, not mine, not mDiyos and not FTBs. It's up to him how it works, what machines it has, how it adjusts the content of other related mods and whether or not it crashes or not. You can disagree with it all you want. But the only thing you can do is uninstall GregTech or find a server that doesn't use it.
- No, this crash-on-startup version is not and will not be part of any Feed The Beast modpack. If it has been already, it's the pack developer's fault for releasing a faulty pack without checking the contents.
- No, GregoriusT doesn't care what you think of him or his mod. You didn't pay for it, you don't own it and you have no say in how he should govern it. It's his property and he's letting FTB use it free of charge. The only profit he and ANY modder gets from their mods is in the form of donations. If the people who really care don't like this stunt, they won't donate and that's the only way this will affect him.
- No, Posting over and over in this thread about how much of an asshat Greg is for doing this won't get you anything, not even post count.
Honestly, I think the Forum mods should just close this thread and any others the crop up like it. It won't affect greg and the decision regarding it's life in the pack is up to SlowPoke and no amount of huffing-and-puffing will make him change his mind. Flaming others because they either defend Greg's actions (Ragnoff vs Hoho) or repeatedly declare their undying hatred for Greg is childish at best.
Right now, this is the same as a religious debate. With one side saying God is real and the other saying God is a lie, but both agreeing that the Church (not god) is still responsible for millions of innocent deaths in god's name. (No, this does not liken Greg to god.)