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Negative commentry (again?)

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So,

I've been there myself bigtime. Pointing out everything I dislike about a production. Sometimes productively. Sometimes engaged in dickmode, being absolutely disrespectful. Because I was annoyed. About people staying beneath their possibilities. Or simply not understanding why the fuck a production is the way it simply is.

Until I figured out, that my remarks say more about me than those who made a production. Very often I was just sad I didn't contribute to anything in a compo. Alongside with being angry about myself for not doing something. Or jealous in a way that I talked myself into "why this sucks".

Or I simply expected someone to give me a novel experience to be happy about it. Which, if it didn't happen, left my inner monkey frustrated cause he didn't get a banana this time. At the bottom line - my comments said more about me being unsatisfied with my life. Or maybe just an asshole that needed to vent air somewhere.

Now, I can't go back and slap myself in the face yelling "get your own shit together man!". I'm not deeply sorry either. Cause I was behaving to the best of my abilities. Luckily it didn't happen that often. What I regret was being unable to take good care of myself. And see the progress in things. As well as the context in which something was made. And just shut the fuck up and value it.

I'd like you to let this sink in for a moment before you write some non-constructive crap under the free work of someone else next time. Keep in mind: it might reveal more about you outsourcing your *whatever it is* than those you critique.

My 2 cents.
Ronny
added on the 2016-08-16 16:34:24 by rp rp
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added on the 2016-08-16 16:43:11 by dipswitch dipswitch
Word. Nicely written Ronny!
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added on the 2016-08-16 16:45:13 by bonefish bonefish
are u gonna release something urself?
added on the 2016-08-16 16:50:37 by Creonix Creonix
Make a 64k about it.
added on the 2016-08-16 16:54:23 by MuffinHop MuffinHop
Or maybe the prod is just crap.
added on the 2016-08-16 16:58:52 by Gargaj Gargaj
@gargaj: so, if you give a thumb down to a crap release made by several people, does that mean that you don't want to see anything from them ever again? because, that would be a message.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:00:49 by bonefish bonefish
Thank you guys!

Creonix,

what do you mean? Is there a catch if I say "yes" now? :)
added on the 2016-08-16 17:01:15 by rp rp
bonefish: Of course not, why would you even think that?
added on the 2016-08-16 17:07:10 by Gargaj Gargaj
Gargaj,

ever gave it a shot that people could get you that way?
added on the 2016-08-16 17:08:15 by rp rp
Of course, but are we talking about thumb downs or negative comments? Negative comments can be perfectly constructive and civilized.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:09:17 by Gargaj Gargaj
FWIW, I prefer negative comments on my productions to positive ones, because those are what you learn from. Thumb downs hurt sometimes but you can't please everyone so why care if someone on Pouet doesn't like it?
added on the 2016-08-16 17:10:16 by Preacher Preacher
Yes, they can. But I was talking about the dickmode commentry that isn't.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:10:31 by rp rp
And it's not about a thumb down either.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:11:01 by rp rp
because i don't support the thumbing down (see my "otherstats"). i really believe that it's demotivating (i recall my first) ).

if something is not to my taste, there's piggy. if i really don't like it, i skip it - it's obvious that prods with less comments are of a lower quality, no need to put the nails in the coffin.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:11:39 by bonefish bonefish
The beginning of your initial post makes it sound like even "Pointing out everything I dislike about a production. Sometimes productively." is something you regret doing. (Oh the irony, now I'm making a negative comment about your post about negative comments.)
added on the 2016-08-16 17:12:04 by Gargaj Gargaj
Quote:

Creonix,

what do you mean? Is there a catch if I say "yes" now? :)


Nah ;)
I just thought u realized that u frustrated because u release nothing so u may put some of ur work now. So I can advice u by occasion to do it even if you thinik ur work is worse than others.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:20:20 by Creonix Creonix
"can't please people all the time and yesterday those people were at my show"
My intention was drawing a line between something that feasible and something that isn't. As far as I can see some people already got the point. Maybe be I wasn't precise enough so I will gladly rephrase if necessary.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:22:15 by rp rp
be nice to others and maybe they will be nice to you :D
I always try to remember how terrible it felt to both receive negative comments and literal death threats for making shitty demos, and think twice before being too negative about it. Usually that way I'm at least in a state of mood of saying something a lot more constructive than destructive.
added on the 2016-08-16 17:25:13 by visy visy
Gargaj,

btw, my comment above was addressed at you.

But why are you calling me on this?
added on the 2016-08-16 17:28:00 by rp rp
Because you started the thread and I wasn't sure what you were getting at :)
added on the 2016-08-16 17:33:30 by Gargaj Gargaj
Is it clear now?
added on the 2016-08-16 17:36:41 by rp rp

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