Man what really angers me about this thread is that I *really* wanted to go inside the FSU waters and work my ass off into modelling, texturing, all that crap, and help the team. I do have the talent and the know-hows. I just don't have the time. I don't even play games anymore. RGA has had his first son, well I have three and lots of family issues I have to deal with plus a really hard job that takes more than its due. And then I have to read to a lot of people here who clearly have the time to even
play games, ***** and moan that they aren't being taken seriously enough, that their demands aren't being met, etc., etc. It's like god gives coconuts to people without teeth or something.
/rant
Oh and iVoid, come on. You are clearly not liking Mjn's tone, but have you looked at the mirror? Just look at this comment of yours:
You don't seem to understand at all... People here have made very valid points about what the FSU team could do better, but what you seem to be doing is dismissing any criticism by pretending all they've said was "RELEASE NAO!", and that isn't true at all... Valid points made on this thread (tell me if I missed any):
1) A better job could be done at keeping the community informed to the status of the mediaVPs. Otherwise is it any wonder that threads like this pop up every once in a while?
2) Are bigger but less frequent updates the way to go or should smaller more frequent updates be done? Even if all the new stuff is available before the new release there is no denying that the mediaVPs have a huge impact in the community. And whatever the course of action chosen, it should be made crystal clear to the community, or (again) risk having to go over this every once in a while.
3) All the completed assets should be available to download (it isn't the case for all of them). It would probably also help to have a well organized thread with all the new stuff that is completed (with download links, instead of links to huge confusing threads where sometimes you need to search the entire thread for the download link).
4) A tutorial on how to use the new assets available for download would also be a good idea.
Better communication between the team and the community will ensure that threads like this never pop up. I'm not demanding anything, this is not exactly a favor you'd be doing for the community, this is common sense: do you prefer to waste time and energy replying to threads like this and then getting mad, or wouldn't it be better to say all this stuff only ONCE, and if a thread like this ever pops up all you have to do is post a link to a thread where you already explain all of this, and you can then only invest time and energy on the fun part?
The rest of the community can help you organise all this of course, but not without the help of the team...
Where is this "rest of the community" and notice that part where I bolded. This is what drives people nuts. You state (on and on) that you aren't "demanding" anything, and yet you've just listed 4 things you demanded of the FSU team! Regarding point 3, that is not a true state of affairs. Almost every single release thread has its download button on the
very first post of that thread. If you are not bothered to do these simple things.... come on do you see the point? If your problem is that there aren't threads that could be so much simpler and so on,
then go ahead and write them! This is not a snide remark, it's an actual advice! This is how communities do things. They just step up and do what they feel is missing out, they do
not demand of others.
IOW, tl dr, "ask not what the FSU can do for you, ask what you can do for the FSU".