Squiddy said:
I don't know about any previous disputes between yourself and glen and I don't really have the inclination to investigate such a matter, however, if we could keep things civil that would be great. One thing I do know Levi, is that this isn't the first time this issue has been raised. I've seen it multiple times and even raised this issue with you myself a while back. If there is no problem here, why does the same issue keep being raised by different people?
First off I'd like to state I have no issue with the OP, I answered in a way I thought was applicable to the issue at hand. I haven't been told the response was wrong by the OP so from my perspective it was fine. Glen is the one with the issue (with ME).
As to why the issue has been raised...probably because a lot of people take it personally when you critique their work negatively.... I'm not going to say something is good just to make them feel good. If the work is bad then the work is bad.... hell if you think my critiques are bad on here you haven't seen anything, they're nothing compared to what MY OWN WORK goes through (I'll re-render something if it isn't pixel perfect or the colour of a texture isn't quite right for example). That's the only area where I've lowered my standards, I'm not as harsh on other people's work.
As far as I can tell every person who has had an issue with me (excluding you pre mod days - iirc we had the same discussion with me giving the same responses then) in the past has been because I've said I don't like something they have done... I'm not allowed my opinion in their view and Glen is the same, just look at the thread I mentioned, Berry and a few others had the same view as me but I was singled out by Glen.
Including Glen, I can only think of three people who have had major issue with me and they all pretty much stemmed from a thread involving their CAR or what they've done to it. And I know what people in the car modding world can be like, not all of them can take a negative opinion well when it comes to their 'baby'. I've been there but I didn't care what other's thought, that was their right to an opinion...
You know what the younger generations are like, they don't always take negativity well because when you're in school you're not ALLOWED to say the work is rubbish even if it is.
Also as I said before, written text can not get the nuances of the English language. A subtle difference in tone in a word (for example 'hello') can make it go from sarcastic to polite for example, this forum doesn't allow for that subtlety.
Maybe it's down to me having a slightly more diverse range of interests, I'm not just limited to 'western' things. We all have different likes and dislikes and if your likes are limited to more generic things like cars, sports and going down the pub/club, a popular thing it would seem for the current teen and 20-30, generations, then you're not going to have the same opinions as someone who is also into say for example gothic/japanese/asian cultures, politics (boring in my view), literature/arts because their view points will be completely different. Hell age and experience can also have a huge difference in opinions too, I know my views have changed since I was 20 and I'm not the only one, most people, especially males, are still pretty immature at that age.
As to your opinion of my posts being patronising or rude then I disagree, but that's your opinion that you're entitled to. I don't critique the person, I critique the work, if people have an issue with me having a (negative) opinion on their work then to put it frankly they're in the wrong line of work as clients can be a lot worse than I am.
And I never seem to get any complaints when I'm saying positive things about the work in exactly the same tones as the negative ones...funny that
Squiddy, I do keep my posts civil (I believe I haven't even used a swear word on this forum), but I will defend myself if someone wants to try and make a personal attack at me. I'd do this to their face if they were in front of me and I'll do it on a forum just the same.