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you look like a carrot.
My nickname at school is carrot cake, because i can't get tan. I get orange. and my face is shaped like a carrot. And i make a mean carrot cake.
It's hard at this time, cause at the start everybody was like...*OMG* , *LEDS IN TRIGGER* , *OMG*. And now it's pretty much everywhere.
I just think the focus has shifted... it seems like R&D's focus moved to PIC programming rather than general innovation. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with that, just that... blah blah...
disclaimer: I say all this not with the intent of belittling anything that anyone is doing or starting some kind of flame war. I'm simply expressing an opinion...I just think the focus has shifted... it seems like R&D's focus moved to PIC programming rather than general innovation. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with that, just that it's not something that the average member is able to get involved in as easily and inexpensively as some of the earlier mods were. adding LEDs, cutting windows, that's fairly simple and takes not only less expensive equipment to get started and do something creative, but it's also less involving. PIC programming takes more expensive equipment and involves much more time and effort to do something new. the older mods required an inexpensive soldering iron, some inexpensive electronic components, a little practice and a little time. the most expensive tool you needed was a dremel, and you didn't even really need that, you could cut a window with a $7 coping saw, so you could realistically get started for ~$30-40... for PIC programming you need all that (if you build your own 'ghetto' programmer) or buy a programmer that starts around $40, PICs to program, and you need to know some form of programming language, which if you don't already know one takes far more time to learn than it does to learn to solder halfway decently...I also think that this kind of modding is far less inspiring to newbies than some of the earlier stuff was... most people could care less about learning to program and write new codes, they just wanna 'pwn' in COD (i also think it's created some animosity in the online games, but that's another rant) and far more people would rather pay someone to do it for them than learn to do it themselves... I also think that some of the old skool members lost interest, for whatever reasons (I will not speculate or elaborate so as not to upset anyone), and this has destroyed some of the innovation and collaboration that used to drive this site...I don't think that AM is dying because the community is as strong as ever, I just think the innovation of the old days is lacking...
No Freek. I like u.
well said jrfhoutx. +1
blunt and realistic
It's the little people, those looking to get to be known and those starting off modding and trying new things, that make the public forum what it is before R&D publish mods. We're lacking in that department, yes, but that's because people aren't taking the initiative to start a project they want to see done or even try learning how it would be pulled off. That's not exactly something we can magically change. No matter the modding forum you go to, majority of the mods done are the experienced and long term modders. Sure, every now and then some new guy will come blow us out of the water with something kicking serious ass. I want to see that as much as the next guy here, but that's not something you can rush.Modding is carefully constructed art. If you rush art, what do you get in the end? Surely not something you're going to be thrilled with.
Also:Hey! That's me!
One thing to note, lilunwl, is that no one will bother reading lengthy walls of text. If you break it up into smaller lines, sort of like I did (although, that's my style of typing), then people will skim through it easier and it'll be easier to read for us all.
jeez can someone put all those big texts into some kind of summary that i can understand?