Galactic Modding team

What do you define, as "meeting times" Do you mean like you have your own forum, just get on YIM or AIM or something else? Also what exactly do you do? I am currently working on a mod, and am not terribly interested in joining an official "team", especially since many will likely quit after a few months, but I might be willing...

When I say what work do you do, I mean like what types of mods do you actually create? Graphics, orverhauls, balance, new races, new ships, what? I am relatively good at making models in XSI, though I am horrible at textures (maybe it would help if I actually took the time to do the tutorial...)

Coding and general designs I am good at, though graphics not so much (would help if particle forge would start working), and then balance is just change a value here, change a value there...

Oh and is this going to be a "proffesssional" team, or is it just going to be a group of wisecracking teenager guys whose parents aren't strict? This question may sound stupid but it actually could influence whether I join or not, but not in the way you would think...I'll give you a hint: It doesn't have anything to do with money...

Meeting times, that is when we all go into a massive X-fire chat room and talk about the team, things we need to do, and how has to do what, and what kind of mods we will make.

And by work to, I mean who has to do what job.

And lastly, for you porffession question, I am the leader and if any one acts out then they are gone, there is a fine line inbetween funny and out of control. SO I dotn know about people partens but they will be no idiots here.

So it’s the grand opening of a team with nothing to show, 3 people, and a vague description of what it is this team actually does, other then you’re the leader, but won’t be here for a week.
Between this and the fact you spelled “professional” wrong I don’t think there is a great incentive to join the “Galactic Modding Team”.

While it is a good idea to have strict limitations, Swiss Knight is absolutely correct, it is the debut of a modding team with nothing to show, and no incentive to join. If I am given firm reasons to join, I'll consider it, but unless the GMT has already done something worth while, don't count on it. If you do something worthwhile in the future I once again being redundant, but I might join. I simply feel though that the team will fall apart. What experience do you have, and if you don't require any experience, then you will be in a heap of trouble trying to train however many novice modders the basics. Plus many will likely find that they don't like it and simply quit. After all, you can't stop them, and last time I checked, you can't remove karma, so while it is in good intentions, I think that you close this. I believe it would be much better if you would do some good mods yourself and then privately ask certain respectable modders. This would turn out to be a much better team than a simple group...

I bet these guys are really good at being ideas and PR people!!!!! Don't discount their extreme talent guys!!!!!!!!

While there is nothing directly wrong with them, and I have nothing against them, I am simply saying what they should do instead of opening it up to anyone even those without experience. I am sure they have good intentions, but I would just like to see what they/he has/have done to act as an incentive. I do like the zero tolerance policy, but the reason I sound so critical is not that I am annoyed, but that I am a pesimist and see all bad and little good. I'm not a very social person, and some call me under-emotional, but I just don't see near as much good in anything as I do bad.

Also no offense carbon, but mispelling annoys me but simple non-sensical statements are a pet peve of mine (being ideas). Though I am sure that they are great at ideas, but I simply want to know his level of devotion to his team and modding of Sins in general.

Well, its true....we have nothing to show, cuase we are brand new....we need people.

There is me, a coder and mapper, I made a few maps, I did a few small mods changing maps and ships around. I understand the basic's and I want to put a team together. Great things often come from nothing, also on the team I have Darth Devan, I believe he can code and map as well. Thinktacticalangle makes vidoes, and will help much later on.

Right now, we are in a state where we need other's support and people to join, for all teams have to start somewhere. If I can get enough people in the next 7 days, and they all have X-fire....I truly believe that we can make something great, weather you are the people that made the game, or you just bought it....everyone and everything has to start somewhere.

-Lets make a great mod.

why do you think anyone would join you if you can change a few values around and only know "the basics"

if someone like mansh00ter or ditchdigger101 formed a team tomorrow i would be all over that but nobody really wants to join a team with absolutely nothing to show



protip: i was being sarcastic. people often claim, while they have no talent, that they can contribute "ideas" or "PR" experience as if coming up with an idea for something is as hard as actually implementing it.

From past experience, "Leaders" only get in the way of development and take all the credit... ...once I communicated regularly with someone trying to be the "leader", he tried being the hub- isolating the people with talent from one-another and accumulating everyone's work for his own propose (sort of like the SINS AI players, no imagination)...

The issue of trust is a tricky one... ...made simple by learning how to do everything yourself...

Of course, Modding at it's best is an artist's domain, because all the real decisions are made by the developers. Writing the algorithms that run the game is so very different than making an ability that doesn't cause minidumps (although sometimes it seems like the same thing, but with less control, and MUCH less power)...

...If you want to know what it's like to be GOD, become a developer... ...You will understand Bruce Almighty in a different way, and you will never, ever want to be God... ...Those who want to be god think it's just a snap of the fingers and presto!, everything is all done, but that's just so boring...

When I snap my fingers, squirrels come from the woodland to help me. Unfortunatly, they are all idea men and offer no real help with my project...

LOL!!! I clipped that one (Dilbert), it was one of the best...

I know all about that.

Yah, I mean I'm technically the leader of my mod, but I know everyone else wants in on it too, so I try to acknowledge Soviet (or anyone else that helps) whenever they do something. I know what its like to be on a team and the leader inadvertantly takes the credit. Honestly, I really don't like being the leader, but I don't like being a follower either. Unfortunately, my friends tell me that I'm a great leader... I guess I would just hope that you are the same way, caring about your team and their ideas constantly.

I suppose its like one of my favorite quotes: "The only ones wise enough to have absolute power, are thos who refuse it."

Also... ...there are those who make videos that make it look like they have a feature that they don't actually have, because of ego or they want to be first or something...

It all boils down to the thinly veiled competition that so many people have with one-another (are we all so different from the sins AI that says "attack my planet", when they really mean: "get your fleet destroyed so I can invade you")

So many people say competition brings development, but the sabotage it brings far outweighs the good of the development...

When people are dazzled with the idea of being the developer (when they are only modding someone else's game), all cooperation goes out the window, because of false promises of whatever benefits they imagine there to be.

If we were truly modding for the greater good, and not our own, we would let go of our conceits...

Hey, I'm modding so I can show off my kickass skillz, not for the greater good.

I mod for the Karma I use to fuel my spaceship so I can get back to Atlantis (Did you see it, they dropped Carter as a main character!!

I kinda stopped watching the whole show when they got cozy with the Viking martians...

Now I'll have to change my character to Robert Picardo!!!

Please select the nature of your medical emergency:

-you have a space worm embedded in your gut
-you have a space worm coiled around your spine
-you have a space worm *pet* coiled around your spine
-your space worm wears you like a cheap suit
-you have been scorched by space egyptians (controlled by space worms)
-you have been cut in half because the twit in Control shut off the Gate too soon
-you have been aged prematurely (space worms again)
-you have been turned to stone (that one is always fun)
-you have a small nuclear device [(c) Space Worms] implanted in your body

-generic medical emergency involving

a) space

worms

c) both

Thank you!

Never! That whole McKay-trapped-in-jumper-at-bottom-of-ocean hallucination bit was hilarious.

LOL!!!



Oh no!!! Not a Snuke!!!



I thought I was McKay's Hallucination...

Oh no! that means I'm McKay!!!