24.11.2007, 10:30
A statement wouldn't hurt, but I don't think it would help either.
This is a suggestion emanating from the Ubi forum online fraternity and it is designed to placate other members of the Ubi online crowd - those who are antagonistic towards this board.
Quite why the owners of this site should concern themselves about the Ubi board is hard to fathom. You either like what is going on here, or you don't, and it only takes a few minutes of reading the posts to form an opinion. It would be a sad day if members of one special interest group were allowed to hijack the agenda for their own purposes.
Having said that, the moderators here have repeatedly said they will not endorse, or offer, any mods that tamper with FM and DMs of Maddox originals. That's really all you need.
The real dilemma for the online community is that QTim's SFS tools are freely available from his website (I just checked and they are still there) - there must have been thousands of downloads by now. Any 'code of conduct' designed to appeal to Ubi board members would not have a lot of value IMO because this is not the only site offering mods. I know of a Russian forum, a Polish forum and a French forum where similar work is going on. You gonna lobby them for a statement too? :roll:
Secondly, self-policing such as we have here only prevents people like Joe Average getting access to questionable mods. You know who I mean - the typical simmer who can use a mod but isn't techno-savvy enough to produce one himself. However, it does NOTHING to stop the more computer literate from creating mods that enable them to instantaneously change weights, drag coefficients, and horsepowers. They are the problem, and they were created by QTim. (I am assuming all this can be done and that it can have an effect online).
So I don't think a 'code of conduct' would allay any fears or, in reality, change the situation. The solution is to fly with people you know and trust - if you don't, you're asking for trouble. The online community just needs to regulate its own activities in order to stay healthy.
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This to Wolf, Jolly and Wasy:
If you start making concessions to the Ubi fraternity, it will be the thin end of the wedge. And it may encourage many of them to decamp here - along with their attitudes. Do you really want that? :wink:
This is a suggestion emanating from the Ubi forum online fraternity and it is designed to placate other members of the Ubi online crowd - those who are antagonistic towards this board.
Quite why the owners of this site should concern themselves about the Ubi board is hard to fathom. You either like what is going on here, or you don't, and it only takes a few minutes of reading the posts to form an opinion. It would be a sad day if members of one special interest group were allowed to hijack the agenda for their own purposes.
Having said that, the moderators here have repeatedly said they will not endorse, or offer, any mods that tamper with FM and DMs of Maddox originals. That's really all you need.
The real dilemma for the online community is that QTim's SFS tools are freely available from his website (I just checked and they are still there) - there must have been thousands of downloads by now. Any 'code of conduct' designed to appeal to Ubi board members would not have a lot of value IMO because this is not the only site offering mods. I know of a Russian forum, a Polish forum and a French forum where similar work is going on. You gonna lobby them for a statement too? :roll:
Secondly, self-policing such as we have here only prevents people like Joe Average getting access to questionable mods. You know who I mean - the typical simmer who can use a mod but isn't techno-savvy enough to produce one himself. However, it does NOTHING to stop the more computer literate from creating mods that enable them to instantaneously change weights, drag coefficients, and horsepowers. They are the problem, and they were created by QTim. (I am assuming all this can be done and that it can have an effect online).
So I don't think a 'code of conduct' would allay any fears or, in reality, change the situation. The solution is to fly with people you know and trust - if you don't, you're asking for trouble. The online community just needs to regulate its own activities in order to stay healthy.
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This to Wolf, Jolly and Wasy:
If you start making concessions to the Ubi fraternity, it will be the thin end of the wedge. And it may encourage many of them to decamp here - along with their attitudes. Do you really want that? :wink: