by mjr4077au wrote:I think his message is fine, but the delivery could have been softer. Graf has said that previously that he wants to make the port his own and do his own thing and I think you either need to be onboard with that or not. You really might as well use EDuke32 if you want it look and feel exactly like EDuke32.
Credit where its given though, he's putting considerable effort into making the GZDoom backend handle palette emulation even though I'm sure he doesn't play with it himself. So while he does want to make it his own, he's still considering the broader audience.
I perfectly understand where Graf is coming from but sometimes being abrasive has caused him so many difficulties in the past, and that's not something that's ever going to change if he's not going to change.
Don't get me wrong - me, personally, I like Raze, and I like where it is going. I still also like palette emulation, though, and me saying that is not meant to be an affront to Graf (nor is it meant to be when Nash says it), it's just expressing a preference. Do I play with palette emulation? Honestly - usually, no. But I do turn it on sometimes.
I don't think Graf is terrible, the worst person in the world, <insert pretty much any Doomworld adjective here they use to describe him>, or anything like that. In fact I think he's a great person - just flawed. And yes, I can say that while criticizing him - some people don't seem to understand that you can criticize something or someone you like, and I find that really frustrating. All I am saying is - when you attack people who've helped you in the past, especially publicly, don't be surprised when they leave you and you become a one man army begging for help. I think GZDoom and Raze would be in so much of a better place if he could find a way to deal with his frustrations and stances other than to instinctively go with a verbal assault.
