DaPantz wrote:most people think that they're self-congratulatory, sometimes sarcastic assholes? In other words, they're like 90% of the chip music community
I don't know what you see as "chip community", but it seems like a very, very small subset of the actual global, real life scene, to make that statement.
In response to you and PlainFlavored, I should have clarified: I meant the Message Board/IRC community, mostly. I mean, half the people I see in these kinds of threads are definitely living in glass houses. Also to be clear: I don't think PlainFlavored is a glass-house dweller.
And yeah, the "real life" scene has been completely different for me. Everyone has been exceedingly friendly, supportive, and helpful. And that's only what I've seen on the East Coast of the US, it doesn't include the incredibly large global community that I've never experienced.
I should have made that clear, but I'm not going to include that disclaimer in every single post ever made on this forum, even though it's applicable in almost every single post ever made on this forum.