El Huesudo II wrote:Hostility has never been a good buffer for anything. So what if they're into chiptunes because of Lavender Town's fucking BGM? Why should we care about those kinds of things? What if the hostility of the community make someone refrain from posting their works online, even if they keep making stuff? Ever thought about that one?
There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people who refuse to ask questions.
I have some experience as a help desk worker and I know for a fact that most of the time, people prefer to get their information from a person and not from a bulletin board. They ask the same thing that is plastered in big red letters all over the place. Why? Because most of them have a set path and a set train of thought, because some are in a hurry, because some have other things on their mind, hell, because some of them ARE stupid. It doesn't matter. It's better to point to the FAQ with a smile on your face and leave a lasting good impression to people, than to be a dick for the sake of being a dick and make people have a hard time for no reason at all.
And who the fuck cares about custom DMGs. Let them paint their toys and be happy with them. Why should we have to be concerned about that? It's not like they're spraypainting our faces.
Sounds like that Pokemon comment stung a bit. I didn't judge anyone for how or why they got into chip music. I don't care if you think the Pokemon soundtrack is the pinnacle of music or you were inspired by the Amiga demoscene, none of that matters. The only thing that does matter is that you're here and actually making music or somehow contributing to the chip music scene. If a few people's hostility towards your exhausted questions about chip music breaks you from even trying chances are you weren't dedicated enough to do it in the first place.
The difference between being a help desk worker and a member of CM.O is that you were paid to provide people information. No one here is being paid to guide newcomers along the path of making chip music. Just because you ask a question here doesn't mean you're entitled to a response or a response you will like. Typically people come on here with a sense of entitlement because they did one Google search but didn't bother to research anything after that. So they register an account, make a thread, and waste everyone's time asking the same questions like "where do I buy a Gameboy?" or "what mixer should I buy?" There's a wealth of knowledge here, show that you're actually committed to creating your art form by putting the time into researching. Even if I know the question has been asked before but the person opens with "I can't find anywhere" I at least know they tried to find it before posting and will be glad to redirect them to the correct thread.
Again I'm not judging anyone for doing custom paint work on their Gameboys. I like the level of creativity people come up with and I've customized my own Gameboys as well. That "spray paint in your dad's garage" comment was less about custom DMGs and more about the typical noob modus operandi: find out about chip music, get the "me too" attitude, register on CM.O, do zero research, create a Facebook fan page, buy a Gameboy, paint it, buy LSDJ, quit two weeks later. I've been creating chip music for almost 4 years and have seen people come and go and litter forums with the same questions on their way out. It's very rare that I even post here because I have to sift through a bunch of noob threads before I even find something interesting, typically new releases, new trackers, new hardware developments and yes I look at the custom gear threads.
CM.O isn't the only chip community on the internet either. There are other chip forums you could go to where everyone will pat each other on the back for figuring out how to track mediocrity and you can discuss what Pokemon you caught that day.