Nothing here is your fault nightlone - no apology needed at all.
This was not a case of a troll getting under my skin - this was a troll spamming me constantly over a three day period with no sign of stopping, and no sign of help from the moderator despite repeated pleads for help.
PMP and DMP most definitely WILL be back up soon - I have some homework to do to find the best location, which might very well be my own web site and not a poorly moderated community site.
Gamerbro360 thank you for this amazing support which helps others to understand what happened.
For the record, I did NOT delete my pages, or my files, or have the intention of abandoning my mods. I disabled comments, disabled everything so that the troll would stop, and my fans would not have to see the garbage that the troll was spitting out all over my threads.
Imho the moderators of Curse punished me for speaking the truth - they failed to do their job and stop the spam attack. AFTER being punished, yes I decided that moving away from Curse was the best course of action. Site doesn't have your back? Get away from the site.
And they punished me again today by issuing me a warning - while I was at work, and I made no posts during the day. And they also gave me -2 points on my account at the same time, whatever that means. Some extra salt for my wounds. Wow.
I'm not sure that the approach Curse took was in any way correct right from the start.
I managed to salvage one PM that the troll sent me before a moderator stepped in. A great example of the persistence of the person in question. And yet I was still spammed after this.
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What I'm truly hoping will happen is that Curse will take a second look at this whole situation and rethink their approach towards this unfortunate series of events.
Hosting my pages on CurseForge has been great all around. But enabling a troll at the expense of my fans, my mods and my reputation is not acceptable - especially when the only clear motive now is to avoid admitting they did not handle this properly.
The moderators need to fix this and make it right.
Can't find it anywhere, other than the slightly recent versions left on my HDD.
Why would someone let this beautiful thing left to rot?
*sighs*
"Unfortunately by pulling your mod as you have, you have guaranteed that it is a wasted effort." - jaquadro
"But that said, this kind of impulsive overreaction was completely unexpected from a modder of his caliber, and a lot of trust has been lost." - BlocklockCity
What needs to be said has already been said.
Why do people have this reaction before understanding what has happened?
Please read this before you slam me into the ground everyone. I haven't figured out what to do yet...
To all fans of Plant Mega Pack, you are owed an explanation, an apology, and an understanding of just what has happened recently. I do not want to send or receive comments at this time. All I ask is a few minutes of your time to gain an understanding, and perhaps answer some questions you may have.
Yes I pulled PMP from the net last week. It is still available for download. I am still developing it and I have no interest whatsoever in turning the code over to anyone. I also do not want anyone to decompile the code and make another mod out of it.
To answer an obvious question that you might have: what happened? In short, I had enough and fell over the edge.
I let the frustration of working with Forge get to me. I let the trolls in the crowd get to me. I overwhelmed myself with unrealistic goals and stayed up way too late far too many days. I stressed myself out making everyone wait for months for a release that just wasn't up to my standard. I let the Microsoft purchase push me over the edge. And here I am today, feeling disgusted and disgraced, fully ashamed at what I just did to the many fans out there who did support me, who were positive, who cared about what I was doing
There's no secrets in this post. I am a perfectionist, likely to the point of ocd. If that makes me a sick person like some are claiming then I am guilty. I also do not trust Microsoft and I have no problem making that opinion public. I don't want them to ruin Minecraft, or ruin PMP, or ruin anything else that this community loves so much. I took the time to understand their history of PC games and encourage you to do the same to gain that same understanding. There is good reason to not be optimistic. Their promises hold no merit with me today. I am very fearful for Minecraft's future.
Despite my best effort to make PMP into some sort of a good mod, I truly believe that I failed no matter what I did and the purchase was simply the last straw. I realized some time ago that I could not keep up with feature requests, develop my own ideas, maintain the issues that were being found, document everything properly, update all the web sites, communicate as best I could, and 20 other things needed. It was just too much for me to handle. I was too proud to ask for help. My own doing. My own failure to calm myself down and just breathe. Guilty.
I don't know what will happen next. I do want to move forward, and to make that happen the first thing I need to do is to stop letting the trolls beat me down. To the trolls: make your conclusions, say what you will, but do you really know me to back up your conclusions? I am not a bad person. I don't have bad intentions. I really do care very much for the community, even if it doesn't appear that way today.
I hope that somehow you have gained an understanding of what happened and why. I have a long road ahead of me to gain the respect and trust that took me so long to earn from you. If you're mad at me I completely understand. If you abandon me like I did to you I don't blame you. If you want me to feel bad, don't worry, I'm already there in a big way. I am sorry.
For those of you that know me, who care about PMP and its future, who have empathy rather than negative conclusions - I'm still around, but not in this forum. For the rest of you, I am sorry I let you down.
I could have sworn that I tested all the drops. Thanks for the info and I'll take a look at it today after work, but it should make it into RC3, though I don't know if we are going to put it out tomorrow or later as of this time as we have a couple other things in the pipe.
[EDIT] Ok I need to see what else is left in the pipeline at the moment, but fences and fence gates now have their hardness set they they don't drop instantly and fence's now drop their appropriate item versions when broken.
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PMP and DMP are still alive - go here.
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Nothing here is your fault nightlone - no apology needed at all.
This was not a case of a troll getting under my skin - this was a troll spamming me constantly over a three day period with no sign of stopping, and no sign of help from the moderator despite repeated pleads for help.
PMP and DMP most definitely WILL be back up soon - I have some homework to do to find the best location, which might very well be my own web site and not a poorly moderated community site.
Thanks
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Gamerbro360 thank you for this amazing support which helps others to understand what happened.
For the record, I did NOT delete my pages, or my files, or have the intention of abandoning my mods. I disabled comments, disabled everything so that the troll would stop, and my fans would not have to see the garbage that the troll was spitting out all over my threads.
Imho the moderators of Curse punished me for speaking the truth - they failed to do their job and stop the spam attack. AFTER being punished, yes I decided that moving away from Curse was the best course of action. Site doesn't have your back? Get away from the site.
And they punished me again today by issuing me a warning - while I was at work, and I made no posts during the day. And they also gave me -2 points on my account at the same time, whatever that means. Some extra salt for my wounds. Wow.
I'm not sure that the approach Curse took was in any way correct right from the start.
I managed to salvage one PM that the troll sent me before a moderator stepped in. A great example of the persistence of the person in question. And yet I was still spammed after this.
Edit:
What I'm truly hoping will happen is that Curse will take a second look at this whole situation and rethink their approach towards this unfortunate series of events.
Hosting my pages on CurseForge has been great all around. But enabling a troll at the expense of my fans, my mods and my reputation is not acceptable - especially when the only clear motive now is to avoid admitting they did not handle this properly.
The moderators need to fix this and make it right.
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Why do people have this reaction before understanding what has happened?
Please read this before you slam me into the ground everyone. I haven't figured out what to do yet...
Jeez this just gets better....
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I am the author of Plant Mega Pack. I have sent you a private message to inquire if you are interested in integrating our mods.
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This is a result of Plant Mega Pack not supporting the biomes in Amberoguia and not an issue with Amberoguia at all.
Thank you for reporting this kreezxil.
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Plant Mega Pack is now located here.
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Yes I pulled PMP from the net last week. It is still available for download. I am still developing it and I have no interest whatsoever in turning the code over to anyone. I also do not want anyone to decompile the code and make another mod out of it.
To answer an obvious question that you might have: what happened? In short, I had enough and fell over the edge.
I let the frustration of working with Forge get to me. I let the trolls in the crowd get to me. I overwhelmed myself with unrealistic goals and stayed up way too late far too many days. I stressed myself out making everyone wait for months for a release that just wasn't up to my standard. I let the Microsoft purchase push me over the edge. And here I am today, feeling disgusted and disgraced, fully ashamed at what I just did to the many fans out there who did support me, who were positive, who cared about what I was doing
There's no secrets in this post. I am a perfectionist, likely to the point of ocd. If that makes me a sick person like some are claiming then I am guilty. I also do not trust Microsoft and I have no problem making that opinion public. I don't want them to ruin Minecraft, or ruin PMP, or ruin anything else that this community loves so much. I took the time to understand their history of PC games and encourage you to do the same to gain that same understanding. There is good reason to not be optimistic. Their promises hold no merit with me today. I am very fearful for Minecraft's future.
Despite my best effort to make PMP into some sort of a good mod, I truly believe that I failed no matter what I did and the purchase was simply the last straw. I realized some time ago that I could not keep up with feature requests, develop my own ideas, maintain the issues that were being found, document everything properly, update all the web sites, communicate as best I could, and 20 other things needed. It was just too much for me to handle. I was too proud to ask for help. My own doing. My own failure to calm myself down and just breathe. Guilty.
I don't know what will happen next. I do want to move forward, and to make that happen the first thing I need to do is to stop letting the trolls beat me down. To the trolls: make your conclusions, say what you will, but do you really know me to back up your conclusions? I am not a bad person. I don't have bad intentions. I really do care very much for the community, even if it doesn't appear that way today.
I hope that somehow you have gained an understanding of what happened and why. I have a long road ahead of me to gain the respect and trust that took me so long to earn from you. If you're mad at me I completely understand. If you abandon me like I did to you I don't blame you. If you want me to feel bad, don't worry, I'm already there in a big way. I am sorry.
For those of you that know me, who care about PMP and its future, who have empathy rather than negative conclusions - I'm still around, but not in this forum. For the rest of you, I am sorry I let you down.
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I appreciate the effort you are putting into ebxl lately, and responding almost immediately to any concerns and questions your fans have.
Nice work gentlemen.
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Your water temple blocks just rock - don't change a thing - you've nailed it.
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Kudos to the entire EBXL Team!
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Great work NightKosh.