The ACTUAL Problem with MFGG

[Pedigree]

Your feedback is welcome, but claiming you have all the answers to problems with our community and how to fix the "ACTUAL" problems is a bit much. You especially lost me when you claimed almost everyone who knows how to pixel art has left, "fangame developers are the worst breed of gamedev out there" and patted yourself on the back for having better things to do than developing fangames...

To be blunt, having done nothing as of late to contribute to our community in any meaningful way, I find many of your assertions to be hypocritical and your attitude about it insulting as well.

Do something with your concerns instead of just preaching your word as if it's gospel. For example:

• If you don't like the quality of pixel art here, post constructive criticism or write up a guide.
  
• If you have constructive criticism to offer that will change how fangamers see game development, share them.
  
• If you want to see projects outside of fangames, post your indie stuff here and perhaps others will follow suit.
  
• If you don't like how inactive it is or how low quality the content is, then be active and post quality content yourself. Talking about how you have better things to do isn't helping, lol.
  

A couple side notes:

• There are a lot of factors that affect our activity, and some of those are out of our control. Interest in Nintendo and Mario in general is a great example, especially during gaps between Mario games. The DMCA takedown scare is also a real thing.
  
• Branching out into indie game development will probably not have the impact you are expecting, as there are many communities better suited to that available.
  
• You're not the first and won't be the last person to claim MFGG is going to die if your advice isn't heeded. Someday it may die, but it's not going to do so any time soon unless something catastrophic happens.
  

I will return to the thread with more in depth thoughts and to answer each point, but this is what I have to say for now.