The ACTUAL Problem with MFGG

[Mario]

im siding with Helljumper. mgff has a habit of witchhunting a somebody whose disagree with one thing of criticism and treatmenting them like a bad devv maker and too immature to take critisism as a hole

i also found myself in a situation like the chat quote. i was asking for fedback on one thing for a sprite i updated and somebody got mad that i didnt do there previus feedback yet and when i said 'im doing rhis first. one thing at a time' the person got really hostile at me for me 'dodging' criticism.' Darkonius Mavakar too acted like they were entitled to demand Helljumper to do their feedback first and to put off what they were focusing at the time

ive made some wonderful improvements to my work based on criticism but u guys dont own other ppls projects ether and u are not entitled to a devv doing your feeback first

Fantastic post and it really highlights a problem I've seen with MFGG for years. There's a lot of people out there who get extremely offended if they feel like their criticsm isn't adhered to, and get pretty upset with the person who didn't follow it. People need to understand that criticism is just advice and no one's obligated to follow advice if they don't want to- even good advice. The only people who can decide what goes into their own project are the people working on the project themselves. They have the final say, for better or worse. It's not just their vision, it's their work. Not everyone is making games for the same reasons as you and not everyone is going to make the games you want to see. That's a good thing! We gotta learn to appreciate differences in ideas and approaches to things. And look, sometimes people are just going to make bad games (or bad art, or whatever) and not listen to anyone. They can either learn from their own mistakes or be content with what they did. It's all part of growth and just people having different priorities. Plus a lot of people are probably just stubborn kids who just want to try things their own way- it's fine, they'll mellow out!

Now, don't get me wrong- I like criticsm, I'm glad MFGG has it, it's not something that should go away. Heck, I loved the saga of Mrs. A redlining Raie's badly traced art. It's phenominal to see people putting their best effort to convince others to make the best thing they can. But it's not a big deal if they don't listen. Advice is just advice.

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