Posted by Kenobi on July 04, 1998 at 18:47:40:
In Reply to: On Forcebuilder... posted by BrianL on July 04, 1998 at 18:32:15:
: Well I figure I can post my opinion here -- and I'd also like some responses.
: If you haven't heard, that Mattias guy has announced that a new version of ForceBuilder *may* be released if we're all nice to him, treat him like a god, and don't spell his name or that of his product wrong.
: On his message board, he has posted that the reason for this (maybe) upcoming release is because of JkEdit - and the fact that the author of JkEdit is charging for it.
: If you don't know the whole story behind ForceBuilder, then here is the way I understood it. First, he released a version that was to demonstrate the interface. Basically, you download it, and get to look at the buttons, but nothing worked. That is fine with me -- it's his deal.
: Well, a few days after that, he wrote a huge long email to all the Jk news sites, saying how he got tons and tons of hate mail on his editor, and that he was going to cancel the product unless he got tons and tons of good mail. So, all the JK news sites decided to actually support this guy, and requested that people send him nice emails.
: Then, he released another version, and supposedly got another huge mass of hate mails (have any of you guys EVER sent hate mail to ANYONE? Much less about JK?). Anyway, then he sent another email out to the JK news sites saying that he would have no more PUBLIC releases of FB. The only way you could get a copy THEN was to send him a personal email, and wait about a month, then he'd send you the url where you could download it. All because of these tons and tons of hate email messages.
: So then, he apparently got even more hate mail messages, so decided to cancel his project and revoke all the licenses from all the programs he made (a rad 3do viewer included).
: Now, he's planning on re-releasing things, but only if we are nice to him, and don't spell his name or that of forSebUIldr wrong. As you can see, I'm a little perturbed about all of this. When I started Massassi Temple, I wrote him at least 5 emails, asking if we could write tutorials using FB, and generally hype his product so more people would use it. No Response.
: I personally, and others that I know, have sent him tons of *nice* email, and have never gotten a response. How does he expect us to send him nice email over an over when he never replies? How do we even know he got these 50 hate mail messages a day?
: I think, if he's actually gettting these emails, that it's his own fault. He has acted like a little baby from the time he entered the market with his products, and it's ridiculous. He's playing us all for fools, and if we humor him even more, he's more than likely to release it, yeah, but then he will again get tons and tons of hate mail (from that unknown source) and revoke everything again.
: This has never been a fight on whether jed or fb was better, but a constant haggling by Mattias on how we should all treat him like a god because he made some great products. It's not about the products at all, it's about him needing us to feed his ego for some strange reason.
: When I got tired of doing this site, did I revoke everything? "Now all the tutorials are mine, so you can't use them anymore cuz I'm mad at you." That's ridiculous -- I started out to help people, and apparently some of you find this site helpful, so why the hell would I try to take it away? It's FREE to you guys -- always will be, and don't worry, I won't revoke anything.
: As a final question, do you think Massassi ought to support the editor *if* it comes out? I will happily write some tutorials on it, if I can get permission from Mattias (which is doubtful seeing as how he never answers his email). What do you guys think on this whole subject?
: Brian
When I first took intrest in trying level building I remember this guy and his need for everybody to treat him real nice or no more "Candy" for us. Well now, as far as I'm concerned I think we should let him take his baseball and bat and go home. Do we really need to deal with this guys head trips? I think not just ignore him and let be at that.