Coolboyman
Veteran Hacker
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- Age 36
- The East Bay
- Seen Jul 26, 2024
Well IMO, You don't need to apoligise, I understand that people on the forum are sometimes young but it honestly wouldn't kill them to take an educated guess and ask INTELLIGENT questions instead of posting a million and one unrelated things. And to be brash, part of the rom-hacking threads have gone to the depths of the earth, the others full of so much impecible... Garbage, to use a light term, that it makes it depressing.
I've fully supported you all the way and when I see your replies in some threads I just think: "He does have a point, if they download a tool they should at least read how to use it or mess about till it works." But alas, the world doesn't work like that... unfortunatally.
Even if you think ROM Hacking in general sucks now, that doesn't mean you can't do your own part to help it out. I started when ROM Hacking was taboo to mention ANYWHERE. Seriously, I remember people thinking I was one of those hackers that stole identities and such when I mentioned ROM Hacking. It's come a long way since the last decade, but it still has a long way to go. Even if you don't hack, you can explain what ROM hacking is to people you know, show them the true potential of ROM hacking and get them to appreciate, dare I say it... this artform. So this goes for everyone, if you think ROM Hacking is crappy now, don't just complain about it, do something about it.
Thanks for the support of course!
I haven't used this account in at least a year, but I saw this thread and immediately felt like it's something worth my time to comment on.
(That, and we use to talk a bit on MSN, but I doubt you remember. What's it been, a couple years at least?)
Actually, the arrogance and smug attitude is what attracted me to you. I mean, you had the right to be. You seemed to be the only one on PC out of a few that actually exercised skills that the ROM Hacking community was built around. It may have stabbed your ego a bit because you decided to hack a game in a community based on people that just used AdvanceMap to get what they want. I started to feel the same elitism after I left hacking PKMN and moved on to other games/consoles. I started hanging out with phenomenal hackers. interdpth, Sliver-X, kuja_killer, Gideon Zhi, etcetera. Right before the transition though, I remember I had vented to HackMew about "people are all noobs with tools". He preached something along the lines of "People are only human, we needs tools to help lessen the blows of mistakes". I realized right then that I was only being selfish.
I am glad I eventually came over it, and realized that the wealth should just be shared and spread around. Especially after I just stopped hacking. It felt like a waste of time. I had all this data mapped out from various games, but no one was looking at it except me. Lurking around here recently again had me noticing the "Research & Development", and I am very glad to see this. Two years later and we are moving forward as a team instead of trying to one-up each other and keep secrets.
I am sorry to hear about the loss of a friendship. I commemorate you on posting this, it does take courage, and it looks like you've come to terms with what was in your head all these years. It is inspirational to me, because even I still forget quite often that besides the spiders and bots, there are humans on the internet. Can't be a dick all the time.. and life offers many open doors to those that are nice.
Keep up the good work man. I never did get to play that final dungeon in Brown, time to fire it up.
PS: I think you should still exercise a little bit of an elitist. You've earned it. Oh, and sorry if this post is jumbled. Running off two days with no sleep. :P
Thanks for those kind words. One of the main reasons I want to be less of a jerk is because some people see me as a role model. I find that unbelievable, but I looked up to a couple of jerks myself as role models in the ROM Hacking Community (I won't name names), and they gave me the impression that this kind of behavior was OK. It's not OK, and it was never OK. I don't want people thinking that this kind of behavior is acceptable just because I do it and they look up to me like I did with a few others.
As for the friendship thing, as far as I know he's finally going to stop sending me threatening emails. He will not go out of his way to ruin my reputation, he'll stop blaming me for the actions of others which I have no control over and finally leave me alone. Better be for real this time too. I know there's a good person inside of him, I experienced it when I was working with him early this year. To see him just turn into... this... is just devastating for me.
Good to know. ^^ I have noticed that you are sometimes quite bitter- I should know, I've experienced it once- but I understand why. It much be frustrating getting asked obvious questions, people asking the same question etc. I can't remember what I said to annoy you, but I'm fairly sure it was something stupid so I apologise, and I wasn't too offended either. Nevertheless, it's nice that you apologised to everyone you might have offended and I'm glad you're going to be more tolerant when people ask "simple and repetitive questions". You're one of my favourite ROM hackers (Brown and Prism are amazing, in my opinion), and honestly, you're an inspiration.
Now, finish Prism and apology accepted.Just joking. :P I can wait, and you should just finish it at your own pace. ;)
Thanks! I don't remember being rude to you either, but I've done it to so many people that I've lost count.
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On a somewhat unrelated note, I'll be on the Pokecommunity Podcast this weekend. So give that a good listen when it's out and if you have the time! I'll mention some new stuff about Prism's next release, and talk about other game related things I'm up to.
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