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Formal notice of Resignation - All im@s related projects will cease.

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Okayu:
I personally think you overreacted to their response but it's your choice in the end.

altuixde:
After re-reading the messages you received, Setsuna, I think that a lot of the rudeness in them could be due to the other person's inadequate skill in writing English. For example, this sentence

"I believe you owe it to the rest of us, since you created it in the first place, should begin updating."

ignoring some possibly unintentional rudeness, could be read (in the best possible light) as

"Since you created the compendium, no one would be better suited to update it than you."

I know firsthand that, when speaking in a language that is not one's native language, it's possible to stumble upon a phrase that has a completely different meaning than what was intended. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen. Fortunately, in my case, the only consequence of my error was that a classroom of native French speakers burst out in laughter.

Setsuna:

--- Quote from: Okayu on January 10, 2015, 03:30:03 am ---I personally think you overreacted to their response but it's your choice in the end.

--- End quote ---

It's not the only one, of course. That was the last in a recent line. You'd be surprised some of the things that the people filling requests go through. Those who have done (or chose to) provide support throughout the years can tell you some very interesting stories.

I've gotten emails threatening to hunt me down for failure to do what they want, interestingly enough.

Generally when you ask anyone of anything, it always helps to actually understand what you're actually asking for. Essentially the opening was overly aggressive, and the subsequent conversation was full of demands, and the 'Sorry for getting caught' overtones in the subsequent conversation didn't help any.

When I make mistakes, I know I should apologise and actually own up to my mistakes. I had friends who I asked to read over it (because I wasn't entirely sure that this wasn't just a linguistic error) who actually suggested I leave outright, and pull all materials down.

Okayu:
I do know exactly what you mean as I've also provided a different form of support to iM@S fans in the past. I had misread and assumed that reaction was only to the second response you got back. Still even if you stop requests it might be a bit too extreme to remove everything. Speaking from past experience it's not the best option. Not everyone will voice their opinion as lurkers always outweigh actual posters. Things can end up all over the net, some may not even know it comes from this site.

Virgofall:
There's a lot of things I could say and add on the topic at hand, but shall not.
I'll only say "thank you" for what support has came, myself, as I don't think being in the silent majority will be of benefit here.

...well, there IS one thing I'll say.

While the actual answers to "Why did you start doing iM@S requests?" will vary, there's one common thread among those of us that do; we're fans like everyone else and we enjoy the series too. We don't have to take the time to do this stuff for others, much less buy the DLC to do a better job of it (given some comments, I doubt Setsuna would buy some DLC content - much less go out of her way for a limited edition code for RECOLORED PUPPETS - if not for the compendium's sake). We can just do whatever we want without regard for what you or others think, but we make the choice to provide requests anyway because we want to. They aren't something you're entitled to... like the above poster seemed to imply.
Granted, I know it's an obvious statement. But sometimes, the obvious needs to be stated; this is one of those times. As someone who does still take requests, I sincerely don't want to be given a reason to follow her, even if it is hard to get myself motivated to do them from time to time; we're human just like you.

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