@Cyberglum: Don't take me wrong, I agree with you and I find banning someone because of that ridiculous. What I mean is, is your case common enough (at least regarding NWN1&2) so it becomes a really important point to consider when choosing a site to upload mods?
@Lighfoot: Ok, sorry if I sounded too hostile myself, but I think you misinterpreted Casadechrisso's post a bit. I actually happen to agree with him.
When we started discussing about alternatives to the Vault (most of the ones who joined the discussion, including Casa and me, voted for the Nexus as it seemed the best option, this thread is a déjà vu of that one) some of us were pretty excited about it. Dark0ne was willing to create a NWN Nexus, but he said he'd only do it if a respectable amount of content was uploaded. Judging by the usual upload traffic on the Vault, the required numbers looked easy to reach, so the Nexus was created...
Actually, this is another thing Casa may be refering to when "blaming the community". We discussed it for a good while, we posted on the NWN1 forums so the NWN1 crew would participate in the discussion... but people didn't look very interested. I mean,
that was the proper time to discuss about other alternatives, and not now, half a year later, when the Nexus is already created and working. The Nexus was the response to threads like this one, if people really had things to say, why didn't they participate back then? I understand that people have real lives, but the Nexus wasn't discussed and created in a single day. It's very frustrating to read some people's complains about the Nexus
now.
Anyway, it didn't turn out so well as expected. Some modders happily started to upload their stuff to both sites with no complain at all, while others seemed reluctant of uploading anywhere that wasn't the Vault. I didn't expect some of those reactions, and frankly, while they migh had their reasons, those didn't convince me much. And sorry to say, but with the possible exception of Cyberglum, who had a bad personal experience, most of the exposed reasons against the Nexus here don't convince me much either. I'm just a player, but if I had something to upload, I wouldn't see a reason to not happily put it all on both the Vault and the Nexus.
Casa may explain it better, but I think he would agree with what I've written here.
As for moderators, I don't know how that goes (or if he would even be willing to do it), but if I had to nominate someone, I'd point at Tchos. He's one of the most active users on the NWN Nexus and a regular in the NWN community.
PS: Despite all this ranting, many modders have already uploaded their content to the Nexus and continue to do so, it's just that many others keep using the Vault exclusively. So, the Nexus is definitely not a desert or anything, it's just that it could have much more traffic than it currently has, and that's a bit disappointing.
Modifié par Arkalezth, 17 septembre 2012 - 11:42 .
