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² one of the most common questions or to be more specific, doubts, of all ²
² of us and not just in the bbs scene, is "should i make this", "should
i publish that" or "will it be worthy" etc. people get afraid that if
they publish/make something, will be criticized in a bad way or they
just have fears that their work is not good enough. i don't know about
other scenes/areas but these are my thoughts, for the bbs scene.
today bbsing is a hobby, is a pation a thing that we do, because of
² nostalgia. we continue bbsing, because returning to the past, in that
era, it gives us a warm feeling. it's like you have moved out from
your old neighborhood and one day, you came back for a visit. memories ²
of the past, never get forgotten.
i am saying this, because whatever project you have in mind and fear
to start or finish or publish, will not be critized the way it would
in the past. elitism, antagonism of groups is all gone. today we are
thankful that we have 3-5 ansi groups and some bbs developers and we
all support those, to keep going. so will be your project, your ansi
screen, your script etc. having a new coder/artist in the scene, by it ²
self is a big thing. releasing new stuff for our hobby is even bigger! ÛÛÛÛ
for the last past years, i don't remember anyone making a bad critic ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
² for anything. all projects were welcomed and supported in some degreeÛÛÛÛÛÛ
so why you should hesitate?ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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Û another reason is, that if you never pass your fear, you will never ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
Û publish anything. it hasn't have to be a big project. start slow andÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
low, small things at a time and from there you can go bigger. starting ÛÛÛÛ
small, will give you the courage to expand/release your self ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
afterwards and overcome the fear. when you see that people liked your ÛÛÛÛÛ
first small ansi work/script, then you will do more and more andÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
more... people will get to know you, you will make a circle ofÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
contacts etc.ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²Û
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² i know this, cause that's how i started also. the difference with me, ÛÛÛÛÛ
is that in the past, i was making some releases, but for my local bbs ÛÛÛÛÛ
scene. entering a different scene, after all those years is almost the ÛÛÛÛ
same thing. but slowly, making small script releases, gave me the ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
courage to continue and even make an emag.ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
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for sure, there will be people that will like and others that don't,ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
your work... so what? this happens everywhere in our lives. because ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
someone disagreed on something, doesn't mean anything. as i said, ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
² bbsing is all about our love to this old-style computing stuff. if you ÛÛÛÛ
love what you do and have fun doing so, then it's totally worth it. ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
first you do it for your self, to have fun and if others enjoyed it,ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ
then good for all of us ;) so, don't overthink things... specially in ÛÛÛÛÛ
the bbs scene is very easy to make stuff. you only an editor (text or ÛÛÛ²Û
ansi) and you can write/draw stuff, even in the oldest machines. want ÛÛÛÛÛ
to be 100% oldschool? install dosbox on your smartphone, and let theÛÛÛÛÛ²Û
DOS path guide you... :) may the box be with you... ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²Û
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