You've said some amazing things Zemus.. I coulldn't possibly let you get away with them.
Honda: I'll do your whole post, as it's quite a good one, and deserves attention.
It was never my intention to annoy anybody when I post replies with quotes. But for you Alistair, I'll skip the quotes altogether.
I never said I don't like replies with quotes. As you can see, I use them myself..
First off, let's abandon the "us versus them" theme. It just doesn't sound right. It just happened by chance that the majority chose to believe in one thing, and the other person in another thing. The majority did not talk among themselves to be against the other person. It just happend by chance. There is no connivance whatsoever, and should not be interpreted as "the majority versus or against the one".
Exactly. You're absolutely correct, Honda.. I never said there was a 'secret society' or whatever of QuestStudios members plotting against me. I'm just being academic as I tend to do with Sierra music. After all this recording I've been doing lately, it's my frame of mind..
Regarding Sierra music...Tom has always been around to answer your/our queries inspite of the fact that he's a very very busy man. And I am sure that he will always be around to try and be of help to all of us. In your last post, you seem to paint a picture that Tom is the only authority to look for when it comes to anything that is related to Sierra. Look around you Alistair. There are people here that have huge amounts of knowledge regarding the genre...the games...the midis...the hardware...the music. While Tom has a very good database of solid knowledge, even he cannot know everything. There are countless times that others have helped you aside from Tom, and I think they should also be given credit for their help. Even Tom himself asks for help from the other members from time to time.
I never said 'Tom Lewandowski is the only person in the community who knows anything about Sierra'. I'd stake a claim to know more than him about the games.. However, I do believe he's the authority, and indeed the only good enough authority, on Sierra music. I don't consider anyone having half of his knowledge, other than myself. And mine is mostly gleaned from him, and more recently in the last 12 months, experience (all thanks to the knowledge I've gained through this massive resource)..
Anyway. I know from experience that Tom cannot answer all my queries.. to his own admittance, for example he's forgotten much about how he did certain soundtrack CD's.
When you say 'others have helped me', I agree, but it's not the point I was making- I never look past people like Ari Stone, Zemus, etc when it comes to queries. Those guys can be very helpful too (apologies to names I've missed because of tiredness).
Being passionate in what you do is fine. But in my opinion, you tend to overlook other's work. And you take it all in stride. Take for example the instances when you say "Nonsense" or "Rubbish" as replies for other people's opinions (particularly Tom's). It may not mean much to you when you say those things, but to others it is quite offensive. While not agreeing with another person's stance is not really out of the norm, saying those phrases is a bit over the edge, don't you think?
Whose work have I overlooked? As far as I know, Ari Stone and Tom are the only people who contribute to this website, now that Frank is no longer an admin..
Well for me, I find it very offensive when people assume I say things for the sake of it. Especially on Sierra music. Like my comments on Tom's 'bizarre XG conversions' of MT-32 tracks designed for the Sound Canvas, so they end up playing back wrongly in XG. I got some very interesting replies.. and the thread never went anywhere. Most annoying.
But yes. I do need to tone down my responses. Now that I'm on holidays, I'm much more calm than I sometimes can be in schooltime.. but I need to change, you're right. No point producing good quality recordings if noone wants to listen, huh?
Australia's got interesting culture. The way I talk wouldn't necessarily be offensive in conversation. I suppose I'm used to it.. but yes, I'll keep what you said in mind (especially since you're not the first to say it).
I personally don't think that you are a "terrorist" here in QS. You have contributed quite a lot over the years, and it is appreciated. Let's just try to mellow down with the words ok?
I don't bloody contribute enough! Then again, it took ages to learn how to mix MT-32 and Sound Canvases properly, so I've never quite been able to produce the recordings I want until recently. I've got a lot of real contributions I want to make..
Yes, point taken.
Okay, I'm actually busy today! Must dash.
- Alistair
