Famous and emerging authors

Tuesday July 01 1997 17:24, Sergei Novikov ─── Evgeny Milun:

SN>>>>> Well, well... How do you like Scorpios from Softstar? Or a shadow monitor for them
SN>>>>> from Rambo? Would you buy it?
EM>>>> Don’t fall into melodrama. Do you care about the computer/program, or the name on it
EM>>>>??? If the “shadow monitor from Rambo” is superior to any other,
EM>>>> then yes, I won’t be the only one who will buy it.
SN>>> You’re talking about impossible things.
EM>> Why?

SN> Haven’t you seen DAF or are you pretending?
Is this a program for constructing three-dimensional graphs? Then I saw it. So what?

SN>>> In addition, you must have basic respect for the authors. For example, to
SN>>> the same Slava Mednonogov. He created so many good
SN>>> games for the Spectrum, did so many for it, that to say, “I don’t care who
SN>>> writes the CV, as long as it’s no worse” means showing disrespect to
SN>>> him for everything he’s done.

EM>> I’m reading all this here and I’m surprised. Is it important to you that there is a ChV on
EM>> Spectrum or that Mednonogov makes another game,
EM>> for example, a ChV?

SN> I respect the author of a normal (good, excellent, etc.) game and I don't
SN> give a damn what his name is.
No, you don't“you respect the author of a good game,” and “you respect _any_ program from a
famous author.” I didn’t mean that you should completely forget about the name of the author,
I only said what I said: if a good program has come out, then it doesn’t matter how famous its author is.

EM>> When Slava makes it, we will all congratulate him, give him beer, etc. :)))
SN> ²VM: Remember his words. And when he arrives at Inlight, demand the promised beer.
Well, it won’t rust after me. :)))))

EM>> but why at the same time scold those who will make a similar
EM>> game in parallel with it?
SN> Am I scolding? I haven’t heard anyone scold the author of a good game.
You don’t scold them, you just ignore them.

EM>> There are two versions of KV2 - “Land of Myths” and “KV-2”. Are you,
EM>> accusing the authors of one of the versions of disrespect for “competitors”?
SN> Where am I accusing?
Directly - nowhere. But, if we look at your ideas, then the inevitable conclusion follows - the authors of one do not respect the authors of the other.

SN> “In addition, you must have elementary respect for the authors. For example,
SN> also Slava Mednonogov. He created so many good
SN> games for the Spectrum, did so much for him that you can say, “I I don’t care who
SN> writes the CV, as long as it’s no worse” means showing disrespectto
SN> him for everything he did."
SN> Where?
What "where"? Those are your words. ;)))

YM>>>>>>> 2 Mednonogov - “I don’t care who writes Black Raven, just
YM>>>>>>> if..."
EM>>>>>> Absolutely right, me (and to many) it will not be particularly important who
EM>>>>> will make this program on the Spectrum.
SN>>> see above.

EM>> Yeah. See above (The name of the person who wrote the
EM>> very GoldED that you are using now is very important to you?)

SN> Don’t go to extremes.
Which one? is this extreme? You use this program and consider its author... mmmm... incompetent?
SN> But still, a person who wrote a good program
SN> does not deserve to be “spit on”.
No need to distort my thoughts !!!!!!!!!!! I said that by and large
it doesn’t matter who exactly does this or that. program, the main thing is that the program
was good.

SN>>>>> Heh! Yes, except for VM, no one else has managed to create a similar game
SN>>>>> on
SN>>>>> You can imagine what Raven, for example, from Excess
SN>>>>> (the authors of Made in Kazan) would be like. ok...

EM>>>> You got it all wrong again. I'm not saying.“Who will succeed
EM>>>> or not”, I’m talking about the fact that if _ALREADY_ _HAS HAPPENED_, then what difference
EM>>>> does it make what this person’s name is. Let at least I.V. Stalin.
SN>>> You don’t respect the author.

EM>> Ely-paly. Well, fine, formulate exactly why I don’t respect him? I don't
EM>> I don't believe in his strength and capabilities?
SN> You don't give a damn about his name.
I only spit on his "name" because... First of all, I draw attention
not to the name in the program's splash screen, but to the program itself. And only then -
in the name.

[.....]

EM>> 2. The author of the Fidosh software that you use.
SN> Only Sorensen? No? Either way, I don't care about him. We
SN> respect the authors, sir :)
So? “Don’t give a damn,” but you don’t know the name? I myself just said
that this is a manifestation of disrespect.

EM>> 3. The head of the IBM company, for which you sit at this
EM>> moment.

SN> The last 2 questions are not about ZX... Moreover, I have not
SN> come across the names of the latter ->> how can I know them...
So, your laws of “respect/disrespect” only apply to Spectrum ?

EM>> Named ? That's what I'm talking about. The main thing is that the program is good,
EM>> and the name...

SN> You don’t give a damn about who makes Oberon? Then why don't yourecruit
SN> lamers to the editorial office? In addition. After all, this will not make the magazine worse...
Because, I don’t give a damn about _WHO_ makes Oberon, but I don’t give a damn about
WHAT_ it will be like. If, for example, the lame Vasya shows that he is capable of doing something good, then:
(1) he will no longer be a lame.
(2) since (1), then I will take him.

EM>> even if the Devil himself - this will not worsen the merits of the program.
SN> Hmmm...
You don’t agree?

Good luck! Evgeny.
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