You know, I really hate that lame-ass article on RPGExploit -- but not for the reason most people do.
The MacroQuest community was once a place where you could learn from other people, as long as you adhered to the golden rule -- RTFM. This poster is obviously new to MQ, and yes, he probably came from RPGExpert -- but does that really make that much of a difference? He said he RTFM, and I believe him, and the problem he had looks to be a legitimate one. Of course, with everyone jumping on the "omg newbies from rpgexploit!!11" bandwagon, people feel the need to flame instead of help. Yes, he's using a ripped copy of Visual Studio -- but let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Can anyone here really say that they've purchased EVERY piece of software they own? Especially software packages like Visual Studio... they're really expensive, and I wouldn't blame some dumb kid for DL'ing a ripped copy at all, especially if he just wanted to play around with it and learn a bit of code.
I've tried to quit many times, but sometimes I'll just be lurking here and see a cool new macro/plugin in one of the depots that I just have to log on one of my old gimp accounts and try. MQ is something that enhances the EQ experience tenfold. The MQ Community should be a place where people aren't afraid to ask questions... but maybe I'm an idealist. Nobody has come to this forum knowing everything there is to know about MQ, and we shouldn't expect that. People who may be asking the "stupidest" questions today might be capable of writing a really amazing macro/plugin in the future, and that's truly the benefit of a project like MQ. People can learn from each other and share the cooler stuff they do. Times change, though, I guess, and all things must come to an end...
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Feature Request:
DDoS code targeted at RPGExpert built into MQ.
Imagine, the entire MQ Community constantly DDoS'ing RPGExpert with every instance of MQ they run. I just hate the fact that they give the plat-making combines nerfed. And before anyone gets angry, yes, this is a joke.
