Non quis, sed quid.

Whatever happened to this age old courtesy?

Definition:
give someone the benefit of the doubt

to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either. After hearing his explanation, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt.
-Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms

It seems to have sadly been vaporised from existence in this Scene. Each time some new face tries to become known they are faced with more skepticism than any Developer should ever get in their entire time as a Developer for this Scene…well unless you suck or are a poser developer of course… Why is it that every time someone new makes something Noobz or one of the big groups/developers could not make people love to flame them? If you think about it, this brings up a few points of concern:

Are you seriously the right person to be attacking anyone?

What gives you the right to flame someone for something you haven’t even attempted nor done yourself? Or to flame someone when you’re nothing but an ungrateful member of the “great” PSP Scene?

Why do you believe you have the intelligence to call out someone for lack of ability when you, yourself, lack the exact same thing you’re assuming the developer has nothing of?

In order for a Scene to prosper, we need to be open minded, mature and welcoming. All of which this scene really annoyingly currently lacks. And which has caused a few knowledgeable, skilled developer (groups) to leave your precious Scene. Too bad really, your really big loss because some really great groups have not shown their potential; have not released some amazing things you will probably never see the light of as a result of your immaturity and lack of respect. But like a wise friend of mine once said – and many other wise persons – “people as a whole never completely acknowledge a problem until it is too late.”

This time I am ranting in the hopes that people might notice my rant, read it and realise what they’ve been doing wrong all this time.

Seriously, why does anyone have to prove to you that they are skilled enough to contribute something worthwhile to the Scene? Chances are none of the Developers you see get paid for what they do for the Scene; are developing for the Scene because they have to. So why does everyone expect people to care about what misguided and ignorant opinion they have?

If you’re a respected developer like jas0nuk, MaTiAz and the rest of the Malloc crew then I’d understand and I’d probably support your efforts in making sure none of these phonies see the light of day. But if you aren’t anyone of their level of skill, expertise or knowledge then you really have no right to tell others to “go die”, “get a life” etc. etc. because regardless of if you think they’re a worthy addition to the Scene – unless you’re a Developer yourself, you have little to no legitimate say in the matter. When you finally do become known in the Scene through releases or contributions then, and only then, will you truly understand what it means to be a part of the Scene. And then, and only then, will you have a right to expose people for their lack of skill.

Until then, you really have no right to push new developers around or set a standard for the Scene of what requirements a “real developer” should meet before they are taken seriously.

But please, have a heart and give people a chance. I assure you, if people are fake – we’ll have their heads mere minutes after their debut. You guys aren’t the only ones who really, really hate posers in the Scene. We’ve shut down a few projects – one more notable one being Project EE – and we will continue to do so until lamers see that there is no point in trolling this Scene. Or so one would hope…

How many of you have taken a few seconds to reflect on the one thing you all apparently hate happening – developers leaving your precious Scene? That’s right. A mere few seconds – possibly even one second – of thought would have brought you to the realisation that your actions do in fact impact what Developers do or not do. So, consider the following and then see if you can tell me why any of us need to sit here taking crap from the “Scene” and still have to release things to keep you happy:

You are a PSP developer.
And by PSP developer I do not mean that YOU think you are one but that you have proven yourself as a PSP developer through releases, contributions to the PSP SDK or something of similar nature. That means you are not the equivalent of test30, becus25 (or whatever the hell he goes by now – Dark_Moon [someone idolizes someone too much]), noob2psp or whatever (other) bullshit developer wannabe that respectable developers like jas0nuk, MaTiAz and FreePlay have flagged as being posers. Still, at least test30 and bec…Dark_Moon actually do *some* work unlike retards like Project EE and Team AoP.

You’ve just released some really big project.
Be it a custom firmware, a great discovery or…whatever. You get a lot of praise for your hard work…and then you get the usual trolls that seem to purely exist to put down your work – which, sadly, you are used to. But what you don’t expect is the lamers that decide to hex-edit and remove your credit before posting it on their site, hex-edit your work and re-release it under their own name or take your work and other Developer’s work, throw it all together and claim it as their own.

How do you feel now?
How would YOU feel if you had a team like AoP claiming to be better than you when all they are doing is stealing your work? How would YOU feel if a website removed your name from the things you’ve worked SO HARD on and then released it? How would YOU feel if I were to take your program’s source, change a few things, recompile it and call it my own?

How do you think Dark_AleX, Mathieulh, jas0nuk, FreePlay, Wildcard and the rest of us feel? I’ll tell you how some of us feel. We’ve had enough of this crap and we’re thinking of leaving.

Face it people. The PSP Scene sucks. It might have taken some of the Developers a while to realise – or maybe we were just in denial the whole time, but we’re slowly getting there. Having people piss on our hard work by releasing our work modified and under their name or having groups pop up that don’t know their left from their right yet insist on belittling the better Developers by stating they’ll “show [insert good Developer (group) here] how it is done” is really the last straw. If any of you truly care for the thing you call “our Scene” then you’ll stop supporting these phony startups and show them that they are not wanted here.

This rant is of a very serious nature. Choose to ignore it at risk of losing the best Developers in the Scene because some of them feel the same way. And some of them, like myself, have contemplated leaving the Scene because they – or we – are really tired of having to deal with the crap that people give us and the appalling lack of support or thanks.

So before you decide to throw out a “you suck!”, “[developer] is better than you”, etc. take a few seconds to think things over. Who knows, maybe the developer or group or team you are targeting has had enough and that one small comment sends them over the edge? Or, even worse, maybe they were working on something much more advanced and unheard of…and your seemingly small comment is the last they want to hear, forcing them to give up and leave the Scene? Don’t believe this is possible? Well, all I will tell you is that it has happened. Yes, there are a lot of things you have not seen released by many very skilled Developers because of the immaturity and lack of respect the Scene has.

If you truly want for the aspiring Developers out there who are near Dark_AleX’s level to stay, then the Scene seriously needs to wake up, grow up and show some respect for everyone else. When a new developer (group) shows up, don’t attack them…give them the benefit of the doubt until a respected individual or a known, proven, Developer shows that they’re fakes. And PLEASE, when that happens, don’t go flaming the known and respected Developers and don’t even think of stating they’re “just jealous” – instead, help them in ridding the Scene of the filth and trash that has caused a few of your most favourite developers to leave.

Lest you lose more than your precious Dark_AleX.