I certainly hope you don't think my comments toward Alec were flames NeoSneth. I was only stating the situations that I observed and what I thought had lead up to his dropping out of the scene for a while. Looks like I was way off on a few of the comments.
First off, and this is mainly for Neo Alec if he's reading, a few clarifications.
1. I never said you hated Gunstar Heroes, I just said you mentioned that it "wasn't that great of a game". And, if memory serves, that was right around a time when a few people were saying how cool it was. Hell, I don't think it was the greatest game on the Genesis, but it was definitely among the top 10 of all time greatest. I still fire up the Genesis and play that game now a days. I used that as an example of how he never seemed to feel the same way about a particular game that everybody was praising. I know one time, he and I both agreed that Final Fantasy VII was blown WAY out of proportion in the popularity department, but it seemed like he never saw eye to eye on something everybody liked. That's not saying you have to like what everybody else does, but at least come to an understanding, especially if you have to deal with the public on the scale that a web master does. Hell, I got a couple of buddies I have to grin to and say: "Yeah, Tekken 3 ain't bad for a 3D fighter." when in reality, I think it's garbage, but I do this to avoid unnecessary bickering back and forth. I'm not lying and saying I like the game when I don't, I'm just sort of keeping things cool. See where I'm coming from?
2. About the growing up comment, I was talking about attitude in general. Nobody, including me, doubts Neo Alec's web skills. I don't know shit about web-site design or html or any of it, but I wasn't measuring Alec on that. Also, it wasn't a judgment call on my part either. Over half the stuff I post is probably immature, but then again, I don't have a responsibility of being a web master. And that is exactly where I was coming from. When dealing with the public, you can't afford to be thin-skinned and quick to jump, that's all I was saying. Like the old saying goes: "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Don't laugh, and they laugh at you even more." I went through stages in my life where I wore my feelings on my sleeve, got pissed off and wanted to fight at the drop of a hat. But, I learned that you can't be so serious all the time, and that's where I came from in the maturity part. I just thought that if Neo Alec had laughed a few situations off, things would've went a lot more smooth. But that's just my opinion, again, not a judgement call.
3. I was obviously WAY off on my comment about Neo Alec's admiration of all that is Japanese. Nobody is gonna knock liking Japanese stuff, not around here. You should see the boxes of manga I have, or the shelves of anime, or the rack of CD soundtracks. Jeez, I even nicknamed myself after Godzilla. But back in the day, Neo Alec just came across as knocking American things a bit, and I took it as his means to boost Japanese stuff. I know guys in real life that will like something PURELY on the fact of it being Japanese, and I'm not kidding. Alec just seemed to have a lot of the same behavior, so that was the conclusion about him I came to. If I was way the hell off on that thought, my apologies.
In conclusion, I have to say that I was surprised to see Neo Alec pop up again. But, rest assured, nothing I said was meant to flame Alec. If he took it as that, well, there's really nothing I can do. And let me add that whatever Alec gets into from here on, best of luck.
I think Dolphinlord said it best when he said: "Let sleeping dragons lie." (my apologies DL if I screwed that up) Looks like a can of worms sort of got opened, so as for me, this is all I'm gonna say about Neo Alec. Hope this post didn't put anybody to sleep...
