There were a few people who did clothes and other stuff that were very protective of their material (which is understandable) and that of others (which is less so). This culminated in not being able to put anything up for download where the original modder had long since moved on to other pastures and could not be asked for permission.In my experience it's often not the modders themselves who cares, but other people who are annoyed when someone puts together something they didnt do themselves.. Some people just love bitching about the unwritten laws of modding, while most modders just want thier mods spread so people can enjoy their work.
While I appreciate the sentiment, there were a few people who did not tolerate a single word of criticism without falling first into biting sarcasm and then into screaming rage. What was the name of this guy from Scotland (?) who put birds on Solstheim and similar stuff? I usually did not say anything, but once I mentioned that his mod that made Morrowind creatures "peaceful" was a bit simplistic. He simply set all damage to zero, with predictable consequences. When I mentioned that I was called stupid and whatsoever. I did a little picture story to illustrate the point (I think I have still these two pics: 1, 2), and the resulting screaming rage and flood of insults got the thread locked and deleted. So far for friendly and encouraging.Constructive criticism is ok and is encouraged, but saying stuff like "your mod sucks" and so forth is not tollerated there (and shouldn't be). I think the TES community is very friendly and encouraging, much unlike for example the GTA modding community which i found very hostile and immature.