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I know many people will disagree with me, but I can't help but feel sorry for Bethesda. I understand this was their own doing. But in between all the drama of the past few days it's very easy to lose sight of the fact that this is the developer who released an amazing SDK for Morrowind, when they didn't have to, an amazing SDK for Oblivion, when they didn't have to, an amazing SDK for Fallout 3 (that worked with New Vegas), when they didn't have to, and an amazing SDK for Skyrim, when they didn't have to. In a gaming industry that was and is running further and further away from modding. We shouldn't have had reason to doubt them, but unfortunately a lack of good communication with the community at large prior to releasing the tools has completely bewildered the entire community and contributed in a big part to the resounding amount of resentment towards the new system.
Aaaaand, it's gone. Steam is removing paid Skyrim mods
Removing Payment Feature From Skyrim Workshop
I think that they should still feature a donate button though.
The truly sad thing out of all this is the mod authors. If you read some of the comments you can see how many in the community display pure self-entitlement. I just read DarkOnes response to the news and some other sites. Only a slice of course and many supported the mod authors. But sad to see things like:
- The community will welcome back the sellouts if they show some sincerity and humility
- The sure shows those mod authors who sold out, who needs them!
- We the users showed them, maybe the mod authors will be smarter next time
In general users act like they are doing a favor to the mod authors by using their mods Hello - you wouldn't have any mods without them. Of course not much reason to make a mod if no one uses it either, a two way street. But some of the arrogance of the user base is simply mind-melting. Some people actually seem to believe the mod authors should all be thanking them with heads held low and humbly beg to be let back in. Far as I am concerned the mod authors owe no one anything. Instead we owe them for providing us with free mods.
Agreed. Comments like those deserve the posters being castigated themselves. Sadly it takes a crisis for some to show their true colours and the internet allows bullies to be empowered. Ungrateful little pieces of so and so.
//shakes head
-kaos
edit - changed ostracized to castigated.