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@foster xbl

I'm not trying to shew you away. I guess we're just reading different mod authors comments.

This was a small battle between two ways of thinking. Your side lost, for now, but what I'm just trying to reiterate to you is that some of us... scratch, that; a lot of us understand perfectly well what you want and while we disagree, I can't hold it against you. Making money doing something you like? That's the f*#@in dream!

Here's an idea; why don't we just discuss ways where perhaps we can meet in the middle?
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You have the right to sell a mod if Bethesda says so.

The community has the right to protest the pay-mod system.

Bethesda has the right to listen to the protesters and take the right to sell away again since it's theirs to start with.

 

Every user has always had the right to download any mod that is ever uploaded publicly. Why do you want to charge them money for that right?

 

In case I'm not making this obvious, it's disingenuous to pretend this is a question of what rights people have and who is or isn't taking them away.

 

It's a question of what is best for everyone in the community - modders, users, and hybrids of all stripes. I believe, as lot of other people seem to, that what is best is a continued open source style environment where everyone can freely acquire all public mods to study, utilize, and enjoy; but every effort is made to ensure modders are compensated through things like easy donations, donation prompts, and/or additional advertising revenue that goes straight to the modder. I am also very much in favor of actually curated modder-made DLCs, like the Premium Modules for Neverwinter Nights. Given that previously the Donate button was so well hidden as to be missed by most users, I'm not really sure why its failure to financially support modders has several people in this thread so adamant that there are no other solutions than the ridiculously terrible one proposed by Valve and Bethesda.

 

Further, it's not the people protesting's fault that Bethesda shut things down rather than offer a better split. Bethesda mentioned the revenue division in their post; they are aware that it was a large part of the outrage. You are in a better position to "negotiate" for a better split now than you were when the program was ongoing. It will be coming back, and it will be in future Bethesda games. There will probably be a more amenable split between the modder and Beth/Valve, and there may be the option of a donate button for modders who don't choose to set a price tag; they have to pretend to compromise, after all. It will be years before things start to constrict further; their only mistake now was biting off too much at once, but they deliberately chose an older game to get people used to the idea, so it won't hurt them.

 

So many people are eager to believe they didn't mean it after all.

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@FavoredSoul

You're not alone with that. Have you seen other mod authors' pages that decided to use the system? It was a real gong show. Constant feedback of people acting like they are entitled to free content.

@Everyone Else

If this experience has taught us anything, it's that no one deserves free stuff. We certainly haven't proven it.
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Allow me a tinfoil-hat moment;

 

The customer is always right. Always. So, if you want to sell something and your potential customers don't agree, what do you do?

 

You change their minds a little at a time. You do outrageous things and then back away and wait awhile. Then you repeat the process as many times as necessary. Eventually what you want will be the new norm. Elsewhere I've stated my opinion on the future of modding. I see nothing that changes my opinion. Delays it slightly perhaps, but doesn't change it.

 

The only real question is this: Do we stick to our guns enough to ensure that we get the best possible outcome or do we just stand back and be satisfied with whatever we're handed? Bear in mind that mod users and mod authors are on the same side of the fence (whether they realize it or not).

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Bethesda should man up and allow Mod Creators to setup Patreon pages. Currently Bethesda doesn't allow those sorts of donation pages where the donation page is for the mod or mod team they only allow personal donations.
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@ phantompally76

If i'm acting like a victim its because you, just now, made me a victim. I am a victim of your hate.

So someone wants to make 50c on a future mod that WOULDNT HAVE EXISTED IF NOT FOR THE SCHEME.

Mod authors are, and always will be, victims of mod-user hate. The hate that has been written for mod-authors here. The hate that has been written for mod-authors on steam. The hate that you wrote against me just right now, and all of the hate yet to be written. Edited by FavoredSoul
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You act as though someone hired you for a job. It was your decision and own desire to mod, no one asked you or forced you. In addition, when you created your content, you had to think at the time that you were doing it for free, so, if you don't want to do it for free any longer, then don't do it. I can't really blame you for that.

Anyone who creates anything for public consumption has to know that lots of people are entitled jerks. If you didn't, then I'm sure that was quite the wake up call. I haven't read all the comments, I'm sure there are a lot of fools saying stupid stuff, but that's the world we live in. Some will choose to punish those who are grateful due to the comments of the lowest denominator and I think that sucks, but, I can't really complain about it because it's not my time and effort that's being taken to task.
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I'm just going to throw this in there, but I've personally never complained or wrote s#*! about a mod author because their mods are free. You can't complain about something you're getting for free, right?

Of course, that's not true for everyone, but with a free mod if you hid somebodies comment or told them to "f off", I'd be right there with ya.

However, if I paid for your mod, you'll f'nng take it and like it. You're no longer a person putting up free content, you're like the telephone company now, and I'm a very nice person but the lady that answer's the phone there absolutely hates me.
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FavoredSoul,

No one is forcing you to make mods. If it's not fun, then why the hell are you doing it? Find another hobby, for goodness sake! And yes, it IS a hobby. It always has been. Nothing has changed on that front. Valve and Bethesda tried to do exactly what you claim mod users are doing: Take advantage of you. They wanted you to labor, then sell your labor to users, and keep 75% of the proceeds. The only people that win are Valve and Bethesda. Mod users may use your labor by playtesting and enjoying your mods, but they aren't making a profit off your work either. They're not asking you to make mods that they can then sell, while kicking back a measly 25%.

This idea could have worked if the kickback was fair and there was some modicum of assurance to the consumers that mods would be properly curated. As it stood, mod authors were getting screwed, consumers were getting screwed, and the legality of it all was questionable to say the least. Valve and Bethesda did one thing right, and that was to shut this absurd experiment down.
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@ SkepticalJoker

You speak wise words.
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