Peregrine Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 I've seen way too many poorly defined project ideas here, and the most recent one finally reminded me to post this: RULES FOR MAKING A SUCCESSFUL REQUEST: 1) Define your project: nothing is more important than this. Tell exactly what you're trying to make. Show that you've put some effort and thought into your project already. If you don't have this definition, you're going to have a hard time convincing anyone you're serious about it, and you probably won't ever get beyond the initial "hey, I could make a mod" thought. 2) Make your requests specific: don't just say "I need interior/exterior builders, scripters, modelers." Ask for specific things like "I need a sword model, and a script that does x." You've got a lot better chance of getting the help you want, and you're not wasting people's time by making them guess what you need. 3) Make sure YOU are doing something, and I don't mean providing an idea: Whose project is going to get more interest, someone who posts a progress list, screenshots, and shows clear evidence of work on it, or someone who just writes a single line idea and expects everyone else to do all the real work. This is especially important if you're asking for major work. 4) Use correct English: I know it's not everyone's main language, and everyone makes mistakes, but there's just no excuse besides laziness for stuff like "u" and 1337ish. If you don't take your project seriously enough to do this, why should anyone else? 5) Nobody owes you anything: We don't have endless free time just praying someone gives us an idea to work on. And unless you're paying us, nothing requires us to help you. So don't complain if your request doesn't get enough interest. Maybe you've got a problem with 1-4 above, maybe your idea isn't that interesting to people, or maybe the help you need doesn't have enough time to work on your project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomaly Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Amen. I, likewise, am appalled at the utter simplicity of people's posts. However, I would like to make a change to item number 4 and say that if you feel it is necesary to use so-called "1337ish" writing to better portray your ideas, go ahead. j00 h4v3 t3h p0w3r. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 The power to convince nobody to help you. I'm not going to issue strikes or anything for breaking these rules, but there's better odds of hell coming into existence and freezing over than of you getting help if you post your request in |337|s|-|. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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