>>56041010Why would anyone want to bother themselves with a game series that doesn't treat itself respectfully? That's effectively what happened with the thread.
Also, yeah. as anon stated above, romhacks and shit have gotten a lot less about.. smaller displays of passions. In the past, most people made little garden sheds with crosses on top. But as the scopes got larger, people stopped dreaming of it. Now everyone dreams of building cathedrals that take hundreds of years to complete. They become delusional and begin trying to build their own grandiose cathedrals, only to get a reality check and be heavily discouraged.
And many of the people who previously enjoyed them have been spoiled by the likes of Notre-Dame. They look to those still building the sheds, making due with what they have, and scoff at them. They don't see a reason to stick around and enjoy them for what they are. They withdraw themselves, wishing for everyone to build such magnificent cathedrals without realizing or caring about what such workloads entail to the average person.
Like it or not, but people enjoy attention to their work, especially if they've taken the plunge and shared it online. If people don't get attention, they're less likely to pursue sharing it in the future, or may even drop the hobby entirely.