Many thanks to Marcan for his rather sizable contribution to Wii homebrew.
I would like to thank him for the work he did and I am genuinely sad to hear that he will no longer be a part of
"the scene".
He has been quite a character - one who opened himself up to controversey over his anti-piracy stance and made no
effort to deviate or retract those statements.
It has been a stance that has probably been his achilles heel - his mini-war with Waninkoko (or at the leaset heated
disputes) certainly didn't endear him to many of the pirates that also use homebrew.
His pro-homebrew anti-piracy stance also was used against him to make him out as a hipocrite which I whole-heartedly
disagree with. His moral standing on the issue of piracy was a breath of fresh air.
Legitimising homebrew software needed this very thing that homebrew and piracy need not always be associated together
in some illegal collusion. His ability and want to segregate the two helped to make a legitimate point that mostly was not
shared by the many that frequent these forums (and many others).
The popular opinion is not always the correct one and I applaud the fact that over this issue (and others) he has decided
to remove himself from a scene that simply does not deserve someone that has tried his very best to legitimise the
position of homebrew and to look at both longterm and short-term consequences.
I guess it is these very consequences that Marcan himself tried to manage well whilst others such as Waninkoko seem
happy to go down the popular vote which in terms of dealing with the consequences Waninkoko handled rather badly.
(which if you research he has on several occasions noted such an oversight)
It is not my intention to start (again) an anti-Waninkoko pro-Marcan agenda (I would be in a rather large minority at
that point I might add) but just to give Marcan some credit. He has been 'bashed' rather unfairly in my opinion.
Nobody is perfect - Marcan included - and I think that along the journey of life we can often look back and see that
maybe we haven't handled things as well as we could have (hindsight is a wonderful thing) but I think this goes for
everyone and if we can all be a little more tolerant, a little more forgiving then maybe we wouldn't always find
ourselves at odds with those that share a different view than we do.
Rather longwinded I know and if you've made it this far then well done!
SHREDMAN
I would like to thank him for the work he did and I am genuinely sad to hear that he will no longer be a part of
"the scene".
He has been quite a character - one who opened himself up to controversey over his anti-piracy stance and made no
effort to deviate or retract those statements.
It has been a stance that has probably been his achilles heel - his mini-war with Waninkoko (or at the leaset heated
disputes) certainly didn't endear him to many of the pirates that also use homebrew.
His pro-homebrew anti-piracy stance also was used against him to make him out as a hipocrite which I whole-heartedly
disagree with. His moral standing on the issue of piracy was a breath of fresh air.
Legitimising homebrew software needed this very thing that homebrew and piracy need not always be associated together
in some illegal collusion. His ability and want to segregate the two helped to make a legitimate point that mostly was not
shared by the many that frequent these forums (and many others).
The popular opinion is not always the correct one and I applaud the fact that over this issue (and others) he has decided
to remove himself from a scene that simply does not deserve someone that has tried his very best to legitimise the
position of homebrew and to look at both longterm and short-term consequences.
I guess it is these very consequences that Marcan himself tried to manage well whilst others such as Waninkoko seem
happy to go down the popular vote which in terms of dealing with the consequences Waninkoko handled rather badly.
(which if you research he has on several occasions noted such an oversight)
It is not my intention to start (again) an anti-Waninkoko pro-Marcan agenda (I would be in a rather large minority at
that point I might add) but just to give Marcan some credit. He has been 'bashed' rather unfairly in my opinion.
Nobody is perfect - Marcan included - and I think that along the journey of life we can often look back and see that
maybe we haven't handled things as well as we could have (hindsight is a wonderful thing) but I think this goes for
everyone and if we can all be a little more tolerant, a little more forgiving then maybe we wouldn't always find
ourselves at odds with those that share a different view than we do.
Rather longwinded I know and if you've made it this far then well done!
SHREDMAN
