ShadowSoldier said:
Wintrale said:
Congratulations to the people who sent money to him instead of causes that actually deserve it, as well.
Congratulations to the people who bought 2 weeks worth of groceries instead of donating to the Red Cross.
Congratulations to the people who bought Christmas gifts for their kids instead of donating money to orphanages and charities.
Congratulations to the people who bought a console instead of buying clothes for needy people.
Congratulations to the people who go to school instead of using their time to work at a homeless shelter.
If he wins (which in all likely of cases he will), this is a big step forward for homebrewers. Homebrewers can make amazing apps/games, and then when someone picks up on it, that person could land a job at a development studio. There's no telling what could happen, but it's all good. Get a life.
And how the bloody hell does any of that figure into what I just said? All four of your listed "rebuttals" involve buying yourself (or someone you know) something, rather than donating to charity. Since when was that ever the same as sending money to
some arrogant fuckwad in America who doesn't know or care who you are, who got himself into deep shit he can't afford to get himself out of and who needs us to bail him out? I think buying food and going to school is a lot more fucking important than supporting homebrew, don't you? Or are your priorities so fucked up that you'd let yourself or your family starve before you let someone else?
I don't give a damn if this is a "big step forward" for homebrewers. The App Store, Steam and the Android Market are perfect places for "homebrewers" to make amazing apps and games. In fact, as far as I can tell, those people are just simply called indie developers. Guess what? Indie developers land jobs at development studios. Indie developers can even make money from their creations. Indie developers get much more coverage than "homebrewers", too.
If people are actually thinking along the same lines as you, then we're all screwed. ...Comparing this crap to buying two weeks of food... I didn't know there were such idiots on the internet.