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Mame Devs Part of BYOAC?
FrizzleFried:
RBelmont said on MAMEWORLD:
--- Quote ---You *really* don't want to wave a red flag in front of the devs like that. We made BYOAC possible, we can unmake it.
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Not sure what that was in response to as the post he was referring to was deleted by the time I read it. Something about HISCORE.DAT though? I can't provide a direct link as I am forced to go through a proxy server which changes the URL.
Do the MAMEDevs have anything to do with BYOAC?
IG-88:
Maybe I'm wrong but I was thinking this is Saint's baby.....
CheffoJeffo:
MAMEDevs seem to have been hating on BYOAC lately ...
RandyT:
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on March 26, 2007, 09:38:08 pm ---RBelmont said on MAMEWORLD:
--- Quote ---You *really* don't want to wave a red flag in front of the devs like that. We made BYOAC possible, we can unmake it.
--- End quote ---
Not sure what that was in response to as the post he was referring to was deleted by the time I read it. Something about HISCORE.DAT though? I can't provide a direct link as I am forced to go through a proxy server which changes the URL.
Do the MAMEDevs have anything to do with BYOAC?
--- End quote ---
The MAME devs have contributed so much and are deserving of respect. Some of the newer folks getting into the hobby sometimes get caught up in the excitement and forget that MAME wasn't made just for them, and don't stop to think about the thousands of man hours put into the project for no pay. When they get pushy, the devs understandably tend to get perturbed. People should learn not to defecate where they eat.
But I don't think his statement was meant quite the way you took it (at least it wouldn't make much sense in that vein.) Obviously they can halt work on the project and you'd never see another new game supported, or any kind of improvements added. But trying to un-make MAME at this point would be akin to trying to take back your virginity. BYOAC, as a web site, belongs to Saint (and IIRC, his publisher if that deal is still in effect.) What happens here is ultimately up to them.
RandyT
Kaytrim:
Do you remember what forum and thread it was under?