Prods that are no longer / never were
category: general [glöplog]
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I think it's a much bigger problem that people don't generally even watch prods anymore, only Youtube videos.
But then you can't skip the boring parts!
Solution: Don't have boring parts in your demos!
Wasn't there also a lost "final" version of Dope that we only have the music from, or am I misremembering?
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But then you can't skip the boring parts!
Emulators for the win! (ALT+W in Vice f.e.)
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Solution: Don't have boring parts in your demos!
Better solution: Make them hidden parts instead. ;)
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So I'm at two minds of this, and it essentially hinges on what Pouët should be treated as: is it meant to be a comprehensive archive, or is it meant to be a showcase / commenting site?
Another thought: consider files.scene.org as a warehouse. Then Demozoo is a library, Curio is an art gallery, and pouet is a watering hole/office water cooler/corner pub. If something is vaguely scene-related, and people want to talk about it, why not let them? (What percentage of BBS posts are in offtopic or residue? ;) )
A"lost prod" status flag, as suggested upthread, might be nice - it would warn folks "no, don't complain if you can't find this."
People adding stuff to pouet without a working dl links should be autobanned.
My personal "favorite": http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=30701 :/
CSDB has pages for lost prods. Some of them have quite detailed comments, and a few of those prods were by high-profile groups so it's interesting.
