10-31-2022, 04:32 PM
NOTE: This is literally a copy/paste. I just posted the same thing in the "Official" Discord.
You know, a year ago I found out my wife had cancer.
The last person I spoke to here and in the (now old) forums at the time - as a new/old programmer returning after years - was Fellipe Heitor. I had a half-baked UI running in InForm and he was helping me so much (everyone had).
My wife is better now, and I come back to find that horrible things have happened. I will not be speaking with Fellipe today, it would seem. What a shame. I have no dog in this current fight, so let me share what this looks like from the outside looking in:
I see division.
I see good developers not only not talking to each other - but talking poorly about one another. Yet you are all titans to we newcomers.
Legends of the community such as you all should not be divided. I was so *excited* to come back to programming after a year-long, intense battle only to find something I cared about has been decimated with disagreement.
Keybone here and Spriggsy there. Cory on one side, Steve on another? ***WHAT?*** Do you have *any idea* how much I have learned from you folks?!?!?! And now you're hardly on **speaking** terms? Nonsense!
It has always wanted to make a game in QB64, and was happily following Terry Ritchie's tutorial when we got the worst news. Now I can't. Now I have to **choose** which QB64 to use?!?! Not in the "FOSS" sense, but in the "*pick a side*" sense? The two QB64s have already diverged in different directions! Soon libraries won't even be compatible, and then we **really **lose.
The reason anyone is upset to begin with is you're all *passionate*. The dark side of passion can sometimes create divisions (as is clearly the case).
The worst part is that **none** of you did this. **All** of you have done nothing but fight to **SAVE **QB64. And yes, I've been on the PE forums too scratching my head trying to figure out what the hell is going on. I will make a similar appeal there as soon as I post this here.
Don't make me choose. Life is short. Unite QB64 again!