Nah, just about spot on the money, honestly, LOL.
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Email him "00110110001100" and tell him that's how much code his $200 budget will cover...
Is it stupidity or an incredibly sheltered life that lead folks to have no concept at all of market values?- They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.
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Quoth Argabarga View PostEmail him "00110110001100" and tell him that's how much code his $200 budget will cover...
Is it stupidity or an incredibly sheltered life that lead folks to have no concept at all of market values?
Madness takes it's toll....
Please have exact change ready.
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Quoth DGoddessChardonnay View PostHe probably couldn't even get a date with a blow up doll."They gave me a badge with my name on it. In case I forget who I am." Dr Who - Closing Time
"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Adam Savage-Mythbusters
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Quoth Argabarga View PostIs it stupidity or an incredibly sheltered life that lead folks to have no concept at all of market values?
I hear about my prices being too high. I figure people treat crafters much like they do programmers. They don't do it (make crafts or write programs), so they don't know how to break the project into probable steps. They can't/won't stop and think that human=/=magic machine. They also feel entitled to have the best whilst paying Wal-Mart prices.
Infuriating, really.1129. I will refrain from casting Dimension Jump and Magnificent Mansion on every police box we pass.
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It's also due to ignorance. Most people have no idea what it costs to make something unless they have done it themselves. Although most people do get the point that "custom-designed" usually costs more than "mass produced crap." But not always, obviously.When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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$200 MIGHT cover making a detailed specification from his mess of an outline. IF he was actually cooperative when it came to making the spec.
Which he almost certainly wouldn't be.Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
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Gotta love the "It's simple!" guys when it comes to programming. You see them all the time on the Game message boards too, especially for MMO's. "Why don't you do X! It should be simple!" where X is basically redesigning their favorite class or dungeon or spell line or whatever from the ground up.
200$ would barely cover the first planning meeting for a game like what he wanted, let alone any coding and testing.
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Its like when everyone wanted to be able to sit in Everquest 2. I remember the devs going THE MODELS ARENT BUILT FOR IT!!!! and people yelling THEN JUST ADD KNEES.
Made my head explode every time. People just have NO idea!By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.
"What is unobtainium? To Seraph, it's a normal client. :P" -- Observant Friend
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Quoth taurinejunkie View PostAdding knees to the character models would have the side-effect of immediately making any archer class OP.By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.
"What is unobtainium? To Seraph, it's a normal client. :P" -- Observant Friend
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Quoth Jetfire View Post"Why don't you do X! It should be simple!" where X is basically redesigning their favorite class or dungeon or spell line or whatever from the ground up.
This answer doesn't even rate a icon, it's just so obvious.
Quoth taurinejunkie View PostAdding knees to the character models would have the side-effect of immediately making any archer class OP.Quoth Seraph View PostOh god. The pain, my ribs hurt so much!
Then I remembered Skyrim.
Last edited by Shalom; 04-10-2012, 04:28 PM.
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