prime79
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The bottom line is that I find the following unacceptable:
1. The author sets the price.
2. Limited timeframes.
But who, in your opinion, should set the price for their work? After all, the author is the one who is willing to undertake the development of a particular mod or campaign. Only they know how much time and effort will be spent on it. Regarding time, it is important to have limitations; otherwise, the project may drag on for years. There are plenty of examples of this even on this forum.
In general, paying for a specific promised job by the author, if he completes it within the required time, is not a great idea.
A prize for audience sympathy based on contribution to improving the game, without being tied to time.
Or contests with a specific theme.
I strongly disagree. For example, I want to find a modder (or modders) who will create a specific mod related to adding new skills and abilities to the skill wheel, so that they appear in the game and everything works as it should, without bugs. Accordingly, I will post my request in this thread. Over time, an executor will be found. On my part, for example, I am ready to allocate 7,000 rubles for the implementation of my request, but, of course, the implementation of such a project will be estimated by modders at a much higher price, for example, 25,000-40,000 rubles. Therefore, it will be necessary to raise funds. There will be those who support it, but everyone will have a question: how long will it take to create such a mod? And believe me, no one will wait long. Time plays an important role when it comes to paying for work. Time is precisely what acts as a motivator. Because if there is no time limit, then you can develop for years, and sooner or later you will completely lose interest in the game.
Even shorter - small rewards - YES.
However, the question arises: what does small rewards mean? There is no specificity in this wording. Because if we are talking about completing a specific project - a mod, developing a campaign, etc., then the executors must understand what kind of support they will receive.
I would suggest distributing the funds to contest and tournament funds (yes, modding tournaments)
How do you see this? Has a modding tournament been held on the forum before? How do you imagine the implementation of such tournaments?
I will say that the Remix contest, which had a prize fund, attracted 6 maps for participation in six months, and the authors were not asked to start the map from scratch; many were caught by the contest in the middle of their work.
It will be difficult to implement something similar on the basis of our forum. And six months is a very long time. Unless, make a prize fund based on a map-making contest, as it was with Remix:
1st place, for example, 10,000 rubles
2nd place, 5,000
3rd place, 3,000
Therefore, I am still in favor of distributing the fund to tournaments; it would be interesting to hear KillAndAction's opinion on the feasibility of organizing them.
I would also like to hear the opinion of this respected and experienced person