A lot of people submit files for quite a while before finally plucking up the courage to say hi in the forums. The new downloads system allows them to get fast feedback so how they are treated there will ultimately decide the part they play in the wider community, if any.
Like many people starting out, my first campaigns were pretty rubbish. Yet enough people saw potential in them for me to improve, without that I may not have and I know that is the case for many people here. People whose first uploads were a bit shaky have gone on, through encouragement, to be some of the best designers we have ever had. Example - BBalazs. Everybody wins.
This is the spirit I intend to enforce, if necessary, as long as I am Seraph here. Get used to it.
[This message has been edited by Phill Phree (edited 08-22-2006 @ 09:59 AM).]