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Impossible Journey Up the Masters Level.

basj

Join Date 03/2001

+1685

Impossible Journey Up the Masters Level.

at least for me :(

I have been submitting my work here since 2001…and after 400K plus download…I feel my journey to the top is getting more and more impossible. Well I know a lot of you skinner out there is doing this and sharing your work just for the fun of it…but for me… I got to have a target… And my target is I want to be at the Masters level so that I can get something back for the work I’ve put in.

But recently…I compare stats between mine with some old and new skinners…what I saw were a bit confusing. I saw few fellow skinners at the rank of Journeyman who have only half D/load count comparing mine and some Master Apprentice who only have less then 100K d/load count.

If skinners are judge on how the skinners get involve with the community than surely I’ll loose out since, I am not very good in English and coming from totally different background from most of people around here.. It’s a bit difficult to get involve.

And now we have Vista… even worst. As money is and will always be very-very tight for me. I cant afford to upgrade my PIII 800MHz PC ( don’t laugh .yup it still working and still capable producing good stuff) to anything near Vista requirement soon. I feel that I am totally out of the race. While the rest of your guys charging with your superfast computers and producing in-trend skins, I am still will producing those old looking stuff.

So I am kinda like at the junction here… should I just press on, get better and carry on doing this… or just turn around and get the grip on reality… & slowly fade away..

Hmmm… any ideas?

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Basj i left for a combination of reasons:
a. Unfair treatment of many members here, like yourself.
b. Existense of the Ratings System and Top 100 Lists.
c. Way limited members interaction.
d. Elitisism tendensies of certain members.
e. Too much administration intervention.
f. Site issues.
g. Expensive subscription.

But i don't keep any bad feelings for the site. I still come back from time to time. Alas my new home is much warmer and humane.

PS: I know how to make all kinds of skins, themes (WB, DX, IP, WMP, Winamp and more), i already have many drawings for skins in my scetchbook, i do have the abilities to use Photoshop or any other program to make them happen (i even engaged in DX Scripting), i just don't have the appettite or time to do so.

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NightTrainthedark

Join Date 07/2003

+255

...pokes head in...

My Master always said ..Patience is a Virtue.....

or...maybe it was a tv commercial?

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Patience is a Virtue

Patience Grasshoper...as the wise warrior once said...

And that's another TV Commercial...

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sViz

Join Date 04/2006

+508

basj, I say if you really love skinning just keep on doing it.

I understand that it can be hard to see the prestigious titles and the ginormous download counts of others in the community and not want to emulate that. When I first showed up here I got hung up on this grand idea of becoming a Master. Soon I found that I really just wanted to share my work in DesktopX and help out in the community as much as my time would allow. The journey, for me, really has nothing to do with becoming a Master or getting tons of downloads. It's about becoming the best skinner I can be. It's about learning and improving my coding skills and artwork skills. It's about taking what I've learned and helping others to achieve some of their goals. Recognition is great but if that becomes the main focus you'll be met with alot of disappointment and it'll take all the fun and joy out of skinning. Skinning, like all art forms, is subjective. The only person you can truly satisfy is yourself. You just have to do what you love to do to the very best of your ability and then strive to be even better. Even as a Citizen of just over a year I feel I've accomplished a great deal more than I had expected to when I first started.

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

+1685

sVis Yah I know how that feeling like.. I was like you 6-7 years ago... but after awhile... feeling get change, goals somehow differents.. People keep saying be patient and keep on doing it... Maybe I should carry on doing it but with a different attitude and hope.

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doortech1

Join Date 12/2011

+251

Interesting reading,revival begins, now.Blame me,DT1.

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teddybearcholla

Join Date 12/2002

+805

Quoting doortech1,

reply 31

Interesting reading,revival begins, now.Blame me,DT1.

Ok, we will!!!

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

+1685

wow memories

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

+4271

Talk about necrothread.

This has to win some sort of prize.

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Uvah

Join Date 05/2006

+874

I'll bet there are some good ones buried in there somewhere.

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Jafo

Join Date 03/2001

+1846

One of the 'older' ones....to be resurrected... maybe even timely...

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I'm making right now 5 windowblinds and this is not easier than making PS brush that could sell $9 much higher than WB skin,since i have a basic knowledge it's easy to use PS but designing WB the skin wasn't easy. i don't know why a master level is painfull journey.I'm speechless .

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Quoting DrJBHL,

reply 34

Talk about necrothread.

This has to win some sort of prize.

It did....for the OP.

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doortech1

Join Date 12/2011

+251

I just found this interesting.

If the journey is so hard to become a master, why would one go that far, invest so much of themselves, and then quit skinning? Baffles me.

To earn that title only to toss it to the wind, a shame.

So RND,did the op make it to the top?

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And The Beat Goes On....

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doortech1

Join Date 12/2011

+251

Quoting DrJBHL,

reply 34

Talk about necrothread.

This has to win some sort of prize.

I like prizes?LOL.

Although, considering the contest{necrothreading} , maybe it should be some old wore out prize,perhaps one of DP's submissions.ha ha!

That will start the ball rolling, or at least get you all rolling{with laughter}, sorry DP.

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Quoting doortech1,

reply 40

So RND,did the op make it to the top?

I don't know if he's a master, I think so, but I do know he recently won a prize.

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

+4271

Quoting RedneckDude,

reply 43

Quoting doortech1, reply 40So RND,did the op make it to the top?

I don't know if he's a master, I think so, but I do know he recently won a prize.

No.

basj is a Journeyman, and has been for quite some time as he dropped off the screen completely...

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

+629

We need to make two new categories above Master. Super Master and than Double Super Master . That way it will be easier to make Master.

You win a contest nice. Move up in rank, nice. Main thing is to enjoy skinning or just give it up as it's that simple. Now where is my promotion.

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Fuzzy Logic

Join Date 05/2002

+496

What about resurrecting necroskinners?

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

+629

Quoting Fuzzy Logic,

reply 46

What about resurrecting necroskinners?

What are necroskinners? Or is tht a stupid question.

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neone6

Join Date 12/2010

+942

Quoting DaveBax,

reply 47

Or is tht a stupid question?

Yes this is

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DaveBax

Join Date 10/2007

+629

Quoting neone6,

reply 48

Quoting DaveBax, reply 47Or is tht a stupid question?Yes this is

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doortech1

Join Date 12/2011

+251

Necroskinners -:{Nekro-skiner}

One who re-skins dead skins.

Example,nah, leave that alone.

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