Another rant
Jun. 2nd, 2004 12:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maderrIf I'm about to offend someone, I apologize. This doesn't apply to all scanlators, just several of them.
If scanlators hate what they're doing so much, why do they do it? Me? I love scanlations b/c I honestly do use them to find mangakas that I like - and I'm poor. But half the shit I do buy (and am going to buy, my shopping cart at Sasuga is ridiculous) is from scanlations.
But I am sick and fucking tired of scanlators making it perfectly clear that they hold most of their audience (or whatever) in complete and utter contempt - because we're all apparently fucking morons. They bitch and moan about the people that don't read the irc guide, who don't read warnings - what makes them think they're going to read their rantfests if they don't read anything else? So all they do is wind up pissing off those of us that do actually try to cooperate. Yay, mission accomplished.
They also get pissy about IRC. I tried it once, didn't honestly like it - and there's this looming negativity from the scanlators. I swear all their guides begin "first step in leeching in this dumbass" and end with "congrats, moron. you can now leech like everyone else." It's the the emphasis on leeching that bugs me - they sound like they don't even really want us there. No one is making them do it.
Whatever. I should probably be less touchy. But if you hate something that much just stop doing it. Last I checked no one was making them do it and to be honest I don't need them to find manga worth buying more than they need their damned donations to keep running.
If scanlators hate what they're doing so much, why do they do it? Me? I love scanlations b/c I honestly do use them to find mangakas that I like - and I'm poor. But half the shit I do buy (and am going to buy, my shopping cart at Sasuga is ridiculous) is from scanlations.
But I am sick and fucking tired of scanlators making it perfectly clear that they hold most of their audience (or whatever) in complete and utter contempt - because we're all apparently fucking morons. They bitch and moan about the people that don't read the irc guide, who don't read warnings - what makes them think they're going to read their rantfests if they don't read anything else? So all they do is wind up pissing off those of us that do actually try to cooperate. Yay, mission accomplished.
They also get pissy about IRC. I tried it once, didn't honestly like it - and there's this looming negativity from the scanlators. I swear all their guides begin "first step in leeching in this dumbass" and end with "congrats, moron. you can now leech like everyone else." It's the the emphasis on leeching that bugs me - they sound like they don't even really want us there. No one is making them do it.
Whatever. I should probably be less touchy. But if you hate something that much just stop doing it. Last I checked no one was making them do it and to be honest I don't need them to find manga worth buying more than they need their damned donations to keep running.
