Regarding the post on Props
Hello! I'm the founder and current owner of SynergyRoleplay. We're a CloneWars community that came out in late July of 2017. I'd say we sit comfortably in the #2 most popular Clone Wars seat when it comes to game trackers standards. We recently hired Props a map developer who recently has received some heat on the forums and I'd like to clarify some things.
Props is currently working on our custom Planetary map for our CloneWars RP server. He has a set deadline of June 1st for this to be completed. I'd like to point out that every single mapper/developer/freelancer has had issues in the past and has skeletons in their closet that they do not wish to show. So I stand by Props in the fact that not everyone is showing exactly what was supposed to be stated with very specific screenshots selected prior to the initial agreement.
Props was able to get our first map rp_venator_sr out in a 1 weeks demand, which was a very major push forward in our community. We decided to move on to the Venator extensive as this is something that our player base very much wanted. We are currently sitting on a separate Venator while we await our Custom Map from Props and his company imaginedworlds. I spoke with Props regarding the allegations on Teamspeak and made it very clear that I stand with him heavily, However, if it is another re-run of what's being shown on this thread, that I will 180 in a heartbeat and change this post into something entirely different.
Props has a lot on his plate in terms of commissions + jobs. Which is why I think in the past he was delayed on how fast he could release maps. As of right now he has ALOT of commissions and continues to work with server owners diligently and happily. Props may not be responsive 24/7, but I don't think everyone in the world has time to stare at a steam message box. [He always replies in the same day or later the next] at least in my experience. We also need to realize the fact that this individual is working his ass off to make sure that a multitude of communities receive what they ask for. Every business has its good and bad reviews. There will always be the bad and the good.
Mappers use a lot of textures from other maps as a reference and improve upon them, Superior Servers the #1 Gmod community has A LOT of reused textures, especially in their custom venator. Icefuse event server map Kachiro is a direct knock-off of Rishi_Crimson Moon, but was re-textured with permission and is incredibly beautiful, still the #1 map in my personal opinion. [Great job to @Gale for those who do know this individual]. So those who are complaining that there are stolen assets, welcome to Gmod. It is a sandbox game that pulls from HL2 and is majorly dependant on mods, of course, a lot of content is going to be re-hashed and re-worked. It's how we progress in life as human beings, we copy, innovate, and improve.
To top this off - I stand by Props heavily until June 1st, when the map [and if] the map drops by that timeline, I will include detailed screenshots, video, and walkthrough of our map to show how unique in its own aspect it will be.
I personally believe Props is a delight to work with and we will continue to work with him avidly as we press forward into the future of CloneWars Gmod development.
-Thank you Gmodstore community -SynergyRoleplay Founder -Joah
No offense, but who cares?
A large majority of the community, this was probably one of the largest things on the gmodstore with a recent complaint. It's called helping the reputation of good developers, something that is hard to come by on here.
Good intentions, however you’re defending someone who actually did 100% scam dozens of other users. Glad it worked out for you, but honestly you’re nothing but a rare exception. I, myself was scammed by props, and so were many, many others. Also, props does typically seem to work well with very large communities such as yourself. That’s probably why you got your map. He seems to have a solid proven track record of screwing over the smaller servers which do make up the vast majority of Garry’s mod. He’s not going to screw over someone that holds a foot in the Garry’s mod community. That’s just asking for instant death, however, if you screw over the little man, you can do it over and over and over again until you’re finally caught. As you can see from the previous report on him.
I did find the post quite concerning and did talk to Props regarding it, He stated that a lot of these things were misconstrued and some were true.
It is unfortunate that some of these did happen, but I'd like to see the original agreements before ruining someone's reputation entirely. A lot of Developers have the same skeletons in their closet. I've been working with G-mod for close to 7 years now, I can definitely say every developer has skeletons.
But, Props has finished double the amount of projects that he has failed on. So to completely discredit him would be a little over the gun.
However it's not my place to argue on here, I'll just leave my post as is.
By[SR] Joah [Founder]at 2nd of May 2018 20:26:36
I did find the post quite concerning and did talk to Props regarding it, He stated that a lot of these things were misconstrued and some were true.It is unfortunate that some of these did happen, but I'd like to see the original agreements before ruining someone's reputation entirely. A lot of Developers have the same skeletons in their closet. I've been working with G-mod for close to 7 years now, I can definitely say every developer has skeletons.But, Props has finished double the amount of projects that he has failed on. So to completely discredit him would be a little over the gun.However it's not my place to argue on here, I'll just leave my post as is.
did he finish the map? its july 11th and i dont see you guys using it