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#1 2009-01-16 18:23:58
- taildoll09
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-11-02
- Posts: 17
why people quit scratch
why people quit scratch is cool
can you feel the sunshine?
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#2 2009-01-16 18:25:07
Re: why people quit scratch
cause they get bored or can't come on anymore
Dear Scratch Users,
I'm done with scratch, or at least making projects. I have made one last big game, thats both fun and teaches a lesson about water. It'd mean a lot if you gave me feedback. http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/bosox397/569201
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#3 2009-01-16 18:26:01
Re: why people quit scratch
I dunno, they get bored or something.
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#4 2009-01-16 18:50:48
Re: why people quit scratch
These people have posted meaningful projects. They didn't catch on.
They feel depressed.
They look at their projects. 1 view.
They look at the frontpage top remixed. It says
IF SCRATCH DOESNT IMPROVE I WILL QUIT
They see the 500 views. They see the begging. They see the love-its. They see the "if you agree remix this"s.
They see, in short, a new way.
1 typing storm later, without even bothering to proofread, the project is posted.
They look the next day. Huh? There is no frontpage. There is no begging. There are no love-its. There are no remixes.
There aren't even any views.
"What?", they say. "How can this be?"
The perfect plan failed. Condemned to the trash forever.
At their wit's end, they fulfill their last promise.
They quit.
Goodbye.
Never get too close to emotionally unstable ScratchRs.
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#7 2009-01-20 17:50:39
- EveningSage
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-01-10
- Posts: 65
Re: why people quit scratch
I think people quit scratch because they make really good projects yet nobody looks at their projects. While other peoples projects have 100 views and 20 loveits and they think that their projects are just as good. They think that nobody will ever see their projects so they just give up.
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#9 2009-01-20 20:00:56
- EveningSage
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-01-10
- Posts: 65
Re: why people quit scratch
hmnwilson wrote:
I couldn't quit even if I wanted to, no matter how few views I get.
Yeah I know I couldnt quit if I wanted either. Too much fun. But it is pretty sad when i never get any views.
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#10 2009-01-20 20:05:19
Re: why people quit scratch
EveningSage wrote:
hmnwilson wrote:
I couldn't quit even if I wanted to, no matter how few views I get.
Yeah I know I couldnt quit if I wanted either. Too much fun. But it is pretty sad when i never get any views.
Who doesn't want their projects to get views? 
I'm taking a break from Scratch until 2.0 comes out. Any messages sent between then and now probably won't be read - sorry.
(Oct. 20, 2011)
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#11 2009-01-22 16:11:04
- Shadow-Kun
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-01-21
- Posts: 20
Re: why people quit scratch
It's true. It is hard to get view initially. I'm very proud of my DemonSlayer series, but has been difficult to get widespread viewing by people. You can't give up though. You need to advertise- put projects into lots of galleries, comment on other projects yourself. It's hard. It takes effort. I guess that when people aren't up to this type of effort they get discouraged. It's too bad because scratch can still give personal satisfaction even if the community does not acknowledge a project.
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