Mavimao said:
However, if people are lashing out at you, it’s more because of your tone which, while I understand you had the best intentions, did come out sounding a little condescending. People have their reasons for not creating a public torrent and instead of saying: “Hey guys, I’m just curious why you don’t just distribute this by torrent. Is there some reason why?” You went for a more agressive tone (“this crap is useless, my way is so much better!”)

Um, no. Not even close. Initially I basically just said the first and never said anything close to the second. I didn’t start getting “condescending” or “aggressive” until it was done to me first. All I did was lay my case out for why I think public trackers are a more accessible way to release a project that’s creators clearly stated they wanted to spread to the public, and then ask why they chose a less accessible way. If that makes me an asshole, so be it. I sure don’t think so. In my very first post I even apologized and said I hated to complain, I really was reluctant to too, and I put it as gently as possible.

Again, I appreciate the work. I just don’t know why we’re going through archaic channels like usenet, private trackers, and .rar when all that does is limit the number of people who have access to it. The only conclusion I could reach, and this has simply been bolstered by the response I was met with here, is a certain sense of elitism and desire for exclusivity among this community, if I may be so bold. You wouldn’t even have to just release it on a public tracker, just release it at the same time as usenet/whatever.