"Gimmepigs" are the contents of my inbox after I post a screenshot of a private reskin.
"Hey are you going to release the..."
"Hey can you send me the..."
And they never take "no" for an answer.
Matt
Oh boy, guess I know what's coming if my simple reskins get attention. I just started making simple patch-outs for content, but if the gimmiepigs find out its gonna be bad...No one to my knowledge has made a patched BN GP35.
I kind of like Paul's (Pcas1986) idea for a forum thread for requests. These can be taken as ideas or ignored at everyone's leisure, but it gives folks a chance to get requests out there, hopefully politely. And of course you will have certain people hammering it with unending requests and mile-long posts, but I note that JR has two request threads under their 3rd Party forum (one for locos, one for other). What their decision process is for actually choosing what they will make, I don't know, but it is fun to see the pictures people submit and think "oh yeah", or "nah!" in my own mind.
I think that's a good idea. Gives people the chance to get their ideas out, especially if no one has done it before. Haven't seen anyone make a B23-7 yet, maybe someone will request it.
I think I have seen some gimmiepigs in JR's up-and-coming thread as well. That's just disrespectful to go in to an up-and-coming thread and say "Can you send me that so I can...." or "I'd love to have that so I can reskin it before its released." Incredibly disrespectful.
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