I don't know, but I for one am tried of working by myself all the time. I got too many incomplete hacks because I am just one person. I'll pm you later don't worry I can keep secrets too. I got a lot of unknown hacks also that nobody knows about. I would like to start focusing on one project at a time for better progress and better hacks too.

I don't about the other guy haven't heard back from him. I am definitely interested in some sort of a group of people who work on projects together. Even if someone else's project came first that wouldn't bother me in the least. As long as something gets done It would make us all look good. I could be happy with that.

In a group you usually have several projects at once, everyone being worked on by individual persons with some help from the others here and there. So it's still the same as now actually, I don't get the point.

However, I think Kojiro isn't talking about groups of old. It's much too vague to tell what he is talking about though

I think the problem wasn't the console at all. It's was the people around the project, who didn't collaborate at all.

I guess I'm qualified, but I'm really not interested anymore in any group project. Sorry, maybe next time.

Yeah what he said. I feel the same way. I don't really know if I am talented enough or not tho. But I get better everyday and am a fast learner. I am sure I can fit in somewhere. I am a good bata tester too tho.

Gemini, do you hear yourself speaking? 'simple archive format' for example.. Half the people who were interested in the project don't even know what an archive format is. There's nothing 'simple' about it. You also wouldn't even release any source code to your utilities either if I recall correctly. What good is a utility that does something when the people involved trying ot learn have no idea how it does what it does or what even went into it's creation? I concur. Many people did not know what was going on with you and your work despite what you liked to believe. A few people have already spoken out to this and I expect taking  poll would show the same. Face the facts man, it wasn't dumbed down enough. Also, you're assuming everyone involved had the ability to even help you with a font dumper. It was supposed to be a learning experience as much as anything and well, you didn't do a lot that lent itself to teaching.

I think you, like a few others around here, just forget what it's like not to know things. It's a common over sight that hits a lot of people.

One reason the community project failed is because it wasn't on a basic enough level which was IMPERATIVE for a PSX project which was reaching to begin with because countless people have no idea how to apply basic hacking principles platform wide. There just wasn't any teaching going on and there needed to be. And unfortunately, there wasn't many people involved with the project with PSX experience to even do the teaching.

Let's not point fingers at Gemini though. Everyone who voted, voted for PSX despite the arguments and warnings that this exact thing would occur. There were limited experts in PSX available, and it was more complicated for everyone involved to get the basics down dealing with an ISO, understanding what do with the archive format to even get started and get involved. Honestly, did anybody else even make a real effort? You can probably count those who did on one hand.

I suppose that's why the United States has the electoral college. Democracy doesn't work when everyone involved doesn't understand what they're really voting for.  You need a mechanism in place to protect the people from the people!  :laugh:

Rather than a community project, what the community really needs is an open source step by step teaching of how to do a hacking project from start to finish showing how basic principles can apply to any platform and outlining the few things that may or may not be platform specific. There are just a lot of missing links for a lot of people on various skill levels. That would help solve that. Is that practical? I don't know. Who's going to do it? I don't know that either, but it certainly would be useful to a lot of people. After assisting new people for over a decade, I still see the same obstacles being hit by many.

I don't know now after thinking about this sure I am willing to become a group, but a whole different community I am not so certain about. I am already a member of a community and it's called RHDN. So I reckon I am going to sit this one out and yet it pass me bye. Now if someone wants a singular group of ROM hackers that are willing to help each other out then I would still go for that. To many egg's in one group are not going to get far anyway to many different idea's. Besides I haven't heard back from the guy and I don't got time to waste when I can be working on my own hacks by myself.