frosty

hey man,

i also quit around a month ago and have now been thinking why i did'nt do it earlier. bad economy or good economy, i don't think it should make much of a difference.

actually i think this is a good time to start, less competition and also, if we can make something which is making good enough money, when economy becomes better. people will be running after few good startups around.

I got a lot of scathing criticism when I shifted my marching band web game away from competition and more toward a creative sandbox approach. People said my reasons were insulting, that there was no reason to use the site anymore, and that I was being utopian.

It was a rough period, but I stuck to it because it's something I believe in. Thankfully, in the end, the community became more positive and supportive of each other, the user-created content has improved a lot, and registrations keep climbing.

I've thought about writing an essay or two about the effects of competition on creativity and education in the arts. It will probably draw even more hate from the die-hard competition crowd, but I think it's important, and I have a pretty unique perspective on it.