anonymous said:
But in turn you have to understand that you have put your work out there, and represent it as correct, and are seemingly currently representing it as the
only correct public reconstruction despite the fact that its unfinished. Do you honestly think we don't have any right to discuss it? Or criticize it? Even if incorrectly due to a lack of information?
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Your assumption that your work is better, and seemingly without flaws, is a more interesting claim in my book. I didn't get the memo that everyone else's work was made obsolete by yours and is not to be used. Did anyone else?
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"Forensic Treknology" is a similar process. Observers make difficult observations under less than ideal conditions without the proper equipment. They analyze the data and form a hypothesis (in the form of plans, etc.). The next step is to compare their work with what has come before and any other competitors. Generally, I think that 'the young pup' doesn't get to start out as 'top dog'. In this case before it is born. You may be the new standard of comparison, but vigorous proclamations to that effect doesn't get you there. At least it shouldn't. This is not to say that your work is not the best, or that it won't be vindicated in the end.
After an encounter with this troubled sole I couldn't help but wonder if there are others harboring similar notions.
Hopefully everyone here has read the sign on the door, which reads...
Another fan attempt at TOS deck plans
So no matter what anyone else says, believes or what not... lets be really clear here. I only represent this as my work, to which I only claim to be doing my best and it is done strictly as a labor of love.
The bizarre ideas quoted above are even more outlandish when one considers the fact that I have (to date) only released sketches of elements of this work. The fact that anyone would think that
I would think that my unfinished work (which in my mind is total crap!) is either perfect or flawless is themselves delusional.
I am always happy for the praise I've gotten in this thread... but it seems like others are assuming that I share that point of view. In reality, the praise makes it even harder because I feel more pressure (because I don't see my work measuring up to what others seem to be seeing in it). I don't want more pressure, I wanted to discuss some ideas I have had with others who enjoy this subject.
So for those who think that I think that I'm the
greatest Trek guy around who sees himself as
"the new standard"... please,
seek help! I'm never made any proclamations (vigorously or otherwise) to that effect.
For everyone, the only thing I am willing to guarantee is that in the end I will have done my best (or I won't release any of it if I don't think it meets my standards
). I will attempt not to remake any of the mistakes that others before me made, but I'm quite sure I'll be making all sorts of new ones.
I do want to apologize for wasting so much time in the last week on this trivial stuff (that has nothing to do with my actual work) or attempts to explain things that have been discussed at length in this thread else where when I could have been finishing off my studies of the 11 foot model's nacelles. I will endeavor to not let this type of thing happen again.
As a side note, even though it has been stated many times before, it bares repeating... I have sequestered all other reference plans that I have to the 11 foot model and have avoided a direct comparison of my work with that of others unless in the final stages as a method for cross checking. If things don't match, I go back to the model and try to see why.
I know I've stated this before, but some people just won't get it no matter how often I say it.
