LFE vs ZTAGE

[YinYin]

what is that genius in chinese part?

The same as here: members - a community doesn't exist without them and every feature is useless when nobody is there to use it.

leaf
Felix
hocti
cup
killing333
In_The_End
nanaya
Robbie
buxie
Rucker
Nelson
Jerry
Lighto
windmill
tyt2y3
Marti

There are many more and only few people here can compare to them.

[Gespenst]

Can someone explain it to me?
I understand that it is amazing dc
but whats is written in there?

[YinYin]

What Azriel showed is amazing hex (creating all sorts of new data specifications to use). With about anything you can imagine - from transparency over moving platforms to earthquake effects if I am not mistaken.

[Gespenst]

Well, chinese is more for everything, and lfe is more arts than programming, of course we have programmers,but they are busy with studies and theyr lifes

[Jahvansi]

i dont think u can't say that, i think LFE is know for some great tutorials in DCing and also known for helping when it comes to questions considering DCing.
At least in other LF2-related forums i was hanging out (Naruto related stuff) everyone was linking to LFE when it came to so issues

[Siegvar]

what is that genius in chinese part?

The same as here: members - a community doesn't exist without them and every feature is useless when nobody is there to use it.

leaf
Felix
hocti
cup
killing333
In_The_End
nanaya
Robbie
buxie
Rucker
Nelson
Jerry
Lighto
windmill
tyt2y3
Marti

There are many more and only few people here can compare to them.

Just wanna echo that sentiment. The chinese community has some crazy geniuses that few of us can even begin to compare with them.
That being said, as I've lost interest in the the DCing side of things, many of those geniuses don't matter that much to me anymore. As far as spriting goes, LFE is doing pretty well and maybe even outperforming the chinese community. For that reason alone LFE was the last forum I stayed somewhat active in.

However, both sides at present still lack one crucial thing that the LF2 community really needs: Content.
Content creation at this point in time is at an all time freaking low in both quantity and quality. Sure, the chinese community still has a decent output of mods, characters, misc items, but all of them have too much of an emphasis on DC content to me. Its unbalanced, and after awhile I don't want anything too complicated. Additionally, after the 879th variant of Davis in the 384th variant of a DC-centric mod, it just all seems the same and I don't care anymore.

LFE stands a better chance of producing unique, original, and entertaining content simply due to the sheer number of decent spriters around. Yet, think of when you last saw a SINGLE DECENT UNIQUE CHARACTER being released. Its depressing.

The greatest enjoyment I gained from participating in the community in the past is knowing that every week, there's something new out there, something crazy, something flashy, something awesome to download and play. Its like getting a new game every week. For free. And then I saw how best I could contribute back to the community who gave me such awesome content, simply by producing my own content and giving back. That was a time of constant surprise and sheer glee. Nowadays I can just disappear for months at a time without checking in, and each time I check in out of curiosity there's maybe one interesting thing that keeps my attention for 5 minutes, then there's nothing for months at a time again.

For the last year that I was active, I kept encouraging aspiring spriters with some skill to make full characters, and release them. On one hand it was sincere advice that would help them improve, and on the other hand I was hoping that it would inspire others to do the same, and really bring back that ecosystem of constant wonder... But you know, life gets in the way, keeps ppl busy, and LF2 slowly dies away in our lives.

P.S.:
Wasn't there another chinese lf2 community that has slightly better activity and less dilution with crap discussions? LF2cn or something... I know I had an account there but I have not logged in in forever. Not sure if its still alive or not.

[YinYin]

For the last year that I was active, I kept encouraging aspiring spriters with some skill to make full characters, and release them. On one hand it was sincere advice that would help them improve, and on the other hand I was hoping that it would inspire others to do the same, and really bring back that ecosystem of constant wonder... But you know, life gets in the way, keeps ppl busy, and LF2 slowly dies away in our lives.

Stop being so grumpy.

P.S.:
Wasn't there another chinese lf2 community that has slightly better activity and less dilution with crap discussions? LF2cn or something... I know I had an account there but I have not logged in in forever. Not sure if its still alive or not.

Certainly is. Due to it being all chinese I wasn't able to register there though.

[Gespenst]

I agree with siegvar about nowadays and then of lfe

[empirefantasy]

@Azriel
yea i have seen it since yinyin showed us here: http://www.lf-empire.de/forum/showthread...#pid142842
and since then i got interested in ztage. this is the main reason why i visit ztage, just to check for updates.

i dont have an account there so i cant see profiles
leaf- yea he is great al-alpha
Felix- i know him from RN
hocti- idk about him
cup- neither
killing333-yea he has done some mods and chars
In_The_End-the great DDR
nanaya-gunslinger
Robbie- hmm looks a known name
buxie- BXlf2 the remake
Rucker-?
Nelson-?
Jerry-jerry hawking? yea julian war 2
Lighto-?
windmill-gjp stage, one of the best stage ever
tyt2y3-ye he registred lately in lfe
Marti-lol


i am glad that there are some great creators outside. but still i wonder how active they are, beacouse as far as i see not enough. some of them have also account in lfe, so kinda are in lfe too

well maybe ztage is better in this aspect (number of great DCers)

from transparency over moving platforms to earthquake effects if I am not mistaken.

yea earthquake effect is great. i download SX2 mod or sth like that 2 day ago and it used that exe with earthquake effect in one char.

[Bla bla bla 44]

Lighto-?

Lighto made an awesome character by the same name. See this:
http://13thzone.proboards.com/index.cgi?...thread=807

About the topic. I have an account on zstage but i don't visit the chinese forums cause i don't understand anything. I've seen some of the names that YinYin posted and i know some of their projects which are pretty awesome. I still consider LFE to be better because it's in english so people of different countries can discuss and make something good. If we weren't so lazy(talking about the spriters including me, yes) we could have made a lot of characters 'till now.