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> He made the game's frame rate 15% faster of his own volition simply because he could.

This isn't some lone engineer's noble cause. This is a sales product demonstration.

> Attitudes like yours hurt our industry as a whole.

No it doesn't. People SHOULD be critical of demonstrations like these because they are rarely representative of real world behaviour.

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People who have never used software should be critical of "here's what our software can do with inexperienced hands, maybe you'll do better"? I'd much rather default to giving benefit of the doubt than assuming everything sucks before I've even touched it. Reminded of people who say they don't like exotic food but have never eaten it.

I think the lowest opinion on the totem pole is one formed by assumptions (based upon personal experience with an area) used to reflect upon something from the hip. "I'm pretty versed in game development, and what these people are doing is stupid based on my world view."

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