My point it, is that people maybe dedicated to what they do, but can’t fund it always because of other things, but honestly, if you had to chose between in the car example, wheather to walk in the rain and have a paid website, or have a free host, and drive your car and not get wet?

That may sound a little confusing, but that is what it maybe like, in other instances.

But I do agree, $20 a year is very cheap, if you could afford it that is
……And maybe depending on the monthly data transfer and all of the other stats.

I am not arguing about anything, I am not saying your professional or not- or anything like that. I am just saying that we use free hosting, because we don’t have funds to spend on paid hosting. That is all I have said and that is all I am saying.

My point was simple – having your website down for 5 days because you were using an free web host (which are (usually) unreliable) is very unprofessional.

Yes, Tuntis, an actual website with its own hosting does lend a project a veneer of “authority” or “class”.

Yes, gmjab and gamez93, it does cost money and when you don’t have a lot of money, even $20 a year can be a lot of cash.

No, Tuntis, it doesn’t mean that they don’t care about keeping it alive.

Ultimately, what makes a project “good” or “bad”– which is a much more important debate than anything as inane as “professional” or “amateurish”– isn’t how much one pays for hosting.

It’s the content. And I think there are three magazines in Game Maker Land that have excellent content: Mark-Up, Game Maker Tech, and one other magazine that comes out every three months that I can’t remember right off the top of my head.

The “professional” vs. “amateur” thing is, in the end, all about perception– about surfaces– not about actual quality. Which I think is ultimately a more important discussion to have, don’t you?

That being said, it’s a lot more “professional” when people use their actual names instead of psuedonyms. It’s a lot easier– for those who look at surfaces– to take someone named Roger Ebert seriously than it is someone named MovieFan1942.

You keep getting offended, when referred to as unprofessional. But defend yourselves by re-enforcing that you are amateurs.

You do know the difference between doing something professional and not doing something professionally?

I linked you to something that costs you 20$ for a year. If you aren’t willing to dedicate such a small amount for your project, you obviously aren’t interested in keeping it alive.