Quote - All of the one-up-manship and other unpleasantries that I find here maybe are just the outcome of particular personalities inserting themselves as resident "experts".

Ideally, we should all be able to share what we know, without being derided or ending up in an argument about other ways being better.  But, y'know.  Ideally....  :lol:

Quote - It’s summer. The economy sucks, and artists are usually very passionate, socially inept, people. “Poserites” are no different.

I'm just picking a quote from this post, for brevity.  To address the post in general, I think there has been a notable shift in the balance, over the past few years.  There have always been disagreements, but now they seem to be becoming (or have become) almost the norm.  Seasonal and economic explanations can cover part of this.  I note that post counts overall seem to be down at this forum... and all the others I frequent, not all of them Poser-related.  The combative tone seems to be intensified at all of those forums, too, except where moderators are so strict that nothing of substance can be discussed.  :sad:  There is much to what you say.  Still, I would rather take part in celebrating Poser, here specifically, than fighting.

Also, I wish someone would post some Doc Legume ponies.  Sigh.

Quote - I can, however, understand how a person can become totally immersed in their work and be passionate about the discoveries they make.

It is very easy to do, yes.  Oh my.  How can we collectively work on being passionate without becoming combative?  It is a tricky thing.

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Cage can be an opinionated jerk who posts without thinking.  He apologizes for this.  He's honestly not trying to be a turkeyhead.

Cage had some freebies, compatible with Poser 11 and below.  His Python scripts were saved at archive.org, along with the rest of the Morphography site, where they were hosted.