This is going to be boring stuff, so if you are not interested in philosophical breakdown, keep scrolling.

I just feel I have to share this thought.

I am no veteran to LD, so I hope it is not too cheeky to talk about this. I tried to write this is a way that I wouldn't sound like cliché old-man-hipster, who says "Back in my day...", but I guess I didn't make it.

My point is, I have always loved Ludum Dare for it's small and friendly community. It always felt as if no one was egoistic about their own games, but they just enjoyed the hype of the others and the great mood of the event itself. Even obvious shitty games were rated nicely and politely and everyone was helpful and friendly.

I don't know why, but this year it seems almost as if LD went viral (I hope this is the right expression) and too many people came here to try it out... which is awesome... but on the other hand, it also lured those who are here only for shitposting ("PLS RATE MY GAME! FAST!!!" ...you get my point...) and negative comments, which I have never seen before on LD event.

I'm really glad that LD went this famous (game entries are almost doubled this time!), but I also fear, that in few years this event will be spread throughout the world so much, that there will be 100 000 game entries, and the whole mood of a small friendly community will turn into "YouTube-like /Reddit-like" huge population of trolls and negative people.