Game Developer Support Call

I believe there is a big problem with the game development scene today.People do not support each other.See, you''ve got this newbie who wants to make a game and posts his idea on a message board.Next thing he knows he''s being flamed by twenty people, being called an idiot and told to shut up.Do you know how that feels ? Now why flame him ? He''s unexperienced, OK.So possibly he won''t make the game.But what if you tell him "hey, I like your idea".You know what will happen ? He''ll be glad.He''ll be motivated.He''ll work on it, and maybe even manage to complete it.One of the most important reasons game projects fail is that the motivation, the joy of working, dies away.You get bored.But if you''re supported by others - simply by words - you don''t get bored.You get enthusiastic.When I hear good words about a game I made, I am filled with the urge to work. Why cannot the members of the gamedev community support each other ? It''s so simple.Send someone a nice email if you played his game.Let him know that someone out there actually downloaded it.Use madmonkey.net to review his game.Post something on a messageboard, perhaps even at GDnet.Don''t flame newbies, however stupid they may be.Be kind.It''s not too much work, really.And what''s the deal with people from one site hating people from another ? The GameDev community should be united. So, I''m calling for a movement, a campaign to change the way we behave.Let''s start supporting each other and show what the independent game scene is really worth.