I agree that a number of Blitz coders have come up with good high quality games and are enjoying success as indie developers, but trying to organize them into some kind of `who is better than who` list is not only never going to be agreed to by everyone,
Of course we're not all going to agree. There would be no point in posting it if we all agreed. It's fun to see what games other people like that I don't and what games I like and others don't. It'd be a bloody boring world if we all agreed on everything and moreover, we'd never develop as people without people disagreeing. It's entirely possible that I might have new appreciation for a game I never tried or didn't like from a thread like this. And that's a good thing.
but is also really an attack on other individuals who are almost certainly going to be excluded from the list.
Pfft, if people are so sensitive that they're going to get into a hissy fit because they haven't finished a game, or because their games aren't making many top ten lists, they need to grow a thicker skin or just not read threads like this.
It's all very well recognizing or observing what others have been doing and perhaps being inspired by that on an individual basis, but then trying to turn it into a competition pits us *all* against each other, whether we are on the list or not. We don't need to be dividing the community this way.
I don't agree with your premise that praising one person is an insult to everyone you don't praise. If we're never going to be able to praise anyone's work ever for fear of making someone else cry, we may as well close the user creations forum completely, which would be very depressing. About the only enjoyment I get on this forum these days is checking out new releases like Paolo's FPS and LDraven's RPG's.
EDIT: Ironically, I just noticed that you were the one who started a very similar thread about which Blitz games we were playing.
I haven't seen anything released from either of you so I'm assuming you both have the same ambition as me; to release something you're proud of. Until then, you just keep coding.
No, I just want to keep making enough money from my games that I don't have to get a real job. So far so good.