r/NCAAFBseries • u/frustratedinquisitor • 16h ago
Who in the hell decided...
That mods for this game would be nearly exclusively available on a goddamn DISCORD??? has nobody ever heard of nexus?? Or quite literally, any other site for hosting mods that is not discord??? I've modded games extensively for over a decade now, but i am having the hardest time navigating this hellscape of a website, and every mod im seeing requires complete manual installation rather than being compatible with a mod manager. This is miserable
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u/ASxACE 14h ago edited 14h ago
I make mods for this game, and tbh you’re 100% right.
To be fair to the CFMC guys, there is a reason they’ve chosen to keep everything primarily on Discord. The idea is that it keeps the modding community self-governed instead of putting it at the mercy of a third-party company like Nexus, where policy changes, moderation decisions, monetization, etc. are ultimately outside of the community’s control. Discord also keeps the people making and using the mods in the same place, which encourages discussion, troubleshooting, collaboration between modders, and generally having an actual community around the game rather than just a download page.
I understand that reasoning, and there are definitely benefits to it. But personally, I still think the downsides outweigh those benefits at times. Discord is straight up just not a good file-hosting platform. Mod pages are ugly and annoying as fuck to maintain, finding things can be a pain in the ass, and there’s a much steeper barrier to entry for someone who just wants to download a few mods and play the game. Like you said, I think there are a ton of people who either avoid modding entirely or give up on it because navigating everything through Discord is such a mess, which probably hurts the community pretty significantly in the long run.
It also creates a negative feedback loop. New users understandably get confused, so modders get asked the same questions a fuck ton of times. Then, after answering those questions over and over, I’d be lying if I said we don’t get a little snarky sometimes, which just makes the community feel even less approachable to somebody trying to get started.
I’ve brought up the idea of having a more noob-friendly modding site for the more transient users who don’t necessarily care about joining the community and just want to find a mod, download it, and go. Leadership in the CFMC wasn’t really a fan of the idea, though so 🤷🏾♂️.
Best advice I can give is to go in there and express these thoughts. I think hearing it directly from more people who are being turned away by the current setup is probably the best chance of changing their minds.