Shadowdarke - Tuaght me most of the basics and helped me out alot, thanks Shadow!

Ebonshadow - Does unique and Amazing things with code

LummoxJr- Very Helpful and knows how to get things done

Leftley n' Lexy - Great ideas, and can do most of thier ideas

Sariat - I never seen anybody else with lots of ideas like mine(Except for maybe Leftley,Spuzzum, and Lexy). I may not be able to get them down(Like in a game), but I have LOADS of ideas for almost any and every game.


Foomer - Icon Guru, his graphics are GREAT

Skysaw - Original Ideas, very good coder

Son Vegitto - mob icon Guru, his base mobs are ALWAYS awsome. Look at "The Generic Western Shoot 'em up game" and see the mob graphics, they look sweet. He is a very fast worker too.


Gazoot - Music Guru, always delivers

Gughunter - Graphics guru, his graphics are always....wierd, but they fit, they have a style of thier own.



There are LOADS more that I don't feel like saying WHY, but here they are:

Spuzzum
Deadron
Air Mapster
Zilal

Just to name a few.


Everybody is a guru in thier own ways. So don't just think its code...

I have to agree with Sariat on those people being guru's. I think its more of a personality based thing, and how fluent and active you are with the community and how long you stay active. It's always good to be that way, and its important to know how to use the DM language in a good way, and to test your talents. Unfortunately I just can't polish off my technique well enough to do anything useful. It all really matters on how much confidence you have before you can truly become a guru though. There are some people who have a great deal of game creation philosophy and ideas which could be healthy in a game, but they just can't put it into the works when it comes time, then there are those people who get help on ideas, but then put it to code when the time comes easily, or with a bit of struggle. I have learned over a long period of time with this community that being dependent on yourself is a lot better then getting help, you become lazy when your helped and soon drop into a slump and you just can't get any better. Well enough bickering, basically the list that Sariat put is my list.


<<>>Kusanagi<<>>

one word:Spuzzum

He is a great coder.Follows the community rules.Is active.

I also think LummoxJr. Nadrew to be gurus

i personally admire all the great coders here but these are the ones i admire the most

if dan and tom count they are higher than guru.

LOL...lets split BYOND into two groups.Regulars and DBZers(yes i know im making one but im trying to revive it.besides its almost the original).Each side suicide bombs each other(idea from southpark episode with Sea Men(lol)).

Im not a 100% dbzer.I just love this game.It was one of the first i played.With the updates im doing it it will be cool.

SuperSaiyansElite wrote:

He is a great coder.

I'd be immodest if I commented on that. And I'm immodest, so I'll say "Yep". ;-)

Truth be told, though, the code I've released onto the hub in the form of s_admin and the like is very messy and unmodifiable -- at least, from an objective viewpoint. It's better than the norm, but not a lot better.

That ought to change with my revamps, which are coming... uh, some day.

Follows the community rules.

Most of the time. Sometimes I get out of line when someone really ticks me off, but for the most part, I'm just here to make sure that everyone shares an affinity for BYOND.

Is active.

Again, most of the time. I've gone off on weekly unannounced vacations from BYOND when discovering treasures like The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind or Space Empires IV Gold.

I suppose I'd be less active if I had a life, but life is just so annoying! =P (I'm suddenly reminded of Squzzum's suicide message, in an effort to make me look foolish or something. Actually, I don't even know what that effort was geared at...)