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1. No. Why should I? As I mentioned before, there is no value in doing so. You are not a client. You even took the time to specify you never would be. My status as a professional and my interactions with a random bystander are unrelated. To be very blunt, I don't make my living via this site; thus my conduct with you doesn't matter. Perhaps more importantly, you're a random jackass on the internet who picks fights with strangers over trivial bullshit; even if I made my living entirely on this site, that still wouldn't be excuse enough to extend false courtesy to you.

2. No. Again, you focused in on the wrong part. The important part was telling them to find someone that was a native speaker to aid them with the issue. Volunteering myself was done primarily as a courtesy. You seem to think that I would charge them a great deal, but to be frank, there isn't any money to be made in editing these sorts of projects and I perform such jobs, again, as a courtesy.

Typically, I make $40 an hour for my time. A VN edited to completion is typically a job done for never more than $100 total, and usually less than that, no matter how long it takes. Now, since you don't seem to be aware, the exchange of money is not a benefit to me, but to my employer; it means that if I do a poor job, they have a means to hold me accountable, so they can be secure that I will do a full, complete, and high quality job. To me it may be pocket change, but to them it is the foundation of a legally binding contract that makes me liable should I somehow cost them profits with my work. For your edification, THAT is what it means to be a professional.

3. No, it was not referenced incorrectly.  Rather, you misunderstood what I was accusing you of over-inflated ego regarding.  Specifically, you seem to have taken it upon yourself that you know the 'correct' means to critique, the 'professional' way to behave, and that you know what matters to the world at large when it comes to making a VN. Given that unlike myself, you don't seem to have ever actually worked on one, that last point seems especially questionable. You also seem to be unable to accurately gauge your own behavior, and don't seem to realize when your wording is offensive, but rather to insist all the more doggedly on how pristine your chapel is. Despite that, you seem to believe you understand the intent behind my words, and ascribe them motives based on your erroneous interpretations.

Secondly, there's no need to damage ego; you're rude, thus I'm rude.  I'm a very simple man at heart, and prefer easily understood tit-for-tat relations.

4. Wrong. Data point of 1, but I do this myself from time to time. Despite your cries regarding my supposed ego, I do not view myself as unique, therefore... Actually, even if I did view myself as unique, it would still be valid since that still represents lost profits.

5. Wrong. If you want to reply, try not using an obvious apples to oranges comparison.  Frankly, what you said is so fallacious, it would easily double my response length to go over it... and frankly, I don't feel like it. Google can help you find the list online, and even better, unlike myself, search engines don't care about things like wasting time.

6. Wrong. Allow me to quote you directly, "this whole paragraph is irrelevant based on assumptions which you cannot prove."  Even better, unlike when you used the line, it's actually true in this case.

I don't think I'll respond to you again, so go ahead with your inevitable wrongheaded, fallacious and egotistical response.  For better or worse, I do happen to value my time, and I don't intend to give you any more of it until you pay me my going rate.  Unlike for M/M devs, I won't be giving you any discounts though.