Who is the greatest teacher on Byond?

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Feb 9 2015, 6:02 am
I want to know because I'm curious, and I might be able to gain some wisdom, knowledge and inspiration from looking at his/her posts.

Teacher, being someone who sacrifices their time to educate some random stranger on a forum, knowing it can be in vain. This teacher can be one who has taught about any subject.(game design, programming, art, math, science, life, etc.) Who has taught with the highest quality to the most people? People can easily remember the biggest trolls and people that have negatively influenced them. Who has made your time on byond fun, productive, a great learning experience, worth it?
Feb 9 2015, 7:05 am
There's a handful of people here I lookout for to indirectly teach me something. Off the top of my head, in no particular order:
  • Kaiochao - Knowledgeable in programming and just generally informative.
  • Lummox JR - Knows the engine inside and out; knowledgeable in programming.
  • Doohl - Probably the person deepest into the web client at the moment. He recently started a tutorial series on the aforementioned here if you're interested.
  • Stephen001 - He's not as active as he once was, but you can still find some good bits of information on a wide array of topics in his post history.
  • Ter13 - He's left the community but you can find good information regarding programming and design in his post history. Here's a link to the first of his Snippet Sunday series.
  • Forum_Account - Has many resources available to the public that you can learn from, and just as many informational posts on the art of programming. Here's a link to his programming tips series.
  • LordAndrew - Knowledgeable in programming and a huge help in the Developer Help forum.
  • DarkCampainger - Knowledgeable in programming and a huge help in the Developer Help forum. Also has some amazing resources available to the public (I'm a huge fan of the Map Paths and Line of Sight libraries).


An honorable mention goes to 8BitParagon. This person would appear to be new to the community, however they know what they are talking about as far as programming goes and that's what counts. This is someone to lookout for in the future.

Also, as far as the topic of programming goes, GatewayRa knows a thing or two. When he's not troll-baiting someone, he can be a huge help.

I'm sure I forgot some contributors, but you can look around the forum and see who is worth your time and who isn't (seeing as the majority here think they are trolls). Good luck to you.
Feb 9 2015, 7:36 am
Thanks for this list, I've heard about half the people on this list reading though this forum. So far I've only been looking through forum_account's resources and learning though those. Thankfully he's output alot of knowledge in programming. I'm looking forward to checking out these people.