JustAnOrdinaryPanda wrote:What about a teenager without a job or a DVD drive? He needs to buy a DVD drive for his computer, and the selection of DVDs he wants. Perhaps the money he gets is already spent on having a social life, or buying things he can't download, and wants the hobby but can't afford it. Not everyone has these luxuries you seem to have...
Luxuries my ass. I'm lucky to make $1000 a month doing manual work, and more than half that goes on bills and food. Not that I'm complaining, but it's not like I live at home and have loads of cash to throw around. Even when I did live at home and later worked, my mom was no financial help, so meh.
Maybe I'm just cynical because of this.
Anyhow...
His parents can't buy him a DVD-ROM or DVDs for Christmas? He can't spare $30-$50 of his own money for a DVD drive? He can't even buy HK bootlegs? He can't get a job? He can't apply himself and even figure out how to pirate shit, as legally wacky as that is?
AMV making is a hobby, like classic car restoration, coin collecting, etcetera, and like any hobby, you get back whatever level of finances you put into it. Cheap out, and you end up with a classic car that either breaks down or doesn't have "the feel", cheap out with coin collecting and you end up with a bunch of recent Canadian and Brazilian money, cheap out with AMVs, and you end with a. nothing or b. probable shit.
If he can't strike a financial balance or find a way to improve his finances so he can have his cake (social life) and eat it (AMV making or whatever), too, then, tough punch in the nuts, pal. The world is only as fair as you try to make it.

