I like to listen to &follow some wip threads, maybe 2 or 3 in the past year or 2. And I've been about quite a bit in the last 6months.
I probably only read a small fraction of the replies in them. I'm mainly interested in the goodies- like modders methods for doing xyz, it shows who actually knows what. and for future reference and knowledge its nice to at least be able to pump them for info if needed. or good art & design.
I'd like to think there is some great info them.
I have 1 active wip thread on nexus. Its basically me talking to myself. its like my personal modders blog. out of 7 pages I think 4 people might have replied in it. a lot of that is "you know what you should do, is...." So while I know no one gives a toss, I'm still at after 5 months, I would never get discouraged from lack of support. tbh all my fav modders are busy. so I can't blame them for not riding my nuts. I guess I am comfortable so I don't care what virtually anyone in F3 modding thinks, good or bad.

though I will be jumping ship to a different mod scene, and not lingering on so long. simple because I miss what happens in the golden age of tes game modding. after about a year or 2 of release its great!

But to take ideas from a mod before it is released is really rude to the modder, and steals the credit the modder would have gotton for their own idea. Also yes you should sit around and come up with your own ideas, that is called being creative and that is what modding is for. Not for using other peoples ideas and work, but coming up with your own ideas.
Glory hounding. whatever floats your boat
tbh I'm having trouble believing you have actually added anything truely unique and creative. I bet you're just biting off great ideas. like most of us mere mortal modders. I guess I'll just have to inspect your work to see if you're all talk.
I agree with Fearrabbit
Say I made a really cool unique new creature for my mod and someone comes along and sees the picture and makes the exact same creature an releases it in their own mod.
Say I made a really cool unique new creature for my mod and someone comes along and sees the picture and makes the exact same creature an releases it in their own mod. Then when my mod is released that creature is already out there in the other guys mod, so I had the idea but the other guy got all the credit for my idea and people think I got the idea from him. But that guy wouldnt have even thought of making that creature if I hadn't shown the picture of my creature. If I was a modder I would hide my stuff until it was released then at least I get credit for my original ideas.
Whose would be better?
this is a really terrible example. now if the creature is completely unique and totally unlike something currently out there in mythology, tv/games, etc. and its your own IP so to speak. that might be wrong.
If you are making a red dragon, and I come along and make a red dragon after you. I bet I even thought of doing it before you. even though you got off your bum to do it first.
controversly. if either of use made a dragon. we would almost certainly be influenced technically by saidens work. basically because he has written the book on it. and we both live in the shadow of the ledgend

at the end of the day, whose is better. if you can improve on a great idea why the hell not!
and besides that would never ever happen. Do you even know how much work and skill it would take to do a dragon creature? it's quite a bit. which is why like 3 people have ever done custom creatures.