Hi,

[Adny]

You need at least 10 months of practice before releasing a Custom Story.

Lies. If someone releases their first bad custom story and actually listens to constructive criticism, it can help them advance much faster. Sadly, many people just say "lolidk I maek mapz for PDP!1!!" or something like that. Also, people naturally learn at different rates and excel at certain aspects of the modding process (i.e. mapping, scripting, or story creation).

I think somewhere Anxt said that Abduction was his first mod and that he just actually took his time with it. The mapping or events aren't really close to the original game, yet it is considered to be one of the best mods out there.

I'd also like to point out that a thread like this can be a botting technique; seeing how many people respond to see if it's worth spamming advertisements. I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt in this case, but many people don't normally make a thread to introduce themselves.