Bane, You lost me on the "Sin" statement here... An example of this would be that L&P said he was cutting the days from Full > Half > One-Third to facilitate the release time for quicker updates. In this case, the updates are not coming quicker as he has stated updates would come quicker. So if someone should question or criticize L&P's own comments or statements about failing to meet his own words for quicker updates, That person who questioned him is of "Sin????" L&P is the one that sets the tone for his work as he is the author.
The definition of Criticism is as followed.
So I don't understand your comment about "Softer" criticism. If L&P wants to limit the amount of criticism he receives, he might want to communicate more effectively and admit to making mistakes instead of being combative about them. Other VN authors out there have made mistakes and own up to them. And when they effectively communicate mistakes made by them to their members, they are usually greeted with understanding with some or little critical responses. The opposite mostly happens with authors who are more combative with criticism, and you and I know L&P can't handle criticism well.
Dear doctor, my dear friend, without any doubt you and other users have the right to criticize and express their opinion! I don't dispute that!
My idea is somewhat different, I will try to explain.
I believe that when L&P expressed his plans to all of us openly and publicly, he was sincere and honest with us. Telling us about his plans, he actually showed that he fully trusts us!
I dare to assume that you are not a youngster, but an experienced adult and probably, unlike the young and inexperienced, you should know that sometimes preliminary plans can be disrupted for a number of different reasons.
At the moment, I propose to put aside the discussion of the reasons that violated the original plan of L&P and pay attention to the reaction of the public.
Everyone who is not lazy grabs L&P by the tongue, catching it for unfulfilled obligations, and makes claims!
For me personally, it is not at all surprising that after such a reaction from the public, L&P no longer appears on the forum and no longer shares its plans with us.
After all, when he announced his plans, he was not trying to deceive us, he was talking about his desires.
Of course, I understand that you and many others have received a reason to reproach him and can tell what and how to do in order to implement the previously outlined plan as close as possible to the stated deadlines!
But if only everything was so simple!
You are not a stupid person and you probably understand that in this case, in order to meet the initial plans, the author needs to cut down his story, reduce the number of routes and heroes of the game!
For L&P, as a creative person, it turned out to be more acceptable to violate the original plan and disrupt the deadlines than to change the plot and its idea of the whole game, and I understand and support him in this. And you, apparently, are not. That's the difference between me and you. That is why I urge everyone to be lenient with L&P. And you, at any cost, demand that he admit his mistakes. But he does not consider his choice in favor of preserving history intact to be erroneous. Because from his point of view, it is the content of the game, its plot, that is the master plan, and the timing is the criterion that he could not accurately assess at the initial stage without having the necessary experience for this.
