I have to agree. I'm sure he includes me on his list of troublemakers, but the only thought I had while reading his meltdown was that I want to tell the guy it's all going to be ok. His reaction wasn't appropriate in any way, and of all the times to blow your top that wasn't the time. I feel bad for the guy, clearly our comments are getting to him. And while I feel that all of my criticisms have been fair, I'm not here to shit on the guy and send him into a rage. If I were him I would take some time off of the internet and go outside and enjoy nature.
Hi! I am rather sure to be on L&P´s "Troll list" as well, but that is something I will never lose sleep over. I mentioned it before that I am a hobby writer and have several stories out. When you do art, writing or make a game, you will never satisfy everybody and you need a thick skin. I have gotten glowing praise, below the belt critic and everything between reactions and comments to my stories.
The only thing that sometimes get a rise out of me is scathing critics with the poster even admitting to not reading the story(!)at all. That really happens and not only to me! So I can just say to stay true to your vision, but listening at least a bit to your loyal supporters, something that L&P does not.
It is one thing if random guy number 40 is bashing your work or your loyal fans telling you "Dude, something is wrong in the state of Denmark!"
In the case of L&P not only the bashers, but many loyal fans (and to a certain point I count myself among them) see several serious problems with AWAM. The development pace, never fast, has slowed down to a crawl making snails look like racers. The developer shows a near complete resistance to any type of good advice, is insulting to posters at times (look at e.g.
bayrischman, how L&P belittled him and now what bayrischman stated for months is becoming true!) and his promises are not worth the paper they are written on. (That is something you can do when you do a total hobby work in your sparetime, where real life intrudes and your fans know this beforehand, but not if you get money from them like L&P does)
My jokes and comparisons of L&P to gumdrop have a serious core in them. Unfortunately, L&P´s posts show a disturbing tendency towards the way gumdrop´s are, which is not present in posts from say 2 years ago.
But today their style is nearly exchangeable, the verbose, but ultimately hollow, telling nothing of substance writing. The egocentric selfwank and even the same style of more and more unbelievable excuses. I had a laugh when I red the post above about problems with the update system L&P works on. Gumdrop has "technical problems" of all kinds for 3 years now and it is eerie how similar L&P sounds.