I don't know if he's really stupid, or just pretending to be stupid, or if he's a genius manipulator who takes advantage of idiots. He deleted Emma's storyline: "Wow, what progress." When you posted the poll, I almost cried because of how many unpopular useless characters there are, but LP refuses to remove them. Guys who ask him questions, you can show him the numbers and calculations and ask him one fucking question: How does at the current pace of development with so many characters and storylines, he plan to end his game. Not in a parallel universe, not in a fairy-tale world, not in the afterlife, not in his twisted mind, but in real life, where there are 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. I'd be interested in reading the crap he writes.
He'd say the same thing he's saying for years.
For about 5 years, pretty much every year;
"I already got ideas and plans to speed up development."
"This year I'll hire an artist/writer/editor." (pick one)
Add to that his ancient Patreon goals which I believe are long gone. These goals would indicate how many patrons he needs in order to do something to help the development. The first couple of goals involved him spending more time on development, then quitting college courses to work full-time, followed by goals to hire people to speed up development. He's reached these patron-goals years ago, but not once has he done anything.
Now, if you ever ask him directly about any of the stuff above, he'll tell you that he can't find someone to work with him or that he doesn't have the money to hire someone, just to repeat the same crap about hiring someone right after. Keep in mind that's coming from a guy who makes somewhere between ~$15.000-$20.000 a month, and judging by the amount of high-tier supporters (which one can look up) it's fair to assume he's on the higher end.
His latest statements in regards to the development (2023) have been this if I remember correctly;
"I'll release the game on Steam to build a little team with the money, cutting development time in half."
"After PD13 I'll take a break to work on a Disney-level trailer for AWAM and release the game on Steam."
"Disney-level" wasn't the exact wording he's used, but it was basically on the same level of...well, being delusional and full of himself. Can't remember the word he's used tho. Now, PD13 was finished on January 6th, and instead of doing anything he went and did a new model of Sophia, which was a complete waste of time apart from dismissing his "plans" for Steam entirely. But you know, after so many years of straight up lies, this is to be expected.
Some of the older regulars in here aswell as AWAM's offtopic-thread call it the "Festival of Bullshit". Atleast once a year you'll get to witness something so ridiculous from L&P that this description came to life.
Cheers!
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