I mean this with all due respect but i myself do indeed deal with mental issues and am on medication for it and have been for the last 18 months, and one of the many things my docs told me was to take accountability for my own actions, deal with them head on and don't expect a free pass from anyone.... if you act like a dick expect to be called one..... Now i know everyone is handled differently in these cases but ICSTOR hasn't helped himself with this at all, promises made, deadlines given and nothing comes to fruition. If he really felt so bad he'd actually pause his patreon, but no just like veqvil before him, he needs to get paid for doing absolutely nothing.As someone who (probably) also has mental health issues, it hits a bit close to home when I see people on here rip on him about it. There's been many weeks (and a few times where that stretched to a month or more) that my own had me where I couldn't even talk to my own family -- the ones that when I'm not having issues I talk to daily.
So, yeah... "bedridden" might be what he publically released thru a contact he felt comfortable slightly opening up to, but it's more-than-likely much deeper than that. And he doesn't owe anyone anything. Especially those of us in the non-paying-supporter camp. His own demons are (speaking from experience) fighting his will to live on a daily basis. Coming onto a forum filled with nothing but hate from people crying about delays isn't helpful.
Personally I'm OK with him taking as much time as he needs -- regardless of whether he gives a new "guess" at when he "might" be able to get it done... Mental health isn't predictable, you might think you're getting better, but see, hear, or smell something 30-seconds after you give a date that throws another 2-3 week recovery in the way. The mind is not a bone: it's not gonna heal on a set time scale.
Once I get my own issues in order enough to find a job so I can get my finances built up again, I'd probably be OK supporting this guy, simply because of what I've read & seen in the (what page is this now) 2083 pages on here.
No one's world is gonna end, but 200 users on here will act like theirs did, when the 31st comes and goes without even a single message from ICSTOR. What are they gonna do when their vile hate causes him to kill himself and there never will be another update or message? Heck, that could have already happened for all we know.
Theres only so many times a guy can cry wolf before the whole world turnaround and call bullshit