What an asshole calling people degenerates and assuming they are liars.
Critique and constructive criticism are one thing but threats, antagonizing or gaslighting is no excuse for people to be. You can be a fan of the game and still say clearly Ferdafs needs to do better and communicate. However that does not excuse belittling or threatening a creator because you're unsatisfied with their work ethic. If you paid him, of course you should get what you paid for and speaking with your monetary value on the line usually enforces creators to shift gears and get their life together before their source of income starts to dip into the red.
I believe humans are deceitful by nature and necessity - they are capable of being liars. And this being the Internet, would you trust the word of any one individual at their word of honor? If so, you are very naive to think anyone can be trusted.
My impression of the website page (that I've linked below) was that it is full of rude individuals, some of it's constructive or supportive. I'm well within my right to have an opinion on what i call people, I prefer "degenerate" in a colloquial term of endearment. But NOT in this case, i detest them.
People that paid money, so you have something to pirate. Retarded logic too, assuming you believe they're not patrons why would he be quiet quitting if non patrons complained?
See, this ... this is what im referring too with the attitude. Retarded logic?
Tell me what impression you get from this:
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. This isn't even an official Patreon page, it's an archive page. I'd understand if it was an
official page they made complaints to but I'm not sure where archive websites fall into the category. If it was, and I'm not understanding it that way then that leaves a different impression otherwise.
If these were patrons of Ferdafs on his home page or followers on his twitter or deviant art, I would agree with them and have my sympathy. But on a separate website or any other blog spot? No, i can't agree with them nor do i believe any of them to be patrons. Fans, definitely. Patreon supporters? Maybe. But after ... 6 months? I doubt they'll stay that long and it would very irresponsible monetarily to do so without notice or update from their creator. It's bad practice in general to not give updates and still expect payments monthly with nothing to show for it. And vice versa, either you're a strong supporter that truly believes someone that much to make such a commitment to repeatedly pay every month regardless of anything to show for in the hopes of there actually SHOWING something OR you're a liar.
It's idle talk, smoke blown up people's asses, angry former supporters looking for payback for the silence and spending money for an incomplete product they knew in advance that it was either going to be finished or not. That's just the facts of supporting a Patreon project or any Kickstarter game. To get so angry to wanna slander or bully other fans to dislike a project or creator to not liking them or telling them to not support the creator is just despicable and low.
A patron is a member of a community that supports a creator financially. A group of like-minded individuals to make this community what it is includes both fans, casual bystanders and patrons. Even non-patrons can become patrons if they feel it was the right thing to do. Happy fans means more potential patrons, more patrons means more motivation and incentives and possibilities to expanding development. Even if they're not contributing financially, non-patrons still contribute by word of mouth spreading the game's development to others so they entice them to join the community and play it for themselves. You can market a game through Steam but Indie games made by small groups tend to rely heavily on their fans to spread appeal and market a game.
If your fans aren't happy with you, then there's less popularity and less exposure for your game. Less fans > means less patrons > means less and less money. Get a combination of both and you'll lose the drive that makes making a game not worth the adventure it once was. Worse, the worst critic for a content creator is themselves because they have to convince themselves that all of this work has to mean something and be absolutely perfect or they'll hit a writer's block get depressed and just get swamped with other problems. Eventually things spiral out of control and the issues pile up and you're left with a few options. Continue, or give up, or start over from square one.
I believe he's been swamped with health issues and the delayed timelines of his roadmap got away to far from him to recover in a timely manner. These projects aren't simple no manner how well we explain them to people. It's easier said than done. Better to leave quietly than to disappoint people further with excuses, disappointment hurts especially when they're your fans and worst that they're even angry at you for it. It isn't a good feeling and it can be defeating.
