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This tech update has become a 'tale of legend', for all the wrong reasons. This game is old now, in it's day, it was amazing, but now it isn't and better games exist. Dark Cookie has fed off his devoted followers like a vampire...he has them under his spell and they believe in him and trust him. Parasites feed off their hosts...and Dark Cookie is starting to look like one. He is charging his subscribers whilst giving them nothing in return...they are happy to pay because they believe in the end result.
It's like Christians...they believe that they will get their reward in Heaven...Bummer if they don't however. I personally wouldn't spin that roulette wheel. Chances are you lose! you bet your existence and you lost! No replays...to hell with that!
If Dark Cookie has even an ounce of morality left, he would disable the monthly charge for his subscribers until the tech update is finished.
It's the right thing to do.
 

manneychin

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If Dark Cookie has even an ounce of morality left, he would disable the monthly charge for his subscribers until the tech update is finished.
It's the right thing to do.
:cautious: Dude... At the end of the current month (Jan-2024) DC will have finally cashed in more $ for arduously working on the Tech Update vaporware over the past ~3 years than he cashed in the 5 years before FOR ALL THE STORIES EVER DELIVERED by Summertime Saga.
And you think he'll "disable the monthly charge"?! Does DC need to posts a big "THIS IS A SCAM" flashing neon sign on or will even that not be enough for you to figure it out?
  • 03-Dec-2020: Tech Update is sold by DC to paying supporters as something that'll take "(3 to 4 months) to complete" and voted on as such. This is what supporters approved.
    • See Ref. 1 below.
  • 14-Feb-2021: DC first claims that he already started work on the Tech Update and the team is just about to join him.
    • See Ref. 2 below.
  • Mar-2021 (2 years 9+ months ago): Last ever normal/story release of Summertime Saga: v0.20.5 (Main Story - Part III)
  • Aug-2016..Mar-2021: $2,112,659 total paid by Patreon supporters over ~5 years for all SS stories ever delivered.
    • See Ref. 3 below.
  • Apr-2021..Dec-2023: ~$2,111,693 total paid by Patreon supporters over 2 years and 9 months for the Tech Update vaporware.
    • See Ref. 3 below.
At the end of the current month the second total will finally surpass the first.

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Ref. 3: Income was recorded by up to Oct-2023 when the scammer hid the value. For the last 3 months of 2023 historical trends comfortably allow estimation using $ paid / supporter, which was estimated as continuing to drop at: 2.2, 2.1 and 2.1.
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Count Morado

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  • Aug-2016..Mar-2021: ___ total paid by Patreon supporters over ~5 years for all SS stories ever delivered.
  • Apr-2021..Dec-2023: ___ total paid by Patreon supporters over 2 years and 9 months for the Tech Update vaporware.
Your ill-informed and incorrect rant is off-topic per F95 General Rules.
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So I replied to you in the off-topic thread.
 
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TFurguson69

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This game is taking longer than Bethesda to develop Star Field. And Star Field SUUUUUCKED
So what are the odds that DC will stick the landing on a dev time that is longer than a triple A title?

Someone please give us those lottery numbers
 

Knight

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Been away from this game for a few years. Has there really not been an update since 2022? Can anyone be so kind as to give me a tl;dr? I don't want to read 100+ pages.
 

Larsung

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Been away from this game for a few years. Has there really not been an update since 2022? Can anyone be so kind as to give me a tl;dr? I don't want to read 100+ pages.
yes thats exact right.... sad but true... People like me should cancel payment untill tech update is done... i think he ate to much cookies and now is to fat to move his fingers .... a little "money diet" maybe helps
 

Count Morado

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Replying to an off topic rant is also off topic and only encourages more off topic rants. Therefore I have replied to you in the Never ending defending of an abandoned game thread.
Two can play at this since, in your frame of mine, replying to replying to... only encourages. So, now, are we going to keep in this circular argument of yours? If so, please let's engage this exercise in the off-topic thread. Thanks and have a great day.
 
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j4yj4m

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This whole discussion can be summarized nicely.

Does DC get more money than the game and what he deilvers is worth? Yes.
Will that change anytime soon? Who knows.
Should people, who don't seem to like DC, spend their precious time writing essays about it? Probably not.

To get back on topic:
It seems we'll get at least another outfit for June, so there's some hope(?) that they may actually add a few more cosplay scenes at some point. I'd honestly quite like her character to be a bit more about that. Until now she's basically just "female Erik".

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