- Dec 29, 2018
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Would just like to say that as a paying patron, I'm still perfectly happy with my pledge and currently plan to keep supporting Bo and Koda for as long as they keep working on content I like. Honestly, al this talk of delays and release dates isn't what matters most to me. I'm here for the long run, and what I truly care about is how good the game we get will be when all is said and done. The creators' ability to handle PR, their amount of fumbling with predictions and delays, that's kinda secondary. I'm not saying that no mistakes were made, or that missed dates aren't disappointing, but it's just not the bottom line for me. In the end, I'd rather the release date suffer than the release itself. And as for judging their productivity, I plan to do that on a larger scale, meaning I'll see how much game there is and how good it is and consider how long it took to make it when everything they're working on is out.
Now just to elaborate on the restaurant analogy a bit, to me it falls short because this isn't the same kind of product. I'm not waiting for a delicious meal prepared in a timely manner to sate my immediate hunger. What I'm looking forward to is something a little more long lasting that hopefully I'll be able to enjoy repeatedly.
To keep analogies within the food industry, it's more like I'm not waiting for someone to make me a burger, but rather for someone to build me a burger making machine that I can take home and enjoy its unique burgers as much as I want. But of course, I have to remember that this is a specialized order from an amateur visionary, and that A, the blueprints for such a machine don't currently exist, and B, I'm counting on the machine to not just make any old burger, but rather the best burger the Chef-Engineers constructing the contraption can concoct.
So sure, sometimes the Chef-Engineers don't anticipate how long it'll take, sometimes their plans change midway, sometimes they seem disorganized and figuring things out as they go along, but that's kinda what I signed up for, and as long as I still believe in their vision and the burgers their machines ultimately make are delicious and filling enough, I'm all too happy to pay them while they work on it.
Mmm, I think I'm gonna go make myself something to eat now...
Now just to elaborate on the restaurant analogy a bit, to me it falls short because this isn't the same kind of product. I'm not waiting for a delicious meal prepared in a timely manner to sate my immediate hunger. What I'm looking forward to is something a little more long lasting that hopefully I'll be able to enjoy repeatedly.
To keep analogies within the food industry, it's more like I'm not waiting for someone to make me a burger, but rather for someone to build me a burger making machine that I can take home and enjoy its unique burgers as much as I want. But of course, I have to remember that this is a specialized order from an amateur visionary, and that A, the blueprints for such a machine don't currently exist, and B, I'm counting on the machine to not just make any old burger, but rather the best burger the Chef-Engineers constructing the contraption can concoct.
So sure, sometimes the Chef-Engineers don't anticipate how long it'll take, sometimes their plans change midway, sometimes they seem disorganized and figuring things out as they go along, but that's kinda what I signed up for, and as long as I still believe in their vision and the burgers their machines ultimately make are delicious and filling enough, I'm all too happy to pay them while they work on it.
Mmm, I think I'm gonna go make myself something to eat now...