I've been accused in this thread of being too positive about this whole debacle. Several times in fact. That was because I refused to discuss BrainDrop and his antics and remained (as I still am) in love with this "story".
Does that mean that I am not a critic of how this once cool story is now being thorn apart by it's Dev? No, I am very much pissed off with this Excuser In Chief that had in his hands a cool story and either by actions and inactions have put it in this sorry state.
This LOOOONG time out that could have been used to work on the rework, admittedly quite needed has it was completely ridiculous how long the MC's days were (he's returning to that again, this fucking game day is already so thick with content that it could be a full week). In this time the former edge that this story once had is now dull and common, never mind, I still like it even if it has been done way better and more interestingly since BrainDrop entered his BrainFreeze state.
He's now trying to become relevant again, after his Carbonite phase. Pretending that he makes polls to interact with his community of
hostages, sorry, patrons. He's being "active" again, with a promise of 52 updates in 52 weeks in a attempt to recoup his prior big hits season. Most of us here are seriously sceptic of this. Why? Just look at what's happened since November 2021 (at least) with the rolling excuses and the drought of updates with a deluge of promises.
This, all of this, created a climate of negativity towards BD, it could have been avoided, it could. But not by users of this forum, not by it's moderators. All this could have been avoided by BD. Instead of catastrophizing each and every excuse, he could have been honest, clear and decent. Yet, he chose the opposite, each, and, every, fucking, time. So much so, that he had to resort to banning patrons, paying patrons. Can anyone get this around it's head? He's banning people that are willing to pay him to keep doing the least possible and do so in the hopes that he sometimes gets something done. Yet, he has to ban them for daring to be critics of his antics. Because the whole thing is now a smoke and mirrors show too fragile to sustain criticism.
I said above that I still love this "story", I do. Doesn't matter to me that many here have since become so jaded that they can't separate BD from WVM, I can't and don't think bad of them, it has been a chore to keep this going (for me) so I can understand them. Do I like the state that this is in? No, not even remotely. Don't I see the pitfalls and glaring plot holes? I do, I really do, but still I can't give up on some of the characters. They are probably not what everyone else looks at, it matters not.
I don't really care about ANY of the issues that BD has or pretends to have. I care about this: If you say you'll do something, you do it. The best you can. Yes, once in a while things can go wrong, it happens. In this case the rule is that he doesn't do what he promises, and the exception, the rarity, is that he actually does. This doesn't work. Mackenzie? Don't care. Mental Health? Don't care (it's really not OUR problem we shouldn't even know about it) Family? Don't care. House fire? Don't care. None of that should EVER be mentioned for any reason whatsoever. If he couldn't make a 2K renders update he shouldn't have promised it. Since he did, publish it. He's already doing a rework (LOL) he could do a few more, Devs do it all the time. If he can't do what he promised, shouldn't have promised it, but should at the very least show something. Or, simply, don't make any fucking promises. Stay silent and publish when ready. Making promises just to fail them is what brought us here.
BD created this nightmare for himself. Only him can solve it. The only way I see it happening is with a steady and silent output of content. Whatever he says right now will only ever work against him. Shut up and show up. That's the only way that in time he will recover a measure of respect from some users. Others, I'm afraid, are too far gone to ever recoup. Others, like me, will never spend money on someone has unreliable as him (even if I had money to spend, it would never be on him).
People here are being "toxic"? Really? To me they are being "Reactive". Some go too far? Not everyone can express themselves as fluidly and cautiously. The harder excesses are being trimmed, I've seen it done.
If you ask me, the major issue with BD and WVM is a communication problem. Ironically, the only class that the MC goes too, but apparently BD never managed to stay awake on. ::FML::
Peace
