First - Props to the Star Trek pic - made my morning!
You have a valid point - there's too much negativity surrounding this dev.
Yes - the dev seemed to have lost his development mojo for a time.
I was a supporter and eventually I stopped with the monthly $ support waiting for BD to get WVM back on the tracks.
In the last few months, however, I believe that he is making a more effective effort (effective in this case being that we can see results and we are getting more regular content).
The improvements he has made can feel diminished by the near constant complaining about what he did not do for some period of time in the past or the complaining about not being able to bang Azel/Cedar/???
* Are there some valid complaints about BD's messaging? - Yes
Under promise and over deliver is always better than the converse.
* I personally think that the choice to render many of the women with the 'duck face' smile takes away from WVM.
I don't get it when so many of these women had Great smiles earlier in WVM.
He burned a lot of good will with overpromising and underdelivering so now, legitimate story and relationship progress can take a back seat to complaints that the content is still not arriving when promised/committed to.
It will take time, and consistent production and communication from BD for some of the clamor surrounding the feelings of WVM's failed potential to die down.
It will never fully go away though.
There are some 'cup half empty' folks here and across F95 who will always find something bad to say about a dev and/or their creation - without acknowledging the good... it's just their way and they won't change.
Are many people here taking WVM for free? - Yes
I currently fall into this category as well. If/when I feel DB is back on track, I'd be happy to start supporting him as a Patreon once again.
I still see WVM as a story with Great potential.
I played BB in high school, and I hope DB can put more of a BB focus back into the AVN.
The basketball focus is what made this AVN relatively unique.
I'd like to see the dev push the content into the regular season with the drama of team-building, BB games won and lost, and the support of the harem and the many lovely non-harem women in the story as the MC helps coach Harper put WVM on the BB map.
Now we just need consistent development and communication to get us there!
Live Long and Prosper!