I was saying that BD shouldn't need to be the one to pause pledges if people dislike the fact that he keeps "lying" then they should cancel their pledges themselves. Instead of canceling their pledge they choose to continue to pay and bitch about him taking their money while not putting in the work to earn it. I am not telling people to not criticize him. I am just stating what such over-criticizing could lead to.
As I have mentioned being overly critical has and will cause Devs to just stop making a game.
And to be fair as I said I stopped playing when "S2" started so I have no idea how the "story" has changed.
But everyone has their own opinion on things and that is all well and good.
Happy Gaming everyone.
There's different kinds of Patrons. There's normal people, who pay him and expect something for it. He hasn't done anything in months, so presumably those people have hopefully stopped paying him by now.
But there's people who pay him no matter what, because they think "quality takes time" and don't take into consideration how that doesn't apply to everything and everyone. They're the ones who keep lining his pockets despite getting nothing in return but excuses and sad stories. They don't seem to care if he's working or not, if they get the next update anytime soon. They feel good about themselves because they're helping a person in need, helping put food on his table. It's like a weird form of charity.
Patreon does not work on a simple system of goods and services, where a creator doesn't get paid if they don't create. If these certain people stopped paying, then BD would be forced to actually put in the work and earn his paycheck. BD pauses his pledges every now and then out of guilt, and those are the only times these certain people don't give him money.
Your post almost comes across as victim blaming, that it's his Patrons' fault for enabling BD for this bad behavior. But it's actually true, just not about the right group. The complainers are not the ones paying him no matter what.
Anyway, you were advocating for people to vent into a word document rather than actively criticize in the Discord.
And yes he is partially in this for the money since he went full-time with this he has to support his family somehow. He isn’t a triple-A dev that makes massive money from sales of his game; he relies on Patreon to help him support his family. So causing him to pause subs just puts even more stress on him which in turn will cause more issues to arise with the game meaning slower updates. So instead of coming onto Discord and complaining about things, open a Word document and vent your frustrations on it.
So maybe it isn't exactly "shut up and pay him", since the ones who you think need to shut up aren't the ones that pay him, but the sentiment is still there.
"Whining causes paused updates, causes stress, causes problems, causes slower updates."
