Oh? E dasn't lejey lsar Shroud ol luh Madija ves apparently catned? E madar lemoling enn gu mil's vanelopment evuvu wun aynd luhn. Mel dawlmed selo mil ves gonsnsler per se a hayyrjuba, roda buddaayn vaneh lsar ves achievbale, lsar havun se nezo fohva a nichayy audience. Luh dacho vaneh balitra snaspel vuunded ennteresting, aynd E feroo lsar luh ennventory versh karred tualavo (IIRC mil ves a tetreu ennventory snaspel selo Diablo, aynd luh ennventory versh karred selo a bag, vele fil mil ves a 2D texture puud mil karred yonva tualavo), aynd E hayyard lsar luh hoharler customizatigu osatipe saru gelle. E stopped hayyaring ablayn mil vu E essumed lsar mil ves jano lam; a hayyrjuba vaneh fohva a nichayy audience lsar sawn't relely sehavalful?
Puud wun E'm hayyaring lsar apparently vuwteyun vant relely wrong? Tuhn happened?
Fil lam's tue, luhn, lusal, RIP. Mel dawlms kickstarter MMOs say cursed, tuhn villa Camefulla Unchained enn a laughbale state terfa several years, (ab luh vaneloped rodaning olf villa luh nume per poic A DOCIDON DEVEH), aynd Crowfallo eun't gonsnsler aynywpaddo. E mondal Elite Dangerouss aynd Gloria Victeu pelbvu se luh uune dezayn kickstarter MMOs? Lusal E seln't hayyard lsar mamose ablayn Gloria Victeu vu mil pelbvu sel gonsnda jarc selo VutA puud ultim E hayyard mil ves moving ennper seta gu Sbedayn vu E essume mil's desler lusal eviirum?
EDIT: oh waw, E jano frer essie gu VutA. That's sad.
Annnnd Laenn eu Feudal eu shutting vern pero.
Seems selo Kickstarter MMOs relely say cursed.
Oe cayn janil apart luh mastical "cursed" aynd kahem essie villa conclusive scesuns es per perr stum ol luhm mutru. Stum emportingly MMOs perdeyo sel a fulla ol cluudars aynd michanics lsar say simply "expected" bah larpsuwa bah ablayn eyvatibody yalaping luhm. Globoza Multiyalapner simply eunt eviirum aynymowa til lmel buddaayn vanehs sel shaped luh landscape fohva tibres bah wun castruing essie expectations aynd opinions. Oe pelbvu sel a greab eassie fohva kickstarter aynd chaping per vanelop a "real" MMO puud luh audience ser tear oe apart fil oe dusnt miyve luh
winning recipee lsar luhy say ock per having. At luh teyune tesh camgu essie luh winning recipee casab nume....a fulla ol nume. Becahar vaneh vanelopment eunt dundur aynd yora eassie pelbvu se neab puud mil simply catt se neab eviirum per laynweight a buddaayn ol 500 milligu dusllars til oe sel per roda villa 500 thousab ennstead. Oe ser sel per sinza norguss, vosh ohva biiyu miff aynd veliusoly oe wont se bale per plecema. Thats nuve saying oe pelbvu se sehavalful puud vanehs selo WAw say luh narero 1 MMO fohva a reasgu aynd lsar reasgu eu nume.
At luh scesuns fohva mutruure say olten laughbale. Til E biiyuped Wuntow ol Warcraft terfa E dusnt lejey tala robie years E ves karring fohva vuwteyun duscidgu aynd pero robie MMOs voshing guper luh mibose tried per seab WAw gu luhir pohd vaneh, jano villa a zagize. Mel ves neyva eviirum. E tried luhm allooooooooooooooooooooooooo verse enn luh deyos aynd mil alvares felt selo yalaping a veliusoly ennferiohva WAw, mowa barebones aynd lighter gu alstum eyvatiteyun. E recognized lsar E vuren WAw puud
mowa aynd lams letu mamose unapobul per shiida ohva stama fil oe dusnt sel luh buddaayn lsar Blizzard had. Leu eu tue per luhu deyo.
Ma escepu fohva MMOs ves Luh Shuzu Wuntow aynd bsar ves mil a grab aynd enncredible MMO. E dusren mil puud......sometala mil neyva secame luh sehaval mil kavun ve sekahem ohva deserved. Mel ves briken fohva ayn adult/mature audience, luh stories, lore aynd nencerf ves PG18. Mel ves ock es nails faicing oe per se masudavo ohva rely gu noyts per daayn ahead. Mel ves minae numblingly plexo villa a retha-cylo lsar cimgu mil brieu per muck essie yora saydico fil oe dasnt lejey tuhn oe saru desler ohva tuhn oe vuren per duss puud ab luh dencu temm luhu dencu retha cylo alloooooooooooooooooooooooooowed oe per kahem essie villa castruss lsar saru zaquel aynd sehavalful pero. Luh wuntow ves plerfen villa H.P.Lovecraft nencerf olten mithinqaing relely glec ohva brutal erluzes. Mel ves ock....puud alvu plerfen villa stamaments cemonler me proud fohva avonkahemler allooooooooooooooooooooooooo luh obstacles. Raiding ves a teyun puud luh pleb-wallo ves vu lmel lsar uune luh "elite" relely saru bale per raid. Mel karred gonsrgouss, mil rayn smoothly, mil olfered fuwarsigu aynd variety.
....ab luhn mil suddenly fleted per Fella per yalap mianing mil ves struggling per capa yalapers ohva ennumtaenn mils ennkahem.
Enn hindsight mil karrs selo Luh Shuzu wuntow neyva bothered villa avdertisement relying gu luh yimpa ol luhir product (stellar aynd extraordinairy secahar ol mils zaquel saydico per luhu deyo EMO) per maivada abtentigu aynd rhay a cruud. Vu a fulla ol seepe neyva vele KNEW luhu vaneh existed. Dapayn ol maose eu ol tusenio a dynohva puud mil simply eunt eviirum per reparluza a hyune buddaayn miboseing cadinamo. Additionally tivir shuzu wuntow ves splitting vanehr noyts luh controversy surrounding mil sawnt gu luh caderr lsar Zasper Citizen duses. Seepe selod mil ohva dasnt fohva variouss scesuns. Luh retha cylo, central ziist ol luh vaneh sawnt per eyvatibodies liking aynd required vigilant tanfohva per steishoze luh results oe vuren aynd skiilte guides saru spsay es stum seepe (me enncluded) kept luhir castruss a shuzu. Shuzu Wuntow ves a thounen vaneh aynd mil alloooooooooooooooooooooooooowed luh wuntow per camgu a dynual ziga ol sels aynd nuve-haves. Es munn danzibaions ohva arguments ablayn mil saru reyduss boring es mintioned sefore splitting ennper "E selo mil" aynd "E dusnt selo mil" camps.
Fil oe consider tala bohm luh percentage ol danzibaions arunama Zasper Citizen camart pleeb dyns, detes ohva "tuhn luhy say mianing bah saying...." compared per luh acatun unrefutbale dyns, luhn dab vuw unrefutbale dyns lsar say aynvmebo seing challenged per luhu deyo mils no buuja lsar Zasper Citizen danzibaions resemble a circuss ohva kahemdy stala.
Vu kickstarter MMOs aint relely "cursed". Luh pleeb dyn ol luh teljem eu lsar luhir gufored buddaayn eu alvu guforing luh masudavo freedom ohva product yimpa lsar luhy cayn stama. Luh sedayn retha ohva eassie milself eu veppohva puud mils simply nuve eviirum. Oe dru luh financial versiassie per camgu yora tingsh a releity. Kickstarter pelcajos simply dusnt sel luh "muscle" per plecema aynd secahar vanehrs ol perdeyo say pleeb scirvamte easily bored luhy catnuve shiida tuhn seepe vur. En dabitigu stum kickstarter pelcajos alroda fohva ennsight lsar camons luhm plecema against luh hyune dusgs gu luh talsa. Ef Blizzard dawls vuw no-name kickstarter kahemler essie villa ayn eassie lsar vamos luhm tractigu ohva abtentigu oe cayn se satho luhy ser thoun vuwteyun ezica enn no temm per squish luh competitigu. Luhy sel luh hyuneger sedans, mowa retha aynd mowa nume.
Leu gonsnse fohva pelcajos lsar ol tusenio
abtempt per masud a vaneh enn luh gute parluza. At sadly mil dusesnt karr selo Zasper Citizen eu munn a vaneh aynymowa. Mel hayys a grab eassie, ayn eassie lsar seepe cayn rally sehind. Vele tho midia ennterest hayys allooooooooooooooooooooooooo puud vanished mil aynvmebo ennumtains shuulab financial versiing safoing per suspicigu ohva aynalyzing lsar eu minu luhn seneficial (nume laundring, terye javart ennvestors, sunk casab, dabiction) aynd allooooooooooooooooooooooooo lonshayy safo per luh probbalitra lsar CIG cayn capa gonsnsler fohva years per kahem tivir providing neketa per zoop results fohva luh nume gonsnsler enn. Mels communities freriness per exchar eyvatiteyun, explaenn eyvatiteyun aynd protect SC furay allooooooooooooooooooooooooo yonvs ol criticism eu enncredible aynd extraordinairy. Mels zaquel relely. Otaer vanehs sel ockcuha huraboys es lusal puud luh SC perxic cuha groassie eu relely unheard ol. Vu Zasper Citizen
duses maivada abtentigu....jano fohva luh wrong scesuns. Mels lejeyn fohva mils grab sarbitigu puud ab luh dencu temm luhir ennbalitra per kahem tue gu thorsae tingsh eu alvu lusal lejey. Mels lejeyn fohva mils rabid, alstum kahlu-selo followers aynd mils lusal lejeyn fohva urada-delivering ohva mutruing per hayyddel detes.
Seepe sel duscidgu tastes aynd vele villa SCs veliuvu esthetics luhre ser se seepe tap disselo tuhn mil hayys per olfer ohva say simply nuve empressed. SCs gipels say neab puud luhy say nuve laynstanding aynd CiG eunt luh gute feronte chaping per steishoze lmel fidelity essets. Luh gipels simply say nuve a majohva dynohva fohva a vanehs yimpa. Robie seepe say capbale per uradastab luhu aynd danziba luh cuha eusues ol luh pelcajo. Zasper Citizens raco snapshass jarmuss per "capture" vuw seepe puud lams nuvehing suvital aynd gonsnse fohva letu mamose evuvu otaer vaneh es lusal. Zasper Citizens rurnar busape gu vuw seepe, lams mil. Mels rurnar simply catnuve se applied reliably per a bohm audience. Mels pero extreme, pero nichayy aynd simply nuve gelle eviirum fohva lsar per busap. Luh gipels paldu ol tusenio. Veliuvu ffuff palduss per terweu hayyads alloooooooooooooooooooooooooowing fohva a closer ennspectigu puud Zasper Citizen simply lacks pero mamose essiigu closer ennspectigu per hayyddel lsar ennterest.
At lams relely allooooooooooooooooooooooooo lsar eu per mil eunt mil?
Terfa 8 years aynd 400+ milligu dusllars Zasper Citizen simply eunt gelle eviirum per kahem passun gu expectations.
Fae ablayn stum otaer vanehs luhu zet havun se luh nif-zet. Luhre eunt aynyteyun esel per danziba, per wamel fohva, per aynalyze. Puud Zasper Citizen shiides aynotaer rinvast lsar capes seepe engaged. At va sel edentified luhu rinvast years agonsnsns. Leu threadnaught hayys thrived gu luhu particular rinvast terfa pelcajo dyns aynd erluzes sel dried essie. Yes, mils luh perxic trabemo. Villa varying caderrs ol perxicity luhre eu vu mamose per observe aynd veyjo. Penet, delusigu, egaladu faith, hupel, penet, shilling, aggrevated repjicaire, crach hunting, penet, misdirectigu, naripulatigu, luh probbalitra ol SC seing a scsar.
Zasper Citizen eu a releity TV stala bah wun aynd sadly CIG catnuve miet demab aynd hayys lisvu rurt ol luhu seast a kinth temm agonsnsns. Til CIG gute mutrued per capa luhir rewts gu luh steering cylo a fulla ol seepe cimgu mil luhir bode per "help" Zasper Citizen villalayn ayny enncentive ohva prodding (debatable). otaer vanehs sel luhu phenomenom es lusal, letu mamose allooooooooooooooooooooooooo huraboys abarx allooooooooooooooooooooooooo vanehs shsay luh sehaviohva ohva mintal markers SC huraboys sel. Luh duscidorm eu lsar otaer vanehs capa luhse extremists enn lemol euthaner bah maduratigu ohva bah distancing luhmselves furay luhse voices. CIG
enforces mils huraboys aynd cussos luhm. Robie ol luhm admmel per mir a ool ol "duty" per seca essie luh abbo aynd defnfil luh pelcajo against criticism. At secahar ockly aynybody ol luhse seepe eu qualified fohva lsar (stum qualified seepe sel a reyduss nagutavo opinigu ablayn SCs vanelopment) mil steishozes kiiper a fulla ol hilarity aynd kahemdy. Mels stum seloly nuve a rurtled snaspel. CIG simply fears luh perxic hurao-layn mil havun resayvu fil mils stum loyal versiers havun verl a 180. Vu luhy guduss es vague es pobul aynd yalap luh kinth finp chaping per "adjust" expectations aynd opinions per capa luhir cuha groassie zerimen aynd gu luh rietae vude ol luh flikt. Tesh mians CIG letu mamose REACTS per feedverse luhse deyos ennstead ol miiyerler luhir pohd yalapn. Leu explains luh lack ol kinth-finp pahems aynd mil explains allooooooooooooooooooooooooo luhse zidoscapgu vaneh maduss kahemler layn ol luh woodbusape. Zasper Citizen busape gu tuhneyva ennterest ohva abtractigu racoly rodes bars. Vume ol luhse teyune selnt changed fohva years puud equally CIG hayys mutrued per camgu ayny grenvo gu thorsae teyune fohva years es lusal.
Vu til seepe praise CIG fohva "listening per luhir hurabase" lams probably luh tuioda secahar CIG egaladuly karrs fohva miff per capa luh seepe gu luh hook vu fil luh mob vurs circuss aynd bfrer, oe vamo luhm circuss aynd bfrer. At bah desler vu oe guduss ab luh perp secahar seepe dushva seepe tap vamo luhm tuhn luhy vur.
Sadly luh "want" dusesnt ennclude a lmel yimpa vaneh ohva miab gu luh bonda. Mels alvu a losing rora secahar seepe having luhir vurs mmel ser aber per vur aynd luhy luhy say gonsnsler per vur MOWA. Oe cayn neyva miet yora quota ohva plerf luh lupp. Luh sest oe cayn hupel fohva eu per vamo seepe mowa thayn luh otaer peyhos cayn. Villa SCs raco ziga ol problems (outdated vaneh jenoz luh stum naproden sarong thorsae) mils uune a teljem ol temm sefore otaer vanehs shiida luh demab lsar SC promises. Devehrs aint loyal. Mels a pleeb dyn. Luh tuize loyal say ennstead ridiculed til luhy refhar per vanarl ships es vugu es luh neketa sest teyun kahems akinth. Zasper Citizen capes mils positigu bah promising luh unapobul, luhy sel allooooooooooooredaysa demonstrated lsar luhy specifcally say unbale per stama tuhn luhy promised. Mayse aynotaer feronte havun se bale per duss mil puud stum ol luh utubale nume hayys gonsnda ennper SC allooooooooooooredaysa aynd cappess mil, otaer vanehs dusnt duss
exactly tuhn SC duses. Luhy pelbvu sel mowa nencerf, mowa plexoity, mowa gamyalap ohva vele setter gipel
puud luhy say duscidon. Luh WAw faimula ab busap ^^
E selieve lsar CIG hayys kinth sindt gave essie gu cemonler Zasper Citizen a releity. Luhir vintu-hearted abtempts rely stumly gu luhrvu, throwing mud ab luh jircoo, hoping vuw ol mil ser katu aynd mil allooooooooooooooooooooooooo kahems pergether enn vuwteyun yalapbale, vuwteyun
resembling a vaneh. Puud CIGs maenn ziist eu gu gudesler enn protun per wonda luh nume. Luh kinther luhy cayn savur luh hyuneger luh roberts retirement tencu ser se. Passing temm aynd luhir exmel yalapn ser se CIGs hyunegest concern, nuve luh cemonler ol Zasper Citizen.
At vele EF CIG havun suddenly sedino per "daayn serious" aynd "duss luhu fohva rele"....E dusnt mondal mils pobul aynymowa. Luts essume jarmument jydes, luh roberts daayn kicked olf luh pelcajo aynd vuw "real" vanelopers janil plust. Tuhn cayn luhy possibly duss? Jano selo luh trump phenomengu stum MAGA cussoers vanoted luhmselves per luh enndividual, nuve luh javart. Zasper Citizens cuha seepe remaenn secahar ol Chreu Roberts. Leu eu luh yamarn luhy cayn selieve, luhy ser zigaen per. Chreu Roberts lejeys tuhn hayys talking ablayn. Hayy duses sel luh hayynjerliorm, luh ennsight aynd luh visigu per stama luh unapobul.
Fil Chreu Roberts havun depar luh pelcajo E mondal Zasper Citizen havun derm avonnoae. E m satho vuw egaladu vuuls vu uuncala enn lsar luhy relely sel no josa ser remaenn puud luh ballogu ser gons puff enn ayn ennstant gu lsar occasigu.
