Talvieno wrote:there's no need to complain after just eleven days.
So what about 29 days? Yeah, I know guys, everyone here is going to hate on me for calling a spade a spade. Because we all - and yes, I include myself - wish for Josh's well-being. But what everyone misses is that it's inappropriate to conflate two issues: that is, Josh's well-being and the well-being of our pledges. After all, this is not a Josh support group - much as some of us make it out to be.
This is a site dedicated to the followers of an idea, the idea being limit theory. And, this is a forum for the participants in a business venture to discuss their investment - of both time, and money - in the business venture and what is coming of it.
What is appropriate? To have respect for fellow human beings, surely. And a big part of respect is holding each other accountable for their portion of the agreement. In this case, the agreement is we pre-order a game in development, and in exchange, that game is produced over a certain timeframe, updates are provided as proof-of-progress, and the game is delivered.
At this point, every single backer has held up their end; we've all paid the money we promised, and Josh has not only not delivered, but has failed to update, failed to show progress, and failed to deliver on any of the time goals he's made.
I understand the objections which state that his history of updating and progressing lends him credibility, which should offset some of the troubles he's having now, and I agree. So I ask again: what is appropriate? To me, this is no longer a game in development. This is a game which has fallen off because the developer has entered a life crisis. My heart goes out to the guy - really, it does - but at the end of the day, he still has his end of the obligation to meet. I don't care how he does it, whether it means hiring others to take over his portion, selling the IP, or just grinning and bearing it, slogging through and getting it done. Ultimately, he needs to manage his time and deal with his issues, but it is not our job - not mine, and not yours - to see to it he takes care of himself appropriately. It is our job to provide our end of the agreement, and it is Josh's job to provide his.
Past successes and progress aside, Josh continues to make claims and fail to uphold them. "I will road to beta" was one claim. "I am back and working towards making progress on the game again now guys" was another claim. I'm paraphrasing, obviously. Point is, he keeps making empty statements. It's reasonable for confidence to be lost. And while I said before I'd give him another chance, he's not making good on it.
I don't really care if all of you shit on me for saying this, because I realize there's a lot of emotional people who can relate to his issues out here, but Josh - you need to work yourself out and get back to the job you promised to do. No more happy-sappy forum hugs for you, that's not helping anything. You've had months and months to work this out. Get back to the job we already paid you to do.
This isn't right, and it isn't responsible, and continuing to make empty promises will only carry you for so long among those who are committed to "believing in you" against all evidence suggesting that you are no longer a safe bet. My heart goes out to you for your problems, but your problems are not my problems. Resolve them, and do so in a timely fashion. You're long past the point where we can reasonably be expected to offer you any sort of consideration for personal issues.