SolidChamp
Banned
I wish we could collectively apologize as a gaming community, for being such assholes to these people
I feel sad every time I hear from these folks, because I think about what they've been through and what trivial bullshit it was for
It's like I said way back during the shitstorm; they were absolutely right to go radio silent because there was absolutely no way the community was going to let them live it down, no matter how hard they worked to fix things or what messaging they used to explain things.
The shitposting in every damn NMS thread is proof that the community is inherently toxic, and nobody deserves the kind of harassment and lambasting they received. There was no way to "make things better", and no way that any kind of apology or explanation would be good enough.
I'm glad they said sweet fuck all, and glad that it caused the nutbars to whip themselves up into a frenzy as a result.
They're working hard to prove themselves now, and that's the best sort of vindication. They skipped the talk and proceeded to just do what needed to be done to achieve their vision. I'm glad this update sounds like it will bring them another step closer to that.
All of this is coming from someone who dropped the game after the initial "honeymoon" phase and hasn't had the time to go back since. But I've booted it up briefly just to see what they did with Pro support and was very impressed.
People who want to continue to hold a grudge over this in the face of a product that continues to receive support are kind of pathetic.