#since y'know KS is done and over. maybe something so bad happens people ask for refunds like nugat or whatever.

[fyrets]

Ok I know I said I need to stop being negative (or at least I implied it) but it's craaaazy to me how the most recent petsims (i.e. Lorwolf and Santae) have had behind the scenes drama spill out resulting in at least some negative reception from their audiences.

I wasn't around for early Lorwolf development, but I've heard there'd been at least some dissent before it fully launched and the crazier shit (former mod if you remember) happened afterwards. Now I think most people kiiiinda didn't end up caring about all of That in the long term, and most of its decline can be attributed to bad-to-mediocre management of the game leading to players generally losing interest. It's still wacky that it ever happened though.

The past two months have been RIFE with drama in Santae's corner. The game is only in an "alpha" phase (though we could argue about how much of it is really an alpha testing phase and not just an early access marketing campaign based on how I've heard they aren't doing anymore wipes Lol Lmao Even) and is just about to finish its KS campaign, but there are people dedicated to exposing the staff and it's business practices. It's fucking insane to me. I know a number of people have at least decided to reduce their backing pledge if not pull out of it entirely because of this. That said, it's still doing very well for itself. The amount never went below $72k, and they're currently at $75k right now. There's also people who are, pardon my french, dick riding like crazy for Santae over in the drama blogs. I have no fucking idea where they're gonna end up going from here in the long term. It really depends on whether or not they can deliver an enjoyable game, unless a crazy assortment of skeletons spill out of their closet.

Meanwhile, the worst things that I remember ever happening for PB impacting reception is the color/breeding system change, uhhhh maybe the centipede/spider mystics, and a fabricated callout that got resolved in a day with nobody believing it in the first place. I've only ever seen a handful of anonymous complaints about things behind the scenes, and they have only been vague assertions with zero follow-up.

So like, what's the deal? If I'm willing to believe the anonymous dissenters of other sites, then I should also believe these few nothingburger anons directed at my site too right? But like there's fucking nothing. IF it's true things aren't perfect behind the scenes in PB, then why hasn't there been more spilled about it? I know PB staff are under NDA, but from what I hear that was also the case with Santae, and that sure didn't fucking stop them! So I have to assume things aren't so bad in this ship. Or that there's a better handle on keeping things quiet. One is more preferable to me, but ultimately will have the same result. It's very... Weird. To think about.