The funny part of all of this is that one day in the future they will shut off the lights on this thing, and somehow you will find it in your hearts to blame people like me for the game’s failure to ever take off. We didn’t offer enough support, we didn’t cut them enough slack, and in the end it hamstrung their efforts just beyond the tipping point between victory and defeat. And they will escape accountability yet again, at least from a segment of their consumer base.
I’ve seen this story arc in the development of two other games that eventually flopped, and I don’t know why someone isn’t researching it more thoroughly. We’re watching a group’s emotions play out in real time over a very long timeline, and it seems like a treasure trove of useful information about how the human mind works. Makes me sad that I’m all out of grant $$$.
There’s not really another reason to form a company, right 
It’s a stark perspective but overall very pragmatic. The whole post I mean. I have to agree but it’s also what people are complaining about. For me he seems awfully attentive to a game that can’t be bringing in a ton of cash right now. The rest of the time I assume he’s off doing whatever else puts food on his table.
Meanwhile I can’t wait to put this stack of compact oort into a portal 
Honestly, I wouldn’t care if the servers went down tomorrow. I have all I could need from the game. Lots of new friends, and over a year of enjoyment. I respect that they made a game that brought on better opportunities for them. Yeah, I hope the update comes soon. But at the same time, I really don’t care. There are plenty more games out there to keep me going when I feel like I’m starting to burn out.
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And this is another part that really gets me - the optimistic view that maybe they’ve left to work on BG3 but will somehow come BACK to this once they have more money and time to utilize.
To go from a project that’s barely or not-even profitable, and then graduate to a bona fide AAA cash cow, and then to double back to the thing that you neglected because it wasn’t paying your rent…? wut?
Even if someone at Wonderstruck feels like this is their passion project and wants to see it succeed regardless of financial gain, the suits at Square-Enix and/or Larian have an executive veto. And executive vetos mean evvvvvvvvverything.
What’s so wrong with being optimistic?
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Lets start a dance partaaaayyyyyyy
Dancing is better for your health 
We’re obviously all entitled to our opinions. And feeling good feels good even when the premise turns out to be false, so just the act of being optimistic has an intrinsic benefit whether you wind up being right or not.
But feeling like you’re right when so many others disagree and have, therefore, clearly lost their minds ALSO brings an intrinsic benefit with it.
And here I am. And there you are. And we’re both drawing entertainment and some measure of joy from prognosticating about the future. And since we’re both drawing honest-to-goodness pleasure from it, we’ll probably keep doing it over and over again until a winner is declared.
… Whiiiich brings me back to my original, more detached post about how this forum keeps going round and round and how it definitely belongs in a museum.
Haha!! I mean, you’re right! I guess we’ll all just have to wait and see what happens. Obviously we all (no matter our opinion) want the best for the game, and we all care (otherwise why even bother typing).
There is always Project Permadeath if you want something new to do hehehe.
That’s true! There’s over 40 people actively taking part now!
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If it’s so good, where are you?? 
Im scared BRO- i dont know if i could do it.
Hell Yeah- Dance off- You all OWE us a dance off.
@CaptAmerica1611 @kasaisaru where you both at ?
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Careful guys - this is off topic, and you may force someone to make a new post just for dance gifs 
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Never mind - still on-topic
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Oops- may have created one
Regardless of my outlook, it’s still currently my #3 game on Steam in terms of hours logged… Granted, maybe half of those were spent grinding against my better judgment when I’d rather have been doing something else. I’m not happy that it didn’t turn out the way that I wanted, and for a long time I kept coming back in the hope that they’d turn this ship around, but I’d be lying if I said I was here strictly 4 Tha Lulz.
But as I said, at some point I was around long enough that I started to notice the cyclical nature of these “civil unrest” threads, and then watching the forums became a pastime in and of itself.
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It certainly is the online equivalent of people watching!
I tend to stay positive, then have an outburst when things actually do go wrong/right.
It’s either “I told you so!” or "You told me so 
" haha
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Might seem a little counterintuitive, but if people here really have sympathy for the Wonderstruck devs and really examine the ways in which this drama can play out, then the correct course might be to wish them well with BG3 and pray that they never return to work on Boundless ever again.
More money for them as a company and as individuals, and more job security. The best thing for them personally might have very little to do with the interests of their fan base here on the forums.
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