* Jeysie pulls out her notebook and puts on some cheesy thick 70's-style space-secretary glasses.
Tell me, Beernuts, what is your motivation with these posts?
Attempting to motivate the team? None necessary. They know that at this point, if they don't complete the game, a good chunk of the adventure game community will lynch them. If they wait until after they've held voice auditions and recordings to cancel the game, we'll lynch and torment them, preferable involving a large-scale tickling-with-feathers scheme.
Seriously, what I've heard and seen of what they've released excites me, and I'm not even on the team. I can't speak for everyone, but I know that when I'm working on a project, and it starts getting far enough along to be awesome-looking, I absolutely can't wait to get it finished and show everyone. I would think these guys would have the same drive. So if they can't finish it they may lynch themselves.
Finally, Mike just had to buy a whole ton of equipment for the auditions. If he doesn't get to use it... well, I know *I* would get cranky.
Pissing people off? I prefer to see the good in people whenever possible, so I certainly hope this isn't the reason.
Just expressing your feelings? Yes, there's free speech on the Net, and you're entitled to express your opinion. But you have to know when it's not a good idea to say what you're thinking.
I mean, heck, I'm a horrible pessimist, much to my roommate's perpetual dismay. I not only am convinced something will go wrong, I'm usually convinced everything will go wrong, and in the worst possible way. So if I see ways something might go wrong, and I think they are solvable or preventable, I will point them out (much to everyone else's perpetual dismay).
But there comes situations where even if something does go wrong, there's not much you can do about it. I'm not on the team, I don't have any game-creating skills. So if something goes wrong and they absolutely can't finish it, no amount of pissing, moaning, whining, or griping on my part is going to help. So I have three main choices.
One, not get involved with the game at all, and invest no emotions in the matter at all until it does or doesn't come out.
Two, keep track of the progress of the game, and engage in conversations with forum members on the assumption the game will come out. If it does, life is peachy. If it doesn't, life sucks, but at least I'll have gotten to spend all this time having fun and meeting some cool new online pals.
Three, express pessimistic concerns about whether or not the game will come out, despite the fact that they not only have no practical purpose or usefulness, but will make everyone either depressed or angry, depending on their disposition.
In short, express opinions that will cause negative emotions only if it will cause practical gain... otherwise let everyone have their fun. From one miserable pessimist to another.
Peace & Luv, Liz
