@_johncrewe Yes, we’ve all encountered this situation—it’s not fun at all. Furthermore, don’t rack your brains trying to sell expensive spaceships while making false promises for ten years straight, only to ban players on the Spectrum forums when they complain about game bugs.
@discolando Is that it? Mr. "Trust"?
The ones who have betrayed trust have never been the players. It is *you*—you, as a CIG representative—it is *you guys*, and it is CIG as a whole!
@discolando Why do you insist on dangling the carrot in front of the players? Is it for the sake of "expectations management"? Is it so that when you suddenly announce a new ship, the players will react like Pavlovian dogs—instantly conditioned to whip out their wallets and buy it?
@discolando —why on earth would players be flocking to BC in droves, desperate to catch even the slightest scrap of news about the game they love so dearly?
@discolando If you weren't so secretive and cagey about the development process—if you didn't neurotically drip-feed us some cryptic "sneak peek" every single week
@discolando When you needed the players' money, you spun a web of lies, painting unrealistic visions of the future.
Yet, when players—acting solely out of their passion for the game—simply recorded the conversation, you suddenly flew into a rage, declaring it a "betrayal of trust."
Why?
@discolando You were attending an *official* in-person community meetup—not some damn random gathering of total strangers. When it comes to the matter of "betraying trust," is there *anyone* who has done it more egregiously than you guys at CIG?
@discolando For instance: Squadron 42—the game that was supposed to launch back in 2016?
Or the BMM ship—the one that got shelved?
Or the practice of nerfing a ship immediately after selling it?
Or that "NPC-driven game universe"?
@discolando What exactly do you think your role is on BC? Just some ordinary, white-bearded guy who likes to hang out? Have you forgotten that you are a core executive at CIG?
How many times have you people betrayed the players' trust?
@discolando When you repeatedly deceived, let down, and humiliated the players, did it ever cross your mind that *that* constituted a "betrayal of trust"?
@discolando Betraying trust? Really? Do you actually have the audacity to accuse the players of betraying *your* trust?This isn't directed at you personally, but rather at CIG—the entity you represent.