Again, before I coninue, let me state that I am in no way slamming the posters who were simply asking about a release date.
Lucius said:
And Darth Mikey, Cornelius was merely stating what alot of us are thinking. I'm sure there isn't a single person amongst us who can't wait for Thunder River. There's no need to talk like that. This is a discussion board, not a flaming board. Besides didn't your mother ever tell you "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Cornelius' post was a contructive criticism. Yours was just insulting.
First off, being excited about an upcoming product does not entitle you to badmouth the company because said product was not released quick enough to tickle your undies.
When the Conan game was first released there was a massive, I repeat MASSIVE, outcry of griping because of typos. Many, many posters stated that they would rather see a book come out LATE rather than riddled with typos.
Now, when publishing takes too long, they are accused of shoddy scheduling. Do you see a problem here? I do.
And yes, my friend, there is need to talk like that. The poster in question referred to a "shoddy release schedule" and stated that Mongoose was not answering questions posted in these forums.
Again, there are multiple factors in publishing games that are entirely out of Mongoose's immediate control. To badmouth a company because a book is a few weeks beyond the
projected release date implies a complete lack of comprehension. Hell, there are companies out there that are years behind schedule, and you people are whining about a couple of weeks?
There are also threads where multiple Mongoose employees, including authors have answered questions, discussed criticisms and talked about upcoming products. And people whine because they're a few days slow answering the latest question?
And son, if you consider my previous post a flame then you should go check out some other forums, cause that was nothing.
And as far as
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all" goes, I think there are a lot of posters on these boards that should read that next time they post.