@Vee Stripe
F

I think he finally broke.

F in the chat for a devoted warrior

Suddenly Dogman15 is quiet when legit concern falls on his head. Says a lot.

@Dogman15
The art team having time to do promos doesn’t mean the design team has time.

And I didn’t say anything about “content”, I asked about a “story update”.

@H.L. Xkcess
Agreed. In one year or less, we’ll know who was right, and who was wrong. Nothing to do now but let the game speak for itself as the updates come. (So far, with the Twitter post and the Lunar New Year update, things are looking good.)

I care a lot about this game and its success, so I’m gonna give them ONE more year before declaring the project a lost cause. if by February 8th, 2023 (exactly 10 years after Hasbro sent fighting is Magic a C&D) they haven’t fulfilled all the things they said they would do or go back on the promises for free updates, well…having to leave the community would be such a shame but it might have to be done on principle.

@Dogman15
Nothing more you say will help you win this argument, It’s futile to continue, please stop

You know… I told myself that I’ll steer away from this drama, and from the topic altogether. I decided to just drop the game, call it a loss of cash, and uninstall it.
I sometimes read community posts to see what’s going on, and at the “impeccable” PR they have, and I feel the need to ask you something personally.

Why do you defend this project SO feverishly? Don’t get me wrong, I understand being compassionate about something, but you cannot keep ignoring the glaring red flags from the team, over and over, and keep telling people “Lol no, you’re wrong, go in the server, check with people, ask the devs” - do you HONESTLY think we’ll get a better response from an echo chamber?

I just wonder why, it’s all. Is it because you’re actually on the team, but since you’re the least skilled, they put you to roaming image boards and defending them from people who are raising valid questions? (which is sad)
Or you do it on your own accord, in your free time, scouting the topics to argue with people that they’re wrong? (which is even sadder)

Once again, I do understand that you’re passionate about this project… a bit more than it’s healthy IMO, but I do understand having passion for something.
But after SO many years with SO many broken/delayed promises and “Pls understand we’re just a smol studio” I believe people HAVE the right to be angry. They HAVE the right to be skeptical. They HAVE the right to question the devs on the efficiency and priorities of their work. And telling people that “lol, no, ure wrong, check teh Discord” won’t calm them down, because what OTHER response will they get from an echo chamber of people who are as passionate about defending shoddy devs as you are?

By now I feel that you’d even try to find justifiable excuses if the team decided to suddenly make all other story chapters a paid DLC. (based on what I read from you earlier, and it’s pretty easy on this site :P)
I don’t use this word lightly, and I dislike it myself, but… you’re kind of a simp.

@Background Pony #8F7E
Did you see this?

This is a good sign that production will be going faster, if they have the time and money to spend on social media promotional animation like this. And as you can see by looking at the depots, the “staging” branch was updated 5 hours ago. Getting ready for the new Huoshan variant, pixel lobby cosmetics, and Tianhuo skin. So content is on its way!

@Dogman15
Nappy “supposedly” began work on the combat and boss fights portions for chapter 2 after Shanty was released which was in March 2021. So apparently its taken Nappy 9+ months to finish chapter 2.

But SOMEHOW, Nappy will go from a 9+ months per chapter work speed to a <3 months per chapter work speed by simply hiring new people who like, any new employee, will have to be trained from scratch.

@Background Pony #8F7E
If this acquisition hadn’t happened, they were still well on track to have Chapter 2 out within the time frame. All that was needed was Nappy to work on the combat and boss fights portions, if I remember correctly.

Maybe we should put tags on this because it contains negative criticism in the comments?

@Dogman15
It is unfair to expect a developer to put out a story update within 2 years after they claim they will put out a story update within 2 years?

Do you think it is unfair to expect McDonalds to give you a Big Mac after you pay them for a Big Mac?

@Background Pony #6179
https://forums.themsfightinherds.com/index.php?threads/mane6-modus-games-dev-update-6.2401/

Here’s the status of various backer rewards: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AT_FR5jgyLCj8GHqAYUMhsYTdnjS2kNyX9gwoPPJbgI

And they used Indiegogo, not Kickstarter. Were you a backer? If so, your name is in the credits. What level?

@H.L. Xkcess
Not fulfilling kickstarter promises?

@Minus
What other mistakes did they made, if you mind me asking?

@Minus
Let’s revisit this in one year and see if you’re right. You say you’re a backer. Are you in the Discord server?

Being aquired by a publisher is never ever a good thing. And the fact it happened means either they were desparate, or stopped caring. There is no single indie studio that has announced this, and then had good things happen. I’m reminded of the Skullgirls team getting Konami as a publisher. And through the act of another company commiting bank robbery, the skullgirls team had to pay for it. It’s insane how bad this can get. And those were an indie game company focused on a single fighting game. So it’s pretty damn relevant.
We know from history that this has a sad ending. As a $100 backer who’d been following this game since the original posts where we argued about what engine to use for Fighting is Magic, I couldn’t be more dissapointed.

So much talent in that team, but this is not the first mistake they’ve made. And it seems they still have lessons to learn the hard way. I hope for the coming disaster to be as salvagable as possible.

@Background Pony #8F7E
You are criticizing the game’s development, and choices made by its developers. In my opinion, based on the facts I’ve given, that’s unfair.

@Dogman15
What does that have to do with dissing anything?

@H.L. Xkcess
:)

@Dogman15
MEGA NUT

@Background Pony #8F7E
Its development and choices made by the developers, though.

@Dogman15
I never dissed the game.

@Background Pony #8F7E
You’re just going to diss the game no matter what, so right back atcha.