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Now, I understand that twenty bucks can mean a lot to some people, and everyone has their own unique financial situation. But it wasn't cheap to get this archive. I don't want to get into numbers, but it was unprecedented. And it's crazy that this stuff can be released this way now. So complaining about chipping in now and then like you've wasted a fortune sounds off key to me.
Just to be clear... you nitpicked people earlier for calling it $30... but it is $30... unless you do recurring, then it's $25. Unless I'm missing something it's never been $20 and you've always referred to it as $20. Not sure if you're out of touch with how you priced it this whole time or you are actively choosing manipulative language right in the same sentences you're telling particular people not to do the same...
Honestly if it was just a 20-spot instead of $25+ maybe it would feel more clear and chill just giving you a whole bill and getting nothing back that month.
I don't wanna be the guy that's shitting on you for whatever struggles you're dealing with trying to do this project that is so close to my heart(the lower heart in my loins, probably).. particularly given how reasonable you try to convey yourself in each response. I'm sorry if there are gangs of "insult trolls" dive-bombing you about whatever and I hope you're not considering me one of them. I've tried to understand you and be reasonable this whole time. I think there are some solid guys on here who have been giving you feedback tirelessly over the last, almost a fkin year. It's a shame to feel like you're lumping all of us into the crowd that's just assaulting you. Though, all of that "feedback" has seemed to mean nothing; off the top of my head I can't think of a single thing you changed or cowed to since the project's inception based on our needs and suggestions with LOTS of feedback, you just tell us we're asking for too much 100% of the time. That sounds more off-key to me than even the fact that there's insane internet trolls out there who complain about everything and will try to insult and injure anyone doing anything somewhat publicly online, pretty much no matter your industry, gender, creed, or nationality.
You came in with an idea of how you wanted to do the project, nearly every one of us pointed out that that felt weak and was going to be hard for us to stick with. You stuck to your guns and kept doing it, and we trusted you. Then turmoil arose and updates trickled and failed, and we point out that that's hard to bear considering some of the more unreasonable angles of your specific stipulations of how you imagined originally doing it, and you reconciled by continuing to do it
exactly as conservatively and slowly as you had once hoped, even in light of even of literally continuously failing to deliver product to paying customers.
Seriously, because I'm a fucking idiot, I literally made my ~6th subscription so far nearly a month ago when I still had almost 3 weeks left on another account that apparently was set up to reoccur. How cute, I fell for the $5 subscription trap. Beautiful. So I literally just paid $50 just for the fun of visiting the page and this forum 25 times to then get called a whiner because you vanished along with the updates and I, along with other customers, were completely baffled and frustrated by the radio silence.
I mean really think about it, with a like 35% failure rate or whatever at this point, you literally have tossed us 0 bones to pat us on the head and have us hold on. Meanwhile since the inception we've all been staring at the collection like a children outside a candy store pawing at the window actively listing everything possible that could make us happy, covering the sidewalk in drool. But in light of failing us over and over and over again(hey, we've all been there with one responsibility or another) not ONCE have you said "Well shit, this is my fault. I know I said I'd only handle it this way but let me figure something out." And reach in into your bag of unimaginable goodies and give us a fucking stocking stuffer... manipulate the maximums of your stringent selection process for one set.. Nothing. Nothing. Just 100% commitment to a process none of us thought appeared that sound in the first place. Literally the only thing you've offered for our outrage at sometimes being actually actively stiffed by your business is "Hey, our bad. We'll TRY to not do that with the next delivery, please stop complaining to other people about not receiving your products it hurts business."
I guess when you've got a poker hand full of naughty bits as nice as Kari's you're not really subject to normal market commandments, but even from that side of the fence you've got to be able to see how uncomfortable and out of touch this should feel to us.
I'm always glad to hear you haven't let the trolls and discontent end the project. I don't seem to be able to keep quiet about some of the total bullshit going on and trying to feel like you've at least heard some of the more ridiculous issues here, but none of my nonsense should be construed as wanting to siderail the project. Again pretty much every model on the net could vanish and I wouldn't hardly be bothered to notice for a few years -especially if this project was putting out regular, healthy updates. So I have a lot invested here in how devastatingly stale or excellent this project becomes.
Cheers to there still being hope for Kari releases. Boo to holding to a hardcore conservative approach even when the whole fkin levy is breaking. Loosen the belt, have some fun, give people what they want and I think it'll be 10953860826x easier to forgive the endless, if possibly understandable foibles.
The game where we're supposed to be free-love beatniks in regards to whether or not an update even comes out that week or even month for the money we put up... but when it comes to gently asking what great fun we can have the dialogue is necessarily dragged to hardcore conservatism and how this is a professional project with an update schedule that couldn't possibly break the rules and *gasp* release more than one update a week or one that's got too much win without it being a magic lottery --EVEN in extenuating circumstances, seems to be becoming pretty blatant . And god forbid you've ever actually picked from the random lottery and moved on to save an amazing set for later in light of implying you wouldn't do that.. That would just be an ultimate crime with how you're running it.
If you were helping us with our win-seeking struggles the way you'd like us to be understanding with your business struggles, I think I'd have more than 3 or 4 pictures that are sexually relevant from a nearly year-long investment and we'd all have a few extra weeks of our life back from all the typing and heated exchanges that wouldn't be necessary. We'd be giving when the pressure builds up too much on your end, and you'd be doing the same for us. Instead, when we're hurting you just point at the rule book shaking your head stoically, then when you ultimately demand we be more reasonable and understand your extenuating circumstances it's somehow cruel that we want to say "Tut, tut!!! 1 update a week, you owe us!". The same way you get to say "Oh, no no! Can't pick out win sets! I know we've missed a ton of updates, but only one this week cause that's what we agreed to!!"
Realllly doesn't feel like fair play.