I've been getting mixed comments over my previous post, the "Public Request for Closure." Some comments on the responses I've gotten from the public:
- Some people have gone and posted my comments from the past. Comments in the past expressed my opinion in the past, and who's to say I haven't evolved those concepts? At first I thought MSL was a front, sure, but now I know they're not. Granted, they're a bit misguided and very amateurish in their product launch (the server issues they're having is unacceptable, considering the load they originally had on the EHWR site), but they're a company nonetheless.
- Some people state that MSL doesn't owe us anything. Well, frankly, they do. Those that mention that probably don't know how ARGs work, and this my friends was an ARG whether you realize it or not. You can't just suddenly terminate the "game" and do whatever the hell you want without any explanation; it doesn't work that way.
- The groups of people that I associate with are RPG-ers of the highest caliber. I run in circles with published authors of fiction and non-fiction, and some of them have had modules released under the Wizards of the Coast label. I am not going to name names or post links for their own protection, but I personally know certain people that have a hell of a lot more experience combined than MSL says they do.
- Why waste all the time and resources? Why purchase at least FIVE otherwise unnecessary domains (the journal pages; Triton and Divinus URLs could conceivably be used by the game environment), spend the time creating the artwork in Photoshop, spend the time recording voicemail messages and auto-responders?
Last I checked on the forums (last night at midnight, when they were still accesible), there were only 30 or so total posts on the entire forum, none of which were by a staff member. So they show us all this and leave us to interpret it entirely on ourselves, without any clarification. Also, for the record, the admin of the forums is from Red Interactive (some guy named Rob), so Mind Storm Labs is running with the internet engine on this thing completely hands off.
I'm not expecting a resonse yet - they have enough issues with their servers - but I hope they realize that they have a lot more disappointed people now than they do potential customers.
