Dead game is dead...

Also, don't forget that most of those sales are from steam, and valve has to take their cut as well. Also, you obviously haven't read some of @Geti 's previous posts, saying that changes are on the way, it's just that with the build server the way it is, they can't fix those things yet. Please, these things have already been explained, yet you fail to listen and read.

 

They don't really need to. Seriously, what glitches are you talking about? Can you name some examples?

 

You weren't banned for criticising the devs, you were given a warning for flaming in the thread-- which just happened to be your third flaming warning this year, so you were automatically temp-banned by the system.

Word of warning: we generally prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to flaming; however, your continuing to post in an aggressively acrid fashion makes it more-than-likely that you'll get slapped with another infraction sooner or later.

Take a chill-pill, dude; and learn what the phrase "constructive feedback" means.

 

(I really don't know why I'm burning more time on this.)

Re: $$$ - "grossed over a million" doesn't mean "over a million sales". http://kag2d.com/en/ has a sales count if you're interested in the exact number. A lot of those were naturally at sale price (steam, bundle, whatever) but we have made over a million dollars in over 3 years for 2 people full time and a handful of part time workers.

Re: someone should be on it full time - That's not your call to make. Over the past month and a bit it certainly would have been wasted effort as the game was unable to be tested or deployed.
Re: someone should be on it full time fixing glitches - A lot of the work from trench run is on the same engine, and fixes made there make it back in to KAG. We're not a big company and we're not particularly interested in spending money on expanding; so the only ones able to "fix glitches full time" are otherwise occupied.

Re: lack of respect from the devs/don't give 2 shits about it/etc - I've been less than cordial with you personally because you, as a reasonably recent addition, with hardly any tangible community contribution other than a steady stream of inflammatory behaviour, insisted and continued to insist I don't make a contribution and disclaimed and continue to the ethics of our behaviour around the game. Considering I'm on these forums every few days (and I have been for years) on the testing IRC chan similarly and the public one less frequently, liaising with donators and answering (misdirected) support queries, touching base with the community and fixing bugs while working on another game I feel that the disrespect comes squarely from you.

Re: crash on rejoin - found (thanks to fuzzle, actually) and fixed for the next version last week. It's going into testing soon, hopefully will be public in a few weeks.

Re: replacing blocks - the intent is that the stone must be built over a well formed wood block - ie you have to prepare the wood for stone placement. This was done intentionally at the time repairing was added (quite recently) as we were (and continue to be) worried about the promotion of stalemates from quick-reinforcing buildings that were under attack to stone, and a lot of the testers had (justifiable) reservations about repairing being possible at all.

 

Right.

We're going to get this clear once and for all.

Afterwards, if you want to open your trap and continue contributing to this miserable thread, then you will take painful care to dot your Is, cross your Ts, and keep your nose scrupulously clean.

Because, just so we're clear, if I encounter a single instance of embittered self-righteousness, backhanded insinuation, or misdirected malcontent coming from you then I will shed this velvet glove and you will feel the rough edge of my gauntlet. I am, as it were, most seriously displeased.

Straight up front: I do not recall (and, more to the point, cannot find any record of) you directly asking me about which specific parts of a specific post were flaming. If I'm missing something please show/link me where said request was made and take my sincere apologies for not being explicit at the time.

Now, irrespective of whether you asked me or not, here is the post that got you warned (NB: areas that I would consider inflammatory highlighted for clarity's sake).

As I said in my previous post, we generally prefer to give some leeway regarding flaming; however, with your prior posting in the thread being somewhat terrible I can find no fault in the fairness of your warning.
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The sheer obnoxiousness of these five sentences I cannot even.

In bullet format, because dwelling overly long on the vile attitude demonstrated here is in no way good for my blood pressure:

1. In a few short lines you obliterate any possible recognition of effort sunk into the game by the devs-- and yet you have the gall to blithely shrug off any mention of disrespect. How dare you, sir. How dare you.
2. The audacity you display in ascribing words and attitudes to the devs, which they have flatly contradicted in word and deed for the past 3+ years, is simply mind-numbing. Absolutely astounding. The work, sir, of an unmitigated cad.

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No. Just... no.

The delusion is strong with this one.

See, thing is, I distinctly recall not flaming you (or calling you anything nasty, for that matter). Iirc (which I do, because I went back and double-checked), I devoted seven (7) posts --literally all the posts I made in this thread until you left the discussion and even then I still told people to get off your back-- to trying to help you integrate with the other people in the thread (many of whom you were rubbing up the wrong way with your attitude) and your response:

didn't demonstrate civility; it demonstrated you being a dick.
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Respect, beyond the common every kind we call 'courtesy' (something you've show witheringly little of in this thread, and elsewhere, which is why we're having this little conversation now), is something that's earned. It is something that is multiplied when freely given and returned in kind. It, funnily enough, is the kind of thing that cannot be demanded; and in fact is the kind of thing where demanding it only serves to prove that you don't deserve it.

...

If you want to have a place in this community, and a voice at the table, then stop and have a hard think about how you've been carrying on. Because with this post I have just cashed my last fuck. There are no more fucks to be had. And, if you act in such a way as to necessitate me creating an overdraw on my account, you can be sure that I will be most unforgiving.

tl;dr
Have a care, Rabadash. The doom is nearer now: it is at the door: it has lifted the latch.

 

In North America's defense, we were all probably sleeping... or.... yeah, sleeping.