Wow, what a mess. O.O
This is why they invented the public baths you know, it really has nothing to do with cleanliness and sanitation.
It's because with just a towel, there's nowhere to hide a weapon - and it's just too hard to become uncivilized with so much steam in your lungs. It's genius, pure genius I say.
The odd thing I see about the attacks, is that Badger isn't saying anywhere that this is the most awesomest™ game ever, with no flaws, and no other game will ever surpass it..... Just trying to remind the current wave of superficially angry sots, that they are unlikely to (if they enjoy Dom at all) find another recreational outlet that is anywhere near as cost effective. And he got a bit rapturous on the way, so I can see how people might find that upsetting or reproachable, and have this great urge to criticize. o.O
Definitely not the most eloquent Badger post I've ever seen, a bit of limp is like chumming these waters.
Oh and Monkey, it amuses to me no end that you characterize KO as being "unable to handle criticism". Guess what, it doesn't matter, or rather it does, but it's YOUR problem, not his. See, making, fixing, and upgrading this game is a
hobby to him. He does it for fun. You're not paying his bills, you're just a sideline that helps him justify the absolutely immense amounts of time he gets to spend poring over code. If he's sensitive, it's because he's not one of those goons at a major studio, who works until their fingers bleed for fear of being whipped and/or fired if their particular piece of assembly-line programming assembly doesn't come out on time or doesn't make enough profit for some jerk who knows -nothing- about what makes a game have a lasting perception of value. Maybe at other companies, you have to be the squeaky wheel, because if you aren't, someone else is. And in those cases, you are going over the heads of the actual programmers, to someone who will tell them what to do. Then you can be as brutal to them as you want, because the person who actually orders the fix, is not the one whose code you are bashing. It's not like that here. You don't clog the forums with posts that all say "Illwinter we want justice!". You just say, "hey Kris, wouldn't it be better like this?". And you get an honest answer, you either get what you want, or you get the most polite no you'll ever receive in your life.
Just to reiterate, for those with a short attention span - JK and KO are not your clients, you are not some corporate consumer who gets to feel special by virtue of whose pockets you are lining. These two fine gentlemen are seriously more like a couple of friends. Internet friends that you aren't incredibly close to perhaps, but still, just a couple of cool guys who you share some interests with. They're not here to get rich, and they've already made enough money with Dom to tell you to shove it if you can't show them respect and kindness.
That is, if someone like me or Badger doesn't tell you to shove it first. <3