A letter to Keo
Dear Keo, grow up already and address the issue like an adult.
Enough lying that you listened and addressed the concerns, while making changes to something that was never at the forefront of the discussion.
Stop pretending this is about how thin the lines got or how shading changed.
Quit hiding from your own community and just talk to us.
Admit that there was a change to the visual direction of the game. You are not helping the issue when you say this is just an all around improvement and nothing has changed. We're neither blind nor stupid, so quit treating us as such.
Make a statement that the change to the visual direction is final. That's what your actions have been saying so far anyway, so make it official already - you won't listen to any calls to changing the style, it's time to quit giving people false hope you might listen if they politely call to your reason long enough.
And finally, apologize to everyone unhappy with the changes in VN's visual direction. We've been supporting you for quite a while, you owe us that much. Your silence has been disheartening and just plain rude.
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A letter to everyone unhappy as I am
I'd like to thank all of you for being a pain in Keo's ass together with me.
Thank you for not letting them pretend like they have an overwhelming support of the community on the unnecessarily drastic and sudden changes to the visual direction of the game.
Keo has been acting in bad faith, attempting to swipe the issue under the rug and you did not let them. I'm proud of you all. Game developers must be always called out on their bad actions and that's exactly what you've done.
Maybe I've lost faith, or maybe I am finally seeing the situation clearly, either way I've grown completely disenchanted with the project. Those who remain and want to keep up the fight - give them hell! I am with you in spirit, if not in presence.
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A letter to everyone supporting the changes
You have been incredibly tone-deaf to the situation, self-indulgently praising a change towards a visual style more appealing to your fetishes, CELEBRATING other fans getting backstabbed and robbed of something they loved by the very developer they have shown nothing but kindness and veneration for years and years before you even came around.
I genuinely wish you to end up in our place at some point in your life. Might even happen with Dawn Chorus - that would be ironic.
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Thank you everyone for lending me your attention. I'll see you around in discussions of games not made by people acting like children.
Play only good games.
Peace!