Stealthcat wrote:
Do people sell pledges on here at the Swap Shop? I haven't seen any recent ones.

@Jimmy, I have never nor will I ever lie to you. I shared the information that was provided to me open and honestly. I am sorry you feel frustrated, many of us here, including myself are less then thrilled about the overall production speed. However, as the project leader and the one that selected the talented factories we are working with. It is my responsibility to ensure that they meet our quality demands.

@Chris Linton, That is a matter of opinion. I have put everything into this project, far beyond what most reasonable project creators may or may not have. Chris if you have a problem, message me directly. Since this is a public board, there are many limitations on what I can say.

@Ceetee, no. And I got in trouble for sharing that as it was private information for our printer! I am awaiting on a updated production sample, that fixes some details that went awry. For example, the gorgeous vac tray we worked so hard on to design... kept getting crushed under the weight of all the assets in the game box during our shipping tests! So we've had to thicken it up and add cardboard supports under it.

@Michael Rinaldi, My time has recently been spent on managing the last few things in the way of getting our games loaded onto boats and shipped over to us. This includes finalizing our fulfillment strategy and it looks like there will be good news for our international backers. I know its hard, but we will get there and soon. My time right now, is best spent on the forefront of making this happen. We are close. That's all I can really share at this time.

@Chris Linton, at this point. I am all in on this. No exceptions, no corner cutting. Only the best I can possibly deliver. Your viewpoint of me as a Project Manager is still opinion. There is nothing wrong with that and you are very much entitled to it. For you to state that as fact, you would have had to haven been in the trenches with the team and been part of the daily decision making process. Chris, I can find a single private message from you on dec 14th 2014. I apologize I did not answer your very simple question. If you sent me messages under a different name, please PM that to me so I can find them. We endeavor to answer everything, but sometimes things do slip between the cracks. I am personally sorry.

@Michael Rinaldi, I have stopped broadcasting during the climax points of the development & manufacturing, as they are often very time consuming. I have to very carefully pick my words otherwise misinterpretation can lead to an avalanche of backer communication. Since I like to personally answer these as often as possible, I have found its better to stay away from mass updates during these periods. Michael, I am sorry and I do truly understand where you are coming from. Yes, it seems simple. But right now anything that distracts me from pushing the final little bits of this project over the finish line, are getting filtered out. I realize and accept the downside of having such a filter on. I am looking forward to when I can resume my role of being a more accessible and public project leader.

This project was never about practical business sense. If it was, it couldn't exist, because there isn't any! This was always about reaching for the absolute best experience I can muster. You will hopefully understand when this now 18lb game box arrives. (The thicker vac-tray has further increased its weight). Until then, all I can ask is to direct problems directly towards me and be good to each other here on our shared kickstarter comment page.

Chris Linton about 6 hours ago

@Adam, I have privately messaged you in the past and have never had a response. Not sure why that would change now. And no, my statement is not a "matter of opinion". As a Creative Director, you are fantastic, one of the best I've ever seen. As a Project Manager you are, not "terrible", I apologize for that hyperbole, but you are bad at that job. The amount of blood and sweat you have poured into the creative side is obvious. The hard decisions that come with managing a successful project are all being made with the creative side of your brain, and that is harming the project as a whole.

For example, if the insert was causing problems, just don't include it in the box. No one expected to have a super-sexy insert, and we would have been perfectly happy with a box. Personally, I always use Plano boxes to sort small fiddly components. It was a great idea, but you seem not to want to make cuts that will help the project as a whole. I would encourage you to continue to make cuts that don't hurt the quality of the core game. If this project ticks over into 2 years overdue (which seems likely) that's really going to damage it.

Chris Linton about 8 hours ago

@Jimmy, it's not that Adam lied, it's just that he's a terrible project manager

Chris Linton about 9 hours ago

@Poots "I am sorry you feel frustrated" should read, "I am sorry I screwed this up so badly". "less than thrilled" should read "angry and disillusioned". Take some responsibility for your freaking screwups.

 Alpharius wrote:
This thing is so late - but comes with so much more - that at this point?

Whatever!

Well, 'whatever' as long as the delay is 'only' a few months, of course!

It would be nice to get this thing THIS year after all!

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Since I pledged for a lot of add ons and not the main box, I don't believe I benefit from any of these time consuming improvements. Whatever. I just want it to arrive before Torn freaking Armor does. I doubt I'll have it before Total Extinction, Deadzone 2 or even MEdge.

 BrookM wrote:
It's also going to bite us non-US backers in the ass, no doubt about that! Big and heavy box = automatic flashing light for customs stooges.

Alpharius wrote:

@Michael Rinaldi, My time has recently been spent on managing the last few things in the way of getting our games loaded onto boats and shipped over to us. This includes finalizing our fulfillment strategy and it looks like there will be good news for our international backers. I know its hard, but we will get there and soon. My time right now, is best spent on the forefront of making this happen. We are close. That's all I can really share at this time.

BrookM wrote:It's also going to bite us non-US backers in the ass, no doubt about that! Big and heavy box = automatic flashing light for customs stooges.

 zedmeister wrote:

Alpharius wrote:

@Michael Rinaldi, My time has recently been spent on managing the last few things in the way of getting our games loaded onto boats and shipped over to us. This includes finalizing our fulfillment strategy and it looks like there will be good news for our international backers. I know its hard, but we will get there and soon. My time right now, is best spent on the forefront of making this happen. We are close. That's all I can really share at this time.

Please have an European distribution plan. Please oh please oh please