26 Feb 2023, 05:05

@Third-Eye I think though that not everyone has a wide network of people. Not just friends and people you like, but enough people who are also willing to proofread, or try out the theme in the genre that they like and say “hmm, i think maybe this and this is confusing”. Or people who you trust who have no familiar with the theme at all and who either can give you the big thumbs up because of that, or the WTF is this even if everything is confusing.

I think especially with Ares, the circle of people who can run games has expanded. I’m so grateful for that. I didn’t see everything that transpired on the thread that inspired this conversation (just saw the first few posts, and looked at the link!). I’ll be honest, to me, the site seemed fine. On par with a lot of other games I’ve seen do a soft open. I don’t know the source material at all since I don’t watch TV or movies much these days, so maybe that’s why I think some of the criticism I did see briefly (I was running out the door for RL shortly after opening their link) seemed a little…unnecessary to me, especially in the ad section.

It’s hard. As a community our habits are what they are. And jumping in to critique ideas for new games is a very big habit. As is, sometimes the destructive rush to a new game and the fallout from that. It doesn’t always happen but it’s a pattern. I wish we had a little more grace to new things. I hope the answer isn’t “nobody should post here about seeking people to come check things out and play in alpha.”