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I HATE it.
No. Not the game. I am very excited for the game. I think you guys have done great things with the title and while you are not going to be able to please everyone, I think you guys have reached a happy balance. But that is just what I can tell from the forum posts.
I tried playing the beta. I dropped into 10-12 different games over the course of a 3 week period. I usually would not drop into more than 2 on a given night, because my system is so horribly out of date. It was a decent system 7-8 years ago, but today.............. My attempts to play have been comedic at best, pathetic most of the time, and at worst, completely unplayable. (If you guys look at my system info that I posted with the beta application, you may understand a little better why.)
I truly regret having to ask you guys for a refund of my founders pack. At this point, I feel I have held out as long as I can. I kept saying to myself, I will find work, some sort of work. I will be able to hold onto my founders pack and maybe even start putting a new budget gaming system together to actually support this game by testing/playing it. I kept hoping against hope that I would hear back from one of the many companies I have applied with; I mean after all, they were looking for help, right?
I will not give you the entire sad sob story, but the short version is this: I am out of work, but going to school part time with no financial assistance. My wife just had our second child, and while our son has been a huge blessing, he also requires that my wife cannot work for at least another month or so. We were fortunate with a hefty tax return this year, but as of the end of this month, it, with the rest of our meager savings, is gone. the proverbial straw on the camel's back came yesterday. I expressed my concerns to my wife about how we were going to survive the next month and apparently, she had already asked her sister, who has problems of her own, to lend us a few hundred dollars for next month. My wife did not ask me to, but I cannot in good conscience hold onto a purchase that I cannot even play with money we do not have. Not when the people around us are already sacrificing so much to help us stay afloat for just one more month.
Having to return my founders pack is the latest screaming dip into oblivion on my own personal roller coaster. I truly wanted to support the great work you guys are doing with something tangible. I really wanted to be more than a passive spectator on the forums for this. But I also really hope you guys can process a refund for me. I hope I am not too late.
Yours in (hopefully) Mech-driven carnage,
Scott S------
aka Monolith
I am not looking for a hand-out. I am not asking anyone for money or spare parts or anything like some of what I have seen from others with stories like mine. I will however, take a hand-up in place of a hand-out.
If there is anyone out there who has any freelance work I could do for them over the internet, I am your man. Data entry, freelance writing, virtual manure shoveling.... I am pretty hungry for anything to do right now that will keep my family afloat. If there is anyone in the Memphis, TN area who needs their grass cut or house-sitting while they take a cruise to the Bahamas. Whatever. Please send me a private message on the forums if you have anything. If needed, I can put together a resume if you have openings... But I really do not want a hand-out.
I do want this game.
I do want a to work.