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[b.rad]

fake usernumbers being used as a metric for buyout/investment capital. Discuss or flame or ignore dont matter. just smell the fraud and say ohh 2012 what a year

[Evan Balster]

I try to make a point of not getting in a huff over things that don't affect me.

On second thought I try to make a point of not getting in a huff at all.  Hugs?


I've learned recently that a conversation opened with a cynical remark doesn't tend to go in productive directions.

[ubik]

I find this a very interesting subject.  I encourage the OP to expand further on his post, I'd like very much to read more about it.

If you're not cynical about the game industry you are truly naive.

[Evan Balster]

I'm not saying a cynical viewpoint is incorrect, just that cynical conversations go in useless circles and I've grown tired of them.  (I live with roommates who discuss politics constantly.)

That said, I agree that he ought to provide more basis for a discussion than the general remark made above.  Maybe some proper context?


EDIT: I should add.  Without a little bit of idealism I don't see how anyone could be an independent game developer.  If I had a darker outlook on the world, struggling to pay rent over the last eight months would have scared me off this line of work.

[ubik]

I'm cynical in the extreme and I think it's absolutely possible to succeed as an indie game programmer.

[bateleur]

Since when do indies care about "investment capital" anyway?

Also, serious investors undertake a due diligence process slightly deeper than taking the company's own word for their user numbers.

[Xienen]

Since when do indies care about "investment capital" anyway?

Also, serious investors undertake a due diligence process slightly deeper than taking the company's own word for their user numbers.

Crazy talk! No one would ever lie to anyone else! Right?!?