Hi, I worked on the SB:TEA project and thought I'd drop in on this.

It's an interesting point you make, but I honestly can't consider it harmful due to the fact that over 25,000 players have registered and collectively clocked up over 8 years of play time in less than a week.

The project's goal was to garner a community and it's been a monumental success well beyond any of our expectations.

The benefits of people being forced to register outweigh that of them not. It's turned out that plenty of people will register for a free game that they already want to play, thanks to the trailer and a very positive reception from the gaming press.

If we were selling this as a product and we forced people to register when they wanted to try before they buy, then yes, I can see how that would be harmful. Maybe we took a risk with the forced registry, but from my personal point of view and looking at the sheer numbers, it's paid off in a big way.

Big thanks to all of you for playing it and for the feedback