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Xalthal said: "Dunno if you actually are reading the comments..."

Yes, I do generally try to read all the comments that get posted. :) Even the negative ones are appreciated - the honest complaints and criticism taken to heart, with the sad whiny trolls providing a dose of comic relief.

Not always though. A couple times when I was struggling along with difficulty, I would run into a troll comment that I was weak enough at the time to actually fall for and get upset over. I fairly quickly learned to avoid reading comments if I was having doubts of my own about the project.

And then yet again, occasionally the nastiest comments are my favoutite ones to get. In early January, as I was nearing the first beta release, 'tornado261' posted this: "It's DEAD or a HOAX. I don't know and I don't care which (but I've got my money on the latter). That is all." Though afterit was an understandable expression of frustration after over seven months of silence from me, that comment got under my skin though in a different way. I found myself eager to make tornado eat those words as soon as possible. It was just a few days later that I finished the first complete beta build, sent it off to my beta team, and then finally broke my long long silence, announcing making to beta here and to /u/.

- CountPacula - rose-at-sonohanabira-dot-countpacula-dot-com

(A parting question: this might sound stupid, but how many of /u/ realized what those pictures that I was posting in the thread I started were exactly? I don't know which question is dumber: "Did any of you notice?" or "Was there anyone who did -not- notice?" More importantly, does anybody other than me even -care-? )