Oh man, I remember that thread. I'm pretty sure I burned a bridge or two in the community that week. That is, if I had any bridges standing from the first, since deleted thread I started on this issue. I regret that it happened that way, but I regret further that it was necessary. I miss Deckbuilder; he was an excellent gamer, who left for many reasons, all his own. And I miss Aylin, who was usually right and never diplomatic. They were both good to have around, and I still think fondly of them. I hope they are well, and have stopped killing each other with their words.
I will say that since I wrote my commentary in that thread, AW has made good progress, both in its sexism and in its marketing strategy. Not everything is well: we're still releasing things too slowly, and the next major expansion features a chesty mage in a swimsuit. But those problems are very much a result of past errors. That mage art was purchased a long time ago, and art assets are very expensive, especially for a character that's going to appear on many cards. And the production delays AW faces are both circumstantial and structural, and the structures are now much improved.
AW is doing better, and I'd point to an unreleased product that I can't talk about yet to prove my point, but well, I've signed an NDA. Please believe I would not be able to continue to work with AW if it continued to violate my inegrity, but also that we are all human and progress takes time and hard work. I think I expressed my recent gratitude, but I'll do it again: thank you for the progress we've made, I can't wait to share it.
