so basically everything I need to know…

ciceqi:

…about social platforms, I learned from the Steam forums.

DREAMWIDTH: Good game, small but loyal playerbase, who the devs actually listen to.  Bit old-school–they’re not going to be putting out a VR version anytime soon, but hey, it could happen if they got enough interest!  Some people are claiming there’s microtransactions, but it’s all cosmetic.  You can get through the entire game without purchasing a thing, and I’ve racked up thousands of hours on it since it came out.

WORDPRESS: Yeah, a much bigger playerbase, and technically free-to-play, but the real perks are in the subscription services, and I don’t mean a season pass.  Also they jacked the subscription price up* the moment tumblr started losing players, so I dunno.  Probably a cash grab.  Play at your own risk.

PILLOWFORT: Guys, this is Early Access.  Stop pretending like they’re shipping a completed game.  If you don’t know what Early Access is, GTFO until you educate yourself.  But if you’re willing to support the devs, they’re super-active in the forums, and they’re awesome about getting patches out.  If you want the opportunity to help shape a great game from the ground up, this is the place.

TUMBLR: What the fuck is up with these devs?  They made a shit-ton of promises and never delivered on any of it.  Every patch they put out just breaks three more things, and the game is practically unplayable without mods as it is.  And there are no admins on the servers, so toxic players just run rampant–yeah, don’t tell me we could just band together and take them out.  Tumblr is PVE; there’s only so much we can do.  Look, I supported them for a while, but this latest update is going to drive all the decent players away and leave us with nothing but griefers.  If they did a rollback and put some actual moderators on their servers, maybe I’d keep playing, but if I wanted to get trolled by sociopathic infants, I’d go play Rust.

* pretty pissed about this actually–because yes, I got an email from WP today letting me know that if I’d like to pay for a full year’s subscription ten months early, I wouldn’t have to pay over 25% extra for the same service next year!  Oh, and I have until 12/18 to decide.  JFC, WordPress, you’re not fooling anybody.