"Your take does not equal vast majority opinion" - in the gaming community? it very much does. in the SC backers bubble? probably not.
"...started over a couple times in a row. SC has been on a continuous dev path from the start." - it literally didn't. do I really need to give you known info on how they switched engines and changed the game's scope?
"There is no rug pull" - I didn't know that scams can only only be rug pulls. and even rug pulls have periods of "bliss" for those who bought into them.
"The worst thing that could happen is development stagnates" - or you know, it continues on forever as an "alpha" that will perpetually be in a "next patch will be it!" situation.
"Unless you have actually played the game" - I obviously have. which is why I'm so disappointed in what CIG has done and why I consider it a scam.
"For this to be a scam, there would have to be some kind of trickery." - yes, it's a scam. they are tricking people into giving them money for something they know they'll never finish. And not finishing IS THE PLAN.
All the while Robert and his "employed" family are eating a million $ for their salary each year, while he had an multi-million $ "IP transfer" and while he also gets yearly dividends as a majority shareholder.