{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Erik Banner (communistprime)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Nov-11 23:00:00 UTC","author_name":"Erik Banner (communistprime)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/communistprime","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/701612","html":"Sword of the Stars 2 was forced to be released early...if I'm hearing right. The weird thing is I'm hearing it was because of the forums and not some publisher or anything...how ridiculous is that? I know that you'll want to appease the fanbase, but pushing out a beta-grade game (with so many bugs and a couple completely broken features) because the fans want it out is stupid. You are the developer, you don't answer to anyone except your publisher\/wallet. Now if a publisher DID force them to release it early, then that's fine and the publisher should feel dumb...but for now I'm somewhat disappointed in the studio for doing that. !<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/group\/25\/id\" class=\"url\" title=\"Video Game Ponies! (videogameponies)\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">vgp<\/span><\/a><\/span>"}