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As soon as I figure out how to restore it. Sorry, I know I said it'd be done by now, but I didn't expect to have to put up with this DNS crap and other issues that popped up.
Or it might be because Bluehost *finally* got around to that server wipe (one week after we'd asked for it) and that wiped out our DNS settings. I'm not sure which and I don't really care. In any case, we've severed our last ties with Bluehost, so this will not happen again.
No kiddin' about that "Finally!", Shadow. I am *so mad* at Bluehost for never responding to our support ticket. I submitted it early Friday morning and they *still* haven't answered it!
Well that certainly addresses most of what I complained about in his previous response. I'm sure it won't do anything to sate most of the fans currently unhappy, and I'm sensing a little bit of bet-hedging (the "this may not necessarily be the final look" thing in particular), but for the most part it answers a lot of the weaker spots I felt were in his previous response.
There's still a somewhat cynical bent to his reasoning to me, though; he acknowledges up front that, despite all the gravity the book tried to place on it, there was basically no chance of the Mecha Sally story-arc panning out any other way than this, which bugs the crap out of me for a LOT of reasons, not the least of which being the idea that the sole thing he apparently valued about the story-arc was its "novelty". Likewise, his admission that the double-standard of clothing exists but who honestly cares rubs me the wrong way.
Still, at least he KNOWS about it, and isn't trying to actively defend it, is a sight above just sort of pretending not to know it exists. Likewise, I do think there's a slightly greater sympathy in this response to fan feelings, most notably his mentioning that fans ARE being listened to based on how they received the design.
Posted by Gojira007
on 24 September 2012 - 02:25 PM
A bit of both, honestly. One of the great things about SatAM in particular and indeed "Sonic" in general is that it allows one to dabble equally into both the Mysticl and the Technological. Still, I don't think I'd say I'm quite a "Sci-F/Techno" writer, or a "Magical/Wonders-of-Mobius" writer, because the extent to which those things matter to me is the extent they allow me to explore the characters and place them in compelling situations. I'm not saying I'm neutrally-disposed toward Plot, but in the end my focus as a Writer lies more with the Characters.
I have indeed been keeping track of "Legend of Korra", as well as the new "Thundercats". It's kind of nice, having a Saturday line-up of cartoons to love again.
No one's heard anything new about it since January; dunno if that means it's "not happening" definitively, but it doesn't seem to speak positively for its chance. Still, take my word with a grain of salt; I was never terribly optimistic it would happen anyway, and remain as such.