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>be me
>be Mike Pondsmith
>some black nerdy dude who liked anime like Akira and cool nerdy sci-fi shit
>decide to make a pen'n'paper about cool cyberpunk stuff
>it's super popular
>however all it's adaptations are shit
>don't trust anyone with making the game i would desperately want
>suddenly some Polack nerds approach me
>they are basically indie, self-publish their own games, made some hardcore nerdy RPGs in the past and used to translate some for Polish market
>they know their shit about my RPG, they cite things at me that even i forgot
>damn they might just be guys for the job
>they fly me to Poland for free and show me cool concept shit about the game
>the trailer from 2012 is pure kino
>damn my dream has come true
>they have to focus on their current Witcher 3 game tho, that's alright
>suddenly crunch problems arise, people leave
>game is full AAA and goes mainstream, sells like hotcakes
>CDPR restructure, becomes a generic greedy corporate AAA studio, original nerdy guys who wanted to make my game either left or were redelegated
>now the team is full of hacks and diversity hires
>they understand nothing about the source and make it a generic GTA clone
>game is in dev hell, looks like a disaster
>delays after delays
>mfw i fell for it again and left my products for hacks again
How does it feel to be Mike?
