Quite the opposite... The only case of 'knowing causing problems' is when the knowledge comes as a bombshell.
It always will. Why? Because written communication is always open to interprentation. There is no way you can have been a member of this forum for as long as I remember it and yet not noticed this. Some users will just always be unhappy regardless, but does that mean you 'punish' your loyal/good customers?
Yes. Unfortunately BRL has never marketed BlitzMAX to one specific market, except it's own, which unfortunately happens to be a fairly heterogeneous bunch.Now as it is, there is no way to effectively market to such heterogeneous groups, as they all have different want and demands of the product. Additionally it seems that, come hell and high water, Max3D will be done in whatever method and timeframe Mark feels most comfortable with and no amount of bribes or assurances is going to change that.
I can certainly understand why, and although I strongly disagree with Marks decision (along with many other things, like for instance Whitesnake and commercial viability of Linux Consoles) I respect his opinion, and ofcourse BRL being his company, he is entitled to run it however he likes.
I dont want the Max3d system ending up like a 'Duke Nukem forever' where as we hear loads about it but never see it.
I don't think there's any danger of that happening. Up to this point in time BRL have not announced a product that did not arrive. Remember that Max3D is a much different beast than Blitz3D covering new topics. Also there is a possibility that Max3D is (or has been) suffering from the "Second System Syndrome". Mark released a demo ages ago which was pretty good why not release another demo so we can see whats going on.
Sure, but I don't see the point. Personally I hate it when other people get to play with the cool toys, and dangling it infront of me is just adding insult to injury.