Not sure why, but as I was sitting here working on the game, I started to think about how before I joined IQ (well, IA at the time) how I started out as just a lurker on the forums. I would check the forums daily looking for updates on Project X or SQ2. Many times I felt as though it seemed like nothing was happening on the games and that the forums were totally dead.
I joined on at IA as a tester for SQ2 about a year and a half before its release. Upon joining on I was given access to the testing forums and all of a sudden the forums began to appear more active. Not a whole lot more, but I could see things were going on.
I was later promoted to lead tester and joined on as a full member of the team thus gaining access to the team forums as well. I was now able to see years of posts that had been made that documented the history of much of the work that has been done over the years.
Recently, I went to the IQ forums on my iPad and I was not logged on to the forums automatically as I am on my PC. When I did this I was like, wow, no new posts in about a week. Then I logged on and there was plenty for me to catch up on. It's all about perspective.
Long story short, if you are looking for updates and you are not seeing much activity, things are happening. Steve is great at keeping you up to date, but you can't know how much is really moving. The team is very active and we are working hard to get this game to you. So if you are like I was before, checking for updates regularly, keeping checking back. If you post something, you will get a reply from team members. We are here, just more often than not, we are working behind the scenes on the private forums.
Thanks everyone for your support on the game. I feel extremely lucky to play a part in its development.
-chucklas
