Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

I know Shannon will disagree but I just wanted to throw it out there.  Would it be a bad idea to also upgrade the UMS single stage we currently have and give people the option to buy an upgraded single stage but also the 6 stage set?

People (including Shannon) talking about the bad economic climate/sales etc.  What do businesses do in such situations? they adapt.

Instead of keeping things the way they are one must find ways to make the product more accessible.  Just my 2 cents.  I know i'm not the only one that wants an upgraded UMS but doesn't want to listen to a 6 stage/spend the 6 stage money at this point.

My personal preference is not to build another 5.75.xG multi-stage set.  Ever.  I have been weighing whether or not it's a good idea to release it as a single stage, or perhaps do both.  I know some of you want the 6 stage version, and the money's pretty good for doing that, but half a year of slave labor isn't my idea of a good time...  so I'm working on a solution for everyone.

That is sad to hear. I have done 6 stages program and it is possibly the best subliminal experience that I have ever had. It gives you an additional level of progression feeling and it gives you the motivation to stick with the program for six months as you get something new each month...

Perhaps what you didn't like was to build it as users were running it. Thus it was giving the pressure the release the next stage on time.

Maybe simply putting aside this method of delivery will make the multi-stages program creation something enjoyable for you again...

What kills 6 stage sets for me in the latest gen tech is the fact that it is so difficult to build, so time consuming and so challenging to do while I am trying to build other things.  I really need to develop some software to help me process the scripts, at least.  It's advanced text manipulation.  I knew how to do that when I was programming, but since I have left programming, the whole game has changed and now even the best programming languages are going to require me to spend 2-3 months working to learn the language well enough to do it, and I just find it incredibly frustrating for the same reason I can't just hire someone to do it for me: I can't let anyone know how I do this.

But the build and scripting is only getting more and more complicated, so I guess it is better to work on that sooner than later.

If the process wasn't nightmare levels of complexity and months of daily tedium ad nauseum... I might not mind it so much.