What gaslighting? Poor customer service and brand management, sure. But there's no gaslighting here. That would require communication.
I'm obviously not defending Kael, but what was the point of this comment? Why is attacking the creator of the project your response to being reminded that something exists? Why are 40% of your posts on this site attacks on Kael, and none of them supportive?
Kael has lied multiple times about updating this vn then after going silent making an excuse or post saying how horrible people are for getting angry then made a post talking about how its everyone else's fault for not being in the discord if they want updates (which rarely got updates btw.) The point of the comment was for someone to read it and realize this vn isnt worth the support until things change, which they haven't for 3 years. Also 40% of 5 is 2 thats not much.
Maybe let people decide for themselves what this vn is worth to them. If you're going to criticize someone, do so for something they actually did. (Kael has made mistakes, but nothing even remotely close to gaslighting.) Nobody needed a reminder that it's been a while since the last update. We can see.
2 out of 5 is a lot when it shows how much effort you'll put into tearing someone down. If you're going to make half your comments on the site complaints about how someone hasn't updated, then the least you could do is say thank you when they do update. You didn't.
Plenty of people have been making fair criticisms here. You went too far. You have now stated that the whole point of your post was to try to get people to stop supporting this vn. I would say that's pretty horrible. I'll say it again, let people decide for themselves what this vn is worth to them.
A. People should know if a vn creator is a horrible person and if they choose to support a horrible person then they can realize later that they shouldn't of supported Kael. B. Blame shifting, lying, manipulation, asking for people to bully others to make themselves feel better, denying stuff ever happened with proof are all apart of gaslighting, but if you want to talk about Kael's "mistakes" we can always talk about the racism against russian people, review bombing, general lying (that isn't gaslighting ig,) and overall weaponizing communities. C. 2 out of 5 isn't much but just for you I'll make more callout posts on vn creators that deserve it and positive posts on the ones that are amazing, and no I will not say "thank you" to someone that refuses to do the bear minimum and still asks for money just to not update the patron. People should be informed of the person they consider supporting.
By going out of your way to post an inflammatory comment on a project you clearly don't care about anymore, you are doing some of the exact same things you said Kael was doing. You think you are a better person and thus the ends justify the means, but the fact remains that the whole reason you made that post was to try to weaponize community members. I called out your post because you are doing something you yourself think is horrible.
As I said before, I'm not defending Kael. I already knew everything you mentioned, it's very easy to find that info. I can appreciate an artwork even when I don't appreciate the artist. Nobody looks at this vn and thinks it's a wise investment. You are not going to teach Kael a lesson by doing the same things. But you are making yourself a little bit more like the Kael you don't like by doing this.
I would believe you were actually trying to help other people if your comment was directed at other people and read more like, "Hey, I don't think Kael is communicating with us enough. Reconsider providing financial support to this vn until we get better updates and see more progress being made." That would be a fair comment to make and actually helpful to others, though we can see the lack of communication and updates and don't need such advice.
Instead, you directed your comment at Kael and made it read as, "I just remembered you exist and wanted to say something mean." If Kael claiming people are being mean to him is a problem, then you are feeding that problem. If you make a mean comment, even if it's true, then you have just provided evidence of people being mean. Because that's what you are doing.
You didn't come here to make things better, you came here to make things worse.
