Personal message to CR and CIG

I first backed this game on April 19, 2020. I had been tentatively watching for years, but never had the money to drop on it. I started out with a Mustang Alpha starter, no special event bonuses or pricing because I didn't know those were a thing.

I've been playing on-and-off when I have time any chance I get, and have pledged for ships for all of my friends to fly with me, as I know most of them will never be able to justify a $300 ship. I even bought a damned Kraken just so my friends and I will have a mobile base to play from out on the fringes of known space.

The game these men and women are building is the dream I've had since I was a kid and first played Wing Commander on a 486DX2-66. I was 3 years old when I played that game, and I have been completely enthralled by space games and space in general since then. I don't care how long it takes, I just hope they follow the dream and don't rush to a trash release like No Man's Sky or Cyberpunk did.

To Chris Roberts and everyone at Cloud Imperium, keep doing what you're doing, and don't change anything for the vocal minority that just want to complain because they couldn't get their instant gratification. Some of us patient adults have been waiting since 1990 for exactly what you're building and couldn't be happier to see someone doing it right.

Thank you.