Whilst on a train this morning and reading the history of AMABs from Ekto..( very nice read by the way ) anyway...it got me thinking about ML and where we all find ourselves now.. I won’t re-cover all the points made by people much more elequent than I... but sufficed to say.... everything feels like moving sand under your feet... nothing is quite stable and change seems to be the new motto for SP...well it is what it is....
Then I started to thing about the competing forces that must be at work in SP.. I mean the core of that team created a wonderful game, a game which spawned great teams and a great friendships.... let’s label them the GOOD or the CREATORS... the force that makes cool things happen....
Now there’s the force that counters the creators.. the force that attactaches them selves to the host ( that’s us by the way ) and try’s to extract the most from us.. they perform analytics they measure our every button push.. they try things.. they modify game play.. they come up with creative .. let rephrase that “creative” ways of extracting monies... that’s their job.... the Analytics peeps ... they don’t create .. they extract .... let’s label them the BAD.
Now over the years we have all witnessed the BAD becoming stronger... the Good try’s to keep up.. but the BAD is on the rise..... I once looked on SPs employment site and I think I counted 5 jobs for analytics folks.. they even touted that one of their successes is their ability to measure and extract the most without breaking the game...... hmmmmmm..... well you may agree or not , but for sure, this force has been driving the game for the last few years and of late is getting stronger....
Now, as you might have guessed, I’m not a great fan of the BAD... I believe the BAD are not the reason the game and SP was and is successful... it’s the GOOD.... the GOOD where powerful, it’s where it started and along the way the BAD came in and got more powerful... the BAD mistakenly believe, they somehow are the reason for success... this maybe true in the short term.. the BAD can provide short term success .. but never long term.... we need the GOOD for that...
So this is a shout out to the GOOD.. you guys rock.. you guys created the game and all that it made... sending you as much positive energy as I can
To the BAD.. well might I suggest you take yourselves on a long vacation.. and leave the GOOD to try and repair the game....
I realize the above maybe just my fanciful notion of what goes on... but I have a sneaking suspicion that it maybe quite close to the truth...
Power to the GOOD... and please let’s not get to the UGLY for a while... let’s try and right the ship...
Ok back to work with me 
Swag
