The only trouble is that no one's bullshitting you. I sit next to the people who came up with the idea and wrote the letter, I know what they said about it, I speak to the company directors every day, I know what we'd have done if we'd actually wanted to persue it as an option. It really, absolutely was not the philosophy behind it. It was a combination of "Hey, this is what we're good at" and "We love your stuff" coming from the people who do love MGS (I've never played it).
I'm not defending it in any way. I'm not saying slivers of hope hadn't crossed anyone's mind. And I'm not saying we wouldn't have at least considered a dialogue if anyone at Konami had contacted us. But no one was trying to achieve that with this letter. It was just something done quickly one morning after a news story had come out.
For what it's worth, this isn't me standing up for the company. If that were my only concern I'd have just kept my distance and let this die. For me, this is more about my relationship with the forums. I knew working at JAW would change it, but to be called a liar while being more honest than I ought... I would not lie on these forums, and I would not insist anything if I didn't know absolutely it were true. Your insistence otherwise hurts.
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