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I mean, you can technically define this project as a "success", but you're stretching the meaning pretty far.
A game that will never get published and money that never went to the project it was meant for. Your point is irrelevant.
If anything, this case is evidence that patreon is a bad idea and needs to be killed ASAP. While I don't fully commit to that mindset, your reasoning is curious, if a bit concerning.
It's not hard to say no to something if you know you're not doing the work people expected based on your own word. It's not hard to say no unless your moral fiber is zero. He also didn't make a monthly blog post about what he did/didn't do, and his previous employment situation is wholly irrelevant to the conversation. Before you post, Papanomics, kindly read the damn thread. People have been posting that he basically took the money and ran without doing any work or keeping people appraised of his situation. He scammed, and people are keeping the discussion going with the hopes that his supporters and supporters of patreon devs will be skeptical about pledging in the future.
If you're not going to read the thread and only campaign for more uninformed pledging, then you're part of the problem.
i think what papanomic meant with "success" is success in scamming the customers (he is in sarcasm mode), like even if the game never come out the money he received during the development is already as big as if the game get finished and become a big hit.