In Cycles

Round and round we go, again!

Zipline arguments always go through the same routine without fail. First someone complains, next someone defends, then everyone else lines up behind their favorite team and joins in on it. A few stray the course and try to neutralize the situation, others just sit by for a few hours and rattle the cages when it seems as things were almost calmed down. Then, once it's safe, intervention comes along, and the hero emerges. It's a cycle that never ends and is never resolved, only put off for a few more months. The problem is, people on all sides just don't get it, and they never learn from the ordeal.

If I may, a few words of advice for those who wish to get involved in such "arguments".

To the complainant: you complain you loose, it' the way the Zooomr game works. There will always be new defenders that haven't learned yet, and they will shun you like you've got the plague.

To the defender: watch what you say now, you (like so many before you) my find yourself eating your words when you realize that things are as you once denied. It happens every 3-4 months or so, then fades out, repeat, etc.

To Zooomr: when will you see and acknowledge that this cycle is a problem, a continuous issue that has spanned years. When will you finally break this cycle, and I don't mean with the calming empty promises?

To the rest: sit back, grab some popcorn, and enjoy the ride, and if you missed this one, give it some time, another cycle will be round for you in no time.

Usually, there will be an "update" or a "bug fix" or some "new features" coming after these Zipline posts span more than a day, that's how it always works. Throw them a bone, reassure and reconfirm with everyone that Zooomr is one person, who is working hard for their "friends" to make Zooomr happen. Rally the troups, calm the situation, and then continue on for a few more months with a broken product and incomplete promises.

We go 'round and 'round...