These people are missing a much larger point here as well... if this fails and fails as spectacularly as they seem to be hoping it will it means a huge blow to the premise of direct-to-user development. It also means a huge hit to PC-centric gaming. The publishers will all say to themselves, "Yep! DLC, micro transactions, and console ports are the way to go! PC gaming is dead. Now let's get back to pushing out our next CoD clone!" If that's what these idiots want they don't belong on a PC enthusiast forum.
I'm not ready to give up on SC just because of one disgruntled employee throwing a fit online. John Romero got kicked out of Id and Id still survived and put out some good games, and we all know how well Romero made everyone his bitch. This could end up being the same kind of situation. I'm not going to go throwing money at it at this point, but until Roberts makes an official statement throwing in the towel then it's not dead either.
You realize you're talking about a game(SC) that is funded primarily through DLC and micro transactions, right?
I don't have an issue with the concept of crowdfunding a game. SC on the other hand appears to be nothing more than an online shop to throw money for space ships with no end in sight.
I don't have a problem with gamers who put more of their own cash into the pile getting rewards for it either. But it seems every time I decide to look up what's going on with SC, there's nothing more than new ships and stuff to buy. They need to work on a game, not continue cranking out "content" for their e-store to keep getting paid.