@Castle Cake Apologist
Nah, I think your post is fair. People should
always be skeptical of sources, especially ones that cast a big wide net like I've done. Especially since I just kinda... showed up this year and started spouting stuff. I've been in
deep park circles since late 2021. I have always been gunshy about going public about what I've heard til recently.
In terms of the "give people what they want" point, I think that's on the money and why I'm vetting out my own crowd of sources better. I had people swear up and down "Oh moth, they're gonna give the kitchen sink and more! They're gonna bring back so and so completely redone and beautiful!", and once that stuff never materializes, I stop taking them seriously. Things like 'oh they're gonna rebuild Imagination 1' or 'they're gonna make great muppet movie ride'? Get outta here. I just put 6 more sources into the bin the last two weeks over 'Blood on the Saddle'. Crazy.
I myself, am not an insider. I detest being called one myself, I do not want the 'street cred' that comes with being a notable voice and I feel I'm getting too many eyes on my stuff as-is. I hear stuff (from a variety of notable places, not your 'bus driver says the 5th gate is going to be iron man park' tier stuff).
The way I operate is that I pick up on stuff I hear from a variety of sources in enclosed circles of people I've come to known over the years and on my current career path. It's a 'council' in a way. If a member of the 'council' gets too much wrong or dies on the wrong hill... well... that solves that problem. I had someone tell me "Mater is apart of the Test Track 3 post-show" and doubled down on Blood on the Saddle. Doubling down on the latter basically tells me "they aren't right about the former".
Things like GameLoft stuff, Fortnite collabs, etc is just singular peeps I heard from isolated people. Not connected to my park stuff at all, and those should especially be taken with a grain of salt.
What I hear versus I actually decide to share here is completely different. I hear a lot, and let me tell you a LOT, of outright baloney stuff. What I share park-wise is stuff that I see pop up completely isolated on separate occasions.
The scene of "leaks" have changed where stuff that comes true gets reported in the most unknown of places. The way I drop news vs how the people of the past have dropped info is just a generational divide.
I am not a prophet, I am not gospel. I just share the stuff I hear.
And honestly? I'm tired of the eyes on me a bit, I wanna get back to general talk without people asking me for what I've heard. Especially as we draw closer to D23.
As a note: I do spill information in other circles such as gaming and some other things like one company that involves bears. So while my Parks record is unproven (which is a valid point!!!), I do have a good track record for other circles.
I mean, who else can predict a Build a Bear release down to the clothes haha. I know thats a different playing field, but when it comes to information I drop publicly for these sorts of things, I only post what I take seriously. Me dropping information publicly in these circles is just me gaining confidence and spreading my wings. So while I appreciate yall being receptive to what I say, again, please don't take everything I say completely as gospel haha. ^^