Some have.
Blood & Brad did. People speculate Damiani has an account but hasn't posted in this thread. And really after getting burned a number of times engaging on the old board Damiani stopped posting in the thread. So him not posting here wouldn't surprise me. That Mario guy had a weird hatred fixation with Damiani
I remember a lot of weird and unwarranted criticism aimed at Damiani for his forthcoming Zelda review at the time, but if he is shunning 99% of the community that actually has his back as a result of a couple of weirdos, that's something I don't understand.
The thing is that when you're a pundit and working with criticism and analysis for a living, you have to accept that same level of criticism when its directed back at you. Sure you
can fold up your tent because some dweeb says "you review Zelda games badly!", but by the same measure, Damiani's called Nintendo "idiots" for not making enough NES Classics but begged for more breathing room when he couldn't get Game Sleuths produced quickly enough. It's a two-way street.
What makes more sense to me is that working in a media company like EZA entirely crowdfunded through Patreon, Damiani's input has definite monetary value, the same as someone like Michael Pachter (although obviously on a much smaller scale), so his discussing his thoughts and views on a Friend Code, EZA podcast, EZA Q&A, or Twitch Stream (where Damiani can be especially candid), makes far more sense because it helps build EZA up rather than posting on a forum and giving away his livelihood for free.
