One of the things that did not really become well known until after things started to crash, was how few of those games he actually completed on his own. Old WMS guys have since reported that in most cases others had to step in to get the games across the finish line. John is a total right brain guy, he is innovative and creative, and is never satisfied that it is the way he wants it, thus the reason he can't finish anything. In addition, his inability to let others help him leaves him stuck in that mode. If he had gotten a left brain guy help him run it as a business (and many offered), to understand how to get things done on time, things probably would have been very different. John did not go into this to screw people, he went into this with a dream and a vision, he just refused to accept the realities of what it takes to succeed as a business. And yes, he clearly has the ability to get folks excited about his vision, to get them to look past the realities that should be staring them in the face. I guess that is an attribute of a cult leader, regardless, he was effective in getting folks to part with their cash. People believed what they wanted to believe, and disregarded the rest, and for many it was an expensive mistake to do so.

Hopefully some day John will find a way to get RAZA and AIW completed, but as a betting man, I would not put my money on it, no matter what kind of odds someone may offer.