Agreed with everyone here really. Except this sentence:
At the same time, SC users, while intrigued by TC, outnumber TC users 25:1, so it doesn't make sense to sell TC only simply because a minority of users feel it's indispensable. The goal is to get the tooling made for both character sets to expand the library.
No. The goal is to give the purchasers what they paid for. This is not Houhai, this is Shanshui. Getting new moulds made and adding to the GMK librrary is amazing, I agree, but it is incidental. The main goal of someone running a GB must be to ensure that the customers get their product.
I know that modifying orders after the fact would be a pain in the ass for the vendors, because they'd probably have to refund orders and extend the GB (I don't see any other way). But if the alternative is to forsake the GB completely (knock on wood) then it should be given some consideration at least. I think that's all anyone is saying here.
As I see it, there are 3 possible outcomes:
A. At least one base kit reaches MOQ;
B. No base kit reaches MOQ. One kit is cancelled and purchasers are asked to support the other kit;
C. No base kit reaches MOQ. Project cancelled.
A is preferable to B, which is preferable to C. Agreed?
I reckon that most simplified users would still begrudgingly pay for traditional mods, rather than having no kits made. After all, karaoke is still sung in traditional and cangjie is historically a traditional input method. It's not unreasonable.
Yes, Houhai would be better in simplified. But this is not Houhai. (And there is a lot of overlap in the alphas anyway, which will help).
Anyway, good luck, I've been supporting this from day 1 and will continue to support!