ASeven wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:25:NKD wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:14:
Ehh I guess, but I think the previous red flags were more about quality and worthiness rather than willful fraud. I feel like Kickstarter should let us decide which projects are worth backing, and stick to policing fraud and willful misuse of their platform. They have tens of thousands of projects. Some of them are going to be a lot more worthwhile than others.
Still, it's nice to see these fuckers get their shit taken down. I can't wait for them to throw a big ol' fit.
Hmmm. I agree with you about Kickstarter being as much hands-free as it can be but this project had some important red flags, like the constant ad hominem attacks from the devs behind it and not showing anything like a screenshot or trailer for a long, long time. These two should have at least merited a closer look, not to mention the sudden deluge of trolling comments to drown out people complaining.
NKD wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:14:
Ehh I guess, but I think the previous red flags were more about quality and worthiness rather than willful fraud. I feel like Kickstarter should let us decide which projects are worth backing, and stick to policing fraud and willful misuse of their platform. They have tens of thousands of projects. Some of them are going to be a lot more worthwhile than others.
Still, it's nice to see these fuckers get their shit taken down. I can't wait for them to throw a big ol' fit.
ASeven wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:10:NKD wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:07:ASeven wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:02:
SUSPENDED! At last! Took Kickstarter bloody long enough.
What? The funny money came in over the weekend. At least give them a couple days to investigate bro... I think this is a plenty quick enough resolution.
True but there were a lot of other red flags raised that at least deserved an investigation from Kickstarter, which didn't happen.
I love Kickstarter but damn, they really have to start tightening their policies to include investigations on projects that raise a lot of red flags.
NKD wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:07:ASeven wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:02:
SUSPENDED! At last! Took Kickstarter bloody long enough.
What? The funny money came in over the weekend. At least give them a couple days to investigate bro... I think this is a plenty quick enough resolution.
NKD wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:07:ASeven wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:02:
SUSPENDED! At last! Took Kickstarter bloody long enough.
What? The funny money came in over the weekend. At least give them a couple days to investigate bro... I think this is a plenty quick enough resolution.
ASeven wrote on Jul 22, 2014, 13:02:
SUSPENDED! At last! Took Kickstarter bloody long enough.
John wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 19:05:Rhialto wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 18:14:Yes, I actually backed it.. but as you said it wasn't funded unfortunately. I don't remember if they plan to keep working on it or not though.
Those looking for the next S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, with all this AREAL story I came to a new website yesterday and boy it was looking promising: http://www.raindropgame.com/ but KS campaign was not a succes.
Anyone have heard of it before today?
ASeven wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 16:13:
They just posted a new update apologizing for their last update. Holy shit this is getting better and better.
Rhialto wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 18:14:Yes, I actually backed it.. but as you said it wasn't funded unfortunately. I don't remember if they plan to keep working on it or not though.
Those looking for the next S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, with all this AREAL story I came to a new website yesterday and boy it was looking promising: http://www.raindropgame.com/ but KS campaign was not a succes.
Anyone have heard of it before today?
ASeven wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 16:13:
They just posted a new update apologizing for their last update. Holy shit this is getting better and better.
Wallshadows wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 13:37:After its funded it would be lawsuit time if they didn't deliver. So yes theoretically the could run with all the money about 2 or 3 weeks after it funds.
So what happens if you reach the goal and the donation window times out? Are these guys free to go on their way with sacks of cash regardless of how it was generated since it's now outside control of KS or does KS reserve some right to withhold that money and cancel the project, post-funding?
jdreyer wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 13:39:That... just doesn't make sense"They are now claiming that our success on Kickstarter is fabricated, whilst conveniently failing to mention that people are using multiple accounts to make a bunch of 1 dollar pledges, and every time a new backer comes along, they remove 1 or 2 pledges, so that it looks like our sum is increasing without any new backers."
Wow. Just, wow.
NegaDeath wrote on Jul 21, 2014, 14:31:
Watching this train wreck unfold is more fun than the game could ever possibly be.
"They are now claiming that our success on Kickstarter is fabricated, whilst conveniently failing to mention that people are using multiple accounts to make a bunch of 1 dollar pledges, and every time a new backer comes along, they remove 1 or 2 pledges, so that it looks like our sum is increasing without any new backers."