nin wrote on Jun 21, 2016, 10:49:

Task wrote on Jun 21, 2016, 10:26:
Any crowdfund is a gamble since you are investing in an idea/product. It's an interesting concept and I still enjoy it, but I'm far more selective in what I invest in these days. In total I have helped crowdfund 13 products, not all are games, and the one I regret to this day is MWO as a collosal disappointment.

I go by these rules if I have money to invest at the time:

1. Have they delivered any previous crowdfund projects successfully?
2. Have they delivered any previous non-crowdfund projects successfully?
^ Produced something I enjoyed or could see myself enjoying (decent reviews help)
3. Do the company leads run an efficient business already?
4. Do they have a reasonably, sound concept and maybe pre-alpha footage if its a media product (not overly ambitious)?

I remember this particular one, but I steered clear.

I'll add:

Do they specifically list their team members (by name and picture) and their previous accomplishments?

Have they backed any other projects? This is more of an etiquette for me, but I always thought it was tacky to ask for money if you've not been involved in KS before.

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raVen wrote on Aug 26, 2015, 15:59:
so it's clickbait described as poor satire?

{PH}88fingers Aug 25, 2015, 20:34 ...utterly ridiculous in front of this crowd of obviously well versed Arm chair developers and Court term experts.

Slashman wrote on Aug 25, 2015, 15:23:

Tigger wrote on Aug 25, 2015, 15:05:

Flatline wrote on Aug 25, 2015, 11:57:

Tigger wrote on Aug 25, 2015, 10:11:
After doing a bit of reading last night, it looks like Roberts hasn't shipped a game since 2003. And that game was late. By years.

I think this may be a case where, perhaps as a producer or designer, he may be in a bit over his head.

Freelancer? You mean the game MS *fired* Chris Roberts from so that it could eventually ship?

Yeah, that's the one!

So why the lack of confidence?

dsmart wrote on Aug 25, 2015, 16:00:
As they haven’t delivered on the original Kickstarter which had an estimated delivery date of Nov 2015. As of August 2015, they still had not delivered. And now Chris Roberts is quoting end of 2016 for full delivery. The original items (listed in my demand letter) have neither been completed, nor delivered as of the aforementioned date. Which is why this clause – in their own TOS – should now trigger. But they have thus far failed to honor it; much like every other promise they have now broken.

Flatline wrote on Aug 25, 2015, 11:57:

Tigger wrote on Aug 25, 2015, 10:11:
After doing a bit of reading last night, it looks like Roberts hasn't shipped a game since 2003. And that game was late. By years.

I think this may be a case where, perhaps as a producer or designer, he may be in a bit over his head.

Freelancer? You mean the game MS *fired* Chris Roberts from so that it could eventually ship?

CIG mentioned a completion date that has been passed. Some people are claiming that this is a break of contract, even though the contract clearly states.

"At the same time, backers must understand that when they back a project, they’re helping to create something new — not ordering something that already exists. There may be changes or delays,"

Scheherazade wrote on Aug 24, 2015, 14:27:

I think he's going all Nietzsche and suggesting that "color" as a concept exists in our human mind, and since humans can only detect discrete RGB, then all color that isn't R xor G xor B is a pure product of our mind.

Distinction being physical reality vs human/perceived reality.

-scheherazade

Kxmode wrote on Aug 24, 2015, 12:52:

Tigger wrote on Aug 24, 2015, 12:49:
That's a great point nin. Reporting on Derek being narcissistic would be like reporting that the sky had suddenly turned blue.

Actually the sky is purple.

As usual, Derek is more passionate than concise,

nin wrote on Aug 24, 2015, 10:10:

Mentions "I" or "Me" 4 times in single sentence quote. Pure narcissism. Why is this news?

nin wrote on Jun 2, 2015, 09:04:

We have an asshole like that in our neighborhood. Not only are the dogs running free in a block radius shitting everywhere, but there's also a busy intersection where cars frequently don't obey the speed limit that they run back and forth across.

Pisses me off. I would never let my pets run free where cars are moving.

I'm going to make a big deal 30 years from today, since it will be 01/23/45. Mark my words.