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You know, what the Kickstarter-darling, premature misbirth of console, OUYA, needs? OUYA Gaming Source a site and weekly webshow about "hot" and "upcoming" games for the OUYA Goal: 7000 bucks, 5 days to go, got $4,573 And what are the rewards? Basically Ad space... $ 2000 for a one-month reskin of the site, $ 3000 if you want it to be designed
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Yo who wants a super-racist manga clone?quote:We are giant nerds. We go to anime conventions, watch anime, read manga, and cosplay. But even more than that, we want to contribute to the fandom that we love so much. We want to create, and we want to show the world what we've made. We want nothing more than to introduce the rest of the world to characters like Big Lips Dorothy, the trailer park ho, and Pimpsferatu, not to mention Shaniqua’s primary antagonist, The Vice Squad, as well as the evil, drug-abusing Gold Diggers syndicate, but right now, we’re stuck. Meet Shaniqua No Ho. 
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Mar 18, 2013 21:21
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Wow all it takes to make a Kickstarter is having people call you the wrong name? I've been getting called Mason and Jasone my entire life. Its Nathan god dammit. Also my grandma calls me Brian but I think that's just because she's senile. Welp, brb making a Kickstarter.
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Mar 18, 2013 21:26
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quantum_squirrel posted:You know, what the Kickstarter-darling, premature misbirth of console, OUYA, needs? It is strange, they clearly went to some trouble to make the presentation look good, but then they interview those two guys in the worst lightning possible, they couldn't go outside, or simply open a window to make it looks less nerdy?
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Mar 18, 2013 21:36
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Syrg Sapphire posted:Yo who wants a super-racist manga clone? Jesus Christ. The Japanese title is loving atrocious as it's content. "Shaniqua's Ho"?
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Mar 18, 2013 21:47
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Young Freud posted:Jesus Christ. The Japanese title is loving atrocious as it's content. "Shaniqua's Ho"? I was really gunning for Shaniqua's Bizarre Hoventure, personally.
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Mar 18, 2013 22:17
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Syrg Sapphire posted:Yo who wants a super-racist manga clone? And of course, the very first thing you see when playing the video is these guys.  Dude on the right, you're asking people for money. At least TRY to look professional. I mean, your friend at least has a collared shirt.
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Mar 18, 2013 22:24
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Waffleman_ posted:And of course, the very first thing you see when playing the video is these guys. But don't you see, there is nothing classier than anime vampires!
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Mar 18, 2013 22:28
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I was asking myself, whether the author/s of "My Neighborhood Ho Shaquina" were white, but then That's whiter than white. That video is a perfect "How not to do a video for your Kickstarter". Someone should really do an awful kickstarter bingo. Oh and your money goes to illustration, so it's the classical case of idea-guys wanting money.
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Mar 18, 2013 22:50
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Waffleman_ posted:And of course, the very first thing you see when playing the video is these guys. He's appealing directly to his audience by letting them know he's one of them.
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Mar 18, 2013 22:53
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Miss Kalle posted:I assume it's because it's taking the piss out of some of these types of Kickstarters? But it's still a dumb thing to put on there in the first place (hence the 'somewhat'). Plus his name is Brody which is infinitely worse
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Mar 19, 2013 00:14
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Waffleman_ posted:And of course, the very first thing you see when playing the video is these guys. Oh lord I want to put two  under them
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Mar 19, 2013 00:18
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Waffleman_ posted:And of course, the very first thing you see when playing the video is these guys. At New York Comic Con, I had an appointment with a publisher to talk about putting out a book I was working on. When I made my way to their booth to meet up with the editor, these two guys were there pitching this project. They had a scant four pages of artwork, and a goddamn phonebook of a pitch/lore bible. The blonde with the prince albert haircut was wearing the bottom half of an Inuyasha costume. They mimed out scenes and would constantly compare the project to other existing IP's, most notably pokemon. Thier pitch lasted for 20 minutes, and was thoroughly embarrassing to watch.
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Mar 19, 2013 05:41
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I really enjoy how their credentials are basically "we watch a lot of anime and read a lot of manga". Oh and: quote:We've already commissioned some sample pages from Alter Comic studio, and they're ready to go to draw the rest! No wonder they said each page costs $75, it's all outsourced. Quality of that art certainly doesn't feel like $75 a page though!
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Mar 19, 2013 05:58
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Srice posted:No wonder they said each page costs $75, it's all outsourced. Quality of that art certainly doesn't feel like $75 a page though! Nah, see that's the best part: The artist who did the stuff they already have apparently quit to start a career in e-sports. I have no idea if that's true or if that's just what he told them after he woke up that morning with a cold sweat and the realization that he was drawing a comic called Shaniqua No Ho. For bonus points, they've been taking questions about the comic via tumblr: In short he says "Yeah our High School aged protagonist is a prostitute, but it's cool cause I ran the script by my prostitute friend that I totally have!"
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Mar 19, 2013 06:19
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Drakkel posted:Nah, see that's the best part: The artist who did the stuff they already have apparently quit to start a career in e-sports. I have no idea if that's true or if that's just what he told them after he woke up that morning with a cold sweat and the realization that he was drawing a comic called Shaniqua No Ho. I can believe that he has a prostitute.
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Mar 19, 2013 06:40
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quantum_squirrel posted:That's whiter than white. That video is a perfect "How not to do a video for your Kickstarter". I couldn't find any decent bingo card templates, so I made this terrible thing in Word. 
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Pyroclastic posted:I couldn't find any decent bingo card templates, so I made this terrible thing in Word. What the gently caress is dieselpunk? Is this a real thing?
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Mar 19, 2013 06:46
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Sid Vicious posted:What the gently caress is dieselpunk? Is this a real thing? Every possible permutation of -punk has been covered at this point, except punk-punk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_derivatives
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Mar 19, 2013 06:49
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So this is making the rounds, amusing enough http://printedinternet.tumblr.com/post/44794042812
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Humboldt squid posted:Every possible permutation of -punk has been covered at this point, except punk-punk. Still surprised there's no Googiepunk or Brutpunk. Then again, anything sci-fi in the 70s was probably Brutpunk.
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Mar 19, 2013 06:56
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Sid Vicious posted:What the gently caress is dieselpunk? Is this a real thing? Yeah picture steampunk only the smoke is black diesel smoke and there's more internal combustion engines and less clockwork poo poo. You can find a random -punk for any aesthetic these days, it is dumb.
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Mar 19, 2013 06:57
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Cavepunk: because Flintstones had the true vision of the future
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Miss Kalle posted:Content: A Kickstarter for everyone to realize that this guy's name is not what people have been calling him you guys! I guess it's a somewhat clever parody, but really. I think he's self-aware that his projects are absurd, but not a direct parody of Kickstarter. Notice the other 4 projects created by "Ridiculo.us"? He has successfully funded a riff of 50 Shades of Grey in which each page is a different shade of grey, a fake marathon in which a bunch of people pretend they're in a real race for some reason, and an app to auto-shop a beard onto baby pictures. His latest campaign for a device that makes your voice sound auto-tuned through an iphone somehow failed to meet its goal, but so far he has made about $34,000 in low-effort gimmick Kickstarter campaigns in about a year's time. Interestingly, despite all of these campaigns being created by one man, every new project lists his location as being a different city. Chewbot has a new favorite as of 09:43 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Chewbot posted:Interestingly, despite all of these campaigns being created by one man, every new project lists his location as being a different city. Maybe he gets run out of town a lot? "We don't appreciate your type 'round here, boy. Folks 'round here run honest crowdfunding campaigns that support the community and that's how we aim to keeps it." /spits baccy juice.
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Ok see now I'm genuinely curious, when someone does a super meta self-aware ironicfunder, what happens when the honeymoon is over and people realize Emperor Clothing Co. LLC is just an empty office building with a disconnected phone. On some level it might not be much different than some bullshit dada milking installation in a modern art gallery that's literally a plate of poo poo that the artist was paid thousands for. Only in this case the gallery is Kickstarter.
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Could it be that the "user" is actually a group of people based in different cities?Alan Smithee posted:On some level it might not be much different than some bullshit dada milking installation in a modern art gallery that's literally a plate of poo poo that the artist was paid thousands for. Only in this case the gallery is Kickstarter. And people actually giving money to the kickstarter starter for that thing.
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Drakkel posted:Nah, see that's the best part: The artist who did the stuff they already have apparently quit to start a career in e-sports. I have no idea if that's true or if that's just what he told them after he woke up that morning with a cold sweat and the realization that he was drawing a comic called Shaniqua No Ho. There's an entire FAQ about "isn't this offensive" where, amazingly, there are questions besides "THE gently caress IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
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from that loving FAQ posted:Q: But this is still really offensive. Presented without comment.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902655470/headflat-the-smartphone-hands-free-solution Obviously the best place to put my expensive phone is hanging off my hat a good foot from my face! E: Did you guys know that your iPhone is as big as a 60 inch HDTV if you just hold it a foot from your face? Waffleman_ has a new favorite as of 17:54 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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Mar 19, 2013 17:49
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Waffleman_ posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902655470/headflat-the-smartphone-hands-free-solution Don't you hate hands? If so, you're going to love the headflap
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I think the Bingo card needs a new space for "Use of product makes you look like a tool."
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Waffleman_ posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902655470/headflat-the-smartphone-hands-free-solution Ah yes, why buy a big screen television when you can simply move your face closer to a small one. efb while I was looking for that Red Dwarf joke about Krytens zoom function not working. Tears In A Vial has a new favorite as of 18:00 on Mar 19, 2013 |
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That product already exists as the "On Seen as TV" product, TV Hat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soWvq_oigmE It's really dumb.
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My computer broke last week so my only way to watch videos was on my phone. I would have paid ten bucks for a tv hat; my arms get tired.
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BoutrosBoutros posted:My computer broke last week so my only way to watch videos was on my phone. I would have paid ten bucks for a tv hat; my arms get tired. My iPhone case came with a free stand. It's a simple piece of plastic that folds up to support the phone. You can get something like that for dirt cheap with the added benefit of not looking like a loving moron.
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Waffleman_ posted:My iPhone case came with a free stand. It's a simple piece of plastic that folds up to support the phone. You can get something like that for dirt cheap with the added benefit of not looking like a loving moron. Stands need something to stand on and my couch isn't a good surface for it. Who gives a gently caress what you look like in your own home anyway.
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You have a table, don't you?
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Waffleman_ posted:You have a table, don't you? Yeah, but I'd need a hat to hold the table in front of me. There are just too many holes in your logic.
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