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I'm usually chill but when people try to profit off of national tragedies I think they should be cross listed with the drone strike list. However, these people just seem to be misguided.
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pathetic little tramp posted:Hey hey hey was there a terrorist attack today? At least it looks like they were both taken down.
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pathetic little tramp posted:Hey hey hey was there a terrorist attack today? Any idea how much they might've made before getting pulled? gently caress, people, donate to charity or something.
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Bandit Queen posted:At least it looks like they were both taken down. drat Indiegogo must be looking out for reports doubletime, well that's good at least.
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Kaethela posted:Any idea how much they might've made before getting pulled? gently caress, people, donate to charity or something. Both were at nada when I looked.
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As they should be; those fools barely put any effort into these thinly-veiled scams. Really, now, "Please give me money because I might give it to this guy in a photograph I don't know"? It's not even trying at that point.
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Completely unexpected and shocking news!teamPixel posted:To all our contributors: Thank you for supporting the SaveHomeworld.com project,
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sgbyou posted:Completely unexpected and shocking news!
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fondue posted:Sadly nobody has any idea to whom the property went to. Activision announces Homeworld 3 Season Pass DLC! Pre-order now and unlock the Bacon Resource Pack DLC! Upgrade to the special edition to get exclusive gold and diamond plated ship skins for multi-player!
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Jefferoo posted:Activision announces Homeworld 3 Season Pass DLC!
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fondue posted:If that happened I think I would die a little inside. That was basically what happened with Saint's Row the Third but before the THQ bankruptcy. The game is great but the DLC is mostly worthless or cosmetic crap.
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Zeond posted:That was basically what happened with Saint's Row the Third but before the THQ bankruptcy. The game is great but the DLC is mostly worthless or cosmetic crap. It was, however, fun.
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Upon a Fable looks like an okay board game, I guess. But wait! Who is that shilling for it in the video? Why it's the RPG industry's old pal Mark MacKinnon! Don't know who that is? He ran Guardians of Order into the ground. Why does that matter? After all, RPG companies fail all the time, it's a volatile industry. Well, here's a sampling of historical artifacts from the far off past of ~2005-2006! George R. R. Martin posted:I regret to announce that Guardians of Order, the Canadian games company that issued the GAME OF THRONES role-playing game last fall, is closing its doors and going out of business. Here is Mark's official announcement, which he could only be bothered to make after a licensor cornered him to ask was up with the property he was supposed to be taking care of. Below I quote the classiest bit, with extra classy bolding for emphasis: Mark MacKinnon posted:First, an apology. I am terribly sorry that George Martin broke the news about our situation. That is certainly not how I wanted the information to be released, and I had thought that my frank conversation with him about A Game of Thrones-specific issues was in confidence. This is the second time now that someone other than me releases very important news about Guardians Of Order, which leaves me frantically trying to patch the holes. The polite and proper thing for me -- as President of the company -- to do would be to contact all of our creditors (which includes some great freelancers and industry associates) FIRST and explain the situation to them. I was working on that process when my efforts were derailed by one simple website post. So I am very sorry that someone else took it upon himself to release this information. It's not how I was proceeding to handle things. drat you old man, revealing that my company is going under! Okay, still doesn't seem too shady. Why should you care? Well, it turns out that the company was basically dead for as much as a year before that. Just, MacKinnon and maybe the staff he laid off were the only ones that actually knew. But that didn't stop him from hiring freelancers that he could never pay, and taking orders and preorders for books that would never be shipped, or that never even existed in the first place. For example: Ian Sturrock posted:Just as a sample -- here's part of one of the many, many emails I sent him, when due to the thousands of dollars he owed me at the time, I was on the verge of being unable to pay my mortgage. There is indeed some hatred in this, but just enough threat that he did actually pay me some of what he owed (not all). Bear in mind this email is from January 2006, almost a year before GoO actually ceased trading; he was already missing deadlines and failing to return emails at that point. Ian Sturrock posted:In hindsight, I think that the threat of exposure was more telling than the threat of legal action; he wanted to stop his house of cards from collapsing for as long as possible, largely so he could keep taking money off people for product that was never going to ship or services that were never going to happen. Steve Trustrum posted:On Jan 5, 2005, at 10:14 AM, <trustrum@misfit-studios.com> wrote: Okay, so, some bad blood. It's been 7 years, though, and MacKinnon disappeared into the respectable field of real estate. Maybe he's changed? Well… Mark MacKinnon posted:This will be my only post on this subject to establish facts surrounding the situation, since very little has changed in nearly a decade. See that bolded bit up there? The first part is true, but not the whole story. The second part is just a lie. The rights to unpaid-for content did indeed revert to its creators. That didn't stop MacKinnon from selling books, or the promises of books, that contained that content for months after his company was totally insolvent. This is combined with the fact that the company was receiving dozens, scores, maybe even hundreds of orders during its final months, orders that were never and will never be fulfilled and certainly weren't refunded. Anyway, maybe he's kind of a dick, maybe his view of things is skewed by personal feelings and the passage of time. Apparently he had fallings out with many of his former employees, but one of those dudes, Jeff Mackintosh, found it in his heart to forgive Mark and come on board to this latest Upon a Fable project. What's he got to say about all this? Jeff Mackintosh posted:Some people are jerks. I hate jerks. The above G+ post was since dragged behind the wall of Friends Only. There was this later: Jeff Mackintosh posted:As for deleting the Google+ post, you're right - I did. I decided to take my social networking back to friends-only content. My friends, some of whom disagree with me strongly on this subject because they were also affected by it, can still see my post. The public, however, no longer can. I'm under no obligation to give the public access to my social media posts and I've decided to restrict that access. I stand by what I said and retract nothing. I simply no longer wish to discuss that post with random strangers. Random strangers don't have the benefit of knowing who I am and how I speak. My friends do. Now in this and other industries, the farts and rainbows of promised payment aren't too uncommon. However, I reckon there's a meaningful difference between getting in bed with someone on promise of good times, and getting in bed with someone who is known to have previously Cleveland steamcleaned the sheets. I'm still waiting for that Game of Thrones GM Screen and Adventure Book that I preordered, Mark. 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I shouldn't have read the comments on that Kickstarter. Too many of them are "Bah, whatever he did was in the past, I'm sure it's totally fine now."
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Zeond posted:That was basically what happened with Saint's Row the Third but before the THQ bankruptcy. The game is great but the DLC is mostly worthless or cosmetic crap. Saint's Row 4 is literally a DLC that the new owners are making in to an entire game. It has me more than slightly worried. Jefferoo posted:Activision announces Homeworld 3 Season Pass DLC! Pre-order now and unlock the Bacon Resource Pack DLC! Upgrade to the special edition to get exclusive gold and diamond plated ship skins for multi-player! EA is proud to announce that the new Always-Online feature...
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miguelito posted:iPhone Kickstarters are nothing if not reliable. Segway controlled via Bluetooth from an iPhone. If you multiply the iPhone's success and the Segway's, then... a very large number x 0 = 0.
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Pregnancy blood test extension for the iPhone for sex workers.
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Evil Fluffy posted:Saint's Row 4 is literally a DLC that the new owners are making in to an entire game. It has me more than slightly worried. No, it's not. They've folded the content from that announced expansion into it, but SR4 was under development since before the release of 3.
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Evil Fluffy posted:Saint's Row 4 is literally a DLC that the new owners are making in to an entire game. It has me more than slightly worried. It very literally is not DLC, and never was DLC, and I say this as a former Volition dev. e: Enter the Dominatrix, as a product, however, was a terrible idea, despite not being DLC. I'm looking forward to the game it has become. Sigma-X has a new favorite as of 07:22 on Apr 18, 2013 |
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Sigma-X posted:It very literally is not DLC, and never was DLC, and I say this as a former Volition dev. Most people consider modern standalone expansions to fall under the umbrella of DLC regardless of the semantics involved.
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"Incandescent with anger." Really? I hate everyone involved with anything in this post.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1887069385/a-silent-anti-gravity-device-can-now-lift-99-of-it?ref=category You get one of 3 possible pictures!
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Bobo the Red posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1887069385/a-silent-anti-gravity-device-can-now-lift-99-of-it?ref=category He didn't even show the thing working!
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Bobo the Red posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1887069385/a-silent-anti-gravity-device-can-now-lift-99-of-it?ref=category This is amazing. He's almost worked backwards into inventing the hot air balloon!
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Who knew that differences in density within a medium can create a net upward force even when arrayed against the incredible power of gravity itself?
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BattleMaster posted:Who knew that differences in density within a medium can create a net upward force even when arrayed against the incredible power of gravity itself? I came to this discovery when stepping into a bath. I was so overtaken I yelled “Eureka!” and ran through the streets naked.
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Bobo the Red posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1887069385/a-silent-anti-gravity-device-can-now-lift-99-of-it?ref=category quote:More testing should produce an upward lift greater than 100% making my device a serious candidate for the little known and little contested $1.3 million Gode Gravity Award. quote:Levitation effects, based on traditional effects such as aerodynamic, magnetism or electricity are excluded. Dunning-Kruger effect in action. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A smart man would stop and think "maybe this has been done before?" but no! This man is a crazy genius and he needs our help to stop BIG SCIENCE from shutting him down with his genius ideas that nobody's ever had before, such as using heat to generate lift, or "gravitational wind"
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"So guys I made this cool new invention I call a roundyroll that you've never seen before. You see while studying I discovered that round things roll so I invented a bigger round thing you can use on cars, bikes or even tricycles. But people keep telling me it's already been invented, to them I say poppycock! So I need at least $1,000,000 so I can take my invention to a convention and win a nobel prize. Reach the $40 tier and I'll send you a picture of me holding it! " Does that sound Kickstart worthy considering everything else that goes through?
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psychoticBacofoil posted:"So guys I made this cool new invention I call a roundyroll that you've never seen before. You see while studying I discovered that round things roll so I invented a bigger round thing you can use on cars, bikes or even tricycles. But people keep telling me it's already been invented, to them I say poppycock! So I need at least $1,000,000 so I can take my invention to a convention and win a nobel prize. You know, this got me wondering if anybody owned a patent for the wheel. If you did, I don't know how you'd resist the temptation to be the biggest patent troll of all time.
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Waffleman_ posted:You know, this got me wondering if anybody owned a patent for the wheel. If you did, I don't know how you'd resist the temptation to be the biggest patent troll of all time.
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Waffleman_ posted:You know, this got me wondering if anybody owned a patent for the wheel. If you did, I don't know how you'd resist the temptation to be the biggest patent troll of all time.
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Waffleman_ posted:You know, this got me wondering if anybody owned a patent for the wheel. If you did, I don't know how you'd resist the temptation to be the biggest patent troll of all time. The evidence of prior art is sufficiently obvious that even the US patent office can see it.
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psychoticBacofoil posted:"So guys I made this cool new invention I call a roundyroll that you've never seen before. You see while studying I discovered that round things roll so I invented a bigger round thing you can use on cars, bikes or even tricycles. But people keep telling me it's already been invented, to them I say poppycock! So I need at least $1,000,000 so I can take my invention to a convention and win a nobel prize. It's good, but I don't think you've thrown in enough technobabble to let suckers / backers know how smart you are. I suggest throwing in a couple of "Slope Density Exclusions" and "Particle Rolling Technology (Patent Pending" so that you can really show your potential.
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Zaphod42 posted:Dunning-Kruger effect in action. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A smart man would stop and think "maybe this has been done before?" but no! This man is a crazy genius and he needs our help to stop BIG SCIENCE from shutting him down with his genius ideas that nobody's ever had before, such as using heat to generate lift, or "gravitational wind" Look, I think a man who has limited his single tier of pledges to $5000 short of his actual goal knows a *little* more about mathematics and physics than you do.
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Well, today's the last day for the scamfest known as Send My Rich 9 Year Old Girl To A lovely RPG Camp, now offically titled "9 Year Old Builds Her First RPG... TRUTH & TROLLS!" loving thing is up to $24K despite all the press about Mom's previous horseshit. And the game will be delivered in July 2013! Wow. And goddammit, she's actually created ANOTHER project based on this shitstorm. quote:Though not part of the original project, after we realized there was a need for a safe place for kids to learn, share, create, play and test one another’s games (with some help from experts will to pay it back and pay it forward), PinkieSquare.com has evolved into a real website. It’s still a work in process and we’re still looking for experts to volunteer to host live Skype, Twitter and Facebook Q&A sessions. Check it out and see for yourself – PinkieSquare.com: Indie Gaming. For Kids. By Kids.
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That loving troll story, I just
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Your kid will make the next great game for OUYA with OUR HELP!
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batphantom posted:Well, today's the last day for the scamfest known as Send My Rich 9 Year Old Girl To A lovely RPG Camp, now offically titled "9 Year Old Builds Her First RPG... TRUTH & TROLLS!" loving thing is up to $24K despite all the press about Mom's previous horseshit. And the game will be delivered in July 2013! Wow. And goddammit, she's actually created ANOTHER project based on this shitstorm. God dammit this is still going? I know there is a lot of great projects on Kickstarter but this has really soured the website for me. I don't think I feel right supporting anything on their site if they just ignore their own TOS when they feel like it.
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Sid Vicious posted:God dammit this is still going? I know there is a lot of great projects on Kickstarter but this has really soured the website for me. I don't think I feel right supporting anything on their site if they just ignore their own TOS when they feel like it. To be fair, this project puts KS in a weird PR situation. If they take it down, they risk looking really bad, because this game has become a mini-poster child for women and girls in STEM (and because the mom is a pretty cunning lady who would almost certainly make sure that happens). If they don't cancel it, they get money, and the only people who are "tricked" are people who voluntarily gave money and, in all honesty, should have done their own godamn due diligence.
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Bobo the Red posted:To be fair, this project puts KS in a weird PR situation. If they take it down, they risk looking really bad, because this game has become a mini-poster child for women and girls in STEM (and because the mom is a pretty cunning lady who would almost certainly make sure that happens). If they don't cancel it, they get money, and the only people who are "tricked" are people who voluntarily gave money and, in all honesty, should have done their own godamn due diligence. That's Kickstarter in a nutshell. Do your due diligence on the project before committing. A little googling goes a long way. I figure only a small percentage of the project's supporters are aware of Susan's background and are still supporting it. I can only imagine how much of a slave driver she'll be on the kid to deliver a working game, and I wonder how many people will "support" the development with art, coding, producing, testing, you know, actually making it. The kid'll have less to do with it than William Shatner does with his writing projects. Not that anyone should expect a nine year old to make a satisfying game in three months. BUT DAMMIT IT'S THE PRINCIPLE
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