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So I was puttering about one day on 4chan (I know, I know), when I saw a blank link to something called 'offbeatr'. I thought it sounded familiar, but didn't know where from. I followed the link, and then I remembered a split second before the page loaded: Offbeatr is the adults-only Kickstarter. It may be cheating (ahahaha), but I thought I'd poke around (sorry) and see if there was anything worthy of posting. Hoo boy (all links are  , in case you didn't figure it out):First up, Trials in Tainted Space, which seems to be some kind of text adventure, focusing on a question which has no doubt plagued (or, well, chafed) nerds for decades- what if Captain Kirk focused his explorations solely to anything he could stick his dick into? Well, wonder no more! For T.I.T.S. is sure to answer that question and more! Featuring such elements as: Someone who has waaaay too much money posted:Combat that can be won through sensuality or brute force. Sexyhot! It also features 'gold membership', which basically means that you get game membership 2 weeks earlier than everyone else  Did I mention that it has $130k with 4 days to go? Now there's a project you can hang your hat on! That is a penis joke, dear viewers!Next up is Aching Dreams 3, featuring the best of Newsgrounds-quality porn, with what seems to be... a tower defence game? Well, can't fault the guy for creativity! Better still, it will also feature voice-acting, with that 5 grand undoubtedly going to hire the finest in VA quality. But on a more serious note (really, I signed up onto Offbeatr just so I could support this project), is the "Aids: Epidemic of Survival" Coffee Table Book. I'll let the project creator speak for himself: quote:"AIDS Epidemic of Survival" will be a fund raising coffee table book featuring 144 photographic images of every day men who have lived 25 or more years with immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/ AIDS). 50 percent of all proceeds will be donated to the Elton John Aids Foundation (EJAF) whos mission is to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS through innovative HIV prevention programs, efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS, and direct treatment and care services for people living with HIV/AIDS.  Now, I suppose you could always donate straight to the Elton John Foundation (or hell, to any other foundation of your choice), and it does seem sketchy that the guy couldn't get publishing support by other means, but I'd like to trust and back this project. I mean, if poo poo like the two games above can get funded (and in TITS's case, massively so), so should this. Even if it turns out to be a dud, I can at least tell myself I tried to do a good thing.
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CommissarMega posted:So I was puttering about one day on 4chan (I know, I know), when I saw a blank link to something called 'offbeatr'. I thought it sounded familiar, but didn't know where from. I followed the link, and then I remembered a split second before the page loaded: Offbeatr is the adults-only Kickstarter. It may be cheating (ahahaha), but I thought I'd poke around (sorry) and see if there was anything worthy of posting. Hoo boy (all links are Well, 4chan didn't fund that game for no reason. I thought it was pretty sketchy with no concept art of its own to show for the announcement, but then I recalled the name of being the guy who made that "Corruption of Champions" Flash game that is super-popular on the chan boards, so he pretty much made a mint off them, although I'm sure he's going to spend a huge amount commissioning the artists. Young Freud has a new favorite as of 07:24 on Apr 30, 2013 |
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Apr 30, 2013 02:09
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CommissarMega posted:what if Captain Kirk focused his explorations solely to anything he could stick his dick into? Wasn't that basically what Riker did? I've never seen anything Star Trek related, so I'm likely wrong, but that was the impression I got.
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Apr 30, 2013 02:31
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Nah he had a crush on Deanna most of the time, for some reason.
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Toffile posted:Print my lovely webcomic Probably the first two. Now wait, the last 7. There's this loving humming sound that (fortunately?) drowns out his voice partially. That opening is still totally embarrassing though. He just drones on and on with all the enthusiasm of a bleached skeleton... I couldn't actually pay attention. Luckily, he's going to quit this shite if it doesn't get funded.
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Apr 30, 2013 17:34
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AxeManiac posted:Isn't the point of kickstarter to get the money you need to make things? It always seems weird to me when they say "We would like to add this feature, but we just don't have the time/money". The point of Kickstarter is to provide funding for projects that regular investors refuse to. At the end of the day, you'll still end up with a limited pile of money and an unlimited pile of ideas. Whether the pile of money came from a small group of investors or a large group of crowdfunders is irrelevant; you make due with what you're given, cut out what's least important or most expensive, and get your product out the door before you run out of money to pay employees, buy equipment, and rent office space. Heck, does Kickstarter even allow for rescue funding? If not, than normal investors are still better, since you can always go back to them and try to get more money if you go over budget.
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Apr 30, 2013 20:45
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Heck, does Kickstarter even allow for rescue funding? If not, than normal investors are still better, since you can always go back to them and try to get more money if you go over budget. Normally investors are harder to get and take your firm's equity. Then they start demanding things like competent management of the firm. Kickstarter donors on the other hand can be bought off with a pre-orders of a widget or T-shirts.
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Apr 30, 2013 22:02
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How about a bracelet that communicates with your smartphone. I have no doubt these guys are able to deliver a working product, but who in their right mind would wear this thing in public? I love how they even suggest you could wear it during business meetings!
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May 1, 2013 09:40
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Renoistic posted:How about a bracelet that communicates with your smartphone. I have no doubt these guys are able to deliver a working product, but who in their right mind would wear this thing in public? I love how they even suggest you could wear it during business meetings! Finally we have a reason to start pulling our phones out more.
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May 1, 2013 09:49
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That would actually be pretty dang cool to use if it weren't a plastic wrist band that looks like a glow stick. Guess I'll have to stick for the dozens of other bluetooth enabled wristbands that inform me of phone stuff
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May 1, 2013 10:20
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death .cab for qt posted:That would actually be pretty dang cool to use if it weren't a plastic wrist band that looks like a glow stick. Guess I'll have to stick for the dozens of other bluetooth enabled wristbands that inform me of phone stuff
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May 1, 2013 13:10
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If you take the dumb silicon band and put it inside a band made of metal with a gap to let you view the silicon band then I would buy it. Can't wait til these things come as rings though
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fondue posted:It looks like they're going to breeze past their funding goal, maybe they'll eventually get enough money to hire someone with design skills to make it a more palatable product. Honestly I like the idea but something smaller and more discrete would be better in my opinion. They had a failed Kickstarter before this one, with three different designs. This is the design they decided to focus on for the second attempt. Seems they might have the other designs as part of their stretch goals, though.
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Renoistic posted:How about a bracelet that communicates with your smartphone. I have no doubt these guys are able to deliver a working product, but who in their right mind would wear this thing in public? I love how they even suggest you could wear it during business meetings! If only this could display images. I could have Goatse scrolling across my wrist to let me know I HAVE AN INCOMING CALL.
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The shoes are relatively inoffensive (until you bring fashion into it) but it's the attitude of these guys that rubs me the wrong way. Down to the tape, the message they're sending is "I don't believe in a god and gently caress you if you do". They're the equivalent of the "feminist" bitching a dude out because he had the audacity to hold a door open.Salsa McManus posted:If only this could display images. I could have Goatse scrolling across my wrist to let me know I HAVE AN INCOMING CALL. I'll back this only if it has a "party mode" option. Otherwise, what's the point of buying a bent TX297 has a new favorite as of 03:59 on May 2, 2013 |
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May 2, 2013 03:46
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TX297 posted:They're the equivalent of the "feminist" bitching a dude out because he had the audacity to hold a door open.
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TX297 posted:The shoes are relatively inoffensive (until you bring fashion into it) but it's the attitude of these guys that rubs me the wrong way. Down to the tape, the message they're sending is "I don't believe in a god and gently caress you if you do". They're the equivalent of the "feminist" bitching a dude out because he had the audacity to hold a door open. I understand that it's generally obnoxious when someone is extremely outspoken about their views on an issue, but how is this attitude any different than people who put crosses and bible quotes on everything? Generally when people are asked this they reply that they ARE equally offended by the attitude of outspoken religious people. This is the part that I dont understand, because the people who say this are only bitching about outspoken atheists and people who bitch about outspoken religious people. If you complain about outspoken atheists but not other outspoken groups, then you are part of the reason that atheists feel persecuted, whether you mean to be or not.
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Snak posted:I understand that it's generally obnoxious when someone is extremely outspoken about their views on an issue, but how is this attitude any different than people who put crosses and bible quotes on everything? Generally when people are asked this they reply that they ARE equally offended by the attitude of outspoken religious people. This is the part that I dont understand, because the people who say this are only bitching about outspoken atheists and people who bitch about outspoken religious people. If you complain about outspoken atheists but not other outspoken groups, then you are part of the reason that atheists feel persecuted, whether you mean to be or not. Do you seriously know people who put crosses on everything? Necklaces don't count. And Bible verses really aren't any different than other quotes for most people, in that they inspire or make you happy. Only assholes quote the verses that seem to be offensive, but the proportion of inspirational to offensive Bible verses I see are about 100 to 1. And again, where are you seeing people putting Bible quotes on things that aren't Facebook? What's obnoxious about this product is that it is a piece of clothing that you wear to show off to people. The purpose of it is to appear smart. And the message that it shows off is very dividing. It's no different than walking around with a t-shirt that says "If you vote for so-and-so, you're a loving idiot. I'm the smartest." also see: every bumper sticker ever.
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Drunk Tomato posted:Do you seriously know people who put crosses on everything? Necklaces don't count. You don't live in the American south, do you? edit: v I'm finally leaving in a month.  v
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May 2, 2013 18:43
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Pomp posted:You don't live in the American south, do you? Most people have more sense then to do that.
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Snak posted:I understand that it's generally obnoxious when someone is extremely outspoken about their views on an issue, but how is this attitude any different than people who put crosses and bible quotes on everything? It's not, those people are dicks too, and people complain about them all the loving time on GBS. Did you miss the whole Faithmouse thing?
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Snak posted:If you complain about outspoken atheists but not other outspoken groups, then you are part of the reason that atheists feel persecuted, whether you mean to be or not.
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Can we keep the thread from devolving into /r/atheism's Greatest Hits? For content here's a kickstarter to start a website for flyover state hipsters: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/735279783/life-guide-for-fabulously-awful-pricks?ref=recently_launched
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May 2, 2013 20:55
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The most irritating part of those atheist shoes is that the writing in an imprint would be backwards.
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I found this diamond in the rough when searching my local area Kickstarters... Ladies and gentlemen I present to you : Hey Momma http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/453828027/custom-concepts?ref=home_location This chap needs $75,000 to make his dream of printing his lovely self portraits onto shirts for YOU. There's all kinds of witty things I could do, or say, but I think I'll just let you guys click the link.
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KittyLitter posted:I found this diamond in the rough when searching my local area Kickstarters... His style looks like NES instruction manual art.
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KittyLitter posted:I found this diamond in the rough when searching my local area Kickstarters... Steven Purdy posted:This is the Hey momma series ,a comic style character. this is a character which gets into funny situations . if this project is successful I hope to continue this line for many years to come ,make more funny situations and would also like to make this line available in retail stores for the public to enjoy in his crazy adventures. 1. Your lovely cartoon character isn't a series if it never left the concept phase, which it's still in. 2. Learn to use proper grammar and capitalization. 3. Making single pictures with some fat retard on it asking his mother for things is not what I would call making "funny situations" and "crazy adventures" 4. Actually invest in a digital artwork software and a tablet if you're planning to make god drat t-shirts that you plan to sell to the masses 5. Considering that $25 is the average price of a t-shirt, how in the hell do you justify the $500 tier of 15 t shirts? Considering that 4 t-shirts would be $100 in a normal store, you're basically robbing them of an extra $100 they could spend on good t-shirts, plus you should have it be LESS THAN RETAIL on your Kickstarter to actually motivate a purchase. Nobody is going to be so excited for "Hey Momma" t-shirts that they would pay an extra $100 than retail for the privilege of getting 15 of your shirts. Final Grade: F See me after class, Steven Purdy. SusanosWrath has a new favorite as of 23:29 on May 2, 2013 |
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Drunk Tomato posted:Do you seriously know people who put crosses on everything? Necklaces don't count. Cross necklaces are also a piece of clothing many people wear to show off to people. Of course there are people who stick them down their shirts and don't show anybody, but there are are plenty of religious people who wear them on the outside as well. Everything you said about these shoes applies to those necklaces, just in a slightly different way. They're not necessarily about being smart, and the message is only less dividing because for some reason we consider Christian the default setting for a person in this country. There is definitely an argument to me made against these shoes, but yours sounds a hell of a lot more like "I'm fine with people being gay but they shouldn't shove in other people's faces" than anything reasonable.
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KittyLitter posted:I found this diamond in the rough when searching my local area Kickstarters... quote:I am confident that the HEY MOMMA SERIES could possibly become a major competitor in the t-shirt business. I think this guy has the moxy to succeed in the dog-eat-dog world of the t-shirt business. Though I wish he would settle the debate of skull in a tree versus angel in a tree.
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Yeah but he's never going to take down "Dragon jealously guarding his stacks" and "badass litch dunking from half court."
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1539404766/the-mascots-cartoon-animation-hip-hop-sports-style?ref=recently_launched Listen to a man in his 50's tell you about his furry cartoon idea. He also claims that pledging to name the characters would be the best anniversary gift ever. For only $4,00! If that doesn't get you laid, I don't know what will.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/campcatmandu/catmandu-bringin-those-cats-back-to-burning-man-20?ref=category I am submitting this because every sentence I read becomes the craziest thing I've ever read.
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KittyLitter posted:I found this diamond in the rough when searching my local area Kickstarters... The adventures of Magical Hand-Morphing Fat Man™ + every highschool student's binder drawings ever™ They can both be yours for the low, low price of seventy-five thousand bucks. Act now and get a loving coloured pencil drawing.
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Drakkel posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/campcatmandu/catmandu-bringin-those-cats-back-to-burning-man-20?ref=category This seems pretty tame for a burning man-related kickstarter Here's hoping they have safety poo poo in mind, though, because drunk people on a three-story building with no railings around the sides seems pretty bad.
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KittyLitter posted:Ladies and gentlemen I present to you : Hey Momma Alright, I am far from an art expert, but does angel-in-tree.png look like a different artists work to anybody else? The rest all have a similarity between them, but that one just looks way off. Not only that, but I swear the central part of that image is familiar to me. No idea from where, but it just sticks out in my mind as not original. Maybe someone better at tineye than me knows what I'm talking about.
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Cursed Lumberjack posted:Alright, I am far from an art expert, but does angel-in-tree.png look like a different artists work to anybody else? The rest all have a similarity between them, but that one just looks way off. Not only that, but I swear the central part of that image is familiar to me. No idea from where, but it just sticks out in my mind as not original. Maybe someone better at tineye than me knows what I'm talking about. It does look different. I thought the same. And the fact that it's called "Angel in Tree" instead of a dryad(which it actually is), makes me think he just found it somewhere.
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What is it about this goddamned area? I just found another retarded local project... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1272989959/the-mechanical-ring?ref=home_location This is for, I poo poo you not, a RING that is made out of miniature bicycle chain. quote:My entire background is mechanical, and being a Harley guy, this kind of thing attracts me, but it didn't exist. One day I found this chain in some equipment I was servicing and thought it was cool so I kept a small section of it and 5 years later the idea came to me... I used to buy and sell a TON of jewelry at my shop and I can't tell you how many rings just like this I saw over the years. EDIT : I mean give me a loving break here. vvvvvvvvvv Oh poo poo! KittyLitter has a new favorite as of 21:38 on May 3, 2013 |
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That's not even the half of it. Can't find the chain you like already? Well let me tell you about my friend McMaster-Carr... http://www.mcmaster.com/#roller-chain/=mlcz1p
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Help this hack "comedy musician" get $1000 to release a CD of songs he recorded with MIDIs in his basement. Donate now!!!
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