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OmniDesol posted:Denis Dyack is apparently rather upset His introduction to this video really sounds to me like he's saying the CEO is really, really angry that Dyack's involvement in all of these scandals is effecting their business, and this is him desperately trying to stop that. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if after this they continue to not get anywhere near their goal, we hear Dyack has been fired.
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Me in Reverse posted:Haven't we already been told to shut the gently caress up about gender identity issues in this thread? They just need to throw a fedora on it and it'll be perfect.
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http://www.crowdsupply.com/word-lock-inc/stor-more-key-safe Would you really feel safe putting this thing on your front door? http://www.crowdsupply.com/alarma/a-fine-mess edit: I can't think of anything less appetizing than a photo of this on my plate 
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Xandu posted:http://www.crowdsupply.com/word-lock-inc/stor-more-key-safe
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Realtors use them all the time, (granted, not a word-combo), that's actually not a horrible deal for $30
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TheJoker138 posted:His introduction to this video really sounds to me like he's saying the CEO is really, really angry that Dyack's involvement in all of these scandals is effecting their business, and this is him desperately trying to stop that. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if after this they continue to not get anywhere near their goal, we hear Dyack has been fired. After seeing this video I am even more certain than before that Dyack is the one actually calling the shots at Precursor.
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TheJoker138 posted:His introduction to this video really sounds to me like he's saying the CEO is really, really angry that Dyack's involvement in all of these scandals is effecting their business, and this is him desperately trying to stop that. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if after this they continue to not get anywhere near their goal, we hear Dyack has been fired. Here's how they should do it. They should start again with a goal of $400k, which they might get. Then announce a stretch goal at $1.35m of a new writer/producer/whatever on the project, except instead of naming a big name hire they say they'll fire Dyack.
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Xandu posted:http://www.crowdsupply.com/alarma/a-fine-mess Because that wouldn't cause me to destroy my plates trying to get them clean or anything
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All Dyack hatred aside, you've gotta have some serious stones to make a crowdfunder on your own site This is no different then Black Isle's "give us money so we can ask for money" pitch
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Alan Smithee posted:Yeah, I feel like a 4 letter word combo lock would be easier to brute force Why would you say that? I mean each tumbler has 26 options and there are four tumblers. You wouldn't have to use a four letter word, it could be anything that you remember. I think it looks like a great idea... Except for the dinky little screw eyelet on the back.
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tuyop posted:Why would you say that? I mean each tumbler has 26 options and there are four tumblers. You wouldn't have to use a four letter word, it could be anything that you remember. I think it looks like a great idea... Except for the dinky little screw eyelet on the back. If you were smart yeah, you'd pick GBHX or something. In practice a lot of people are going to pick the equivalent of 1234
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That doesn't look much harder to Alan Smithee posted:If you were smart yeah, you'd pick GBHX or something. In practice a lot of people are going to pick the equivalent of 1234 Most combination padlocks are pretty easy to crack by feel - I'm guessing this will be too.
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tuyop posted:Why would you say that? I mean each tumbler has 26 options and there are four tumblers. You wouldn't have to use a four letter word, it could be anything that you remember. I think it looks like a great idea... Except for the dinky little screw eyelet on the back. Each tumbler only has 10 options, if you watch the video you can see each tumbler only has a small portion of the alphabet. They also mentions 10k combinations which implies 4x10 tumblers.
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quote:I also include what I call the Ultimate Pickup Line in the manual. I know that sounds cheesy, but it really does works! It isn’t phony or scripted sounding and is very short and easy to memorize.
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The guide to getting chicks for creepy motherfuckers: Step 1: Go to developing or even third world countries. Step 2: Buy a woman for whom being a provider of stronger currency is all she needs to get wet Hard mode: Go to a first world country like Glorious Nippon but learn the language beforehand.
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But can I buy the woman with Bitcoins? Oh also is there a Bitcoin equivalent of Kickstarter? I want to gaze into that abyss.
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Xandu posted:http://www.crowdsupply.com/alarma/a-fine-mess I'm not sure what the use for that is other than gaslighting your friends/enemies.
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I Before E posted:I'm not sure what the use for that is other than gaslighting your friends/enemies. For some reason I think it's some kind of art.
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Alan Smithee posted:The guide to getting chicks for creepy motherfuckers: There is a book for that too! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481852795/ 
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Guavanaut posted:There is a book for that too! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1481852795/ Chapter 1: (That, that) Dude looks like a lady
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OmniDesol posted:Denis Dyack is apparently rather upset Oh my god Dennis Dyack is such a baby. This is so annoying to listen to. He can't even read aloud properly; he pauses mid sentence all over the place and then rambles right through periods. Was it really necessary to read that aloud? Then he whines that because people don't like him, his life is getting hard, so cut it out guys. He says "I've learned my lesson" but it REALLY doesn't sound like it. Just a big attempt at PR bullshit. cool biRd pics posted:Gamer Tribes. Clothing for all gamers no matter how you play T-shirt kickstarters are just the worst. There's infinite websites that will print any graphic on a shirt for you, it requires nothing. These are even worse than "get my lovely story printed by a vanity press". If kickstarter had any quality assurance or anything, they'd cancel these. But they're happy to collect the  Crowdfarter. Love it. 
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Sabrina, The Teenage Flop!quote:Melissa Joan Hart, the '90s teen star who currently dwells in the basement of fame known as the ABC Family network, has effectively canceled her Kickstarter campaign after falling a whopping $1,948,395 short of her goal. Which begs the question: Melissa Joan Hart had a Kickstarter campaign? And also: who is Melissa Joan Hart? Oh well, oh well.
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According to wikipedia, she seems to still get acting gigs and other work, so that just screams "vanity project". Vanity Projects do not make good kickstarters, even for moderately famous D-list actresses. At least she isn't pitching her MMO idea, I guess.
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This is the problem with already established stars like Zach Braff doing Kickstarters for vanity projects, if you have access to the Hollywood system and its rejected your idea it's probably for a reeeeeeally good reason. Hollywood doesn't produce entertainment for their fans, they produce entertainment to make a profit.
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Rosalind posted:Oh also is there a Bitcoin equivalent of Kickstarter? I want to gaze into that abyss. Yes, yes there is. The oh so creatively named Bitcoinstarter. I don't think anything on that website has actually been funded.
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Does anyone remember that really awful Kickstarter clone that's dedicated to adult projects? http://offbeatr.com/project/poni-parade-39222585751They raised $62,557 for a book full of My Little Pony porn 
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Efexeye posted:This is the problem with already established stars like Zach Braff doing Kickstarters for vanity projects, if you have access to the Hollywood system and its rejected your idea it's probably for a reeeeeeally good reason. Hollywood doesn't produce entertainment for their fans, they produce entertainment to make a profit. So if Hollywood doesn't think if will make a profit that means a project shouldn't be made at all? Fans gave 5.7 million dollars to make the Veronica Mars movie, the kickstarter happened because some business men didn't think it would make enough money to bother, yet there was clearly a big interest in it being made. The problem is with the system that would rather gamble on a 200 million dollar movie, than one that costs 10 million. Also in almost every case where a entertainment kickstarter has done well, all the people who rejected the idea in the first place, come and want a piece of the pie now that they can smell money.
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OldMemes posted:According to wikipedia, she seems to still get acting gigs and other work, so that just screams "vanity project".
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Aphtonites posted:Does anyone remember that really awful Kickstarter clone that's dedicated to adult projects? What the Christ indeed. How the hell did they manage to raise so little?
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Oasx posted:So if Hollywood doesn't think if will make a profit that means a project shouldn't be made at all? There's no value judgement in simply stating a fact, I didn't say that at all. But washed up stars like Melissa Joan Hart and Zach Braff who can't get stuido funding for their projects should follow the traditional route: years of rejections and failures until they're spit out the bottom of the porn industry. take it easy fanboys and girls, it's just a Seinfeld quote
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Efexeye posted:This is the problem with already established stars like Zach Braff doing Kickstarters for vanity projects, if you have access to the Hollywood system and its rejected your idea it's probably for a reeeeeeally good reason. Hollywood doesn't produce entertainment for their fans, they produce entertainment to make a profit. I don't really know the details of any of these kickstarters, but seems like a stars vanity project would be perfect for kickstarter. If it's funding something the fans would enjoy, but won't make enough of a profit to get funding from traditional sources, why not have the fans fund it? They are the only ones that would want it anyways, so let them band together to see it. This is assuming they are asking for enough money to fund the whole project.
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gninjagnome posted:I don't really know the details of any of these kickstarters, but seems like a stars vanity project would be perfect for kickstarter. If it's funding something the fans would enjoy, but won't make enough of a profit to get funding from traditional sources, why not have the fans fund it? They are the only ones that would want it anyways, so let them band together to see it. This is assuming they are asking for enough money to fund the whole project. While it annoys me that Kickstarter is being used by celebrities to fund their bullshit when someone with no previous star appeal but a nice idea could really do better with it, but it's not like plenty of small-time good ideas aren't getting funded too. People are entitled to do whatever they want with their money. Guavanaut posted:I blame lack of marketing. I didn't even hear about an MJH kickstarter until after it had failed, whereas I heard about the Mars/Braff kickstarters right from the first hour. Where were they announcing this? I bet plenty of potentially-great Kickstarter ideas have failed because they weren't headed by someone popular or were never bigged-up on Twitter or Kotaku or whatever. Which sucks.
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Aphtonites posted:Does anyone remember that really awful Kickstarter clone that's dedicated to adult projects? Wait. People pay for porn?
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Honestly I don't get the fuss about "celebstarters". While it may be true if they couldnt get traditional funding there might be something wrong with it, but really at the end of the day if they deliver a product to their fans what's the big deal? I have a bigger problem with so called "indie" developers who talk the talk about reinventing the wheel or removing the middle man bullshit and then take the money and run. REAL loving INDIE By the way I fully expect to contradict myself at a later point in time by making GBS threads on some celeb's self-indulgent vanity project and I reserve the right to do so
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Alan Smithee posted:Honestly I don't get the fuss about "celebstarters". While it may be true if they couldnt get traditional funding there might be something wrong with it, but really at the end of the day if they deliver a product to their fans what's the big deal? It annoys me because, in my head, Kickstarter is this symbolic milestone where people who don't have money or exposure can be given a chance to get their ideas made based on a community of people who happen to like the idea chipping in to help out. Oh, rich people who were already famous / won the lottery are using it? Oh. Okay.  It's not actually a big deal or a problem that celebrities are using it, of course. It makes the idea of a Kickstarter I want to run sometime that much scarier though, because I'm a nobody whose Kickstarter won't be mentioned on internet news sites and Kickstarter is going more and more mainstream and saturated that there'll be no more money left and I'll never get to realise my ideas, but that's more a reflex reaction than anything rational. It's no big deal.
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