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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Another positive outcome is that PUA techniques only have a chance of working (apparently they work occasionally) if the women being targeted aren't familiar with them. Thanks to the mass media reporting on this Kickstarter project there's been possibly hundreds of thousands of woman who have been alerted to PUA techniques for the first time and now know to shut these guys down immediately when they spot them. We've even had a few goons over in the other thread go "Huh, so that explains that one time that a guy said these really weird things to me." Which other thread? For curiosity's sake.
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DStecks posted:Which other thread? For curiosity's sake. The GBS Kickstarter fund a sexual assault manual! thread.
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Srice posted:The Megatokyo Kickstarter has reached all non-porn stretch goals, so he added a bunch more. FACTUAL ERROR DETECTED ON INTERNET Actually, you misread. He said it would take him years if he kept adding more primary selectable characters besides the existing seven and the lesser secondary characters. To quote him: quote:We will be focusing on delivering Part 1 by February 2014, and tentatively August 2014 for Part 2. BiggerJ has a new favorite as of 03:20 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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eithedog posted:While indeed it's pretty great from the technological point of view, I feel queasy about the application. What is the purpose of this, what kind of sense does it have - why would you order something like that? If you'll indeed need it, as you're delving into world of neurology, and yes, if it actually serves a purpose I might be fine with it. Otherwise, no, not really - and I guess the problem I've got here mostly is that people will use these things for fun. Unless I'm missing something, there is nothing left for this kickstarter to prove other than selling the same equipment as a home hobby kit. edit: The people running the kickstarter are the same people who published the kit instructions for the homebrew version a while back.
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What better way to speak out against and help stop possibly fraudulent crowdsourcing projects than with a possibly fraudulent crowdsourcing project of your own? Crowdfunding Transparency. One project to help them all This guy wants $16,000. $10,000 for a website(his friend is a web developer). $1,440 for a 400 slot Ventrilo server(I can think of no better way to discuss crowdsourcing projects than a conference call with 399 other people). And the rest for a video camera to make hilarious videos about the possible pitfalls of crowdsourcing. In case you didn't already guess, it's indiegogo and flexible funding.
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Nikaer Drekin posted:Looks like they just posted this: Hahahah wow. So not only does the guy have the money, he's no longer obligated to fulfill anything he promised since they took the official page down, and along with it any sort of official communication that would come with it. Now that's the kind of Kickstarter Chicken I'd like to play
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Alan Smithee posted:Hahahah wow. So not only does the guy have the money, he's no longer obligated to fulfill anything he promised since they took the official page down, and along with it any sort of official communication that would come with it. Now that's the kind of Kickstarter Chicken I'd like to play You say that like him taking $16k from MRA shitheads then never giving them anything in return is a bad thing.
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Alan Smithee posted:Hahahah wow. So not only does the guy have the money, he's no longer obligated to fulfill anything he promised since they took the official page down, and along with it any sort of official communication that would come with it.
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StevenM posted:Technically speaking they donated it to RAINN. Also the argument that this stuff would go away if people would just stop talking about it is bunk and outright disgusting. What are we supposed to do, sit tight and cross our fingers that it won't happen again? The coverage I've seen surrounding this has been overwhelmingly negative; the only people who could possibly come away from reading an article condemning this with an impression of it all being an overreaction are folks who've already made up their minds about women being subhuman.
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Discussion and nerd slap fights about the MRA Kickstarter can go in the thread about the MRA kickstarter. Please swing this thread back onto the topic of awful kickstarters in general. (Really, though, no more nerd slap fights about it here, there, or anywhere. You people are theoretically grown-ups; act like it.)
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torgo posted:What better way to speak out against and help stop possibly fraudulent crowdsourcing projects than with a possibly fraudulent crowdsourcing project of your own? This is probably the most awful of kickstarters I've seen in awhile. quote:I am not very camera-ready so my initial videos are probably going to suck. That said is anyone really Camera-ready? How many shaky videos did the current kings of YouTube have before they got their break? I also seriously doubt you need 10 grand to build a website. Especially one that will receive less than 100 views a day. He might as well just get a wordpress site up with a forum in a sub directory which may cost a little if he bought a nice forum backend. b0red has a new favorite as of 16:22 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Ah, it's the Chris-chan school of legal thought: if I'm using it, it's parody. quote:We know video game webcomics are a dime a dozen. Especially Sonic ones! But in all our years on the internet, we never came across the comic we wanted. Can't argue with that logic. "Listen, we know Sonic webcomics are a dime a dozen and ridiculed by most everyone. Well this one's ours. Please give us money". And then people did.
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judge reinhold posted:Ah, it's the Chris-chan school of legal thought: if I'm using it, it's parody. I still have no idea why he needs that much money, people are churning out this crap by the tonne for free. Edit: Vanity publishers must love kickstarter it's like their wildest wet dream come true. Cool Web Paige has a new favorite as of 18:32 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Guavanaut posted:I remember the remote control roaches being an actual thing in EE and entomology a few years back. Applying direct electrical stimulus to cockroach antenna and 'steering' it is an already proven thing, and even reached the stage of homebrew microcontroller kits maybe a couple of years ago. The thing I mostly don't get about this roach thing is how many people could realistically use it? You're pretty much restricted to places where those bigass roaches live, and on top of that, how does the attachment procedure work? I'm assuming you'd need tiny tweezers, scalpels and a magnifying glass or something. I don't see how this kit is practical outside of a laboratory.
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torgo posted:What better way to speak out against and help stop possibly fraudulent crowdsourcing projects than with a possibly fraudulent crowdsourcing project of your own? $50 Diamond Donor All previous rewards and I will Skype or Ventrilo chat with you if you have concerns about the legitimacy of up to 5 crowd-funding projects privately and I will give you my honest opinion. Sign me up.
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eithedog posted:While indeed it's pretty great from the technological point of view, I feel queasy about the application. What is the purpose of this, what kind of sense does it have - why would you order something like that? If you'll indeed need it, as you're delving into world of neurology, and yes, if it actually serves a purpose I might be fine with it. Otherwise, no, not really - and I guess the problem I've got here mostly is that people will use these things for fun. We studied this sort of thing briefly in a Cognitive Science course seven or eight years ago: the articles we read focused on using rats/cockroaches to dive into earthquake rubble and quickly find survivors so the rescue teams knew where to focus their efforts. That said, I don't see these homebrew kits producing useful data or having a practical purpose. Is anyone who orders one of these really going to advance the technology or use it in a meaningful way? If it's just a toy that requires mutilating an animal to use, they leave me feeling queasy too. opaopa13 has a new favorite as of 19:37 on Jun 22, 2013 |
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Srice posted:The Megatokyo Kickstarter has reached all non-porn stretch goals, so he added a bunch more. http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/fredrin/megatokyo-visual-novel-game/ Oh there is a distinct possibility he'll get 500k by the end of the thing. Even though Kicktraq overestimates by a mile because of early interest, the average daily interest is still really high. If it maintains $15k a day, it'll end extremely close to the 500k mark. If Gallagher does it right and starts creating higher tiers with exclusive physical goods, he can maintain that pace. That Kingdom of Death KS did exactly this and basically fed upon the initial 1200+ backers it got within the first two days. Very clever way to keep the KS total rising steadily. Also, if it maintains that rate, it'll probably get a sharp last-minute push to get it over the edge once people realize HEY WE CAN GET PORN IN OUR MEGATOKYO'S IF WE DONATE ANOTHER $50K. I honestly really hope it gets past $500k, just because Gallagher is probably the worst webcomic artist/writer when it comes to delivering on promises and creating content at a timely rate. He will gently caress it up, repeatedly, for years and years as he slowly grinds away at it. The only hope it has of getting done on time is everyone else associated with the project working with him. Unfortunately, all his parts are shared with at least one extra person, so when (not if) he inevitably flakes, someone else can carry the project forward without him. For the time being, watching him flail about trying to create Stretch Goals that he clearly never had thought out properly is hilarious. Oh, part 3 you say? Where this godforsaken comic finally comes to an end? And only at $150k? He really doesn't want this thing to get to $500k, hahahahhaah.
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opaopa13 posted:We studied this sort of thing briefly in a Cognitive Science course seven or eight years ago: the articles we read focused on using rats/cockroaches to dive into earthquake rubble and quickly find survivors so the rescue teams knew where to focus their efforts. Ostensibly it's at the same level as a home chemistry kit in that, it's unlikely any new advances will come out of it, and the amount of entertainment will sharply decline after the first use, but it seems like a cool thing to give anyone interested in science that doesn't mind handling cockroaches.
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Just in case other videogame peripherals on Kickstarter didn't make you feel silly enough http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rongreen/bowbladevideo-gaming-meets-archery/description
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vxskud posted:Just in case other videogame peripherals on Kickstarter didn't make you feel silly enough I think it's actually kind of cool, but it does look silly as all hell. I was thinking of it more as a draw training device than a gaming device though.
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It would be cool if it actually functioned like a bow, instead of just having to hold it, and the pull that ring thingie, how exactly is that better than tapping on a phone?
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http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/questria-princess-destiny This loving WHY IS THIS A THING?! and you just KNOW it's gonna get funded because it's a popular artist and the double funding time!
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Colon Semicolon posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/questria-princess-destiny  Even if it does hit the goal, Hasbro's lawyers will not be happy when they discover its existence.
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I don't think that they'll ever have a case as it's removed so far from the original thing that it's hard to claim it's infringing on anything??? Honestly I'm just confused as to why it's some weird visual novel thing, or even why someone would want to make it in the first place. Diabetes Forecast has a new favorite as of 21:11 on Jun 23, 2013 |
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Colon Semicolon posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/questria-princess-destiny I like how the first line is how the game is for all ages when the preview image from the video directly above it has a scantily clad girl on the left and a girl with the biggest boobs in the world on the right.
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Colon Semicolon posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/questria-princess-destiny It's also Flexible Funding, and the artist seems to be responsible for that one creepy MLP calender from last year.
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The person doing the video voice over really sucks at doing the cartoon girl voice.
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Colon Semicolon posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/questria-princess-destiny Project aside, the flat wage of $15 an hour for all the art assets seems on the low side, or are artists expected to earn barely above minimum wage? As does assigning ten hours to do ALL the sound design, music and recording. I guess at least they've got a detailed breakdown, though "coding, $30,000" seems a bit loving broad.
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Isn't this just straight up IP theft? Especially now that there's that official human version of the characters or something?
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Blame Who ! ? Dude's trying to disprove Super Size Me like 10 years after the fact.
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Friends Are Evil posted:Blame Who ! ? Blame Who !? posted:I maid fun of "Super Size Me," the movie in 2003'ish that blamed McDonald's/ fast food for Obesity. What is this person even trying to say? 
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DancingPenguin posted:What is this person even trying to say? He's saying that Obesity is entirely a mental health issue and the easy availability of extremely high calorie food has no influence on the amount of calories people consume in a day (they eat too much because they're suffering from an eating disorder and would eat just as much even if it was harder to get hold of high calorie food)
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Fatkraken posted:He's saying that Obesity is entirely a mental health issue and the easy availability of extremely high calorie food has no influence on the amount of calories people consume in a day (they eat too much because they're suffering from an eating disorder and would eat just as much even if it was harder to get hold of high calorie food) Thank you.
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Drakkel posted:I like how the first line is how the game is for all ages when the preview image from the video directly above it has a scantily clad girl on the left and a girl with the biggest boobs in the world on the right. Bronies and creepers who think sexual content is perfectly okay for young children have a large overlap.
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DancingPenguin posted:What is this person even trying to say? He's saying people the needing of bootstrap themselves into grammar good
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Colon Semicolon posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/questria-princess-destiny It's a 'thing' because some people are very, very disgusting. Bah, I feel unclean whenever I remember that there are hordes of folks who see absolutely no problem with publicly avaible pornography of a children's cartoon.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/885682198/a-juggalo-story-the-family-documentary?ref=home_location This page on this one isn't too remarkable, but check out that video. Its a kickstarter for a documentary to prove once and for all that Juggalos aren't violent gang members. The intro videos features some slick production from FAYGOLUVERS.NET and featuring your director MATT the DRAGAN and his confused girlfriend. Its not as insane as I hoped, but it's still pretty ridiculous.
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Colon Semicolon posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/questria-princess-destiny What is the thing, for those of us who aren't totally into whatever this is? it looks like another mediocre dating sim?
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Sigma-X posted:What is the thing, for those of us who aren't totally into whatever this is? Ponies. (MLP: FIM) The land that My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic takes place in is called Equestria, you figure out the rest.
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