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Ein posted:As a little kid my best friends father had complete meltdowns over his wife buying their son pieces of clothing that had feminine colors, like red. One early morning they found him swinging from a tree close to the house. He had some weird ideas about masculinity. The funny thing is that a hundred years ago, red and pink were considered the proper color for boy's clothing and blue for girls, since red is a "fierce" color while blue is peaceful and calming.
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I just received a tweet from the creators of a project encouraging me to support them because "I notice you back a lot of good creative things on Kickstarter" I can't quite tell if it's a joke or not, the video has an MS-paint style intro and features an aging man in a dreary British living room talking/reading in a monotone about his plans for a movie/TV show project that will be a lot like a modern Laurel and Hardy but featuring two "cool young dudes" (a phrase the guy in the video seems to particularly struggle with). The creative team seems very odd (there's a random journalist and the video guy doing translation as best I can tell) and the number one risk they identify in their FAQ is piracy which is why they're unable to share any further information about the content of the film beyond a curious drawn pencil sketch. Though they do promise it'll be hilarious, have catch-phrases and feature a philosophical child who appears out of nowhere to make observations. Part of me would like to see the madness they plan on creating but at £30 (about $50) for a digital download and £75 (approximately $120) for a DVD (albeit signed) it's probably not worth it. The majority of their pitch seems to be a business idea (for a mere £5,000 you can get a cut of the gross!) and they've already got vague plans for merchandise and suchlike: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1151870960/jack-and-mack *EDIT* I replied to their tweet saying I'd keep an eye on it but £75 for a DVD seemed a bit steep and received a plea for support and a promise that they'd let me write their first update if I kicked in some money. *EDIT2* ...and they've now tweeted me offering a £20 discount on the DVD bringing it to a much more reasonable £55 (about $90). Are kickstarters allowed to negotiate prices via twitter? *EDIT3* ...and their twitter account has been suspended (presumably for spam?) Jeremys Iron has a new favorite as of 14:48 on Sep 20, 2013 |
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Sep 20, 2013 14:35
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Jeremys Iron posted:*EDIT3* ...and their twitter account has been suspended (presumably for spam?) You could probably get their Kickstarter project closed down for spamming as well. Community Guidelines quote:Spread the word but don't spam
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Sep 20, 2013 14:53
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:You could probably get their Kickstarter project closed down for spamming as well. You're also not allowed to do "investments" but offering a percentage of the gross sounds a lot like one.
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Sep 20, 2013 15:09
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Ein posted:As a little kid my best friends father had complete meltdowns over his wife buying their son pieces of clothing that had feminine colors, like red. One early morning they found him swinging from a tree close to the house. He had some weird ideas about masculinity. Swinging from trees is a very masculine thing to do. I suspect you mean to say that he wasn't using either arm to hang on, though.
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Sep 20, 2013 15:14
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If you're trying to Kickstarter a series about two funny comedy dudes, it might, you know, help to actually HAVE two funny comedy dudes. Maybe that's just me, though?
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Sep 20, 2013 15:15
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Great Rumbler posted:If you're trying to Kickstarter a series about two funny comedy dudes, it might, you know, help to actually HAVE two funny comedy dudes. Maybe that's just me, though? Nah, you'll use the money to hire those because you just have the best idea for Original Characters Do Not Steal ever and after all, ideas are precious and people should give you free stuff for how creative you are every day. Not the you you but the general you.
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Sep 20, 2013 16:16
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Sep 20, 2013 16:58
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pathetic little tramp posted:I. Calibri and an image that has not been proportionately scaled? drat, they know how to sell a product. I would bitch about the disproportionate figures on those people (Jack and Mack I presume) but it's really hard to tell with the image being all squished. Still probably a lovely drawing.
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Protocol7 posted:Still probably a lovely drawing. I think it's done in what worthless people consider "manga style" so definitely.
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Morglon posted:Nah, you'll use the money to hire those because you just have the best idea for Original Characters Do Not Steal ever and after all, ideas are precious and people should give you free stuff for how creative you are every day. Not the you you but the general you. Yes, I can't wait until they invent some technology to correct this. I have so many AWESOME ideas for games and movies and things like that but programming and doing work is boring and takes too long! They need to hurry up and make a computer that let's me just sit there and think of cool ideas and it just automatically programs and illustrates and animated my awesome thoughts and maybe even 3d prints the tshirts. This would definitely be my full time job and I say job because if I'm going to share so much of myself with the world I better get paid for it. Since that doesn't exist yet though, you'll have to settle for this black and white drawing of my awesome idea and kind of fill in the blanks yourself about how awesome it will be.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:I think it's done in what worthless people consider "manga style" so definitely. I don't think the style has anything to do with it. Either it's a very shittily built building, or those windows are not in line with each other at all. And the guy on the left has a weird alien appendage for an arm. But I guess someone's into that and is probably going to back it, huh.
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pathetic little tramp posted:I. It's so clear that someone (the artist?) decided to ink-in the pencil drawing, got 1/10 of the way into it and realized they were loving it up, so stopped. Perhaps this will be a metaphor for the entire project?
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Protocol7 posted:I don't think the style has anything to do with it. I think it does when it's so poorly executed. I don't mean that it's bad exclusively because of the style, but the style just adds to the terrible majesty of it all. In this case, "manga style" is like the saffron on the rice dish of suck. It doesn't define the shittiness of the drawing, but it adds a certain little something extra that takes it to the next level. It's the difference between "this is a sexy drawing of my idealized self" and "this is a sexy drawing of my idealized self that is also a horse." Also, keep in mind that I'm referring to "manga style" in the crappy catch-all no talent DeviantArt sense. Obviously, there are tons of extremely talented and innovative manga artists out there, but those aren't the ones I'm talking about.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:I think it does when it's so poorly executed. I don't mean that it's bad exclusively because of the style, but the style just adds to the terrible majesty of it all. Well I can't tell with the lovely proportions but it just looks like a lovely attempt at drawing realistic people. It looks like a bad cover for The Outsiders.
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Protocol7 posted:Well I can't tell with the lovely proportions but it just looks like a lovely attempt at drawing realistic people. It looks like a bad cover for The Outsiders. Oh. I'm on the iOS app, so I really couldn't tell. Whatever. We both agree that it sucks.
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Dr. Video Games 0112 posted:They need to hurry up and make a computer that let's me just sit there and think of cool ideas and it just automatically programs and illustrates and animated my awesome thoughts and maybe even 3d prints the tshirts. Don't forget the OTON 
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Sep 20, 2013 20:58
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Here's the non-distorted version from the actual kickstarter page, in case you didn't actually look at it.
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Grim Up North posted:I'm not sure, the previous update (#40) quoted from their original kickstarter page: Can they really do this and offer reward tiers that promise the game as well as pay for your character in the game etc? It seems very suspect to offer rewards of a finished product when your funding isn't even to make that product.
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So is the white space at the top of the drawing the antagonist or... Ooh, I see.
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I followed that yandere visual novel link earlier which lead me to another one of those games and it somehow both looks like poo poo and it has gotten double its requested funding. Also there literally is a porn stretchgoal (so obviously  ) and it even has a steam greenlight page. Aren't these sort of things (ie: porn) forbidden on kickstarter/steam? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ajtilley/swords-of-edo-visual-novel-game
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Davincie posted:I followed that yandere visual novel link earlier which lead me to another one of those games and it somehow both looks like poo poo and it has gotten double its requested funding. Also there literally is a porn stretchgoal (so obviously you don't get it man it's ROMANCE/LOVE  
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CLANG also never answered the glaringly obvious "how is your sword fighting going to be realistic if you don't have a way to provide feedback as if there's another swordsman" question, which anyone who thinks about actually playing the game for 5 seconds should pick up on.
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judge reinhold posted:So is the white space at the top of the drawing the antagonist or... I'm going to donate and hope that the guy is some kind of Tim & Eric style performance artist.
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Davincie posted:I followed that yandere visual novel link earlier which lead me to another one of those games and it somehow both looks like poo poo and it has gotten double its requested funding. Also there literally is a porn stretchgoal (so obviously What about that is pornographic? Their outfits are only barely NSFW. What am I missing here?
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Sep 21, 2013 00:12
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Look at the stretch goals.
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FlyinPingu posted:Here's the non-distorted version from the actual kickstarter page, in case you didn't actually look at it. I can't fully wrap my mind around the one-legged giant on that ladder in the background.
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theflyingorc posted:CLANG also never answered the glaringly obvious "how is your sword fighting going to be realistic if you don't have a way to provide feedback as if there's another swordsman" question, which anyone who thinks about actually playing the game for 5 seconds should pick up on. They probably figured out that the épeé is the superior weapon and dropped the project because fencing is pretty boring. Many a Kendo:er have been shamed by a fencer, no matter the pretend rules.
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FlyinPingu posted:Here's the non-distorted version from the actual kickstarter page, in case you didn't actually look at it. I got confused for a moment and thought I was in the TLC R'yleh thread.
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Teeter posted:I can't fully wrap my mind around the one-legged giant on that ladder in the background. Try wrapping it around the fact that those are the same characters that are in the foreground
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AKA Pseudonym posted:Try wrapping it around the fact that those are the same characters that are in the foreground
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theflyingorc posted:CLANG also never answered the glaringly obvious "how is your sword fighting going to be realistic if you don't have a way to provide feedback as if there's another swordsman?" CLANG! somehow managed to look clumsier, especially with that controller they had in tow.
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Ein posted:As a little kid my best friends father had complete meltdowns over his wife buying their son pieces of clothing that had feminine colors, like red. One early morning they found him swinging from a tree close to the house. He had some weird ideas about masculinity. The worst part about this story is that it reads like he's about to do something hilarious and demented over what is and isn't a "gay" color to be putting on a little boy, but instead of a punchline there's only sadness.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/844250995/centerpiece-small-box-holds-a-full-sized-board-gamquote:To play simply learn to drop the dice off the box, and keep them on the game-board. The very first corner space states, Divide Your Game Parts. What made that work, are five No/Rest circles added to select spaces. They take away the choice, of which game-piece to move. Before I adding those circles, catch-22's would happen. A different space states, Exchange Your Bank of Feathers. It allows a player to come from behind at anytime I'm sold.
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Toffile posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/844250995/centerpiece-small-box-holds-a-full-sized-board-gam You've found TimeCube: The Game.
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UncleSmoothie posted:You've found TimeCube: The Game. That was the response of the TG Kickstarters thread too. The best part is the update it has: History posted:It was taken off a Goa'uld mother ship.
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Dragonshirt posted:What about that is pornographic? Their outfits are only barely NSFW. Not to mention the images for the 4000 and 7500 stretch goals are stills from sekirei and highschool DXD. Stealing from a currently airing show is even worse than stealing from deviant art like the rest the hacks
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WebDog posted:I one stumbled across some game on a 2000 Games in One shovelware CD, where it was two crude polygon swords in a black void and you had to swing and parry with the mouse. Despite being 3D I remember giving up pretty quickly as you had no real idea what to hit, or even why things were happening. Die by the Sword? Toffile posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/844250995/centerpiece-small-box-holds-a-full-sized-board-gam I believe it was the weird wording that makes it weird, the video pitch totally explains everything. Seriously, that's a once in a decade classic video.
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Davincie posted:I followed that yandere visual novel link earlier which lead me to another one of those games and it somehow both looks like poo poo and it has gotten double its requested funding. Also there literally is a porn stretchgoal (so obviously What the gently caress is a "fun ecchi battle system"?
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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:What the gently caress is a "fun ecchi battle system"? DOA with less button-mashing and less clothing?
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