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MrAptronym posted:I am convinced that with enough buzzwords and an appeal to hipsters/nerds/bigots/new-agers you can sell literally anything on kickstarter/indiegogo. No matter how bad or actually insane the idea, it seems like there is a crowd waiting to pay for you to pretend to make it. I don't know if this was ever kickstarted, but the guy started doing it as a joke and then was shocked by the wave of hipster support. It would be weird to wake up one day and realize you've accidentally become a professional pencil sharpener. Also he has a TV show now. So yeah, sky's the limit with this poo poo. Edit: 9-minute how-to-sharpen-pencils video Official Selection: 2013 Austin Film Festival 2013 SF Docfest 2013 Sidewalk Film Festival (Winner: Best Documentary Short) 2013 Indie Memphis Film Festival (Winner: Special Jury Prize) 2013 Cucalorus Film Festival gently caress hipsters PostNouveau has a new favorite as of 08:20 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1253722565/disney-days It's not even $500 for a decent camera; it's $500 to go shoot phone pictures at the 3rd most instagrammed place on Earth.
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PostNouveau posted:I don't know if this was ever kickstarted, but the guy started doing it as a joke and then was shocked by the wave of hipster support. It would be weird to wake up one day and realize you've accidentally become a professional pencil sharpener. Also he has a TV show now. he's primarily a comedian and i enjoy his stuff
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theflyingexecutive posted:It's not even $500 for a decent camera; it's $500 to go shoot phone pictures at the 3rd most instagrammed place on Earth. Just coincidentally, after Kickstarter and Amazon fees $500 is about the cost of an iPhone. But I'm sure this is a coincidence and has nothing at all to do with the photos being taken on an iPhone.
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MrAptronym posted:I am convinced that with enough buzzwords and an appeal to hipsters/nerds/bigots/new-agers you can sell literally anything on kickstarter/indiegogo. No matter how bad or actually insane the idea, it seems like there is a crowd waiting to pay for you to pretend to make it. I like to come up with completely retarded ideas for kick starters but unfortunately I lack the talents to follow through. For example: I wanted to get someone to mimic this nazi propaganda poster but with Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony (and a different flag etc.), put it on a T-shirt, put the "14 words" on the back, but revised to be relevant to ponies and then see how many Bronies I could get to contribute to straight up nazi propaganda. Like I said though, I lack the talent. In this case I can't draw worth poo poo. But when I get bored I spend a lot of time thinking up idiotic things I could do kick starters for
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1253722565/disney-days I'd like to point out that the Palos Verdes Peninsula, where the creator is from, is one of the most affluent places in Southern California. I'm not saying everyone there is Mr. Moneybags, because my family certainly was not, but chances are they can afford $500 for an iPhone or whatever. I mean, a yearly pass to Disney parks already costs $500+. But have some census stats of the four cities comprising the Palos Verdes Peninsula. quote:According to the 2010 United States Census, Palos Verdes Estates had a median household income of $152,068, with 2.8% of the population living below the federal poverty line
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Happitoo posted:I like to come up with completely retarded ideas for kick starters but unfortunately I lack the talents to follow through. For example: Pretty sure this has already been done unironically, although perhaps not on Kickstarter. Thanks for contributing though, the world always need more idea peoples.
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appdocu/app-the-human-story Today's featured kickstarter. I hate the planet, I hate everything. I want my generation to die. This is the most dumb, self-aggrandizing, myopic... Okay, I am overreacting. A lot. However, while most of these are scams, this is just a big ego fest. Its a bunch of people talking about how revolutionary their work is and why the iPhone is the most important thing because 'apps are the art form of our generation'. With great quotes like 'Only nerds downloaded software' before the iPhone. They envision a future where everything is apps and their work is of historic significance. Essentially, its the two hour movie equivalent to chatting up the people who go to Apple Stores just to hang out. Flappy Bird is this generation's Citizen Kane. E: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2012515236/flash-point-call-of-duty-expansion This one doesn't seem like a horrible product, but they are really infringing on call of duty's trademarks with that font. MrAptronym has a new favorite as of 22:17 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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Guys I have a great idea. You should be able to give money to make a kickstarter NOT get made. Help me kickstart this idea. Target funding is $1. For 3 thousand I will send a strongly worded letter to the kickstarter offices.
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Talorat posted:Guys I have a great idea. You should be able to give money to make a kickstarter NOT get made. Help me kickstart this idea. Target funding is $1. For 3 thousand I will send a strongly worded letter to the kickstarter offices. How much to fling a bag of flaming poop into the Solar Roadways home?
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Here is a special, all funded edition of some minor bullshit until the next giant healthcare or video game scam comes. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/504525864/fart-attack-ios-android-app Fart attack is a mobile game where you press the screen at the right time to fart and not poop. 1,510 AUD https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1740179253/muahahahahahaha-music-video-from-dark-lord-the-mus Muahahahahahaha! from "Dark Lord; The Musical" Just listen to it. 1,000 USD https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/215252337/shadow-saint "Batman meets Spawn. 'Nuff said." Nuff Said. $2,240 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1704196356/5berscratcher-the-1st-genuine-carbon-fiber-back-sc A carbon fiber backscratcher. The video informs you how to use a back scratcher. They start at $55. "This is the most hypoallergenic backscratcher on the market as far as we know" "UV Resistant" 4,570 USD https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/103132559/princess-cabbage-and-quite-house-ash-daughter Avant-garde dances about cabbage. 5,771 USD https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2022604828/sprout-hifi-stereo-amp-that-transforms-the-way-you An amplifier for audiophiles with two knobs. I cannot tell what is special about this except for a lack of options. Its $800 so its not like its a terribly cheap option. It makes a big hooplah about having analogue, digital and bluetooth inputs? Anyway $414,693 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/657495163/soldier-creed-apparel T-shirts for quote:Most of those t-shirts are made over seas in foreign countries, primarily the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Why should our people have to buy products from countries we have conflicts with?
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2022604828/sprout-hifi-stereo-amp-that-transforms-the-way-you They all are not exactly great, but this one made me angry for some reason. There are EQ presets on your phone already, you don't even need that option by his logic. And the device is not even portable! You can only use it with stereo, so any decent 5.1 audio system is out of the question. All that, while there are plenty of portable preamps that you can basically strap to the back of your audio player, plug your headphones and that's it. The audacity of this prick, when he says there's nothing like that. Ugh.
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EVE Online is pretty unique among MMOs, what with being a non-sharded, non-instanced, PvP-centric single universe. Well, not for long… or something… now that Event Horizon is being proposed. Surely, it's uniqueness is due to its being such a trivial implementation that everyone is going for a much complicated design and, really, anyone with mid-'90s sensibilities can replicate it. So how do you go about doing that? Why, with flexible funding of course.
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Paladinus posted:They all are not exactly great, but this one made me angry for some reason. There are EQ presets on your phone already, you don't even need that option by his logic. And the device is not even portable! You can only use it with stereo, so any decent 5.1 audio system is out of the question. All that, while there are plenty of portable preamps that you can basically strap to the back of your audio player, plug your headphones and that's it. The audacity of this prick, when he says there's nothing like that. Ugh.  I don't care for headphone amps, portable or otherwise, nor do I care for 5.1 or EQ presets. A simple stereo amp with that selection of input options would work perfectly for me. For the love of god, drop the infuriating audiophile marketing bullshit (which makes this kickstarter well mockworthy) and sell it at $200-$250 or something, but yeah. I even like the way it looks. I have no idea whether something with the specific featureset already exists or not, but dude's got a point that there is a niche for a thing like this.
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Flipperwaldt posted:Conventional logic would have you refute his claim by quoting examples of other existing products that are like his. You try to do so by mentioning how it's lacking features of completely different products aimed at completely different niches. Just wanted to point out that that's a bit weird, maybe My issue is that people generally pay the big bucks for the large feature set. Here he took out the big feature set for simplicity and is still charging $800. You can get a good simple amp for 1/4th that. 3 seconds on google got me this for half the cost http://www.crutchfield.com/p_022AS500/Yamaha-A-S500.html?tp=34948&awkw=75620905825&awat=pla&awnw=g&awcr=47439151345&awdv=c Yamaha makes good poo poo in my experience.
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Let's see what's trending on indiegogo. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paperlike Why do you inconsistently misspell receive... But, let's get to the point - the idea is quite repetitive, and while I've seen links to https://flattr.com/ (most of the time on soundcloud), and lately heard about PayPal Microtransactions, it's not something you can easily... adapt. I imagine doing it the way Apple does it, with the store (charging the payment to your phone bill) makes sense, but I'm getting away from the campaign. Reading it, I can see no real details - how will the payments be processed - what experience do they have with processing payments, what clients did they work for previously, how will it actually work; to that - what the money will be actually used for? what benefits of using this service over the ones mentioned above? The demo on their website is a placeholder and of course the "Thanks wall". Well, thanks wall! 8k$ earned. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hicon-smart-wristband-social-bracelet-with-interchangeable-social-network-icons No, no, no, no, no. Seriously - do you really need to have access to your social media that you have to wear a bracelet to notify you about a facebook update? And this is only a notification - you won't be able to know what was updated, who updated it. Hell, reading through it - you won't be able to use it without your smartphone. So it's a notification to check... the phone that you've to have on you. 2k$ earned.
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MrAptronym posted:My issue is that people generally pay the big bucks for the large feature set. Here he took out the big feature set for simplicity and is still charging $800. You can get a good simple amp for 1/4th that. 3 seconds on google got me this for half the cost http://www.crutchfield.com/p_022AS500/Yamaha-A-S500.html?tp=34948&awkw=75620905825&awat=pla&awnw=g&awcr=47439151345&awdv=c Yamaha makes good poo poo in my experience.
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/657495163/soldier-creed-apparel Holy gently caress, did Parkourdude91 come up with this poo poo?
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Old White People Murder Religions: A-Okay! Old Brown People Murder Religions: No Way Man
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eithedog posted:Let's see what's trending on indiegogo. How can anyone honestly be of the opinion that we need more ways to express that you like a page on the internet? There are literally over a dozen icons under any youtube video you want to share. There are already half a dozen ways to pay people for their ramblings. As for the second one look at those buzzwords! All for another social alert wristband, there are so many of these things and I have never seen a human in real life use one. Good lord that bracelet is ugly too. I love that they are acting like its a way to meet people or a conversation piece. They have a video of a guy picking up a girl because they both use instagram and youtube. Wow! Soulmates! Creepier, it monitors your social networking profile and alerts you any time someone nearby has similar interests. My absolute favorite part has to be that they describe the (unsettling) fact that people look at their phones every 6 or so minutes as a waste of time. They do this right before actually suggesting you wear a bunch of blinking social media icons on your wrist; sometimes I worry we are already living in the Brave New World.*  *Or I would if anyone wore this poo poo. Anyway, Onto the cesspool of indigogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bistro-the-smart-feeder-that-recognizes-your-cat-s-face Okay, this could be useful for people. However: I am not going to resist posting a cat feeder with cat facial recognition software and diet management systems. It lets you connect with other cat owners and... share your cat? Its every calorie counting wrist band, but for cats. I have doubts the facial recognition would work for very similar cats, but I see no technical reason this could not function as intended; it is just so bizzare. anyway $102,057 CAT PEOPLE! (Seriously though, its kind of an impressive device, I just can't really take it seriously.) https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/its-a-router-its-a-tablet-its-home-automation-its-soap Soap is a device I flat out do not believe. Its claiming to be a high end router, with built in virus protection and Honeypots. All that technically exists yes, but then it gets iffy. They mention a lot about it being 802.11ac but nowhere do they inform you that all the devices they list like phones and game consoles? Are currently NOT and do not support gigabit wireless. Then it mentions it can control all home automation... well is there a standard for those that it can interface with? I have no real knowledge but it seems more complicated than that. Then they literally claim it stops bullies. It monitors your children online and when someone is being a bully it alerts you. It also blocks porn (poor teens) but not with a blacklist or proxy, no no no. It uses NEVER BEFORE SEEN TECHNOLOGY without slowdown. Plus buy more than one tablet and they form a beowulf cluster! $179,999 folks. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/spy-cam-peek-i--2 Parascope for your iphone. "For people who love taking pictures and taking it easy." I see no use beyond being a creeper to people. I cannot mechanically see how it would work for peeping toms, so how did it get $12,428? https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/statement-wkw-extreme-charge-and-data-cable-for-iphone-ipod-and-ipad you know those idiots who buy $50 AV cables? Now you can buy an 'audiophile quality' $30 charging cable for your iPhone. $57,400 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/this-is-your-out-an-eject-button-for-bad-situations Its a keychain you can press and it calls you so you can pretend you got a phone call. You can do this if you are stuck around people you don't like. Because I guess confronting someone is the absolute last thing in the world you could do. Did I mention you have to pay by fake call? $3,243
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/spy-cam-peek-i--2 I like how they say "You can also get great shots of weirdoes walking down the street right next to you, without them realizing what you are doing.", as if the weirdo wasn't the one with the creepercam. Also it comes with stickers, so you can advertise the fact that you're a creeper.
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/103132559/princess-cabbage-and-quite-house-ash-daughter That's not at all what this is, but congratulations on making a post I guess. Paladinus posted:You can only use it with stereo, so any decent 5.1 audio system is out of the question. I agree with everything people have been saying about this so far (it's overpriced, the marketing is infuriatingly pretentious, it's trying to enter a market already saturated with modern and vintage equipment that can do its job better and for way less money, etc) but why exactly is this a problem? If you're in the market for a stereo amp (for, say, a music-only setup or for a desktop or small room system), then you're not looking to power a center channel and surrounds.
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2022604828/sprout-hifi-stereo-amp-that-transforms-the-way-you I particularly like how they mention it comes with a 1/8" to 1/4" stereo plug adapter. They even have a picture!
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/488665254/letters-to-everybody I made a low-effort Kickstarter project to see if I'd get any bites. I thought 50 was a pretty easy goal, only one guy donated so far I even made sure to mention potato salad, although I guess you gotta say it in the KS blurb itself instead of your bio. Excels has a new favorite as of 07:44 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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MrAptronym posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/statement-wkw-extreme-charge-and-data-cable-for-iphone-ipod-and-ipad I don't know if you're aware, but Apple makes dogshit cables and also charges $20/$30.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:I agree with everything people have been saying about this so far (it's overpriced, the marketing is infuriatingly pretentious, it's trying to enter a market already saturated with modern and vintage equipment that can do its job better and for way less money, etc) but why exactly is this a problem? I was mainly talking about how they promised an equivalent of two metres tall amps around the room in one tiny box. It's a thing they obviously marketed towards audiophiles, yet I can't imagine why any of them would be interested.
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Paladinus posted:I was mainly talking about how they promised an equivalent of two metres tall amps around the room in one tiny box. It's a thing they obviously marketed towards audiophiles, yet I can't imagine why any of them would be interested. Yeah, I dig. I think it's funny that they're taking the "we've simplified it for you" angle to market to a demographic who's bread and butter is nerding out and over-complicating this poo poo. It's also a 50-watt amp (and that's 50 watts in today's circuit design/measuring language, not 50 watts from the 1970s that could shake pictures off of your walls) in a tiny enclosure so the idea that it could give someone the same experience as a 300 lb stack of separates is pretty rich. There's also already a small army of good looking, great sounding ~50 WPC stereo desktop amps and even self-powered speakers on the market that cost between an eighth and half of what this guy's charging and the connectivity options that he's touting can be added for dirt cheap. The only thing that this has sort of going for it is looks and you can get a vintage receiver or amp with way more character and way more power (and which will probably sound better) off of Craigslist for under $200. trilobite terror has a new favorite as of 18:58 on Jul 20, 2014 |
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EightDeer posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/245504181/throw-money-down-a-rat-hole I love it.
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EightDeer posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/245504181/throw-money-down-a-rat-hole He offered a clever and roundabout way of asking for money they're going to waste anyway. I hope he spends that money on improving his life. 
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EightDeer posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/245504181/throw-money-down-a-rat-hole With links to charities it seems like he was trying to say that people who donated to potato salad-like kickstarters are pretty stupid. A good kickstarter with a good message behind it.
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EightDeer posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/245504181/throw-money-down-a-rat-hole I hope this kicks off and the same thing happens to it as with all the other ironic kickstarters like the potato salad: A bunch of people bandwagon on the cause then immediately try to start controlling it and criticizing the rathole guy's every move like he's running for political office.
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Meatwave posted:I hope this kicks off and the same thing happens to it as with all the other ironic kickstarters like the potato salad: A bunch of people bandwagon on the cause then immediately try to start controlling it and criticizing the rathole guy's every move like he's running for political office. The potato salad guy excitedly posted 17 updates in the first 11 days of that project but hasn't posted one for about a week now. Backers have also posted almost 1000 comments, approximately 100 of which were spam for other projects which have since been deleted by Kickstarter staff and the rest is mostly people bitching about the spam or bitching about the potato salad guy changing the main photo for his project or bitching about whether he's going to add new reward tiers or actually mail a bite of the potato salad to everyone or invite veterans to the party or make an alternate potato salad from organic ingredients or a hundred other pointless lovely things to argue about.
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Rad Tad posted:Why can't he make black potato salad? He's pretty much a loving racist for INSISTING on making white potato salad! 
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ullerrm posted:From the Kickstarter Gaming thread, apparently the Yogscast game ("Yogventures!") project has failed. They gave $35k to an artist who did nothing and left to work at LucasArts, took at least $15k to themselves for pocket money, the rest to a devteam that was too small and inexperienced with not a single project behind them. Point&Laugh reading: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=858550 http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/20/5920079/yogscast-kickstarter-canceled-yogventures-winterkewl What do they say about this? quote:"we're under no obligation to do anything"
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