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Zurui posted:Jeeesus. How did you not just give up on this? I guess I've only backed Kickstarters where the game work is effectively done and they're just waiting on printing/fabrication. Because my credit card company refused to do the chargeback because it had been so long between the time I called and when Mark Rein Hagen stole my money. EDIT: So once I get Democracy (and before I end up selling it), the next late Kickstarter that has the title for longest standing vaporware is Apotheosis Drive X. VoodooXT fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Nov 20, 2014 |
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VoodooXT posted:So once I get Democracy (and before I end up selling it), the next late Kickstarter that has the title for longest standing vaporware is Apotheosis Drive X. Which just sent an update out too, eerily enough.
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Zurui posted:I guess I've only backed Kickstarters where the game work is effectively done and they're just waiting on printing/fabrication. This is the only kind of kickstarter I'll consider backing. If there isn't a rules draft or demo or some other proof most of the writing is already done, I'm just gonna sit back and wait and see.
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Just got this email re: Dracula Dossier and TimeWatch:TimeWatch posted:We thought you might like to know that Kevin Kulp is writing a Dracula Dossier campaign frame for TimeWatch. Called A Time of Coffins, in which you're more than a little surprised to learn that in the future you will go up against Dracula's forces... and lose badly. Now you must risk paradox and face down your future vampiric self, or risk Dracula gaining access to TimeWatch technology. Because if you think a master vampire is bad, just imagine one who can time travel! 
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Nov 21, 2014 19:31
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Galaga Galaxian posted:This is the only kind of kickstarter I'll consider backing. If there isn't a rules draft or demo or some other proof most of the writing is already done, I'm just gonna sit back and wait and see. That's generally been my policy. I need something that indicates the rules are at least mostly done. So if you have an introductory adventure or rule book that isn't laid out then I tend to pass. I'm willing to cut established companies a bit more slack and if someone managed a lot of successful kickstarters then I might give them some slack. But so many people have no idea of basic project management that it just makes backing someone's random passion project seem like it's too much of a pitfall.
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Nov 21, 2014 20:56
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Got my dwarven forge stuff. About forty pounds of plastic. Only issue is that the stuff that was supposed to be painted wasn't. I've contacted them, and hopefully they'll fix it.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:This is the only kind of kickstarter I'll consider backing. If there isn't a rules draft or demo or some other proof most of the writing is already done, I'm just gonna sit back and wait and see. Speaking of interminable Kickstarters! quote:Hey there, folks -- I think it's been about a month since he promised to stop doing updates and just get the thing done. I guess he couldn't resist his annual "by Christmas" promise of satisfaction. His dedication to "real soon now" is perverse.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:This is the only kind of kickstarter I'll consider backing. If there isn't a rules draft or demo or some other proof most of the writing is already done, I'm just gonna sit back and wait and see. Although it was something that felt pretty risky when I was planning the kickstarter for Legacy, I'm glad I put out the full text free to backers. I've had interesting feedback already and it doesn't hurt to show a little trust in your customers. Plus, I've only had like three people cancel their pledge, so I don't think people are taking advantage of the deal to rip me off. (If you're interested in giving Legacy a try I still have a few slots open on my hangouts game tonight at 7PM GMT. Check this link or message me for details: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c7crfsnmr56un7670jnkev92rjk)
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Some news from the Call of Cthulhu project:quote:We also decided to not print softback versions of the Call of Cthulhu Rulebook or Investigator Handbook. There was limited demand for them in this format, and personally we think all 7th Edition backers deserve hardback versions of these great books. All softback backers will now get a FREE upgrade to the hardback version. Those backers who originally ordered the hardback or leatherette versions will not be left out – you will receive store credit of $40 each, with our thanks. We hope that this goes some way to recognizing your support and patience.
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Nov 24, 2014 16:07
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Woah, that's unexpected. Looks like I'm getting that Innsmouth gold after all.
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Nov 24, 2014 16:16
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Well, some people are saying that you could read that statement as "you'll get $40 for each backer." So, I can see that... Still, $40 free money is alright by me.
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berzerkmonkey posted:Well, some people are saying that you could read that statement as "you'll get $40 for each backer." So, I can see that... Still, $40 free money is alright by me. There's no way it can be read any other way. It's still $40 in credit, though!
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Nov 24, 2014 18:12
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Plague of Hats posted:Speaking of interminable Kickstarters! But he released art too!   
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Nov 24, 2014 18:17
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Wow, thats pretty drat photoshop.
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Nov 24, 2014 18:29
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Evil Mastermind posted:But he released art too! Well, it's not Bruce Lee.  It's Dragon Lee. First image search result for "Dragon Lee" or "Bruce Lee Impersonator". And no, it's not public domain.
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Nov 24, 2014 18:29
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Holy poo poo, I didn't think it'd be that bad.
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Rulebook Heavily posted:Well, it's not Bruce Lee. It is truly the Kickstarter gift that never quits giving
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Nov 24, 2014 19:21
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While I'm glad I'm only in this for ten bucks, it just makes me madder that I paid like $60 or whatever it was for the Buckaroo Banzai game he'll never release because that'd probably suck too.
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Nov 24, 2014 19:22
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We found the belt! original link: http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/041/2/0/webber_gun_belt_by_james_flynn-d5uk2rg.jpg
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This is hilarious. Is he doing those himself or did he pay someone for it?
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Nov 24, 2014 19:38
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Knowing nothing about this KS or the person (or persons) behind it, I just did a Google Image Search on this image, and this is the first result that came up:  Which apparently comes from a Korean film called "Musa" or "Musa the Warrior" or something like that.
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Nov 24, 2014 19:41
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Coming soon*, Asian Space Cowboys, from GMS *2026
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Nov 24, 2014 19:43
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Galaga Galaxian posted:This is hilarious. Is he doing those himself or did he pay someone for it? I vaguely recall that he had some artist on board for the first year or so, but that guy bailed for ~reasons~ around the same time people who paid to get their faces poorly Photoshopped onto Photoshop-filtered tableaus started complaining the art looked like poo poo.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Knowing nothing about this KS or the person (or persons) behind it, I just did a Google Image Search on this image, and this is the first result that came up: It's an awesome film with lots of oversized-blade action. People should definitely track it down.
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I am really tempted to go into the update comments and ask if he's going to pay and credit the owners of ll the pictures he's edited.
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Evil Mastermind posted:I am really tempted to go into the update comments and ask if he's going to pay and credit the owners of ll the pictures he's edited. I Googled "Gareth Michael Skarka" and found this guy's blog post about how much of a douchebag he is, so I highly recommend doing this. 
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Evil Mastermind posted:I am really tempted to go into the update comments and ask if he's going to pay and credit the owners of ll the pictures he's edited. If no one else has done it, once I get home to Photoshop I'm going to make a composite or two for RPG.net.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I Googled "Gareth Michael Skarka" and found this guy's blog post about how much of a douchebag he is, so I highly recommend doing this. Oh, he's already blown up at me a few times on G+. The thing you always have to remember about him is that the only valid moral outrage is his moral outrage.
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Also worth remembering that GMS stalks the people that complain about how unprofessional he is on social media, barging in to their G+/twitter/etc. conversations to tell them to cease and desist their conspiracy to ruin him by pointing out that he's unprofessional, which according to him is slander and libel. He'll then Internet detective their address and threaten to threaten to sue if they don't immediately leave the Internet. He does this mostly on posts that have absolutely nothing to do with him, which he thinks are secretly people talking in code about him behind his back.
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So did people know this guy has severe mental problems before backing his Kickstarter or are you guys just daredevils with your money?
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I Googled "Gareth Michael Skarka" and found Gau's blog post about how much of a douchebag he is, so I highly recommend doing this. Fixed that for you. Despite the implosion of his rep, Gau wasn't wrong about much there. GrandpaPants posted:So did people know this guy has severe mental problems before backing his Kickstarter or are you guys just daredevils with your money? Generally it wasn't as obvious, and at the time he had a decent amount of freelance work under his belt.
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Generally it wasn't as obvious, and at the time he had a decent amount of freelance work under his belt. Three years ago he wasn't this publicly a douchebag. It's pretty much all come out during the course of this KS. e: That "minimum wage job" comment on Gau's blog was actually directed at me when I suggested that maybe he should work on his customer service skills. I work in medical software testing, and yet amazingly still need customer service skills. Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Nov 24, 2014 |
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Can't think of anything witty to put on it.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Can't think of anything witty to put on it. 
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Plague of Hats posted:If no one else has done it, once I get home to Photoshop I'm going to make a composite or two for RPG.net. Here's another.  Did a search for "Pioneertown". 
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That wasn't the original background. I wasn't able to find the original background. 
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Nov 24, 2014 20:46
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Well, don't I feel like a dope!
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Okay, so honest question here: how legal is taking non-public domain art and editing it to put in a paid product? Is this actually illegal or is it just "shady"?
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I think this is enough:  Lemon Curdistan posted:Also worth remembering that GMS stalks the people that complain about how unprofessional he is on social media, barging in to their G+/twitter/etc. conversations to tell them to cease and desist their conspiracy to ruin him by pointing out that he's unprofessional, which according to him is slander and libel. He'll then Internet detective their address and threaten to threaten to sue if they don't immediately leave the Internet. My favorite one of these was when GMS started sending "cease & desist" e-mail and posting smugly about Internet Detecting this guy's real address. Except it turns out he was harassing some random guy, because of course.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Okay, so honest question here: how legal is taking non-public domain art and editing it to put in a paid product? Is this actually illegal or is it just "shady"? Copy without attribution is usually illegal, even when "remixed". The artist Erró has faced trouble over using copyrighted characters in his pop-ensemble artwork without direct and full attribution, and he's a freaking artist. Artists tend to get a whole lot of leeway.
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