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boom boom boom posted:How is he evil? Apparently, he has a fan base that's willing to fund his dumb game. This enrages some goons in this thread for some reason.
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Jan 30, 2015 23:59
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boom boom boom posted:How is he evil? Evil was a bad description. Heartless is a better term. He is actually a good artist. But the oatmeal isn't a product of love and effort. It is a the product of mass production and great marketing. Even if I could pump out social media click bait, I couldn't market as well as the oatmeal. I'm not mad at him. I'm just saying that even if I sold out, it wouldn't be nearly as successful as:  And neither will any of you.
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Jan 31, 2015 00:22
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We live in a world where the sequel to the funniest game ever made didn't hit 200k but a bad card game based on a bad comic hit 2 million in a day. Alas.
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Jan 31, 2015 00:22
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Those guys are basically living the dream of virtually everyone who works in a creative field: to make bank off some dumb, low-effort thing that they can then cruise on for the rest of their life. I can respect the fact that it happened to them and hope that one day it happens to me.
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Jan 31, 2015 00:25
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Groovelord Neato posted:We live in a world where the sequel to the funniest game ever made didn't hit 200k What game's this?
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Jan 31, 2015 00:27
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Julie Uhrman apparently just got another 10 million in funding for the OUYA from Alibabha. I don't think anyone else on Kickstarter has ppulled off that level of success with failure, except maybe Chris Roberts. (Oculus is excluded as well because it's basically got a lot of companies chomping at VR now like they were for 3D TV a few years ago and the current headset's pretty drat cool) flosofl posted:Apparently, he has a fan base that's willing to fund his dumb game. This enrages some goons in this thread for some reason. So were goons all pissed off like this when Penny Arcade or Order of the Stick did their kickstarters?
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Jan 31, 2015 00:28
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Evil Fluffy posted:Julie Uhrman apparently just got another 10 million in funding for the OUYA from Alibabha. I don't think anyone else on Kickstarter has ppulled off that level of success with failure, except maybe Chris Roberts. No idea, but smart money is on yes. These kind of forums are fairly predictable about that kind of thing. Personally, I'd rather see and make fun of teenagers trying get money for a car, or a pipe-cleaner rebranded as Urethra-Cleanse or something like that. Proteus Jones has a new favorite as of 00:34 on Jan 31, 2015 |
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Jan 31, 2015 00:32
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Evil Fluffy posted:So were goons all pissed off like this when Penny Arcade or Order of the Stick did their kickstarters? Yes. They also got bent out of shape about Penny Arcade's podcast or whatever having a goal of 
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Jan 31, 2015 00:34
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Evil Fluffy posted:So were goons all pissed off like this when Penny Arcade or Order of the Stick did their kickstarters? Penny Arcade was a definite yes, but I don't even remember if they had a product for that one, so maybe The Oatmeal has one up on them. I think one of the higher tiers was for an unpaid internship at Penny Arcade.
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Jan 31, 2015 00:34
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FirstAidKite posted:What game's this? lol you had to ask this.
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Jan 31, 2015 01:38
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Groovelord Neato posted:lol you had to ask this. Well yeah, you didn't say the name and there are tons of funny games out there that I've probably never heard of
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Jan 31, 2015 01:42
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the Penny Arcade ones were really funny because they led the  brigade against Anita Sarkeesian "abusing" kickstarter and then they turned around and did two campaigns that explicitly broke KS's rules
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Jan 31, 2015 01:45
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FirstAidKite posted:Well yeah, you didn't say the name and there are tons of funny games out there that I've probably never heard of Barkley 2 is the sequel I speak of. There are very very very few legitimately funny games.
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Jan 31, 2015 01:48
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Do we think people who win lotteries are evil or lazy or what? Trying to stay calibrated.
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Jan 31, 2015 01:48
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Yeah, the Penny Arcade $1 Kickstarter was pretty awful.
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Jan 31, 2015 01:54
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Evil Fluffy posted:So were goons all pissed off like this when Penny Arcade or Order of the Stick did their kickstarters?
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Jan 31, 2015 02:48
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PA only raised $500K but they did let two people work with them for a day for $7K and had lunch with someone for $8K so they get high marks for effort. It's still not as good as $5 million for 10 minutes of game design and some lovely art.
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Jan 31, 2015 04:51
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Fun fact about the Exploding Kittens kickstarter; if you add up all the backers at each reward tier, it's about 500 short of the total number of backers. 500 people, which is way more than most kickstarters get, are just giving those guys money in return for nothing.
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Jan 31, 2015 05:02
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TetsuoTW posted:The PA one absolutely, although that was partly because their Kickstarter amounted to "give us money to do what we're already doing and we'll give you what we're already giving you idiots." At least the dumb card game is a thing and the whole project is slightly more than zero effort. It doesn't help that PA brags about underpaying their staff, who they say should just be grateful they "get to" work at PA 80 hours a week for peanuts.
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Jan 31, 2015 05:05
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Evil Fluffy posted:Julie Uhrman apparently just got another 10 million in funding for the OUYA from Alibabha. I don't think anyone else on Kickstarter has ppulled off that level of success with failure, except maybe Chris Roberts. wait, like... recently? i thought the ouya was dead dead dead
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Jan 31, 2015 06:58
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Bubble-T posted:let two people work with them for a day for $7K Wait, they paid 7K to work for PA for a day? 
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Jan 31, 2015 07:04
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boom boom boom posted:Fun fact about the Exploding Kittens kickstarter; if you add up all the backers at each reward tier, it's about 500 short of the total number of backers. 500 people, which is way more than most kickstarters get, are just giving those guys money in return for nothing. Don't some people have to contribute more due to shipping? Otisburg posted:wait, like... recently? I think the post/article in the OUYA thread is only a day or so old, but yeah it's apparently a recent thing.
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Jan 31, 2015 07:53
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Why they gotta be Black Blocks huh?
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Jan 31, 2015 08:19
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ThaShaneTrain posted:Why they gotta be Black Blocks huh? I'm going to invite all my black coworkers to play this game. That's how they will now I'm not racist. E: Seriously, though, it looks like this game has very little replayability and might not be actually fun to play at all. Which, I suppose, is alright for a game like that, but then it's more of a social commentary piece of interactive art than an actual game. Paladinus has a new favorite as of 08:59 on Jan 31, 2015 |
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Jan 31, 2015 08:56
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Evil Fluffy posted:Don't some people have to contribute more due to shipping? What the gently caress does that have to do with the number of people who have backed each tier?
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Jan 31, 2015 10:26
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Jedit posted:What the gently caress does that have to do with the number of people who have backed each tier? My guess is they didn't notice it was about the number of pledges being above the number of claimed perks, and thought the discussion was still about the amounts like one page ago where the average pledge amount is also way above what is necessary.
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Jan 31, 2015 13:32
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Groovelord Neato posted:Barkley 2 is the sequel I speak of. There are very very very few legitimately funny games. lol you think you are such a well known and respected arbiter of funny games that you think your opinion about a game should be synonymous with the game's name to such a degree you lol when people ask what the hell you're talking about.
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Jan 31, 2015 16:00
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If it was $7K for child's play I would understand it, but $7K paid to a business to hang out with the fat bald guy and the skinny bitch guy that run that business for a day? Okay, where do I sign up?
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Jan 31, 2015 16:03
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boom boom boom posted:Fun fact about the Exploding Kittens kickstarter; if you add up all the backers at each reward tier, it's about 500 short of the total number of backers. 500 people, which is way more than most kickstarters get, are just giving those guys money in return for nothing. Naw, the highest remaining pledge reward has a "Pay double and we'll send you twice as many card decks!" option, there'd be a bunch of extra cash going into that and throwing off the numbers.
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Jan 31, 2015 16:44
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I think the oatmeal is really really tryhard but occasionally a bit funny? Am I allowed to have a mildly negative opinion of it, or must I hate it more than life itself? Asking for a friend.
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Jan 31, 2015 16:50
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theflyingorc posted:I think the oatmeal is really really tryhard but occasionally a bit funny? Am I allowed to have a mildly negative opinion of it, or must I hate it more than life itself? if you haven't set a cat on fire out of pure, white hot rage by now, then you're doing something wrong.
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Jan 31, 2015 16:53
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Naw, the highest remaining pledge reward has a "Pay double and we'll send you twice as many card decks!" option, there'd be a bunch of extra cash going into that and throwing off the numbers. What does that have to do with the number of backers?
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lorn Wayne posted:if you haven't set a cat on fire out of pure, white hot rage by now, then you're doing something wrong. If you have set a cat on fire out of pure white hot rage, then you're probably playing their game and thus are doing it even more wrong.
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Jan 31, 2015 18:18
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The Snark posted:lol you think you are such a well known and respected arbiter of funny games that you think your opinion about a game should be synonymous with the game's name to such a degree you lol when people ask what the hell you're talking about. Pardon.
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Groovelord Neato posted:Pardon. Go forth and derp no more my #skeletontriggerwarning #religiontriggerwarning #fullofcraptriggerwarning The Snark has a new favorite as of 00:10 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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I think I would actually buy something like this. Little better design, perhaps something to attach to a wall. The Main Drain - Attachable Urinal https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1678731377/the-main-drain-attachable-urinal
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Feb 1, 2015 01:07
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TraderStav posted:I think I would actually buy something like this. Little better design, perhaps something to attach to a wall. Finally a tube that is attached to my toilet that reeks of piss. edit: I forgot you can just pour some of your beer down it when you finish, nevermind.
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TraderStav posted:I think I would actually buy something like this. Little better design, perhaps something to attach to a wall. Just learn to put the seat down after you're done or learn how to piss sitting down. Of course, I'm biased because I really want more gender-neutral bathrooms because when I need to take a dump, there's never enough toilets and way too many urinals.
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Young Freud posted:Of course, I'm biased because I really want more gender-neutral bathrooms because when I need to take a dump, there's never enough toilets and way too many urinals. That's the real genius of the Main Drain - you can take a poo poo while someone else has a piss at the same time! It doubles the utility of your toilet! (You may get a small amount of piss splashed onto your face) boom boom boom posted:What does that have to do with the number of backers? That'd be the "if you add up all the backers at each reward tier, it's about 500 short of the total number of backers" part of your earlier post. Many backers are paying double on one of the tiers (for double the reward) so that explains the 500 'missing' backers. People aren't just giving them money for nothing. Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 08:41 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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