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ambient oatmeal
Jun 23, 2012

qntm posted:

it is impossible to please nerds, and internalising this fact is quite liberating if you're creating something which nerds will consume

The real thing to do is not make stuff for nerds

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NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

https://medium.com/kickstarter/how-zano-raised-millions-on-kickstarter-and-left-backers-with-nearly-nothing-85c0abe4a6cb#.awupbp2qp

lmao coffee break reading

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
kickstarter hiring that guy to write post-mortems on failed kickstarter projects was literally the best decision

~Coxy
Dec 9, 2003

R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

theflyingorc posted:

Also, it's important to note that the company I work for has like a billion dollars of extra capital, and can easily afford to delay things as long as they need to

and nintendo basically stopped making more than about 1 game per year these days which is odd

TjyvTompa
Jun 1, 2001

im gay
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/885242083/led-fursuit-accessories

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

that thumbnail is the last thing many a teddy ruxpin sees

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

'Stretch' goal: throbbing red LED 'fox-hole' lighting

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

NoneMoreNegative posted:

'Stretch' goal: throbbing red LED 'fox-hole' lighting

i would watch a video of that at least once

Al!
Apr 2, 2010

:coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot::coolspot:

NoneMoreNegative posted:

'Stretch' goal: throbbing red LED 'fox-hole' lighting

fox can't see its own hole

Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch
what specifically makes them fursuit accessories

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Yodzilla posted:

what specifically makes them fursuit accessories
what are other use cases for clumsy led collars and harnesses, bdsm club for the elderly?

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

Yodzilla posted:

what specifically makes them fursuit accessories

statistically furry related kickstarters bring in more money. so just sticking the word furry in there makes it more likely to get funded

The Eyes Have It
Feb 10, 2008

Third Eye Sees All
...snookums

NoneMoreNegative posted:

'Stretch' goal: throbbing red LED 'fox-hole' lighting

Spinning rgb pattern neopixel ring

:shepicide:

minivanmegafun
Jul 27, 2004

why is he just standing there with his blinky lights and the oontz music, shouldn't he dance or something

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting


Interesting reading :)

computer parts
Nov 18, 2010

PLEASE CLAP

keyboard vomit posted:

Nerds will get very mad if you make them wait for their toys

Then when you rush out a crappy half done version they get even more mad

but they will still buy the next one anyway so who cares, rush it out

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Sweevo posted:

statistically furry related kickstarters bring in more money. so just sticking the word furry in there makes it more likely to get funded
it is weird and a little disappointing that the furry community has so much disposable income

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

anthonypants posted:

it is weird and a little disappointing that the furry community has so much disposable income

when you can't leave your house except for cons, it's easy to build up disposable income

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

for some reason when i think of "getting torqued" and "torquing" i think of getting an erection

like, that "torquing" is a slang term for that not that i popped a bone at that article

craisins
May 17, 2004

A DRIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

Cocoa Crispies posted:

for some reason when i think of "getting torqued" and "torquing" i think of getting an erection
I always thought "getting torqued" was like getting mad or wound up

Raluek
Nov 3, 2006

WUT.
i thought it was when one ball gets all twisted up and causes agony

syscall girl
Nov 7, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

Raluek posted:

i thought it was when one ball gets all twisted up and causes agony

that's torsion

or i missed :thejoke:

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

anthonypants posted:

it is weird and a little disappointing that the furry community has so much disposable income

it's not like they're spending it on dates

Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch
it's called jelqing hth

The Eyes Have It
Feb 10, 2008

Third Eye Sees All
...snookums
how do you know these things

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

ten thousand dollars for 12V rgb leds glued to collars, when this exists

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

https://www.gofundme.com/helpthefurvalleys

you can't say he doesn't persevere

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006


logansryche... now that's a name i haven't heard in a long time

brap
Aug 23, 2004

Grimey Drawer
why in the gently caress does a megaman game need netplay

fishmech
Jul 16, 2006

by VideoGames
Salad Prong

fleshweasel posted:

why in the gently caress does a megaman game need netplay

they advertised it in the kickstarter

The Eyes Have It
Feb 10, 2008

Third Eye Sees All
...snookums

As a Millennial I posted:

ten thousand dollars for 12V rgb leds glued to collars, when this exists


Those look pretty slick honestly

ahmeni
May 1, 2005

It's one continuous form where hardware and software function in perfect unison, creating a new generation of iPhone that's better by any measure.
Grimey Drawer

Mister Sinewave posted:

Those look pretty slick honestly

it will not look as slick as your cat immediately decides it does not want to be your cyber pet and discards this to the ground

Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

Mister Sinewave posted:

Those look pretty slick honestly
i agree, furry daft punk is a Good Idea

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012
Buglord

Sham bam bamina! posted:

i agree, furry daft punk is a Good Idea

i bet thomas has a weird fursona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3maTRmiYU
:shittypop:

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

ahmeni posted:

it will not look as slick as your cat immediately decides it does not want to be your cyber pet and discards this to the ground

those are people-sized. the fursuit of the future.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012
Buglord

As a Millennial I posted:

those are people-sized. the fursuit of the future.

man in led fursuit must be futuristic bounty hunter

The Eyes Have It
Feb 10, 2008

Third Eye Sees All
...snookums
They look well made and cleanly done. Then again, I am easily impressed to hell by anything with a little polish in the design


ofc should anyone actually wear one, you will drown them in the pond behind the trees

Soricidus
Oct 21, 2010
freedom-hating statist shill

Mister Sinewave posted:

ofc should anyone actually wear one, you will drown them in the pond behind the trees

no I won't









that would put the fire out

GottaPayDaTrollToll
Dec 3, 2009

by Lowtax

Sham bam bamina! posted:

i agree, furry daft punk is a Good Idea

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Sham bam bamina!
Nov 6, 2012

ƨtupid cat

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