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$160k and counting for the rascal carry on bag. I wonder what the scam ratio is for Indiegogo vs Kickstarter.
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Evil Fluffy posted:I wonder what the scam ratio is for Indiegogo vs Kickstarter. Almost anything that uses flex funding I'm pretty sure
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T-man posted:That jacket doesn't say "traveler" to me it says "douche who's trying too hard," so I guess they know their market. according to the comments it's also runs about three sizes too small and is really badly cut E: ahaha that's 9 million well spent
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Jul 27, 2016 00:34
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Jul 27, 2016 00:35
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Skully is dead! After collecting a cool $2.5m on igg and apparently failing to deliver anything, they're closing shop ASAP. It actually seemed like a pretty reasonable product, by igg standards, but was probably mismanaged horribly. Still it's weird that none of the established helmet manufacturers wanted to pick them up for cheap, it seems inevitable that AR/HUD helmets would be a thing eventually. Maybe their tech was poo poo/non-existing, who knows. https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/07/26/2123201/ar-helmet-startup-skully-has-crashed-and-burned
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Jul 27, 2016 00:47
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The jacket and the coolest both follow the design philosophy that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there's literally no room left to add more stuff.
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Jul 27, 2016 00:51
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Nirvikalpa posted:What will the lolita community think of this? It's deviant-art tier cringe with a terrible design being done by someone who should learn to walk before they run and who desperately needs basic anatomy classes. The 2D arm gun and the legs seeming disconnected from the torso amuse people the most, with the 'don't draw our character like this' mouth coming in next. The dress is liked if the lolita bit was ditched, otherwise it simply annoys people for it not being lolita. Having a lolita group in my area actually came in handy it seems.
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Jul 27, 2016 03:53
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Saint Isaias Boner posted:according to the comments it's also runs about three sizes too small and is really badly cut Not only is the sizing is terrible; according to the comments, exchanges require you to send the product back, and pay for the shipment again.
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Jul 27, 2016 04:21
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mobby_6kl posted:Skully is dead! After collecting a cool $2.5m on igg and apparently failing to deliver anything, they're closing shop ASAP. It actually seemed like a pretty reasonable product, by igg standards, but was probably mismanaged horribly. Still it's weird that none of the established helmet manufacturers wanted to pick them up for cheap, it seems inevitable that AR/HUD helmets would be a thing eventually. Maybe their tech was poo poo/non-existing, who knows. Their tech, as described, was impossible. As dispatched, it was basically useless either as a crash helmet or a HUD. It was far too heavy, poorly and cheaply built, and relied on binocular rivalry which doesn't work for ~30% of the population and is distracting and nausea-inducing for a fair chunk more - particularly with the rear camera. It also - presumably to fill out the spec sheet - did a load of stuff onboard that could have been farmed off to a phone app (because there's literally no way people buying this wouldn't have a smartphone). This bulked out the onboard electronics and batteries which made the thing even heavier and less protective than it needed to be. It didn't fulfill any needs that a biker has that can't be fulfilled much more cheaply and reliably with a good quality helmet, a bluetooth headset, a phone mount, and some half-decent mirrors, and none of these things are likely to snap your neck in a crash.
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Jul 27, 2016 08:13
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evilcat posted:It's deviant-art tier cringe with a terrible design being done by someone who should learn to walk before they run and who desperately needs basic anatomy classes. The 2D arm gun and the legs seeming disconnected from the torso amuse people the most, with the 'don't draw our character like this' mouth coming in next. Lol at everything about this post. Yeah, uhm, my, uh, friend, who is really into lolita fashion (not me, though, ha-ha), well, they, let me tell you, really hate this thing.
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evilcat posted:It's deviant-art tier cringe with a terrible design being done by someone who should learn to walk before they run and who desperately needs basic anatomy classes. The 2D arm gun and the legs seeming disconnected from the torso amuse people the most, with the 'don't draw our character like this' mouth coming in next. dress ends near crotch line
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Tiberius Thyben posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/224492525/ponyfinder-dawn-of-the-fifth-age 14.502 dollars.
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Yolomon Wayne posted:14.502 dollars. I'm imagining a group of grown-rear end men sitting down and playing this game, and I can't conjure up what that room could possibly smell like.
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Jul 27, 2016 12:09
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bvoid posted:I'm imagining a group of grown-rear end men sitting down and playing this game, and I can't conjure up what that room could possibly smell like. 274 backers. Although they probably have a special name for themselves. Do not smell in the abyss, lest the abyss smells back.
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Jul 27, 2016 12:11
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Yolomon Wayne posted:Do not smell in the abyss, lest the abyss smells back. Which will be bad enough but at least in this case you know you can stare all you want because this abyss sure as poo poo won't make eye contact.
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Jul 27, 2016 12:31
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Morglon posted:Which will be bad enough but at least in this case you know you can stare all you want because this abyss sure as poo poo won't make eye contact. 
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stringball posted:Almost anything that uses flex funding I'm pretty sure What's really depressing is that they've already more than tripled their goal with 3 weeks to go. I know they will take the money and run, but I would love to be there when the first one rolls up to the TSA and the
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Is there anywhere we can find out the stats for funded kickstarters that have delivered on the product vs those that haven't?
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I've either gotten very lucky/ have an idea how to weed out scams by sticking to safe projects or outside of the few high profile failures the success rate is actually very good. Everything I've backed either came through (with 2 months max delay, to be expected when doing a first major project) and exceeded my expectations or is on track and communicative with really cool updates showing progress and some of the process which is sorta neat as somebody who is interested in that sort of thing
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Jul 28, 2016 00:17
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Harveygod posted:What's really depressing is that they've already more than tripled their goal with 3 weeks to go. Imagine a horde of Daesh soldiers riding towards you on that thing before exploding, like a swarm of Starcraft 2 banelings.
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Jul 28, 2016 01:16
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Stop Drop and Retro made a video about the PGS portable bullshit thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ECmCChjnK0
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Jul 28, 2016 08:18
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The spirit of Action Gamemaster lives on.
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OldMemes posted:Is there anywhere we can find out the stats for funded kickstarters that have delivered on the product vs those that haven't? I recall seeing this somewhere and it was actually surprisingly good - like maybe 80% delivered? But if you look at the actual project it kind of makes sense, since the majority are simple pre-orders, are selling rebranded chinese crap, or some idiotic wooden cubes or whatever that is easy to deliver. But it's the remaining ones that are amazing scams or run by incompetent visionaries that we love so much.
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Jul 28, 2016 09:50
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Pingiivi posted:Stop Drop and Retro made a video about the PGS portable bullshit thing: I mean the hell of it is that it's totally a thing that can work, it's just that it's only good for "PC Gaming" if you only want to play mostly 5+ year old games at 1280x720 with low settings.
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mobby_6kl posted:I recall seeing this somewhere and it was actually surprisingly good - like maybe 80% delivered? But if you look at the actual project it kind of makes sense, since the majority are simple pre-orders, are selling rebranded chinese crap, or some idiotic wooden cubes or whatever that is easy to deliver. But it's the remaining ones that are amazing scams or run by incompetent visionaries that we love so much. I'd be curious to see a plot of delivered/not delivered versus amount raised. Maybe a separate one between kickstarter and indiegogo.
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mobby_6kl posted:I recall seeing this somewhere and it was actually surprisingly good - like maybe 80% delivered? But if you look at the actual project it kind of makes sense, since the majority are simple pre-orders, are selling rebranded chinese crap, or some idiotic wooden cubes or whatever that is easy to deliver. But it's the remaining ones that are amazing scams or run by incompetent visionaries that we love so much. Yeah in my experience most do end up delivering, but it's almost always been delayed and the product often ends up being significantly less useful than promised. Going through my list of kickstarters: Some random iphone stand/holder. Did eventually arrive, but was totally unusable and not flexible like promised. Turned me off from buying any more manufactured goods. Reading Rainbow revival. Successful (not sure I even asked for rewards from this one), but operates on a monthly subscription model that does not seem to be in line with the original intent of allowing all children to have access to it. Manos: hands of fate restoration. I got some of the rewards, but never actually ended up receiving the movie. Either way, significantly delayed. Veronica Mars movie. Arrived, I liked it, no complaints. edit: I did flexible funding once on an IndieGogo project that wasn't successful. There's $50 I'll never get back. They were sending out updates for a while, but now the funding page doesn't even exist anymore. Xandu has a new favorite as of 16:18 on Jul 28, 2016 |
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Iirc Readin Rainbow was always going with a monthly sub, but the Kickstarter allowed them to, among other things, give it away for free to poorer schools.
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Gutcruncher posted:Iirc Readin Rainbow was always going with a monthly sub, but the Kickstarter allowed them to, among other things, give it away for free to poorer schools. Ah, that makes sense. It's been a few years.
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I've personally only backed two Kickstarters. One of them is for the Chronicles of Darkness bigass book that was fully created, PDF versions sent out to backers, and is going successfully to print. The other is Bloodstained, which has been making progress well enough and had a decent demo at E3, so I'm pretty confident in that being significantly better than Mighty No. 9, at least.
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Jul 29, 2016 06:57
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A lot of the stuff I back is at the $1 level for updates. I've backed quite a few comic book preorders and I don't think any of them have failed. There were two food related businesses that were looking to expand and both of those were successful. There are two documentary films that both ended up waaayyyyy off schedule, but one has been out for awhile and the other will get done eventually. Bear Simulator came out and looks pretty good ($1 backer so I can't actually see much), but from everything else I've seen and backed, video game kickstarters are really really good for drama shitfests, but that's about all the end product you should expect.
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Jul 29, 2016 08:04
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Unfortunately, bear simulator is hot garbage. http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/7/11172514/bear-simulator-kickstarter-update-pewdiepie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2pOByz3e0E
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I've received 10 out of 12 Kickstarter rewards so far. I backed the new Shantae game which is long overdue but is most definitely gonna be a real thing soon and I backed Barkley 2. BARKLEY 2.
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Jul 29, 2016 09:18
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also i backed shenmue 3. WHY DID I DO THAT
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Of the seven Kickstarters I've backed I've received all the rewards from two. Of the ones that I haven't received: three are games that are still in development, one is technically still in development but I doubt it's ever coming out and the last one is Broken Age. For Broken Age I backed at a level that gave me the game in a 90's style box with the documentary on Blu Ray and they're still yet to ship the box. No idea what I'm going to do with it if it ever arrives, I never finished act one and everything I hear about act two makes me never want to play it.
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I never got that coin ring from the guy who promised to make a ring out of a coin. Everything else has delivered, but sometimes with delays.
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Has there been literally anything that has been very on point and not even had the slightest delay really been done? I feel like a lot should take the valve approach of "when it's done is we tell you the release date", obviously with regular updates still Or maybe it's a thing of people wanting and expecting poo poo NOW and fully expect it do be done when they say and it puts people off if they do the valve approach stringball has a new favorite as of 10:35 on Jul 29, 2016 |
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RandomPauI posted:I never got that coin ring from the guy who promised to make a ring out of a coin. Everything else has delivered, but sometimes with delays. 
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Jul 29, 2016 11:18
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Jesus man. You can't solve everything with impromptu trepanning.
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Jul 29, 2016 11:44
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Tiberius Thyben posted:Jesus man. You can't solve everything with impromptu trepanning. You seem confused. Maybe some trepanning will help you to understand?
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Things I've backed * Planetary Annihilation. Delivered. The game unfortunately suffered from feature creep and ended up fairly mediocre. * Pro Pinball: Timeshock HD remake. On Steam Early Access now, and it's pretty good. * Midair. Still in development. Despite being let down by both Tribes Ascend and Tribes Vengeance, I keep getting excited by games that promise to bring back the Tribes 2 experience. * The Goon. They delivered what they promised (an animation reel to sell it to studios with) although some people misunderstood and thought they were backing a full movie. As far as I know they're still looking for a studio to take on the project. * Fight for Space, a NASA documentary which is still in production. I also backed goonette Becktastic's Motoventuring, which has been awesome to follow every step of the way.
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