Kickstarter - The Thread.

[Teleku]

Not according to the exchange rates I just looked at!

[Phred]

At this point our mighty dollar is worth more than yours.

Damn will have to stop buying things mail order from Australia then.
Oops just checked the exchange rates. Looks even to me http://coinmill.com/AUD_CAD.html

[UnSub]

Not according to the exchange rates I just looked at!

Heh, yeah. After months of being US$1+, the AU$ dropped a bit below parity with the US$ just before the weekend. Ahh well.

[Sky]

Hmm, getting time to order that back-2-base-ix paint rack!

[Margalis]

Well now DoubleFine has another KS, and it's also another "here's a vague idea now give us some money please."

It seems that there are quite a few "video game" companies that are more in the business of internet pan-handling than actually making video games.

I am now kind of looking forward to the day when KS tanks and these companies quickly go under.

[schild]

KS won't tank. But those companies will stop getting funded. This sort of hobo-addled shit that's happening is fine for KS.

[Paelos]

KS won't tank. But those companies will stop getting funded. This sort of hobo-addled shit that's happening is fine for KS.

Tank? No, not in the traditional sense. It could get sued into oblivion though.

[Margalis]

I expect KS will regress back to a level somewhat higher than it was before the first DoubleFine project, but much lower than it is now, in terms of total volume of dollars passing through.

[Ingmar]

Heroes of Might and Crusader Nethack sounds sort of promising in a peanut butter/chocolate sort of way. And it will surely be better than Elemental.

[Stormwaltz]

A friend of mine is running a Kickstarter. If this is inappropriate to post, I'll remove it.

It's a "Cars Wars" sort of miniatures game. The designer (Miles Holmes) is an ex-BioWare colleague, as are the writer (Jay Turner) and the guy who did the music (Steve Sim).

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/infinitygate/road-kill-ultimate-car-combat-miniatures-tabletop

[Margalis]

Cutter Yolo.

[Krakrok]

Flying RC car. I think I like the tech Kickstarters the best. Only the hardware ones though.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2017062404/b-go-beyond

[Sky]

This looks interesting, 3d printer for $400.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-the-3d-printer-that-everyone-can-use/

[Furiously]

This looks interesting, 3d printer for $400.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-the-3d-printer-that-everyone-can-use/

That's pretty tempting.

[Thrawn]

This looks interesting, 3d printer for $400.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-the-3d-printer-that-everyone-can-use/

That's pretty tempting.

I don't know enough about 3D printers to know if this matters or not, but the fact that it looks to have special proprietary cartridges/filament you have to buy from them sends up a red flag to me.

[Salamok]

I think the remote control cockroach kickstarter might be the most disturbing thing I have read this week.

[HaemishM]

That is all kinds of fucked up. 

[Stormwaltz]

It’s a new way to teach kids about neuroscience.

Not included: vocal coaching to teach kids how to project while yelling, "Fools! I'll destroy them all!"

[Lantyssa]

Why a roach?  Why?  <shiver>

[Mazakiel]

I'm guessing this is why: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrHMBletjXg

[Merusk]

Why a roach?  Why?  <shiver>

People get pissed when you want to cut in to household pets or other mammals like squirrels and birds are too hard to catch.   Nobody cares about the insects.

Plus your chances of getting another test subject to perfect your technique are much better if you fuck up!

[Lantyssa]

It could be a June bug, or a firefly, or anything else... just not a friggin' roach.

[Trippy]

Kickstarter pulls plug on scam minutes before $120,000 heist

Project was for Kobe beef jerky, which I was a backer for

KS had it featured for a while which is probably why it got a decent number of pledges.

[Sky]

The hipster twats that run KS just bumbled into the money and want to spotlight anything they think is cool without regard for reality.

They hassle the shit out of small miniatures companies trying to run legit projects, but scams and even joke projects (remember the prison break board game?) can get through without a hitch.

[ghost]

Why would you back Kobe beef jerky?  Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of a high quality meat?

[Paelos]

Let's see, $571M in funded projects. That's about $28.5M for Kickstarter.

[Sky]

And Amazon.

[Falconeer]

So, Kickstarter fucked up, they admit.

After allowing a huge asshole to get lots of money for his guide to harassing women, they apologized and sent 25k to RAINN to make up for it.
What a mess.

[Ingmar]

The takeaway I think is that they need to do way more proactive screening than they do. Assuming they're being honest, it is something they should have been aware of well before 2 hours before the project closed.

[Trippy]

They claim the project as submitted was not the same as what it ended up being.

They are also heavily reliant on their users reporting issues (see my story above).

Edit: whoops spell check error

[Teleku]

So, Kickstarter fucked up, they admit.

After allowing a huge asshole to get lots of money for his guide to harassing women, they apologized and sent 25k to RAINN to make up for it.
What a mess.

What was the shit posted on reddit that pissed everybody off?  Another 'the game' rip off is douchebaggy but nothing to really raise alarm bells or get in a tizzy over.  Which is probably why it went through in the first place.  Must have said some some really nasty shit or something on reddit....

[Falconeer]

“Decide that you’re going to sit in a position where you can rub her leg and back. Physically pick her up and sit her on your lap. Don’t ask for permission. Be dominant. Force her to rebuff your advances.”
“Sex
Pull out your cock and put her hand on it. Remember, she is letting you do this because you have established yourself as a LEADER. Don’t ask for permission, GRAB HER HAND, and put it right on your dick.”

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/seduction/comments/1dvnem/above_the_game_part_7_physical_escalation_sex/

[Paelos]

[HaemishM]

You mean that works? 

[Sky]

I think this sums up the situation:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/295600