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NightRychune wrote:QUOTE (NightRychune @ Nov 19 2012, 03:05 AM) the x series called to say the genre never died

the x series is the rotting corpse of the genre tied to a bed whilst its carer loots its bank account.

also bacon the glory of Frontier and is universe was that, once you went a sufficiently far way out from the core worlds in any direction the chances increased that you were seeing worlds that noone had ever visited before. hopefully e:d will allow colonization of these worlds.

live Q&A: http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/
Question list:
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They ARE taking questions from this list

They've already answered about 5 of my questions


Edit: it's over. Over $6.2M total.

Super psyched that they hit 6 mil. Full orchestrated score = win. It sounds like they got way more money than they predicted and are gonna do everything they wanted and more. I'm just so pleased... the second I heard about Kickstarter back during Double Fine's campaign, I immediately thought "I hope Chris Roberts does a new game." Freakin' awesome =D

I hope agri bought a nice corvette so I can dock my newly pledged hornet and get wasted in the officers club ;-)

So who's in and what have you got?

<-300i + electroskin

I got me the "MISC Freelancer" and the skin from kickstarter. I am really looking forward to this game.

Got the 300i + the explorer skin, I believe. Can't wait... for 2014 =P

Bacon, you are set up for a massive fall.

Do you pay your real estate agent BEFORE he/she sells your house? No.

Why?

Because it is no guarantee of a sale, and it makes them work harder to get the sale.

Also, exhibit A....The Phantom Menace trailer.....all the best bits in a trailer so when the movie came out.....

I think this has the high potential to be a disaster. Yes, a game will be produced, but then Duke Nukem forever came out too remember......

well if you want good games take risks

Vortrog wrote:QUOTE (Vortrog @ Nov 22 2012, 05:21 PM) Bacon, you are set up for a massive fall.

Do you pay your real estate agent BEFORE he/she sells your house? No.

Why?

Because it is no guarantee of a sale, and it makes them work harder to get the sale.

Also, exhibit A....The Phantom Menace trailer.....all the best bits in a trailer so when the movie came out.....

I think this has the high potential to be a disaster. Yes, a game will be produced, but then Duke Nukem forever came out too remember......

Well it's not just me taking the risk, dude. I put in $60. The campaign got $6.5 million. So if you're gonna accuse me of being an idiot, also accuse the tens of thousands of other people that did the exact same damn thing.

I know that it's a risk. Duh. But I love the idea of Kickstarter and Chris Roberts has a history of making games that I really enjoyed. So, I decided to back his project because a) I like the idea of crowdfunding and cutting out the middle man and b) Chris Roberts has a history of making games and I desperately want him to make a new one.

Is there a chance it'll suck? Sure, of course. Is there a chance it'll be a great game and I'll consider my $60 well spent? Yup. However if it sucks, I suppose I'll somehow find a way to pull myself back up after that massive financial "epic fail." Oh, $60! HOW YOU COULD HAVE CHANGED MY LIFE HAD I NOT SPENT YOU ON A PROJECT I THOUGHT SOUNDED COOL!!!!

IMO you don't understand what crowd-funding is. It's a large number of people taking an inconsequential financial risk to see a project they like the sound of get made. Whereas before, some investor would have to take a big financial risk to back the project and influence it's creation independent, and sometimes contrary, to what the core fans want. Kickstarter puts the power in the hands of the fans, not some nameless investor who is only interested in recouping his investment. With Kickstarter and Star Citizen, people who wanted a Chris Roberts space sim gave Chris Roberts some money to make the game he and the fans want, not what some big publisher wants. How on earth is this anything but cool and exciting?

Both of your analogies are horrible. No, you don't pay your real estate agent first. But you also don't buy a house with $60. And the Phantom Menace was a dissappointment, but I believe each person who went to see it was out $7 for getting excited about the trailer. Not millions.

Basically, go away. You don't get it.