Kale Good morning folks
I have someone in my reddit inbox trying to tell me that 'tiered rewards' on kickstarters were the same problem vector as stretch goals.
*leans in to camera*
They're talking utter shit.
I mean, they're also trying to say that 'a couple of years' was 'a period so brief it's not worth worrying about'
**hard stare**
Anyway, turns out the earliest links I have to kickstarter in my gmail are from like... 2011, so holy shit, has it been a fuckin' WHILE
Anyway, time for my 'every few years' check on what the fuck happened with various projects I backed.
On one hand, turns out a bunch of em finally finished.
On the other hand, the dropbox links are dead.
Oops.
I do *miss* having stuff like kickstarter campaigns to look forward to, I'll admit.
Throwback to early 2010s when loot boxes, kickstarters, etc would give you a bunch of entertainment from either getting shit, or the drama from not getting shit
> It’s wild how many companies try to hide behind ‘pre-order’ language when in reality they’re just using new orders to fund current production
Why, yes, that's exactly how pre-orders work.
Roger BW 😷@DarkestKale On Kickstarter they're often funding the previous campaign's unforeseen expenses…
@RogerBW Once upon a time, I used to point out that KS had a *mandatory* 'risks' section, and it was Caveat emptor for anyone to, you know... read that.
If a campaign has 'nah, we're good' in that section, you are IN FOR A RIDE
@DarkestKale Briefly they had a rule that you couldn't start a new campaign while the old one wasn't complete (I got at least one campaign pulled because of that), but the big guys complained and that's gone away again now.
@RogerBW KS always had that sleazy behind the scenes feel, to me.
... just that kinda 'wellllll, if we police things properly, we won't have anyone, SOOOOO...' vibe