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Author Topic: When Kickstarter goes wrong?  (Read 675763 times)

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #555 on: April 20, 2012, 02:04:37 pm »

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #556 on: April 20, 2012, 05:16:56 pm »

One wonders what an adult could have accomplished with those millions.

Of course, someone more impoverished than myself might levy the same criticism against me.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #557 on: April 20, 2012, 06:15:11 pm »

One wonders what an adult could have accomplished with those millions.
Personally, if my dream was to make 'Teh Awesome MMORPG' I'd have started small and founded a studio, put out a few games to get an income base while working on it in the background. You know, apply a sound business strategy...
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #558 on: April 20, 2012, 06:38:08 pm »

Also hire an actual team that does everything for you! D:
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #559 on: April 20, 2012, 06:42:02 pm »

Really... Even *I* can tell the problems with that, and I have like 0 actual game design experience other than a textbook called the Methodology of Game Storyboarding. >.>

Also, personally I despise grinding games.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #560 on: April 20, 2012, 07:07:35 pm »

Also, personally I despise grinding games.
I despise ADDICTIVE grinding games.

'this grinding is shit. but... I'm nearly at the next level...'

THAT.

The game I like the most was Mabinogi before G13, and second is Dungeon and Fighters Online because its addicting PvP that was actually well balanced and depended on your control, mostly.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #561 on: April 20, 2012, 07:10:37 pm »

Also, personally I despise grinding games.
I despise ADDICTIVE grinding games.

'this grinding is shit. but... I'm nearly at the next level...'

THAT.

The game I like the most was Mabinogi before G13, and second is Dungeon and Fighters Online because its addicting PvP that was actually well balanced and depended on your control, mostly.

Disgaea 1 consumed my life for far longer than it should have. Getting the full compliment of level 100 Legendary Highest Tier weapons was only an exercise in patience, especially when there was not a single challenge in the game that necessitated it.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #562 on: April 20, 2012, 07:18:03 pm »

especially when there was not a single challenge in the game that necessitated it.
Quitting?

On an unrelated note: What was that MMO that had it's servers crashed by the dev. team because the players were about to 'finish' the game?
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #563 on: April 20, 2012, 08:10:26 pm »

To think, less than 150 years ago you would have had to pay a shilling to gawk at the mentally ill.
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   Also as someone learning to program I must say that no matter how much money he had this game is not in anyway programmable. There are very few things you can say where words like never and always can apply but in this case I can with no hesitation say that as of today with the tech we have the game would never be possible even if you dumped millions of work hours into it.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #564 on: April 20, 2012, 08:11:54 pm »

Actually, with enough money anything is possible. No tech? MAKE IT

Really. With the right people, you could probably do much more than you would think.

Whether or not it would be feasible is a whole 'nuther question.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #565 on: April 20, 2012, 08:15:40 pm »

That is why I said "as of today with the tech we have" as even something like this may end up workable if you pour enough money into and into developing tech for it.

Also your avatar looks like something I remember seeing at some point, mind telling me where it is from? I just can't remember anything beyond knowing it looks familiar.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #566 on: April 20, 2012, 08:22:18 pm »

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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #567 on: April 20, 2012, 08:24:19 pm »

On an unrelated note: What was that MMO that had it's servers crashed by the dev. team because the players were about to 'finish' the game?
That sounds like FF11.  I haven't heard that specific story but it's almost exactly like a thing they would do.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #568 on: April 20, 2012, 08:24:42 pm »

Oh, yes thats the one, thank you. Got to go check it again, good story from what I remember.
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Re: When Kickstarter goes wrong?
« Reply #569 on: April 20, 2012, 08:42:29 pm »

On an unrelated note: What was that MMO that had it's servers crashed by the dev. team because the players were about to 'finish' the game?
That sounds like FF11.  I haven't heard that specific story but it's almost exactly like a thing they would do.

I heard that story, how they unplugged it just as they were about to beat an "unbeatable" boss.

I think that happened in Everquest too...
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