Kickstarter Project Canceled

After Moron Spends All the Money

http://valleywag.gawker.com/kickstarter-project-canceled-after-dude-spends-all-the-912176282




    The short version: The project is over, the game is canceled.

    After much deliberation I've had to make this decision. I've informed Keith and Lee and neither at all happy with this situation. Every possible mistake was made, some due to my inexperience in board game publishing, others due to ego conflicts, legal issues and technical complications. No matter the cause though these could all have been avoided by someone more experienced and I apparently was not that person.

    From the beginning the intention was to launch a new board game company with the Kickstarted funds, with The Doom that Came to Atlantic City as only our first of hopefully many projects. Everyone involved agreed on this. Since then rifts have formed and every error compounded the growing frustration, causing only more issues. After paying to form the company, for the miniature statues, moving back to Portland, getting software licenses and hiring artists to do things like rule book design and art conforming the money was approaching a point of no return. We had to print at that point or never. Unfortunately that wasn't in the cards for a variety of reasons.

>>1

You think I care? Loser!

>>2
you already took the time to respond, stupid!

I'm not a big fan of kickstarter. Sure, there's some good stuff there, but you have to wade through all the extortion scams and incompetent people whom couldn't manage their way out of a paper bag, and wannabe internet celebrities sensationalized by their kickstarter videos and the media. Really, there's an awful lot of junk overshadowing the real winners in my mind. There's more losing bets than winning bets to me.

I usually don't have much to say on the issue. It's not my money, and everybody is free to do as they wish with theirs. However, I saw the recent development of Tim Schafer's Broken Age and I have to say it embodies everything that's wrong with Kickstarter. I know a bunch of you support Kickstarter here and probably supported one or more of his projects. I was interested in getting your thoughts on the matter now with the latest developments.

Let's recap:

1. He asks for $400,000 for Broken Age.
2. He's a popular person, media sensationalized it, and he made $3 million! Nearly 10x what his projected cost was.
3. It's way behind schedule and he just now figured out current projections go to 2015.
4. In the meantime he starts ANOTHER kickstarter for Massive Chalice. Also overfunded by 70%.
5. Finally, he comes back yesterday crying that 10x his original budget STILL ISN'T ENOUGH! He wants MORE!

The guy spends more time on his videos and public relations than he does on managing his budget. There's a reason there are people in suites handling business and people like him creating products. He's a fine guy creatively, but he's about the most incompetent project manager there ever was. If you still can't complete a project with 10x your budget, you are more than a failure in any company I have ever been exposed to. With such gross mismanagement, I can't imagine he will end in success on his MULTIPLE kickstarter projects (He's doing so poorly with one project, yet he got funded for another!! How!?). Even if he does, I certainly wouldn't trust someone who works like that with my money. The money coffins run dry eventually with such gross mismanagement. I've seen game studios work like this before and they usually tank. I know game development isn't cheap, but I'd really love to see where 10x your needed money possibly went. I wouldn't be surprised if something a little dishonest is going on. Often when someone seems too incompetent, they're actually smart and up to something.

This is everything I hate about Kickstarter all summed up by one guy. I'm not trolling, it's just my opinion. If you still support him, I'd love to hear yours. :)

P.S. I haven't directly linked his projects because I won't aid in directly advertising for him further even though by even writing this I have done so. :(

>>3

Are you are wasting the space here to reply in this post, DUMBASS!

>>5
you a refering to this guy >>4