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it didn't even mention double fine, wasteland, or torment... Old gamers gotta love this.

interstitial 13y ago
Kickstarter's staff is full of self-embracing hipster narcissists. They don't deserve the success they've had with old school video games. I personally know some of the people involved in these million-dollar campaigns, and Kickstarter has treated them with indifference at best. Real world Karma doesn't come from clicking a DOM element, but real world Karma will be visiting Kickstarter soon. It's already showing in the rise of competitors that would not have stood a chance if a this self-satisfied narcissistic bunch was not in charge of Kickstarter. The trouble with competitors is they don't understand the internal, gamified elements of the backer-base.
- schenecstasy 13y ago
  u mad
  - BlackDeath3 13y ago
    Go back to 4Chan, please. "u mad" contributes nothing to any discussion.
    - schenecstasy 13y ago
      yeah that ad hominem he put up was real valuable.
      - BlackDeath3 13y ago
        You know what they say about two wrongs... Downvote me all you like. That says more about the state of HN than any one post in particular.
      - DanBC 13y ago
        You down vote the trolls. You ignore trolls if you do not have enough karma to down vote. Meta conversation should make some kind of attempt at politeness and helpfulness. Referencing other communities often attracts down otes.
        BlackDeath3 13y ago
        >Referencing other communities often attracts down otes. Why, because we're "Team HN"? That's silly.
        saraid216 13y ago
        Because it's counterproductive, pointless, and against the guidelines.
        BlackDeath3 13y ago
        >counterproductive Unless it encourages someone to change poor behavior. >pointless See above. >against the guidelines Perhaps. Perhaps the guidelines should be rethought.
        DanBC 13y ago
        You asked for an explanation of the downvotes. You have been given an explanation of the downvotes. What you chose to do with that information is up to you.
        BlackDeath3 13y ago
        I thought the explanation was poor, so I chose to explain why. Thanks for the useless comment.
        DanBC 13y ago
        No, because we're not team hn. Saying "go back to 4chan" is exactly the kind of team hn behaviour that people don't like.
egypturnash 13y ago
None of those are finished yet I think? DFA has its backer release next week, Torment seems to be a long ways away. Dunno about Wasteland as I didn't back that one. Everything on the list is in past tense; this happened, this got made, this won awards. These are things that HAPPENED because of Kickstarter, not things that are still on their way to happening.
- ilovecookies 13y ago
  shadowrun returns got released, and wasteland got released as a early access beta. At least they could have tried to profile the year a bit more, having one gaming session, one innovation session etc. kickstarter in more than that crappy ouya console.

Kickstarter's staff is full of self-embracing hipster narcissists. They don't deserve the success they've had with old school video games. I personally know some of the people involved in these million-dollar campaigns, and Kickstarter has treated them with indifference at best. Real world Karma doesn't come from clicking a DOM element, but real world Karma will be visiting Kickstarter soon. It's already showing in the rise of competitors that would not have stood a chance if a this self-satisfied narcissistic bunch was not in charge of Kickstarter. The trouble with competitors is they don't understand the internal, gamified elements of the backer-base.

schenecstasy 13y ago
u mad
- BlackDeath3 13y ago
  Go back to 4Chan, please. "u mad" contributes nothing to any discussion.
  - schenecstasy 13y ago
    yeah that ad hominem he put up was real valuable.
    - BlackDeath3 13y ago
      You know what they say about two wrongs... Downvote me all you like. That says more about the state of HN than any one post in particular.
    - DanBC 13y ago
      You down vote the trolls. You ignore trolls if you do not have enough karma to down vote. Meta conversation should make some kind of attempt at politeness and helpfulness. Referencing other communities often attracts down otes.
      - BlackDeath3 13y ago
        >Referencing other communities often attracts down otes. Why, because we're "Team HN"? That's silly.
        saraid216 13y ago
        Because it's counterproductive, pointless, and against the guidelines.
        BlackDeath3 13y ago
        >counterproductive Unless it encourages someone to change poor behavior. >pointless See above. >against the guidelines Perhaps. Perhaps the guidelines should be rethought.
        DanBC 13y ago
        You asked for an explanation of the downvotes. You have been given an explanation of the downvotes. What you chose to do with that information is up to you.
        BlackDeath3 13y ago
        I thought the explanation was poor, so I chose to explain why. Thanks for the useless comment.
        DanBC 13y ago
        No, because we're not team hn. Saying "go back to 4chan" is exactly the kind of team hn behaviour that people don't like.

egypturnash 13y ago

None of those are finished yet I think? DFA has its backer release next week, Torment seems to be a long ways away. Dunno about Wasteland as I didn't back that one. Everything on the list is in past tense; this happened, this got made, this won awards. These are things that HAPPENED because of Kickstarter, not things that are still on their way to happening.

ilovecookies 13y ago
shadowrun returns got released, and wasteland got released as a early access beta. At least they could have tried to profile the year a bit more, having one gaming session, one innovation session etc. kickstarter in more than that crappy ouya console.