Camelot Unchained MMO
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I almost pledged until I saw the expected beta dates of 2015... that mixed with it being a sub based mmo. haha, no thanks.
"Camelot Unchained is a counter-revolutionary RvR-focused MMORPG from Mark Jacobs and CSE set in a post-apocalyptic yet familiar world."
Doesn't counter-revolutionary mean it is the opposite of revolutionary and does exactly the same shit all other RvR games have already done and/or are currently doing right now?
Doesn't counter-revolutionary mean it is the opposite of revolutionary and does exactly the same shit all other RvR games have already done and/or are currently doing right now?
Abefroman
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I think what they are trying to say is that they are against the WoW revolution and want to go back to the way things were before WoW. That's the only way that makes any sense imo. Basically going after the blame WoW for everything crowd".
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By this logic someone who built websites in html 8 years ago would be much more proficient in html5, simply because html5 is available. This logic simply doesn't follow.
Old dudes who code in old languages do not miraculously become young dudes who code in ruby on rails like a boss...just because. How do you even think this is possible?
Tmac
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Their one video on the site is super underwhelming.
Is is really so hard to sync the video with the music? No, no it is not.
Editor fail.
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Mark Jacobs said in the video that if the Kickstarter makes at least $2 million, he was going to contribute another $3 million. I think that raises the question if $5 million is enough to fund a successful niche based game like they're focused on?
Grim1
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5 million isnt' enough imo. But if his kickstarter is wildly successful then that might help him get other investors.
This is going to be interesting to watch. 2015 isn't that far away.
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On one hand from looking at the benefit list/dates they already know exactly what they want, which took what 2-3 years at 38s to come up with.
5 Million is enough to get something going. Hell Rift was made with what 20 or 30 and it was decent enough. I agree with the above the 5 million is to get into internal testing and something to show investors for the other 10-20.
I give it a 50/50.
5 Million is enough to get something going. Hell Rift was made with what 20 or 30 and it was decent enough. I agree with the above the 5 million is to get into internal testing and something to show investors for the other 10-20.
I give it a 50/50.
I get confused answers from different people about what actually happens when kickstarters fail. And what constitutes failure? Not hitting your funding goal or not producing a product?
The supporters of the site (just anecdotal people I know, not an expert source) seem to think you get a refund but it might actually require a large chunk of the funders to do some sort of class action suit.
The supporters of the site (just anecdotal people I know, not an expert source) seem to think you get a refund but it might actually require a large chunk of the funders to do some sort of class action suit.
Grim1
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Nothing to refund. Your card is never charged unless the project is fully funded.
If, after funding, the project is never finished then you are sol. Your only option is to sue the company but unless outright fraud was committed you would lose that fight. Investing in startups always has a risk of total loss. Besides, who is going to sue to get their 30 dollars back?
If, after funding, the project is never finished then you are sol. Your only option is to sue the company but unless outright fraud was committed you would lose that fight. Investing in startups always has a risk of total loss. Besides, who is going to sue to get their 30 dollars back?
It seems like some projects skirt the issue by having a low funding goal and if they keep getting money just adding new milestones... does this sort of circumvent the whole refund until fully funded protection for supporters?
Abefroman
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Pretty much. I know that this game plans on going to the well multiple times also.
Grim1
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Once the project reaches their funding goal then all money is transferred to the company at the cutoff date. What the company does with the money is up to them.
Funding a kickstarter game project is a crapshoot. But you don't have to fund the kickstarter if you want to play the game, it will be offered to everyone when (if) it is released. All funding does now is give you some potential perks and bragging rights. Think of your money as a preorder without the refund rights.
If you want a hardcopy print of a webcomic then you might need to fund the kickstarter. The print runs are limited and I doubt many extra copies are made. But these types of projects are much less risk than a gaming kickstarter.