Agreed that they, their project, and their Kickstarter are awesome.
That in itself is taking an action against him. They put him on notice that they consider pulling large donations a breech of some sort of etiquette and he shouldn't do it again.
Seriously though. They started with basically no information other than "Old school mmo!" and have provided a few ideas since then. I'm still happy with my $45 pledge, but if anyone has changed their mind with the release of more information, that is just dumb.
I can see the reason why they warn against stuff like that. You can undermine a KS that way if enough people do it. I mean 2 people pledged and pulled 10k in a day..
Like I said in my first post. I have no real problem if they take actions against pledge trolls but they should establish a pattern first. Don't just start emailing everyone who's pulled a pledge to tell them they've been a bad boy.
Ah, but you notice how the bulk of their updates and information are about... get this... why they're on Kickstarter. They aren't just trying to drum up hype for their game, even though it certainly seems to deserve the hype. Which is why building hype for Pantheon is getting awkward to watch.
Most people aren't fucking around with the highest possible pledge and making ultimatums to put on some kind of show or make a point. I doubt they have to warn people very much.
I think you're totally right on these points. This Kickstarter has been handled very poorly for no apparent good reason. But I still am not willing to write the project off and think good things can come from it if funding succeeds. I fall back on my Double Fine Adventure example, which started out with really nothing but vague ideas from Tim Schafer and an ask for money. In the end, we're getting a cool adventure game.
So you're trying to say that those 10k guys that donate should no longer have the right to change their minds after seeing how a kickstarter progresses and if they do they all should get warned about how Kickstarter frowns on their lack of faithfulness?
I'm saying that it's probably extremely rare that pledges at that level are pulled. Two types of people (or a mix of both) pledge at that level: those who are extremely rich and are interested in a project, and those who are extremely passionate about a project and are willing to make a major contribution to make it happen. Kickstarter wants its projects to succeed so they get paid and I imagine they don't take kindly to nefarious trolls fucking around with Kicktraq curves to put on a show.
I'm still pledge. And I haven't written the game off. If they can somehow limp through this and get to the point they're actually able to make a game, I still think it will be worth playing. If they don't figure out a way to get some professional help on the shit they aren't good at, or at least make it look professional, I don't think they'll get to that point, though.
Sounds like we're pretty much on the same page. At this point, I don't see this Kickstarter succeeding, but its fortunes can change at any moment, so I won't write it off yet. One project that really surprised me was Republique. A week or two into that one, I was convinced it wouldn't get funded, but the money came through in the very end.
