According to the people of the kickstarter comments I'm a troll that just wants to dis the game and sabotage the kickstarter. The website is preparing it's store and is currently saying the raised $425,000 with no reference to the kickstarter and the Champion level membership is now named Apprentice Developer. They annouced the summoner class, posted some new screen shots and once again insisted that they have not abandoned the kickstarter despite posting update #49 where they say "From the official game site you'll be able to pledge, much like you have been on Kickstarter, but with less percentage taken off due to fees deducted by Amazon and Kickstarter. So this means more of your money goes directly into the development of the game."
Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
The only thing that could make this more fun to watch is if they got Derek Smart on board as a community rep.
Tearofsoul
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When you reach your true potential you become Super-champion 4 level and your hair glows gold in-game.
So if 15/month makes you a developer , can I pledge 30/month and become CEO and fire most of the team ?
popsicledeath
Potato del Grande
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Some of the more vocal, deep-pockets supports are claiming to be leaving the KS site. They're abandoning it! I'm worried they have insider information that the devs may have abandon it too. Only today several devs were posting there, though, so I'm very confused. :/
tad10
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As usual, Brad isn't running things right:
He could have sold the forum if he did it properly - something like the following:
1. State what he's doing: "Hi guys, we're opening a pay-to-play forum."
2. State why he's doing it: "Because we didn't make/aren't gonna make our kickstarter goals."
3. State why he's doing it - really: "Because frankly we realize now we were not prepared for kickstarter."
4. State the Long Term Goal of the PtP Forum: "We're going to use the money from the PtP Forum to fund 3 or 4 of us who still don't have jobs to continue working on Pantheon to develop an Alpha build. Once we have an Alpha build we're gong to go back to kickstarter and this time do it right."
5. Explain why the LTG is realistic: "We had 3,000 backers. If we generate $10,000 a month in fees - that's an average of $3.33 per person per month - we can pay for 3 to 4 cheapass, out of work and near broke developers to keep developing. 2,000-3,000 a month per person isn't much but it beats unemployment."
6. Do the Math Tier thing properly: "We know we can't get 3.33 a month from all 3,000 or even 1,000 so we're going to offer three tiers: $1 a month for access to read/post and Hero title, $5.00 a month for Read/Post and Champion title and $15.00 a month for Read/Post and Grim Champion title. Grim Champions will have earliest access to our proto-alpha when available and access to a a Unique Class/Race combo the Elf Dark Knight or the Ogre Wizard (or whatever) in Live that will not be made accessible any other way."
7. Explain what happens if they don't get 10,000 a month: "If we only get $2,000-$3,000 a month we'll go down to just two full time developers, not including myself, and the other chaps will help out on weekends when they can. We still think we'll get it done and additionally we'll sell T-shirts, coffee cups, mouse pads of our cooler art. We figure that we can get to an alpha state worthy of kickstarter in two years."
If I had seen something like that, I would have tossed in $1.00 or maybe even $5.00 a month - that's less than I spend on coffee in any given day.
He could have sold the forum if he did it properly - something like the following:
1. State what he's doing: "Hi guys, we're opening a pay-to-play forum."
2. State why he's doing it: "Because we didn't make/aren't gonna make our kickstarter goals."
3. State why he's doing it - really: "Because frankly we realize now we were not prepared for kickstarter."
4. State the Long Term Goal of the PtP Forum: "We're going to use the money from the PtP Forum to fund 3 or 4 of us who still don't have jobs to continue working on Pantheon to develop an Alpha build. Once we have an Alpha build we're gong to go back to kickstarter and this time do it right."
5. Explain why the LTG is realistic: "We had 3,000 backers. If we generate $10,000 a month in fees - that's an average of $3.33 per person per month - we can pay for 3 to 4 cheapass, out of work and near broke developers to keep developing. 2,000-3,000 a month per person isn't much but it beats unemployment."
6. Do the Math Tier thing properly: "We know we can't get 3.33 a month from all 3,000 or even 1,000 so we're going to offer three tiers: $1 a month for access to read/post and Hero title, $5.00 a month for Read/Post and Champion title and $15.00 a month for Read/Post and Grim Champion title. Grim Champions will have earliest access to our proto-alpha when available and access to a a Unique Class/Race combo the Elf Dark Knight or the Ogre Wizard (or whatever) in Live that will not be made accessible any other way."
7. Explain what happens if they don't get 10,000 a month: "If we only get $2,000-$3,000 a month we'll go down to just two full time developers, not including myself, and the other chaps will help out on weekends when they can. We still think we'll get it done and additionally we'll sell T-shirts, coffee cups, mouse pads of our cooler art. We figure that we can get to an alpha state worthy of kickstarter in two years."
If I had seen something like that, I would have tossed in $1.00 or maybe even $5.00 a month - that's less than I spend on coffee in any given day.
"popsicledeath
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Canadina seems to think only the concerns of people she likes and agrees with are valid. Imo, that's no way for an apprentice developer to behave.
If the apprentice developers of Pantheon treat people like that, how are the full developers treating them?"
Haha...you crack me up man that is awesome.
5 minutes ago
Canadina seems to think only the concerns of people she likes and agrees with are valid. Imo, that's no way for an apprentice developer to behave.
If the apprentice developers of Pantheon treat people like that, how are the full developers treating them?"
Haha...you crack me up man that is awesome.
popsicledeath
Potato del Grande
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Those four or five people posting thousands of comments on the Kickstarter are a rotten bunch. There's plenty of self-inflicted issues with the Kickstarter but nobody would want to be associated with that small and nasty group.
Someone send Brad a congrats for already getting over 400k in funds , surprises me , I didn't think he would get that much on his private website , but he's got it on his front page that he's raised that much already so it must be so.
Soygen
The Dirty Dozen For the Price of One
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Dude, read the KS comments. It's just a placeholder! After the KS ends, it will be less deceptive...err I mean corrected.
zzeris
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Lasch
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I've been too lazy to do that, but it still doesn't keep me from checking every once in a while anyway.
Paranoid lazy is the worst.