I pledged about 750 to Star Citizen, for 3 different ships.  The reason was simple.  The guy had made great video games, he wants to make them again without the dirrection of suits telling him how to make it.

Start citizen was the only kickstarter project I felt that had a real chance of being made, unlike a lot of the other ripoff we continue to hear about. 

Holy crap, I'm just completely baffled by some of the amounts of money that have been pledged. The best part is that it's not even an investment so you won't get any monetary gains in return. It really makes me wonder if people have money to burn or is it really that inequal. We live in an economical crisis FFS and people are losing jobs everywhere!

Are you guys not even once worried that you might get scammed? At least when you burn the money, you are warm for a few seconds.

Originally posted by vgamer

Holy crap, I'm just completely baffled by some of the amounts of money that have been pledged. The best part is that it's not even an investment so you won't get any monetary gains in return. It really makes me wonder if people have money to burn or is it really that inequal. We live in an economical crisis FFS and people are losing jobs everywhere!

Are you guys not even once worried that you might get scammed? At least when you burn the money, you are warm for a few seconds.

Personally, I never invest or donate what I can't afford to lose.  As I've mentioned, I spend well more than $100 a month on my gaming hobby any way.  If there is a chance to get a good game out of this, I'm more than willing to risk it.

Originally posted by vgamer

Holy crap, I'm just completely baffled by some of the amounts of money that have been pledged. The best part is that it's not even an investment so you won't get any monetary gains in return. It really makes me wonder if people have money to burn or is it really that inequal. We live in an economical crisis FFS and people are losing jobs everywhere!

Are you guys not even once worried that you might get scammed? At least when you burn the money, you are warm for a few seconds.

Your logic is confusing.   You state that people should not have supported the Pathfinder Kickstarter because of the "economical crisis" and "people are losing jobs everywhere".

Maybe you do not understand that by this Kickstarter succeeding, 10 or so jobs are being created.  So if the real reason you objected was the one you stated it makes no sense at all.  The only way out of the "economical crisis" is to spend money and have companies create jobs...

Do i worry I might get scammed?  No. I looked at the long list of people associated with the project and the history of Paizo.  They have a history and are not a flybynight startup.

Do I worry that the project might fail?   Yes, that is a possibility but I am comfortable that it will succeed, and so I pledged.

Well I want to see decent gameplay and games which for me means thet anything with gamesystems AC1 and previous hit the mark. So for me it is more contributing to developing the games i like if they deliver or not doesnt really matter as long as the genre is moving in the right direction.

With Pathfinder, all the extras pretty much make it a no brainer and value for money.

I see VGGamer saying he can't understand pledges being so high, so let me explain in 1990 I was a poor young gamer with an excess of great games to play.

Now these days I am a rich old gamer with lots of money but absolutely nothing that is challenging to play, that has longevity and community so I contribute even if it is just a concept. Because I can.

"Rich in my view means i have more money than i need not vast ammounts "

Originally posted by Fusion

Originally posted by MumboJumbo

The more a Kickstarter project asks for (1m$) - the more it needs to show off what it already has done.

According to that line, you shouldnt've pledged, since they've really done NOTHING, but a small tech demo (on a licensed engine...)

I definitely would not pledge for such projects, when they've really nothing to show, but an IP and ideas.

 I personally am not fond of these kickstarter things and "pre-purchase" things.. i pay when i see it.

 

 

I f I took your approach in life, I would have never acheived anything; But at least you have an approach.

I invest in these projects because the concepts are great and so are Paizo. The Pathfinder content you get pays for the donation so its a win win. If tyhey deliver or not the concepts and game development direction is important here.

Originally posted by Fusion

I definitely would not pledge for such projects, when they've really nothing to show, but an IP and ideas.

 

I personally am not fond of these kickstarter things and "pre-purchase" things.. i pay when i see it.

 

 

Quote for truth. I also don't believe in Kickstarter and Founders programs. 

I didn't back it because it just doesn't seem right to me. So many games fail to ever get released, games with great people working on them and even games at the big companies and they just cancel development. If they are taking fan base $$$$ then if the game gets released that money should be paid back in addition to the little in game perks. It makes no sense to me that the $$$ don't get repaid even if it is a great success. I love the idea of the game but taking donations and then if it works taking the profit to yourself doesn't seem right to me.

on the other hand - I'm glad that so many others did donate. If the game gets made then I'll give it a try and maybe love it. I'll keep my $$$ until then and yeah I'll miss out on a game item or ale being named after me and a forum or game title, big deal. And I may miss beta but probably not because FYI they actually need real BETA testers and not just pay for early entry server load testers.

just my opinion..