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When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« on: March 05, 2014, 08:40:26 pm »

So a friend of mine recently tried to do a kickstarter to send their kid to summer camp. (It wasn't on KS site but nother Crowdfunding site), and it was god awefull. The worst picture and no backer awards.
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2014, 08:44:05 pm »

I hate it when kickstarters are too soft.
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2014, 07:04:48 am »

Wow, I JUST read the original thread yesterday then this pops up.

O.O *Twilight Zone theme plays*
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2014, 10:20:50 am »

Wow, I JUST read the original thread yesterday then this pops up.

O.O *Twilight Zone theme plays*

So did I. Why is this supposed to be interesting or notable?
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2014, 10:22:34 am »

It has been a while since I've seen a really bad Kickstarter.

So far the Ding-Dong-Ditch videogame has been the eternal victor of the worst kickstarter.
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2014, 05:34:45 pm »

It has been a while since I've seen a really bad Kickstarter.

So far the Ding-Dong-Ditch videogame has been the eternal victor of the worst kickstarter.

Ding Dong Ditch video game? Link?
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2014, 05:37:54 pm »

Please don't get pissy and close the thread in a powerhungry huff, MrWiggles. Not saying anyone else would do that or perhaps even did that very thing. I think you're a very reasonable and even-tempered forumite and a good steward of such an important thread.
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2014, 05:41:04 pm »

I actually unlocked the old thread, last night. I appreciate when people respect the OP's wish not to derail it, which isn't what happened (asking actually seemed to indicate people they should derail more.) So I locked it to break the derail train of people parroting back and forth at each other.
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2014, 05:42:14 pm »

-No Drama-

Also this:

http://shit-starter.tumblr.com
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2014, 10:50:32 pm »

Please don't get pissy and close the thread in a powerhungry huff, MrWiggles. Not saying anyone else would do that or perhaps even did that very thing. I think you're a very reasonable and even-tempered forumite and a good steward of such an important thread.

-No Drama-

Not even close.
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2014, 02:12:31 am »

Man, I am feeling the itch to go power hungry and close this fucker down.
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« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2014, 02:49:53 am »

-No Drama-

Also this:

http://shit-starter.tumblr.com

Spent a good amount of time on the shit-starter page and I have to say that I honestly felt pretty bad for some of those people because in their minds they most likely believed they had some golden idea hahaha.
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2014, 03:54:09 pm »

I think something worth pointing out is, if something looks like some random students college/university project it may actually be because it is. For some reason, some photography and media courses are requiring that their students run some kind of kickstarter/indiegogo and social media thing for their coursework.

No it makes no sense to me either, but a friend of mine had to do it for her photography coursework.
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« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2014, 04:25:37 pm »

Because it's a skill they need to learn to take a foothold in today's marketplace.  In my mom's years, they taught you to cheat on your income taxes (note: she did not do this).
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Re: When Kickstarter Goes Wrong Part Doux
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2014, 05:38:59 pm »

That's pretty horrible. Like, does the home ec class show you how to make ghetto lattes and ghetto big macs? Does the wood shop class explain how you can generally pick up free lumber at construction sites as long as nobody sees you? How to lie so Match.com will accept you and then deceive a mate into liking you enough to help you make a baby?

I can see them trying to help you learn about the business of art and not just the making of art, which is pretty necessary. But putting low quality crap you did for a school assignment (and got a barely passing grade) on a crowdfunding site just clogs up and perverts the whole point of crowdfunding.

It's not for every schlub to make some money off the ignorant. It's for creative things to get made that would otherwise never get made!
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