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How will the Doom Kickstarter fraud scandal affect future Kickstarters?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fetfreak" data-source="post: 6163875" data-attributes="member: 6715498"><p>I also think kickstarter has changed greatly. </p><p>My main concern is that a lot of people who are famous, have money and reputation (both in rpg community and outside) are still turning to kickstarter as a safe shot. Turning it into a pre-order for their future product.</p><p>Kickstarter doesn't really help the little guy anymore. The famous folk will invest into advertising, they'll easily create a buzz and when they launch, they get the staff pick, popular project and other first page features. While some other projects (good or bad), that do not have such exposure will be buried in kickstarter's poor search options.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if you guys know who Amanda Palmer is, but her kickstarter was literally a pre-order, it said so in the project's first line.</p><p>She was already famous, has money, is Niel Gaiman's wife and yet she needed a kickstarter to record an album. </p><p>The only thing that I really, really liked about her project is that she was really cheap. For a 1$ you could get the whole album to download.</p><p></p><p>It's a bit sad to me that even in a crowd funding scene it's easier for rich/famous people to make a lot of money, than it is to some unknown with an idea. When kickstarters started I though it will be a game changer but I guess it's far from it. </p><p>The last nail in the coffin of the whole story would be, if EA games along with Bioware turn to kickstarter for their next multimillion franchise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fetfreak, post: 6163875, member: 6715498"] I also think kickstarter has changed greatly. My main concern is that a lot of people who are famous, have money and reputation (both in rpg community and outside) are still turning to kickstarter as a safe shot. Turning it into a pre-order for their future product. Kickstarter doesn't really help the little guy anymore. The famous folk will invest into advertising, they'll easily create a buzz and when they launch, they get the staff pick, popular project and other first page features. While some other projects (good or bad), that do not have such exposure will be buried in kickstarter's poor search options. I don't know if you guys know who Amanda Palmer is, but her kickstarter was literally a pre-order, it said so in the project's first line. She was already famous, has money, is Niel Gaiman's wife and yet she needed a kickstarter to record an album. The only thing that I really, really liked about her project is that she was really cheap. For a 1$ you could get the whole album to download. It's a bit sad to me that even in a crowd funding scene it's easier for rich/famous people to make a lot of money, than it is to some unknown with an idea. When kickstarters started I though it will be a game changer but I guess it's far from it. The last nail in the coffin of the whole story would be, if EA games along with Bioware turn to kickstarter for their next multimillion franchise. [/QUOTE]
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