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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9274456" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>The poll title states deal-breaker and not red flags, so I answered that question and then also the 'explain below' option. My deal breakers are: AI*, creator personal reputation**, and products for which I have no use.</p><p> <em><span style="font-size: 12px">*At least at this point and the foreseeable future. I do not see a way to get 'ethical AI' and the direction the industry is taking is not looking like it will foster it in the future. It is still a rapidly evolving technology and marketplace, so who knows what things will look like in 5 years.</span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px">**All RPG material is optional luxury items, and I do not need a product (particularly one I just discovered existed and was doing fine without before) so much as to financially support people who violate my personal positions or sense of decency or the like. </span></em></p><p></p><p>As for red flags, there are a few. Excessive stretch goals or accessories tell me that the main product might not be as grand as hoped. There's no reason that a product shouldn't have an OCR-ed and indexed pdf version in this day and age. Schedules are a concern (too long, but also too short in that is might suggest unrealistic performance expectations on the developers part). Errors on the kickstarter page itself are not directly indicative of competence at writing game books (and I do not know how user-friendly KS pages are/how much the garble your existing formatting, etc.), but anything that speaks to 'I do not know how to form a sentence' are concerning.</p><p></p><p>An interesting option is track record with previous products. This one, in general, is the reddest of flags and overrides many others (a great product idea from someone I strongly favor means nothing if I don't think they will be able to deliver). <strong><em>However</em></strong>, if the creator acknowledges the previous failure, has an explanation (that is not a responsibility-dodge), and lays our a credible course of action they are intending to take for this next project that should (hopefully) mean a different outcome, I am willing to entertain the possibility of another chance. We want people to be able to learn and grow, after all. However, my default selection with Kickstarter is not-to-fund, so I do need a strong argument to sell me on a second chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9274456, member: 6799660"] The poll title states deal-breaker and not red flags, so I answered that question and then also the 'explain below' option. My deal breakers are: AI*, creator personal reputation**, and products for which I have no use. [I][SIZE=3]*At least at this point and the foreseeable future. I do not see a way to get 'ethical AI' and the direction the industry is taking is not looking like it will foster it in the future. It is still a rapidly evolving technology and marketplace, so who knows what things will look like in 5 years. **All RPG material is optional luxury items, and I do not need a product (particularly one I just discovered existed and was doing fine without before) so much as to financially support people who violate my personal positions or sense of decency or the like. [/SIZE][/I] As for red flags, there are a few. Excessive stretch goals or accessories tell me that the main product might not be as grand as hoped. There's no reason that a product shouldn't have an OCR-ed and indexed pdf version in this day and age. Schedules are a concern (too long, but also too short in that is might suggest unrealistic performance expectations on the developers part). Errors on the kickstarter page itself are not directly indicative of competence at writing game books (and I do not know how user-friendly KS pages are/how much the garble your existing formatting, etc.), but anything that speaks to 'I do not know how to form a sentence' are concerning. An interesting option is track record with previous products. This one, in general, is the reddest of flags and overrides many others (a great product idea from someone I strongly favor means nothing if I don't think they will be able to deliver). [B][I]However[/I][/B], if the creator acknowledges the previous failure, has an explanation (that is not a responsibility-dodge), and lays our a credible course of action they are intending to take for this next project that should (hopefully) mean a different outcome, I am willing to entertain the possibility of another chance. We want people to be able to learn and grow, after all. However, my default selection with Kickstarter is not-to-fund, so I do need a strong argument to sell me on a second chance. [/QUOTE]
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