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<blockquote data-quote="p_johnston" data-source="post: 8520015" data-attributes="member: 7016849"><p>So frankly this is kinda crappy and I understand anyone who backed and is now pissed.</p><p></p><p>To lay it out.</p><p>Fans back the kick starter enough to get 10 episodes. At this point their is an implicit promise that if the series gets made they can access it even if there is not an explicit one.</p><p>Amazon steps in to help fund a second season and distribute the episodes.</p><p>Critical Role says that backers will be able to access the series for free. This is an explicit promise.</p><p>The fulfill their promise by saying "hey you can get a free trial of amazon prime." Which is not fulfilling their promise. It is at best fulfilling the letter of the promise while ignoring the spirit. That is of course ignoring if anyone doesn't happen to qualify for the free trial (say they had canceled their amazon prime in the last 12 months).</p><p></p><p>So the main question is did they A) sign the agreement with amazon knowing that backers would have to get prime to see the show or B) did that come up after the deal was signed? Because if it was A then it is fully just a crappy move on their part. In that case they made a deal that they new was breaking the spirit of the agreement and would end up screwing over some portion of their backers. If it was B then someone at CR messed up when making the deal that this was not addressed beforehand. And either way waiting until the week before launch to tell people either way was crappy. That feels to me like they knew what they were doing was wrong and were delaying telling people until the last minute. Maybe they were hoping the hype as it came out would help quell any backlash.</p><p></p><p>P.S. and to clarify the reason I say that the initial backing had an implicit promise that on success the backers would get access to the episodes is because 100% if Amazon had not stepped in they would be getting those episodes. THE ONLY reason that backers are not getting access to the episodes is because of the deal with Amazon. They are just using the fact that it was never stated to cover their butts on a technicality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p_johnston, post: 8520015, member: 7016849"] So frankly this is kinda crappy and I understand anyone who backed and is now pissed. To lay it out. Fans back the kick starter enough to get 10 episodes. At this point their is an implicit promise that if the series gets made they can access it even if there is not an explicit one. Amazon steps in to help fund a second season and distribute the episodes. Critical Role says that backers will be able to access the series for free. This is an explicit promise. The fulfill their promise by saying "hey you can get a free trial of amazon prime." Which is not fulfilling their promise. It is at best fulfilling the letter of the promise while ignoring the spirit. That is of course ignoring if anyone doesn't happen to qualify for the free trial (say they had canceled their amazon prime in the last 12 months). So the main question is did they A) sign the agreement with amazon knowing that backers would have to get prime to see the show or B) did that come up after the deal was signed? Because if it was A then it is fully just a crappy move on their part. In that case they made a deal that they new was breaking the spirit of the agreement and would end up screwing over some portion of their backers. If it was B then someone at CR messed up when making the deal that this was not addressed beforehand. And either way waiting until the week before launch to tell people either way was crappy. That feels to me like they knew what they were doing was wrong and were delaying telling people until the last minute. Maybe they were hoping the hype as it came out would help quell any backlash. P.S. and to clarify the reason I say that the initial backing had an implicit promise that on success the backers would get access to the episodes is because 100% if Amazon had not stepped in they would be getting those episodes. THE ONLY reason that backers are not getting access to the episodes is because of the deal with Amazon. They are just using the fact that it was never stated to cover their butts on a technicality. [/QUOTE]
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