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<blockquote data-quote="TrickyUK" data-source="post: 7727794" data-attributes="member: 13504"><p>As the KS approaches the end, I have to say that I have remained disappointed. It could be that my opinion was marred from the start. I didn’t like the presumptuous approach, with offering $120 worth of books for $280 on the basis that stretch goals were obviously going to be met and thus the pledge would be at least worth it’s retail value in time.</p><p> </p><p>Now that the end is in sight and stretch goals have added a number of products, I looked at whether it was finally worth backing (for me personally). First off, I was only interested in RPG books; cards and novels don’t appeal to me. Even so, the total value (as given by the add-ons) for all the print RPG books is $335 for a $280 pledge. That is almost value for money. I say almost because I still need to add shipping (to UK) and when I estimate what the costs of these books will be online when released in the UK, I get a total figure of around £220. The exchange rate for $280 ends up around £220 also, but there is still shipping. And so, why would I want to have my money sat in MCG bank for the next 9-24 months, when it could be sat in mine. I simply did not see any additional value to me.</p><p> </p><p>I do think that the approach to the campaign was very interesting. Seeing how involving the backers in a sort of mass community narrative experiment, which also tried to generate increased interest and pledge levels, was fun. I’ll admit I had seen enough of the narrative stuff after a couple of weeks and my preference would have been to see that aspect moved into a different space and left the backer comments for focusing on the KS itself. Despite there being over 2,000 backers, the comments were dominated by a much smaller number of people telling an collaborative story. My hat off to them; there is some good stuff there, but I just wanted it housed elsewhere on the web.</p><p> </p><p>I guess what I have learnt is that I like KS from a financial investment point of view. I will invest if there is a low risk, value for money return. This KS, in the end, has felt like a social experiment with some money floating around in the background. The added value was being able to show off your creative side and be part of that backer community. And that wasn’t for me.</p><p> </p><p>However, despite my negative outlook in general, I am really pleased that the KS did so well and l am looking forward to Numenera 2 and the new supplements that will be released over the next couple of years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TrickyUK, post: 7727794, member: 13504"] As the KS approaches the end, I have to say that I have remained disappointed. It could be that my opinion was marred from the start. I didn’t like the presumptuous approach, with offering $120 worth of books for $280 on the basis that stretch goals were obviously going to be met and thus the pledge would be at least worth it’s retail value in time. Now that the end is in sight and stretch goals have added a number of products, I looked at whether it was finally worth backing (for me personally). First off, I was only interested in RPG books; cards and novels don’t appeal to me. Even so, the total value (as given by the add-ons) for all the print RPG books is $335 for a $280 pledge. That is almost value for money. I say almost because I still need to add shipping (to UK) and when I estimate what the costs of these books will be online when released in the UK, I get a total figure of around £220. The exchange rate for $280 ends up around £220 also, but there is still shipping. And so, why would I want to have my money sat in MCG bank for the next 9-24 months, when it could be sat in mine. I simply did not see any additional value to me. I do think that the approach to the campaign was very interesting. Seeing how involving the backers in a sort of mass community narrative experiment, which also tried to generate increased interest and pledge levels, was fun. I’ll admit I had seen enough of the narrative stuff after a couple of weeks and my preference would have been to see that aspect moved into a different space and left the backer comments for focusing on the KS itself. Despite there being over 2,000 backers, the comments were dominated by a much smaller number of people telling an collaborative story. My hat off to them; there is some good stuff there, but I just wanted it housed elsewhere on the web. I guess what I have learnt is that I like KS from a financial investment point of view. I will invest if there is a low risk, value for money return. This KS, in the end, has felt like a social experiment with some money floating around in the background. The added value was being able to show off your creative side and be part of that backer community. And that wasn’t for me. However, despite my negative outlook in general, I am really pleased that the KS did so well and l am looking forward to Numenera 2 and the new supplements that will be released over the next couple of years. [/QUOTE]
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