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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevelabny" data-source="post: 6088627" data-attributes="member: 9298">I've backed the Order of the Stick TPBs and Reaper Miniatures kickstarters. I passed on the Formula E board game because I just felt they were priced slightly high for the box contents and their stretch goals and whole campaign were kind of uninspiring. I passed on Kingdom Death: Monsters because I will be even less likely to build/paint/play with them than most of the Reaper minis that I had already backed.  I passed on Magnet Comic because I like the idea, but wanted to see more of his non-people characters and figured Id be able to keep an eye on the item in the future.  I passed on all the video game projects I had any interest in because waiting 1-2 years and pledging to something that has barely been started is not something I have any interest in.  I am considering backing Realm Works because it looks like its mostly finished. I'm a little uncertain because I don't know how much I'd actually use it, the future of virtual table-tops, and the unknown cost of the cloud service. I do think the lower the entry cost and the lower the goal both make it more likely to back. I do think that PDFs and PC games and everything else that can be easily pirated are bad ideas for projects mainly because I think people price them too high. I think if someone wanted to sell a PDF for $25 and was trying to get $3000 total, they'd be better off asking for $10 and $5000. For a lot of the same reasons, I think PDFs are fine as goofy throwaway stretch goals (like the ones in the reaper project) but are horrible as "value-added" stretch goals.   A PDF I already chose not to buy previously is always three button pushes away if I really want it for free. I don't need you to give it to me for free and act like its a value...when all you're actually offering is a clear conscience.  I do think the main issue with crowd-funding is something we've already seen but it will get worse. And something that sort of happened on Ebay before it.  While it was originally for the little guy, we've seen  numerous already established companies have larger, far more successful projects. This has been good because its brought more attention to the little guys but its also been bad because its increased expectations across the board.  And it will only get worse as bigger and bigger companies get involved. I would not be surprised to see Wizards of the Coast run a crowd-funded project and eventually even see major movie studios doing it.  At that point, smaller companies will be buried unless they have a truly innovative idea, fill a niche, or get lucky.</blockquote>

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