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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5978996" data-attributes="member: 50895">Just trying to understand your point... in your opinion, Kickstarter projects would be better served for the 'new guy' trying to get a break into the industry (in our case the RPG industry.) And you seem to say, that established companies are taking advantage of Kickstarter (in a bad way), and they shouldn't be the targetted Kickstarter founder.&nbsp;If this is what you mean, the problem exists (especially among RPG pledgers) if you're an unknown quantity, unless you hit the right chords in your hoped for publishing project pitch, your project is highly likely to fail in funding.&nbsp;In my opinion, the 'new guy' in the RPG industry requires to produce some kind of RPG content and release to the public, paid for out of his own pocket (something small) before he should even attempt to do a Kickstarter. Complete unknowns tend not to get funded.&nbsp;Your premise (from what I gather) says that established companies shouldn't be Kickstarting - it's only for the new guy. By my explanation then, Kickstarter would be a very poor method of putting out brand new material - since new guys tend not to succeed. A string of Kickstarter RPG failures wouldn't be very positive of this method of funding if this is the case.&nbsp;IMO, especially regarding the RPG industry, you have to be a known quantity (at some level) before you even think to use Kickstarter to fund your project.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 5978996, member: 50895"] Just trying to understand your point... in your opinion, Kickstarter projects would be better served for the 'new guy' trying to get a break into the industry (in our case the RPG industry.) And you seem to say, that established companies are taking advantage of Kickstarter (in a bad way), and they shouldn't be the targetted Kickstarter founder. If this is what you mean, the problem exists (especially among RPG pledgers) if you're an unknown quantity, unless you hit the right chords in your hoped for publishing project pitch, your project is highly likely to fail in funding. In my opinion, the 'new guy' in the RPG industry requires to produce some kind of RPG content and release to the public, paid for out of his own pocket (something small) before he should even attempt to do a Kickstarter. Complete unknowns tend not to get funded. Your premise (from what I gather) says that established companies shouldn't be Kickstarting - it's only for the new guy. By my explanation then, Kickstarter would be a very poor method of putting out brand new material - since new guys tend not to succeed. A string of Kickstarter RPG failures wouldn't be very positive of this method of funding if this is the case. IMO, especially regarding the RPG industry, you have to be a known quantity (at some level) before you even think to use Kickstarter to fund your project. [/QUOTE]

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