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What Happens If CODENAME: MORNINGSTAR Doesn't Fund?
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<blockquote data-quote="dmccoy1693" data-source="post: 7655792" data-attributes="member: 51747"><p>Here's the thing. I like the idea of Morningstar. I really do. But I have not backed the kickstarter for a good number of reasons:</p><p></p><p>1) I'm tired of Kickstarter. I have pledged money to too many projects that funded and nothing came of them. I would rather spend my money these days on finished projects. This is especially true if the makers of the project has nothing else to show for themselves. It would be one thing if the makers of Hero Lab were running a kickstarter. Why, because they already have damn good product out there and a proven track record. Other than the 5e support/no 5e support thing, I do not know what else they have done. Mind you, I could look, but this brings us to point 2.</p><p></p><p>2) I'm not sold on it. Other than a few flashes of screen shots, the video does not show what it can do. There were promises of what it <em>will</em> be able to do, but I have been burned by enough promises. I want results. If you have results , you can say, "this is what it does and here's how easy it is." Right now, just about everything they said that Morningstar will be able to do can be done with d20pfsrd and a shared google doc. I do not feel they really made a case for the explicit need for their solution in particular.</p><p></p><p>3) iPad. I watched the video a few times to do my best to identify the technology used, just to be fair on this point. The only tablet I saw being used was the iPad. There might be others in the video, but I was not able to spot them. And the kickstarter page does not come out and explicitly state what system this will be used for. So they are leaving a critical question unanswered. As someone that will is firmly in the android camp, having it only available for iOS is a non-starter for me. It could be the greatest thing in the world but if it is not for my tablet OS of choice, I am not going to back it. I am not going to buy an ipad just to use this app. And lastly ...</p><p></p><p>4) I wish any group I was involved with had this level of technology adoption. The group shown in the video had everyone staring at a tablet. The best level of technology adoption in a game I have been involved with was 50% with most of them being limited to only me. </p><p></p><p>So like I said, I like the idea, and if someone produced such a product (provided it was for Android), I would be all over it. But I am tired of waiting for promises to be delivered.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmccoy1693, post: 7655792, member: 51747"] Here's the thing. I like the idea of Morningstar. I really do. But I have not backed the kickstarter for a good number of reasons: 1) I'm tired of Kickstarter. I have pledged money to too many projects that funded and nothing came of them. I would rather spend my money these days on finished projects. This is especially true if the makers of the project has nothing else to show for themselves. It would be one thing if the makers of Hero Lab were running a kickstarter. Why, because they already have damn good product out there and a proven track record. Other than the 5e support/no 5e support thing, I do not know what else they have done. Mind you, I could look, but this brings us to point 2. 2) I'm not sold on it. Other than a few flashes of screen shots, the video does not show what it can do. There were promises of what it [i]will[/i] be able to do, but I have been burned by enough promises. I want results. If you have results , you can say, "this is what it does and here's how easy it is." Right now, just about everything they said that Morningstar will be able to do can be done with d20pfsrd and a shared google doc. I do not feel they really made a case for the explicit need for their solution in particular. 3) iPad. I watched the video a few times to do my best to identify the technology used, just to be fair on this point. The only tablet I saw being used was the iPad. There might be others in the video, but I was not able to spot them. And the kickstarter page does not come out and explicitly state what system this will be used for. So they are leaving a critical question unanswered. As someone that will is firmly in the android camp, having it only available for iOS is a non-starter for me. It could be the greatest thing in the world but if it is not for my tablet OS of choice, I am not going to back it. I am not going to buy an ipad just to use this app. And lastly ... 4) I wish any group I was involved with had this level of technology adoption. The group shown in the video had everyone staring at a tablet. The best level of technology adoption in a game I have been involved with was 50% with most of them being limited to only me. So like I said, I like the idea, and if someone produced such a product (provided it was for Android), I would be all over it. But I am tired of waiting for promises to be delivered. [/QUOTE]
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