Franklinator
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Oh, awesome! I haven't been following the project as well as I should of been so I didn't know this. Thanks for the heads-up!
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Republique Kickstarter by Ryan Payton - NOW FOR PC AND MAC! [Ended, $555K funded]
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I can't see how keeping their Kickstarter running despite these offers makes the whole ordeal seem double-dealing at all.
Ignis Fatuus
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Whoops, didn't notice the new thread. Been busy.
Did anyone say it was? At the very least they got some funding offers out of the Kickstarter. I just hope they're venture capitalists and not a traditional publisher.
Sarcasm, I think?
Just refreshed from about an hour ago, it went up from 169k to 191k.
AgentCooper
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I LOVE YOU.
Father_Brain
Banned
They're actually on track to surpass Day 1. Wow.
I didn't think voice actors could have more of an impact than announcing PC/Mac ports, but that just goes to show what I know.
I didn't think voice actors could have more of an impact than announcing PC/Mac ports, but that just goes to show what I know.
... indeed :/
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Kind of hard to believe this was the "thing" they needed but hey, whatever works!
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Behold the power of ME and MGS fans!!
polyh3dron
Banned
just get an ipod touch and join the winning team already
MrCunningham
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lol, I refreshed and it jumped up 10K
Very soon, Ryan Payton 500.000 : Haters 0
LOL this is pretty unbelievable. Well done, Ryan. Hope this momentum holds as long as you need it to.
Haunted
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Surprising. There's not as many backers (279 compared to over 700 from the opening and PC announcement), but it looks like these few backers went for the high reward tiers., I r
lol, I refreshed and it jumped up 10K
Yeah, and that kicktraq image is 11K behind as well. There were probably a bunch of people upgrading to a higher tier also.
You can almost definitely count on there being at least one reference plugged in there somewhere
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Deleted member 30609
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heh, this is where it becomes... well... it might be within certain party's best interest to start funelling money into the project to get it over the line. Watching the number of 'high-tier backers' go up over the next week could be interesting.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Deleted member 30609
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If you think Jennifer Hale and David Hayter were big enough draws to bring in more money than a PC/Mac announcement, more the power to you, friend.
No income tax because it would be a business expense that is tax-deductible. Both when they spend the initial amount and after they get 91% back and spend it on business expenses.
The Kickstarter taxes are not that big. Say there is $200k in the pot ($182k after Kickstarter and Amazon's cut). If you want it, you need to cough up $300k, but you'll get 91% back. So it's paying $27,000 for $182,000. Would you pay someone $27k to get $182k back?
It's just the same dumb baseless accusation you see in every kickstarter thread.
It's actually a terrible idea to do that for a number of reasons. For one, if you get caught you get nothing, and ruin your reputation forever. Whereas if the kickstarter fails normally, Ryan could just start over way a goal of 400k and with the PC/Mac version + Hayter/Hale announced from the start would make that easily.
There is literally no reason for them to cheat.
It's def a combination of these 2 things. The Hayter Hale announcement wouldn't have had the impact were it not for the additional platforms. Don't underestimate the fans surrounding these 2 voice actors.
I would donate if I wasn't broke. I'd rather see them able to keep their IP and work how they want to.
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Deleted member 30609
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look, I'm not saying THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING, but a gigantic spike (it looks about 100% larger than the PC/Mac spike) with fewer total new backers than other smaller spikes definitely smells bad. Baseless? No.
Palette Swap
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I've finally gotten on board.
Not really for Hale/Hayter but because the Hayter news made me click a thread and look more into the game, which in turn got me interested enough to get onboard.
Not really for Hale/Hayter but because the Hayter news made me click a thread and look more into the game, which in turn got me interested enough to get onboard.
No you weren't saying it, you were just passive-aggressively implying it.
Do you have any proof? No. So it's baseless.
Like I said someone took one of the $5000 pledges that gets their face in the game and integrated in the fiction, so that raised the average pledge level for today substantially.
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Deleted member 30609
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Only one 5000 dollar pledge, when the previous spike was 22,000 and this one is 52,000? The day before was about 6000.
So yeah, excuse me if I don't throw out the possibility that many are probably thinking.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Please read more carefully.
The $5000 pledge explains the rise of the AVERAGE pledge today.
The Hayter/hale announcement means you get the attention of both MGS and Mass Effect fans. So that explains the rest of the spike quite easily IMO.
And pledging to yourself doesn't even make sense for the reasons I already gave in my previous post.
EternalGamer
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It's an interesting theory. There certainly would be nothing stopping them from kicking in the rest so they don't lose it all.
However, that's a pretty steep price they pay Kickstarter to access their own money via that loop.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Nothing but Kickstarter, Amazon, and credit card policies. This is covered in every thread.
Except the fact it's against the rules and if you'd get caught you'd lose all the money and your reputation.
It would make much more sense to just run the same kickstarter again with 300K or 400K as the goal than to secretly try to donate 100k or 200k to this one yourself.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
So wait, Payton pretty much says this game is getting made Kickstarter or not, and people still want to support this KS for some odd reason?
It feels so shady...
Putting money in this pot doesn't ensure the game gets made, putting money in doesn't ensure you're getting a better game.. so what's the point?
It feels so shady...
Putting money in this pot doesn't ensure the game gets made, putting money in doesn't ensure you're getting a better game.. so what's the point?
Maybe people think the reward tiers are worthwhile?
The cheapest tier on Kickstarter for a copy will be cheaper than the Day 1 price. People pledging for higher level tiers are doing so for the rewards.
Haunted
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The reward tiers, I'd assume.
onlyindreams
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The Kickstarter succeeding means they get to keep creative control. That's a plus for everyone.