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Fishy?
erikk3189
Member Posts: 306
in Star Citizen
Sounds and looks more like a scam then anything.
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i don't know about a scam. they probably will have some sort of game.... just not sure how good. the problem is that they are promising the universe (hehe) and asking for money even before they have any sort of concrete product.
big promesis are the food of fools.
i wish them all the best of luck but, like a said in one other thread, they'll get my money when they have an actual game to sell me.
Yes it's a scam, you got that right, it looks like one, so let's just all move along, thanks for pointing out, the public should be told, and open their eyes...let's get out of here, thanks! Roberts the Fishy...and all the rest of the MMO Developers were not, a bit? Yea, save your souls, and leave this fishy scam, before it's too late!
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Sounds like someone needs to go back to school.
Ask your teacher to teach you to THINK before you TYPE.
It should make your life on the internets much easier since people will not think you're a complete belend.
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It's not fishy at all.
I had the privilege to play Wing Commander and loved it.
This game seems interesting enough, I might actually support it
But then these forums will be empty
MMORPG Forums: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
Why seek corporate investors when you can easily in this day and age get the social lemmings to react?
I loved WC, but for me just forking out cash for a Vision rubs me the wrong way, honestly I would rather donate my cash to a better cause.
You are joking, right? A game made by a renown developer in the industry, which showed almost a dozen of minutes of IN-GAME REALTIME rendering by CryEngine 3 (which they have evidently licensed), and demonstrated for the first time at GDC Online no less, not in someone's basement....
Whether or not it will be as good as they say (and we hope) remains to be seen, of course. But to even think of labeling this as a scam is laughably dumb.
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Thats cool, and its a view. I threw 30 bucks at it. I get the game in 2014. Or I'll get something, if its a single player game like his wing commander, I'm good with that, it cost me 30 bucks. If I get a wing commander game with freelancer/ privateer aspects, I'm still good with that cause it only cost me 30 bucks. If I get his grandioso vision, I'm good with that, cause it cost me 30 bucks.
Honestly, I like the guy, and I would have donated regardless, cause I agree with what he's trying to do. If he fails, I get a refund(minus the 4$ or whatever it said for transaction cost). Not that I would care, it's 30 bucks. If he succeeds, I get a game in a genre I love.
30 bucks now, or 60 bucks when it comes out? Thats how I looked at it(since I doubt games will be cheaper two years from now than the 59.99 bs they charge now) In fact, here is what I got for a 30 dollar "donation" even though technically I can justify calling it a preorder in my mind. Hell, I've sold Beta keys for more in the past....than I bought this for lol
SWTOR?
lol troll
Actually....NO
Fell for that already.
Sometimes people need to do the right thing.
Tell ya what STE2000, if you understand what is meant by a better cause then you'll appreciate the gesture.
And it's not a scam, it's a way to seek financial support but with a twist, sounds like he reaches a goal then he'll secure the loan so to speak.
It's clearly explained.
Think out of the box..
it's clearly explained I agree, however dig deep and understand the concept.
Games take money to make, either A. Secure an investment from big whigs who will tell you how to make your game.
B. Secure investiments from the public who want the product you've outlined already, leaving you in control of your development process and the end result.
Seems really obvious why he chose what he did.
PS Did you know tin foil hats would actually make it EASIER to read your mind?
From what I've seen since registering that might be a good thing lol.
If you don't like the soup stop eatting it.
No one is forcing anyone to be here.
This guy has already delivered several games that I have thoroughly enjoyed in my early gaming career, so I have reason to trust that he will deliver here as well.
In addition to that, they already have a very impressive-looking tech demo that is hosted on the site. You can already see the graphics engine, ship/character designs and a very impressive-looking physics engine. If the game was a 'scam', do you really think they would have created all of this real content to show us? Come on man...
I don't think it is a scam, but it does put all the risk upon those who are putting their money upfront for something later.
There is no way to gurantee honesty for those doing projects; community funded projects are still too new and thus people have not developed a reputation for delivering. I guess the worst part of these is how they make a large pitch to appeal to the dreams of an audiance, then ask for money up front. It is very much along the lines of the old, "You to could be a millionaire."
I will be more convinced when they approach the community with the intelligent proposals, researched viablity and stratigic plan as they would have to do with an actual investor. Then, as informed individuals, we can asses a pitch and it's potential for success. Altough, I would imagine most of these community fundings wouldn't get as much when held up to the combined knowledge and scruitiny of the collective community they are wanting funding from.
Also, since this is MMORPG, the MMO aspect of the game won't be developed unless he get 5 million pledged.
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$5+ million Pledged