Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

Jesus... this whole thing just comes across as so gross and desperate:

We still have a little over $375k that we can reach for within this last day on the Kickstarter, so let's all give it that extra push. Spreading the word through social networks, word of mouth and screaming from the rooftops will continue to get this project closer to completion. We've seen the passion in the community and if anyone can do it, we can.

For the final day we're also removing the caps off of the tiers - so if there's a tier you or your friends have been waiting for, now's the time! Also remember we have a whole load of addons to flesh out your Pantheon pledge.

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What a fucking mess. At least this whole project finally showed to me that EverQuest's success was most likely not thanks to Brad, but more like it was successful despite his involvement. All without costing me anything but a bit of my time in this thread.

And that tweet praising the stock Unity environment textures from a few pages back as if they were created for Pantheon. Jesus fucking Christ... I guess Brad really thinks he is dealing with a bunch of idiots or something. Well, maybe a few hundred people will buy into his nonsense.

Well im still in for $45 and if it funds, so be it. But im definitely not going over to the website and donating until they show more, hopefully an alpha if this ever happens.

Still ill let the mods put a big penis for my avatar if this KS funds. (not gonna happen)

Brad was in the right place at the right time with the right friends, thus was EQ made. Anything of actual worth in the game past the initial beta was entirely someone else's doing, especially the raid zones. Smed kept the business end up and running and made sure shit shipped (his main redeeming feature). He stopped even logging in to EQ about a week into Kunark, as anyone acquainted with him could tell you. Then he pill popped his way through two completely fabricated tech demos to MS, with a MS funded vegas party tossed in for good measure, before presiding over arguably the worst MMO release in history. The only charitable thing that could be said about his involvement with VG, is that he was so busy with his own shit that he probably had no direct involvement in that disaster after MS dumped them, instead letting a few unqualified sycophants steer the ship. EVERY aspect of this KS has been shady and unprofessional to unbelievable degrees. I want to believe the best of people, too, but come on. At some point even the most optimistic people pulling for this have to accept that this is likely just Brad shaking the money tree while he still can. This is the gaming world equivalent of a washed up celeb hitting the county fair out of desperation for more cash.

I might be a Brad hater, but if I am its entirely because of what he has done, both to the talent that has trusted him over the years and to the industry as a whole. How different had things might have been if actual efficient effort had been put into VG proving that a quality niche MMO was a sustainable model, instead of everyone trying to be WoW now? The guy has fucked up spectacularly and its mostly his own fault, so he may as well own up to it. I mean, seriously cracking about his drug abuse might be a cheap shot, but everything that has happened under his watch with this MMO startup makes a lot more sense if you look at it under the assumption that a junky is running the show. People with those sorts of issues never prioritize things right and NEVER take outside advice.