Im starting to think there is a need for Kick-starter Consultants. Quick website and some good bullshit, might make you some good money.
Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO
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Yeah I think it's almost a given it will shoot up $150-200K in the last 48 hours simply because that's what happens with most kickstarters. The farther below $600k it is at that point though the harder it will be to make up that gap; there is always the possibility that the guy that backed in at $10k on day two has some real deep pockets that wont let it miss it's funding even if he has to had $300k himself.
Unless Boogie can really bring in the hoards; this project is unlikely to get many more than 5000 backers meaning we need an average of $160 per person to fund it; Camelot Unchained had $150 per person so $160 is not too unrealistic.
The two $250 tiers have brought in more money than the $45 tier despite only selling 1/4 as many. I think the solution is obvious.
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IT just wasnt well put together. And they did not have enough of a push before the kickstarter to get the word out. We should of had 100-200K the first few days. Also the kickstarter was a mess and now all the tiers are a mess. Just not enough of a forethought went into this campaign as it should of gotten.
Also im starting to wonder if there really is more than 4-5k people which even want an eq remade. someone else in this thread it the nail on the head. HTey need to focus target other players, not just old 40 yr old EQ players from 20 yrs ago. They need to go after the young whipper snappers too.
Also im starting to wonder if there really is more than 4-5k people which even want an eq remade. someone else in this thread it the nail on the head. HTey need to focus target other players, not just old 40 yr old EQ players from 20 yrs ago. They need to go after the young whipper snappers too.
Vandyn
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You're missing the point. With almost 2k backers (which is small to begin with) you only have 189 that bought into the 250 tier. That's really pathetic for a tier that's giving you a $1 sub fee. If people are not going to buy into a tier that gives them a sub based MMO for basically free, plus alpha/beta access then what exactly is the point? Everyone says people are clamoring to play this type of game. But yet not enough to pony up some money so that they basically only have to pay $1 a month to play it.
The last wave of progression servers had something like 45k characters made in the first week; desire for old EQ is there. The number of people that would pledge support for a hypothetical game does not equal the number of people that would eventually buy the game; furthermore the Pantheon team is still working on getting the word out as many people just plain don't know about the kickstarter project yet.IT just wasnt well put together. And they did not have enough of a push before the kickstarter to get the word out. We should of had 100-200K the first few days. Also the kickstarter was a mess and now all the tiers are a mess. Just not enough of a forethought went into this campaign as it should of gotten.
Also im starting to wonder if there really is more than 4-5k people which even want an eq remade. someone else in this thread it the nail on the head. HTey need to focus target other players, not just old 40 yr old EQ players from 20 yrs ago. They need to go after the young whipper snappers too.
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No but there should be at least 10-15K, this 50 per day shit is not going to get them there.
You would have to think a game will actually exist. And at this point I'm not confident of that.
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Im not buying into any of this bullshit. Plenty of kickstarters were funded on noting but ideas a few art pieces and a promise. If you need a working game to even go to kickstarter, than whats the fucking point?
You don't need a working game, what you do need is to be prepared to sell a 800k project.
Brad failed miserably on this.
Brad failed miserably on this.
Hachima
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I think it just shows how a mall vocal group can give the perception of a large community of people that doesn't actually exist. Just like this thread has a vocal group of 10-15 that do the majority of the posting, but it probably doesn't accurately represent the viewers of this forum either.
I'm not asking to see a completed game, yet, but the way this kickstarter has been run, then you consider how all the heavens have to align just right to even push an MMO out the door, add the fact they will be lucky to even get the funding, all of these things combined lends me to be highly skeptical this will ever see the light of day. So investing for a lifetime sub is premature.
arallu
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Ya, that was even joked about by the devs in the livestream last night.
I think if they get funded they will eventually have a game out there. They are using the Unity engine which seems to be very budget friendly from everything I've read about it and could very well allow them to eventually deliver a small MMO for around a $1m or so.
I think if your Brad McQuaid you needed to have more than ideas. Thats peoples main concern with him. I think people know hes a great idea man.
The kickstarter seems doomed from lack of planning more than anything. They played the reacting game and its been up hill from there. they had soo long to plan this and talk here about their plans and ideas for the KS.
Convo
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Brad mentioned not wanting to make shit tedious.. They really should of explained that better.
arallu
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True, ideally they should have had tiers thought out lol, the 25 would have gone up first and when/if it capped at 1000 backers, then drop the 35 one.