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

shabushabu_sl said:

I wonder what they would have done with 800k . . . I guess many of us got off easy here.

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I had a pledge in on the kickstarter for $300 at one point during the first week of launch... I don't think ill even consider backing a kickstarter ever again.

Way too much risk involved.

So they blew through 150k already? How fucking much back pay did he give those guys for jack shit worth of work? He really had zero fucking business heading up a project or having any responsibility what so ever with actually spending money.

I wonder how much this could kill his future employment chances in the industry. After this fiasco I wouldn't want his name attached to anything my company was doing. Feel bad for the people who dedicated time and money to this.

This has come to its predictable conclusion. The nerd tears cometh.

Abefroman_sl said:

So they blew through 150k already? How fucking much back pay did he give those guys for jack shit worth of work? He really had zero fucking business heading up a project or having any responsibility what so ever with actually spending money.

I wonder how much this could kill his future employment chances in the industry. After this fiasco I wouldn't want his name attached to anything my company was doing. Feel bad for the people who dedicated time and money to this.

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I am forced to agree with Abe here... The vitriol on here was insane and I thought it was unwarranted but maybe you guys saw something I didn't.. I mean, i get they are "trying funding options" and such but they just took the 150 and halted. What I do not get is where the money from the site is now going ? I thought your 15/month was going to development of the game...

Hopefully those on the site get smart and cancel their paying for nothing.

Honestly, anyone who gave Brad money via the web site deserves to be ripped off. Which of the dozen or so red flags didn't they see? Nothing about the Kickstarter instilled any faith in me whatsoever and I was a huge Brad supporter when this started. But the level of incompetence was astounding. If it could be fucked up, Brad fucked it up. Ignored advice, suggestions, and just plowed ahead at full speed while 100 people on this site was screaming at him to stop and rethink. Hes either that fucking stupid or the entire thing was a fucking scam. There is no way he could possibly be that fucking stupid. No way. Its physically impossible.

Isn't it?

Shame that they managed to steal as much as they did. Still though it could of been MUCH worse. I would of been angry if they managed to con the $800,000 they wanted out of people. At least this way they only really got a small pay out. Those assholes don't deserve a nice 6 digit pay out each for doing fuck all. Paying yourself back for work done on a Kickstarter? Go fuck yourselves.

How salty are the tears in the "apprentice developer" section? Or is it still blind faith and asking what more they can do/give?

Yes, someone must share the tears from the paid forum.

this thread should be rickshawed like the other... lets not give them anymore press IMO.. that ship has sailed.

Does Shroud of the Avatar have an office? They raised 4mil over the first year, and seem to do a lot of stuff via conference call.

Merlin_sl said:

Honestly, anyone who gave Brad money via the web site deserves to be ripped off.

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This, a hundred times over. If you gave money after the cluster that was the Kickstarter, you deserve to be fleeced.

Speaking of the Kickstarter, has Brad even bothered to grace us with his presence since?

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I'm not sure this really surprises anyone even with the "WTF how did they spend that much money in a month" posts. Brad honestly still believes he knows how to run a company and is a capable CEO. He lives in a world as far removed from reality as the games he is trying to make. They should cast him as Brad Bluth in the next season of Arrested Development.

Khane_sl said:

I'm not sure this really surprises anyone even with the "WTF how did they spend that much money in a month" posts. Brad honestly still believes he knows how to run a company and is a capable CEO. He lives in a world as far removed from reality as the games he is trying to make. They should cast him as Brad Bluth in the next season of Arrested Development.

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Must have been all that back pay, for thinking up a kickstarter LOL

Does this mean we aren't getting Jboots!? Someone please post the meltdown highlights from the official forums.

I would not be surprised if we saw another crowd funding push in a year or so. I have a suspicion that a good portion of the money collected has gone towards ensuring Brad & Salim don't have to get day jobs for the next little while. I predict that over the next 12 months they are gonna continue to dick around in Unity and cobble something 'showable' for the next Kickstarter campaign where they ask for $250,000.

shabushabu_sl said:

Must have been all that back pay, for thinking up a kickstarter LOL

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It was. These guys actually took peoples money for doing LESS then what other kickstarters showed off for free. In fact far as I can tell they STILL don't have fuck all to show off. So they not only "paid themselves back" for doing nothing, they went ahead and continued to do nothing of worth while the money slowly came in. It is really quite disgusting.