Mother doesn't need the money, kid doesn't need it either, text written by her mother pretending to be her... This is a downright scam.
9 Year-Old Raising Money to Attend RPG Camp
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#22Now this is how you get girls interested in technology and programming. Not posting pics on twitter.
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#24While this project technically adheres to this policy:
> Everything on Kickstarter must be a project. A project has a clear goal, like making an album, a book, or a work of art. A project will eventually be completed, and something will be produced by it.
IMO, it veers far too close to this policy:
> Kickstarter does not allow charity, cause, or "fund my life" projects.
Of course, there is plenty of good to be found in causes like this, but in this case I fear that Mackenzie (and kids like her) will learn the wrong lesson.
I mean, she is essentially asking for a hand-out to pay for summer camp. And probably a new laptop (based on the "where's the money going?" section). I don't exactly see that as "proving her brothers wrong," and it kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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#25Looks like a free advertising stunt for RPG Maker. I'm very weary of this. This paragraph: I play games on my computer, PS3 and KindleHD all the time and it's fun but I REALLY WANT to create my own games to play. Ultimately I want to learn to program really cool stuff, but since I'm 9 I'm starting with RPG Maker because it lets me create something awesome without having to know how to actually program everything. I'l…
Look at it like this: if the Kickstarter campaign gets attention in the media, Mackenzie and her mom (or Susan and her daughter, depending on how you want to look at it) have successfully brought positive attention to the case of videogames and computer programming for girls. Something in me, perhaps a naive, optimistic part, tells me that's a good thing. Regardless of whatever their motives for doing this are.
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#26Oh, thank the gods. I clicked to comment, thinking I was about to be a right cynical git, and well, turns out, I'm not alone!!!!
Nice scam though. $7k already. I have to respect that, grudgingly.
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#27I don't buy it at all.
The text was clearly written by the mother, a self described entrepreneur.
I find it very hard to believe that this woman:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/susanawilson
Didn't come up with this as a scheme to make money, or that she couldn't afford to send her daughter to an $800 camp.
It smacks of a stunt to grab money. Anyone with any familiarity with kickstarter knows damn well that it's a lottery where some projects get vastly overfunded. What better way to make that happen than to make an emotional appeal to get people to give their money away. This is begging plain and simple.
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#28I don't buy it at all. The text was clearly written by the mother, a self described entrepreneur. I find it very hard to believe that this woman: http://www.linkedin.com/in/susanawilson Didn't come up with this as a scheme to make money, or that she couldn't afford to send her daughter to an $800 camp. It smacks of a stunt to grab money. Anyone with any familiarity with kickstarter knows damn well that it's a lottery…
I'm actually shocked no one has reported it.
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#29Dungeon's and Dragons. Who wants that for their child?
Plus this has all the gloss of pushy pushy parents.
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#30Looks like a free advertising stunt for RPG Maker. I'm very weary of this. This paragraph: I play games on my computer, PS3 and KindleHD all the time and it's fun but I REALLY WANT to create my own games to play. Ultimately I want to learn to program really cool stuff, but since I'm 9 I'm starting with RPG Maker because it lets me create something awesome without having to know how to actually program everything. I'l…
I didn't see that angle but if you look at it thas way, there's also Adobe that came in with some nice corporate sponsorship.