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Planets³, an Open-World Voxel-Based rpg

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Re: Planets³, an Open-World Voxel-Based rpg

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This looks pretty cool as an idea.

The pseudonyms and cartoons for all the developers is somewhat concerning, as a naturally suspicious person. I've been happy when I funded game projects by known successful teams (UberEnt, Garriott), but I'd be reluctant to fund someone who didn't have a track record or a real identity.

(I just noticed if you dig into their FB page and such, you see stills from French TV interviews they did, so it's a bit less concerning, but still bad marketing IMO.)

Re: Planets³, an Open-World Voxel-Based rpg

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Sidebar; I have never seen super script in URL before. Didnt even think it was possible.

URL parsing is done by the page server after the domain is forwarded. You could put any kind of data you want in the url (assuming the server can handle it).

A few years ago there was even a small "gold rush" for emoji domains.

http://www.panic.com/blog/the-worlds-first-emoji-domain/

Re: Planets³, an Open-World Voxel-Based rpg

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This looks pretty cool as an idea. The pseudonyms and cartoons for all the developers is somewhat concerning, as a naturally suspicious person. I've been happy when I funded game projects by known successful teams (UberEnt, Garriott), but I'd be reluctant to fund someone who didn't have a track record or a real identity. (I just noticed if you dig into their FB page and such, you see stills from French TV interviews…

If you are only happy to fund celebrities, then what advantage do they have to show more pictures of their non-celebrity selves?

Re: Planets³, an Open-World Voxel-Based rpg

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This looks pretty cool as an idea. The pseudonyms and cartoons for all the developers is somewhat concerning, as a naturally suspicious person. I've been happy when I funded game projects by known successful teams (UberEnt, Garriott), but I'd be reluctant to fund someone who didn't have a track record or a real identity. (I just noticed if you dig into their FB page and such, you see stills from French TV interviews…

If you are only happy to fund celebrities, then what advantage do they have to show more pictures of their non-celebrity selves?

I will fund a pseudonymous celebrity, or a pseudonym with a track record. I will fund a non-celebrity with no track record IFF the project is interesting, credible, and the team shows both a sufficient investment to date that I don't think it's a "scam", and understanding of the upcoming challenges so they'll finish it.
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