Was this a real attempt at a scam? Or just an attempt to get some news coverage - like a prank? Like the first real scam on AirBNB someone wants to be the project everyone always talks about with online fundraising.
MYTHIC: The Story Of Gods And Men (Canceled)
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#12Bostinno also recently reported another project that simply failed to deliver: http://bostinno.com/2012/04/25/kickstarters-dark-side/
Could this create a market for 'verified' kickstarter projects? Kickstarter as an organization states they dont verify, but as they grow the need will also grow. I'm thinking this could be an optional feature that everyone would be aware of (IE: grayed out badge when not invoked). For a small fee a typically background check will be performed, either by kickstarter or an independent.
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#13Was this a real attempt at a scam? Or just an attempt to get some news coverage - like a prank? Like the first real scam on AirBNB someone wants to be the project everyone always talks about with online fundraising.
When you start collecting money from people a prank becomes a scam.
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#14Project has already been taken down by creator, and all of the companies information is being deleted from the internet, yet they still managed to get nearly $5,000 in the few hours it was up, which is quite worrying. Points of evidence - God character art is from http://pgwebdesign.net/blog/35-mythological-art-masterpieces... - Backgrounds are from http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211755 and http://psd.…
Half of that $5000 is from a single pledge. Is it possible that they pledged $2500 to themselves to make it look like their project is getting more attention than it actually is? Or does someone out there just really really want this game?
Re: MYTHIC: The Story Of Gods And Men (Canceled)
#15Bostinno also recently reported another project that simply failed to deliver: http://bostinno.com/2012/04/25/kickstarters-dark-side/ Could this create a market for 'verified' kickstarter projects? Kickstarter as an organization states they dont verify, but as they grow the need will also grow. I'm thinking this could be an optional feature that everyone would be aware of (IE: grayed out badge when not invoked). For…
Personally, I think it's up to the individual (or in this case, collective) investor to perform due diligence before handing over your cash. I've only chipped into 3 kickstarter projects, but in each instance I'd done the appropriate due diligence before signing up.
As the saying goes, a fool and their money are soon parted!
Re: MYTHIC: The Story Of Gods And Men (Canceled)
#16Bostinno also recently reported another project that simply failed to deliver: http://bostinno.com/2012/04/25/kickstarters-dark-side/ Could this create a market for 'verified' kickstarter projects? Kickstarter as an organization states they dont verify, but as they grow the need will also grow. I'm thinking this could be an optional feature that everyone would be aware of (IE: grayed out badge when not invoked). For…
Ugh. No. Every damn news site on the planet misrepresented the Star Command money issue.
First, Star Command didn't fail to deliver. It simply hasn't delivered yet. The game was being shown at a trade show last month. It's on it's way. This is not a case of a cancelled project or someone running off with the money.
Second, the article's statement that only 4k went to the game is an outright lie. They clearly state that 6k went to music, 5k to marketing (poster + PAX), and 1k to development/demo hardware. That's not necessarily ideal but it's not entirely unreasonable either. You can argue the marketing/hardware issue perhaps, but 6k went directly into the game in the form of music.
The real lesson to take away from Star Command is their under-estimation of time and money required to create, package, and ship backer rewards. That's the real danger that other projects should be wary of.
Re: MYTHIC: The Story Of Gods And Men (Canceled)
#17This is why kickstarter/indiegogo need to release an api or a data dump. It will only help them and the public, just the same as the sec releases public company data.
Re: MYTHIC: The Story Of Gods And Men (Canceled)
#18Was this a real attempt at a scam? Or just an attempt to get some news coverage - like a prank? Like the first real scam on AirBNB someone wants to be the project everyone always talks about with online fundraising.
When you start collecting money from people a prank becomes a scam.
They didn't collect any money, simply took pledges. And, looking at it that way, it's easy to see how it could be looked at as just a prank.
Re: MYTHIC: The Story Of Gods And Men (Canceled)
#19Project has already been taken down by creator, and all of the companies information is being deleted from the internet, yet they still managed to get nearly $5,000 in the few hours it was up, which is quite worrying. Points of evidence - God character art is from http://pgwebdesign.net/blog/35-mythological-art-masterpieces... - Backgrounds are from http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211755 and http://psd.…
Half of that $5000 is from a single pledge. Is it possible that they pledged $2500 to themselves to make it look like their project is getting more attention than it actually is? Or does someone out there just really really want this game?
Mostly likely that's exactly what it is. I know if I were to run a scam like this, the first thing I'd do is a bunch of fake pledges to drive eyeballs. I think the total overhead is about 10% (split between Amazon and Kickstarter), and of course you only end up paying it if the scam is a success.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you start collecting money from people a prank becomes a scam.
They didn't collect any money, simply took pledges. And, looking at it that way, it's easy to see how it could be looked at as just a prank.
the difference is it got taken down before the prank became a scam. If it was never caught, and cashed out I don't think anyone would be calling a prank. Every system involving money always has people testing the boundries. This isn't the first and probably won't be the last.