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Telling us about "Wow, that KS project got 2M$ in ten minutes" is nice and often appreciated for the angle. Now making an account on HN just to advertise a board game that's missing 10K funding and has 9 days left? This is just cheap advertisement.
Is this really relevant to HN? Telling us about "Wow, that KS project got 2M$ in ten minutes" is nice and often appreciated for the angle. Now making an account on HN just to advertise a board game that's missing 10K funding and has 9 days left? This is just cheap advertisement.
Why wouldn't you make a post on HN to try to get some extra eyeballs? It isn't like you can pay to have posts on the front page - you still need support from viewers to move it up top.
Is this really relevant to HN? Telling us about "Wow, that KS project got 2M$ in ten minutes" is nice and often appreciated for the angle. Now making an account on HN just to advertise a board game that's missing 10K funding and has 9 days left? This is just cheap advertisement.
Is this really relevant to HN? Telling us about "Wow, that KS project got 2M$ in ten minutes" is nice and often appreciated for the angle. Now making an account on HN just to advertise a board game that's missing 10K funding and has 9 days left? This is just cheap advertisement.
Is it really any different than the YC job postings and constant posts from TechCrunch and the like? Why wouldn't you make a post on HN to try to get some extra eyeballs? It isn't like you can pay to have posts on the front page - you still need support from viewers to move it up top.
TechCrunch is a different issue. Yes, cross-posting everything here through ghost accounts is a sucky move, yet their subjects are "relevant" (when it's about tech, silicon valley life),...
And I wouldn't go as far as say "People don't post on HN for extra eyeballs", but there's a difference between a member advertising a tech product and someone who creates an account just for advertising a non-tech product. If not, what's next? Anybody here trying to sell his car?
I wouldn't describe this as Catan style at all. Almost every mechanic is different. 'Euro-style' would be a better term.
Many reviewers have said that players who love Catan will love Relic Expedition, so I thought it seemed like a good description.
Is this really relevant to HN? Telling us about "Wow, that KS project got 2M$ in ten minutes" is nice and often appreciated for the angle. Now making an account on HN just to advertise a board game that's missing 10K funding and has 9 days left? This is just cheap advertisement.
The creator is a hacker and teaches for treehouse. He's also gotten some fairly prominent techies to play test so there is some good will in the community. The interesting bit, IMO, is that it's now pretty feasible to have manufacturing/product design as a hobby rather than vocation.
For the interesting bit, it's sadly pretty absent: there's no "story" to this, no angle. Just "look at my KS" and even on the KS page, no story, nothing about the creators,...
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The creator is a hacker and teaches for treehouse. He's also gotten some fairly prominent techies to play test so there is some good will in the community. The interesting bit, IMO, is that it's now pretty feasible to have manufacturing/product design as a hobby rather than vocation.
I admit I didn't look further than the connection "account less than two weeks old, never contributed, is the game's designer". For the interesting bit, it's sadly pretty absent: there's no "story" to this, no angle. Just "look at my KS" and even on the KS page, no story, nothing about the creators,...
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I admit I didn't look further than the connection "account less than two weeks old, never contributed, is the game's designer". For the interesting bit, it's sadly pretty absent: there's no "story" to this, no angle. Just "look at my KS" and even on the KS page, no story, nothing about the creators,...
If you're interested : http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/web-developer-treehouse-teache... :)
I wouldn't describe this as Catan style at all. Almost every mechanic is different. 'Euro-style' would be a better term.
That's fair and I agree. I wasn't sure how well all the game industry jargon is in the tech industry. Catan is probably the most popular Euro-style game. Many reviewers have said that players who love Catan will love Relic Expedition, so I thought it seemed like a good description.
But the majority probably do not.