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Millionaire tries to get $829 via kickstarter to send daughter to RPG maker camp?
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Great thing you know so many millionaires so that we could receive this amazingly un-generalized opinion.
Even if there is no problem with the kick starter itself, there's a problem with breaking the terms and conditions (spamming celebrities etc).
It seems people are being mislead at least.
That's a bad thing. A problem if you're bothered by bad things.
Sure, but kickstarter allowing it will ultimately destroy the ability to group fund a damn thing.
Kickstarter has basic rules, no charity or paying for your life shit, no spamming, etc.. That all exists for a reason, to protect kickstarter from the kind of extremely negative outcomes things like this ultimately result in.
But sure, once it's brought to the attention of kickstarter its up the them, they can either let everybody through the gates to grab as much free interwebz money as they can scam up, or they need to make a stand and keep their house in order.
Actually, I do. So it is a great thing, huh? Thanks for playing.
I'd never fund it under these circumstances and pretense, but I like the idea of someone wanting to support their kid like this.
If this wasn't Kickstarter and it was something like a charity to create a scholarship for girls to go to school for computer science, I'd be all for it.
A Link to the Past
Banned
I think the shirt is kinda okay. Should have kickstarted that.
Doczu
Member
I see many guys (not only in this thread) whining that she didn't ask for more than $800 and that the rest of the cash is just from generosity. Weel it's a nice cover for her. She didn't want more than 800, the rest is fine as it comes.
You just argue that she wanted a small amount of cash, but she just wanted to have a free advertisement for her brand she will cash-in ASAP.
You just argue that she wanted a small amount of cash, but she just wanted to have a free advertisement for her brand she will cash-in ASAP.
Unfortunately, instead she got Gaf, Reddit and 4Chan...
Beginning to feel just a tiny bit sorry for her.
The fact there is a 10k tier plus the fact she spamming it like crazy on twitter to celebrities goes to show how much of a greed trip it is. She just wants to see if Kickstarter could be a new venue to quench her thirst for free money.
I don't mind she is rich and running a kickstarter, I mind that she is using her kid as a front.
Not even sure why she lies and implies that the kid wrote the main kickstarter pitch, it's clearly not written by a 9 year old.
She tried to do this once before and failed, if we join forces and make her fail miserably and have the project shut down, maybe she'll be put on a watch list for future projects.
I don't mind she is rich and running a kickstarter, I mind that she is using her kid as a front.
Not even sure why she lies and implies that the kid wrote the main kickstarter pitch, it's clearly not written by a 9 year old.
She tried to do this once before and failed, if we join forces and make her fail miserably and have the project shut down, maybe she'll be put on a watch list for future projects.
statham
Member
lol, yep.
And rightly so.
Terrordactyl
Member
She added to the comments today, good god that spin...
Love the "I dont know whats gonna happen to the money" bit, how is this still up?
A Link to the Past
Banned
My favorite part is that one of the rewards for a Kickstarter allegedly masterminded by a 9-year-old is a koozie clearly intended for alcoholic beverages.
Hey boys, I'm getting drunker than you! EMPOWERMENT!
Eh, those things are extremely common for cheap freebies.
Dave Meltzer
Banned
I'm going to make the GAF OT for the game. Should be great.
Cool story. Now read what it says, and consider that egging people to "Keep Up" with your drinking doesn't really make any contextual sense if it's soda.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
So glad there are plenty of dumb middle class folks out there willing to help a millionaire out, and defend it.
If I were a millionaire I'd ask you dummies to fund my shit to. Why use my money when I can use yours?
If I were a millionaire I'd ask you dummies to fund my shit to. Why use my money when I can use yours?
baphomet
Member
I don't think she would end it even if the option was there. If fools want to keep giving her their money than more power to them.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Then how would the KS organization makes it money?
There's a reason they allow this kind of funding
If it hits it big, bam those fees keep getting higher and higher
Why would they want to cap themselves
Shitty ones that don't get funded, oh wells lesson learned, no much loss there, bruised egos maybe
Get one of them to hit 100K+, hello paycheck
Please do it lol. Expected release, July 2013 supposedly.
Totally look forward to that. Plus the 10/10 Polygon review.
EscoBlades
Ubisoft Marketing
Sorry but i don't agree with the ethics of all of this at all.
Actually, i'm not sorry.
Actually, i'm not sorry.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Which then will changed to an 8 after they find out who was behind it
Then a 7 after twitter bitch-fest
Then a 5 after the game is release and played for real, and not the pre-alpha version
Then back to an 8 when EA invest in the 9 year old and gives her own studio, Dead Space 4 is now a RPG!
The ethics of what?
EscoBlades
Ubisoft Marketing
Someone with more than enough money to fund this project in a heartbeat without batting an eyelid attempting to use Kickstarter to do the exact same thing.
Psychopathy is a very good trait to have if you want to make a lot of money in business.
Mikey Jr.
Member
"But she's teaching her daughter that girls rule and boys drool and that her brothers are mean and that something something......fuck it! Mama needs a new pair of shoes."
So lets see here, $1000 for the camp, and $20,000 for the....mom's breast enhancements? No, seriously. Has she said where the extra 20k will go? Because you have to be 8 kinds of stupid to think that will go towards the "game".
RicardoNeftali
Member
First off this whole it's to fund camp, is BS. Because the camp was ALREADY PAID FOR.
"Please keep in mind, we started this campaign to raise about $900 because Kenzie was going to camp and her brothers were asking why she was going to RPG camp b/c it's not like she was going to be able to make a good game. Together, Kenzie and I decided to do this campaign to prove to them that she was smarter than they thought and she deserved their respect."- Update 5
And this is disgusting, no way this came from a nine year old.
"It's no secret there aren't enough females in STEM professions so part of my Kickstarter campaign is aimed at raising awareness and getting girls thinking about careers in technology at an early age. I want to be a role model for kids - but especially to girls so there are more girls in tech because I don't want to be the only girl in the room. My Mom and I created fun messaging about things girls can do followed by "KEEP UP!" which implies that the person who's supporting the campaign is ahead of others and a leader. Both of these items will be built in the game."- Main Page under "My Project"
And here is where I barfed, Susan wanting more money writing like shes nine is revolting.
"My goal is to raise $829 to cover the cost of RPG Camp. But my Mom just told me about the Veronica Mars campaign so now I'm secretly hoping to raise more." Under "Where is the money going"
I sincerely hope they pull this and bury it.
"Please keep in mind, we started this campaign to raise about $900 because Kenzie was going to camp and her brothers were asking why she was going to RPG camp b/c it's not like she was going to be able to make a good game. Together, Kenzie and I decided to do this campaign to prove to them that she was smarter than they thought and she deserved their respect."- Update 5
And this is disgusting, no way this came from a nine year old.
"It's no secret there aren't enough females in STEM professions so part of my Kickstarter campaign is aimed at raising awareness and getting girls thinking about careers in technology at an early age. I want to be a role model for kids - but especially to girls so there are more girls in tech because I don't want to be the only girl in the room. My Mom and I created fun messaging about things girls can do followed by "KEEP UP!" which implies that the person who's supporting the campaign is ahead of others and a leader. Both of these items will be built in the game."- Main Page under "My Project"
And here is where I barfed, Susan wanting more money writing like shes nine is revolting.
"My goal is to raise $829 to cover the cost of RPG Camp. But my Mom just told me about the Veronica Mars campaign so now I'm secretly hoping to raise more." Under "Where is the money going"
I sincerely hope they pull this and bury it.
Terrordactyl
Member
Scroll up, she said she "doesn't exactly know where all the money will go."
According to her Facebook page, her favorite pair of shoes cost about 2x the price of the camp.
moka
Member
I wonder what DLCs she'll release for it.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Ohh, well, shit. That puts my mind at ease.
moka
Member
She hasn't decided whether or not she should buy a new pair or shoes, or a dress or both yet.
Tshirts and cup holders are expensive to make man.
Also she needs an alienware laptop!
Mikey Jr.
Member
"My mommy's boyfriend Jeffery said some bad people are going to break his kneecaps if he doesn't get $20,000"
Same. Massive loss of respect if they let this continue to the end.
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