Free advertising for her website so people can give her more free money?
This is also what I see. No game, no girl wanting to make a game. Just a lady exploiting a new system to get free money from dumb people.
Free advertising for her website so people can give her more free money?
Someone totally noticed something with the character sheet :
They erased an E where the misspelled U in neutral (nuetral) is to intentionally make it more incorrect/childish/endearing. Neat.
Yes, you're an anti-feminist children hater who want women to be dumb and ignorant and never succeed in life. DUMB AND IGNORANT!!1!!!one!1!
Am I missing something...?
He's a millionaire right, why does he need to use kickstarter
Am I missing something...?
He's a millionaire right, why does he need to use kickstarter
I find it funny that the kid took a 14 STR and a 6 INT
It doesn't matter if you think it was the goal. It was their goal. It would have been successful with only $800. Its not like they asked for $20,000.
And i don't think its the same as saying, "kick start me buying a camera". I could create a kicstarter called, "help me create this fantastic photography exhibit!". And as part of that, i buy a new lens to take pictures. Get better supplies. What do you expect people to do with the money if not spend it on stuff.
The rule is to stop people from simply saying, "kickstart me a pizza" or "A new computer would be sweet".
Her the girl is trying to create a game..and as part of that she needs to go to camp/get a computer (allegedly). There have been tons of kickstarters just like this that have been funded.
Henrik 22 minutes ago
Via reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1awr1n/millionaire_using_kickstarter_to_send_her/
this is a hell of a lot shadier then it seems.
1) She has her own female only crowd funding website so why is she using kickstarter?
Link: http://www.fundher.com/
2) She has tried scamming kickstarter with a previous "project" which is pretty much the stupidest thing I've ever seen. She was asking for $20k . And I still haven't figured out what the "project" is about. Something about wearing towels as capes?
Here's a link to it http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/susanwilson/the-cape-project
Nonsense regarding the failed Kickstarter scam
Who hasn't wished they could fly? CUSTOM SUPERHERO CAPES! Personalized. Exquisitely crafted. Handmade by U.S. veteran family business.
OUR STORY
Our capes aren't quite bulletproof or indestructible, but they do withstand the harshest, unimaginative, closed minds on earth. No, your personalized cape won't allow you to jump tall buildings nor will it give you night vision. But it will allow you to defeat boring days and capture the imagination inside you. And what's more powerful than that?
3) She's breaking the Kickstarter Spamming rule
Rule in question: http://i.imgur.com/yefoxge.png
Evidence of Spam: http://i.imgur.com/b4l2fI2.png
She's spamming celebrities like Lady Gaga & The Ellen DeGeneres show. Why is she spamming celebrities and popular media just to raise $829?
3a) Also evidence of breach of the "Fund my life" rule being broken:
Rule: http://i.imgur.com/6008aOd.png
Evidence: http://i.imgur.com/eUIagWv.png
4) As stated by the O.P she's exploiting gender issues (feminism) such as the debate on women in STEM fields. She keeps referring to the RPG training camp as RPG STEM training camp. (Clearly milking the buzzword STEM)
5) The company that is running the RPG training camp, has an article on this Kickstarter. (Only trying to raise $829??)
http://i.imgur.com/djPAIKp.png
http://i.imgur.com/PiZT0yo.png
6) If she only wanted to raise $829, why is she offering rewards for donating $10k ??
http://i.imgur.com/05CeXyu.png
7) Portraying her sons as mean oppressors and throwing them under the bus to make a quick buck (Appeal to misandry)
http://i.imgur.com/ce2TENp.png
http://i.imgur.com/7xXuRbV.png
8) Evidence of her questionable business ethics (Cybersquatting)
Evidence: http://i.imgur.com/jIduN8G.png
9) Relevant articles from her blog, she seems to think mixing gender issues with crowd funding is a good way to make money, which explains her kickstarter, exploiting her children & gender issues.
http://i.imgur.com/RmGlRn6.png
http://i.imgur.com/G25TKZN.png
So, someone asking for college tuition would be a no-no, but someone asking for money to take a drawing class would be okay? What a strange distinction. Anything whose end goal is, essentially, "help me learn things and maybe someday I'll make something with that knowledge" isn't really defensible against Kickstarter's TOS. KS is for funding concrete projects with clearly defined endgoals, not vague promises and potential.Camp fees is hardly tuition. Tuition=academic.
You're deffinately missing something. The person who proposed the project is a woman.
Also, why she started a KS for it is beyond us. I think she said that she wanted to teach her kids about getting money themselves or something?
A normal parent?Also what kind of fucking parent are you to let a 9 year old play Borderlands 2 and Dragon Age II
WTF?
A normal parent?
But on topic: Someone who has the means, shouldn't be using Kickstarter. Kickstarter was originally set up for people who have no other possible way to make their projects a reality. Greed like this only takes away from the people who actually need the service.
Camp fees is hardly tuition.
Actually it's even worse when you think about it. Her lesson is to still ask other people for money. Only this time it's strangers instead of her millionaire parents. It's all a scam.Right, my mistake.
I guess that sounds plausible, but its still really shady.
I hope a personal apology from an EVIL man comes with this $100,000 tier. Otherwise it just isn't worth it.
Yes, you're an anti-feminist children hater who want women to be dumb and ignorant and never succeed in life. DUMB AND IGNORANT!!1!!!one!1!
That's fucking brilliant. That way, you'll get lots of men to protect you against those EVIL feminist haters.
open a games studio for her daughter.Seems pretty shady. What's her mom going to do with the extra $20k?
In the five, three hour days you attend; One is for "Teamwork", one is lunch, then the last is actual work.
Teamwork is where they take the kids outside and play kickball, this is a complete sham and the bitch who set this up made major profits.
Seems pretty shady. What's her mom going to do with the extra $20k?
Neat, a /b/er actually knows something about there with proof.
I demand play by play commentary on the kickball before I donate!
You're deffinately missing something. The person who proposed the project is a woman.
Also, why she started a KS for it is beyond us. I think she said that she wanted to teach her kids about getting money themselves or something?
I'm not personally comfortable with people who have the funds using Kickstarter, but...
...Jesus Christ for someone who likes to point out logical fallacies you sure do like to commit them.
I'm not personally comfortable with people who have the funds using Kickstarter, but...
...Jesus Christ for someone who likes to point out logical fallacies you sure do like to commit them.
please tell me 4chan is on this.
So what happens if the girl doesn't want to finish the game?
Is her mom going to force her?
So what happens if the girl doesn't want to finish the game?
Is her mom going to force her?
Is a creator legally obligated to fulfill the promises of their project?
Yes. Kickstarter's Terms of Use require creators to fulfill all rewards of their project or refund any backer whose reward they do not or cannot fulfill. (This is what creators see before they launch.) We crafted these terms to create a legal requirement for creators to follow through on their projects, and to give backers a recourse if they don't. We hope that backers will consider using this provision only in cases where they feel that a creator has not made a good faith effort to complete the project and fulfill.
Clearly you are an anti-feminist woman hater for not recognizing sarcasm when you see it!!!!!
Good point. They now have to make the game since it's one of the rewards. If they don't, there may be legal consequences.
Am I missing something...?
He's a millionaire right, why does he need to use kickstarter
Don't think it even maters. Sure this is all for the "brand" that she is trying to make. "Keep Up" or something. Expect it to be trademarked and sold.
Don't think it even maters. Sure this is all for the "brand" that she is trying to make. "Keep Up" or something. Expect it to be trademarked and sold.
This part just fucking killed me.
"$75 donation
Front of the sweatshirt is blank and the back is beautifully embroidered with "Keep Up!" in black. Personal favorite because if someone can read "Keep Up!" it means (by definition) they are BEHIND you!"
You go girl!
This part just fucking killed me.
"$75 donation
Front of the sweatshirt is blank and the back is beautifully embroidered with "Keep Up!" in black. Personal favorite because if someone can read "Keep Up!" it means (by definition) they are BEHIND you!"
You go girl!
That's certainly what it looks like...
If she wants to start some kind of campaign for getting women in to "STEM" (whatever that is, I'm not sure) then deceptively masking it as a summer-camp trip for her daughter is not the best way to do it.
EDIT: unless that's not what this "Keep Up!" thing is about... I'm not sure, I haven't read the KS Page in full, just the main bits.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Everything about this is awful, but the "I am a 9 year old writing this myself oh my mom says to say this lol" and "Keep Up" merchandise are just.. so...
HOW IS ANYBODY FOOLED BY THIS
Everything about this is awful, but the "I am a 9 year old writing this myself oh my mom says to say this lol" and "Keep Up" merchandise are just.. so...
HOW IS ANYBODY FOOLED BY THIS
I guarantee the mum's goal was to use this to launch that shitty looking "Keep up" thing as a brand.