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Bob's game Kickstarter

This fucking guy is goddamn bonkers. I hated his obnoxious stunt at the Nintendo World Store, placing copies of his game on the shelves. Such an attention seeking baby. There are so, soo many venues today to fund and release your game on a plethora of platforms. Maybe if he has since adjusted into reality and social norms, he can release the greatest 16 bit game ever finally.
 
PeakPointMatrix said:
This fucking guy is goddamn bonkers. I hated his obnoxious stunt at the Nintendo World Store, placing copies of his game on the shelves. Such an attention seeking baby. There are so, soo many venues today to fund and release your game on a plethora of platforms. Maybe if he has since adjusted into reality and social norms, he can release the greatest 16 bit game ever finally.
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He's gonna release Yoshi's Island?
 
I suspect somebody really is jerking his chain. They'll let him think he's finally succeeded, then pull out right before the countdown ends.
 
LaserHawk said:
I suspect somebody really is jerking his chain. They'll let him think he's finally succeeded, then pull out right before the countdown ends.
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someone was telling me that once your project is funded, people can't yank their pledges to the point that it'll be 'unfunded'.
 
LaserHawk said:
I suspect somebody really is jerking his chain. They'll let him think he's finally succeeded, then pull out right before the countdown ends.
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That person fucked up, since you cant pull your money if the amount ends up putting the project under the funding goal. Also, I had a seizure watching the pitch video.
 
taku said:
So, I am asking for a small amount of money in order to get a new laptop and to build a "hack van," a cargo van or shuttle van fitted with solar panels, extra batteries, and a bed and workstation inside. It is extremely sustainable, and turns out to be a pretty common practice in Silicon Valley! This way I can continue working on and releasing updates for my game for the foreseeable future, without having to worry about bills or a place to live.
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I'd like to point out that this gentleman is a genius.
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Wow.

He's like that Chris Farley SNL "I live in a van down by the river!" character. Except living in a van is an actual life goal for this guy.
 
WOW

I went to sleep thinking it would not happen

and someones gone and pranked him about 5 grand - unless its a rich investor

SO fucking happy if it happens
 
HadesGigas said:
That's how indiegogo works, not kickstarter. You can pull a kickstarter pledge at any point before it hits 0.
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Not in the last 24 hours. If there's less than one day on the clock and pulling your pledge would bring the project below the goal, the site won't let you do it.

It's in the TOS. At least, it was there several months ago when I looked for the clause myself.
 
"I spanked my girlfriend until she had bruises and welts, then took pictures of it with the stolen digital camera, claiming my territory."
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I can't believe people are giving 10 grand to a.....well, I'd better not call him what he is, no need to get banned for this crap.
 
Fairfax said:
I can't believe people are giving 10 grand to a.....well, I'd better not call him what he is, no need to get banned for this crap.
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I mean, if it makes you feel better, he's a troll faking all of this.

He just got a joke funded, which would be pretty impressive if I could stop shaking my head at it.
 
Lol, I completely forgot about this. I was going to remove my $5 pledge if it actually got funded, but I guess I might as well keep it there now that he's added the option to get a SIGNED business card.
 
There's no way he went from $4000 to $10000 in a span of a few hours, especially without a huge increase in donators. Guys getting trolled if he's not in fact the donator himself (which would be some trolling inception there).
 
wait, didn't he run into a problem before because he never asked nintendo beforehand for the license? i'm not reading that wall of crazy on his KS to see how he thinks he's gotten around that, someone spoil it for me
 
I'll be honest, I'm tempted. Even if I back a dollar, that'll subscribe me to email updates from Bob himself as this entire operation implodes. From the perspective of a man apologizing to people who he technically is indebted to. That's months, if not years of entertainment for basically free.
 
Shaanyboi said:
someone was telling me that once your project is funded, people can't yank their pledges to the point that it'll be 'unfunded'.
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JDSN said:
That person fucked up, since you cant pull your money if the amount ends up putting the project under the funding goal. Also, I had a seizure watching the pitch video.
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Hmmmm... then maybe he really HAS done it.

So I guess we just sit back and watch the craziness unfold.
 
I've been wanting to play this game ever since I saw it back in 2008.
I hope this game gets done now and after reading almost all of the text on his site, I also really hope Bob gets some professional help.
 
Morrigan Targaryen said:
This shit gets funded but tons of awesome projects don't? I hate the world.
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Exact opposite for me. It's something like this that makes me love this world. I mean, Bob's Game is coming! And if it doesn't get released, people still gave Bob $10,000 so he can build a special van to develop video games in!

You can't make this shit up, and that's what makes me love this world.
 
Woah that guy who feigned his suicide or something back when Nintendo refused his game is still around?

No thanks.
 
Bob said:
I started tripping in Whole Foods and then ran to my car in the parking garage and typed this in a trance in all caps.
I've got probably hundreds more pages of stuff like this buried somewhere. But it is probably the same sort of thing, I never read it.

I AM THE SON OF GOD.
GOD IS MY FATHER. MY FATHER IS GOD.
GOD'S NAME IS JEALOUS.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN RUNNING FROM.
WE ARE ALL EXTENSIONS OF THE SAME BEING.
MANKIND IS GOD.
WE ARE IN A GAME INSIDE OUR COLLECTIVE HEADS.
WE ARE GOD PLAYING A GAME WITH HIMSELF THROUGH TIME.
THE LAST PERSON TO BEAT THE GAME WAS 2000 YEARS AGO!
THERE IS A MANUAL!!!!
IT IS SO IMPORTANT WE PASSED IT DOWN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS!
IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING!!
IT IS REAL!!!
I AM A PROPHET!
I AM THE SON OF GOD
GOD IS MY FATHER!
ALL FATHERS ARE GOD!
GOD IS WATCHING OUR PROGRESS!
"IT'S ALL FOR YOU!!" HE SAYS!
GOD IS WATCHING OUR SINS AND KEEPING SCORE!
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Nice.
 
After reading the wall of text on his website I've come to realized how many oppurtunites he missed in life and that the situation he is in now could have been completely avoided. I hope he seeks some help though really.
 
It actually got funded? I remember checking it out of morbid curiosity the other day and thought to myself, "This won't happen. Good." (not that I wish ill-will on a guy, but he's clearly off his rocker) How did he pull $5,500 in two hours?
 
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