Why Kickstarter Is Stupid And I Hate It

There are a couple cool projects on Kickstarter, but the vast majority is pure, utter ****.

Dan, I believe an issue such as this warrants unbleeped and uncensored swearing. Feel free to let 'er fly.

Sounds like a shitty site I'll have to check it out

I agree with this, it gives everyone that sense that their idea is worth your money when in fact not all ideas are. It becomes so much more about being a contributor and a "humanitarian" in a sense than the actually game. I love indie games, but kickstarter feeds the pretentious ideology of some indie developers. Feeling that they are entitled to our money and you a Call of Duty playing heathen if you don't support their "innovative" game that has never been done before.

It\'s really not a shitty site. It isn\'t the website\'s fault. It\'s just like Daniel said, people are using it in an prick-ish way.\r
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I\'m a fan of the website, because the shitty games (or whatever) that don\'t provide any info are not getting made. They won\'t reach their goal, so who cares? If just one indie developer can get his good creation completed through this, is it not worth the annoyance of a few asses who aren\'t going to even get their product made?

Two words: Star Citizen.

Anybody wanna kickstart me on a burrito?

Anybody wanna kickstart me on a burrito?

It's pretty much ruining the industry...and ya know, it wasn't doing too well before all this.

Never heard of this site until now. It's the generation of free handouts. No one wants to earn a f^cking living anymore!

positive? negative? I\'ve seen the game spun both ways. Personally I think that if they actually deliver on everything promised, it will be an amazing game. That said, a LOT was promised.

...yes. A glitch in the system.

It's not all **** but I can't tell you the amount of games I've been told by people to support that when I go look at them have almost no work yet. There's barely even a concept. The only thing's I've backed so far is Tim Shafer's Project and an e-ink display watch. I feel confident backing Tim because ... well I've loved every game of his I've played. And the e-ink display watch I backed because they have a working prototype and it seemed very cool to me.

Sigh daniel... Some good game came out of kickstarter you know. Stop blaming a website based on the idocy of the masses (Like some news media been doing this past decades on video games). Instead, be happy that kickstarter made these games possible:
cracked.com/blog/6-amazing-indie-video-games-th​at-kickstarter-made-possible

The coming Ouya catastrophe will help put things back in balance.

Thanks for that, just listened to the NPR report (which was disappointingly short) love NPR. The thing that jumped out at me was when that lady said "with the Ouya we're trying to disrupt the established industry" I was like, please don't! I like the way things are now. Sure EA and the likes are the "man" but hey, I like big AAA titles. Anyway, not really what your article's about but...

I think its sad game development have reached a point where companies can either put up with companies like EA and their businessman army, or do a fund raiser.

I'd like to think that Star Citizen is one of the few exceptions to this rule. Most of their updates seem pretty game-focused & they had a good foundation before they went public. Plus their different tiers are all actual in-game things. That's probably why it's the only crowd funded anything I've ever donated to (or may ever donate to?). The problem is that there's a real 'trend' towards indie games at the moment & like any trends in society, most of it is crap. People see someone else make a simple sidescroller that would have been an average game in the 90's & somehow make money off it & then assume they can do the same. At some point they probably realise they have a bad game, or fragments thereof & resort to hyping the hype instead of actually focussing on making a good game. A lot of people bag on big developers for not innovating but too many indie devs are copycatting old ideas & not even doing it particularly well. Unfortunately devs like this stop people from giving the good ones a chance. That was probably way too many ideas for one post, so well done for making it to the end.

I like the idea of Kickstarter, avoid the middle man, maintain ownership of your thing but there is to much risk for the contributor

Only thing I use kick starter for is funding technology like, Remee sleep mask, and UV phone soap. Video games are just to risky of a "investment"

Also I kinda dont like Star Citizens use of very large amounts of money donations gets you special exclusive stuff in the game. Call me anti capitalistic or whatever the **** but I believe in online games in which you can work your way to the top not just be a exclusive rich man only club.

I like the idea of kickstarter. I also like the idea of Communism. There's historic documentation on how one of the two failed.

So...I'm sure your article makes a good point. I don't care. I'm not even sure why I read it, but when I did read it I noticed that you wrote, "breathing ground." I now have no choice but to think you're an idiot. Someone who says things with no clue. Like a parrot. It's breeding ground. That's like saying "edged in stone", or "Now granite...". Something so stupid you realize the person saying it just spouts phrases without a clue what they are saying or why.

Breeding Ground *