tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post2533679873793574480..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: About The Tavern's Wayward Kickstarter Posts - Why "Something Fishy" Doesn't Cut it and Other StuffTenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-60966138130523471362017-11-21T14:05:53.009-05:002017-11-21T14:05:53.009-05:00FMG?FMG?Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770517741281593733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-58061586738850346292017-11-21T13:56:00.812-05:002017-11-21T13:56:00.812-05:00A lot of Kickstarter's failure rate seems to c...A lot of Kickstarter's failure rate seems to come from the fact that they let people that can't balance a checkbook create project financing proposals with zero due diligence. Or, as we called it in Texas, they hand them enough rope to hang themselves. It would take a professional maybe a morning to create a skeleton of a spreadsheet to illustrate how stretch goals and such would affect the bottom line. Your assumed numbers for costs and such could still be nonsense (GIGO and all that, happens at real companies too), but at least the reality of some rough numbers and how much *work* goes into planning a venture would keep the slackers and mouth-breathers at the children's table. Yeah, I know. I'm one of the slackers - index mutual funds are *way* easier than actually producing something.Kitchen Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08792175092150057397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-25975889273689354692017-11-20T18:16:18.909-05:002017-11-20T18:16:18.909-05:00I hope you'll be just as cranky as you ever ha...I hope you'll be just as cranky as you ever have been, that's what I read the blog for!<br /><br />More seriously, I think you have a unique ability to separate the wheat from the chaff, bullshit-wise. There are some kick starters I've paid into at the full funding level which still haven't delivered their rewards, years later, but I don't blame them because they're not taking advantage. Erik, you have mentioned none of these people, but I'll never forget the time you took a not-gaming exemption to point out the guy who was kickstarting for a bucket of skipping rocks with his own name carved on them, just in case you needed a bucket of rocks to replace the ones in your own head.<br /><br />TLDR: If you really want blog just like Tenkar's Tavern that focuses on your Kickstarter of choice, just publish your own blog.Caleb Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12858260507123306044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-35854594746666073562017-11-20T13:45:41.195-05:002017-11-20T13:45:41.195-05:00All good adventures start in a tavern. When you ca...All good adventures start in a tavern. When you can trust the barkeep it really helps with finding the good things out thereAllan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04346081390263706464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-56368194814331456032017-11-20T12:57:02.803-05:002017-11-20T12:57:02.803-05:00In keeping (pardon the pun) with the tavern theme,...In keeping (pardon the pun) with the tavern theme, I have come to see you as the grizzled old barkeep, shrewd and exact about who one should be wary of associating or partnering with. Likewise, the barkeep has a few 'most wanted' posters under the bar to show folks who stop in -- "Look out for these guys, they're the real deal in slime"<br />I also really have enjoyed your recommendations and come to seriously look at bundles or products that you endorse. Again, what do adventurers do? They ask the local barkeep! Who makes the best weapons, armour; who needs help? Who's looking for guards, or a lute player? Any rumours? "Well, I don't deal in hearsay, but something fishy is going on..."<br />Nova Scotia Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442827914256027088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-27786499079004993912017-11-20T12:34:31.607-05:002017-11-20T12:34:31.607-05:00I think of Mike Nystul, who is one of the very few...I think of Mike Nystul, who is one of the very few to come forward and say "I fucked up. I'm a horrible businessman. I failed"<br /><br />I respect that. It might not be the answer I hoped for but its one I can respect.Tenkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-4783782146110242432017-11-20T12:22:04.041-05:002017-11-20T12:22:04.041-05:00"I don't think project creators plan to s..."I don't think project creators plan to succeed in funding but fail to produce."<br /><br />I'm glad you have that opinion as it's the one I have as well. I look at almost all (with some notable exceptions as you mention) as just situations where people get in over their heads and can't do what they had full intention of doing.jgbrowninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274622778419965618noreply@blogger.com