The CoT Kickstarter just reminds me...

[rezulin]

I hope they acutally get enough funding to do the job.  There is another game that is being crowd funded, that I do not feel neccessary to identify at the moment, that just hit its fully funded 21 million mark.  21 million. yeesh!  Now these guys have a new studio, salaries, money for servers, and all the bells and whistles.  And they are still selling digital stuff and adding it to their war chest.

  I would love to see the funding for CoT get to this level.  And H&V. And Valiance.  Just not sure the niche market of a good MMO that actually lets you play with your friends no matter the level difference between them (ya know now that I said that, might be less of a niche market . . .) has enough extra money lying around to fund all 3 projects.

Anyway, Cheers, and congrats of hitting goal.  I know I did my part, though I wonder if I can apply the second part of the duo package to myself . . .

-Fuegocito [Pinnacle]

[PSI-on]

21 MILLION?!! Geez, what game is that?

I hope they acutally get enough funding to do the job.  There is another game that is being crowd funded, that I do not feel neccessary to identify at the moment, that just hit its fully funded 21 million mark.  21 million. yeesh!  Now these guys have a new studio, salaries, money for servers, and all the bells and whistles.  And they are still selling digital stuff and adding it to their war chest.

  I would love to see the funding for CoT get to this level.  And H&V. And Valiance.  Just not sure the niche market of a good MMO that actually lets you play with your friends no matter the level difference between them (ya know now that I said that, might be less of a niche market . . .) has enough extra money lying around to fund all 3 projects.

Anyway, Cheers, and congrats of hitting goal.  I know I did my part, though I wonder if I can apply the second part of the duo package to myself . . .

-Fuegocito [Pinnacle]

[downix]

21 MILLION?!! Geez, what game is that?

Star Citizen.

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/

[JaguarX]

wow. That is one killer website.

So that crowd funding where they are at 21 million dollars, what website is that funding on and or is it their own set up for crowd funding?
21 million and 240,000 people, remarkable. That number already put them in MMO decent population range already before it even starts.

[downix]

They are also a top-notch group of people.

[rezulin]

Well they started on kickstarter, but after that they went to their own pledge center.  The first Website they had was pretty basic, and it wasn't until they had hmm I think it was around 12 million (umm don't quote me on that, as it may not be correct) that they finally got their current website up and running.

  On the good side, there is LOTS of communication from the Devs [Chris Roberts, who created/designed games like Wing Commander, Freelancer, and Privateer].
 
  On the downside there is still lots of controversy about the level and type of PvP that will be in game, and how it will be looked upon by the ingame athorities.

But enough about that game.  I would also like to get more info from the CoT Devs on how they are doing, with a few more specifics.  Powersets for sale in the store, Archetypes available in the store, Pool Power sets available in the store, and a few other QoL items available in the store that will be earnable ingame.

  Give me a reason to throw more money at this project, because, yes, I actually want value for MY money.  Sure there is the whole altruistic angle, but far, far more good has been done in the name of enlightened self-interest than just about all other reasons combined.  These campaigns are not quite free money, but they are dang close.  The money sent to these projects do not have to be paid back with interest like a loan from a bank or government entity would.  The "return of investment" comes in the form of entertainment, which can be a bit tricky to quantify.

  So Yes, I do want a "Return of Investment", as selfish as it seems, I want to want to invest in these projects, whilist getting something for myself (eventually) when its ready.

-Fuegocito [Pinnacle]