I simply think people thinking that I am "stupid" for spending my money on something I enjoy is just as silly as me thinking somebody is "stupid" for not spending money on something they don't enjoy.
It is silly, yet understandable, the average Joe will struggle or be completely unable to imagine a reality where “I don't know where to spend my money anymore...” is a thing, therefore sinking thousands dollars into as ingle video game, one that isn't even finished just feels crazy for most.
… but then again, it could be much worse, you could be snorting cocaine out of child's butt in some shady ass island, and you probably wouldn't even be questioned as much for that.
I don't have enough of my own capital to create my own gaming studio to make the perfect MMOFPS, because I promise you I am probably the only one who could do it.
I think this is the biggest and most common misconceptions gamers have, same problem as before, as people outside of the industry itself, its hard for us to grasp the struggles to put those “great ideas” in practice, often they might sound great on paper, but don't really translate very well into an actual game, it's why you had a bunch of “scams” rising up with Kickstarter, many of them were not intended to take your cash and vanish, many spent every cent and more on the projects, many were made by gamers without an actual game developing experience that though their ideas were the shit without pondering as why hasn't anyone else made it by now.
I do not think I am being "taken advantage of" because I was not tricked or coerced into parting with my money.
Maybe not you specifically, but you understand my point, right? It's not just the exaggerations or down right promising impossible shit, but the bait and switch too...it's okay to be fine with the new direction of the project, but this is not what many signed up for, and the “....but that's just how game development is!”, is a very lame ass excuse for it.
The monetization scheme for SC, to me, is no better or worse than any other out there in modern gaming. You've replaced micro transactions with macro transactions. I would rather pay a substantial amount upfront and know what I am getting as opposed to being pressured into paying a little bit here and there, being nickel and dimed.
That's mobile industry, PC/Console gaming trying to follow that trend will often get frown upon by gamers in general, but truth be told, in the end there are always people rewarding that sort of practice, often enough to be worth the flak they get for it, so step by step we'll get there as well.
I am far from a cultist; I actually detest them. I view the fan base as a group of delusional retards who have an idea of a game in their head which can never be created.
I don't think its the "fan base", just a highly vocal minority, most people I know that supported the project are about the same as you or Perkel, I can have a discussion and have a little banter without the high levels of autistic screeching.
the OG backers are fools, and they're even bigger fools if they didn't think their "investment" was anything other than a donation to maybe get the game they wanted. I considered my money wasted the moment I spent it.
I agree that when you back sort of shit you should always consider your money wasted, therefore, you shouldn't ever put more than you are willing to lose.
But legally speaking, these are purchases, not "donations", not "pledges" nor whatever the fuck, even according to CIG papers, they are purchases.
Also, I think the bigger fools are the ones throwing thousands of dollars at it in current days just to act surprised and regretful with the current state of things, as if there wasn't a over decade long track record of what's going on.
