Shenmue Dojo

mrandyk wrote:Could the individual that gave up the 10k reward have donated 40k? That could explain the simultaneous occurrence.

That could make sense actually. According to kicktraq, our number of backers has increased at a pretty good rate, yet we only raised $14k, which is a lot less that at this point yesterday. A single backer pulling out seems like a good theory.

http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/#chart-daily

Call it a dinner reward but don't forget you're getting a copy of the original Shenmue scripts as well, AND all the other prises (i assume the jacket as well)....

MiTT3NZ wrote: Gotta pay for the flight n shit n'all though, so it ain't just a case if puttin down $10k n that's it.

Come'on man, what would Ryo Hazuki do?

shredingskin wrote: Probably just trolls :(

Kickstarter really needs to deal with this. A troll donation ruined somebody's kickstarter this year.

There is a chance the dinner guy realised he couldn't do the dinner and the troll is somebody else.

Hope LanDC didnt back out

I think it's trolls because they backed out before getting another tier, like what happened at 3.200.000

How does one actually find satisfaction in trolling a kickstarter?

someone backed out of the jacket... not a good day so far

The dinner is back up for grabs again too. That's at least 20k removed from the total for now.

I don't think that qualifies as trolling. Real trolling happened on the Bloodstained KS where it jumped forward something like 700k (or maybe it was even more) until going right back due to a fraudulent pledge or something.

EverybodyLovesRen wrote: someone backed out of the jacket... not a good day so far

FFS, I thought the funding had just taken another major hit!

Reprise wrote:

EverybodyLovesRen wrote: someone backed out of the jacket... not a good day so far

FFS, I thought the funding had just taken another major hit!

Someone else took it! Hopefully not a troll...

And the dinner is suddenly gone as well. A little too coincidental for my liking, but...

Doom_Infinite wrote: I don't think that qualifies as trolling. Real trolling happened on the Bloodstained KS where it jumped forward something like 700k (or maybe it was even more) until going right back due to a fraudulent pledge or something.

This is what I don't understand about Kickstarter, what's to stop people pleading millions and then pulling out at the last minute? Or, like, when it comes time to pay and the initial hype and excitement about a game that's not due for 2 years has worn off, it would seem likely that a lot of pledges would start falling away.