Money Update 9/23/2014 - Chris Makes a Kickstarter

[Reldnahcnotsewnaitsirhc]

I really don't understand why anyone would donate to this. Kind of makes you dumber than Chris and don't even get anything out of it.

 

[Pikonic]

I really don't understand why anyone would donate to this. Kind of makes you dumber than Chris and don't even get anything out of it.

My biggest lol about this isn't the awards for backing it or the idea itself, it's that he admits he has no idea how much he'll need , so he pulled the price of 5000$ out of his pierced ass

 

[John Furrman]

My biggest lol about this isn't the awards for backing it or the idea itself, it's that he admits he has no idea how much he'll need , so he pulled the price of 5000$ out of his pierced ass

Which is approximately the same amount of money to fix an infected taint piercing in the ER. Funny.

 

[Total Dingus]

I really don't understand why anyone would donate to this. Kind of makes you dumber than Chris and don't even get anything out of it.

It's been said earlier, but a $1 donation allows you to basically shit-talk in the comments. I foresee a whole lot of weening in the near future.

As for the $200 - that's just someone who wants to toy with Chris' emotions by giving him false hope. For shame, Mega-Ween.

(And for the record, no one pays these amounts up front - they're collected after a successful funding period, which this will not reach, so there's little risk involved.)

EDIT - Thanks for the 'dumb' rating. Looks like we have the mega-ween!

 

[Datiko]

My biggest lol about this isn't the awards for backing it or the idea itself, it's that he admits he has no idea how much he'll need , so he pulled the price of 5000$ out of his pierced ass

multiples of 5,000 seem to be all he cares about.

 

[Hawker Hurricane]

I have a theory that I will admit up front is pure speculation and nothing more, but what if Barb found out that Chris spent upwards of $2000 on LEGOs and demanded he got rid of the sets he bought, and now he's actually being kind of clever and getting rid of them in a way that basically gives him more money that, by the terms of Kickstarter, he must use to do exactly the same thing?

 

[Tootsie Bear]

I have a theory that I will admit up front is pure speculation and nothing more, but what if Barb found out that Chris spent upwards of $2000 on LEGOs and demanded he got rid of the sets he bought, and now he's actually being kind of clever and getting rid of them in a way that basically gives him more money that, by the terms of Kickstarter, he must use to do exactly the same thing?

That's an interesting idea. But I think Chris is just being greedy about wanting more legos, and he's trying to get rid of old lego or he will by a cheap lego item that he'll give you if you donate more than the said item is worth.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

Couldn't he just download Minecraft on his PS3 and build the damn thing there? That would be a lot less
expensive.

Minecraft is owned by the HEXBAWX people now.

 

[spaps]

Y'know, all that money could go to fixing those holes in Barb's ass.

if those are still a thing because i haven't payed attention to the chris forums in months and what the fuck is going on

 

[tehpope]

Y'know, all that money could go to fixing those holes in Barb's ass.

Or for a down payment on a new place, or to the fix the roof at 14BC, or to buy a RV, or a number of other things. But Chris will be Chris.

 

[Fredegunde]

Holy shit though that blueprint. I'm actually really impressed by how normal it looks. He even used single-stroke gothic and everything and not fucking comic sans like he usually does. Seriously, compare that with his plans for CWCville that look like they were drawn by a twelve-year-old.

. . . And then he ruined it by putting himself and Sonichu in the title block. I don't have any experience with architectural drawings, but from a quick Googling it looks like that might be a space for the logo of the company the blueprint's being done for. If this is a project for school, no wonder the CADD Chef didn't like him and his weird ability to add Sonichu even to something as standardized as a fucking text block.

 

[Hawker Hurricane]

That's an interesting idea. But I think Chris is just being greedy about wanting more legos, and he's trying to get rid of old lego or he will by a cheap lego item that he'll give you if you donate more than the said item is worth.

Yeah, like I said, pure speculation. "Chris is being greedy." is usually safer to assume than "Chris is being incredibly clever."

 

[crease danger]

Holy shit though that blueprint. I'm actually really impressed by how normal it looks. He even used single-stroke gothic and everything and not fucking comic sans like he usually does. Seriously, compare that with his plans for CWCville that look like they were drawn by a twelve-year-old.

. . . And then he ruined it by putting himself and Sonichu in the title block. I don't have any experience with architectural drawings, but from a quick Googling it looks like that might be a space for the logo of the company the blueprint's being done for. If this is a project for school, no wonder the CADD Chef didn't like him and his weird ability to add Sonichu even to something as standardized as a fucking text block.

Actually, someone in the thread said that's the CADD project that earned him an F in the course.
Found it

So he wants to bring the plans that apparently got him an F in his CADD classes (and the teacher a place of honor among the villains in the comics) into reality? Drawing them in the comics was far cheaper than what he plans on doing here

 

[Fredegunde]

Actually, someone in the thread said that's the CADD project that earned him an F in the course.

Hah! That's kind of interesting. Except for the random Chris and Sonichu, it actually doesn't look too horrible. Is there a version of it out there with better resolution? (And does anyone know what the project requirements were?)

Using a project you failed as the inspiration for a Kickstarter is pure, undiluted Chris, though.

 

[BT 075]

Chris is fat and I would NOT kickstart him and his legos.

 

[Gothicserpent]

So, how's that house doing, Chris?

 

[Francis York Morgan]

Assuming Chris gets the 5 grand (which I doubt he will);
1) what happens if he only uses $1,000 on Lego?
2) what happens if he spends NONE on Lego? (doubtful)
3) what happens if for some godforsaken reason he can't finish it because he doesn't have enough Lego?
4) if he doesn't finish it, either because of lack of resources or lack of "motivation", is there any penalty from Kickstarter for not doing what you say you're going to do or not actually finishing a project you've gotten money for?

Well, that's the thing here. Most Kickstarters have clearly defined goals, expectations, projected date of delivery, plans of action, and provide a breakdown on the costs of the project in order to justify the asking amount. Or at least the ones I look at do this.

Chris, being Chris, provides none of that and talks about the project in vague autistic gibberish. He doesn't get that Kickstarter is meant to fund projects for a community of people; it isn't a magical genie that gives him more toys.

 

[DrChristianTroy]

Well this sounds like a sound investment.

 

[Owlflaps]

If Chris makes 5,000 dollars, he's probably going to build a coffin instead when Snorlax dies from her teeth infection.
Also, I wouldn't accept a calendar I donated 50 dollars for if it were covered in rat droppings.

 

[The Nameless One]

I love how delightfully lazy this project is. If he had...

1) Bothered to think of reward tiers that made sense and utilized the products he's already trying to sell (like, "$1 and I'll include your name in a video thanking every backer," "$30 for a Sonichu medallion," "$50 I'll make a five-minute video discussing anything you want," "$100 for a colored commission")
2) Set the funding goal to be the lowest possible to make a bare-bones, spartan version of the model he wants to create using the cheapest bricks available (Let's say $1,000 just for the sake of argument)
3) Established stretch goals to help improve the quality of the final product using specialty pieces and incentivize people to donate more, like "If I get $1,500 I'll make a video documenting my work on the project," "$2,000 and I'll release a new Sonichu issue," etc.)

... then he might actually get the project funded, at least for the minimum amount.

Instead, he just hammered out a brief proposal that amounts to, "Want Lego! I really want these sets! MULTIPLES OF THESE!!!" Never change, Chris.