Quote from: Simon W;1044628Hey folks--
Held this one off until Monday -- last week was a week of family obligations that kept me pretty busy.  My birthday was mid-week, Father's Day was yesterday, and, unfortunately, earlier in the week we had to put our old lady cat to sleep.  She was our last remaining pet, and had inoperable cancer, and she'd made it 18 years, but had let us know that it was time.
Work continues -- now that all that is behind me, I have nothing ahead but getting this done (well, that and the World Cup, but I've learned to multitask when matches are on!).

I legit thought this was satire until I got to the bottom of the post.

Also, I backed Far West.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Quote from: Daddy Warpig;1048402It seemed like a good idea at the time.

It was so long ago I can't remember why I backed it.

Quote from: Daddy Warpig;1048402Also, I backed Far West.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

So sorry, I wish there was something I could do.

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Skarka promised to give updates every Monday till Far West was done. The updates have stopped. He promised backers would have the completed game in July. Its now 9 August and nothing has materialized. His backers call him out on it, because they've put their money into it and he speaks to them like that. He should be showing some humility but he is clearly a deluded and arrogant c*nt (not a word I use often, but in his case it seems appropriate).

As a publisher, having had lots of experience with printers, if this fellow has used up the $48k from several years ago (which I can't see how he hasn't after all that time) then there's no way he'll raise the capital for printing costs...except for maybe another kickstarter for the printers?

//Panjumanju

Quote from: Simon W;1052346Skarka promised to give updates every Monday till Far West was done. The updates have stopped. He promised backers would have the completed game in July. Its now 9 August and nothing has materialized. His backers call him out on it, because they've put their money into it and he speaks to them like that. He should be showing some humility but he is clearly a deluded and arrogant c*nt (not a word I use often, but in his case it seems appropriate).

Very appropriate Simon - well said! This entire sorry saga beggars belief.

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Seems the guy he blocked had the right of it. He's a liar.

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Touch it more?

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It reads:

Kenny Johnson : You are a liar.  I don't believe your excuses because you lie.

Gareth Skarka : It's really fucking sad that goddamn GAMES loom so large in your sense of self-worth that you act like this.  I feel sorry for you.

Gareth Skarka : I've blocked Kenny.

ProTip: If you want to be a functional, non-trashfire human being don't be like Kenny.  +3

Shane Hudson: You had awesome in your hands and you blew it.  

ProTip: Don't be like Gareth Skarka.

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So because Skarka's gets called out on his $48k fraud he now takes the tack of LOL QUIT GETTIN' MAD AT GAMES.

You know, I'm a bit of a fuck up.  I mess things up.  I won't go in to it.  But I know it.  It wrecks me!  But I know it.  And I try to rectify them, not bury them in the snow and hope that by spring thaw everyone's forgotten about them.  If I defrauded people of $48,000 I would mentally shut down, I wouldn't be able to eat, sleep, or function.  I'd be a wide awake panic attack until they put me in a straightjacket.  But Gareth here, and I guess a lot of other people, are just like, Hmm hmm OK welp I took $48k, not going to do anything.  Took money for a job, la la la, moving on with my life now.  I mean holy shit that's some serious sociopathy.

At this point beyond some kool-aid drinking fans who will support him no matter what he will probably never ever get another kickstarter funded. It's entirely possible that he does which means people are also entirely stupid as hell.

Quote from: sureshot;1052554At this point beyond some kool-aid drinking fans who will support him no matter what he will probably never ever get another kickstarter funded. It's entirely possible that he does which means people are also entirely stupid as hell.

Naw man there's a guy who has been scamming kickstarter for over a decade with RPG "products" - games, movies, video games etc. that never ever see the light of day or if they do it's some youtube quality bullshit in the case of the videos and he's skated on every single one almost.  Skarka can go that route, he's got enough fucking virtue signaling bootlickers who'll dump money into it for him

He is a member of the gaming intelligentsia that almost ruined the hobby