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it didn't even mention double fine, wasteland, or torment... Old gamers gotta love this.

None of those are finished yet I think? DFA has its backer release next week, Torment seems to be a long ways away. Dunno about Wasteland as I didn't back that one.

Everything on the list is in past tense; this happened, this got made, this won awards. These are things that HAPPENED because of Kickstarter, not things that are still on their way to happening.

shadowrun returns got released, and wasteland got released as a early access beta. At least they could have tried to profile the year a bit more, having one gaming session, one innovation session etc.

kickstarter in more than that crappy ouya console.

Kickstarter's staff is full of self-embracing hipster narcissists. They don't deserve the success they've had with old school video games. I personally know some of the people involved in these million-dollar campaigns, and Kickstarter has treated them with indifference at best. Real world Karma doesn't come from clicking a DOM element, but real world Karma will be visiting Kickstarter soon. It's already showing in the rise of competitors that would not have stood a chance if a this self-satisfied narcissistic bunch was not in charge of Kickstarter. The trouble with competitors is they don't understand the internal, gamified elements of the backer-base.

u mad

Go back to 4Chan, please. "u mad" contributes nothing to any discussion.

yeah that ad hominem he put up was real valuable.

You know what they say about two wrongs...

Downvote me all you like. That says more about the state of HN than any one post in particular.

You down vote the trolls. You ignore trolls if you do not have enough karma to down vote.

Meta conversation should make some kind of attempt at politeness and helpfulness. Referencing other communities often attracts down otes.

>Referencing other communities often attracts down otes.

Why, because we're "Team HN"? That's silly.

Because it's counterproductive, pointless, and against the guidelines.

>counterproductive

Unless it encourages someone to change poor behavior.

>pointless

See above.

>against the guidelines

Perhaps. Perhaps the guidelines should be rethought.

You asked for an explanation of the downvotes.

You have been given an explanation of the downvotes.

What you chose to do with that information is up to you.

I thought the explanation was poor, so I chose to explain why. Thanks for the useless comment.

No, because we're not team hn.

Saying "go back to 4chan" is exactly the kind of team hn behaviour that people don't like.

It's not a team thing, it's a "let's keep useless content away from here" sort of thing.

Downvote it. Ignore it. Say "HN will down vote useless content" if you like. But mentioning another community will attract downvotes. You are insulting users of those other communities and there are often overlaps between users of them and HN.

By mentioning another community you are turning it into a "Team HN" thing. And that's something that you suggested was bad.

OK. The team thing is fair. I was attempting to contrast the sort of content I usually see here with 4Chan-type content (and I don't really care if that is insulting, if it is true), but you're right. I would downvote the post if I was able to. Alas, I suppose I'll ignore it.

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