No, I'm not particularly encouraged. I'll second that vote on this being a nostalgia trip for many, if not most, investors. I think that with Kickstarter being the hip investment vehicle, Marc and company have finally found a platform/megaphone to reach out to the masses who walked away from gaming decades ago. I wonder how many of them will actually play the game and aren't just looking for something to put on the mantle or display cabinet.
I've grown so annoyed by the continuous email pleas to invest in the project (despite the fact that they've hit their original milestone six times over) that I finally made the effort to unsubscribe from the CotI mailing list. Not confident that'll work as I got an "invalid confirmation string" with the link. Maybe the email reply will work.
MM's track record has been pretty bad since Imperium Games put out T4 (1997). T5 has been promised since at least 2007. Maybe now, with over a quarter of a million dollars, it'll get published. But if it isn't stupendous and nearly free of errata people will howl and moan.
Am I grateful to Marc for creating this wonderful game that I've played so much over the decades? Absolutely! But I won't blindly throw money at what could still be vaporware or hastily thrown together. Call me cynical. I don't mind. I'm one of those guys that played CT back in the glory days and I can't help but feel that this is just another flailing grasp to reclaim that glory.
Having said that, I really hope I'm proven wrong and T5 is the best thing to hit RPG's since Mountain Dew and late night pizza delivery. :)
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
--- In , Mike West wrote:
>
> If it doesn't hurt Mongoose Traveller, it's great. If it hurts Mongoose Traveller, it is not a good thing.
>
> However, since T5 looks to be a one-shot affair, it is probably more of a nostalgia thing than anything else.
>
> Mike West
>
> On Jun 30, 2012, at 6:28 PM, "Hyphen_DJW" wrote:
>
> > ...an unbelivable result that has just blown me away. However, I also find it encouraging that there is so much support for our Grand Ole Game.
> >
> > Is everyone else encouraged by this?
> >
> > Obviously most of that support has been hidden (should I say "under a bushel", to align with a recent theme on this board?? ;-) or maybe it's just that the time has now come for old players to get back into it? Our kids are now old enough to be taught how to play? Or is everyone sick of MMORPGs and CCGs and just want a sit-down, face-to-face experience?
> >
> > Here's a discussion topic: what has changed (if anything), and how would you continue to market the thing from this point on?
> >
> > - ----------------------------------------------------------
> > David "Hyphen" Jaques-Watson ..at.. Beowulf Down (Tavonni/Vilis/SM 1520)
> > http://www.tip.net.au/~davidjwdavidjw@...
> > "I file things in historical order, with a hashing algorithm of gravity"
> >
> >
>
I've grown so annoyed by the continuous email pleas to invest in the project (despite the fact that they've hit their original milestone six times over) that I finally made the effort to unsubscribe from the CotI mailing list. Not confident that'll work as I got an "invalid confirmation string" with the link. Maybe the email reply will work.
MM's track record has been pretty bad since Imperium Games put out T4 (1997). T5 has been promised since at least 2007. Maybe now, with over a quarter of a million dollars, it'll get published. But if it isn't stupendous and nearly free of errata people will howl and moan.
Am I grateful to Marc for creating this wonderful game that I've played so much over the decades? Absolutely! But I won't blindly throw money at what could still be vaporware or hastily thrown together. Call me cynical. I don't mind. I'm one of those guys that played CT back in the glory days and I can't help but feel that this is just another flailing grasp to reclaim that glory.
Having said that, I really hope I'm proven wrong and T5 is the best thing to hit RPG's since Mountain Dew and late night pizza delivery. :)
\_/
DED
TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
--- In , Mike West wrote:
>
> If it doesn't hurt Mongoose Traveller, it's great. If it hurts Mongoose Traveller, it is not a good thing.
>
> However, since T5 looks to be a one-shot affair, it is probably more of a nostalgia thing than anything else.
>
> Mike West
>
> On Jun 30, 2012, at 6:28 PM, "Hyphen_DJW" wrote:
>
> > ...an unbelivable result that has just blown me away. However, I also find it encouraging that there is so much support for our Grand Ole Game.
> >
> > Is everyone else encouraged by this?
> >
> > Obviously most of that support has been hidden (should I say "under a bushel", to align with a recent theme on this board?? ;-) or maybe it's just that the time has now come for old players to get back into it? Our kids are now old enough to be taught how to play? Or is everyone sick of MMORPGs and CCGs and just want a sit-down, face-to-face experience?
> >
> > Here's a discussion topic: what has changed (if anything), and how would you continue to market the thing from this point on?
> >
> > - ----------------------------------------------------------
> > David "Hyphen" Jaques-Watson ..at.. Beowulf Down (Tavonni/Vilis/SM 1520)
> > http://www.tip.net.au/~davidjwdavidjw@...
> > "I file things in historical order, with a hashing algorithm of gravity"
> >
> >
>