Ill tell you something I find funny as shit. You probably will to based on your comment. I watched a little mini doc about her not to long ago, probably cold fusion or something like that. They asked a lab worker in the docs interview of them that exact question and why they didn't say anything if they knew it was impossible, his answer was something like " we all knew it was bullshit, but apparently nobody in Silicon valley thought it was a good idea to ask us"... So, your critique is absolutely spot on. The way they said it was actually pretty damn funny.
Every once in a while, for a few moments Cracked becomes the best thing on the internet: "Hey! We connect saps with con artists - we're not a store! Also, we already got our cut." The timing on that vocal tone shift combined with a perfect encapsulation of the entire business model lands hard.
It seems to have happened a lot since Jordan took over all the video shit. Robert Evans' Behind the Bastards cast shone a little more light on the culling of the Cracked Posse this week.. Fuck Scripps... And hello , now bosses... hopefully not the same as the old bosses...
Funny, as someone who likes but isn’t 1,000% in love with space piloting sims, I didn’t think it was necessarily about a particular game, Star Citizen or otherwise, until seeing the comments, and then remembering that like 1 billion people already donated 100 billion dollars for the biggest vaporware ever.
It's nice to see this Cracked Roger Honest Ads take a direct shot at Star Citizen. I wouldn't be surprised if they could make a whole video directly aimed at that crowdfunded space game genre.
@@2muchofyou "Progress?" This is the game that released the "roadmap to the roadmap" that we are talking about. 10 years in development and counting. Still nowhere near what they promised. Star Citizen is Vaporware, nothing more.
So far I have a mini vacuum packet, my name in the credits of the Veronica Mars movie, the most comfortable and light blocking sleep mask I've ever owned and a couple of 'hidden feature' dresses. I also got some shit 'smart' glasses and a pillow that never turned up but basically I use kickstarter as a gadget mystery box 🤣
@@TheRealSykx one can be used to change a whole outfit (underwear included) without flashing anyone and folds up into a hidden pocket while also being able to be worn by people of a wide range of heights and sizes and the other has several zippered pockets including a pickpocket safe one in the neck and is also wrinkle and odour resistant and sweat wicking and can be adjusted to 3 different skirt lengths/styles
@@TheRealSykx nah actually I just backed a new version of one of them because I like it that much. The 'changing room' dress was life safer when I got soaked at an outdoor event this summer
Nope. More like laser-guided air-to-ground anti-armor missiles off the wings of Fairchild A-10, then peeling the armor away of what's left with the General Electric GAU-8 30mm Gatling Gun mounted in the nose.
The bit about how you could mail money to those people directly skiping the crowfunding site is funny because it reminded to a viral thing in instagram last week, were people (mostly girls) shared their bank account number on their stories with the caption "if somebody sends you money it means you're pretty". Influencers could theoretically cut the middleman for their proyects if they wanted
hundreds of people mailing money, gonna be headache in tax issue and if it was crowdfunding or patreon... people can just give 1 dollar and it accumulates. Paypal is better, idk about the nightmare story of account suspended for investigation if you got too much money..
Ah. Citizen Among The Stars, my favorite $400 million dollar crowdfunded video game that has been in development for over a decade with no development end in sight.
Roger in streaming video: And sure we have basically a lifetime worth of content already for you. But we don't want you to know that. If you knew that, then it would make continuously raising our prices in an attempt to suck more money out of you in the name of "creating more content" seem a little ridiculous. Which is why we do everything we can to psychologically manipulate you into thinking that despite being a streaming service with hundreds of shows and movies, there's always nothing to watch. From only showing the current most recent releases at any given time, to making our sites impossible to navigate, to making people think that they have to watch these shows at the speed of a squirrel on cocaine. Good luck staying satisfied, guess you'll have to wait until our next release.
The Hoard family name is known throughout history as the most benevolent, most charitable, most transparent, and the most arsonist aligned, manhole adverse family of all time.
"The winner gets to stay alive... for a while". This concept has always baffled me when it came to crowd funding. If you draw enough attention, then maybe you'll raise enough money for life saving surgery? That's all the way fucked up. That anyone would even need to crowdfund a medical necessity in the first place is sick. It doesn't need to be this way. It shouldn't be this way.
Its the way its always been. And the way it will be. And its the best way for it to be. You cant see that because..... feelings and such. Idk. But you just described how life works.
As someone who had to fund their wheelchair from gofundme. I almost thought you were gonna go the whole video without mentioning that last part. It's super fucked up
Way to go ya jerk. There are people on there that are literally dying that could’ve used that money and yet you selfishly took it for your wheelchair! Just kidding. Life is stupid.
Also, in recent events, if the platform decides your cause isn't worthy enough or seems to support the 'wrong side' they give your raised funds to another cause that they do approve of.
But if you contact that person directly to make sure every penny gets to them, you won't be able to have your name on the list of donations! People need to know that YOU care the most!
@@frantic5679 It was a crowdfunded game that was hyped, and promised a lot a decade ago. It ate over hundred millions in funding through the years without meeting all those promises.
@@lucaslightbane congratulations. It still hasn't met a vast majority of its promises. Would you like to fund my new space game? It will do 10x whatever CIG are promsing and with 10x the level of fidelity. I will be able to produce 10x times the content for 1/10 of the price and time it has taken CIG (subject to revision and progress). Pledge now for our Space Whale package and get a free picture of me in my bathtub! Its an NFT on our own proprietary blockchain so its value can only go up and up!
As a person who has run two successful Kickstarter's and who also watched the Saga of Michael Super Backer, this is the funniest thing I've seen in regards to crowdfunding 😂
@@twilightgaming7711 Lol it can only take 25 players per instance and crashes/spazzes out the whole time, while the NPCs stand on top of chairs or drink non-existent drinks. What are you shilling about???
In the table game board community, yes sure there are some projects that won't be completed or took forever but mostly it has allowed the whole hobby to free itself from the big publishers like Hasbro and have come up with amazing games! Gone are the days where you had to choose between yet another re-themed Monopoly, Clue, Hungry Hippos or Uno game. So at least in this hobby, it has been totally worth it! The fans decide what gets published, not executives who have no clue what we want.
To be fair, it has led to a host of other problems. There are still a few grifters out there that take the money and run but besides that you have: Projects that cancel after reaching funding New projects that open so they can finish paying for the last project that funded Minis as far as the eye can see Games that get delayed Adam Poots Games I absolutely agree it has given rise to the boutique board game industry and has created all sorts of new and unique experiences. But also, please, I just want to see the Gamblers Chest before I die. Please work faster Poots!
Hasbro literally has its own crowdfunding site and most crowdfunded games are just collections of miniatures with garbage rulesets nobody ever actually plays.
Yeah, this one bothers me. Like somebody at *Cracked* got burned, so they're painting with very broad strokes on this process. My daughter co-founded a gaming company, and it has become hugely successful as a result of crowdfunding. They put out many games over the years, and now they've got the licensing to make a tabletop role-playing game for *Avatar The Last Airbender.* This video gives the impression that investors are legit, and crowdfunding is not. But crowdfunding provides the license holder, like CBS in the case above, to have a project move forward without putting any of their money into it. It's a smart move on their part, and provides an opportunity for those like my daughter's company. And it's a fantastic way to know if you have enough customers interested in your project before you even get started. And if you don't meet your goal, then you don't waste money producing something that may not sell.
@@CaesiusX oh, I backed that one! Very excited for it! I’m sure you’re very proud of her. Like you said, without Kickstarter/game found, these projects would never see the light of day, because they would be shot down by some out-of-touch brand exec. At least this way, they have a chance
@@VakuAdikaia You know it! I introduced her to tabletop role-playing games when she was seven, but I never expected _this!_ I am beaming with pride!🥰 Not to mention, like many, I am a huge fan of the Avatar universe! ⛰️🔥💦🌪️
Don't forget when the sites don't like what people donate to and unilaterally decide to either keep the funds or redirect them to 'better' causes. We used to call that "theft".
@@conniethesconnie I don’t believe so. I’m not sure though. I think it was like a knock on politicians that want to impede education. But I could be wrong.
As much as I love Kickstarter, yeah. This describes a few of the issues I’ve run against, especially repercussions for not getting a reward (aka none).
The majority of computer games I funded on Kickstarter came out on Steam and I'm very satisfied with them. The rare few that didn't, were scams. I was very disappointed with that. I never kickstarted anything except games and entertainment related things. I have been enjoying this stuff so far. I am also thinking that crowd funding sites like Kickstarter need to be more proactive in rooting out scams from real endeavors. Your video is still pretty accurate on some level. As much as I've enjoyed most things I've helped fund as its come to fruition, there is no telling how much stuff is a waste of money and a rip off.
Same. It's produced some really unique games. So much of the AAA market is the same thing over and over again. I understand why the big studios play it safe but it's great we can have something different too.
God, the bit about the "sword clicking game with Clinton era graphics" is so spot on, it hurts. "Oh, yeah! I *absolutely* will help fund this cutting-edge, innovative retro game that's identical to all the SNES games I have already downloaded as ROMs!"
The fact that donations count as income is the most insane thing I ever had to learn the hard way after getting leukemia last year and not qualifying for food stamps because I had a go fund me to pay for my bills while I was in a hospital trying not to die for several months. I hate America's healthcare and welfare system. It's broken and awful. I thought at least I have insurance but they are suddenly saying they won't cover the hospital stay and it'll be over a million dollars. Yay for me.
I'm one of those saps he's talking about. I'm currently on 5 years waiting for a product that shows no signs of ever being real. When all the crowdfunders contact the crowdfunding website about it, their response is "how terrible, good luck with that".
@@cracked And he managed to do it without with the psychotic anti-SJW rants and Anita Sarkeesian death threats we all hypocritically tolerated from Thunderf00t! Yay!
@@yessum15 Your comment can be misunderstood like he threatened Anita's life, which I don't know about (requires evidence). He pointed out that she is a fraud and that's all. Although, I give you that he wasted way too much time on that thing when appereantly he has much better content to create. I think we all benefit from that it seems he is no longer enganging in this culture war nonsense which definatelly divides more than does anything else.
@@CraftyF0X *_"He pointed out that she is a fraud"_* Correction: he lied about her being a fraud and launched a bigoted public smearing campaign against decent person doing a great thing.
@@CraftyF0X you mean when he asserted that she could not possibly have received death threats after his own followers had repeatedly mass downvoted and filled comment sections with abuse? Yeah, it was a real watertight one there, and he definitely doesn't have a long history of asserting that literally all feminists are just professional victims and asserting that discrimination based on sex isnt sexism or whatever other insane broken logic he tried.
@@somethinglikethat2176 No paper trail. You set up a charity and then have multiple accounts that you have set up to donate to your course. Laundering done
@@mureithikivuti the thing about doing all that is that the people investigating know all the tricks of the trade, all the ins and outs, and now they would have thousands of bank accounts resulting in thousands of potential leads.
They already call in bomb threats to libraries holding any queer events and you have loose cannons like Chaya who calls any queer thing grooming to an audience of unstable right wing conspiracy nutjobs who then threaten hospitals schools and libraries unless they fire every queer staff member and remove every queer book
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So you want me to buy a shirt for a non-existent company that funds all kinds of harmful or useless products that don't exist?? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, ROGER!! :)
Careful, the Star Citizen types have been left holding that bag for so long they are treating it like a fucking family heirloom... one that's also an NFT.
Unfortunately majority of the people on those sites are just trying to get free money. Which sucks for the real people that actually have the intention of making a product. Plunderlings are a kickstarter and did release an actual product once they got the funds so not everyone is bad or evil but majority of them are crazy and evil.
Is it really the majority though? My husband and I have contributed to numerous crowdfundings and we have only had a single no-show. Are there really people, who had more negative than positive experiences?
I recently backed a campaign for a holographic octopus tarot deck - sure hope this one isn't a bust; it was fully funded before I ever jumped on board heh
@@JuMiKu I think most failures are just from the people trying to make the thing lacking the technical skills/knowledge or not being able to manage to product.
@@somethinglikethat2176 Exactly what I think as well. There are obviously scammers out there, but most people simply underestimate how much money their project will cost and run out of money.
"I was going to get a Kickstarter going. But then I remembered I'm an adult, so I went to the bank and took out a loan." -Frank Sinatra Jr. (Family Guy)
Only upside is losing less money. One project for hundreds of dollars went ok and I got a durable phone. Another project for like $30 disappeared into thin air.
@@3nertia for instance I'm thinking of limited run merch. Where the creator has the art, color codes and everything ready to go. Things were money is the last and only step a creator needs help with. The farther away from a product the "bigger" the project is because more moving parts are involved. Compare "I literally just need the money to pay the manufacturer everything else is decided" vs "we need concept artists. Music talent, voice actors, a full script ectra" This vastly increases the chances that it will actually product a product that backers will see.
@@Squirreltasticqueen Ah, that is useful insight; thank you! I recently backed a Kickstarter campaign that is as you describe so I feel a *bit* better about it now lol
Solar roadways, water generating water bottles, black hole intergalactic travel services, anything with the word “patriot” in the title, the list grows longer by the day.
Solar roadways is actually a great idea though. It's just not an idea to be funded through Kickstarter. That's major infrastructure. You need government money.
@@grabble7605 They get government money. But it is cheaper to use roofs than solar roadways. More ecological too because they require frequent replacement, so you need to replace solar panel which requires very unecological manufacture.
I imagine a dystopia where health insurance relies entirely on this kind of site Edit: I, for one, would prefer that health insurance depended on GLADIATORIAL BATTLES!
This show should run on every channel, be mandatory watching before you enter the workforce, as you are in the workforce, as the workforce is chewing you out, and upon retirement.
I would've liked it better if it also mentioned that some of the projects will really get you a cool product that you will enjoy for years but you can never really tell and each project you fund is a gamble.
@@RRW359 I've actually had significantly more successful projects that I've funded than not. I get that many people have a very different experience but that's part of what makes it like gambling
I have contributed to one go fund me account over the years. It was for a young woman who had been told by former teachers that she would never amount to anything. Well she fooled them. She received a bachelors degree in Ontario and was then awarded a partial scholarship at Harvard to gain a masters degree in her field. Two years later she had her masters and had received a full scholarship from Harvard to get her doctorate. Not all people asking for funding are scammers but you have to be careful.
@@Not_Always I don't know where you live but here in Canada anyone can attend college where you can attain a diploma but not just anyone can go to University where you attain a degree. You have to have the prerequisite marks to gain entrance for University. As far as employment is concerned, I really do not know. However, if one has the drive and ability to receive a PHD I am reasonably sure that finding a position with a company or the Government would be fairly easy.
@@oh8wingman I live in the US. College and University are terms that are used interchangeably, and colleges and universities both give out degrees. Hell, our 2-year community colleges (that are practically free but incredibly cheap) give out degrees. You can also get into a university of any kind and get a post-grad degree and if you already have that 2-year community college degree, you don't need to attain test scores and your GPA only has to be a C average or 2.0. It is not a hard thing and in 2021 nothing your friend did would be or is considered impressive. Also, as an FYI, Ph.D. students typically get their time paid for because PhDs are largely research, and there are funding and fellowships for that. So...not impressive.
Personally I've funded four Kickstarter projects, two have delivered (one with a year's delay), and the other two still in production. One thing with crowdfunded projects like these, is sometimes you DO need a suit to put their foot down and tell a developer "Your deadline is Christmas, no delays." Not always, but there are some personality types that won't get things done without restraints or pressure. Even before crowdfunding, it can be seen with Duke Nukem Forever -- they just kept restarting over and over and getting a new engine because nobody was telling the project lead "No, just finish the game."
I never knew that seeing Roger making pew pew noises on a couch was something I needed in my life. Until now. Thank you Cracked for making it a reality.
I helped fund and overfund a few comics and graphic novels that never saw the light of day. One guy still makes updates going on 7 years later. Ridiculous. It's basically free money, all you need is the appearance of competence and talent but, most importantly, no conscience!
@@ralphwarom2514 It's for a book called Diskordia. Worse still, the guy did a Ponzi scheme by launching a Book 2 KS to help fulfill the first - which, again, still hasn't happened. So, I had sympathy - he lives in Belize (iirc) and didn't realize how expensive it would be to ship the books - fine. But then he let slip in recent years (😂) that he wasn't working because he couldn't find a job utilizing his art skills!! Like, you have a duty to get this fulfilled any way possible. You can't just sit around the house and throw your hands up because no one will hire you to cartoon. At that point I lost any hope of seeing this book and just took it as a learning experience. But he's not the only one - how many industry pros use KS as an income generator in between Big 2 gigs - then never fulfill because they're "too busy" with a deadline for Marvel or DC? I'm pretty much done with comic KS unless someone has a track record of producing results.
"Is that possible?"
"With today's technology? No. But with enough funding? No."
If only one of Elizabeth Holmes' investors asked that.
Best line
The kickstarter motto.
Ill tell you something I find funny as shit. You probably will to based on your comment. I watched a little mini doc about her not to long ago, probably cold fusion or something like that. They asked a lab worker in the docs interview of them that exact question and why they didn't say anything if they knew it was impossible, his answer was something like " we all knew it was bullshit, but apparently nobody in Silicon valley thought it was a good idea to ask us"... So, your critique is absolutely spot on. The way they said it was actually pretty damn funny.
Eternally grateful that this series exists
Agree
Yes
So happy to see this
New here. Is this the new "Onion" news?
Yes
Every once in a while, for a few moments Cracked becomes the best thing on the internet:
"Hey! We connect saps with con artists - we're not a store! Also, we already got our cut."
The timing on that vocal tone shift combined with a perfect encapsulation of the entire business model lands hard.
Why is Roger not a Hollywood icon by now?
It seems to have happened a lot since Jordan took over all the video shit.
Robert Evans' Behind the Bastards cast shone a little more light on the culling of the Cracked Posse this week.. Fuck Scripps...
And hello , now bosses... hopefully not the same as the old bosses...
“Never give a sucker an even break.” (WC Fields)
@@Thorny_Misanthrope OR, "There's a sucker born EVERY minute"! (P.T. Barnum)
This is STAR CITIZEN at iits CORE.
That Star Citizen dig at the end was gold...
-A Star Citizen Early backer (YES I LEARNED)
In 20 more years this still will be gold because it still won’t be out
Love the ending.
-A Star Citizen backer (I have yet to learn)
@@Eleanor_Ch 10-20 more years and our patience will pay off
Perfect ending
-A Star Citizen Early backer (i think i learned my lesson but still have a bit of hope)
Funny, as someone who likes but isn’t 1,000% in love with space piloting sims, I didn’t think it was necessarily about a particular game, Star Citizen or otherwise, until seeing the comments, and then remembering that like 1 billion people already donated 100 billion dollars for the biggest vaporware ever.
It's nice to see this Cracked Roger Honest Ads take a direct shot at Star Citizen.
I wouldn't be surprised if they could make a whole video directly aimed at that crowdfunded space game genre.
Star Citizen's wiki article says it's gotten sixty million in non-crowdfund investment.
_Manholes._
@@grabble7605 - more like a blackhole. 😉
And 300 million of crowdfunded investment
500 mil to date but the game is great better then ed in all ways
Watch Linus Tech Tips Tech Longer
Oof. I've funded several Kickstarter games that didn't happen. And that "Cutting edge Clinton era graphics," quote punched me in the nostalgia.
ACH! Right in the 486DX!
and yet Star Citizen is bagged ta shit, yet you can play and see the progress...
I funded one thing. It never appeared.
Thanks, Yogscast.
@@2muchofyou "Progress?" This is the game that released the "roadmap to the roadmap" that we are talking about. 10 years in development and counting. Still nowhere near what they promised. Star Citizen is Vaporware, nothing more.
@@ULTRAOutdoorsman yea cause you are the authority on how long a company needs to grow and develop then release...
So glad you guys brought this series back into rotation, they're great.
Agreed.
This series is needed now more than ever 😂
They also rehired carl smallwood
So far I have a mini vacuum packet, my name in the credits of the Veronica Mars movie, the most comfortable and light blocking sleep mask I've ever owned and a couple of 'hidden feature' dresses. I also got some shit 'smart' glasses and a pillow that never turned up but basically I use kickstarter as a gadget mystery box 🤣
what's the 'hidden feature'
@@TheRealSykx one can be used to change a whole outfit (underwear included) without flashing anyone and folds up into a hidden pocket while also being able to be worn by people of a wide range of heights and sizes and the other has several zippered pockets including a pickpocket safe one in the neck and is also wrinkle and odour resistant and sweat wicking and can be adjusted to 3 different skirt lengths/styles
@@KatT89 oh haha I wasn't sure if they were legit features or claimed features that remain hidden to you or what o.O
@@TheRealSykx nah actually I just backed a new version of one of them because I like it that much. The 'changing room' dress was life safer when I got soaked at an outdoor event this summer
@@KatT89 NOW how much YOU pay for these dresses?? DON'T ANSWER, because we'll also throw in this set of Ginsu steak knives FREE!!
A game about being a citizen amongst the stars sounds pretty cool, somebody should crowdfund that!
Take my money now!
*Chris Roberts has entered the chat*
Dropping truth bombs like an honest B-52.
You are a linguistic god!
@@AetigmaFacade demi-god 🙃
Nope. More like laser-guided air-to-ground anti-armor missiles off the wings of Fairchild A-10, then peeling the armor away of what's left with the General Electric GAU-8 30mm Gatling Gun mounted in the nose.
@@markh.6687 It's just not nearly so poetic your way.
@@ErwinPommel In reaching for the stars, sometimes we fail to make it.
The bit about how you could mail money to those people directly skiping the crowfunding site is funny because it reminded to a viral thing in instagram last week, were people (mostly girls) shared their bank account number on their stories with the caption "if somebody sends you money it means you're pretty". Influencers could theoretically cut the middleman for their proyects if they wanted
Seems a bit risky to share the bank number, why don't they just use Paypal or something which only takes a
@@superturtle64 it's a little more safe that what it sounds, but I'm not well versed enough on how banking systems work to explain it.
hundreds of people mailing money, gonna be headache in tax issue and if it was crowdfunding or patreon... people can just give 1 dollar and it accumulates. Paypal is better, idk about the nightmare story of account suspended for investigation if you got too much money..
I mean, if I'm going to do something like that I'm at least going to give it to the ladies that make actual homemade porn. XD
Ah. Citizen Among The Stars, my favorite $400 million dollar crowdfunded video game that has been in development for over a decade with no development end in sight.
Exactly my thoughts when I saw that part :D
The script writters here have definitely seen things
400 million?! How?
As of now… 500 million
Hearing Roger saying "Piew Piew Piew" with his hat after bashing on a weird business is priceless
The Star Citizen shade is amazing! Great stuff!
Roger's savageness is always a great early Christmas gift.
Please do a video about cable/streaming were honest 😎
Pretty sure they did cable originally but streaming is a great idea
@@two-face1041 Streaming is cable with a different flavor in it haha
Why, I've got unlimited unless I use too much data.
Depends where you live
Roger in streaming video: And sure we have basically a lifetime worth of content already for you. But we don't want you to know that. If you knew that, then it would make continuously raising our prices in an attempt to suck more money out of you in the name of "creating more content" seem a little ridiculous. Which is why we do everything we can to psychologically manipulate you into thinking that despite being a streaming service with hundreds of shows and movies, there's always nothing to watch. From only showing the current most recent releases at any given time, to making our sites impossible to navigate, to making people think that they have to watch these shows at the speed of a squirrel on cocaine. Good luck staying satisfied, guess you'll have to wait until our next release.
Not only did we get the space helmet back but a great star citizen reference
Rodger is one of the best things about Cracked. I'm so glad they have him on board
Is there anyone else?
The Hoard family name is known throughout history as the most benevolent, most charitable, most transparent, and the most arsonist aligned, manhole adverse family of all time.
I am a simple soul, I see Roger, I click. Big shout out to Jordan for resurrecting some classic content.
Hey thanks!
"The winner gets to stay alive... for a while". This concept has always baffled me when it came to crowd funding. If you draw enough attention, then maybe you'll raise enough money for life saving surgery? That's all the way fucked up. That anyone would even need to crowdfund a medical necessity in the first place is sick. It doesn't need to be this way. It shouldn't be this way.
America! Fuck yea!
That’s what Universal Health Care is compulsoryary crowd funding of tax payers, to the ultimate don’t-make-shit-just-spends-it, government.
Its the way its always been. And the way it will be. And its the best way for it to be. You cant see that because..... feelings and such. Idk. But you just described how life works.
You should watch College gumor's message from the ceo of GoFundMe
@@metamorphicorder It's only like this in the US. People have actual affordable healthcare in a lot of other countries.
I'm so happy Roger is back with the Honest ads! You rock!
As someone who had to fund their wheelchair from gofundme. I almost thought you were gonna go the whole video without mentioning that last part. It's super fucked up
I mean, I'm obviously glad you were funded, but it's still stupid that's how it has to happen.
Ah, good ol' capitalism! Glad you got your wheelchair at least!
@@3nertia that's not really what Capitalism is, but go on.
@@stansman5461 Go on and explain what capitalism is then lmao
Way to go ya jerk. There are people on there that are literally dying that could’ve used that money and yet you selfishly took it for your wheelchair!
Just kidding. Life is stupid.
Once gave $40 to a musician who was developing an album on their own... I think it's been about eight or nine years, still waiting... 😅
Less time than the last Duke Nuken, right? :)
@@markh.6687 We know how that turned out...
@@lmsorenson8503 No we don't; they never brought it out! Oh! Err...wait....I had a point there for a moment....aaaannnd it's gone!
The true album is the album in your heart
You got burned.
Ah I see Roger is familiar with Star Citizen
Derek Smart was right!
Pew Pew Pew
Pewww pewwwwww
@@Ajibolaa man that hurts whenever I hear that name -_- I am ashamed to say a bought a ship when I was young.
Also, in recent events, if the platform decides your cause isn't worthy enough or seems to support the 'wrong side' they give your raised funds to another cause that they do approve of.
But if you contact that person directly to make sure every penny gets to them, you won't be able to have your name on the list of donations! People need to know that YOU care the most!
"A citizen among the stars!"
LOL. Love that shot against Star Citizen. What a crock that campaign STILL is.
They still call the convention "Citizencon." They're not even hiding what it is anymore. 😄
Thank you Cracked and thank you Roger for existing. Star citizen ending was pure gold!
So, it was fool's gold then?
What was Star Citizen?
@@frantic5679 It was a crowdfunded game that was hyped, and promised a lot a decade ago.
It ate over hundred millions in funding through the years without meeting all those promises.
@@Grudobolja And I just spent the last two days playing it.
@@lucaslightbane congratulations. It still hasn't met a vast majority of its promises. Would you like to fund my new space game? It will do 10x whatever CIG are promsing and with 10x the level of fidelity. I will be able to produce 10x times the content for 1/10 of the price and time it has taken CIG (subject to revision and progress). Pledge now for our Space Whale package and get a free picture of me in my bathtub! Its an NFT on our own proprietary blockchain so its value can only go up and up!
I love that jab at Star Citizen at the end!
As a person who has run two successful Kickstarter's and who also watched the Saga of Michael Super Backer, this is the funniest thing I've seen in regards to crowdfunding 😂
"...we connect saps with con artists..." (begins at 1:55)
Didn't realize they were gonna be advertising for Alibaba
That was a clever burn. How difficult is it to be subtly unsubtle when roasting one of the largest crowd funded space dealership sims?
It's so difficult, it actually can't be done. But with your generous donation....
Tooo... Soon? 🤔🤨
"That was a clever burn."
Well, yeah. She burnt a library. Full of books. All the clever stuff burned.
the game aint bad better then most space sims out there
@@twilightgaming7711 Lol it can only take 25 players per instance and crashes/spazzes out the whole time, while the NPCs stand on top of chairs or drink non-existent drinks. What are you shilling about???
In the table game board community, yes sure there are some projects that won't be completed or took forever but mostly it has allowed the whole hobby to free itself from the big publishers like Hasbro and have come up with amazing games! Gone are the days where you had to choose between yet another re-themed Monopoly, Clue, Hungry Hippos or Uno game. So at least in this hobby, it has been totally worth it! The fans decide what gets published, not executives who have no clue what we want.
To be fair, it has led to a host of other problems. There are still a few grifters out there that take the money and run but besides that you have:
Projects that cancel after reaching funding
New projects that open so they can finish paying for the last project that funded
Minis as far as the eye can see
Games that get delayed
Adam Poots Games
I absolutely agree it has given rise to the boutique board game industry and has created all sorts of new and unique experiences. But also, please, I just want to see the Gamblers Chest before I die. Please work faster Poots!
Hasbro literally has its own crowdfunding site and most crowdfunded games are just collections of miniatures with garbage rulesets nobody ever actually plays.
Yeah, this one bothers me. Like somebody at *Cracked* got burned, so they're painting with very broad strokes on this process.
My daughter co-founded a gaming company, and it has become hugely successful as a result of crowdfunding. They put out many games over the years, and now they've got the licensing to make a tabletop role-playing game for *Avatar The Last Airbender.*
This video gives the impression that investors are legit, and crowdfunding is not. But crowdfunding provides the license holder, like CBS in the case above, to have a project move forward without putting any of their money into it. It's a smart move on their part, and provides an opportunity for those like my daughter's company. And it's a fantastic way to know if you have enough customers interested in your project before you even get started. And if you don't meet your goal, then you don't waste money producing something that may not sell.
@@CaesiusX oh, I backed that one! Very excited for it! I’m sure you’re very proud of her.
Like you said, without Kickstarter/game found, these projects would never see the light of day, because they would be shot down by some out-of-touch brand exec. At least this way, they have a chance
@@VakuAdikaia You know it! I introduced her to tabletop role-playing games when she was seven, but I never expected _this!_ I am beaming with pride!🥰
Not to mention, like many, I am a huge fan of the Avatar universe! ⛰️🔥💦🌪️
Don't forget when the sites don't like what people donate to and unilaterally decide to either keep the funds or redirect them to 'better' causes. We used to call that "theft".
It is. Just whenever non-dems do it.
Library burns are the worst… and man holes are a pretty big problem, that’s where I lose most of my money… let me find my credit card
So was the burning down library part a reference to an actual event? Can't find anything on it.
@@conniethesconnie I don’t believe so. I’m not sure though. I think it was like a knock on politicians that want to impede education. But I could be wrong.
"We connect saps to con-artists". I will have to remember that one the next time someone on Kick$tarter reminds me it isnt a store. Good stuff.
As much as I love Kickstarter, yeah. This describes a few of the issues I’ve run against, especially repercussions for not getting a reward (aka none).
Haha that star citizen burn was savage
You sold me at "Hi", Roger; how much you need again? No Problemo!!! 😂🤣🤦♂️🤷♂️
The majority of computer games I funded on Kickstarter came out on Steam and I'm very satisfied with them.
The rare few that didn't, were scams. I was very disappointed with that.
I never kickstarted anything except games and entertainment related things.
I have been enjoying this stuff so far.
I am also thinking that crowd funding sites like Kickstarter need to be more proactive in rooting out scams from real endeavors.
Your video is still pretty accurate on some level. As much as I've enjoyed most things I've helped fund as its come to fruition, there is no telling how much stuff is a waste of money and a rip off.
Same. It's produced some really unique games. So much of the AAA market is the same thing over and over again. I understand why the big studios play it safe but it's great we can have something different too.
Pillars of Eternity and Darkest Dungeon come to mind as good games successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter.
Loved the Star Citizen burn 🔥 at the end.
Star citizen RoFL. Thanks for that one Roger.
God, the bit about the "sword clicking game with Clinton era graphics" is so spot on, it hurts. "Oh, yeah! I *absolutely* will help fund this cutting-edge, innovative retro game that's identical to all the SNES games I have already downloaded as ROMs!"
"with enough funding... also no" lmao xD
The fact that donations count as income is the most insane thing I ever had to learn the hard way after getting leukemia last year and not qualifying for food stamps because I had a go fund me to pay for my bills while I was in a hospital trying not to die for several months. I hate America's healthcare and welfare system. It's broken and awful. I thought at least I have insurance but they are suddenly saying they won't cover the hospital stay and it'll be over a million dollars. Yay for me.
Fantastic and super sarcastic 🤣 When Roger said sickos I couldn't stop laughing.
I'm one of those saps he's talking about. I'm currently on 5 years waiting for a product that shows no signs of ever being real. When all the crowdfunders contact the crowdfunding website about it, their response is "how terrible, good luck with that".
Best Star Citizen gameplay trailer I've yet seen tbh.
I was thinking about Star Citizen the entire time watching this, loved the little jab to that at the end
🤣 This guy just condensed 70.000 hours of Thunderf00t debunking vaporware in 1 video! 👍
🤓
@@cracked And he managed to do it without with the psychotic anti-SJW rants and Anita Sarkeesian death threats we all hypocritically tolerated from Thunderf00t! Yay!
@@yessum15 Your comment can be misunderstood like he threatened Anita's life, which I don't know about (requires evidence). He pointed out that she is a fraud and that's all. Although, I give you that he wasted way too much time on that thing when appereantly he has much better content to create. I think we all benefit from that it seems he is no longer enganging in this culture war nonsense which definatelly divides more than does anything else.
@@CraftyF0X *_"He pointed out that she is a fraud"_*
Correction: he lied about her being a fraud and launched a bigoted public smearing campaign against decent person doing a great thing.
@@CraftyF0X you mean when he asserted that she could not possibly have received death threats after his own followers had repeatedly mass downvoted and filled comment sections with abuse?
Yeah, it was a real watertight one there, and he definitely doesn't have a long history of asserting that literally all feminists are just professional victims and asserting that discrimination based on sex isnt sexism or whatever other insane broken logic he tried.
"_ when do you started this proyect? _ 1998 ... FUNDED" 😂😂😂
I love how she’s trying to burn the money in the background…. just like you might as well have burned it yourself 🤣
Now I think about it, crowdfunding could be a pretty sneaky way of laundering money
The Mafia would like to know your location.
@@yuumisanada2803 Shiet. Gotta go!!!!
I don't know if I would want to leave that big of a paper trail.
@@somethinglikethat2176 No paper trail. You set up a charity and then have multiple accounts that you have set up to donate to your course.
Laundering done
@@mureithikivuti the thing about doing all that is that the people investigating know all the tricks of the trade, all the ins and outs, and now they would have thousands of bank accounts resulting in thousands of potential leads.
Didnt know this guy was back. I can start back watching this channel now.
That burning down a library bit is scarily similar to something people WILL propose in the US, or have in the past, sadly
Yup
They have in the past....the town legalized it to fight liberals.
@@alw2839 Makes sense. Those books contain facts, and facts have a liberal bias.
@@ErwinPommel Only facts that don't hurt their feelings.
They already call in bomb threats to libraries holding any queer events and you have loose cannons like Chaya who calls any queer thing grooming to an audience of unstable right wing conspiracy nutjobs who then threaten hospitals schools and libraries unless they fire every queer staff member and remove every queer book
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I need to go set me a go fund me now. Lol. Reminds me of the south park episode where they founded a co fund me company.
Looks like someone is mad about Star Citizen... and they should be
Everything on this channel sucks balls *EXCEPT FOR ROGER!!!* 💖
So you want me to buy a shirt for a non-existent company that funds all kinds of harmful or useless products that don't exist?? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY, ROGER!! :)
Careful, the Star Citizen types have been left holding that bag for so long they are treating it like a fucking family heirloom... one that's also an NFT.
This is sooo trueeee 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🔥 what an amazing video! Also seeing Roger REALLY MADE MY DAYYYY 💚💚💚
Cracked really nailed the Jellopop/Kickstarter formula at the beginning with the royalty free music and presentation. Glad to see Roger back!
I’ve donated only once. A server at a restaurant I frequent was shot in the face by an angry woman customer. It felt right to donate.
Love the suit, Space Admiral Roger!
Unfortunately majority of the people on those sites are just trying to get free money. Which sucks for the real people that actually have the intention of making a product. Plunderlings are a kickstarter and did release an actual product once they got the funds so not everyone is bad or evil but majority of them are crazy and evil.
Is it really the majority though? My husband and I have contributed to numerous crowdfundings and we have only had a single no-show. Are there really people, who had more negative than positive experiences?
I recently backed a campaign for a holographic octopus tarot deck - sure hope this one isn't a bust; it was fully funded before I ever jumped on board heh
@@JuMiKu I think most failures are just from the people trying to make the thing lacking the technical skills/knowledge or not being able to manage to product.
@@somethinglikethat2176 Exactly what I think as well. There are obviously scammers out there, but most people simply underestimate how much money their project will cost and run out of money.
1998 clinton era graphics is a direct shot at yooka laylee because they crowdfunded it and banjo kazooie came out in 1998
"I was going to get a Kickstarter going. But then I remembered I'm an adult, so I went to the bank and took out a loan."
-Frank Sinatra Jr. (Family Guy)
4:03 That fire stunt got a lil real at the end huh haha
Yeah but also be critical of what you put your money into. I've seen enamel pins get funded. Small projects are generally safer.
What do you mean by "small projects" though?
Only upside is losing less money. One project for hundreds of dollars went ok and I got a durable phone. Another project for like $30 disappeared into thin air.
@@3nertia for instance I'm thinking of limited run merch. Where the creator has the art, color codes and everything ready to go. Things were money is the last and only step a creator needs help with. The farther away from a product the "bigger" the project is because more moving parts are involved.
Compare "I literally just need the money to pay the manufacturer everything else is decided" vs "we need concept artists. Music talent, voice actors, a full script ectra"
This vastly increases the chances that it will actually product a product that backers will see.
@@Squirreltasticqueen Ah, that is useful insight; thank you! I recently backed a Kickstarter campaign that is as you describe so I feel a *bit* better about it now lol
Solar roadways, water generating water bottles, black hole intergalactic travel services, anything with the word “patriot” in the title, the list grows longer by the day.
Fellow Patriots!
$$$$$$$$$$
Solar roadways is actually a great idea though. It's just not an idea to be funded through Kickstarter. That's major infrastructure. You need government money.
@@grabble7605 They get government money. But it is cheaper to use roofs than solar roadways. More ecological too because they require frequent replacement, so you need to replace solar panel which requires very unecological manufacture.
@@grabble7605 Driving cars on solar panels. Genius.
I imagine a dystopia where health insurance relies entirely on this kind of site
Edit: I, for one, would prefer that health insurance depended on GLADIATORIAL BATTLES!
That's America. Like, currently. GoFundMe's CEO made a statement.
There are religious groups doing just that trying to convince people it’s like insurance. They get their cut as well.
S and s or no s and no s.
They should match.
One cat ... Lots of cats
One kind of cow... Many kinds of cows
@@jackgibsxxx0750 strange. I thought kind was a noun in this situation
@@jackgibsxxx0750 yes, because everything in english follows that rule. Octopus and octopi
mouse, mice., oh wait.....
Star Citizen dig was done with a nice subtle touch... +1
“Our crowdfunding site connects saps with con artists”
Well said!
This show should run on every channel, be mandatory watching before you enter the workforce, as you are in the workforce, as the workforce is chewing you out, and upon retirement.
Oooh, the opportunities are endless with these materials, you struck gold guys. 👏 👏 👏
Love it. ♥
Most crowdfunded products are items now available online from China, just with different colors and packaging and a name stamped on it.
4:46 "What's especially heroic is handing that money to us first" 😄
LMFAO - This is literally Brilliant and Hilarious...."a sicko game where you chose who lives and dies"
i've always enjoyed this kind of clips ! ... Congratulations on another success ^__^
I'm willing to crowdfund the 1st mad scientist who can make a product that ensure Roger never dies!
1:50 "ohh sorry that sounds like a real bummer" 😂😂💔
i am sadistic enough to enjoy the cooperate-music of this.
LOL my ribs! That Star Citizen reference Cracked me up!
oh no, imagine your father insists that you play that video game, that he funded long before your birth.
Space Admiral Rodger making "Pew Pew" noises was the greatest thing about this video.
This series is as savage as ever.
5:37
Chris Roberts: _"I feel a disturbance in the force"_
Thank you for the video!
That star citizen reference killed me 😆
I would've liked it better if it also mentioned that some of the projects will really get you a cool product that you will enjoy for years but you can never really tell and each project you fund is a gamble.
Broken clocks etc. etc.
@@RRW359 I've actually had significantly more successful projects that I've funded than not. I get that many people have a very different experience but that's part of what makes it like gambling
The Star Citizen dig at the end was perfect.
I have contributed to one go fund me account over the years. It was for a young woman who had been told by former teachers that she would never amount to anything. Well she fooled them. She received a bachelors degree in Ontario and was then awarded a partial scholarship at Harvard to gain a masters degree in her field. Two years later she had her masters and had received a full scholarship from Harvard to get her doctorate. Not all people asking for funding are scammers but you have to be careful.
Going to college a few times can't exactly be considered "amount to anything" since anyone can go to college. Does she have a job? Lmao
@@Not_Always I don't know where you live but here in Canada anyone can attend college where you can attain a diploma but not just anyone can go to University where you attain a degree. You have to have the prerequisite marks to gain entrance for University. As far as employment is concerned, I really do not know. However, if one has the drive and ability to receive a PHD I am reasonably sure that finding a position with a company or the Government would be fairly easy.
@@oh8wingman I live in the US. College and University are terms that are used interchangeably, and colleges and universities both give out degrees. Hell, our 2-year community colleges (that are practically free but incredibly cheap) give out degrees. You can also get into a university of any kind and get a post-grad degree and if you already have that 2-year community college degree, you don't need to attain test scores and your GPA only has to be a C average or 2.0. It is not a hard thing and in 2021 nothing your friend did would be or is considered impressive.
Also, as an FYI, Ph.D. students typically get their time paid for because PhDs are largely research, and there are funding and fellowships for that. So...not impressive.
Lol citizens amongst the stars. Nice backhand there Admiral
This made me think of the guy whose been waiting 7 years to get his crowdfunded magic umbrella
Personally I've funded four Kickstarter projects, two have delivered (one with a year's delay), and the other two still in production.
One thing with crowdfunded projects like these, is sometimes you DO need a suit to put their foot down and tell a developer "Your deadline is Christmas, no delays." Not always, but there are some personality types that won't get things done without restraints or pressure. Even before crowdfunding, it can be seen with Duke Nukem Forever -- they just kept restarting over and over and getting a new engine because nobody was telling the project lead "No, just finish the game."
Roger is saving us one "Pew Pew" at a time. 🤣
Less QQ. More pew pew. 😄
@@kxmode 🤣🤣
I love that yall still make these!
Roger does an incredible impression of video game space lasers.
He must be a gamer.
PEW!
PEW! pew! PEW! PEW!
“Citizen among the staaaaaars”… when you know, you know!
I never knew that seeing Roger making pew pew noises on a couch was something I needed in my life. Until now. Thank you Cracked for making it a reality.
Isn't he wonderful! 🥰😂
When he put on the space admiral hat.. I’m finished 😂😂
Ah, Roger, you sure make my day bright😁
I love this series so much. Am so glad its back :)
I helped fund and overfund a few comics and graphic novels that never saw the light of day. One guy still makes updates going on 7 years later. Ridiculous. It's basically free money, all you need is the appearance of competence and talent but, most importantly, no conscience!
Link? Which project was this?
@@ralphwarom2514 It's for a book called Diskordia. Worse still, the guy did a Ponzi scheme by launching a Book 2 KS to help fulfill the first - which, again, still hasn't happened. So, I had sympathy - he lives in Belize (iirc) and didn't realize how expensive it would be to ship the books - fine. But then he let slip in recent years (😂) that he wasn't working because he couldn't find a job utilizing his art skills!!
Like, you have a duty to get this fulfilled any way possible. You can't just sit around the house and throw your hands up because no one will hire you to cartoon. At that point I lost any hope of seeing this book and just took it as a learning experience.
But he's not the only one - how many industry pros use KS as an income generator in between Big 2 gigs - then never fulfill because they're "too busy" with a deadline for Marvel or DC? I'm pretty much done with comic KS unless someone has a track record of producing results.