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Cavallino · 3 Jan 2013 at 09:45

So tempted to pledge a monkey.

apeksdiver · 3 Jan 2013 at 09:46

Got to elite on the Acorn electron! I'm in for £37 can't really afford to go higher.

Cavallino · 3 Jan 2013 at 09:48

So if they take your money out, technically speaking, if there is a possibility the game could stagnate and not be made. In this event, are you screwed and dont see your money?

stoofa · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:11

PFS said:
You would be better off with the 85 quid one as you get all the updates/expansions.

Stop that!!!
You'll have me upgrading again!

stoofa · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:13

Cavallino said:
So if they take your money out, technically speaking, if there is a possibility the game could stagnate and not be made. In this event, are you screwed and dont see your money?

That's the general jist of it. You've got no legal comeback. The game could never see the light of day and you wouldn't be legally entitled to anything back.
However the studio is large, the people behind the project passionate so of all the projects you could fund this should be one of the safer bets.

apeksdiver · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:14

It's a risk but they seem well motivated so fingers crossed.

Cavallino · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:31

stoofa said:
That's the general jist of it. You've got no legal comeback. The game could never see the light of day and you wouldn't be legally entitled to anything back.
However the studio is large, the people behind the project passionate so of all the projects you could fund this should be one of the safer bets.

apeksdiver said:
It's a risk but they seem well motivated so fingers crossed.

Thats the dilema if you want to pledge a higher amount.

I would like to say the signs look like the game will definitely get developed, but you cant guarantee that. If you want to invest £500 its a lot of money that could potentially be lost...

Jokester · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:35

Pledge trollls removed £7.5k of pledges overnight.

It's the sort of thing that if it doesn't see the light of day, Frontier Studios will be finished.

Cavallino · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:41

Jokester said:
Pledge trollls removed £7.5k of pledges overnight.

It's the sort of thing that if it doesn't see the light of day, Frontier Studios will be finished.

Did they? I thought it was more like 4 or 5k?
Where did you see this?

Also bud.... can I just confirm, you pledged enough to name your own planet or just a station

?
So tempted to pledge to get a station named.
Did they say where the stations will be? Not some out of the way system hopefully?

LOAM · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:47

Jokester said:
Pledge trollls removed £7.5k of pledges overnight.

It's the sort of thing that if it doesn't see the light of day, Frontier Studios will be finished.

according to the comments chat, at least £4.5K of that was an agreed writers pack that the chap asked if he could move it to the Paypal donation because it saved him a fortune in conversion fees. He asked FD if he could and had it agreed.

Jokester · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:49

LOAM said:
according to the comments chat, at least £4.5K of that was an agreed writers pack that the chap asked if he could move it to the Paypal donation because it saved him a fortune in conversion fees. He asked FD if he could and had it agreed.

Ah ok.

Cavallino said:
Did they? I thought it was more like 4 or 5k?
Where did you see this?

Also bud.... can I just confirm, you pledged enough to name your own planet or just a station ?
So tempted to pledge to get a station named.
Did they say where the stations will be? Not some out of the way system hopefully?

I will have a planet somewhere in the wilderness.

Freddie1980 · 3 Jan 2013 at 10:53

I've just turned 32 and I remember playing Elite on my Atari ST and Amgia 1200. I would hate to think how many hours I ploughed into it.

flasher · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:06

Upped to £90, thought stuff it in the end its only money.
Will give me something to look forward to next year.

Cavallino · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:08

Jokester said:
Ah ok.

I will have a planet somewhere in the wilderness.

May I drop by for afternoon tea?

{SAS}TB · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:11

40 this year and spent many many hours playing the original as a kid

Sooooo, who thinks the £1.4m and £1.5m strech goals are do-able ?

StriderX · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:16

~TB~ said:
40 this year and spent many many hours playing the original as a kid

Sooooo, who thinks the £1.4m and £1.5m strech goals are do-able ?

Doubtful, but who knows.

Stelly · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:16

~TB~ said:
40 this year and spent many many hours playing the original as a kid

Sooooo, who thinks the £1.4m and £1.5m strech goals are do-able ?

I would love to see £1.5m reached, I really want those 10 extra ships, couldn't care less about Mac support to be honest...

Stelly

{SAS}TB · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:18

Im not that bit interested about Mac support (as I said to LOAM in IRC theyre prolly mostly young hipsters and not old buggers who played Elite as a kid

) but the extra ships would be great

Jokester · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:20

Cavallino said:
May I drop by for afternoon tea?

Absolutely, I'll need to find it first!

Jokester · 3 Jan 2013 at 11:25

Created a poll on the Frontier forum yesterday asking people's ages. Out of ~100 people, somewhat more than 90% were over 30, with the average about 40 it seems.

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