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I'm innocent! Innocent, I tell you!

Actually, this is very interesting to me. I do in fact have, like so many others, a troublesome bank wherein is held hostage a disproportionate amount of money, every drop of it earned by my own blood, sweat and bone. They called me, bless their hearts, after I attempted to contribute one thousand dollars. Fraud protection, you see. Tossing around thousands as I have in these recent days is highly unusual conduct in the financial department, but tis the season.

In short, I did contribute the 1000, guilty as charged, but I have no idea why it was taken back, where it is, and who is responsible. I'm looking into it now. I suspected Ingiegogo might have vetoed my contrib, but it's probably my bank--which is strange, because I straightened everything out with them yesterday.
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That's strange, but in any case, it's great on your part, troublesomekeen! Yes, please look into it, this campaign needs to go forward! :)
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Just emailed the campaign people and they replied saying that they got a message from indiegogo saying that the $1000 contribution is under review, and that they need to hear from the contributor directly before approving it. Whew, for a moment I got worried there. :)
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Thanks dopefishing. That last post of yours was quite helpful. It's in the works, and it's going pretty well. I responded, so just waiting for them to approve. I appreciate their cautiousness.
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Any time troublesomekeen, I'm only here to serve! :o Glad to know it was all indiegogo's extra security measures being engaged.
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You look like someone from the campaign people, rather than anything else. Anyway, I once pledged 1000 in a kickstarter campaign, and no one ever questioned that. Kickstarter >indiegogo imko ;)
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Post by dopefishing »

well, I've been in talks with them several times, but I'm not directly involved with it. I just want to see this effort funded. :)
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Post by NY00123 »

Let us see how is it going in general.

As expected, it's been suspicious for many, especially while considering the fact that you joined around the day the campaign launched, dopefishing. Similar posts can be found on a few other forums.

What does make this seem a bit more reliable is the information about Keen Dreams given in the campaign itself in regards to the rights. Of course it's not a proof, so time will tell as usual.
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The $1000 is back :birthday
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Yay!
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Post by spikey »

Where this would get interesting for me, would be if a sequel like 'Meats' could be made if the rights were bought (is that what we're doing?).
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In a way, yes. This could make it possible to make an official sequel, yes, but that would require a budget too.
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Really? Is the IP usage agreement with this really that open and flexible?
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dopefishing wrote:In a way, yes. This could make it possible to make an official sequel, yes, but that would require a budget too.
Thanks for replying.

I was asking, because in so many of these IP usage deals, the main purpose is not to rerelease some old game, but to license it to make a sequel and make money doing what you love.

And it shouldn't be hard to make a Meats (or whatever) project succeed on Kickstarter, but depends how it's run of course ;)

Either way, thanks for all the news, and the efforts you're making, dopefishing. :)
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spikey wrote:
dopefishing wrote:In a way, yes. This could make it possible to make an official sequel, yes, but that would require a budget too.
Thanks for replying.

I was asking, because in so many of these IP usage deals, the main purpose is not to rerelease some old game, but to license it to make a sequel and make money doing what you love.

And it shouldn't be hard to make a Meats (or whatever) project succeed on Kickstarter, but depends how it's run of course ;)

Either way, thanks for all the news, and the efforts you're making, dopefishing. :)
Your welcome, glad I can help! :)
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