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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sean DonCarlos" data-source="post: 6075" data-attributes="member: 152">First of all, I'm not against the Kickstarter idea...but if it happens, I'm essentially being offered the opportunity to "invest" in FarSight's software development (the potential return being not monetary but instead the availability of premium tables that might not otherwise happen). Like any intelligent investor, I'd like to know more about what I'm getting into before making a final decision. But I disagree that people who do not support or are hesitant about the idea should keep their mouths shut; as long as they are offering constructive criticism, I think they should be heard. Using my case as an example, if some people are willing to support a Kickstarter once or maybe twice, but not every time an expensive licensed table comes along, then I think it benefits FarSight to know that. If people are hesitant to donate because they feel whatever rewards are offered would drain the funding too much, or if they're not sure how much of a difference it would make in the final price of the table, or whatever concern they have, then I think FarSight needs to know that so they can answer these concerns and hopefully get more people involved.Yes, I know people should be willing to pay more for these tables - especially given that many people do not have access to a wide variety of real machines and so this may be their only chance to play the "real" tables - but we have to remember that the members of this forum are generally more appreciative of real pinball and its history than TPA's general audience. Since I don't think we have the numbers here to fund the licensed tables ourselves, even if everyone were willing to donate $100, that means that FarSight has to think about the less zealous but considerably larger overall crowd of players, and what their concerns/objections to Kickstarter funding might be. That shouldn't mess things up for anyone, on the contrary, it would give FarSight a better shot at getting their Kickstarter right the first time and therefore getting maximal participation and funding.</blockquote>

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