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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lostboy" data-source="post: 167796" data-attributes="member: 1412">Art Changes:FS has to change the images for Fester and Pugsley. I don't like that they have to change this, but what I'm really wondering about is the legality of this. I imagine Williams owns the images, and that's fine. However, the art is still a representation of the artist John Youssi, and you can't change his art and still call it his. I also don't like it when FS modifies a table (like removing a song or something). I feel it's not fully preserved. The only change I can accept is squashing original bugs.My Hesitation On Pledging:I really wished they would have added a Season 4 tier; that would have made things easier for me to decide. The physics balls are not an incentive to me personally. I really like the special Gold edition option, but at $100 it makes it really hard. If it was $50 that might be easier for me to decide, but it's really hard to convince the wife that I want to spend $100 for a digital pinball table. I think I need more answers on how exclusive this is, before I pledge. Having it exclusive for a year or so, might be a decent incentive. I wouldn't want it to never be available; it sucks for fans that haven't yet discovered TPA. I've been in that situation with games before, and it doesn't feel good.Balls:I'm on the fence on how I feel about the physics balls. On one hand it sounds like it could be really fun to play around with. I commend FS for doing something really unique. But the biggest reason I enjoy TPA is that it's realistic and doesn't alter the tables. Are the balls going to be realistic? This would really change how the tables are supposed to play, which I don't like. Although if it was something realistic, like heavier balls or something, I guess you could do that if you owned the physical table. I dunno.Pessimistic Outcome:As of writing this, TAF Kickstarter has over $38K, which is a great start! According to Kicktraq, it's heading towards $393K, which would be amazing! However, I think a more realistic view is to look at how many people have pledged in the past TPA Kickstarters. The number of backers has gone down with each Kickstarter, with the most starting at 2365. TAF average backer has pledged $26. So if there were 2365 backers this time, it would only reach $61K, far from its goal. I hope this doesn't happen, but it does make me worried.Future Note:I really hope this Kickstarter succeeds. This is like a test for future big licensed tables they want to make. If TAF fails, then that will really make them think twice about adding some really great, but expensive games in the future, such as The Simpsons.</blockquote>

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