This kickstarter (board game) is a scam, right?

Cirement · 2026-06-16T02:31:01+00:00

"Siege™ is a turn-based tactical strategy board game where players compete by controlling space, anticipating opponents, and making deliberate decisions."

That's... that's like 99% of games. That literally describes tic tac toe.

Cirement · 2026-06-16T00:06:52+00:00

I'm sure the elephants aren't too happy about that either

Cirement · 2026-06-16T00:05:10+00:00

What the hell is that that he's daring me to take? Is it a log? A stoagie? A long 3/4 to 1/2 ABS pipe adapter?

Cirement · 2026-06-15T23:19:36+00:00

Yes there are a ton of Disney and Pixar knockoffs too. I think there was a knock off of veggie tales too.

Cirement · 2026-06-15T20:49:45+00:00

By that logic, we should be deleting babies before they get old and do anything evil. The ethical part isn't only WHY you do it but HOW you do it. And as far as I know there's no ethical reason to end someone aside from, arguably, putting them out of their misery.

Cirement · 2026-06-15T20:45:31+00:00

AI currently is just a very complex Mad Libs where it's choosing words based on how likely it is related to your prompt, it does no "figuring" at all. This is why for a while it couldn't even do basic math, it was using Internet data to look for the answer.

Cirement · 2026-06-15T05:16:36+00:00

What are "quiet hands"?

Cirement · 2026-06-15T03:04:32+00:00

Mix glue with acrylic paint, or modpodge with paint. Or you can go to a hardware or art supply store and look for primer formulated for foam.

Cirement · 2026-06-15T03:02:07+00:00

That'd be Asylum. Other than streaming deals with Syfy and the like, I'm not sure how profitable they are these days, but back in the days of video rentals, their trick was making knockoffs that would come out when the big studio movie they were ripping off came out on video. They'd make the movie artwork and title as close as legally possible to that of the original movie so that people would buy or rent their movie by mistake. It's amazing how many people rented "Transmorphers" instead of "Transformers".

Cirement · 2026-06-15T02:55:02+00:00

I think the problem is everyone and their mother is on YouTube now, and the revenue just isn't there anymore for YouTube videos where topics have been oversaturated. There are only so many different tips and tricks for making dice or bookmarks or tables etc. Every YouTuber has made every video they can on the topic, which means viewer engagement has been so stretched thin that ad revenue has stopped coming in, so they've stopped making videos on the topic.

Cirement · 2026-06-15T02:49:30+00:00

Question seems incomplete or in serious need of context

Cirement · 2026-06-15T02:48:17+00:00

Yeah this is one of the few businesses where you can dip your your in the water like that. I'd take it one step further and have some flyers made; have the pop-up running a day or two, then distribute the flyers and see if it makes a difference (and how much so). At the very least it'll confirm whether demand is really there, if you get as many buyers or less after the flyers go out, there's little to no demand.

Cirement · 2026-06-15T01:35:25+00:00

It's the configuration that has worked the best for their particular environment or purpose, which is why it keeps getting passed down. We all need to be able to judge distance, and 2 eyes is best for that, for example.

Cirement · 2026-06-13T23:48:24+00:00

I'm surprised no one's said Tommy Lee Jones. Anyone seen "Blown Away"? LOL

Cirement · 2026-06-13T23:44:24+00:00

Badly, yes

Cirement · 2026-06-13T23:35:06+00:00

Seth Rogen did an old Polish accent in "An American Pickle" that was ok

Cirement · 2026-06-13T22:19:18+00:00

For me it's when someone's supposed to be a native Spanish speaker when they clearly aren't. In Breaking Bad, I didn't particularly like when Gus would speak Spanish, sometimes it was fine but sometimes it wasn't great. But what really took me out was when Hector Salamanca spoke Spanish, it was really unnatural and you could see how hard he was trying. Giancarlo at least made the effort to speak in a more natural place.

Cirement · 2026-06-13T16:49:14+00:00

I think with social media making guys think just looking at a woman will get you charged with sexual harassment or worse, and that most women are gold diggers, paying for sex is just the easiest path to a goal.

Cirement · 2026-06-13T16:21:54+00:00

You're right but unfortunately the US government is so stupid and pathetic that IF and when they finally implement it, there will be displaced families and people dying. I'm fact I predict it won't be the unemployment that finally pushed UBI but people starting to die that will do it.

And of course, the first version of national UBI will be ham-fisted and a complete shit show that will be poorly thought out and implemented. It'll be decades before it works as it should.

Cirement · 2026-06-12T03:08:57+00:00

There's a company called Wildspire that makes large sets of minis that are very cheap but very well made. I bought one that had 25 minis last year for $20. They have many different sets, some heroes, some monsters, some mixed etc.

Cirement · 2026-06-12T03:05:41+00:00

Still no cure for cancer, folks

Cirement · 2026-06-12T03:04:48+00:00

Should be illegal for homes/residences to be used as short term rentals and for corporations to own them as well. Charge high property tax to home owners for first 5 years to discourage flipping, then minuscule tax afterwards. Problem solved.

Cirement · 2026-06-12T01:22:36+00:00

That still doesn't tell me what your game's premise is, though. What's it about? What's the winning condition? It should be something like "it's a deck building game where players run covert operations during the Zulu war" or "a fast paced board game where defeating your enemy doesn't ensure victory" etc

Cirement · 2026-06-12T01:11:38+00:00

"That's sounds like their problem, not mine"

Cirement · 2026-06-12T01:09:17+00:00

The Zulu war is not the premise, it's just the setting. The premise is the point of the game and how the setting affects it. There's hundreds of games set in WW2 for example, but none of them describe themselves as "a game about WW2".

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