Quoted from pookycade:It was a rhetorical question of sorts. But yeah I agree with your response. This is my first pre-order and will be my last. It’s not that I don’t expect to get this game, it will likely come. It’s not that I don’t understand there will be hiccups. Foolish to not think this will be the case. However, supporting this Kickstarter approach to pinball I think does the entire industry a disservice. It probably leads to a lower successful outcome of new companies knowing one can possibly run on no capital to bootstrap versus getting their house in order first and making sure the resources are there from the start to get the job done. Honestly as far as model new companies go, American Pinball has been the most no drama young pinball company. We should be more supportive of those kinds of efforts so that it discourages taking this high drama approach. But then maybe we are all just suckers for a good story with lots of popcorn involved.
You didn't really kickstart it. They are doing this all out of pocket. The deposit in this case was to gauge interest for how many parts to order. Way more people are serious about $1000 than $1 (or no $). You are free to remove your money from the CT holding area at any time. There is no 'drama' really. The only real issue is that their initial 'it's up for sale' statement did make many people think the kinks had already been worked out and that games were on their way. This clearly was NOT the case, and NOW apparently they are doing the 'but corona' excuse.. Basically....I was right all along. There was no game ready, and it is likely to be Q3 at the earliest before games ship. They didn't even have parts available in December beyond probably prototypes.
Note, I am fine with waiting. That's never been the issue. The clear misdirection when it seemed they were being sincere, followed up by lack of communication to clarify it all is what annoys me. What they should have said is, these won't be ready until end of 2021, but they chose to pull on peoples impatience instead.
Clearly based on their FB post, pinside aren't the only ones questioning them, and they should have expected there would be a pretty large eye on what is going on and questions based on the teases that make no sense to an outsider.